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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Stranger Things: Lucas on the Line.
Setting labels used: 1980s, small town, Midwest, high school, fictional town, rural town, white majority town, school setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
After experimental brain surgery revives a teen, he returns changed, and an old local vengeance begins to stir.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · California · 1980s · contemporary setting · historical backstory · local history · high school setting · suburban community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1436
In a small Illinois town, boys fight the pull of aging and time itself as summer gives way to autumn.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Midwest · Illinois · fictional town · summer-to-fall transition · October · late summer · school town
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1655
A nerdy small-town teen’s crush on the new quarterback spirals into alien secrets, royal destiny, and danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · high school · Jewel, Indiana · midwest · Earth · Mars · alien colony · school drama · small-town America · modern setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1875
A lonely teen chases popularity and discovers his body is changing in ways that force him to rethink who matters.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · high school · senior year · modern day · Georgia · teen reality · fictional superhero universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1915
A death-haunted professor and his blended family face a toxic disaster in a darkly comic, media-saturated world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Midwestern college town · campus setting · supermarket setting · suburban setting · 1980s America · small town · domestic setting · media-saturated world · toxic disaster zone · contemporary reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1921
Max must confess her true origin and face alternate realities while fighting to get back to the Chloe she lost.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town setting · high school age · alternate timelines · parallel reality · fictionalized world · video game universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1944
A teen girl discovers she’s a manufactured android and flees those who built her, while fighting for her humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Minnesota · high school · rural town · alternate present · United States · government facility · lab setting · farm town · school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1950
A grieving teen reopens her father’s alien hunt and finds the truth is far stranger—and darker—than anyone believed.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town Iowa · rural Iowa · high school setting · woods · contemporary setting · school environment · present day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1975
A teen girl with hidden superpowers must confront grief, secrets, and her alien past to choose where she belongs.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town America · Midwestern town · farm setting · high school · present day · Earth · Krypton · alternate continuity · noncanonical story · Elseworlds · modern setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1982
A stranded alien botanist befriends a boy on Earth while trying to stay hidden and find a way home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: suburban home · 1980s suburban family · Earth · small neighborhood · school · government pursuit · residential area
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1990
A teen from 2023 lands in 1985 and teams with a local girl to stop a tragedy tied to his family.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · high school · 1985 · 2023 · 1980s · present day · local politics · school fire
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2021
With a month left before an asteroid ends the world, a misfit teen hunts the truth behind her friend’s death.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · coastal town · high school · pre-apocalyptic future · present-day contemporary reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2028
