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David Moody

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Premise labels used: pandemic outbreak, mass mortality, survivor group, rising dead, end of civilization, survival crisis, human extinction, post-collapse survival

Setting labels used: England, British setting, rural refuge, community center, farmhouse, post-collapse world, small-town setting, apocalypse aftermath, cold atmosphere, light and sound

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Empty World

John Christopher · 1977

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

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Premise labels: deadly virus · last survivor · empty world · teen survival · loneliness · wilderness of civilization · search for survivors · resource scavenging · young survivors · pandemic aftermath

Setting labels: England · London · small English town · English coast · post-collapse · empty city · depopulated world · realist setting · contemporary world

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Distance: 0.1355

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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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Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · spontaneous combustion · infected survivors · plague survival · post-collapse community · protective outsider · pregnant protagonist · mysterious guardian · contagious disease

Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New Hampshire · New England · hospital setting · camp setting · collapsed civilization · small town · post-pandemic world

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Distance: 0.1470

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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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Distance: 0.1492

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Wasteland

Frank Tayell · 2014 · Surviving The Evacuation

A journaled zombie-apocalypse journey turns toward conspiracy as Bill gathers survivors and heads for the virus's source.

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Premise labels: survival journey · virus outbreak aftermath · search for answers · immune protagonist · group survival · human threat · investigation · post-collapse travel

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic England · zombie apocalypse · collapsed society · ruined countryside · urban ruin · rural travel · safehouse refuge · isolated sanctuary · British setting · apocalyptic wasteland

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Distance: 0.1516

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The Undead: The First Seven Days

R.R. Haywood · 2012 · The Undead

A UK supermarket manager battles a fast-spreading zombie infection over seven escalating days of survival, banter, and bloodshed.

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Premise labels: zombie outbreak · infection outbreak · survival story · apocalypse survival · small-group survival · rescue mission

Setting labels: United Kingdom · England · Europe · small town · London · southern England · apocalypse setting · outbreak setting · post-collapse world

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Distance: 0.1521

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Night Surf

Stephen King

A small group of young survivors endures the aftermath of a deadly flu while one haunting night exposes how fragile their immunity may be.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survivors · viral pandemic · end of the world · survival after plague · small group of survivors

Setting labels: deserted beach · nighttime setting · August setting · New Hampshire · post-apocalyptic world · pandemic aftermath · coastal setting

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Distance: 0.1651

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End of Summer

S.M. Anderson · 2019 · Seasons of Man

A viral apocalypse leaves 3% alive, forcing a hardened survivor and other stragglers to fight for humanity.

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Premise labels: viral apocalypse · pandemic collapse · survival struggle · found family · post-collapse conflict · human predators

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · global pandemic aftermath · collapsed civilization · hospitality/safe-haven facade · military/urban survival

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Distance: 0.1689

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Fever

Deon Meyer · 2017

A teenage survivor helps his father build a new community in post-pandemic South Africa as danger grows inside and out.

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Premise labels: virus outbreak · societal collapse · post-collapse rebuilding · survivor community · father son survival · coming of age · community founding · resource scarcity · new society

Setting labels: South Africa · post apocalyptic · dystopian world · global pandemic aftermath · rural settlement · survival landscape · resource-scarce world · small-town rebuilding

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Distance: 0.1691

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The Jakarta Pandemic

Steven Konkoly · 2013 · Alex Fletcher

A prepared former Marine tries to protect his family as a lethal flu pandemic triggers neighborhood breakdown.

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Premise labels: global pandemic · flu pandemic · family survival · prepper protagonist · quarantine · societal collapse · resource scarcity · home defense · neighbor conflict · civilizational breakdown · disaster preparedness

Setting labels: Maine · New England · suburban neighborhood · one street · one house · one neighborhood · small-town USA · contemporary setting · global outbreak · winter setting · post-collapse society · quarantine at home

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Distance: 0.1705

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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.

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Premise labels: mass blindness · survival after catastrophe · human collapse · killer plants · carnivorous plants · walking plants · bioengineered threat · post-collapse rebuilding · scarcity · societal breakdown · survivor groups

Setting labels: London · Britain · England · mid-century England · post-apocalyptic world · ruined cities · abandoned countryside · Cold War era · postwar Britain · Earth · hospital · countryside refuge

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Distance: 0.1709

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The Last Tribe

Brad Manuel · 2015

A teenage boy and scattered family members try to reunite after a deadly pandemic leaves only a few survivors.

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Premise labels: global pandemic · post-apocalyptic survival · family reunion · survivor community · search for family · rebuilding society

Setting labels: New England · Boston · New Hampshire · South Carolina · United States · global pandemic · locked-down society · winter setting · post-collapse America · remote homestead

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Distance: 0.1727

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Plague Land

Alex Scarrow · 2017 · Plague Land

A teen and his family flee a fast-moving plague that melts living things—and seems to think for itself.

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Premise labels: viral outbreak · deadly contagion · survival journey · family survival · immune survivors · intelligent pathogen · extinction event · world-ending plague

Setting labels: modern-day England · London · New York · Africa · Norwich · post-apocalyptic world · global pandemic · contemporary fictional reality · train journey · survival enclave

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Distance: 0.1745

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