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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Road to Woodbury.
Themes labels used: survival, humanity, moral ambiguity, civilization collapse, good versus evil, power and control, community under pressure, fear and trust, human cruelty, leadership, social order, loss of innocence, dehumanization, adaptation, psychological toll
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
After a solar storm wrecks technology and society, a young woman fights violent survivors and an evolving threat to stay alive.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · civilizational collapse · adaptation · morality under pressure · faith · religion · evolution · humanity · dehumanization · order vs chaos · violence · trauma · leadership · social breakdown · hope · fear of change · resourcefulness
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0629
A zombie plague collapses America, and a scattered cast of survivors must fight, flee, and endure as the dead rise.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · end of civilization · human nature · morality under pressure · trust · loss · grief · fear · isolation · adaptation · group survival · chaos · civility collapse · self-preservation · good and evil
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0674
A shy office worker survives a zombie outbreak and journeys through a hellish Midwest with a hardened veteran guide.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · human nature · morality · good vs evil · loyalty · humanity · adaptation · trust · corruption · betrayal · leadership · self-reinvention · desperation · civilization collapse · social breakdown
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0680
A PTSD-stricken sheriff must survive a zombie outbreak and find her runaway sister as her town collapses.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · humanity under pressure · moral leadership · trauma · war aftermath · family obligation · loyalty · community collapse · devolution · evolution · trust · human cruelty · duty · sanity · resilience · government distrust · private military power · ethics
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0697
As Earth drowns, a selected crew undertakes a desperate starship mission to preserve humanity.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · human nature · sacrifice · leadership · adaptation · extinction · social collapse · class conflict · moral compromise · human resilience · civilization survival · environmental catastrophe · psychological strain
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0708
After world-shaking earthquakes, four teens race to survive as ordinary people become murderous, rage-filled hunters.
Why this is here
Themes labels: human nature · good and evil · inner darkness · survival · morality under pressure · trust · fear · violence · loss · civilization collapse · choice and responsibility · identity under stress · human capacity for evil · sanity · self-preservation
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0737
A prison community faces a ruthless rival assault, and the battle reshapes the survivors through shocking losses.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · loss · violence · humanity · civilization collapse · authority · manipulation · leadership · morality under pressure · safety illusion · fear and trust · grief
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0739
In a vampire-dominated ruined world, a resistance races to decipher an ancient text and end the Master for good.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · resistance · good and evil · humanity · corruption · sacrifice · love · faith · power · control · free will · betrayal · survivorship · civilizational collapse · adaptation · moral ambiguity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0752
Survivors cross a shattered America toward a possible vaccine while zombies, raiders, and rogue humans close in.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · human nature · collapse of society · morality under pressure · trust · cure and hope · power struggle · endurance · dehumanization · community defense
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0759
A survivor group turns an abandoned prison into a refuge, only to face deadly threats from within and without.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · human cruelty · morality · law and order · justice · trust · authority · community building · sanity · grief · loss · dehumanization · fear of others · leadership · social breakdown · human nature · desperation
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0763
A lone survivor joins a museum refuge and faces both the undead and the darker horrors of surviving humans.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · survival ethics · good and evil · faith · religion · community · civilization rebuilding · human nature · violence · hope · moral ambiguity · isolation · suffering · theodicy · social collapse
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0764
A hardened survivor leaves his fragile farm refuge to find missing scavengers and confront a new human menace.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity under collapse · survival ethics · community vs isolation · good vs evil · moral decay · redemption · resilience · loss of civility · change over time
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0764
