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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Never Have I Ever.
Setting labels used: Philippines, Manila, San Francisco, diaspora, immigrant community, Catholic school, girls' school, retreat house, spa, tech company, near future, contemporary, afterlife, underworld
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Two bullied misfits—one witch, one science prodigy—reunite as adults to face a collapsing world and each other.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · San Francisco · contemporary world · alternate reality · urban setting · school setting · forest setting · magic school · apocalyptic world · eco-collapse · tech scene
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2386
Two cousins who can inhabit other bodies must unravel a basement death after their new lives trap them in a dangerous house.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day Philippines · urban setting · subdivision · isolated house · basement · contemporary · Philippine setting · housebound
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2459
A retired assassin is forced back into clan politics to recover a stolen gate and save San Francisco from the dead.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary San Francisco · San Francisco’s Chinatown · modern-day city fantasy · hidden magical society · underworld portal · Asian diaspora setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2656
A debut short-story collection of eerie, comic, speculative tales where modern relationships warp into uncanny, often disturbing forms.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · San Francisco · Bay Area · Northern California · digital age · near-future · dystopian future · apocalyptic landscape · medical ward · creepy house · suburban domesticity
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2778
A teen wakes from a coma with missing memories and uncovers a shocking secret about her body, family, and humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · near-future America · remote house · school setting · charter school · post-crisis society · medical-regulation society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2815
A half-demon necromancer bounty hunter hunts a psychic killer while being dragged back into her darkest past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: futuristic city · near future · urban setting · dystopian · magic and technology · boarding school · institutional abuse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2821
A debut short-story collection where ordinary Black lives collide with near-future horrors, satire, and social violence.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · near future · dystopian America · retail world · shopping mall · school · hospital · amusement park · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2842
A black-ops blackout in Manhattan pulls two brilliant rivals into a globe-spanning hunt for a mastermind.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Manhattan · New York City · Myanmar · Seoul · Singapore · Tokyo · global · modern day · contemporary · institutional · FBI Academy
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2843
Abandoned food-service robots in postwar San Francisco reopen a noodle shop and fight sabotage to keep their new life alive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · postwar future · post-civil war · rebuilding city · San Francisco · independent California · alternate America · ghost kitchen · restaurant · futuristic dystopia
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2854
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A possessed friend, a fragile house, and a bizarre training plan push a chaotic teen crew into new rules and new bonds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern school · family home · shared household · boarding house · shrine · urban supernatural · Japanese setting · present day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2862
A bike messenger and a fired security man are drawn into a near-future California chase over high-tech glasses.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · California · San Francisco Bay Area · Los Angeles · Bay Bridge community · post-earthquake · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2863
A terminally ill teen wakes five years later in a new body and must face the life, love, and friends that moved on without him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary United States · high school · hospital · family home · post-teen transition · near-future science
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2867
