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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything.
Setting labels used: Arizona desert, small town, Sonoran Desert, high school, contemporary United States, borderland setting, real world plus speculative elements
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A boy in a perfect New Mexico town uncovers a hidden experiment that makes him and his friends question everyone.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · isolated community · New Mexico · present day · utopian veneer · desert setting · controlled environment · secluded town · fictionalized contemporary reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1618
A grieving PI hunting a missing girl stumbles into a cross-country alien conspiracy with cults, mercenaries, and cover-ups.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern day · American Southwest · Colorado · Colorado City · Arizona · New Mexico · Southwest desert · small-town setting · cult compound
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1674
An ex-cop inherits a house in a hidden New Mexico town and uncovers a family mystery tangled with cosmic horrors.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New Mexico · small town · rural America · isolated town · desert setting · mesa setting · mountain town · post-1950s aesthetic · mid-century atmosphere · parallel reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1730
Mulder and Scully investigate a string of grisly desert deaths tied to an unnatural force in New Mexico.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New Mexico · Albuquerque · Phoenix · American Southwest · desert setting · reservation setting · mesa community · 1990s · contemporary setting · small town
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1764
Two sisters with time-bending powers race through possible realities as grief, family trauma, and fate collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · desert · urban fantasy · contemporary
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1830
A teen training in her family’s memory-erasing business uncovers missing time, town secrets, and a buried past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Texas · desert town · rural setting · isolated community · mine town · contemporary setting · atmospheric setting · southern setting · possible dystopian undertones
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1866
A dying Justice Psy returns to falcon territory to catch a serial killer and face the changeling leader she once betrayed.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Arizona · Raintree · desert setting · small town · falcon territory · changeling clan territory · urban fantasy world · post-Silence world · near-future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1870
A new girl finds a mysterious bracelet that grants animal powers, drawing her into friends, secrets, and danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: present day · Chicago · Arizona · suburbs · new town · middle school · school life · contemporary setting with speculative elements
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1893
A stranded shapeshifting alien and a broke college student fall hard, clash over secrets, and get very pregnant.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day Earth · contemporary · Albuquerque · New Mexico · college setting · desert setting · small house · campus apartment · Earth culture · space travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1916
A lone gunslinger enters a dying desert town where a dead man’s message and hidden trap turn the locals against him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: desert town · Mid-World · post-apocalyptic world · dying town · weird western setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1919
An orphaned young man is drawn into a supernatural desert chase, hunted by agents and ancient evils while uncovering his origins.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Arizona · Sonoran Desert · desert highway · roadside diner · dude ranch · real world with supernatural elements · secretly hidden reality · multiple universes
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1943
Two Bradbury novellas: a stranger enters an impossibly timeless town, and a spacefaring crew hunts a white comet.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town America · Arizona desert · outer space · future setting · 2099 · mysterious town · interstellar voyage · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1963
