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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for A House Like a Lotus.
Setting labels used: Athens, Greece, Cyprus, South Carolina island, barrier island, international conference, school year, 1980s
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A space-obsessed girl’s childhood in NASA-era Florida collides with her adult mission to save humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s Florida · small town · Space Coast · NASA-adjacent town · future spacecraft · deep space · another planet · dying Earth · colonization era
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2976
A loud gay teen is sent to 1985 and must navigate a hostile school to save a closeted classmate's life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s · 1985 · present day · high school · private school · religious school · conservative school · boarding school · rural school · upstate New York · alternate timeline
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3028
Abe Sapien’s first solo B.P.R.D. mission sends him to an isolated coast where an ancient force stirs beneath the sea.
Why this is here
Setting labels: early 1980s · 1981 · coastal town · island village · Mediterranean island · marine setting · undersea · shipwreck · isolated village · European village · 1980s
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3063
When a mysterious signal points to an alien craft near Jupiter, scientists and governments race toward first contact.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s · Cold War era · Solar System · Earth · Jupiter · space station · university observatory · USSR-USA tensions · near-future 1980s
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3079
A grieving teen spends a summer on an island, where family, faith, boys, and telepathic dolphins reshape her world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: island setting · summer vacation · family home · ocean setting · beach setting · marine research station · 1980s · small island community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3158
Jack and his friends race to recover ancient magical relics before time runs out and their world unravels.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern world · Greece · Turkey · Olympia · ancient world · Atlantis · secret island · school-age adventure · mythic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3173
A teen pack’s geocache hunt turns into a deadly code game with bombs, secrets, and a race to stop a killer.
Why this is here
Setting labels: island setting · South Carolina · coastal setting · private research facility · high school setting · contemporary setting · low country
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3235
A suspended teacher calls a lost family number and reaches his dead father, then a single childhood day in 1986.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Sweden · 1980s · present day · childhood summer place · school setting · contemporary reality · psychological realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3266
A mother’s life and family unravel and transform after Earth receives a mysterious alien message spanning decades.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Adirondacks · upstate New York · 1980s · alternate timeline · future timeline · space age · interstellar
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3316
Time-displaced Nantucket faces a final, multi-front war in the Bronze Age as alliances, tech, and loyalties collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Bronze Age · ancient world · time-displaced island · global scope · Mediterranean · North America · Greece · Egypt · California · Atlantic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3317
A 12-year-old boy crosses America and a parallel world to find a mystical object that may save his dying mother.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s America · parallel world · alternate reality · United States · Territories · multiple worlds · hotel setting · road setting · fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3347
An alien comes to Earth to save his dying people, but human loneliness and self-destruction derail his mission.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · Kentucky · 1980s · near future · Cold War era · distant planet · planetary collapse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.3374
