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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 “United States” 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 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
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
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
A genius private investigator with hallucinatory experts tackles strange cases, while his mind starts to unravel.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · United States · contemporary setting · real world · global travel · religious stakes
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2158
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
An immortal body-hopper races to solve a murder and evade hunters while wrestling with identity, consent, and survival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · Europe · United States · metro stations · city travel · global travel · urban · modern world · international locales · crowded transit
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2199
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
Three strangers follow separate covert trails through art, spycraft, and addiction toward a hidden global scheme.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-9/11 · contemporary present · near-future · alternate present · United States · New York City · Los Angeles · Vancouver · Canada · globalized world · intelligence world · art world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2262
A grieving astrobiologist raises his volatile son through a near-future climate crisis using an experimental brain therapy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · contemporary America · United States · Madison, Wisconsin · camping · school setting · academic setting · outer space · imagined planets · dystopian future · planetary future · ecological crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2270
After four plane crashes leave three child survivors, the world spirals into fear, cult claims, and conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: global setting · multiple continents · contemporary setting · air travel · commuter planes · media-saturated world · religious-politics setting · United States · Japan · South Africa · United Kingdom
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2289
A naval intelligence officer is sent to silence witnesses to a crash, only to uncover a global conspiracy and hidden truth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · Switzerland · Europe · global travel · contemporary setting · government agencies · military intelligence
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2314
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
