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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Book of Etta.
Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic America, decimated America, 100 years later, generational gap, Ozarks, Missouri, Nowhere, roadbound territory, fortified settlement, multiple settlements
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Eight years after civilization’s collapse, survivors face an evolved mutant threat that could restart extinction.
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Setting labels: post apocalyptic America · Allied States of America · outposts · collapsed cities · frontier · near future · rebuilding society · military zones
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Distance: 0.1169
In a ruined America, two allies leave a fortress city after a stranger’s warning and cross a deadly wasteland westward.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · ruined United States · walled city · former St. Louis · wasteland · dead lands · Oregon route · far future · dystopian future · irradiated landscape · mutated ecosystem
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1357
A fierce teenage wanderer crosses a zombie-ravaged America, chasing survival, redemption, and a place to belong.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · ruined landscape · southern states · isolated island · frontier survival · enclaves · barricaded communities · lighthouse · wasteland
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Distance: 0.1383
Two survivor groups race across zombie-ravaged America for a cure while a ruthless agent hunts them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · collapsed United States · military stronghold · decimated America · apocalypse aftermath
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Distance: 0.1389
After a plague-ravaged America, a teenage salvager is pulled into a seemingly safe settlement that may not stay safe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · ruined United States · post-war world · plague aftermath · small settlement · wasteland · road story · near future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1394
After economic collapse, a scientist treks across a lawless America, learning survival with a wolf companion.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · North America · Midwest · Michigan · Montana · rural wilderness · lawless society · no electricity · no gasoline · no communication · collapsed infrastructure · economic breakdown · dark age · cave dwelling · ranch country
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Distance: 0.1396
As a viral apocalypse unfolds across timelines, survivors race to stop the originals and protect what remains of humanity.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · present day · near future · far future · year zero · apocalypse aftermath · collapsed society · human survival camp · militarized society
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Distance: 0.1437
A girl searching for a cure and answers crosses a ruined America while a parallel fight for survival unfolds back home.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · Manhattan · Long Island · Chicago · Denver · wasteland · ruins · toxic landscape · flooded city · deserted city
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Distance: 0.1451
An ex-Ranger father and his teen son must survive an EMP-driven collapse and reach home, then family, on foot.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · present day US · Colorado · San Juan Mountains · Durango, Colorado · Maryland · Pittsburgh · backcountry · small town · lawless town · mountain setting · nuclear aftermath · societal collapse
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Distance: 0.1456
A lone survivor uses a dead postman’s uniform to survive, and accidentally sparks hope of rebuilding civilization.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · post-nuclear war · collapsed society · wilderness travel · small settlements · Oregon · Pacific Northwest · dystopian future
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Distance: 0.1470
After a man-made supervirus collapses society, a U.S. marshal fights to protect a survivor town from violent chaos.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · rural town · wasteland · collapsed government · pandemic aftermath · survivalist cabin · lawless frontier · small-town survival · post-collapse civilization
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Distance: 0.1486
An outlaw driver gets a pardon if he can haul plague medicine across a radioactive wasteland to Boston.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · nuclear wasteland · radioactive zones · coastal city-states · alternative future · ruined United States · battered interstate corridor
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1497
