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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Paper Girls: The Complete Story.
Setting labels used: 1988, Cleveland, Ohio, suburban setting, future settings, past settings, multi-era, time rifts, interdimensional reality, Halloween night, 1980s nostalgia
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Four 12-year-old paper girls in 1988 are swept into a strange time-travel mystery that keeps widening out of control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1988 · 1980s · post-Halloween · Cleveland · suburban setting · future setting · alternate timelines · multiverse · present/future collision
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0826
Four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls in 1988 stumble into a surreal time-travel mystery after Halloween.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s · late 80s · 1988 · post-Halloween · suburban America · Cleveland suburb · small town · nostalgic period setting · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0870
A 12-year-old boy crosses America and a parallel world to find a mystical object that may save his dying mother.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s America · parallel world · alternate reality · United States · Territories · multiple worlds · hotel setting · road setting · fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2368
Four loosely linked novellas twist memory, weather, guns, and survival into unsettling, high-concept horror.
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Setting labels: 1980s · American settings · Silicon Valley · Boulder, Colorado · Colorado · coastal Florida · mall · suburban town · post-apocalyptic world · contemporary America · small town · skyborne setting · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2471
Will Byers' survival in the Upside Down is retold through his own hidden side of Stranger Things season 1.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Upside Down · alternate dimension · small-town America · 1980s · suburban setting · monster world · dark mirror world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2578
A teenage future cop time-travels to 1986 New York to stop a corporation and uncover why her world may not exist.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1986 New York City · alternate 2013 · high-tech future · dystopian future · 1980s urban setting · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2579
A downtrodden office worker is recruited into a secret supervillain society and pulled into a violent bid for power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate Earth · dystopia · secret underworld · post-superhero world · 1980s past event · contemporary urban · worldwide conspiracy · multiverse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2608
A queer, time-spanning sci-fi novel where one unfinished game links grieving lives across centuries.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s America · 1983 Cincinnati · far future Earth · flooded world · post-apocalyptic setting · spacefaring future · underwater world · centuries-spanning setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2638
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: 0.2641
A teen math prodigy with leukemia and a D&D friend group gets pulled into a time-travel mystery that could save a girl.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s · 1986 · London · South London · urban setting · British setting · 1980s teen life · pre-digital era
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2649
A mother’s life and family unravel and transform after Earth receives a mysterious alien message spanning decades.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Adirondacks · upstate New York · 1980s · alternate timeline · future timeline · space age · interstellar
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2654
A shy teen singer uses a holographic alter ego to front her band, sparking rivalry, romance, and glam-rock drama.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modernized setting · 1980s nostalgia · contemporary setting · music industry · social media · record label · concert world · school-age youth culture · urban
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2673
