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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for A Boy and His Dog.
Themes labels used: survival, love, loyalty, morality, dehumanization, gender violence, scarcity, civilization collapse, nature vs nurture, revenge, power dynamics, objectification, choice and consequence
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
Trapped teens face gang rule, a deadly virus, and a desperate rescue in a brutal final school siege.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · power · social hierarchy · violence · moral collapse · isolation · loyalty · coming of age · choice · love vs duty · pregnancy · fate vs agency · dehumanization
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0699
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: 0.0770
In a ruined, rain-soaked future, a boy named Plop claws his way up a brutal survivor hierarchy.
Why this is here
Themes labels: power · survival · violence · dehumanization · social hierarchy · moral collapse · civilization collapse · language loss · taboo · scarcity · utilitarianism · human nature · cruelty · cultural ruin · memory loss · political allegory · collective survival · identity formation · class power
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0789
A stranded man gains a dungeon core as Earth goes dark and must survive, build, and fight his way to safety.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · collapse of society · human violence · morality under pressure · power fantasy · competence vs incompetence · trust · protecting others · resource scarcity · adaptation · systemized survival · civilization breakdown · humanity under stress · leadership · gender dynamics · racism (theme)
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0808
Trapped in a deadly digital survival game, Min and Noah must navigate shifting alliances, secrets, and ruthless choices.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · morality · humanity · leadership · power · choice · trust · betrayal · free will · social collapse · community · identity · sacrifice · violence · good vs evil · corruption · parental control · resilience
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0855
Two aliens arrive on a quarantined Earth in summer heat: one hunts humans for drugs, the other hunts him.
Why this is here
Themes labels: power · control · lust · morality · redemption · survival · degradation · trauma · love and violence · addiction · objectification · dehumanization · good versus evil · choice under coercion · alienation · human nature
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0856
Stranded humans aboard an alien vessel face survival, family, and a brutal social experiment as Rama carries them deeper into the unknown.
Why this is here
Themes labels: human nature · survival · reproduction · ethics · morality · social collapse · authority · observation · environmental destruction · greed · prejudice · gender roles · civilization · humanity vs other species · faith vs pragmatism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0869
A survivor group travels through a zombie apocalypse to a walled refuge where safety hides a brutal new order.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · humanity · moral ambiguity · civilization collapse · good versus evil · power and control · community under pressure · fear and trust · human cruelty · leadership · social order · loss of innocence · dehumanization · adaptation · psychological toll
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0882
In a ruined, faction-riven world, one damaged survivor is forced into dangerous service as the last hope narrows.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · hate · human nature · morality · social breakdown · power · community · dehumanization · segregation · violence · fear · hope · redemption · identity · pointlessness of violence · end of civilization · self-destruction · societal responsibility · human frailty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0895
A ruined-world family ruled by a fearsome matriarch struggles to survive, repopulate, and hold power together.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · civilizational collapse · environmental degradation · morality · ethics · human nature · violence · trauma · family dysfunction · power · reproduction · gender · womanhood · femininity · social class · meaning-making · faith · climate emergency · ecological destruction · disability · body shame · extinction · new order · human frailty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0898
A 16-year-old prepper-in-training survives a zombie outbreak and the worse danger of ruthless living survivors.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survivalism · humanity · betrayal · self-reliance · coming of age · loss · grief · morality under collapse · preparedness · trust · gender dynamics · race dynamics · violence · resource scarcity · lawlessness · apocalypse adaptation
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0903
A shy office worker survives a zombie outbreak and journeys through a hellish Midwest with a hardened veteran guide.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · human nature · morality · good vs evil · loyalty · humanity · adaptation · trust · corruption · betrayal · leadership · self-reinvention · desperation · civilization collapse · social breakdown
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0907
