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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus.
Setting labels used: 1980s, 1984, small town, Hawkins, high school, teen subculture, record-store world, dive bar, music scene, pre-show timeline, mid-1980s
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A queer 1980s teen tries to fit in, then realizes the only escape she needs is becoming herself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s · 1983 · 1984 · Hawkins · small town · high school · Indiana · school band · AIDS era · pre-show timeline
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1444
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: 0.2190
A guilt-ridden man dies by suicide and wakes in his teenage body, given one strange chance to redo his life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1970s · 2016 · high school · small town · middle America · analog era · nostalgic past · contemporary frame · multiple timelines
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2307
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: 0.2412
A Stranger Things tie-in graphic novel follows a season 1 bully as nightmares, shame, and monsters force him to confront himself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Hawkins · 1980s · season 1 aftermath · season 2 overlap · small-town setting · fictional universe · TV-continuity setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2418
Lucas Sinclair’s own voice fills the gap between seasons, tracing high school, racism, friendship strain, and change.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s · small town · Midwest · high school · fictional town · rural town · white majority town · school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2419
A teen arcade worker in 1982 finds a mysterious game that triggers paranoia, violence, and townwide chaos.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1980s · 1982 · small town · seaside town · coastal storm · arcade · video store · gentrifying town
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2459
After season 1, the Hawkins kids cope with trauma and school by making a zombie movie for extra credit.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Hawkins, Indiana · school setting · middle school · post-season 1 · between seasons 1 and 2 · 1980s · small town · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2493
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: 0.2609
A displaced time traveler tries to live in an alternate reality while old bonds, new powers, and hidden truths unsettle everything.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Los Angeles · alternate universe · multiverse · high school aftermath · young adult life · small town roots · California · parallel timeline · modern day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2629
Two teens who may be soulmates fall hard for each other as a secret operation and strange weather turn love into a threat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: British town · small-town setting · contemporary setting · secret facility · band scene · teen life
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2658
A Korean American teen is sent back to 1995, where she must mend family ties and help her mom survive high school.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1990s · 1995 · contemporary · high school · homecoming week · United States · Korean American family · analog world · pre-internet era
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2682
