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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Lord of Population.
Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic Earth, alien occupation, ruined world, lawless wasteland, scavenger society, ruined urban spaces, dystopian future, kingdom-like hierarchy, feudal social order, abandoned townhouse
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Separated in a harsh future wasteland, Lemon Fresh and her friends fight cults, corporations, and each other’s secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian wasteland · irradiated landscape · ruined cities · corporate-controlled future · religious enclave · robotic world · glassy desert · post-collapse society · USA (implied)
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0851
A sheltered teen crosses a ruined city with a robot companion to save her dying pet and confront what humanity means.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic city · ruined wasteland · abandoned apartment building · future world · ravaged city · dystopian landscape · isolated shelter · ruined streets · speculative reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0885
A hidden woman on a ruined Earth is rescued by an alien king seeking a mate to save his dying race.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · dystopian Earth · alien homeworld · space travel · ruined civilization · scarce women · hostile society · apocalyptic future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0916
A scribe hunts a vanished boy who can unlock lost technology, uncovering a fractured world shaped by catastrophe and secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · ruined civilization · collapsed empire · wasteland · dead city · rural settlement · technology-scarce society · city ruins · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0919
A fierce scavenger from the ruins is pulled into tower politics, hidden powers, and a dangerous romance.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · dystopian society · ruined cities · surface camps · towers · hierarchical world · survivalist wasteland
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0922
A human crew bargains with snake-like aliens on ruined Earth, and one woman becomes the object of an obsessive mate claim.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · distant future · Earth ruins · spacefaring humans · ruined world · alien-inhabited Earth · military facility ruins · wasteland setting · dystopian future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0940
In a dust-ravaged domed city, a teen girl with dangerous hidden powers must protect her brother and outrun a system built to destroy them.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · domed city · corporate-run society · ruined wasteland · dust-covered world · futuristic society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0956
A lone martial artist crosses a nuclear wasteland, protecting the weak and crushing gangs with lethal pressure-point combat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic wasteland · nuclear fallout · barren dystopia · ruined cities · desert landscape · lawless world · gang-controlled society · 1980s-coded future · road-warrior world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.0982
A surface mission in a ruined future Earth uncovers buried truths, mounting unrest, and a dangerous leader’s secrets.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · flying airship · surface wasteland · radiated wasteland · toxic planet · future Earth · destroyed world · closed society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1004
A sentient mushroom infiltrates a ruined human base to recover his stolen spore while hiding from a deadly judge.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · dystopian future · human bases · wasteland · mutated ecosystem · militarized society · cosmic radiation aftermath · ecological collapse · fortified enclaves
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1014
An amnesiac paraplegic is sent across a ruined wasteland on a mysterious mission that may reveal what he truly is.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · radiated wasteland · underground community · ruined city · toxic environment · nuclear aftermath · futuristic dystopia
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1015
In a plague-ravaged world where women are nearly gone, a lone survivor is captured by men and pulled into a dangerous mission.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · near future · ruined world · clans · survival camp · abandoned mall · forest · city ruins · not-too-distant future
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1021
