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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Super Powereds: Year 1. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: superhero school, secret identity, experimental procedure, power control, hidden powers, hero certification, outcasts to heroes, training program, found family, social hierarchy
Setting labels used: college campus, superhero academy, university setting, contemporary setting, real-world adjacent, secret training program, hero certification program
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
Sophomore superhero trainees return to school, hide changed identities, and face new team trials, secrets, and threats.
Why this is here
Premise labels: superhero school · team training · secret identity exposure · coming of age · hero certification
Setting labels: college campus · hero academy · training program · modern world · superhuman society · classroom setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.0996
Junior year turns brutal for a superhero-in-training team as old secrets surface, allies shift, and graduation narrows.
Why this is here
Premise labels: hero training · superhero academy · college years · coming of age · training trials · rising stakes · team under pressure · hidden conspiracy · enemy pressure
Setting labels: college campus · university setting · training program · campus life · hero world · superpowered society · secret underground operations · academic year · modern setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1525
Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl team up to stop a video-game-powered villain while hiding their secret identities.
Why this is here
Premise labels: team-up · secret identity · superhero school · computer programming · video game powers · new villain · next-generation heroes · mentor-student
Setting labels: Marvel Universe · contemporary setting · school setting · computer programming class · video game virtual reality · small-scale urban superhero world · teens and college-age characters
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1704
![Cover of 僕のヒーローアカデミア 12 [Boku No Hero Academia 12] by Kohei Horikoshi](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1485848490i/32854622.jpg)
Class 1-A trains new signature moves, then faces a brutal provisional hero-license exam against rival schools.
Why this is here
Premise labels: hero licensing exam · school competition · training arc · power development · team challenge · rival schools
Setting labels: school setting · hero school · academy setting · dorm life · training grounds · exam arena · multiple schools · contemporary fantasy · superhero world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1811
At college, a superpowered young woman tries to do good publicly while hiding her secret from friends, rivals, and authorities.
Why this is here
Premise labels: superpowers · secret identity · hero reluctance · college life · romantic relationship · public exposure risk
Setting labels: college · campus life · contemporary setting · superhero reality · government scrutiny · scientist pursuit · public exposure · small-scale secret world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1824
An 18-year-old in superhero Chicago gains powers in a bombing and must choose between normal life and caped duty.
Why this is here
Premise labels: superhero origin · new powers · secret identity · career choice · mentor training · hero team · supervillain threat · public celebrity · worldbuilding
Setting labels: Chicago · university setting · contemporary world · alternate Earth · post-Event world · superhero society
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1872
A queer teen superhero sequel pits Nick and his friends against new threats, secrets, and a fraught reckoning with power.
Why this is here
Premise labels: superhero team · high school life · secret identities · found family · boyfriends · new heroes · villain identification · adolescent coming-of-age
Setting labels: Nova City · fictional town · high school · contemporary setting · superhero world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1873
![Cover of 僕のヒーローアカデミア 42 [Boku no Hero Academia 42] by Kohei Horikoshi](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1732298197i/216976063.jpg)
The final volume closes a long-running superhero manga with battle aftermath, epilogue, and hard-won hope for its heroes.
Why this is here
Premise labels: heroism · quirkless protagonist · school training · superhero society · legacy · found family
Setting labels: academy setting · superhero world · alternate reality · future society · school year timeline
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1922
A middle school boy with supervillain parents must hide his own powers and team up with unexpected friends to save them.
Why this is here
Premise labels: supervillain parents · secret identity · discovered powers · school life · friendship across sides · save the parents · villain kidnapping
Setting labels: middle school · school setting · small town · secret world · superhero world · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1979
A troubled teen psychic is hunted, recruited into a secret power network, and pushed toward a world-changing conflict.
Why this is here
Premise labels: superpowered teenager · psychic powers · government pursuit · secret school · secret network · recruitment offer · destiny burden · power with a price · fugitive hero
Setting labels: secret school · secret organization · hidden psychic society · real-world-feeling setting · superhero universe · alternate-reality continuity · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2030
When suburban kids find a dead superhero in the woods, their secret upends friendship, loyalty, and growing up.
Why this is here
Premise labels: dead superhero · kids discover body · secret burden · superhero mystery · after-school discovery · friendship under strain · growing up under pressure
Setting labels: suburban · woods · after school · school setting · superhero world · ordinary people in superhero world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2032
A powerless teen in a superpowered society discovers heroes may be the real threat—and teams up with villains.
Why this is here
Premise labels: powerless protagonist · superhero world · heroes vs villains · gray morality · hidden secrets · secret experiment · immunity serum · team-up with enemies · truth reversal · ordinary outsider
Setting labels: superhero society · lab setting · secret facility · hero hierarchy · villain hierarchy · urban fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2042
