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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Penguin Highway.
Setting labels used: Japanese town, small town, school setting, dentist office, summer vacation, everyday reality, alternate reality
Focused on “school 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 grieving teen investigates a rumor-laden tunnel that can grant wishes at a cost, and meets a girl with her own secret agenda.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary Japan · high school · rural town · summer setting · supernatural reality · small-town atmosphere · contemporary fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1182
![Cover of タコピーの原罪 下 [Takopī no Genzai 2] by Taizan 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1651737596i/60545179.jpg)
An innocent alien tries to bring happiness to a bullied child, but human pain, family chaos, and time shifts upend everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary Japan · school setting · summer vacation · domestic setting · urban setting · fictional alien world · time travel · extraterrestrial fiction
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1694
An unlucky teen is forced into a bizarre tag game with an alien princess, unleashing chaotic, episodic comedy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · Japan · school setting · small town · Tomobiki town · urban fantasy · mythic Japan · space invasion · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1729
In the final volume, Shinichi faces the deadliest parasite yet while confronting what separates humans from monsters.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural village · small town · modern Japan · Earth · alien-invaded world · present-day setting · school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2053
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: 0.2095
Two former friends relive graduation day in a time loop, forcing them to rethink love, friendship, and the future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · graduation day · small town · present day · school setting · electronic store · suburban setting · looped reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2161
![Cover of 暗殺教室 7 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 7] by Yusei Matsui](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1429225150i/20493122.jpg)
A class of underdogs turns final exams and a summer island trip into a high-stakes assassination campaign against their teacher.
Why this is here
Setting labels: junior high school · school setting · island resort · tropical island · summer vacation · classroom · fictional world · extraterrestrial being
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2163
A murdered man wakes up in his childhood body and races through new lives to find the wife he lost.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fictional town · small town · military school · school setting · afterlife · parallel worlds · dimension shifts · multiple timelines · childhood setting · adult life revisited
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2163
A grieving teen discovers she’s DNA-bound to protect her best friend from a hidden killer—and from her own changing life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: present day · contemporary world · near future · high school setting · summer holidays · alternate reality · normal family setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1882
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: 0.2187
Two teens from different places begin waking up in each other’s lives, turning ordinary days into a fate-bound mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japan · Tokyo · mountain town · small-town countryside · contemporary setting · high school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1904
With a month left before an asteroid ends the world, a misfit teen hunts the truth behind her friend’s death.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · coastal town · high school · pre-apocalyptic future · present-day contemporary reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1929
