Find similar books by
Combine common axes
These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Vicious.
Setting labels used: college, university, near-future, urban, gritty world, superhero world, scientific reality, alternate world
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A college premed’s meticulous life unravels when she learns her unreliable boyfriend is secretly a superhero.
Why this is here
Setting labels: college · dorm life · medical school track · modern world · superhero-filled world · urban setting · high school backstory · alternate universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0986
A young superhero’s life grows darker, bigger, and more morally complex as old ties, new threats, and shifting loyalties collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: superhero universe · Earth · space · alternate dimensions · alien invasions · parallel universes · apocalyptic settings · college setting · young adulthood · fictional future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1042
A teen superhero balances school, family, and powers as a shocking event rewrites everything around him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · college · outer space · superhero world · alien universe · alternate comic-universe reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1142
At college, a superpowered young woman tries to do good publicly while hiding her secret from friends, rivals, and authorities.
Why this is here
Setting labels: college · campus life · contemporary setting · superhero reality · government scrutiny · scientist pursuit · public exposure · small-scale secret world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1280
Two short, ambiguous Wells stories explore a hidden doorway and an exam slip-up through regret, choice, and conscience.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school · university · academia · real world · slightly fantastical world · portal fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1295
A regular guy inherits a superhero’s cloak and chooses a career as a not-very-evil supervillain for profit.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate universe · superhero world · urban setting · crime-ridden city · suburbs · college setting · comic-book reality · commonplace superpowers · monsters and magic · modern setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1353
Retired, mismatched sidekicks are forced back into action after Earth’s heroes die, and saving the world gets very messy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: superhero world · modern world · city setting · government conspiracy · urban fantasy · alternate reality · superpowered society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1431
A disabled boy gets one week as his favorite superhero, but the wish comes with a demonic price.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary real world · superheroes as fiction · comic-book-in-world · movie franchise in-world · school setting · city setting · global scale · space fantasy · mythic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1492
A trans teen superhero must defend her city, survive escalating attacks, and face the cost of power and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern city · urban fantasy · superhero world · contemporary Earth-like setting · space travel · superhero convention
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1503
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: 0.1510
Separated worlds and lost imagination force Owen and Bethany into one last meta adventure to stop Nobody and restore reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fictional world · nonfictional world · future dystopia · comic-book world · multiple realities · separate realms
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1514
A powerful teen hero must reclaim his future after a failed tryout leaves him outcast, hunted, and targeted by bigger forces.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Earth · superpowered society · superhero academy · high school · urban setting · contemporary setting · world of metas · world with magic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1517
