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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 “summer school” 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 secluded teen’s world collapses when she learns her mother was lying about everything, and the sea may hold the answers.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · real world · sea setting · oceanic setting · swim camp · summer school · mobile lifestyle · isolated life
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2075
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
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
