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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Taking.
Setting labels used: small California town, mountain town, isolated community, global catastrophe, rain-soaked setting, fog-shrouded setting, nighttime setting, claustrophobic setting, apocalyptic Earth, churches and taverns
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A quarantined town suffers memory-erasing rain, and one retired doctor journals a fight to survive and stay herself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · isolated town · rainy town · quarantine zone · postapocalyptic setting · dystopian setting · closed community · military blockade · constant rain · technology outage
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1452
In a fogbound California town, outsiders and locals uncover a tech experiment turning people into something inhuman.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · coastal town · northern California · nighttime · foggy atmosphere · 1980s setting · near-present fictional reality · isolated community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1538
In an isolated mountain town, a young mother fears the same mysterious fate that has taken other mothers into the clouds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: isolated mountain town · cloud-covered village · small town · remote community · insular community · timeless setting · unspecified time · unnamed place · speculative world · damp climate
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1578
A light-sensitive man who lives by night uncovers a deadly small-town conspiracy after his father dies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town setting · California coast · night setting · isolated town · secret facility
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1589
A trio of misfit monster-hunters takes a missing-child case that unravels into unreliable memories and interdimensional horror.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · undisclosed town · alternate dimensions · otherworldly · urban setting · rain-soaked
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1800
In a domed post-apocalyptic town, the surviving kids face spreading darkness, new fears, and mounting betrayals.
Why this is here
Setting labels: isolated town · domed world · post-apocalyptic settlement · small community · darkened environment · outside world · wilderness · lake settlement · Perdido Beach · FAYZ
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1834
A YouTube mystery crew and an estranged journalist chase linked signs of witchcraft, a missing girl, and something in the woods.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Northern California · small town · isolated village · woodland setting · forest setting · rural town · gloomy mountains · woods · misty setting · contemporary setting · fictionalized paranormal reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1855
A sealed small town, alien judgment, and a reworked Lantern mythology force unlikely survivors into a cosmic mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Nevada · isolated town · sealed-off town · alternate universe · cosmic reality · Earth-based sci-fi · horror-inflected setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1880
After a town-wide revelation, Ethan Burke must help Wayward Pines survive when its defenses fail and the outside threat pours in.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · isolated town · Idaho · fenced enclosure · post-apocalyptic future · dystopian setting · mountain town · last human settlement
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1917
When sleep becomes lethal overnight, a night watchman and a small survivor group race to stay awake and uncover why.
Why this is here
Setting labels: coastal California · small town · contemporary setting · post-Independence Day · nationwide disaster · global catastrophe · apocalyptic reality · dreamscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1922
In an isolated desert village, two sisters endure a fading sun, strange beacons, and a family mystery tied to their missing father.
Why this is here
Setting labels: isolated village · desert settlement · lakeside town · small town · climate-collapse setting · speculative world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1927
After a mass disappearance upends a suburban town, the survivors struggle with grief, cults, and unfinished lives.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · suburban setting · contemporary America · post-disaster world · post-rapture world · apocalyptic aftermath · fictional town · worldwide event
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1938
