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Setting labels used: Vancouver, Canada, contemporary world, post-apocalyptic world, urban setting, global setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A teen coma, vanished years, and a sudden apocalypse force a friend group to face adulthood, loss, and meaning.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Vancouver · late 1970s · 1990s · near-future apocalypse · end of the world · contemporary Canada
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1357
In a post-fauna world, two young women navigate grief, love, and absurd survival as a billionaire promises a time machine.
Why this is here
Setting labels: pre-apocalyptic world · post-apocalyptic world · post-fauna world · lockdown · contemporary setting · internet age · social media era · college-age milieu · Canada · Montreal · California
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1611
After world-shaking earthquakes, four teens race to survive as ordinary people become murderous, rage-filled hunters.
Why this is here
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 setting
Distance: 0.1686
A stranded survivor navigates a game-like apocalypse as monsters, politics, and dungeon threats keep escalating.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Earth · post-apocalyptic · dungeon world · modern world · North Canada · wilderness · survivor community · global crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1692
A woman fleeing a suffocating life is caught in an unexplained apocalypse and must learn how to live again.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · New Zealand · beach setting · urban life · post-apocalyptic world · modern day · global disaster aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1713
Linked stories follow a Vancouver Island community as climate collapse forces them to salvage books, grow food, and remake life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Vancouver Island · British Columbia · Canada · West Coast Canada · Pacific Northwest · Cowichan Valley · near future · late 21st century · early 22nd century · post-pandemic · post-collapse · isolated community · small town · suburb · flooded infrastructure · climate-ravaged future · partially globalized future · space-age backdrop
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1769
In a ravaged England, an infected father hunts for his daughter while rival factions fight to survive and dominate.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · England · London · city centers · quarantine zones · refugee areas · war zone · ravaged landscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1782
When all humanity shrinks to handspan size overnight, survivors must navigate a brutal, altered world and untangle why it happened.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · modern day · Britain · England · global setting · post-apocalyptic world · oversized environment · nature-dominant world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1790
When all people with Y chromosomes vanish, one grieving woman navigates a remade world, a political movement, and a baffling mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: California woods · contemporary world · global setting · post-apocalyptic world · near-future world · surreal landscape · United States · worldwide crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1795
A foul-mouthed pet crow navigates a Seattle zombie apocalypse, trying to save humans and trapped animals alike.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Seattle · Washington · post-apocalyptic · urban · Pacific Northwest · human-extinction future · nature-ruled world · suburban
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1810
A post-apocalyptic road trip reaches a turning point as old mysteries, new enemies, and fragile loyalties collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · San Francisco · California · Australia · church setting · lab setting · travel narrative · world without men
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1826
Six years after a pandemic, four survivors in a rebuilding San Francisco face buried pasts, family bonds, and a new outbreak scare.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · near-future · San Francisco · rebuilding society · metro cities · communes · wasteland zones · post-pandemic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1843
