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Characterization labels used: biologist protagonist, survivor protagonist, pragmatic narrator, thoughtful hero, ordinary man, female lead, ideological archetypes, sighted minority, blind majority, pragmatic survivor, bystander protagonist, community leaders, authoritarian figures, religious zealots

Relationships labels used: love interest, partnership, search for partner, survivor community, power struggle, dependency, cooperation, competition for resources, leadership conflict, gender roles, family formation

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Malevil

Robert Merle · 1983

After a nuclear blast leaves a few survivors in a castle, they must rebuild society, survive rivals, and redefine power.

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Characterization labels: survivors · community leader · male protagonist · charismatic leader · pragmatic leader · military strategist · clerical authority · self-serving authority · ordinary people under pressure · psychological types · multiple character types · strong protagonist · female characters sidelined

Relationships labels: survivor group · community cohesion · power struggle · leader and followers · religious conflict · male-dominated relations · sexual politics · marriage norms · shared partnership · rival communities · friendship · betrayal

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1639

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Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse

John Joseph Adams, Ann Aguirre, Megan Arkenberg, Paolo Bacigalupi, Christopher Barzak, Lauren Beukes, David Brin, Orson Scott Card, Junot Díaz, Cory Doctorow, Tananarive Due, Toiya Kristen Finley, Milo James Fowler, Maria Dahvana Headley, Hugh Howey, Keffy R.M. Kehrli, Jake Kerr, Nancy Kress, Joe R. Lansdale, George R.R. Martin, Jack McDevitt, Seanan McGuire, Maureen F. McHugh, D. Thomas Minton, Rudy Rucker, Ramsey Shehadeh, Robert Silverberg, Bruce Sterling, Rachel Swirsky, Genevieve Valentine, James Van Pelt, Christie Yant · 2015 · Wastelands

A post-apocalyptic anthology gathering 30 varied stories about survival, collapse, plague, and what remains after the end.

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Characterization labels: survivors · veterinarian · cynical protagonist · asshole protagonist · young protagonists · child protagonist · caretakers · bloggers · musician protagonist · minority perspective · compassionate protagonist · self-centered characters · likable protagonists · unlikable characters

Relationships labels: survivor communities · family bonds · parent-child · romantic tension · community cooperation · betrayal · caretaking · power imbalance · rivalry · dependency

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Distance: 0.1663

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MaddAddam

Margaret Atwood · 2013 · MaddAddam

In a plague-ravaged future, survivors and bioengineered Crakers rebuild meaning through stories, memory, and uneasy alliances.

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Characterization labels: survivors · women protagonists · middle-aged woman · male loner · child narrator · traumatized characters · adaptive characters · flawed characters · tough woman · jealous heroine · comic innocence · heroic survivalist

Relationships labels: romance · love triangle · found family · mentor mentee · community bonds · loyalty · rivalry · dependency · friendship · gender dynamics · inter-species cooperation

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Distance: 0.1820

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Cold People

Tom Rob Smith · 2023

After aliens force humanity to flee to Antarctica, survivors fight to build a new society and adapt fast enough to endure.

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Characterization labels: ordinary people · survivors · refugees · scientists · soldier · medical student · fisherman · geneticist · genetically engineered beings · cold-adapted humans · reluctant protagonists

Relationships labels: romance · family · parent-child · community formation · survivor cooperation · power struggle · species conflict · dependence

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1850

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The Last

Hanna Jameson · 2019

A historian trapped in a Swiss hotel after nuclear war chronicles the survivors—and hunts a murderer among them.

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Characterization labels: historian protagonist · academic protagonist · unreliable narrator · flawed protagonist · unlikable characters · diverse ensemble · survivor group · leader figure · doctor character · manager character · isolated strangers

Relationships labels: troubled marriage · family separation · survivor alliances · group conflict · cliques · power dynamics · dependency · trust issues · friendship under stress · betrayal · community formation

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Distance: 0.1874

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'48

James Herbert · 1999

In a ruined 1948 London, an immune American pilot is hunted by dying fascists who need his blood to survive.

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Characterization labels: anti-hero · American pilot · loner · proactive hero · troubled protagonist · macho protagonist · female attraction trope · group survivor cast · black-and-white characters · stereotyped characters

Relationships labels: found family · group survival · romantic tension · attraction · trust issues · betrayal · rivalry · enemy alliance · survivor community · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1878

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Marooned in Realtime

Vernor Vinge · 1986 · Across Realtime

A stranded detective must solve a murder in a future where a few hundred humans struggle to restart humanity after extinction.

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Characterization labels: detective protagonist · ex-cop · competent protagonist · skeptical protagonist · persistent investigator · high-tech faction · low-tech faction · faction leaders · lonely survivor · murderer · power seeker · ordinary-citizen lead

Relationships labels: faction rivalry · community survival · romantic bond · investigator-client · power struggle · betrayal · dependency · collective action · family separation · marooning

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Distance: 0.1881

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El Eternauta

Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Francisco Solano López · 2006 · El Eternauta

A Buenos Aires card game becomes a battle for survival when deadly snow hides an alien invasion and a resistance forms.

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Characterization labels: ordinary man · family man · scientist · collective protagonist · survivor group · resourceful · brave · rationalist · military opposition

Relationships labels: friend group · family bonds · marriage · parent child · teamwork · solidarity · mutual dependence · community resistance · collective action · us vs them

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Distance: 0.1887

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The Road to Woodbury

Jay Bonansinga, Robert Kirkman · 2012 · The Walking Dead: Novels

A survivor group travels through a zombie apocalypse to a walled refuge where safety hides a brutal new order.

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Characterization labels: anxious protagonist · timid protagonist · female survivor · male protector · hulking man · drunk medic · stoner characters · sociopathic leader · psychotic ruler · manipulative leader · morally compromised survivors · character-driven · underdeveloped cast · stereotyped characters

Relationships labels: uneasy friendship · protective bond · romantic tension · group dynamics · survivor community · leader-subject power · gendered judgment · inter-character conflict

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Distance: 0.1916

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Asfixia

Alex Mírez · 2016

After a toxic air catastrophe kills nearly everyone, one immune survivor uncovers hidden factions and a buried truth.

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Characterization labels: imperfect protagonist · resourceful survivor · isolated heroine · immune heroine · curious protagonist · strong-willed · impulsive · morally ambiguous cast · brooding commander · comic relief · scientist · soldier · enigmatic character · supportive friend

Relationships labels: found family · friendship · mentor dynamic · romantic tension · unresolved romance · rival factions · friendship-bond · protective relationship · power imbalance

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Distance: 0.1924

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Dying to Live

Kim Paffenroth · 2007 · Dying to Live

A lone survivor joins a museum refuge and faces both the undead and the darker horrors of surviving humans.

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Characterization labels: lone survivor · practical leader · mysterious prophet · military man · professor protagonist · philosophical character · faith-struggling protagonist · community builder · villainous survivor

Relationships labels: survivor community · leadership rivalry · found family · conflict with other survivors · community dependency

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Distance: 0.1926

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Reap What You Sow

S.M. Anderson · 2020 · Seasons of Man

After a world-ending virus, rival survivor factions clash while former soldiers and civilians try to build order.

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Characterization labels: survivors · former soldiers · civilians · Marines · scientists · professor · leader figure · sociopath · antagonist force · multi-dimensional characters · realistic characters · character development

Relationships labels: group dynamics · found family · semi-relationship · romantic tension · teamwork · alliances · leadership conflict · community loyalty · rival factions · good vs evil

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1934

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