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Premise labels used: animal uprising, human-animal conflict, worldwide attacks, nature turned hostile, scientific warning, apocalyptic threat
Setting labels used: global, Africa, New York City, Botswana, urban-rural contrast, contemporary setting, worldwide crisis
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
A father and son’s zoo outing turns into a brutal siege when animals worldwide suddenly rise against humans.
Why this is here
Premise labels: animals attack humans · zoo siege · humanity falls prey · survival stakes · animal uprising
Setting labels: zoo · worldwide catastrophe · contemporary setting · contained location
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1878
After world-shaking earthquakes, four teens race to survive as ordinary people become murderous, rage-filled hunters.
Why this is here
Premise labels: apocalyptic outbreak · survival · mass panic · humanity turns violent · moral collapse · fight to stay alive · hidden evil · infected humans · social breakdown · end times
Setting labels: contemporary · apocalypse onset · Earth · North America · United States · Canada · Seattle · Vancouver · small town · cities · rural areas · post-earthquake devastation · collapsed society
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2225
A former housecat turned war hero searches a post-human world for a lost dog friend amid ants, violence, and belief wars.
Why this is here
Premise labels: animal uprising · war against humanity · sentient animals · giant ants · search quest · lost love · human extinction · posthuman society · species conflict · uplifted animals
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · human collapse · animal-dominated world · underground colony · global war · future Earth · urban ruins · strongholds
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Distance: 0.2231
A Sigma Force mission races from the Congo to the world stage to stop a terrifying virus that turns nature against humankind.
Why this is here
Premise labels: global threat · viral outbreak · scientific investigation · nature turns hostile · race to find a cure · save-the-world mission · ecological catastrophe · scientific mystery · jungle expedition
Setting labels: Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa · Washington D.C. · jungle · remote village · international relief camp · contemporary setting · global scale
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2281
A climatologist is swept into a worldwide disaster pattern that may signal Earth’s fightback — or something stranger.
Why this is here
Premise labels: global disaster · natural disaster · apocalypse · climate crisis · ecological backlash · good versus evil · supernatural forces · worldwide catastrophe · mysterious warning signs
Setting labels: near future · global setting · worldwide · Australia · India · China · Louisiana · Great Barrier Reef · New Orleans · London · The Ganges · Taklimakan Desert · monsoon season · hurricane setting
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Distance: 0.2325
A zombie plague collapses America, and a scattered cast of survivors must fight, flee, and endure as the dead rise.
Why this is here
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
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2360
A teenage survivor helps his father build a new community in post-pandemic South Africa as danger grows inside and out.
Why this is here
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
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2404
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As the world-ending Rumbling begins, former enemies and old allies scramble to stop a catastrophic plan and survive the fallout.
Why this is here
Premise labels: apocalyptic conflict · world-ending threat · mass destruction · alliance against enemy · betrayal · moral dilemma · survival struggle · civilizational collapse
Setting labels: dystopian world · war-torn world · walled society · post-apocalyptic setting · military setting · outside world · global conflict · apocalyptic landscape
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Distance: 0.2404
A near-future cyberattack cripples food and infrastructure systems, sending multiple survivors into a rapid societal collapse.
Why this is here
Premise labels: cyberattack · supply chain collapse · food scarcity · societal collapse · near-future apocalypse · infrastructure failure · civilizational breakdown · global crisis
Setting labels: near future · present-day United States · global scale · urban setting · supercities · Washington DC · San Francisco · international setting · realistic fictional reality · crisis setting
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Distance: 0.2424
A doctor-to-be and his friends race to stop a strange virus that turns people into something not quite human.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · virus outbreak · medical crisis · covert contagion · collective consciousness · environmental agenda
Setting labels: contemporary setting · college town · hospital setting · American town · global outbreak · late 1990s
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Distance: 0.2447
A fragmented sci-fi horror tale follows a worldwide surge of violent misogyny, ending in a chilling alien explanation.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien manipulation · femicide outbreak · sexual violence · gendered violence · misogyny · extinction threat · human takeover
Setting labels: dystopian future · global crisis · worldwide collapse · laboratory setting · Mexico · United States · apocalyptic Earth
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.2453
A lawyer is pulled into a globe-spanning conspiracy tied to environmental activism, disaster plots, and climate fear.
Why this is here
Premise labels: global warming · eco-terrorism · scientific controversy · conspiracy · politicized science · environmental activism · disaster plot · race to stop attacks · worldwide chase · information warfare
Setting labels: global · Paris · Malaysia · Vancouver · New Guinea · Tokyo · Iceland · Antarctica · Arizona · Los Angeles · Solomon Islands · California · Pacific island · modern day · near-present · scientific fieldwork · remote locations · international
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Distance: 0.2458
