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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Monster.
Setting labels used: contemporary America, urban setting, grocery store, night shift, ordinary world with hidden magic, parallel planes, alternate dimensions, our world with magical overlay
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
An orphan raised in a secret library must uncover what happened to her godlike guardian as hidden powers collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · hidden world · alternate reality · secret dimension · isolated library · mythic reality · cosmic scale · suburban setting · liminal space · outside normal time
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1736
Two slacker friends gain bizarre vision from a strange drug and stumble into an interdimensional supernatural crisis.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern America · American Midwest · undisclosed city · video store · small-town suburb · alternate dimension · otherworld · urban supernatural · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1758
A fugitive wizard with little magic and a talking dog races to stop magic’s return in modern-day America.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern world · contemporary America · urban fantasy setting · earthbound setting · hidden supernatural world · magic-in-the-modern-world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1777
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: 0.2057
A debut short-story collection where ordinary Black lives collide with near-future horrors, satire, and social violence.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · near future · dystopian America · retail world · shopping mall · school · hospital · amusement park · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2106
A married couple signs up for a minor luck god online, only to get swept into divine houseguests and godly chaos.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern America · suburban setting · urban fantasy world · gods among mortals · contemporary mythic world · alternate modern world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2110
A snarky barista gains elemental powers from a spiked latte and is pursued by secret agencies and a deadly-hot agent.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · coffee shop · secret government · covert agency · paranormal world · urban setting · hidden supernatural society · science-and-magic blend
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2127
A curious boy follows a sign with his name to a hidden warehouse and is drawn into a dangerous conflict over magical objects.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary Chicago · hidden magical world · secret warehouse · underground setting · school-age world · parallel reality · urban fantasy · time travel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2174
In a world where wealth determines literal size, two tiny siblings fight to survive and rise in a system built against them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate reality · parallel world · urban setting · shared dreamworld · life-and-death world · contemporary America analogue · USA analogue
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2184
A dark short-story collection of uncanny premises, personal dreads, and sharp-voiced introspections about self, time, and regret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary America · modern life · urban grit · alternate reality · space setting · alien world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2189
Two gifted twins, secretly engineered through alchemy, are drawn toward an impossible destiny that could remake reality.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York · United States · impossible city · urban fantasy world · alternate reality · time-shifted timeline · modern world · hidden magical system
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2211
An accountant is recruited into a secret monster-hunting company after killing his werewolf boss.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate earth · hidden supernatural world · secret government knowledge · urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2216
