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Similar in premise + themes

These books are ranked using the premise + themes labels extracted for Cold Earth. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: archaeological dig, isolated group, pandemic threat, survival, haunting, off-grid

Themes labels used: survival, isolation, grief, loss, fear, human frailty, mental health, memory, death, survival instinct, belief vs rationality, group dynamics, communication breakdown, pandemic anxiety, history and present

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

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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 + themes

Distance: 0.1399

Cover of Живые люди by Yana Vagner

Живые люди

Yana Vagner, Яна Вагнер · 2013 · Вонгозеро

A post-pandemic group tries to survive winter isolation on a remote lake island as confinement exposes every fracture.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1449

Cover of The Down Days by Ilze Hugo

The Down Days

Ilze Hugo · 2020

In a quarantined South African city, a corpse collector and a hustler get pulled into a feverish search amid a deadly laughter plague.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1490

Cover of The Stand: Captain Trips by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

The Stand: Captain Trips

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa · 2009 · The Stand: Graphic Novels

A secret-virus outbreak escapes containment and ignites a grim, good-vs-evil apocalypse across America.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1502

Cover of The Fireman by Joe  Hill

The Fireman

Joe Hill · 2017

A pregnant nurse infected by a combustible plague fights to survive a collapsing world with help from a mysterious Fireman.

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Distance: 0.1502

Cover of The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe

The Way We Fall

Megan Crewe · 2012 · Fallen World

A shy teen journals to an estranged friend as a deadly virus quarantines her island and forces survival, loss, and change.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1530

Cover of How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu · 2022

An interconnected future-history of a global plague unleashed by melting permafrost, tracing grief, survival, and hope.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1565

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 + themes

Distance: 0.1590

Cover of Outpost by Adam Baker

Outpost

Adam Baker · 2011 · Outpost

A skeletal Arctic rig crew faces isolation, supply shortage, and a world-ending contagion that is heading their way.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1603

Cover of Вонгозеро by Yana Vagner

Вонгозеро

Yana Vagner, Яна Вагнер · 2011 · Вонгозеро

A Moscow flu outbreak forces a mismatched group into a winter road escape toward a remote lake and uncertain safety.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1612

Cover of Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End by Manel Loureiro

Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End

Manel Loureiro · 2012 · Apocalipsis Z

An unnamed Spanish widower chronicles the worldwide zombie outbreak in a blog, fighting to survive with his cat.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1617

Cover of Hell on Earth by Tony Urban

Hell on Earth

Tony Urban · 2016 · Life of the Dead

A zombie plague collapses America, and a scattered cast of survivors must fight, flee, and endure as the dead rise.

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Distance: 0.1639