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Premise labels used: deadly virus, survivor powers, government research facility, vaccine search, ethical conflict, forbidden romance, infected detention, medical crisis

Setting labels used: post-pandemic world, government-controlled compound, research facility, near future, United States, lockdown society, curfews, border controls, quarantine

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Book of the Dead: AESLI-00

V.E.S. Pullen · 2020 · The JAK2 Cycle

A sick teen in a post-pandemic military town uncovers a dangerous secret as several mysterious boys orbit her life.

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Premise labels: post-pandemic world · quarantine community · hidden conspiracy · chronically ill heroine · multiple suitors · secretive base · government control · mystery illness

Setting labels: post-pandemic future · military base · small-town facade · quarantine zone · high school setting · medical setting · controlled community · United States

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Distance: 0.1778

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Child Zero

Chris Holm · 2022

In a near-future New York ravaged by antibiotic resistance, a detective hunts a mystery tied to a boy everyone wants.

Why this is here

Premise labels: antibiotic resistance · bioterrorism · pandemic collapse · medical crisis · missing child · quarantine zone · manhunt · government overreach · scientific plausibility · public health crisis

Setting labels: near future · dystopian New York City · Central Park quarantine zone · post-pandemic world · surveillance state · urban collapse · futuristic cityscape

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Distance: 0.1786

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PODs

Michelle K. Pickett · 2013 · PODs

A teen chosen for an underground virus refuge finds love, then discovers the surface is still deadly.

Why this is here

Premise labels: virus outbreak · government lottery · underground shelter · selected survivors · survival romance · post-virus mutation

Setting labels: underground habitats · post-apocalyptic world · virus pandemic · government compound · survival bunker · topside outbreak · small-group confinement

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Distance: 0.1823

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Kingdom of Needle and Bone

Mira Grant · 2018

When a deadly measles-like outbreak shatters herd immunity, one doctor must choose how far to go to save humanity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · vaccine refusal · herd immunity · medical crisis · public health collapse · survival dilemma · ethical choice · quarantine refuge · worldwide contagion · compromised immunity

Setting labels: contemporary · United States · Canada · global pandemic · amusement park · medical practice · quarantine island · isolated refuge · post-outbreak world

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Distance: 0.1835

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Sister, Maiden, Monster

Lucy A. Snyder · 2023

Three women are remade by a strange virus as a collapsing world veers into body horror, desire, and cosmic dread.

Why this is here

Premise labels: viral outbreak · pandemic aftermath · body mutation · apocalypse · survival · queer awakening · brain hunger · murder compulsion · chronic illness · eldritch influence · world collapse

Setting labels: near future · post-COVID · pandemic world · dystopian world · global collapse · medical institutions · psychiatric ward · workplace setting · brothel setting · apocalyptic reality

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Distance: 0.1935

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Blackout

Mira Grant · 2012 · Newsflesh

A blogger-journalist team races to expose a vast conspiracy in a zombie-ravaged future as the virus mutates and stakes explode.

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Premise labels: virus outbreak · government conspiracy · truth-seeking journalists · post-pandemic society · rescue mission · mutating pathogen · cloning subplot · survival under collapse

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · near future · fortified safe zones · zombie-infested world · future United States · government facilities · newsroom culture

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Distance: 0.1947

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Le Fléau 1/2

Stephen King · 2003 · The Stand (split volumes)

A deadly flu wipes out most of America, forcing a handful of survivors toward opposing visions of the future.

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Premise labels: viral outbreak · pandemic collapse · post-apocalyptic survival · immunized survivors · good versus evil · vision quest

Setting labels: United States · global pandemic · secret military laboratory · post-apocalyptic world · urban and rural America

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Distance: 0.1953

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All Better Now

Neal Shusterman · 2025 · Crown Royale

A near-future pandemic makes survivors blissfully content, sparking a battle over happiness, power, and control.

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Premise labels: contagious happiness · pandemic outbreak · virus with consequences · virus as social threat · public health conflict · truth versus propaganda · power versus empathy · economy disrupted · anti-consumerism

Setting labels: near future · post-covid world · global pandemic · contemporary world · worldwide crisis

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Distance: 0.1957

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The Violence

Delilah S. Dawson · 2022

A post-COVID rage plague gives an abused mother a dangerous chance to free herself and protect her daughters.

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Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · rage plague · viral violence · abuse escape · women under threat · family crisis · post-pandemic society · survival under duress

Setting labels: post-COVID world · near future · 2025 · Florida · United States · pandemic world · quarantine · warm climates · suburban home · gated community · big box store

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Distance: 0.1958

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Illusive

Emily Lloyd-Jones · 2014 · Illusive

A teen illusionist thief joins superpowered criminals on a dangerous hunt for the vaccine formula that made them outlaws.

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Premise labels: superpowered criminals · vaccine side effects · teens with powers · crime syndicate · government pursuit · formula hunt · outlawed abilities · forced service or prison · criminal crew

Setting labels: near future · future America · post-pandemic · dystopian society · real world · underground crime · government surveillance · urban setting · post-apocalyptic · pandemic aftermath

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Distance: 0.1969

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Juniper Unraveling

Keri Lake · 2017 · Juniper Unraveling

In a virus-ravaged world split by walls, a young survivor and a mute boy become bound by love and dangerous secrets.

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Premise labels: survival · love under pressure · wall divide · infected society · forbidden contact · research facility · escaped prisoner · hidden truth · post-virus world

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian world · wall-separated community · infected zone · research compound · laboratory setting · survival society · ruined civilization · virus outbreak · future setting · deadly contagion

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Distance: 0.1992

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End of Summer

S.M. Anderson · 2019 · Seasons of Man

A viral apocalypse leaves 3% alive, forcing a hardened survivor and other stragglers to fight for humanity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: viral apocalypse · pandemic collapse · survival struggle · found family · post-collapse conflict · human predators

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · global pandemic aftermath · collapsed civilization · hospitality/safe-haven facade · military/urban survival

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Distance: 0.1994

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