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Premise labels used: bunker survival, post-apocalyptic shelter, pharmacist protagonist, power imbalance, survival bargain, resource rationing, controlled society, moral compromise, claustrophobic survival
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise embeddings are close.
A paranoid hermit turns an abandoned quarry into an ark and recruits companions to survive a feared nuclear apocalypse.
Why this is here
Premise labels: nuclear apocalypse · survival shelter · underground bunker · reclusive protagonist · recruiting survivors · small community · apocalyptic survival · self-sufficient refuge · selection of survivors
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1232
Wealthy guests shelter in a luxury hotel after nuclear disaster, but fear and moral strain begin to break their sealed world.
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Premise labels: post-apocalyptic shelter · luxury survival · wealthy survivors · radiation fallout · exclusive refuge · survival commodity · class divide · outsider intrusion
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1431
In a zombie-ravaged world, survivors in a bunker must scavenge for supplies while danger, secrets, and romance mount.
Why this is here
Premise labels: zombie apocalypse · survival quest · safe haven turned unsafe · supply shortage · bunker refuge · scavenging mission · post-outbreak survival · romantic tension · group survival · underground shelter
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1592
In a poisoned future Earth, three survivors leave an underground refuge on a surface mission that exposes buried sins.
Why this is here
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · surface expedition · underground refuge · poisoned atmosphere · mysterious phenomenon · buried secrets · survival ethics · morally compromised survival · revenge · guilt
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1602
A prison-safe haven is disrupted when a helicopter leads survivors to a fortified town ruled by a far deadlier human threat.
Why this is here
Premise labels: survival · post-apocalyptic society · outside threat · human conflict · new settlement · resource scarcity · power struggle · community safety
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1632
A teen-led post-apocalyptic community faces a ruthless cult that kidnaps their friends and forces a dangerous rescue.
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Premise labels: survival · kidnapping · rescue mission · cult threat · post-apocalyptic society · brainwashing
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1644
In a ruined, faction-riven world, one damaged survivor is forced into dangerous service as the last hope narrows.
Why this is here
Premise labels: apocalyptic survival · societal collapse · plague divide · infected versus uninfected · hunt for survivors · warlord rule · faction conflict · anti-hero survival
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1657
Three centuries after society falls, survivors in a ruined dark age battle infection, power, and cruelty to endure.
Why this is here
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · civilization collapse · lost technology · infected threat · protective mother · social breakdown · power struggle
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1672
A post-pandemic group tries to survive winter isolation on a remote lake island as confinement exposes every fracture.
Why this is here
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · group isolation · resource scarcity · pandemic aftermath · closed community · survival under confinement
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1685
A Seoul salesman races to reach his parents as mysterious black orbs spread, swallowing people and unraveling society.
Why this is here
Premise labels: apocalypse · mysterious threat · survival journey · city under siege · alienated protagonist · societal collapse
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1686
A bunker-trained Army captain emerges into plague-ravaged America with orders to rescue survivors and rebuild order.
Why this is here
Premise labels: bunker survival · government contingency · plague outbreak · rebuild society · restore order · last hope · survivor rescue · post-collapse mission
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1690
A teen salvage diver and his orphan crew race through a fog-choked future to save their guardian and outrun a tyrant.
Why this is here
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survival · salvage crew · deadly fog · special ability · adopted family · quest for cure · escape pursuit · resource scarcity
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1721
