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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 setting embeddings are close.
A curious traveler visits a shunned seaside town and uncovers a terrifying secret about its people and his own past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New England · seaside town · small town · decaying town · isolated community · coastal setting · underwater realm · fictional town
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1510
In a near-future Oregon town, five women navigate new laws that criminalize reproductive choice and redefine family.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · small town · coastal town · Oregon · United States · alternative present · speculative present · politically altered reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1658
After a meteor shower, two strangers and a dog are trapped on an Oregon beach as monstrous horrors close in.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Oregon coast · beach · coastal town · isolated setting · stranded vehicle · dunes · oceanfront · summer beach setting · apocalyptic Earth · small-town coastal
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1784
A teen on a Maine island faces quarantine, military takeover, and a growing mystery tied to a strange drug and strange skies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: present day · fictional island · coastal Maine · small town · vacation island · tourist town · isolated community · modern military setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2012
A quarantined seaside town unravels after an ocean-borne contagion triggers eerie deaths, returns, and escalating chaos.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small coastal town · fishing town · seaside town · California coast · oyster farm · birding community · quarantined town · isolated community · oceanic setting · dystopian setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2023
A replica mystery journal from Gravity Falls adds hidden codes, new notes, and extra lore around the show’s secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Oregon · supernatural town · mystery shack · multiverse · portal travel · summer vacation · fictional reality · after finale
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2052
A lonely teen and her outsider friends race to survive a biotech-fueled night of violence in their Oregon town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural Oregon · Pacific Northwest · tourist town · high school setting · contemporary setting · biotech town · cave setting · one-night setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2059
An in-universe dossier uncovers Twin Peaks’ hidden history through documents, notes, and conspiracy-laced evidence.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Pacific Northwest · Washington state · American history · 19th century to modern day · in-universe fiction · government archive · rural town · occult landscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2071
A truth-seeking steerswoman chases a dangerous mystery into an archive town and an ever stranger, alien world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secondary world · medieval-like · small town · archive setting · seaside town · frontier town
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2129
Tammy Preston’s FBI dossier fills in Twin Peaks gaps, answering lingering questions after the revival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Pacific Northwest · Washington state · fictional place · 1990s · 25-year gap · post-series · post-finale · between seasons · surreal reality · occult setting · government investigation
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2179
A self-selected collection of Le Guin’s earthbound short fiction, mixing realist, folkloric, and quietly strange stories.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · small-town Oregon · fictional central Europe · Orsinia · revolutionary setting · summer camp · rural setting · sea-side holiday · contemporary setting · historical setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2195
A Florida sheriff confronts a prehistoric sea monster that resurfaces, triggering deaths, chaos, and a survival fight offshore.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Florida coast · small coastal town · ocean setting · underwater setting · modern day · prehistoric sea · ancient past flashbacks
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2224
