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Similar in premise + setting

These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for The Death of Grass. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: crop failure, food crisis, global famine, civilizational collapse, survival trek, government secrecy

Setting labels used: Britain, London, rural England, northern valley, post-collapse world

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

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Cover of Last Light by Alex Scarrow

Last Light

Alex Scarrow · 2007 · Last Light

When global oil supplies are severed, one family races through collapsing Britain and Iraq to survive and reunite.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1660

Cover of Flood by Stephen Baxter

Flood

Stephen Baxter · 2008 · Flood

A near-future global flood forces four freed hostages to navigate a drowning world and humanity’s scramble to survive.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1807

Cover of The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

The Day of the Triffids

John Wyndham · 1951 · Triffids

After a cosmic event blinds most of humanity, one sighted survivor must navigate collapsing society and deadly walking plants.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1907

Cover of Autumn by David Moody

Autumn

David Moody · 2005 · Autumn

A deadly plague wipes out nearly everyone, then the dead begin to rise, forcing a few ordinary survivors to endure a changing world.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1985

Cover of This Fragile Earth by Susannah Wise

This Fragile Earth

Susannah Wise · 2021

In near-future London, a mother and son flee as a tech-dependent society suddenly shuts down.

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Distance: 0.2008

Cover of The Protector's War by S.M. Stirling

The Protector's War

S.M. Stirling · 2006 · Emberverse

Years after technology fails worldwide, rival clans in Oregon face a looming war as new allies arrive from across the sea.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2105

Cover of A Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. Stirling

A Meeting at Corvallis

S.M. Stirling · 2006 · Emberverse

In post-tech Oregon, rival factions edge toward war as hostage leverage, truce talks, and battlefield choices decide the region’s future.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2127

Cover of Rise of the RAMs by Christopher Artinian

Rise of the RAMs

Christopher Artinian · 2017 · Safe Haven

In a quarantined UK overrun by fast-infected dead, siblings race north with other survivors toward a possible safe haven.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2137

Cover of Greybeard by Brian W. Aldiss

Greybeard

Brian W. Aldiss · 2001

A post-apocalyptic river journey through a sterile, aging England where nature returns and hope is scarce.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2142

Cover of Empty World by John Christopher

Empty World

John Christopher · 1977

A teenage survivor navigates a nearly empty England after a deadly plague leaves him among the last people alive.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2160

Cover of The End We Start From by Megan  Hunter

The End We Start From

Megan Hunter · 2017

A new mother and her baby flee a flooded near-future London, finding love and survival amid upheaval.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2193

Cover of Kings of a Dead World by Jamie Mollart

Kings of a Dead World

Jamie Mollart · 2021

In a climate-ravaged near future, a society survives by sleeping most of the year, until its hidden order starts to crack.

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Distance: 0.2200