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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Ultimate X-Men, Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People.
Setting labels used: contemporary setting, alternate universe, modern America, Earth-like world, secret-government world, school setting, global setting, urban setting
Focused on “near future” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Haunted and hunted, a sarcastic teen metahuman faces a city-threatening enemy while searching for answers about her mother.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · school/campus setting · compound setting · secret facility · modern world · superpowered world · government organization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0828
An accountant is recruited into a secret monster-hunting company after killing his werewolf boss.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate earth · hidden supernatural world · secret government knowledge · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1007
An illustrated anthology of 34 stories about a machine that tells people how they’ll die, and how that knowledge reshapes life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · dystopian society · contemporary setting · shared world · speculative world · institutional setting · high school setting · medical setting · wartime setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1330
A collection of brief, funny, unsettling speculative stories where everyday life meets impossible ideas and sharp social satire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: real-world setting · near future · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic future · alternate reality · American setting · rural setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1358
Two bullied misfits—one witch, one science prodigy—reunite as adults to face a collapsing world and each other.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · San Francisco · contemporary world · alternate reality · urban setting · school setting · forest setting · magic school · apocalyptic world · eco-collapse · tech scene
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1399
In an alternate America where calling someone stupid is illegal, one outspoken professor’s life and friendships unravel.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate America · near future · contemporary setting · small-town America · university setting · media world · home and family setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1427
A teen girl who can't be mind-controlled by alien rulers must trust a stranger and uncover why she's different.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth under alien rule · dystopian future · near future · fenced communities · controlled society · school setting · seasonal travel · post-invasion world · sanctioned cities · small-town setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1460
A varied collection of short speculative stories, from satirical thought experiments to dark, moving tales of power, language, and perspective.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · alternate history · Antarctica · South Pole · urban · colonial setting · other planet · alien world · intellectual and academic settings · Orsinia · contemporary world · isolated world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1485
A naive alien uses time travel to try to save a bullied fourth grader, but each fix deepens a tragic spiral.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · school setting · home setting · elementary school · childhood world · alien world · dystopian atmosphere · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1203
A fugitive wizard with little magic and a talking dog races to stop magic’s return in modern-day America.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern world · contemporary America · urban fantasy setting · earthbound setting · hidden supernatural world · magic-in-the-modern-world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1223
Marco confronts his possessed mother and a deadly war plan that could save the world or destroy him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · wartime setting · urban setting · school setting · office building · morphing world · alien invasion · secret resistance · middle-school world · hidden colony
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1240
Meg must help save her gifted, bullied brother by journeying into a strange inner world where love, naming, and evil collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary Earth · school setting · home setting · subcellular setting · inner body · cosmic setting · alternate reality · space and time · microcosmic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1280
