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Premise labels used: post-apocalyptic world, environmental collapse, biological warfare aftermath, war between empires, ecological survival, quest for truth, peace mission, chosen one, messianic figure, humanity vs nature, political conflict

Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic Earth, distant future, toxic landscape, fungal forest, miasma, biological wasteland, war-torn continent, imperial states, fantasy-sci-fi world, ecological ruin, air warfare

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 7

Hayao Miyazaki · 2004 · 風の谷のナウシカ [Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä]

In a poisoned post-apocalyptic world, a young princess pushes toward a final truth that could reshape humanity's future.

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Premise labels: survival quest · environmental collapse · post-apocalyptic survival · war-torn world · chosen heroine · moral dilemma · quest for truth

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · contaminated environment · small kingdom · warring factions · ancient civilization ruins · toxic forest · fictional world · continental scale

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Distance: 0.1211

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1

Hayao Miyazaki · 1995 · 風の谷のナウシカ [Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä]

A young princess navigates a poisoned post-apocalyptic world, war, and a fragile bond with giant insects.

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Premise labels: ecological collapse · post-apocalyptic survival · toxic world · resource conflict · human-nature conflict · princess heroine · war over resources · communication with creatures · environmental resistance · world restoration

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · far-future Earth · toxic forest · small kingdoms · war-torn world · medieval conditions · ecological wasteland · poisonous spores · giant insects · resource-scarce frontier

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Distance: 0.1290

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Plop

Rafael Pinedo · 2005

In a ruined, rain-soaked future, a boy named Plop claws his way up a brutal survivor hierarchy.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · rise to power · barbaric society · ruined world · scarcity survival · social ascent

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · ruined landscape · mud · toxic environment · scarcity setting · nomadic groups · tribal communities · ruins · future world

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Distance: 0.1450

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The Gypsy Morph

Terry Brooks · 2008 · Genesis of Shannara

In a ruined future Earth, survivors, elves, and magic-bearers race against demons to reach safety before the world ends.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · end times · chosen ones · quest · escorting survivors · bridge series · race against extinction · journey to safety · world transition

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · collapsed civilization · fortified compounds · toxic wasteland · mutated world · Earth-to-fantasy transition · fantasy realm · alternate history · future America · imaginary place

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Distance: 0.1472

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The Pastel City

M. John Harrison · 1972 · Viriconium

An aging poet-warrior is drawn from retirement to defend a ruined future city with salvaged tech and old loyalties.

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Premise labels: dying earth · post-apocalyptic quest · salvaged technology · fallen civilization · war for a city · quest to save the realm · ancient machine threat · sword and science fantasy · scavenger culture · civilization in decline

Setting labels: far-future Earth · post-apocalyptic Earth · dying world · ruined empire · medievalized future · toxic wastelands · rust deserts · marshlands · ancient ruins · tower setting · northern frontier · late-time civilization · science-fantasy world

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Distance: 0.1599

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The Broken Earth Trilogy

N.K. Jemisin · 2015 · The Broken Earth

In a shattered future Earth, an outcast mother searches for her lost daughter amid cataclysm, power, and betrayal.

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Premise labels: apocalypse · survival · environmental catastrophe · oppressed power users · geological magic · social collapse · recurring disaster · world-ending crisis · resource conflict · collective survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · single continent · future Earth · cataclysmic seasons · geologically unstable world · nonhuman beings · ancient civilization · far future · low-tech survival · broken world

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Distance: 0.1607

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The Hungry Gods

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2025

A Rabbit survivor is pulled into a fallen god’s revenge against rival would-be saviors in a poisoned Earth.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · returning gods · fallen god · tribal survival · resource scarcity · terraforming conflict · god complex · revenge quest

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · distant future · poisoned world · ruined cities · tribal society · space utopia · dying Earth

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Distance: 0.1629

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The Obelisk Gate

N.K. Jemisin · 2016 · The Broken Earth

In a dying Earth, Essun’s search for her daughter collides with buried truths, shifting loyalties, and world-ending power.

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Premise labels: apocalyptic survival · family separation · power struggle · oppressed outcasts · world-saving mission · missing daughter · ancient power · climate catastrophe

Setting labels: post apocalyptic world · dying Earth · underground community · apocalyptic future · distant future Earth · seismic world · ruined civilization · ash-covered landscape · geode habitat

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Distance: 0.1659

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Mortal

Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee · 2012 · The Books of Mortals

In a fear-ruled post-apocalyptic world, rival powers battle over a blood-born savior and the future of humanity.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic world · emotionless society · life-giving blood · chosen savior · fight for sovereignty · secret resistance · good vs evil · sacrificial redemption

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · medieval future · Earth · dystopian world · apocalypse aftermath · war-torn society

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Distance: 0.1664

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少女終末旅行 6 [Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou 6]

Tsukumizu · 2018 · 少女終末旅行 [Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou]

Two girls keep climbing through the ruins of civilization, finding meaning in survival, memory, and each other.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic journey · last survivors · upward journey · survival travel · ruined world exploration · search for civilization

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · ruined city · layered city · industrial wasteland · dead civilization · near-empty world · war-damaged world · multi-level ruins

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Distance: 0.1694

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Blood of the Chosen

Django Wexler · 2021 · Burningblade & Silvereye

Two estranged siblings on opposite sides of a brewing war are pulled into quests, conspiracies, and shifting loyalties.

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Premise labels: civil war · sibling conflict · opposing factions · revolution · corrupt order · quest mission · post-apocalypse

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · contested continent · ruined world · remote journeys · urban and wilderness settings · fantasy secondary world · ancient ruins · plaguespawn-infested lands

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Distance: 0.1696

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進撃の巨人 31 [Shingeki no Kyojin 31]

Hajime Isayama, 諫山創 · 2020 · 進撃の巨人 [Shingeki no Kyojin]

As the world-ending Rumbling begins, former enemies and old allies scramble to stop a catastrophic plan and survive the fallout.

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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: 0.1700

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