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Similar in premise + setting

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

Premise labels used: virus outbreak, government conspiracy, truth-seeking journalists, post-pandemic society, rescue mission, mutating pathogen, cloning subplot, survival under collapse

Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic America, near future, fortified safe zones, zombie-infested world, future United States, government facilities, newsroom culture

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

Cover of The Twelve by Justin Cronin

The Twelve

Justin Cronin · 2012 · The Passage

As a viral apocalypse unfolds across timelines, survivors race to stop the originals and protect what remains of humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1572

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Child Zero

Chris Holm · 2022

In a near-future New York ravaged by antibiotic resistance, a detective hunts a mystery tied to a boy everyone wants.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1581

Cover of The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai

The Tiger Flu

Larissa Lai · 2018

In a devastated future, two women from opposing communities race to save their people amid plague, biotech, and power struggles.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1591

Cover of Reap What You Sow by S.M.  Anderson

Reap What You Sow

S.M. Anderson · 2020 · Seasons of Man

After a world-ending virus, rival survivor factions clash while former soldiers and civilians try to build order.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1593

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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.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1607

Cover of Lock In by John Scalzi

Lock In

John Scalzi · 2014 · Lock In

A rookie FBI agent in a near-future post-pandemic world investigates a murder tied to a new society of locked-in people.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1614

Cover of PODs by Michelle K. Pickett

PODs

Michelle K. Pickett · 2013 · PODs

A teen chosen for an underground virus refuge finds love, then discovers the surface is still deadly.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1616

Cover of Le Fléau 1/2 by Stephen  King

Le Fléau 1/2

Stephen King · 2003 · The Stand (split volumes)

A deadly flu wipes out most of America, forcing a handful of survivors toward opposing visions of the future.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1617

Cover of Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome by John Scalzi

Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome

John Scalzi · 2014 · Lock In

An oral-history prequel charts the outbreak of Haden's Syndrome and the world-changing response that follows.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1636

Cover of The Stand by Stephen  King

The Stand

Stephen King · 2021

A superflu wipes out most of humanity, and the survivors are pulled into a struggle between opposing forces of good and evil.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1646

Cover of White Flag of The Dead by Joseph Talluto

White Flag of The Dead

Joseph Talluto · 2011 · White Flag of the Dead

A father protects his infant son through a zombie outbreak while survivors try to build a new community.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1658