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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre.
Setting labels used: Pacific Northwest, Washington State, Mount Rainier, wilderness, isolated settlement, eco-community, smart homes, off-grid living, post-eruption landscape, forest setting, national park setting, near Seattle
Focused on “changed earth” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
After a deadly pandemic, an immune survivor leads a fragile group toward safety while preppers, danger, and loss close in.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Pacific Northwest · Washington state · Seattle · cabin in the woods · isolated cabin · post-apocalyptic world · depopulated world · collapsed civilization
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1680
After a meteor-scarred drought ends, an estranged detective and biologist uncover an alien fungal outbreak tied to a child’s disappearance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Seattle · Pacific Northwest · Puget Sound · rainforest · woods · forest · near future · post-apocalyptic world · shared universe · meteor-shifted ecology
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1900
A boy follows his obsessed father into a Bigfoot hunt near Mount St. Helens and discovers bigger dangers than he expected.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Pacific Northwest · Mount Saint Helens · Portland · volcanic setting · woods · caves · cabin
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1999
A freelance writer chasing her brother’s disappearance uncovers a forest-bound fungal terror in an Oregon town.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Pacific Northwest · Oregon · Clackamas National Forest · Mt. Hood · small town · ruined hotel · abandoned mines · forest edge · mining town · wilderness
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2017
A foul-mouthed crow protects the last human child while the post-apocalyptic animal world grows stranger and deadlier.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Seattle · Alaska · North America · post-apocalyptic world · near future · wilderness · urban ruins · marine environments · changed earth
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2380
A glacier expedition in a cursed wilderness unravels into vanishing bodies, warped time, and a second investigation.
Why this is here
Setting labels: wilderness · forest · mountain · glacier · Pacific Northwest · western United States · remote wilderness · isolated cabin · academic field site · liminal space · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2209
After a global tech collapse, survivors in the Pacific Northwest rebuild through survival skills, clans, and new power struggles.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Pacific Northwest · Oregon · Idaho · contemporary world · post-apocalyptic world · technologically regressed world · medieval-like society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2370
After moving away from her best friend, Vega goes to camp to make new ones and uncovers a bizarre mystery.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Portland, Oregon · Seattle, Washington · summer camp · woods · space station · outer space · contemporary setting · Pacific Northwest
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2394
A foul-mouthed pet crow navigates a Seattle zombie apocalypse, trying to save humans and trapped animals alike.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Seattle · Washington · post-apocalyptic · urban · Pacific Northwest · human-extinction future · nature-ruled world · suburban
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2400
A wilderness camping trip turns into a desperate hunt after a woman is taken by a mysterious creature.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Northwest Idaho · Pacific Northwest · wilderness · forest · woods · mountains · cabin · resort · small town · present day
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2405
A grieving alchemist and his runaway nephew chase a madmaking salamander across the nineteenth-century Northwest.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 19th century · late 1800s · post-Civil War · American frontier · Northwest · Pacific Northwest · Washington state · frontier town · wilderness · temperate rainforest · early American empire · frontier West · manifest destiny era · historical alternate-feeling world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2576
In a post-collapse 2041, a teen must cross borders to rescue her grandparents and find a way home.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · 2041 · post-collapse world · Pacific Northwest · Canada · United States · British Columbia · Portland · Portland suburbs · abandoned cities · isolated island · agrarian community · rural setting · urban decay · border crossing · post-oil society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2601
