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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for When the English Fall.
Setting labels used: Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Amish community, farmstead, rural setting, post-collapse America, current times, near future, apocalyptic setting, isolated community
Focused on “near future” 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.
A sleepwalking epidemic pulls a girl, her sister, and a growing cross-country flock into a mysterious, collapsing America.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural Pennsylvania · across America · United States · post-apocalyptic · apocalyptic · present-day America · near-future America · collapsing society · shattered world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1532
In a Maine farm community after technology stops working, a writer’s past returns in a strange nuclear-powered vehicle.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural Maine · coastal Maine · peninsula community · post-collapse America · near future · small fictional town · fragmented United States · post-technological world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2104
A teenage girl’s diary tracks her family’s struggle to survive after a moon-shifting disaster upends Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Pennsylvania · small town · post-apocalyptic Earth · domestic confinement · single-household survival
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2123
A prison-executed serial killer becomes the spark for a fast-moving zombie outbreak in rural Pennsylvania.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural Pennsylvania · small town · county setting · mortuary · prison · funeral home · stormbound setting · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2142
In a fly-ravaged near future, three survivors follow separate quests that may reveal how to save what remains.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · near future · rural New England · New England woods · small-town isolation · farmhouse setting · abandoned cinema · movie theatre setting · post-pandemic world · science-fantasy world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2443
In near-future East Tennessee, an exiled man returns home as family feuds, collapse, and an EMP push a small town toward war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Tennessee · Appalachia · East Tennessee · small town · rural community · farm setting · holler · post-collapse America · lawless country · grid failure
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2485
A fortified prepper in plague-ravaged Texas breaks isolation to help a desperate woman, drawing danger to his door.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-pandemic · rural Texas · central Texas ranch · post-collapse America · lawless landscape · compound setting · isolated homestead
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2494
In a post-collapse 2041, a teen must cross borders to rescue her grandparents and find a way home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2041 · post-collapse world · Pacific Northwest · Canada · United States · British Columbia · Portland · Portland suburbs · abandoned cities · isolated island · agrarian community · rural setting · urban decay · border crossing · post-oil society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2519
An OB/GYN on trial fallout is kidnapped by a rural cult that needs her skills, forcing her to survive and plot escape.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · rural West · isolated compound · religious commune · American West · post-Roe America · secluded ranch · lawless enclave · tech-free setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2526
In a ruined near-future world, two community leaders on a fortified farm must confront hidden feelings as survival grows personal.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · near future · rural Kentucky · self-sufficient farm · safe haven · collapsed civilization · off-grid community · same world continuity
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2534
After a solar flare and plague collapse civilization, a small band of survivors fights to stay human while building a new community.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · near future · United States · rural survival · quasi-stone age · collapsed infrastructure · dark ages
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2554
A teen science nerd and his prankster brother fake an alien invasion, and their small-town lie spirals wildly out of control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · Pennsylvania · family farm · high school · contemporary setting · real-world setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2273
