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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances.
Setting labels used: near future, smart house, suburban home, residential suburb, automated household, technological dystopia, surveillance society, domestic setting, AI-controlled world, futuristic Earth
Focused on “post-apocalyptic 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.
A themed anthology of short fiction imagining robot uprisings, AI rebellion, and the human cost of future tech gone wrong.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic future · post-robot rebellion · technological future · household technology · AI-mediated world · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1223
A solar-powered artificial friend enters a sick teenager’s home and quietly learns what love, class, and humanity cost.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · futuristic society · dystopian future · domestic setting · storefront · wealthy household · home schooling · unequal society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1080
A lonely man receives a companion android and soon risks everything to help her become truly self-aware.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · futuristic society · domestic setting · digitally connected world · robot-integrated daily life · post-AI crackdown · virtual reality · smart home · head implants
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1084
A wife accepts a mind-linking implant for her anniversary, only to find her marriage and secrets under siege.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · technologically advanced world · smart home · digitized home · app-controlled home · university years · marriage
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1174
In a dystopian future, a rebel group races to stop an AI apocalypse as new allies, betrayals, and sacrifice reshape everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · futuristic prison · laboratory · AI-controlled world · post-apocalyptic future · digital world · near-future · oppressive society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1492
An AI girlfriend learns to question her owner’s control, exposing abuse, autonomy, and what it means to be human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future world · near future · dystopian future · present-day adjacent · apartment setting · domestic space · tech company
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1207
Early Judge Dredd adventures, collected in order, mix short sci-fi crime tales with dark satire in Mega-City One.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · post-apocalyptic future · mega-city · urban dystopia · space colony · moonbase · North American setting · totalitarian society · automated society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1510
After a tech-company plane crash, survivors find a high-tech island house whose secrets turn survival into paranoia.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · deserted island · tropical island · isolated mansion · smart home · techno-dystopia
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1236
In a near-future world of AI uploads, a grieving mother and three others circle a death that may hide a deeper truth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · digital future · technological dystopia · suburban setting · virtual reality · AI-saturated world · slightly off-present
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1263
In a tightly controlled future, a teen girl’s perfect match is disrupted, pushing her toward forbidden feelings and doubt.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · futuristic society · high-tech control · sterile world · regulated everyday life · surveillance state
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1316
In a virtual dystopia, a teen risks everything to cross back into the real world and reunite with her family.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · virtual world · real world · dystopian future · technology-dependent society · domestic surveillance culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1337
A lonely new mother in Silicon Valley bonds with a beta AI friend that predicts danger in her marriage.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Silicon Valley · California · New York City · near future · dystopian future · smart home · suburbia · tech workplace · childhood home
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1363
