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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Right Back at You.
Setting labels used: 2023, 1987, New York City, Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania, middle school, school setting, closet wormhole, historical present, real-world setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A shy teacher stranded in the future must phone a work nemesis to save her past self—and maybe fall in love.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · school setting · high school · New York City · future timeline · present day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2112
A seventh grader’s birthday phone accidentally sends him to 1997, where he must fix time with his genius best friend.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Philadelphia · 1990s · 1997 · contemporary setting · historical past · alternate timeline · present day · middle school world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2244
A teen time traveler in present-day New York risks everything when forbidden love collides with a mission to save the future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York · present day · 2010 · 2014 · future world · near-future dystopia · post-plague world · environmental catastrophe · school setting · community enclave
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2412
A teen in New York must keep his younger sisters alive after the moon disaster turns the city into a desperate wasteland.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · urban apocalypse · post-collapse city · Catholic school setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2431
A 17-year-old boarding a 1995 flight wakes in 2020 and must rebuild her life amid grief, fame, and changing loyalties.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1995 · 2020 · St. Louis · New York · airport · high school · contemporary real world · late 20th century to early 21st century · modern technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2496
A poisoned schoolteacher’s murder and a dangerous old flame test Eve Dallas’s detective instincts and marriage.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York · near-future · futuristic city · private school · classroom · police investigation · upper-middle-class setting · school community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2501
A New York homicide case seems routine until Eve Dallas uncovers a sinister cult, lies, and a wider criminal conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · West Village · Upper East Side · Connecticut · spring 2061 · mid-21st century · future New York · fictional near-future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2554
A time-crossed teen must unravel family secrets and a memory loss mystery to save her love and herself.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · 2010 · 1910 · New York · Upper East Side · historical New York · contemporary setting · past timelines · alternate timeline · time travel world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2581
A lazy New York teen researching smallpox for school thinks he may be infected and spirals into danger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · modern day · post-9/11 · 2004 · private school · weekend house · urban setting · real-world setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2636
A preteen genius tries to stop her own transformation, but a time-lost dinosaur turns her plan into chaos and friendship.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day New York · Marvel Universe · school setting · secret lab · prehistoric past · time-displaced · comic-book reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2716
A last president narrates a bizarre post-apocalyptic quest to cure loneliness by reinventing family.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · Manhattan · United States · Empire State Building · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2720
A teen time-travel agent trains with a secret CIA division while dangerous alternate timelines and a lost love close in.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-present · alternate timeline · parallel worlds · CIA setting · New York · time travel reality · secret government agency · future timeline · school-age world · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2727
