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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The House of Thunder.
Setting labels used: hospital, small town, Oregon, vacation setting, stormy night, isolated institution, contemporary
Focused on “modern-day” 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 light-sensitive man who lives by night uncovers a deadly small-town conspiracy after his father dies.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town setting · California coast · night setting · isolated town · secret facility
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2294
After a near-death confession, two damaged men unravel a drug conspiracy while their toxic bond shifts in new directions.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day · contemporary · China · hospital · remote village · film production · small town · criminal underworld · medical setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2664
A lonely teen and her outsider friends race to survive a biotech-fueled night of violence in their Oregon town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural Oregon · Pacific Northwest · tourist town · high school setting · contemporary setting · biotech town · cave setting · one-night setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2370
A stranded traveler accepts help from a strange couple, then tumbles into a mind-bending web of memory, control, and conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: stormy night · rural house · roadside breakdown · isolated location · contemporary setting · American setting · psychological reality · dreamlike reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2370
After an accident, a teen violinist loses memories and sees an invisible boy, leading her into a buried secret about her past.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · small town · high school · clinic setting · medical facility · post-accident · present day · teen life
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2441
A sleeping sickness strikes a California college town, and the wakeful struggle to protect each other as dreams deepen.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Southern California · college town · small town · campus setting · dormitory · hospital · quarantine zone · contemporary setting · isolated community · fictional town
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2449
Interlinked stories trace the lives of women and other residents in a fictional Oregon coast town across generations.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Oregon coast · small seaside town · fictional town · Northwest coast
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2450
In a fogbound California town, outsiders and locals uncover a tech experiment turning people into something inhuman.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · coastal town · northern California · nighttime · foggy atmosphere · 1980s setting · near-present fictional reality · isolated community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2504
A replica mystery journal from Gravity Falls adds hidden codes, new notes, and extra lore around the show’s secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Oregon · supernatural town · mystery shack · multiverse · portal travel · summer vacation · fictional reality · after finale
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2509
A lonely boy hires a questionable wizard to help find his kidnapped parents, and the quest gets stranger from there.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Oregon · Portland, Oregon · forest cabin · isolated cabin · wilderness · small town · school setting · contemporary setting · real-world setting · middle grade reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2515
After a severe accident, a speech-impaired teen in rehab uncovers disturbing nighttime secrets and changes in himself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rehabilitation center · isolated facility · hospital setting · clinical setting · nighttime setting · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2523
A hidden miracle-worker living quietly in Middle Falls is forced into the open when danger threatens the people he loves.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Middle Falls, Oregon · small town · modern day · cult-like commune · hospital setting · family life · womb setting · contemporary world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2553
