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So Long, Lollipops

Sarah Lyons Fleming

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Premise labels used: survival journey, reunion quest, rescue after sacrifice, redemption arc, post-apocalyptic survival

Setting labels used: zombie apocalypse, post-apocalyptic world, safe zone, survival landscape, road journey, Kingdom Come Farm

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The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us

Robert Kirkman · 2004 · The Walking Dead

A survivor group keeps moving through a collapsing world, chasing shelter while danger and human strain grow.

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Premise labels: survival journey · group of survivors · search for shelter · post-apocalyptic survival · zombie apocalypse · unsafe sanctuary

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · zombie apocalypse · road journey · rural setting · farm setting · residential enclave · cold weather · winter setting · apocalyptic ruin

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Sweet Tooth, Vol. 4: Endangered Species

Jeff Lemire · 2012 · Sweet Tooth

A post-plague survivor group heads north, but a seeming safe haven and rising mistrust threaten their fragile journey.

Why this is here

Premise labels: Post-apocalyptic survival · Missing persons hunt · Journey north · Source of outbreak · Search for sanctuary · Cure quest · Trust dilemma

Setting labels: Post-apocalyptic world · Plague aftermath · Snowy wilderness · Woods · Alaska · Dam shelter · Underground refuge · Edenic oasis · Abandoned infrastructure · Near-future dystopia

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Please Remain Calm

Courtney Summers · 2015 · This is Not a Test

Separated on the road in a zombie-ravaged world, Rhys must survive long enough to find Sloane and a place to live.

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Premise labels: zombie survival · post-apocalyptic journey · separated companions · safe haven · finding each other · survival at all costs · trying to stay alive

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · zombie outbreak · overrun world · unsafe roads · high school aftermath · safe haven search · small-group survival

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Distance: 0.1519

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Reborn

Tara Brown · 2013 · Born

In a broken postapocalyptic world, a fierce survivor hunts revenge while love, family, and loss force impossible choices.

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Premise labels: revenge mission · survival quest · postapocalyptic survival · family secrets · found family · love triangle · world collapse

Setting labels: postapocalyptic world · dystopian future · broken earth · zombie apocalypse · survival camps · road journey · small villages · ruins

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Distance: 0.1538

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Afterglow

Maria Monroe · 2016

In a virus-ravaged, powerless world, a prepared survivor and a guarded ex-Marine team up to reach safety—and each other.

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Premise labels: apocalypse romance · survival journey · forced alliance · enemies to lovers · road trip · safe haven quest

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · virus outbreak · solar storm · electrical collapse · road trip setting · safe house · prepper bunker · ruined landscape

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Distance: 0.1553

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Destroyer

Bobby Adair · 2013 · Slow Burn

A rage-fueled survivor pushes deeper into a collapsing world of infected, seeking rescue, revenge, and a fragile safe haven.

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Premise labels: virus outbreak · infected survivors · immune protagonist · small survivor group · rescue mission · revenge quest · safe haven search · siege survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · virus-ravaged world · hospital siege · safe house · bunker · woods

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Distance: 0.1591

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A Plague Upon Your Family

Mark Tufo · 2010 · Zombie Fallout

A sarcastic father leads his family through a zombie-infested, lawless world while strange new threats hunt them.

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Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · family survival · on the run · hunted survivors · end of civilization · cross-country escape · survival quest · human threat

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · zombie apocalypse · war-torn countryside · cross-country journey · small-town escape · collapsed society · lawless world

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The Red Queen

Isobelle Carmody · 2015 · The Obernewtyn Chronicles

A long-awaited finale sends Elspeth into the Red Land to stop catastrophe and decide what freedom will cost.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic quest · world-saving mission · final confrontation · hidden community · captivity escape · stop catastrophic weapon · seeker heroine · loyalty to world

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · imaginary places · lost community · red land · habitat · beforetime future · dystopian landscape · walled community

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Well Fed

Keith C. Blackmore · 2014 · Mountain Man

A hardened survivor leaves his fragile farm refuge to find missing scavengers and confront a new human menace.

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Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · post-apocalyptic survival · human antagonists · missing persons search · community under threat · reluctant rescue mission · survival horror

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · community farm · open highway · mansion · apocalyptic rural setting · declining zombie outbreak

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Wolves

Nicholas Sansbury Smith · 2018 · Hell Divers

On a poisoned future Earth, a sea-borne expedition hunts for a new home while monsters and old secrets close in.

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Premise labels: survival quest · search for home · post-apocalyptic expedition · resettlement mission · hazardous journey · humanity survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · radiated world · airships · open sea · poisoned surface · future Earth · alt history sci-fi · survival setting

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Sweet Tooth, Vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods

Jeff Lemire · 2010 · Sweet Tooth

A sheltered hybrid boy leaves the woods with a dangerous guardian in a bleak post-plague world.

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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · hybrid children · plague aftermath · protective journey · safe haven quest · hunted child · outcast survivor

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · isolated woods · ravaged America · near future · devastated landscape · rural setting · forest cabin · post-pandemic world · American heartland

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Hearing Red

Nicole Maser · 2024

In a zombie-ravaged world, two women form a survival pact that turns into a dangerous, slow-burn sapphic romance.

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Premise labels: survival romance · zombie outbreak · road trip survival · mutual dependence · medication quest · family search · escape journey · temporary alliance

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · zombie outbreak · abandoned cities · bunker · settlement · fortified community · lake house · roads and crossings · harsh survival world

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Distance: 0.1647

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