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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Big Time.
Setting labels used: United States, Maryland, FDA, hospital setting, bureaucratic workplace, contemporary setting
Focused on “contemporary” 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.
When the Moon becomes cheese, a rotating cast of people across America faces humor, panic, and fallout over one lunar cycle.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · United States · global · modern world · science and government settings · media culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2413
A federal investigation turns into a relentless chase when a DNA-targeted bioweapon and hired killers threaten thousands.
Why this is here
Setting labels: CDC · Atlanta · southern US · government agencies · medical research setting · contemporary setting · military base
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2207
After a brutal accident, a teen is trapped in her mother’s biotech world and asked to design the perfect boy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · modern day · research facility · biotech lab · medical setting · high-tech company
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2247
A biotech thriller weaving together genetic experiments, patent fights, and transgenic animals in a near-present world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · near future · present-day science · biotech industry · laboratory setting · legal setting · corporate setting · urban setting · global · sci-fi realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2571
A secret outbreak of parasite-driven madness forces a CIA agent, CDC scientist, and infected man into a race against catastrophe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern America · United States · CDC · CIA · Great Lakes region · Michigan · Ohio · government secrecy · contemporary
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2701
A food-psychic federal agent closes in on the bird-flu conspiracy while facing off against his ex-mentor.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · federal agency · FDA · White House · heaven · prehistoric era · alternate reality · scientific-fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2458
A doctor-to-be and his friends race to stop a strange virus that turns people into something not quite human.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · college town · hospital setting · American town · global outbreak · late 1990s
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2508
A young CDC doctor investigates linked Ebola outbreaks across the U.S. and uncovers a deadly conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Atlanta · CDC · United States · hospital setting · clinic setting · laboratory setting · 1980s · postmodern medical system · epidemic setting · aero/road travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2520
A brilliant autistic inventor’s sound-recreating device draws government and criminal forces into a deadly chase.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · government facility · institutional setting · secret research setting · urban chase · United States
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2835
A terminally ill teen wakes five years later in a new body and must face the life, love, and friends that moved on without him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary United States · high school · hospital · family home · post-teen transition · near-future science
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2570
A young psychologist is assigned to a rare psychiatric case, and the patient and hospital secrets quickly entangle them both.
Why this is here
Setting labels: hospital setting · psych ward · single-location setting · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2636
Mutant winged teens search for their origins while trying to survive a new home, school, and old enemies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Washington, D.C. · school setting · hospital setting · federal agent home · contemporary urban setting · shared house setting · science-fiction reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2640
