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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for House of Darken.
Setting labels used: small town, Oregon, high school, private school, gated community, rich-poor divide, alternate world, hidden supernatural society, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A bonded teen alien romance spirals into secrets, jealousy, and government danger as hidden powers emerge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · small town · alien-in-human-world · contemporary setting · government intrusion · hidden paranormal world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1513
In an alternate DC world, a group of teens discovers shared powers, hidden origins, and a conspiracy behind their families.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth One · alternate universe · small town · high school · Oregon · Central Oregon · New Mexico · reservation setting · contemporary setting · fictionalized modern world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1563
A teen mind reader is drawn into a hidden community of her kind, where trust and freedom may cost everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Maine · small town · high school · island · secluded compound · mansion · alternate hidden society · contemporary · YA contemporary fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1591
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: 0.1615
Max must confess her true origin and face alternate realities while fighting to get back to the Chloe she lost.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town setting · high school age · alternate timelines · parallel reality · fictionalized world · video game universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1763
A grieving teen inherits a secret portal and must brave a perilous other world to save the old dog he loves.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · high school · parallel world · fantasy realm · alternate world · old house · shed portal · castle · dungeons · two moons · adult fantasy reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1867
A lonely teen and her outsider friends race to survive a biotech-fueled night of violence in their Oregon town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural Oregon · Pacific Northwest · tourist town · high school setting · contemporary setting · biotech town · cave setting · one-night setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1895
A boy who can alter reality joins a secret agency to uncover a father’s disappearance and a strange school mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day · school setting · coastal setting · small-town setting · alternate realities · supernatural reality · contemporary world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1900
A schoolgirl’s sudden invisibility draws her into a secret circle of kids with powers and a dangerous hidden origin.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · middle school · teen contemporary · small-scale reality · lightly fantastical world · local adventure
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1931
A small-town cop is recruited into a secret government force after a vampire attack reveals a hidden supernatural war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · contemporary hidden world · supernatural secrecy · secret agency setting · mundane world plus supernatural
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1939
A bullied mouse finds an unlikely ally in a giant robot that refuses its creator’s evil orders.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · suburban family · fictional town · city under threat · animal fantasy world · science-fiction world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1947
Two middle-school boys start losing their memories to each other and must uncover the strange link before they lose themselves.
Why this is here
Setting labels: same town · different sides of town · different schools · middle school · post-pandemic · contemporary · real-world setting · light fantasy · science fiction element
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1967
