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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for InvestiGators.
Setting labels used: sewer network, school, bakery, science factory, urban setting, real-world-plus-absurdity, animal detective world
Focused on “school/campus setting” 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.
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
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
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
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
![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
