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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Setting labels used: contemporary reality, school setting, boarding school, secret underground tunnels, island setting, hidden lairs, classroom world, slightly fantastical reality, slightly futuristic reality, fictional institute
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A bullied teen’s buried grief cracks open a hidden power and pulls her toward a secret world she barely understands.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · school setting · teen setting · contemporary setting · secret facility · hidden world · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1061
Marco uncovers a hidden android ally, then joins a risky heist that forces brutal questions about war and pacifism.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · contemporary setting · hidden underground world · school setting · secret alien presence · fictional science-fiction reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1142
A relentlessly nice young man is handed a supernatural protector and dragged into a bizarre, comic fight against those who want him ruined.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · boarding school · childhood backstory · present day · fantastical reality · supernatural reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1253
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A deadly new assassin traps Class 3-E, forcing the students to survive, adapt, and outwit a far stronger foe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · classroom setting · training ground · extracurricular danger · contemporary setting · fantastical reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1441
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: 0.1478
A young hybrid and her alien boyfriend face betrayal, rescue missions, and a devastating cliffhanger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · contemporary earth · secret facility · underground labs · hybrid world · alien hidden world · government agency · urban fantasy setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1491
At an elite boarding school, a grieving teen confronts a clone of her dead best friend and a web of secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: boarding school · elite school · prestigious academy · near future · futuristic Earth · very near future · private school · secret island · lab setting · advanced technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1494
At a girls-only boarding school, one student uncovers a terrifying program behind beauty, obedience, and control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: boarding school · near future · dystopian setting · elite academy · isolated institution · controlling environment · school enclosure
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1536
A gifted teen enters an elite academy and is pulled into a secret war against monsters and the corruption behind it.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · academy setting · school life · corporate power · dystopian future · hidden monster world · urban setting · secret training
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1537
A queer experimental story collection where bodies, desires, and genres mutate into grotesque, funny, and startling forms.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · speculative reality · surreal reality · pop culture-inflected · video game world · school setting · domestic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1543
A troubled teen psychic is hunted, recruited into a secret power network, and pushed toward a world-changing conflict.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secret school · secret organization · hidden psychic society · real-world-feeling setting · superhero universe · alternate-reality continuity · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1551
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: 0.1602
