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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Pines.
Setting labels used: small town, isolated town, Idaho, contemporary setting, contained setting, fenced town, suburban Americana, mountain town, woods and cliffs, secretive community
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A newly appointed sheriff in a surveillance-bound town must solve a murder while navigating buried truths and rebellion.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · isolated community · fenced town · surveillance town · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · rural Idaho
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1501
After a town-wide revelation, Ethan Burke must help Wayward Pines survive when its defenses fail and the outside threat pours in.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · isolated town · Idaho · fenced enclosure · post-apocalyptic future · dystopian setting · mountain town · last human settlement
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1510
A bookish teen in a mountain town wakes changed, craving blood, and must uncover what’s happening before it consumes her.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · mountain town · forest setting · wilderness · Adirondacks · contemporary setting · high school · rural setting · isolated community · natural landscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1980
Two sisters return to an emptied mountain town and uncover a terrifying force behind the mass disappearance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small mountain town · rural town · California · ski resort town · isolated town · remote community · fictionalized contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2069
A teen training in her family’s memory-erasing business uncovers missing time, town secrets, and a buried past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Texas · desert town · rural setting · isolated community · mine town · contemporary setting · atmospheric setting · southern setting · possible dystopian undertones
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2088
A retiring dog catcher and his new trainee face a vicious creature attack on a rural Colorado farm.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural Colorado · farm · woods · family farm · remote location · modern day · isolated setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2108
A teen girl killed every other birthday and a nightmare-haunted classmate uncover a townwide conspiracy as an asteroid nears Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Idaho · small town · rural town · high school · present day · woods · isolated town · Fire Lake · Earth-threatening apocalypse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2137
A Maine town is suddenly sealed inside an invisible dome, forcing its people into a deadly struggle for power and survival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Maine · contemporary setting · isolated community · sealed-off town · limited area
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2143
A YouTube mystery crew and an estranged journalist chase linked signs of witchcraft, a missing girl, and something in the woods.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Northern California · small town · isolated village · woodland setting · forest setting · rural town · gloomy mountains · woods · misty setting · contemporary setting · fictionalized paranormal reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2157
A boy in a perfect New Mexico town uncovers a hidden experiment that makes him and his friends question everyone.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · isolated community · New Mexico · present day · utopian veneer · desert setting · controlled environment · secluded town · fictionalized contemporary reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2167
An amnesiac young woman finds others like her, and together they uncover a dangerous secret while being hunted.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small Colorado town · ranch setting · road trip · contemporary setting · secretive enclave
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2194
A drifter inherits a lead to a hidden town where nobody ages or dies, but leaving may be impossible.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural America · backwater town · isolated town · sealed community · timeless setting · fictional town
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2196
