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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Good Parts.
Setting labels used: Edinburgh, Scotland, college setting, Vermont, American university, contemporary setting, present day, past timeline
Focused on “contemporary setting” 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 drug-fueled Scottish journalist chases a scoop as brutal murders mount and suspicion turns back on him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Edinburgh · Scotland · early 1990s · Thatcher-era Britain · contemporary setting · regional realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2055
A teen time traveler returns to Gilded Age New York to stop a dangerous device from rewriting the future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Scotland · Scottish Highlands · Gilded Age · Victorian era · late 19th century · 1895 New York City · historical setting · time travel world · alternate history
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1927
A puzzle-loving teen falls for a mysterious new boy whose secret could change the future and cost her best friend everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern day · England · Cornwall · secondary school · high school · small town · contemporary setting · future timeline · time travel · astronomy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2438
A Chicago detective and a mysterious traveler race to solve impossible murders tied to history, technology, and justice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary Earth · Chicago · Bristol · Rhode Island · Nigeria · Edinburgh · multiple locales · global span · historical past · centuries-spanning
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2143
A teen falls for a girl, loses her, and gets repeated chances to rewind time—at a cost to everyone else he loves.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · college transition · party setting · contemporary setting · present day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2482
A queer teen uses a time machine to uncover her family’s hidden past and untangle a love story spread across history.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · historical periods · time travel · alternate timeline · dystopian elements · United Kingdom · Scotland · university setting · scientific lab · future society · historical battles
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2183
A traumatized graduate student in magical psychiatry confronts an abusive mentor, mind reading, and a split self.
Why this is here
Setting labels: university setting · graduate school · academic institution · England · United States · contemporary setting · alternate world · magic-as-normal world · academic magic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2484
A newly married academic couple is pulled into a battle over mind control, myth, and spiritual evil on Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · England · university setting · college setting · academic setting · fantastic realism · mythic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2207
A posthumous collection of Lewis fragments and stories exploring time, myth, space travel, and unsettling other worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Oxford · Cambridge · Mars · Moon · ancient Greece · Troy · Othertime · alternate reality · space-age future · academic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2254
A time-crossed teen must unravel family secrets and a memory loss mystery to save her love and herself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · 2010 · 1910 · New York · Upper East Side · historical New York · contemporary setting · past timelines · alternate timeline · time travel world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2567
Elegant, intelligent monster dogs arrive in New York and a young woman helps uncover their strange, tragic history.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · near future · contemporary setting · alternate reality · Canada · remote settlement · castle setting · urban intrusion · hidden community · historical past
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2573
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: 0.2580
