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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Stuck.
Setting labels used: middle school, fifth grade, elementary school, school year, birthday setting, contemporary setting, time loop reality, age-progressing world
Focused on “alien 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 science-minded middle schooler gets a chance to redo the past and save a friendship before it all falls apart.
Why this is here
Setting labels: middle school · high school · seventh grade · senior year · school fair · contemporary setting · parallel reality · time travel world · school community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0874
A naive alien uses time travel to try to save a bullied fourth grader, but each fix deepens a tragic spiral.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · school setting · home setting · elementary school · childhood world · alien world · dystopian atmosphere · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1326
A rich boy at an unusual school races to find his missing best friend—and learn who, if anyone, is really real.
Why this is here
Setting labels: elementary school · middle school transition · school setting · dystopian world · near-future · technological setting · wealth-segregated society · android classroom · private schooling · controlled environment
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1225
A sixth-grader discovers her substitute teacher is an alien and races to stop his secret plan.
Why this is here
Setting labels: sixth grade · school setting · classroom · substitute teacher setting · earth · extraterrestrial reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1362
![Cover of 暗殺教室 14 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 14] by Yusei Matsui](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1429879002i/25372741.jpg)
Class E faces school-festival and final-exam battles, while a fierce principal rivalry pushes the class to prove itself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: middle school · school festival · school competition · classroom setting · schoolyard setting · fictional reality · extraterrestrial being
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1366
A schoolgirl’s sudden invisibility draws her into a secret circle of kids with powers and a dangerous hidden origin.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · middle school · teen contemporary · small-scale reality · lightly fantastical world · local adventure
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1428
![Cover of 暗殺教室 5 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 5] by Yusei Matsui](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1372656574i/18141627.jpg)
A school class of would-be assassins faces a brutal baseball match, a new teacher, and a dangerous new weakness.
Why this is here
Setting labels: junior high school · school setting · classroom setting · summer setting · military school influence · extraterrestrial reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1449
A lonely kid and a crash-landed amnesiac alien team up to survive school, robots, and a mystery from space.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day Earth · school setting · small town · home life · science fictional reality · other dimension · alien world · portal travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1794
Future letters push a shy high schooler and her friends to try to save a troubled boy and rewrite regret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · teen ensemble · present day · future selves · multiple timelines
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1512
A grieving teen discovers she’s DNA-bound to protect her best friend from a hidden killer—and from her own changing life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: present day · contemporary world · near future · high school setting · summer holidays · alternate reality · normal family setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1544
A murdered man wakes up in his childhood body and races through new lives to find the wife he lost.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fictional town · small town · military school · school setting · afterlife · parallel worlds · dimension shifts · multiple timelines · childhood setting · adult life revisited
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1552
A shy teen receives a letter from her future self and joins friends in trying to change a painful fate.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · teen life · present day · future timeline · alternate future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1595
