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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Evil Genius.
Setting labels used: Australia, private school, elite institute, criminal academy, contemporary setting, school setting, prison communication
Focused on “contemporary setting” 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.
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A deadly new assassin traps Class 3-E, forcing the students to survive, adapt, and outwit a far stronger foe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: school setting · classroom setting · training ground · extracurricular danger · contemporary setting · fantastical reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2461
At a girls-only boarding school, one student uncovers a terrifying program behind beauty, obedience, and control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: boarding school · near future · dystopian setting · elite academy · isolated institution · controlling environment · school enclosure
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2423
Haunted and hunted, a sarcastic teen metahuman faces a city-threatening enemy while searching for answers about her mother.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · school/campus setting · compound setting · secret facility · modern world · superpowered world · government organization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2767
A foster teen with missing memories is pulled into a secret program of weaponized students and a dangerous why-choose bond.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · contemporary setting · current time · secret program · school and foster home space
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2789
A sheltered teen genius in foster care joins a secret hacker squad, but the offer may be another trap.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Australia · Sydney, Australia · contemporary · near-future tech · secret facility · foster home · police surveillance · computer-mediated world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2506
A teen empath in high school learns to manage overwhelming feelings while falling for a classmate who quiets the noise.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · contemporary setting · therapeutic setting · fictional superpower world · teen social environment
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2830
A bullied teen’s buried grief cracks open a hidden power and pulls her toward a secret world she barely understands.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · school setting · teen setting · contemporary setting · secret facility · hidden world · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2861
A time-leaping delinquent keeps trying to save the future, but each change opens a deeper gang war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: middle school · present and past · urban setting · gang underworld · school-age delinquent scene · alternate timeline · contemporary setting · street gang culture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2900
A shunned teen with a tiny finding-lost-things power gets pulled into friendship and a dangerous missing-child case.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · school setting · contemporary world · our world · police investigation · support group setting · family home
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2604
Desperate exam-takers try a study drug, then sleep loss, hallucinations, and danger turn revision into survival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · Barbican Centre · private school · prestigious school · contemporary setting · urban setting · school setting · isolated group setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2921
Five new college students hide a dangerous secret while training to become certified superheroes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: college campus · superhero academy · university setting · contemporary setting · real-world adjacent · secret training program · hero certification program
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2926
At an elite boarding school, a grieving teen confronts a clone of her dead best friend and a web of secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: boarding school · elite school · prestigious academy · near future · futuristic Earth · very near future · private school · secret island · lab setting · advanced technology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2675
