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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Cured.
Themes labels used: survival, trust, identity, gender roles, misogyny, female vulnerability, family loyalty, love vs survival, preservation, environmental collapse, scarcity, freedom, doing the right thing, secrecy, betrayal
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
A starving human thief on a dying Earth becomes the key to an alien commander’s powers—and his mate.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · scarcity · power and consent · gender imbalance · objectification · degradation · mutual dependence · trust · communication · love versus utility · species survival · hope · bodily autonomy · resilience · protecting family
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0820
In a frozen post-collapse Yukon homestead, a young hunter’s quiet survival ends when a mysterious stranger arrives.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · hope · resilience · family loyalty · coming of age · identity · secrets · trust · fear · desperation · violence · redemption · medical ethics · rebuilding · isolation · human nature · social collapse · gendered vulnerability · freedom
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0824
A hidden woman on a ruined Earth is rescued by an alien king seeking a mate to save his dying race.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · repopulation · fertility crisis · gender violence · enslavement · loyalty · protection · trust · hope · species survival · freeing women
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0879
A midwife survives a plague that decimates women and children, then travels a brutal new world in disguise.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · misogyny · feminism · gender roles · reproduction · motherhood · bodily autonomy · power · human nature · hope · despair · trauma · civilizational collapse · sexual violence · commodity bodies · queer identity · history keeping · resilience · community
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0882
A hunted teen and his companions flee toward a promised refuge, only to uncover a disturbing human society and new truths.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · secrecy · identity · conformity · control · deception · family · trust · hope · freedom · gender oppression · power · truth seeking · cure
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0952
In a slow-collapsing near-future California, a married couple’s fragile wilderness life unravels after a pregnancy forces them toward a guarded community.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · family · trust · security versus freedom · secrecy · community · isolation · parenthood · human nature · resource scarcity · social collapse · moral compromise
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0956
A teen girl surviving alone after nuclear war faces a stranger whose arrival turns refuge into danger.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · loneliness · fear · hope · trust · gender roles · power · control · agency · morality · feminism · faith · religion vs science · ethical dilemma · human nature
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0959
Two twin sisters trapped in a blood-harvesting camp race to escape before their 18th birthday, with secrets closing in.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · protection · trust · bodily autonomy · coming of age · family loyalty · otherness · control · self-sacrifice · identity · mistrust · survival ethics
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0961
A captive wolf-breed and the woman who once saved him reunite amid betrayal, heat, and a deadly lab conspiracy.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · betrayal · trust · forgiveness · love vs hate · body autonomy · consent · science vs nature · identity · trauma recovery · freedom · control · species survival · acceptance · pregnancy/conception
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0964
In a female-scarce post-apocalypse, Audrey is forced into a five-husband marriage that tests survival, trust, and desire.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · protection · agency · consent · women's safety · scarcity · trauma · healing · trust · community order · family formation · oppression · gender imbalance · choice vs coercion · loyalty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0966
A bunker pharmacist navigates scarcity, paranoia, and a dangerous leader who makes survival come at a price.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · power corruption · human nature · moral compromise · autonomy · control · paranoia · claustrophobia · scarcity · isolation · desperation · identity erasure · conformity · privilege · inequality · gendered vulnerability · human dignity · hope · complicity · survival guilt
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0969
After hurricanes flood Houston, a police sergeant fights zombies, chaos, and family danger as the city collapses.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · family · duty · morality · leadership · responsibility · betrayal · self-interest · sacrifice · community collapse · parenthood · gender roles · masculinity · disaster response · justice · human nature · individuality · resilience
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0995
