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Setting labels used: Pacific Northwest, deserted beach, mountain compound, hidden community, futuristic, paranormal world, secret society
Focused on “modern day” 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 global tech collapse, survivors in the Pacific Northwest rebuild through survival skills, clans, and new power struggles.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Pacific Northwest · Oregon · Idaho · contemporary world · post-apocalyptic world · technologically regressed world · medieval-like society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1668
An ex-cop-turned-writer searches for his missing wife and uncovers a sinister supernatural conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Seattle · Oregon · Pacific Northwest · contemporary setting · dark realistic supernatural
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1850
An 11-year-old girl learns her grandpa works with the Devil and gets pulled into a strange family-saving supernatural quest.
Why this is here
Setting labels: California · Santa Cruz · Washington coast · Hell · modern day · real-world plus supernatural · Northwest coast
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2198
A memory-scrambled Psy woman lands on a guarded leader’s doorstep, and both must decide whether she’s a threat or salvation.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · urban fantasy world · New York · Vermont · Alaska · hidden network · secret facility · post-Silence society · psychic society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1912
A recovering telepathic cryptid returns to her family compound, only to uncover a dangerous conspiracy within her own species.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · modern day · United States · Ohio · Oregon · Portland · Cleveland · family compound · airport · secret supernatural world · extra-dimensional origins
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2282
A time-twisting sequel follows Glory and Sam as they race through shattered centuries to protect a friend and save time itself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · Pacific Northwest · abandoned mansions · multiple historical periods · time travel setting · space-time fantasy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1983
A journalist and a cult leader collide amid body horror, hidden conspiracies, and a secret world of demons or aliens.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern day · corporate cult · small group secret society · real world horror · hidden supernatural world · clean white spaces · well lit offices · mountains · interdimensional
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2294
A lone survivor uses a dead postman’s uniform to survive, and accidentally sparks hope of rebuilding civilization.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · post-nuclear war · collapsed society · wilderness travel · small settlements · Oregon · Pacific Northwest · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2016
An ex-con in the Alaskan wilds uncovers a secret breach, a deadly artifact, and a race to stop an apocalypse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Alaska · Wyoming · Zurich · Germany · remote wilderness · underground facility · present day · secret world · alternate present · global chase
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2022
After a deadly pandemic, an immune survivor leads a fragile group toward safety while preppers, danger, and loss close in.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Pacific Northwest · Washington state · Seattle · cabin in the woods · isolated cabin · post-apocalyptic world · depopulated world · collapsed civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2039
A zombie outbreak on the West Coast forces a mismatched group of ordinary survivors to protect family, love, and each other.
Why this is here
Setting labels: West Coast · Pacific Northwest · Oregon · California · Eugene · zombie apocalypse · post-collapse world · same universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2053
After a deadly accident, Erin discovers a hidden immortal gene and is dragged into a war for her life and loyalty.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · secret world · hidden society · near-present day · supernatural reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2056
