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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Dragonfly Girl: A Spellbinding YA Science Thriller About a Cure for Death and Deadly International Rivalry.
Setting labels used: high school, laboratory, science competition, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe, California, Russia, international setting, contemporary world, real-world science setting, academic research setting, underground lab, secret lab, ballrooms
Focused on “contemporary 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 grieving teen and a troubled classmate race to recreate a legendary formula, risking love, sanity, and their darker selves.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · chemistry lab · Pennsylvania · contemporary setting · American high school · school competition
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2226
A fugitive demi-human faces escalating government pressure as rival factions, hidden powers, and brutal plans collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Japan · high school · research center · laboratory · prison · government facilities · urban setting · contemporary setting · secret experiment program
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2234
A snarky winged teen and her flock race to stop a corporation’s plan to remake humanity and cut the population in half.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · global travel · United States · Europe · Germany · Hawaii · Los Angeles · school lab setting · corporate headquarters · modern times
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2300
Two teens uncover hidden truths about their births and identities while fleeing extremists and a secret genetic conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · school disco · clinic · genetic lab · city setting · London · Washington DC · Germany · Scotland · international travel · secret facilities · real-world setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2022
A bullied teen’s buried grief cracks open a hidden power and pulls her toward a secret world she barely understands.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · school setting · teen setting · contemporary setting · secret facility · hidden world · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2379
A hidden alien-human hybrid must survive high school, a bully, and a dangerous crush without exposing her secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · small town · Wisconsin · present day · laboratory · school setting · hidden-in-plain-sight · near-lab hometown · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2544
Two Harvard students chase an anti-aging breakthrough, then fame, money, and secrets threaten their startup and bond.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Harvard · college setting · academia · lab setting · biotech startup world · contemporary setting · Ivy League setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2702
A professor loses his physicist lover to a strange, selective void created in a campus lab.
Why this is here
Setting labels: university campus · physics laboratory · academic environment · California · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2744
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: 0.2760
Marco uncovers a hidden android ally, then joins a risky heist that forces brutal questions about war and pacifism.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · contemporary setting · hidden underground world · school setting · secret alien presence · fictional science-fiction reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2766
A wolf-breed alpha kidnaps his believed-unfaithful mate, forcing them to confront betrayal, desire, and a mad scientist.
Why this is here
Setting labels: lab setting · scientific facility · experimental reality · wolf-pack world · human-and-breed world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2474
A quiet teen's dream of a stranger pulls her and her classmates into a mystery of strange powers and time travel.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · classroom setting · teen life · contemporary Denmark · real-world setting · meteor storm · time-travel universe · scientific research · astronomy · astrophysics
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2494