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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Jakarta Pandemic.
Setting labels used: 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
Focused on “Maine” 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 sister must protect her mentally ill brother as a townwide outbreak turns sanity into a weapon and forces an impossible choice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Maine · Seattle · quarantine zone · contemporary · pandemic era feel · rural community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1542
During a rabies-like outbreak in Massachusetts, a pregnant woman and her doctor friend race through quarantine to reach care.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Massachusetts · New England · hospital setting · quarantine setting · curfew setting · urban/suburban survival · post apocalyptic landscape · pandemic setting · contemporary setting · United States
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1349
Four lifelong friends on an annual Maine hunting trip are drawn into an alien invasion that tests their bond and minds.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Maine · Derry · wilderness · woods · hunting cabin · snowy setting · winter · small town · United States · present day · contemporary · quarantined zone
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1669
A teenage boy and scattered family members try to reunite after a deadly pandemic leaves only a few survivors.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New England · Boston · New Hampshire · South Carolina · United States · global pandemic · locked-down society · winter setting · post-collapse America · remote homestead
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1397
Quarantined on an island boarding school, three girls face a mutating illness, dangerous woods, and a friend gone missing.
Why this is here
Setting labels: island school · boarding school · remote island · quarantine zone · coastal Maine · post-outbreak · isolated community · nature turned dangerous · government containment · small-world setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1718
A sudden phone signal turns users into killers, forcing a father and a small band of survivors to flee and search for family.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Boston · Maine · New England · post-apocalyptic world · urban collapse · modern America · autumn · October · contemporary setting · technological society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2042
A pregnant nurse infected by a combustible plague fights to survive a collapsing world with help from a mysterious Fireman.
Why this is here
Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New Hampshire · New England · hospital setting · camp setting · collapsed civilization · small town · post-pandemic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1803
A wounded survivor and his family race toward a final showdown as zombies, betrayal, and revenge close in.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · zombie apocalypse · Maine · Philadelphia · compound · house siege · road journey
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2122
A sheltered Catholic teen crosses a collapsing America where a virus turns the infected into sexually violent monsters.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Midwest · Wisconsin · small town · post-apocalyptic America · contemporary setting · collapsing society · quarantined world · religious community · apocalyptic landscape · roadside America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1841
In a Maine farm community after technology stops working, a writer’s past returns in a strange nuclear-powered vehicle.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural Maine · coastal Maine · peninsula community · post-collapse America · near future · small fictional town · fragmented United States · post-technological world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1938
A teen girl must protect her sister and survive a strange zombie outbreak while searching for answers and safety.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · small-town survival · road journey · cabins · mountains · United States · collapse aftermath · viral outbreak · modern apocalypse · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1942
In a fly-ravaged near future, three survivors follow separate quests that may reveal how to save what remains.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · near future · rural New England · New England woods · small-town isolation · farmhouse setting · abandoned cinema · movie theatre setting · post-pandemic world · science-fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1950
