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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands.
Setting labels used: Vermont, Burlington, rural Vermont, nuclear town, post-disaster aftermath, contamination zone, homeless street life, evacuation site, contemporary setting
Focused on “survivor settlements” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
In a post-apocalyptic survivor community, a new discovery deepens mistrust as an unseen enemy and hidden loyalties close in.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · after the collapse · survivor settlements · rural refuge · communes · farm community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2368
A skeptical professor follows letters and reports of strange Vermont sightings into a hidden alien mystery with cosmic stakes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural Vermont · Arkham · Miskatonic University · New England · isolated farmhouse · flood aftermath · cosmic reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2108
A quarantined Iowa town unravels as one stoned, angry resident starts probing a deadly conspiracy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural Iowa · small town · quarantine camp · containment zone · isolated community · post-disaster setting · contaminated environment · military-controlled zone · corporate-controlled zone
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2187
A pregnant nurse infected by a combustible plague fights to survive a collapsing world with help from a mysterious Fireman.
Why this is here
Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New Hampshire · New England · hospital setting · camp setting · collapsed civilization · small town · post-pandemic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2209
After a supervolcano, Alex and Darla race to build a defendable community before winter, war, and human cruelty finish them off.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-Yellowstone eruption · ash winter · Midwest · Illinois · rural farm · small town · collapsed society · post-apocalyptic America · winter survival · war zone
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2236
In a collapsed America, a prepper father and his allies hunt kidnappers to save his daughter.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic United States · mountains of Virginia · rural Virginia · Appalachian setting · compound setting · mountaintop redoubt · former mine complex · after a terrorist attack · recent collapse · near future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2240
In a shattered future New York, a teen races through a brutal wasteland to rescue her kidnapped sister from death arenas.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York · Manhattan · Catskill Mountains · post-apocalyptic America · nuclear war aftermath · dystopian future · wilderness survival · ruined urban landscape · civil war aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2245
After a mass disappearance upends a suburban town, the survivors struggle with grief, cults, and unfinished lives.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · suburban setting · contemporary America · post-disaster world · post-rapture world · apocalyptic aftermath · fictional town · worldwide event
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2260
A post-apocalyptic teen must choose between enclave privilege and loyalty to his family in a harsh new class system.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · Tennessee · Pennsylvania (origin) · grub town · enclave · shantytown · safe town · future society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2273
After an EMP and nuclear strikes cripple America, a small Colorado community fights to survive as chaos spreads.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · Colorado · Estes Park · Washington DC · North Korea · small town · national collapse · nuclear fallout · EMP aftermath · contemporary near-future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2303
A teen girl must protect her sister and survive a strange zombie outbreak while searching for answers and safety.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · small-town survival · road journey · cabins · mountains · United States · collapse aftermath · viral outbreak · modern apocalypse · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2327
A solar flare cripples modern life in a Texas town, forcing one mother, her old love, and their neighbors to survive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town Texas · modern day · post-disaster · global collapse · rural community · national scale aftermath · present day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2343
