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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Stranger Things: Runaway Max.
Setting labels used: Hawkins, Indiana, California, 1980s, small town, suburban home, alternate dimension, supernatural reality, television continuity
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
After season 1, the Hawkins kids cope with trauma and school by making a zombie movie for extra credit.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Hawkins, Indiana · school setting · middle school · post-season 1 · between seasons 1 and 2 · 1980s · small town · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1914
Dustin navigates freshman-year change and a science fair mystery while trying to hold his friend group together.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Hawkins · 1985 · high school · freshman year · between seasons · Indiana · school fair · small town · alternate-world supernatural reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1984
A Stranger Things tie-in graphic novel follows a season 1 bully as nightmares, shame, and monsters force him to confront himself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Hawkins · 1980s · season 1 aftermath · season 2 overlap · small-town setting · fictional universe · TV-continuity setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2111
Nancy Wheeler and Robin Buckley investigate a new Hawkins mystery in the gap between Stranger Things seasons 4 and 5.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Hawkins, Indiana · aftermath setting · post-disaster town · high school setting · college-bound transition · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2371
A tomboy hockey player wakes in an alternate life as a cheerleader and must untangle what changed—and why.
Why this is here
Setting labels: California · New Jersey · alternate dimension · alternate universe · past and present · high school · teen world · suburban
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2387
Two slacker friends gain bizarre vision from a strange drug and stumble into an interdimensional supernatural crisis.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern America · American Midwest · undisclosed city · video store · small-town suburb · alternate dimension · otherworld · urban supernatural · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2431
A synthetic woman on a dating show becomes a murder suspect after her husband vanishes, forcing her to uncover the truth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town Indiana · near future · contemporary setting · reality TV production · fictionalized reality show
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2533
After a deadly riddle contest, Roland tells his companions the tragic story of his youth, first love, and path to the Tower.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate reality · post-apocalyptic · deserted town · small town · western frontier · war-torn world · multiverse · parallel worlds · 1980s America · Mid-World
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2578
A displaced time traveler tries to live in an alternate reality while old bonds, new powers, and hidden truths unsettle everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Los Angeles · alternate universe · multiverse · high school aftermath · young adult life · small town roots · California · parallel timeline · modern day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2604
A father and daughter use a mysterious device to cross parallel worlds while shadowy forces hunt them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: California · small town · parallel worlds · multiverse · alternate Earths · contemporary setting · dystopian worlds · familiar-and-bizarre realities
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2626
A dead-letter clerk uncovers a hidden power and triggers a surreal, apocalyptic struggle over dreams and reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Omaha · New Mexico · California · small town · suburbia · Hollywood · modern America · dream sea · other dimension · liminal space · metaphysical realm · crossroads
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2727
An amnesiac’s nightly disappearances pull two private investigators into a dark, supernatural case with a deadly family secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: California · Los Angeles · urban setting · 1990s · contemporary setting · multilocational travel · otherworldly places · dark fictional reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2731
