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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-normal settlement” 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
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
After an EMP attack wipes out electronics, a North Carolina town struggles to survive the sudden collapse of modern life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · North Carolina · contemporary America · post-apocalyptic · societal collapse · rural community
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2371
In post-nuclear America, a curious boy and his cousin leave a repressive village to seek a rumored haven of forbidden knowledge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · post-nuclear future · small towns · agrarian society · religious theocracy · forbidden cities · rural America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2405
A hard-trained teen guards her family’s water source in a dry, violent world, then must survive when her life changes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · near-future · rural Ohio · isolated farmhouse · wilderness · resource-scarce society · city vs countryside
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2438
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
A teen chosen one leaves home to train for a coming war, while a post-apocalyptic community keeps rebuilding.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · after the apocalypse · settlement community · farm life · forest shelter · ruined city · magic-infused world · rural setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2498
