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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Salt Line.
Setting labels used: near future, unspecified future, United States, walled zones, quarantine zone, outer-zone wilderness, post-collapse society, protected enclave, chemical barrier, scorched earth
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A sealed-off America opens its borders to a handpicked expedition seeking a cure, only to reveal a bizarre hidden world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post apocalypse · alternate future · isolated America · walled nation · road wasteland · desert wasteland · globalized future · superpower collapse · time distortion
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1486
A devastated man learns Earth faces a rogue star, an ice age, and a hidden alien threat as his family races to survive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future Earth · solar system · United States · Texas · Mars · underground bunker · compound · apocalyptic future · cold climate · post-collapse world
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Distance: 0.1504
A family enters a supposedly perfect company town where safety, privilege, and belonging come with eerie rules.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · environmental collapse · climate collapse · post-apocalyptic · corporate town · sealed community · walled-off enclave · dying world · polluted world · suburban setting · American suburbia · nuclear threat · underground shelter
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1511
A trans academic surveys an isolated woods commune in a dystopian future, but his assignment and desires unravel into horror.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post-collapse America · dystopian city-state · New York future · Catskills · woods · commune · exurb zone · walled city · post-apocalyptic
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Distance: 0.1529
A teen awaiting beauty surgery discovers a rebellion that could expose the cost of her society’s perfect life.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future society · post-apocalyptic future · isolated cities · walled city · controlled society · high-tech future · wilderness · commune · ruins · distant future
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Distance: 0.1577
In a slow-collapsing near-future California, a married couple’s fragile wilderness life unravels after a pregnancy forces them toward a guarded community.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · California · Los Angeles · wilderness · forest · remote settlement · gated communities · post-collapse America · post-apocalyptic world · near-future dystopia
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Distance: 0.1580
A secret sleeper program races to save a select few from an extinction-level comet and wakes into a changed world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · Earth · underground shelters · secret facility · post-apocalyptic world · radiation crisis · dystopian future · apocalyptic Earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1588
A teen resistance fighter infiltrates an alien city through deadly games to uncover how the invaders rule Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: future Earth · occupied Earth · alien city · domed city · underground refuge · dystopian future · harsh artificial environment · post-collapse society
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Distance: 0.1595
Twin sisters survive as one person under a brutal one-child regime until their secret is exposed and they must flee.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near-future United States · future America · Texas · Canada border · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic future · surveillance society · resource-scarce world · authoritarian state · one-child society
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Distance: 0.1604
In a near-future US emptied by off-world flight, those left behind struggle to survive as the past comes back to claim Earth.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2050s · United States · New Haven, Connecticut · Earth · space colonies · post-apocalyptic · post-climate apocalypse · radioactive Earth · irradiated land · crumbling cities · urban ruins · domed habitats · off-world colonies · American future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1613
A flood-ravaged teen is reassigned inside a rigid survival society and uncovers dangerous secrets about how it really works.
Why this is here
Setting labels: flooded future · post-apocalyptic world · walled enclave · strict society · resource-scarce settlement · climate disaster · isolated community · sector-based society · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1620
In a walled quarantine zone, a local teen must escort a kidnapped outsider to safety before his temporary immunity runs out.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-pandemic · near-future · dystopian America · walled quarantine zone · Austin, Texas · isolated community · post-apocalyptic · lawless society · territorial factions · quarantine state
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1627
