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These books are ranked using the premise labels extracted for Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre.
Premise labels used: isolated community, volcanic disaster, creature attack, survival crisis, legendary creature, eco-community, cut off from civilization, massacre investigation, documentary framing
Focused on “civilization collapse” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise embeddings are close.
After collapse and fuel loss, an upstate New York town struggles to rebuild order, food supply, and community.
Why this is here
Premise labels: civilization collapse · post-oil society · local survival · community rebuilding · lawless world · resource scarcity · energy shortage · agrarian return · post-collapse adaptation · post-disaster community
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2071
Alien plants overrun Earth, and a small rural survivor community fights hunger, fear, and each other.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · plant apocalypse · ecological collapse · last survivors · survival struggle · resource scarcity · human extinction · monoculture takeover · doomsday scenario · civilization collapse
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2097
A remote island community is cut off from the mainland as a buried curse unleashes a creeping, waterlogged horror.
Why this is here
Premise labels: isolated community · waterborne blight · ancient curse · lost contact · survival crisis · small-town secrets · contained outbreak · community collapse · island quarantine · drowned undead · folkloric menace
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1874
A GMO fix for world hunger unleashes monstrous adaptation, forcing survivors to cross a ruined Earth.
Why this is here
Premise labels: food shortage · genetic modification · runaway adaptation · species mutation · survival story · civilization collapse · monster outbreak · post-apocalyptic survival
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2182
After a worldwide plague, one immune survivor watches civilization fade and a new society slowly emerge.
Why this is here
Premise labels: global plague · sole survivor · survivor community · civilization collapse · rebuilding society · world without people · post-disaster adaptation · nature reclaiming
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2182
A mother flees a brutal post-apocalyptic village with her infected son as spores, monsters, and power struggle close in.
Why this is here
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · mother protects son · infected community · fungal infection · monster outbreak · civilization collapse · survival under brutality · walled village · dangerous wilderness · religious control · political dissension
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2222
When a global blackout kills modern technology, a teen and his neighborhood must improvise to survive.
Why this is here
Premise labels: power outage · technology collapse · societal breakdown · survival crisis · neighborhood defense · resource scarcity · community survival · civilization collapse · end of electricity · post-collapse survival
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2256
On a thawing Arctic island, estranged allies must stop an ancient contagion unleashed by rival expeditions.
Why this is here
Premise labels: isolated expedition · rare mineral mining · environmental activism · dormant contagion · ancient infection · climate crisis · permafrost thaw · survival race · global spread threat · estranged friends · rival teams · containment mission
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1970
An unknown alien civilization launches a devastating first strike across the solar system, leaving scattered human survivors to endure.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alien invasion · first contact paranoia · solar system apocalypse · human extinction · survivors of catastrophe · preemptive strike · existential threat · civilization collapse · dark forest
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2281
A flu apocalypse splits two survivor groups across America, then reveals a deadly alien agenda beneath the collapse.
Why this is here
Premise labels: viral plague · survival · post-collapse survival · alien invasion · dual survival arcs · cross-country journey · civilization collapse · survivor groups · resistance
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2292
A scout troop’s camping trip on an isolated island turns into a fight for survival when a ravenous, infected stranger arrives.
Why this is here
Premise labels: island survival · contagion horror · body horror · wilderness camping · infected stranger · group isolation · young male group · parasite outbreak · siege situation
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2041
A storm strands a father and son in a supermarket as a strange mist brings terrifying creatures and social collapse.
Why this is here
Premise labels: survival horror · monster threat · isolated group · trapped in public space · unknown menace · civilization breakdown · family protection
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2075
