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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Masterminds. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: hidden conspiracy, isolated community, crime-free town, secret experiment, clones, criminal masterminds, truth discovery, parents are hiding something, escape plot, investigation

Setting labels used: small town, isolated community, New Mexico, present day, utopian veneer, desert setting, controlled environment, secluded town, fictionalized contemporary reality

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

Cover of American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett

American Elsewhere

Robert Jackson Bennett · 2013

An ex-cop inherits a house in a hidden New Mexico town and uncovers a family mystery tangled with cosmic horrors.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1467

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Wayward

Blake Crouch · 2013 · Wayward Pines

A newly appointed sheriff in a surveillance-bound town must solve a murder while navigating buried truths and rebellion.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1729

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Pines

Blake Crouch · 2012 · Wayward Pines

A federal agent wakes in a strange Idaho town with no ID, no exit, and a mystery that keeps deepening.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1790

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Remember Me Gone

Stacy Stokes · 2022

A teen training in her family’s memory-erasing business uncovers missing time, town secrets, and a buried past.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1798

Cover of The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft

The Shadow over Innsmouth

H.P. Lovecraft · 1936

A curious traveler visits a shunned seaside town and uncovers a terrifying secret about its people and his own past.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1915

Cover of The Memory Ward by Jon Bassoff

The Memory Ward

Jon Bassoff · 2025

A mail carrier in a too-perfect Nevada town uncovers blank letters, hidden pages, and a reality he can’t trust.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1954

Cover of The Others by Jeremy Robinson

The Others

Jeremy Robinson · 2018 · Infinite

A grieving PI hunting a missing girl stumbles into a cross-country alien conspiracy with cults, mercenaries, and cover-ups.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1962

Cover of Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink

Welcome to Night Vale

Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor · 2015 · Welcome to Night Vale

In a surreal desert town, two women chase strange mysteries that keep circling back to the words “King City.”

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1982

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Sunbirth

An Yu · 2025

In an isolated desert village, two sisters endure a fading sun, strange beacons, and a family mystery tied to their missing father.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1996

Cover of Bite Risk by S.J. Wills

Bite Risk

S.J. Wills · 2023 · Bite Risk

In a town where adults turn into werewolves monthly, a teen and his friends uncover a deeper, more sinister secret.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2006

Cover of Midnight by Dean R. Koontz

Midnight

Dean R. Koontz · 1989

In a fogbound California town, outsiders and locals uncover a tech experiment turning people into something inhuman.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2067

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Feedback

Robison Wells · 2012 · Variant

A teen fugitive finds a supposedly safe town is just another layer of the same deadly experiment.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2131