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Setting labels used: 2014, near future, United States, global pandemic, post outbreak, pre apocalypse, world of Feed, science lab, college campus, medical setting, journalism setting
Focused on “science lab” 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.
A deadly flu wipes out most of America, forcing a handful of survivors toward opposing visions of the future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · global pandemic · secret military laboratory · post-apocalyptic world · urban and rural America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1797
A near-future pandemic makes survivors blissfully content, sparking a battle over happiness, power, and control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-covid world · global pandemic · contemporary world · worldwide crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1815
A genetic code, a hidden project, and a global conspiracy collide as old secrets threaten humanity’s future.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · contemporary · global · international · post-pandemic world · Arctic · Australia · United States · Berlin · virtual world · alternate reality · human genome
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1822
A Sleepless journalist probes his boss’s death in a near-future world where sleeplessness reshapes power, work, and memory.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 2043 · Near future · New York City · Post-pandemic world · Corporate media world · Speculative future · Cyberpunk cityscape · Global pandemic aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1837
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: 0.1848
An oral-history prequel charts the outbreak of Haden's Syndrome and the world-changing response that follows.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · global setting · United States · pandemic era · post-outbreak society · virtual worlds · robotic avatars · speculative future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1851
A brilliant young scientist in a virus-ravaged compound falls for an infected survivor while questioning the system she serves.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-pandemic world · government-controlled compound · research facility · near future · United States · lockdown society · curfews · border controls · quarantine
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1961
A college student shelters with a prepper cousin as a deadly flu collapses society, and sparks with a biker neighbor grow fast.
Why this is here
Setting labels: pandemic setting · post collapse · apocalyptic world · compound · bunker · Pacific Northwest · Oregon · Portland · college campus · dorm
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1969
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: 0.1989
When a deadly measles-like outbreak shatters herd immunity, one doctor must choose how far to go to save humanity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · United States · Canada · global pandemic · amusement park · medical practice · quarantine island · isolated refuge · post-outbreak world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1991
Three women are remade by a strange virus as a collapsing world veers into body horror, desire, and cosmic dread.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-COVID · pandemic world · dystopian world · global collapse · medical institutions · psychiatric ward · workplace setting · brothel setting · apocalyptic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2014
An Army officer narrates a near-future collapse sparked by pandemic and climate disaster while trying to get his troops home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · United States · Middle East · Iran · global setting · pandemic era · climate crisis · wartime logistics
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2062
