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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Searoad. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: small-town chronicle, linked stories, women’s lives, coastal community

Setting labels used: Oregon coast, small seaside town, fictional town, Northwest coast

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

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Cover of The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft

The Shadow over Innsmouth

H.P. Lovecraft · 1936

A curious traveler visits a shunned seaside town and uncovers a terrifying secret about its people and his own past.

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Distance: 0.2420

Cover of The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume One: Where on Earth by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume One: Where on Earth

Ursula K. Le Guin · 2012 · The Unreal and the Real

A self-selected collection of Le Guin’s earthbound short fiction, mixing realist, folkloric, and quietly strange stories.

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Distance: 0.2508

Cover of The Deading by Nicholas Belardes

The Deading

Nicholas Belardes · 2024

A quarantined seaside town unravels after an ocean-borne contagion triggers eerie deaths, returns, and escalating chaos.

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Distance: 0.2595

Cover of Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

Red Clocks

Leni Zumas · 2018

In a near-future Oregon town, five women navigate new laws that criminalize reproductive choice and redefine family.

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Distance: 0.2669

Cover of Huck, Book 1: All-American by Mark Millar

Huck, Book 1: All-American

Mark Millar · 2016 · Huck

A gentle gas-station clerk with secret powers sees his quiet good deeds turn into a public crisis.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2749

Cover of Key Lime Sky by Al Hess

Key Lime Sky

Al Hess · 2024

A non-binary autistic pie blogger becomes the only witness to a small-town alien invasion and teams up with a bartender to stop it.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2753

Cover of The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost

The Secret History of Twin Peaks

Mark Frost · 2016 · Twin Peaks

An in-universe dossier uncovers Twin Peaks’ hidden history through documents, notes, and conspiracy-laced evidence.

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Distance: 0.2763

Cover of Steven Universe Vol. 1 by Jeremy Sorese

Steven Universe Vol. 1

Jeremy Sorese · 2015 · Steven Universe

A series of cute, short Steven Universe adventures in Beach City, centered on friendship, fun, and small-scale trouble.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2780

Cover of Gravity Falls: Journal 3 by Alex Hirsch

Gravity Falls: Journal 3

Alex Hirsch, Rob Renzetti · 2022

A replica mystery journal from Gravity Falls adds hidden codes, new notes, and extra lore around the show’s secrets.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2846

Cover of Under the Dome: Part One by Stephen  King

Under the Dome: Part One

Stephen King · 2014 · Under the Dome Split-Volume

A Maine town is suddenly sealed inside an invisible dome, forcing its people into a deadly struggle for power and survival.

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Distance: 0.2854

Cover of Under the Dome by Stephen  King

Under the Dome

Stephen King · 2009

A Maine town is trapped under an invisible barrier, and isolation turns neighbors into rivals in a fight for control.

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Distance: 0.2881

Cover of Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin

Elsewhere

Alexis Schaitkin · 2022

In an isolated mountain town, a young mother fears the same mysterious fate that has taken other mothers into the clouds.

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Distance: 0.2899