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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Rules.
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 setting embeddings are close.
A teen girl discovers she’s a manufactured android and flees those who built her, while fighting for her humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Minnesota · high school · rural town · alternate present · United States · government facility · lab setting · farm town · school setting
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1523
A grieving teen is blackmailed into a strange school study, where buried truths, old feelings, and new possibilities collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · high school · school campus · summer camp · Michigan · teen research study · contemporary setting · speculative reality
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1724
A lonely teen and her outsider friends race to survive a biotech-fueled night of violence in their Oregon town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural Oregon · Pacific Northwest · tourist town · high school setting · contemporary setting · biotech town · cave setting · one-night setting
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2036
A grieving teen reopens her father’s alien hunt and finds the truth is far stranger—and darker—than anyone believed.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town Iowa · rural Iowa · high school setting · woods · contemporary setting · school environment · present day
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2044
After an accident, a teen violinist loses memories and sees an invisible boy, leading her into a buried secret about her past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · small town · high school · clinic setting · medical facility · post-accident · present day · teen life
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2061
Lucas Sinclair’s own voice fills the gap between seasons, tracing high school, racism, friendship strain, and change.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s · small town · Midwest · high school · fictional town · rural town · white majority town · school setting
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2069
A traumatized teen investigates a viral party drug that makes her town eerily perfect—and dangerously not themselves.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · high school · company town · Virginia · contemporary setting · biotech town · suburban/teen social setting · claustrophobic setting
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2074
A teen on the run finds safety in an online cat-photo community, until an AI ally and hidden pasts collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · small town · Midwest · Wisconsin · school setting · online space · social media platform · digital world · contemporary-adjacent · tech-saturated
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2112
A bullied teen’s buried grief cracks open a hidden power and pulls her toward a secret world she barely understands.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · school setting · teen setting · contemporary setting · secret facility · hidden world · speculative reality
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2149
A bonded teen alien romance spirals into secrets, jealousy, and government danger as hidden powers emerge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · small town · alien-in-human-world · contemporary setting · government intrusion · hidden paranormal world
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2156
A teen science nerd and his prankster brother fake an alien invasion, and their small-town lie spirals wildly out of control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Pennsylvania · family farm · high school · contemporary setting · real-world setting
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2165
A teen journalist investigates a mass disappearance tied to her missing uncle and a secret research facility.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Tennessee · Kansas · college · high school · research facility · secret lab · investigative journalism world · alternate past
Reader-connected: no
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2213
