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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Kraken Wakes.
Setting labels used: 1950s, Cold War, Britain, England, London, Cornwall, Atlantic, ocean deeps, deep sea trenches, global scale, post-apocalyptic world, flooded world
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
After a cosmic event blinds most of humanity, one sighted survivor must navigate collapsing society and deadly walking plants.
Why this is here
Setting labels: London · Britain · England · mid-century England · post-apocalyptic world · ruined cities · abandoned countryside · Cold War era · postwar Britain · Earth · hospital · countryside refuge
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Distance: 0.1488
Two years after a virus-driven collapse, survivors follow a rescue signal—while the infection evolves into something far stranger.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · England · London · Norwich · Southampton · New York · Cuba · global collapse · harsh winter · survivor camps · safe haven
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Distance: 0.1744
An alternate Korean War spirals into global nuclear escalation as leaders and civilians face World War III.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1950s · Cold War era · Korean War · Korea · China · Europe · North America · global war · post-World War II · radioactive aftermath · early nuclear age
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Distance: 0.1745
In a ravaged England, an infected father hunts for his daughter while rival factions fight to survive and dominate.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · England · London · city centers · quarantine zones · refugee areas · war zone · ravaged landscape
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Distance: 0.1805
A grief-stricken biologist unleashes an engineered plague that kills women, forcing governments and survivors into crisis.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Ireland · global crisis · near future · 1980s · Cold War era · post-apocalyptic · worldwide outbreak · Middle East · England · Libya · North Africa
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Distance: 0.1840
In a flooded future Britain, a ten-year-old girl sets out by boat to find her parents and survive what remains.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · flooded Britain · flooded England · island society · post-apocalyptic world · sea-level rise · coastal collapse · isolated communities
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Distance: 0.1888
When global oil supplies are severed, one family races through collapsing Britain and Iraq to survive and reunite.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Britain · London · Manchester · Iraq · Middle East · near future · post-apocalyptic · contemporary world · civilizational collapse · oil-dependent society
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Distance: 0.1899
After a robot war, surviving humans and machines face a darker conflict as rival AIs reshape what life can be.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · war-torn world · global scale · near future · deserted towns · scattered survivors · technological collapse · deep ocean · Alaska · Russia
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Distance: 0.1901
An elite military team in fortress Britain races across a zombie-ravaged world to uncover a cure and survive.
Why this is here
Setting labels: UK · Britain · Europe · Chicago · Channel Tunnel · island fortress · post apocalyptic world · zombie apocalypse · military base · global collapse
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Distance: 0.1902
A survivor flotilla races across plague-ravaged seas to rescue people, reclaim islands, and secure a vaccine before humanity collapses.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · Atlantic Ocean · Caribbean islands · Guantanamo Bay · London · military base · sea travel · land reclamation
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Distance: 0.1948
A scientist is pulled into a global kaiju apocalypse that wipes out civilization and forces a fight for survival and family.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Iceland · Europe · Scotland · Norway · Russia · Northern Hemisphere · post-apocalyptic world · global disaster · new Ice Age · radioactive ash cloud · evolved world
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Distance: 0.1952
In 1952 Nazi-dominated Britain, a civil servant spy must help an imprisoned scientist flee before the Gestapo catch him.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1950s Britain · London · Birmingham · alternate history · postwar Europe · Nazi-controlled Britain · authoritarian state · Great Smog
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Distance: 0.1954
