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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for A Slip under the Microscope.
Setting labels used: school, university, academia, real world, slightly fantastical world, portal fantasy
Focused on “other planets” 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.
Two brilliant college rivals test a theory about near-death powers, then spend years hunting each other for revenge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: college · university · near-future · urban · gritty world · superhero world · scientific reality · alternate world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1295
Nix must navigate shifting trust, desire, and danger as a dark why-choose power game and mystery deepen.
Why this is here
Setting labels: prestigious university · club setting · planetary setting · other planets · fictional universe · sci-fi world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1712
Discworld wizards accidentally create a universe, while science chapters explain how our real one works.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · imaginary place · academic setting · university setting · cosmic scale · Earth history · modern world · deep time
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1448
A bullied teen follows a mysterious bow’s quest into a mage city, where a revenge path and a looming crisis collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: real world · game world · virtual reality · mage city · floating city · school setting · fantasy city · medieval fantasy · dungeon
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1504
Three teen friends pursue a hidden underground civilization, where a genius’s invention leads them into bigger dangers.
Why this is here
Setting labels: parallel universe · subterranean world · underground civilization · fictional world · school setting · urban school life · fantasy realm
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1635
An awkward teen is swept into a bizarre fashion-school fantasy where beauty, power, and survival are all on trial.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · fashion world · magical academy · mountaintop school · dystopian society · global worldbuilding · pseudo-reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1638
A determined transfer student hunts answers about his cousin’s death and gets pulled into a dangerous, possessive poly romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: university · college · academy · another planet · intergalactic world · futuristic setting · elite society · secret society · high-tech campus · planetary government
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1647
A lonely kid and a crash-landed amnesiac alien team up to survive school, robots, and a mystery from space.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day Earth · school setting · small town · home life · science fictional reality · other dimension · alien world · portal travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1655
A gifted teen musician enters Harper Hall, where training, jealousy, and prejudice test her path to belonging.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fantasy world · imaginary place · school setting · music school · craft hall · boarding school setting · medieval-inflected world · spacefaring society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1673
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A determined teen trains to get stronger as his friends face bizarre spirits, a new rival, and a kaiju-scale threat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · school music room · night school · urban supernatural · science-fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1678
A gifted teen mage faces possession, mythic politics, and a final struggle over souls, gates, and worlds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern day · contemporary world · parallel worlds · secondary world · Earth · otherworld · mythic setting · afterlife · high school
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1716
A 15-year-old girl who can disappear is pulled into a hidden world where her secret ties to larger clan conflicts.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary school life · parallel world · fictional clan system · secondary world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1717
