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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Meet Me at the Crossroads.
Setting labels used: Midwest, Michigan, rural setting, global phenomenon, contemporary setting, summer, college years, predominantly white community, alternate dimension
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
In a modern alternate universe, mutant youths gather under Xavier while Magneto and the government push the world toward war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate universe · modern America · Earth-like world · secret-government world · school setting · global setting · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1956
A death-haunted professor and his blended family face a toxic disaster in a darkly comic, media-saturated world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Midwestern college town · campus setting · supermarket setting · suburban setting · 1980s America · small town · domestic setting · media-saturated world · toxic disaster zone · contemporary reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1972
In an alternate America where calling someone stupid is illegal, one outspoken professor’s life and friendships unravel.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate America · near future · contemporary setting · small-town America · university setting · media world · home and family setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1981
A grieving teen is blackmailed into a strange school study, where buried truths, old feelings, and new possibilities collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · high school · school campus · summer camp · Michigan · teen research study · contemporary setting · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2015
An exhausted family welcomes a humanoid AI helper, only to find it acting on their unspoken fears and wishes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · near-future technology · domestic setting · family home · suburban neighborhood · school setting · workplace stress
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2019
A grieving teen discovers she’s DNA-bound to protect her best friend from a hidden killer—and from her own changing life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: present day · contemporary world · near future · high school setting · summer holidays · alternate reality · normal family setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2035
A failed small-town businessman is pulled into first contact when an invisible barrier seals off his town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · rural America · Midwestern town · 1960s · Cold War era · parallel world · alternate Earths · time-different worlds · grounded Earth setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2076
A teen who forgets each day but sees the future must navigate love, secrets, and a dark mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · contemporary setting · suburban family life · school scenes · home scenes · teen social world · modern day · psychological realism
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2134
A stubborn human and a grumpy alien warrior repair a farm, and slowly each other, in a sweet steamy sci-fi romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: farm setting · rural setting · small community · frontier feel · earth-like planet · post-war society · coexistence
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2147
An illustrated anthology of 34 stories about a machine that tells people how they’ll die, and how that knowledge reshapes life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · alternate reality · dystopian society · contemporary setting · shared world · speculative world · institutional setting · high school setting · medical setting · wartime setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2158
A grieving astrobiologist raises his volatile son through a near-future climate crisis using an experimental brain therapy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · contemporary America · United States · Madison, Wisconsin · camping · school setting · academic setting · outer space · imagined planets · dystopian future · planetary future · ecological crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2163
A teen chases his missing parents through time portals that warp history, faith, and his family’s future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small-town Minnesota · rural America · future world · alternate reality · historical periods · religious community · postdigital future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2174
