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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for A Handful of Time.
Setting labels used: Canada, Western Canada, Alberta, Toronto, lake cottage, summer setting, 1980s, 1950s, historical past, rural setting, cottage country
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A fractured family retreats to a remote Canadian cabin, only to face a sudden nuclear-collapse survival ordeal.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural Canada · isolated cabin · lake house · wilderness · Ontario · cottage · post-collapse world · North America · winter setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1881
Three linked voices trace a secret wartime experiment and a present-day heatwave where flies and rage spread together.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Québec · Montmagny · Grosse-Île · Canada · 1940s · World War II era · contemporary · heatwave setting · remote island · rural town
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2373
When mysterious doors appear worldwide, twin sisters on opposite spiritual paths are pulled into grief, faith, and change.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Midwest · Michigan · rural setting · global phenomenon · contemporary setting · summer · college years · predominantly white community · alternate dimension
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2457
A Yellowstone ranger and a CDC scientist race to stop a bomb-triggered viral outbreak that could become a national catastrophe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Yellowstone National Park · Canada · Northwest Territories · present day · historical prologue · rural western US · cross-country travel · volcanic setting · national park setting · wilderness setting · North America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2582
A teen survivor and a defective alien soldier forge an uneasy bond after Earth is invaded, turning survival into trust.
Why this is here
Setting labels: summer camp · wilderness · post-apocalyptic · present-day · Canada · Calgary · remote camp · Earth under invasion
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2615
In a frozen post-collapse Yukon homestead, a young hunter’s quiet survival ends when a mysterious stranger arrives.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Canadian Yukon · remote Canada · wilderness setting · snow-covered landscape · winter setting · nuclear winter · post-pandemic world · post-war world · isolated homestead · frontier-like settlement · Alaska to Yukon migration
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2633
A bandaged stranger arrives in a quiet fishing town, stirring suspicion, obsession, and buried fears.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural town · fishing village · tiny community · isolated town · Canadian setting · wintry setting · snow-covered town · off-season tourist town · modern setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2653
An elderly British couple follows official nuclear-war advice as the world around them turns terrifying and absurd.
Why this is here
Setting labels: English countryside · Britain · Cold War era · 1980s · rural setting · homefront · nuclear wartime
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2669
A billionaire’s mammoth-cloning scheme uncovers a frozen time-travel mystery in the Canadian Arctic.
Why this is here
Setting labels: northern Canada · Nunavut · modern day · prehistoric past · Ice Age · Pleistocene · North America · modern metropolis · modern America · Arctic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2687
After an alien invasion, two teens on opposite sides of the war uncover unsettling truths about what the Nahx did to humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Canada · winter setting · snowy landscape · post-apocalyptic Earth · human-controlled territory · alien-occupied territory · refugee camp
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2718
In 1970s Australia, a boy must stop his genius younger sister and a mysterious alien orb from taking over everyone.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1970s Australia · Canberra · rural setting · experimental farm · nostalgic retro setting · small town · lake setting · outdoor childhood
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2719
In a climate-ravaged near future, Indigenous teens flee harvesters who seek their bone marrow to restore dreaming.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic world · climate-ravaged landscape · North America · Canada · rural Ontario · northern wilderness · woods · camps · schools
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2736
