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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Hell on Earth.
Setting labels used: United States, small town, farm, cities, apocalypse setting, world-ending crisis
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
After a mass disappearance upends a suburban town, the survivors struggle with grief, cults, and unfinished lives.
Why this is here
Setting labels: small town · suburban setting · contemporary America · post-disaster world · post-rapture world · apocalyptic aftermath · fictional town · worldwide event
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1174
A pregnant nurse infected by a combustible plague fights to survive a collapsing world with help from a mysterious Fireman.
Why this is here
Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New Hampshire · New England · hospital setting · camp setting · collapsed civilization · small town · post-pandemic world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1297
In an EMP-ravaged America, a rebuilt town faces a new government, an old friend, and a threat to everything it has regained.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · small town · North Carolina · rural community · military-controlled state · near-future · collapsed infrastructure · rebuilding society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1419
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: 0.1445
In EMP-ravaged Michigan, a starving town faces a violent power grab and a desperate fight for control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: rural Michigan · small-town setting · winter setting · post-collapse America · EMP apocalypse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1458
A womanizing English academic is swept into a violent, apocalyptic America and remade into a new self.
Why this is here
Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New York City · desert · California · post-apocalyptic future · civil war · near-future · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1467
A military officer records day-by-day survival in a zombie-ravaged world, relying on training, supplies, and grit.
Why this is here
Setting labels: United States · Texas · suburbia · military setting · global pandemic · present-day world · apocalypse
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1471
A former detective races across a collapsing America to find his missing sister before an asteroid ends the world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: pre-apocalyptic Earth · United States · Massachusetts · New England · Ohio · small town · abandoned town · deserted police station · barricaded shelters · chaotic society · post-collapse landscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1481
After an EMP collapse, separated survivors race home and fight sabotage, militia power grabs, and a relentless pursuer.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · rural Michigan · small town · winter setting · winter survival · collapsed society · EMP aftermath · road journey
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1488
A sheltered Catholic teen crosses a collapsing America where a virus turns the infected into sexually violent monsters.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Midwest · Wisconsin · small town · post-apocalyptic America · contemporary setting · collapsing society · quarantined world · religious community · apocalyptic landscape · roadside America
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1493
After a plague kills every male mammal on Earth, one young man and his monkey must survive a fractured world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · global crisis · United States · Washington DC · San Francisco · Australia · international setting · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1493
After world-shaking earthquakes, four teens race to survive as ordinary people become murderous, rage-filled hunters.
Why this is here
Setting labels: contemporary · apocalypse onset · Earth · North America · United States · Canada · Seattle · Vancouver · small town · cities · rural areas · post-earthquake devastation · collapsed society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1505
