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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports.
Setting labels used: contemporary setting, global travel, United States, Europe, Germany, Hawaii, Los Angeles, school lab setting, corporate headquarters, modern times
Focused on “California” 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 heartbroken teen intern and her ex uncover a dangerous secret behind a pill that erases heartbreak overnight.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern day · high school · senior year · Philadelphia · New Jersey · California · cross-country · clinic setting · corporate setting · contemporary America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2073
Two teens uncover hidden truths about their births and identities while fleeing extremists and a secret genetic conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · school disco · clinic · genetic lab · city setting · London · Washington DC · Germany · Scotland · international travel · secret facilities · real-world setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1851
An FBI agent hunts a brutal killer and uncovers a GM-crop conspiracy that may hide an alien threat to humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · global setting · United States · California · Washington DC · Norway · research lab · seed vault · FBI milieu · government milieu · corporate milieu · military milieu
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2166
A broke former singer is pulled into a hunt for a secret clothing brand, where fashion, power, and espionage collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary world · near future · London · Paris · New York · Iceland · Europe · global travel · fashion world · marketing world · corporate world · military-industrial world · present-day tech · globalized present
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1906
A lawyer is pulled into a globe-spanning conspiracy tied to environmental activism, disaster plots, and climate fear.
Why this is here
Setting labels: global · Paris · Malaysia · Vancouver · New Guinea · Tokyo · Iceland · Antarctica · Arizona · Los Angeles · Solomon Islands · California · Pacific island · modern day · near-present · scientific fieldwork · remote locations · international
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2219
A cross-continental family saga about science, activism, and technology tests what people think they owe each other.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Finland · United States · Helsinki · university setting · academic world · near future · contemporary · multiple continents · cross-cultural setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1928
A brilliant but socially isolated teen wins a science prize, then a lab discovery pulls her into dangerous international intrigue.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · laboratory · science competition · Stockholm · Sweden · Europe · California · Russia · international setting · contemporary world · real-world science setting · academic research setting · underground lab · secret lab · ballrooms
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2300
A childhood friendship across class lines grows into a decades-spanning quest to erase poverty, with world-changing science and dark secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Tokyo · Japan · Boston · MIT · Harvard · French embassy · French diplomatic setting · Russian Arctic · global setting · near future · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2016
A grieving scientist tests a limited time-travel device that only observes her past, until reality begins to shift.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · laboratory setting · corporate research setting · tech company setting · time travel lab · domestic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2074
In a modern alternate universe, mutant youths gather under Xavier while Magneto and the government push the world toward war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate universe · modern America · Earth-like world · secret-government world · school setting · global setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2080
A biotech thriller weaving together genetic experiments, patent fights, and transgenic animals in a near-present world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · near future · present-day science · biotech industry · laboratory setting · legal setting · corporate setting · urban setting · global · sci-fi realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2093
When the Moon becomes cheese, a rotating cast of people across America faces humor, panic, and fallout over one lunar cycle.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · United States · global · modern world · science and government settings · media culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2099
