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Setting labels used: sewer network, school, bakery, science factory, urban setting, real-world-plus-absurdity, animal detective world
Focused on “animal experimentation” 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.
Two modified cats secretly fight crime in a robotic dog suit while a baby-faced alien plots world takeover.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fictional city · urban setting · lab escape · science fiction world · alien invasion · animal experimentation · contemporary setting · Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2460
A college freshman becomes a parasite carrier who hunts infected exes while uncovering a New York vampire conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · modern day · urban underground · college setting · apartment building · sewers · city bureaucracy · secret world · biological realism · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2189
A rebooted TMNT origin follows the brothers’ split, their missing sibling, and a new threat rising in New York.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · sewers · street level · laboratory · underground hideout · urban fantasy · contemporary setting · science experiment setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2239
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: 0.2261
A relocated teen in a futuristic city stumbles into a corporate secret, a missing girl, and a mystery that upends his life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: futuristic city · dystopian city · rural-to-urban relocation · near future · school setting · virtual reality · science-fantasy world · underworld/sewers
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2325
A bullied mouse finds an unlikely ally in a giant robot that refuses its creator’s evil orders.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · suburban family · fictional town · city under threat · animal fantasy world · science-fiction world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2392
![Cover of ダンダダン 4 [Dan Da Dan 4] by Yukinobu Tatsu](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1647859570i/60045286.jpg)
A chaotic teen crew battles aliens and spirits while jealousy, romance, and a cursed house complicate everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · modern day · school setting · haunted house · urban supernatural · alien-infested world · alternate spiritual reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2472
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: 0.2473
![Cover of ダンダダン 16 [Dan Da Dan 16] by Yukinobu Tatsu](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1730423257i/214982570.jpg)
Momo and Okarun chase a missing golden ball into a bizarre board-game world full of delinquents and chaos.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · police station · board game world · diorama world · fantasy world · urban setting · high school setting · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2477
A boy hunting his missing father teams with intelligent beetles to uncover a sinister insect-fueled plot.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · Natural History Museum · school setting · urban adventure · real-world setting · secret laboratory · inhabited house
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2516
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: 0.2531
Haunted and hunted, a sarcastic teen metahuman faces a city-threatening enemy while searching for answers about her mother.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · school/campus setting · compound setting · secret facility · modern world · superpowered world · government organization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2532
