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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for The Rules. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: alien hybrid, hidden identity, lab escape, life in hiding, dangerous secret, fake dating, revenge plan, bully retaliation, forbidden romance, ordinary life disguise

Setting labels used: high school, small town, Wisconsin, present day, laboratory, school setting, hidden-in-plain-sight, near-lab hometown, contemporary setting

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

Cover of Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Onyx

Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2012 · Lux

A bonded teen alien romance spirals into secrets, jealousy, and government danger as hidden powers emerge.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1946

Cover of MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza

MILA 2.0

Debra Driza · 2013 · MILA 2.0

A teen girl discovers she’s a manufactured android and flees those who built her, while fighting for her humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2051

Cover of It Came From the Sky by Chelsea Sedoti

It Came From the Sky

Chelsea Sedoti · 2020

A teen science nerd and his prankster brother fake an alien invasion, and their small-town lie spirals wildly out of control.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2133

Cover of Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Obsidian

Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2024 · Lux

A bookish teen in a small West Virginia town falls for her infuriating new neighbor—who turns out to be an alien.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2207

Cover of The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod

The Prettiest Star

Jadzia Axelrod · 2022 · Galaxy

An alien princess hiding as a human boy on Earth must choose between safety and living openly when she falls in love.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2214

Cover of Another First Chance by Robbie Couch

Another First Chance

Robbie Couch · 2024 · Another First Chance

A grieving teen is blackmailed into a strange school study, where buried truths, old feelings, and new possibilities collide.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2286

Cover of The Taking by Kimberly Derting

The Taking

Kimberly Derting · 2014 · The Taking

A teen returns after five missing years unchanged, and must uncover what happened while her world moved on without her.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2323

Cover of Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus

Bent Heavens

Daniel Kraus · 2020

A grieving teen reopens her father’s alien hunt and finds the truth is far stranger—and darker—than anyone believed.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2342

Cover of Parasyte, Volume 4 by Hitoshi Iwaaki

Parasyte, Volume 4

Hitoshi Iwaaki · 2008 · Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition)

A teen secretly linked to a parasite is pulled into escalating danger as other parasites infiltrate society and politics.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2367

Cover of Starstruck by Brenda Hiatt

Starstruck

Brenda Hiatt · 2013 · Starstruck

A nerdy small-town teen’s crush on the new quarterback spirals into alien secrets, royal destiny, and danger.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2369

Cover of Life Is Strange Vol. 3: Strings by Emma Vieceli

Life Is Strange Vol. 3: Strings

Emma Vieceli · 2020 · Life is Strange Comics

Max must confess her true origin and face alternate realities while fighting to get back to the Chloe she lost.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2370

Cover of G.O.D.S: Gifted. Obedient. Deadly. Students. by Jaye Pratt

G.O.D.S: Gifted. Obedient. Deadly. Students.

Jaye Pratt · 2021 · G.O.D.S

A foster teen with missing memories is pulled into a secret program of weaponized students and a dangerous why-choose bond.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2374

Cover of I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

I Am Number Four

Pittacus Lore · 2010 · Lorien Legacies

A hidden alien teen on Earth must stay unnoticed, master his powers, and outrun killers hunting his kind in order.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2389

Cover of House of Darken by Jaymin Eve

House of Darken

Jaymin Eve · 2018 · Secret Keepers

A grieving teen moves into a segregated town and uncovers a hidden supernatural world, secrets, and forbidden romance.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2428

Cover of Supergirl: Being Super by Mariko Tamaki

Supergirl: Being Super

Mariko Tamaki · 2018 · Supergirl: Being Super

A teen girl with hidden superpowers must confront grief, secrets, and her alien past to choose where she belongs.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2435

Cover of The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson

The Loop

Jeremy Robert Johnson · 2020

A lonely teen and her outsider friends race to survive a biotech-fueled night of violence in their Oregon town.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2475

Cover of Shiny Happy People by Clay McLeod Chapman

Shiny Happy People

Clay McLeod Chapman · 2025

A traumatized teen investigates a viral party drug that makes her town eerily perfect—and dangerously not themselves.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2476

Cover of Feedback by Robison Wells

Feedback

Robison Wells · 2012 · Variant

A teen fugitive finds a supposedly safe town is just another layer of the same deadly experiment.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2542

Cover of Limetown: The Prequel to the #1 Podcast by Cote Smith

Limetown: The Prequel to the #1 Podcast

Cote Smith · 2018

A teen journalist investigates a mass disappearance tied to her missing uncle and a secret research facility.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2546

Cover of your name. 03 by Ranmaru Kotone

your name. 03

Ranmaru Kotone, Makoto Shinkai · 2018 · 君の名は。[Kimi no Na wa]

Two teens trapped in a body-swap bond race to avert a comet disaster and find each other across time.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2550

Cover of Bond by Tasha Black

Bond

Tasha Black · 2016 · Stargazer Alien Mail Order Brides

A college student expecting an egg-donation payout instead gets chosen to bond with an alien visitor on Earth.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2559

Cover of Persephone by Lev Grossman

Persephone

Lev Grossman · 2022

A bullied teen’s buried grief cracks open a hidden power and pulls her toward a secret world she barely understands.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2560

Cover of Everyone We've Been by Sarah Everett

Everyone We've Been

Sarah Everett · 2016

After an accident, a teen violinist loses memories and sees an invisible boy, leading her into a buried secret about her past.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2581

Cover of Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins? by Liz Kessler

Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins?

Liz Kessler · 2015

A schoolgirl’s sudden invisibility draws her into a secret circle of kids with powers and a dangerous hidden origin.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2585