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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse.
Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic world, dystopian future, earth after disaster, collapse of civilization, desert landscape, quarantine, bunkers, ruins, American setting, global catastrophe
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A sheltered teen leaves his bunker after disaster and must survive a monster-haunted wasteland and a spreading virus.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · underground bunker · wasteland · ruined earth · desolate landscape · surface survival · near-future · earth after impact
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0799
A themed anthology of post-apocalyptic stories exploring many versions of life after collapse, from bleak to hopeful.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · near future · far future · ruins · wasteland · collapsed civilization · deserted civilization · quarantined colony · tunnels · outposts
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0841
Separated in a harsh future wasteland, Lemon Fresh and her friends fight cults, corporations, and each other’s secrets.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian wasteland · irradiated landscape · ruined cities · corporate-controlled future · religious enclave · robotic world · glassy desert · post-collapse society · USA (implied)
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0860
In a female-scarce post-apocalypse, Audrey is forced into a five-husband marriage that tests survival, trust, and desire.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic earth · dystopian future · near-future · Texas · safe township · bunker · lawless outside world · collapsed civilization · nuclear aftermath
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Distance: 0.0881
In a collapsing world, a mother and daughter move toward opposite answers to survival, power, and how the world ends.
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Setting labels: post apocalypse · cataclysmic earth · geological disaster · planetary collapse · survival society · ash world · far future · dystopian future · secondary world
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Distance: 0.0906
A snarky mercenary and an energy-wielding arcanist team up in alien-ravaged Earth to recover what they’ve lost.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · nuclear wasteland · alien-occupied world · dystopian future · apocalyptic aftermath
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Distance: 0.0919
An orphan girl in a ruined future city sets out to uncover the truth about her family and the world that survived collapse.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · future North America · mobile cities · wilderness · depleted world · high-tech remnant world · post-industrial collapse
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Distance: 0.0924
A future archaeologist’s bid to prove a lost civilization exists collides with a wrecked marriage and a world remade by climate collapse.
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Setting labels: far future · post-crisis world · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian world · northern settlement · untouched wilderness · uncharted continent · climate-ravaged Earth
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Distance: 0.0927
In a fear-ruled post-apocalyptic world, rival powers battle over a blood-born savior and the future of humanity.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · medieval future · Earth · dystopian world · apocalypse aftermath · war-torn society
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Distance: 0.0931
In a devastated future, two women from opposing communities race to save their people amid plague, biotech, and power struggles.
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Setting labels: future Earth · post-apocalyptic world · post-oil world · climate-changed world · pandemic world · dystopian future · ruined city · quarantine rings · isolated commune · post-Canada
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Distance: 0.0931
A memory-lost teen in a last human colony must survive a robot plague while choosing between two very different boys.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · small colony · safe haven · countryside refuge · ruined cities · wilderness survival · human extinction crisis
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0973
In a plague-ravaged future, survivors and bioengineered Crakers rebuild meaning through stories, memory, and uneasy alliances.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · near future · dystopian future · corporate compounds · pleeblands · survival commune · ravaged landscape · eco-collapse · north American future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0974
