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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Redemption Prep.
Setting labels used: remote Utah, forest campus, boarding school, elite school, isolated campus, 1990s, religious school, chapel setting
Focused on “contemporary” 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.
An amnesiac teen follows clues in his backpack to uncover his identity, and a secret experiment tied to his forgotten past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · school age · anonymous isolated setting · wilderness opening · institution setting · American setting (contested)
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2533
A relentlessly nice young man is handed a supernatural protector and dragged into a bizarre, comic fight against those who want him ruined.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · boarding school · childhood backstory · present day · fantastical reality · supernatural reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2638
In isolated towers, boys and girls are raised separately as geniuses until curiosity threatens the experiment.
Why this is here
Setting labels: forest school · remote wilderness · isolated towers · contemporary America · Michigan
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2396
A coerced teen enters a terrifying secret school where studying remakes reality, identity, and the self.
Why this is here
Setting labels: remote village · provincial town · boarding school · university · beach vacation · small town · institutional setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2554
A glacier expedition in a cursed wilderness unravels into vanishing bodies, warped time, and a second investigation.
Why this is here
Setting labels: wilderness · forest · mountain · glacier · Pacific Northwest · western United States · remote wilderness · isolated cabin · academic field site · liminal space · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2556
A bullied child genius enters a school for gifted kids and uncovers a terrifying experiment hiding behind its walls.
Why this is here
Setting labels: academy · boarding school · cliff-top mansion · oceanfront setting · isolated setting · Pacific coast · 1990s · early internet era · 90s technology · old mansion · school setting · remote campus
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2614
At a girls-only boarding school, one student uncovers a terrifying program behind beauty, obedience, and control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: boarding school · near future · dystopian setting · elite academy · isolated institution · controlling environment · school enclosure
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2634
After a sudden disaster, eight people are sealed inside a school and must survive as fear, hunger, and doubt take over.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school building · basisschool · gymnasium · post-apocalyptic · sealed interior · outside danger · isolation
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2670
At an elite jungle boarding school, a hidden zombie outbreak draws in a professor, his nephew, and bioterror agents.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Singapore · jungle school · boarding school · private academy · elite school · remote location · isolated setting · academic setting · post-outbreak world · biohazard universe · near-future science fiction
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2688
A lonely boy hires a questionable wizard to help find his kidnapped parents, and the quest gets stranger from there.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Oregon · Portland, Oregon · forest cabin · isolated cabin · wilderness · small town · school setting · contemporary setting · real-world setting · middle grade reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2755
A memory-wiped teen flees a brutal regime, unearths her past, and faces truths that could reshape her future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dystopian future · remote mountain town · school setting · boarding house · controlled society · wilderness
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2771
An elementary school vanishes into a barren wasteland, forcing children and teachers to survive as order collapses.
Why this is here
Setting labels: elementary school · wasteland · desert landscape · alien world · nightmarish reality · mysterious realm · isolated school
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2772
