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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for More Happy Than Not. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: memory erasure, sexual identity, coming out, self-discovery, happiness quest, second chance, forbidden love, futuristic medicine, trauma recovery, identity crisis
Setting labels used: Bronx, New York, near future, urban neighborhood, housing project, summer setting, contemporary setting, futuristic setting, working-class setting, high school life
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
A teen who forgets each day but sees the future must navigate love, secrets, and a dark mystery.
Why this is here
Premise labels: memory loss · future memories · notes to self · hidden condition · romantic complication · family secrets · mystery hook
Setting labels: high school · contemporary setting · suburban family life · school scenes · home scenes · teen social world · modern day · psychological realism
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1970
A returner’s lost memories tempt a couple into a risky therapy that could restore love—or expose a devastating truth.
Why this is here
Premise labels: memory loss · memory recovery · love after erasure · aftermath · experimental therapy · returners
Setting labels: dystopian school setting · after the Program · near-future world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2140
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
Premise labels: memory loss · memory erasure · missing memories · mysterious boy · medical mystery · accident aftermath · first love · identity crisis · family secret
Setting labels: contemporary · small town · high school · clinic setting · medical facility · post-accident · present day · teen life
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2156
A 15-year-old boy wakes up invisible and teams with a blind girl while his family races to explain and reverse it.
Why this is here
Premise labels: invisibility · blindness · missing child · secret identity · coming of age · disability parallel · finding oneself
Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · library setting · home setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2214
An amnesiac man follows clues left by his former self while a conceptual shark hunts his memories and identity.
Why this is here
Premise labels: amnesia · memory loss · identity search · conceptual predator · quest for truth · grief recovery
Setting labels: contemporary setting · urban spaces · un-space · conceptual world · material reality · mental landscape
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2223
In a near-future town, a teen discovers she erased painful memories and must decide whether to reclaim them.
Why this is here
Premise labels: memory erasure · lost memories · painful memories · second chance romance · trauma recovery · grief processing · identity crisis · forbidden memories · experimental treatment · past rediscovery
Setting labels: near future · 2030s · small town · New Mexico · ski town · futuristic contemporary · hospital · clinic
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2229
A dying billionaire’s brain transplant into a young woman’s body triggers identity, legal, and sexual chaos.
Why this is here
Premise labels: brain transplant · body swap · shared body · identity crisis · gender swap · life extension · immortality quest · legal identity dispute · sexual awakening · future society
Setting labels: near future · early 21st century · dystopian future · lawless areas · enclaves · armored vehicles · urban collapse
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2232
After a freak accident, a tomboy teen wakes in a supermodel’s body and must navigate fame, love, and identity.
Why this is here
Premise labels: body swap · brain transplant · identity crisis · celebrity life · modeling world · fish out of water · secret identity · forced impersonation · search for self
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · SoHo · high school · hospital · megastore · modeling industry · celebrity world · contemporary · near-future
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2245
A foster teen with missing memories is pulled into a secret program of weaponized students and a dangerous why-choose bond.
Why this is here
Premise labels: amnesia · memory loss · foster care · secret organization · genetically engineered humans · child soldiers · protective harem · lost identity · mystery note · revenge
Setting labels: high school · contemporary setting · current time · secret program · school and foster home space
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2245
After a hypnotic encounter, a teen notices tiny changes in everyone around him and starts questioning reality and his future.
Why this is here
Premise labels: hypnosis · altered reality · teen existential crisis · coming of age · identity crisis · search for self · college decision
Setting labels: suburban · high school · senior year · Illinois · contemporary · present-day · home life · school social circle
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2260
Two separated girls navigate cloning fallout, hidden dangers, and identity questions in a dual-track sci-fi sequel.
Why this is here
Premise labels: human cloning · identity crisis · ethical dilemma · on the run · mistaken identity · search for a cure · outsider status · escape from institution
Setting labels: futuristic world · not-too-distant future · laboratory setting · institution setting · outside the institute · road trip · suburban domestic setting · trailer park · contemporary world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2264
A memory-perfect teen must stop a thief stealing lives—while her own memories begin to vanish.
Why this is here
Premise labels: memory theft · stored memories · genetically enhanced humans · social divide · thief hunt · identity crisis
Setting labels: near future · future society · city setting · closed community · urban dystopia · futuristic technology · science fiction world · class divide
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2274
