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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 “small-scale reality” 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
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
![Cover of 暗殺教室 9 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 9] by Yusei Matsui](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1429225058i/22020308.jpg)
A school class keeps trying to assassinate their tentacled teacher while navigating fights, school politics, and new bonds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: junior high school · school life · classroom · private school · summer vacation · second semester · fictional reality · extraterrestrial being
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1977
A teen sharing his body with an alien parasite faces escalating horror, family loss, and a fight to stay human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · small town · seaside town · contemporary Japan · urban horror · alien invasion
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1979
![Cover of タコピーの原罪 上 [Takopī no Genzai 1] by Taizan 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1645885963i/60500005.jpg)
An innocent alien tries to make a bullied child happy, but kindness, trauma, and time travel spiral into tragedy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japanese school · middle school · dysfunctional family · contemporary earth · supernatural reality · time travel setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1992
An ordinary volunteer is swept into a cosmic struggle between good and evil, with reality, time, and choices at stake.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · college town · contemporary setting · alternate reality · parallel universes · cosmic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2024
A grieving teen returns to a remote island funeral and is trapped in a deadly time loop of shadows, secrets, and murder.
Why this is here
Setting labels: remote island · small island · Japanese island · rural hometown · summer setting · closed community · Japan · contemporary setting · isolated setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2035
