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Characterization labels used: prepper protagonist, patriarch, reluctant prepper, clueless spouse, college student, mechanic, family ensemble, flawed characters, likable characters, imperfect survivors

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The Posh Prepper

Todd Knight · 2023 · The Posh Prepper Trilogy

A crisis consultant with 24 hours to flee a viral apocalypse must survive the collapse with an unlikely band of strangers.

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Characterization labels: flawed characters · complex characters · reclusive protagonist · prepper · crisis consultant · survivalist · pregnant teen runaway · washed-up Navy SEAL · overworked ER doctor · rich-client specialist · misfit group · character growth · reluctant leader · self-interested protagonist · morally mixed characters

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Distance: 0.1341

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The Borrowed World

Franklin Horton · 2015 · The Borrowed World

A prepared man stranded far from home must cross a collapsing America while his family fights to hold their homestead.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: prepper protagonist · unlikable protagonist · antihero · no-nonsense · rough around edges · highly prepared · resourceful · survival-minded · protective parent · capable spouse · skeptical coworkers · female competence · tough survivor

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Distance: 0.1355

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Going Home

A. American · 2012 · The Survivalist

A prepared traveler must cross Florida on foot after an EMP blackout throws society into chaos.

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Characterization labels: prepper protagonist · resourceful protagonist · everyman protagonist · survivalist protagonist · military characters · naive college student · ex-military character · stock characters

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Distance: 0.1437

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The Shock

Scott Nicholson · 2012 · After

After a solar storm wrecks technology and society, a young woman fights violent survivors and an evolving threat to stay alive.

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Characterization labels: survivalist · orphaned child · young woman protagonist · caretaker · military soldiers · rogue soldiers · survivors · clichéd characters · flat characterization · flawed characters · likable characters · unlikeable characters · grounded characters · realistic characters · one-dimensional characters

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Distance: 0.1516

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Escaping Home

A. American · 2013 · The Survivalist

In a grid-down America under martial law, a family and allies must choose between holding home and bugging out.

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Characterization labels: survivalist · prepper · family man · protective father · loose cannon · ex-soldier · military crew · resourceful protagonist · realistic characters · female characters underdeveloped · children learning self-defense · character development

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Distance: 0.1559

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Dry

Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman · 2018

When California’s water supply suddenly fails, a teen and her family must survive a desperate scramble for water.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonists · siblings · survivalist family · prepper · moral compass · resourceful · desperate · authentic teens · flawed characters · distinct voices · homeless teen · wealthy opportunist · struggling leader · survival-minded parent

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Distance: 0.1610

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After the Lights Go Out

Lili Wilkinson · 2018

In an isolated Australian town, a prepper’s daughters must choose between family rules and helping their community after the power fails.

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Characterization labels: resourceful teen · survivalist training · prepper parent · controlling parent · conspiracy theorist · bi protagonist · skeptical protagonist · strong female lead · flawed protagonist · queer teen · complex characters

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Distance: 0.1618

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Commune: Book One

Joshua Gayou · 2017 · Commune

After a solar flare and plague collapse civilization, a small band of survivors fights to stay human while building a new community.

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Characterization labels: prepper · survivor · single mother · father figure · mysterious man · ordinary people · regular people · military characters · young child · group dynamic · selfless hero · optimistic survivor · quiet character · caretaker

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Distance: 0.1639

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Broken Lines

James Hunt · 2019 · EMP Survival in a Powerless World

After an EMP blackout, a prepared father fights through a collapsing society to reach his family before they vanish.

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Characterization labels: prepper · family man · protective father · survivalist · neighbor companion · community pillar · helpless survivors · biker gang · rich mastermind · everyman · prepared protagonist · resourceful survivor

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Distance: 0.1680

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Invasion

Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant · 2015 · Alien Invasion

A wealthy prepper races his fractured family to a Colorado bunker as alien ships approach and society unravels.

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Characterization labels: antihero · narcissistic protagonist · prepper · wealthy protagonist · self-made mogul · flawed family · teenage children · ex-wife · stepmother · spiritual seeker · unlikeable characters · resourceful protagonist · controlling father · protective parent · self-centered ensemble

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Distance: 0.1688

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The End of the World Running Club

Adrian J. Walker · 2017 · The End of the World Running Club

After an asteroid strike, a flawed father must run across a devastated UK to reach his separated family before time runs out.

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Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · reluctant father · absentee husband · overweight protagonist · lazy protagonist · whiny protagonist · introspective protagonist · redemption arc · resourceful survivors · military characters · supporting ensemble

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Distance: 0.1747

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Perihelion Summer

Greg Egan · 2019

A black hole passing through the solar system destabilizes Earth’s climate, forcing a small crew to survive at sea.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · young man · competent survivors · engineers · scientists · friends group · family conflict · altruistic · rational · resourceful · reserved · underdeveloped characters · doomsday preppers · problem-solvers

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Distance: 0.1748

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