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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Maze Cutter.
Setting labels used: post apocalypse, post-post-apocalyptic, island settlement, mainland, ruins, scientific dystopia, cultic society, future world, Flare-affected world
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A post-apocalyptic anthology gathering 30 varied stories about survival, collapse, plague, and what remains after the end.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · earth after disaster · collapse of civilization · desert landscape · quarantine · bunkers · ruins · American setting · global catastrophe
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Distance: 0.0983
In a fear-ruled post-apocalyptic world, rival powers battle over a blood-born savior and the future of humanity.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · medieval future · Earth · dystopian world · apocalypse aftermath · war-torn society
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Distance: 0.1031
A themed anthology of post-apocalyptic stories exploring many versions of life after collapse, from bleak to hopeful.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · near future · far future · ruins · wasteland · collapsed civilization · deserted civilization · quarantined colony · tunnels · outposts
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Distance: 0.1034
A medicated former zombie reunites with her ex-best friend in a fragile island refuge as love, fear, and danger collide.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · zombie apocalypse · island community · surviving communities · experimental facility · resettlement site · near-future · collapsed society · post-virus world · semi-rebuilt society
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Distance: 0.1042
In a devastated future, two women from opposing communities race to save their people amid plague, biotech, and power struggles.
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Setting labels: future Earth · post-apocalyptic world · post-oil world · climate-changed world · pandemic world · dystopian future · ruined city · quarantine rings · isolated commune · post-Canada
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Distance: 0.1065
In a collapsing world, a mother and daughter move toward opposite answers to survival, power, and how the world ends.
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Setting labels: post apocalypse · cataclysmic earth · geological disaster · planetary collapse · survival society · ash world · far future · dystopian future · secondary world
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Distance: 0.1091
A fierce scavenger from the ruins is pulled into tower politics, hidden powers, and a dangerous romance.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · dystopian society · ruined cities · surface camps · towers · hierarchical world · survivalist wasteland
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Distance: 0.1113
In a brutal post-apocalyptic world, a sheltered woman and a feared Alpha fight to survive—and to trust each other.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · Deadlands · walled community · research facility · convent · ruined civilization · sealed community
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Distance: 0.1120
A sheltered princess teams with a magic-powered outsider to find a missing girl in a post-apocalyptic royal court.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · future world · alien planet · new planet colony · ruined technology · monarchy · royal court · pre-tech society · post-collapse society
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Distance: 0.1126
Nineteen YA short stories imagine what survives after collapse, from plague and war to monsters, walls, and strange new orders.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · dystopian · near future · far future · space habitat · generation ship · walled society · ruined world · collapsed civilization · catastrophic future · alternate future · isolated communities
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Distance: 0.1133
A hidden woman on a ruined Earth is rescued by an alien king seeking a mate to save his dying race.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · dystopian Earth · alien homeworld · space travel · ruined civilization · scarce women · hostile society · apocalyptic future
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Distance: 0.1137
Separated in a harsh future wasteland, Lemon Fresh and her friends fight cults, corporations, and each other’s secrets.
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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)
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Distance: 0.1138
