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Setting labels used: Chicago, mostly white neighborhood, urban contemporary, 21st century America, real-world setting with magical element
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Ten years after saving the world, a traumatized hero discovers the battle may not be over after all.
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Setting labels: Chicago · contemporary Earth · alternate Earth · parallel universe · magical reality · post-war world · celebrity culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1802
A curious boy follows a sign with his name to a hidden warehouse and is drawn into a dangerous conflict over magical objects.
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Setting labels: contemporary Chicago · hidden magical world · secret warehouse · underground setting · school-age world · parallel reality · urban fantasy · time travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1984
A teenage engineering prodigy builds a suit, takes on a legacy, and learns heroism with help from Tony Stark’s AI.
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Setting labels: Chicago · Marvel Universe · contemporary setting · superhero reality · corporate superhero world · street-level urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2015
An 18-year-old in superhero Chicago gains powers in a bombing and must choose between normal life and caped duty.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Chicago · university setting · contemporary world · alternate Earth · post-Event world · superhero society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2052
A new girl finds a mysterious bracelet that grants animal powers, drawing her into friends, secrets, and danger.
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Setting labels: present day · Chicago · Arizona · suburbs · new town · middle school · school life · contemporary setting with speculative elements
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2151
A spider-power outbreak turns Manhattan into chaos, forcing Spider-Man and allies to stop the infection and save the city.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · contemporary urban setting · superhero world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2165
A burned-out woman begins disappearing and must trace her art-wielding father through the houses of her past.
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Setting labels: contemporary · American setting · multiple homes · house-centered · small-scale domestic setting · magical reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2177
A grieving man is pulled into parallel lives and a deadly confrontation with his own double.
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Setting labels: Chicago · contemporary · stormy night · rainy night · urban setting · alternate realities · parallel worlds
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2207
A dispatcher in a world where murder rarely sticks gets pulled into a deadly conspiracy that makes him a suspect.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Chicago · alternate earth · near future · present day · what-if world · global phenomenon · corporate world · urban crime setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2208
An alien hunter in near-future Chicago investigates serial murders and is forced into an uneasy alliance with a suspect.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future · future Earth · alternate future · Chicago · New Chicago · alien-integration world · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2225
In an alternate America without the internet, a misfit memoirist navigates a strange tech culture, family, and an eerie gift.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate America · present-day alternate reality · internetless world · greater Chicagoland · suburban setting · late 20th century background · contemporary America (alternate)
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2252
A married couple signs up for a minor luck god online, only to get swept into divine houseguests and godly chaos.
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Setting labels: modern America · suburban setting · urban fantasy world · gods among mortals · contemporary mythic world · alternate modern world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2298
