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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Invasion.
Setting labels used: contemporary setting, college town, hospital setting, American town, global outbreak, late 1990s
Focused on “cities” 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.
During a rabies-like outbreak in Massachusetts, a pregnant woman and her doctor friend race through quarantine to reach care.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Massachusetts · New England · hospital setting · quarantine setting · curfew setting · urban/suburban survival · post apocalyptic landscape · pandemic setting · contemporary setting · United States
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1756
A zombie plague collapses America, and a scattered cast of survivors must fight, flee, and endure as the dead rise.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · small town · farm · cities · apocalypse setting · world-ending crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2071
In a beauty-obsessed world, an STD grants perfection to those infected—until deadly consequences spark a conspiracy chase.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern society · contemporary setting · near-present world · pandemic setting · urban setting · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1948
A traumatized teen stockpiles for disaster, then must survive a deadly flu outbreak while her town falls apart.
Why this is here
Setting labels: high school · New Jersey · suburban town · East Coast · contemporary setting · global outbreak · quarantine · homebound survival · school closure
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1948
A woman in a hospital remembers an explosion, and a doctor’s questions slowly turn a simple recovery into something darker.
Why this is here
Setting labels: hospital · aftermath of explosion · domestic setting · contemporary setting · real-world setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1958
A sleeping sickness strikes a California college town, and the wakeful struggle to protect each other as dreams deepen.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Southern California · college town · small town · campus setting · dormitory · hospital · quarantine zone · contemporary setting · isolated community · fictional town
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1995
A sick teen in a post-pandemic military town uncovers a dangerous secret as several mysterious boys orbit her life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-pandemic future · military base · small-town facade · quarantine zone · high school setting · medical setting · controlled community · United States
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2005
After a bite in the middle of a world-spreading virus outbreak, a slacker must survive as neither fully human nor fully infected.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Austin, Texas · global outbreak · quarantine · jail · college campus · post-collapse world · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2025
A pregnant nurse infected by a combustible plague fights to survive a collapsing world with help from a mysterious Fireman.
Why this is here
Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New Hampshire · New England · hospital setting · camp setting · collapsed civilization · small town · post-pandemic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2083
A prequel novella traces the scientific missteps and media chaos that unleash the world of the Newsflesh zombie apocalypse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 2014 · near future · United States · global pandemic · post outbreak · pre apocalypse · world of Feed · science lab · college campus · medical setting · journalism setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2084
A military officer records day-by-day survival in a zombie-ravaged world, relying on training, supplies, and grit.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · Texas · suburbia · military setting · global pandemic · present-day world · apocalypse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2096
A terminally ill teen wakes five years later in a new body and must face the life, love, and friends that moved on without him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary United States · high school · hospital · family home · post-teen transition · near-future science
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2099
