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Premise labels used: last man, worldwide plague, sex-specific plague, gender apocalypse, survival quest, save humanity, find lost love, mystery survival

Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic Earth, global crisis, United States, Washington DC, San Francisco, Australia, international setting, alternate reality

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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned

Brian K. Vaughan · 2003 · Y: The Last Man

After a plague kills every male mammal but one man and his monkey, he races to learn why before the world reshapes itself.

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Premise labels: gender apocalypse · last man · plague mystery · survival quest · world without men · missing-person quest · repopulation pressure · post-collapse government

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · United States · Australia · Washington, DC · alternative present · political crisis · world without men · pandemic aftermath

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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores

Brian K. Vaughan, Claudia Fliege · 2008 · Y: The Last Man

In a world where every Y-chromosome mammal dies, the lone survivor races across a broken globe for answers and love.

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Premise labels: last man alive · gendercide · post-plague survival · world without men · mystery plague · journey quest · find Beth · save humanity · surviving pair · global aftermath

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · global setting · alternate reality · world without men · transcontinental journey · future aftermath · Paris · Australia · United States

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Maximum Ride Forever

James Patterson · 2015 · Maximum Ride

A genetically engineered teen and her flock race to survive a shattered Earth and uncover who caused the apocalypse.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · final mission · answers quest · world-ending aftermath · save the world · genetic experiment survivors

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · Earth · dystopian future · global disaster zone · lab-created fictional reality

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Distance: 0.1685

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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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Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · survival struggle · outbreak aftermath · multiple survivors · civilization collapse · man-made plague

Setting labels: United States · small town · farm · cities · apocalypse setting · world-ending crisis

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The Last She

H.J. Nelson · 2021 · The Last She

In a plague-ravaged world where women are nearly gone, a lone survivor is captured by men and pulled into a dangerous mission.

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Premise labels: last woman · plague survival · female extinction · captivity · escape · search for father · mysterious mission · survival romance · love triangle · end-of-world quest

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · near future · ruined world · clans · survival camp · abandoned mall · forest · city ruins · not-too-distant future

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Mercury Striking

Rebecca Zanetti · 2016 · Scorpius Syndrome

In plague-ravaged Los Angeles, a hunted CDC scientist seeks the only leader dangerous enough to protect her and a cure.

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Premise labels: viral plague · survival romance · cure quest · hunted heroine · protective stronghold · leader and scientist · resource scarcity · mutated survivors · community survival · enemy territory

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Los Angeles · dystopian world · pandemic aftermath · collapsed infrastructure · abandoned city · compound setting · territory conflict · United States

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I Am Legend and Other Stories

Richard Matheson · 1997

A lone survivor in a vampire-plague world fights each day for answers, sanity, and survival.

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Premise labels: last man standing · vampire apocalypse · plague survival · isolated survivor · scientific vampirism · search for cure · loneliness · night survival · day hunter · post-collapse survival

Setting labels: post apocalyptic · plague world · abandoned civilization · suburban setting · future Earth · nightmarish future · urban ruins · nocturnal threat

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Yesterday's Gone: Season One

Sean Platt, David W. Wright · 2011 · Yesterday's Gone

After most of humanity vanishes overnight, a scattered group of survivors faces monsters, secrets, and each other.

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Premise labels: mass disappearance · survivor ensemble · empty world · mystery catastrophe · post-collapse survival · unknown threat · search for loved ones · apocalypse aftermath · humanity vanished

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · United States · empty cities · Manhattan · survival world · civilization collapse

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The Immune: A Post Apocalyptic Survival Thriller

David Kazzie · 2019 · The Immune

A natural survivor races across a ruined America after a virus wipes out most of humanity.

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Premise labels: viral apocalypse · post-plague survival · natural immunity · cross-country quest · search for daughter · societal collapse · world reset · survivor band · quest narrative · good vs evil

Setting labels: New York City · United States · cross-country journey · ruined America · post-apocalyptic world · post-plague world · contemporary-feeling setting

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Dog Blood

David Moody · 2010 · Hater

In a ravaged England, an infected father hunts for his daughter while rival factions fight to survive and dominate.

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Premise labels: survival · catastrophe · infected faction · faction conflict · family search · daughter quest · apocalypse · war for survival · infiltration

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · England · London · city centers · quarantine zones · refugee areas · war zone · ravaged landscape

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The Men

Sandra Newman · 2022

When all people with Y chromosomes vanish, one grieving woman navigates a remade world, a political movement, and a baffling mystery.

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Premise labels: mass disappearance · gender apocalypse · post-disappearance society · women rebuilding · world without men · mystery signal · political upheaval · community survival · feminist utopia · community vs individual

Setting labels: California woods · contemporary world · global setting · post-apocalyptic world · near-future world · surreal landscape · United States · worldwide crisis

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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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Premise labels: last survivor · toxic air · mass extinction · immune protagonist · survival mystery · hidden society · underground civilization · truth-seeking · post-collapse world · end-of-humanity

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · surface wasteland · underground city · civilian bunker · toxic atmosphere · future setting · collapsed society · government-controlled regime

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Distance: 0.1846

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