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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 “science-fantasy world” 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 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 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 heartbroken heroine plots revenge while navigating a secretive, genetically engineered polycule and a web of lies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · corporate conspiracy · laboratory · morgue · school-based · paranormal world · science-fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2545
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
![Cover of ダンダダン 8 [Dan Da Dan 8] by Yukinobu Tatsu](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1671911399i/63836051.jpg)
A determined teen trains to get stronger as his friends face bizarre spirits, a new rival, and a kaiju-scale threat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · school music room · night school · urban supernatural · science-fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2684
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
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
