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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Going Wild.
Setting labels used: present day, Chicago, Arizona, suburbs, new town, middle school, school life, contemporary setting with speculative elements
Focused on “contemporary” 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.
After a hypnotic encounter, a teen notices tiny changes in everyone around him and starts questioning reality and his future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: suburban · high school · senior year · Illinois · contemporary · present-day · home life · school social circle
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1560
A teen time traveler races to recover keys across shifting timelines while family, romance, and history collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · historical periods · alternate timeline · time travel world · United States · Georgia · Chicago · school setting · past and present
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1802
An eleven-year-old’s life changes when her scientist grandfather reverses aging and lands in middle school with her.
Why this is here
Setting labels: middle school · home life · scientific lab · present day · urban/suburban
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1504
A shy teacher stranded in the future must phone a work nemesis to save her past self—and maybe fall in love.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · high school · New York City · future timeline · present day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1812
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
Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · library setting · home setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1875
Two middle-school boys start losing their memories to each other and must uncover the strange link before they lose themselves.
Why this is here
Setting labels: same town · different sides of town · different schools · middle school · post-pandemic · contemporary · real-world setting · light fantasy · science fiction element
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1878
A shy new kid at school discovers only she can see mysterious creatures tied to fear, friendship, and danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: new town · new school · school setting · home setting · woods · modern world · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1591
A genre-bending short story collection where portals, marriages, and identity crises expose the costs of escape and desire.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · small town · domestic sphere · boarding school · space · alternate reality · speculative reality · near future · mythic realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1964
A teen who forgets each day but sees the future must navigate love, secrets, and a dark mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · contemporary setting · suburban family life · school scenes · home scenes · teen social world · modern day · psychological realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1694
A boy who can alter reality joins a secret agency to uncover a father’s disappearance and a strange school mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day · school setting · coastal setting · small-town setting · alternate realities · supernatural reality · contemporary world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1728
Five abducted kids return eleven years later with no memories, while one sibling hunts for the missing sixth child.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · small town · school setting · kindergarten · eleven-year gap · teen years later · homecoming setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2031
A stranded shapeshifting alien and a broke college student fall hard, clash over secrets, and get very pregnant.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day Earth · contemporary · Albuquerque · New Mexico · college setting · desert setting · small house · campus apartment · Earth culture · space travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2035
