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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Stand.
Setting labels used: post-apocalyptic America, biological disaster, desert communities, Boulder community, Las Vegas community, lab-origin catastrophe
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Linked post-apocalyptic stories follow survivors in a Mormon-led Utah rebuilding civilization after war and collapse.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · post-nuclear future · post-biological collapse · desert reclamation · Rocky Mountains · Utah · Salt Lake City · Great Salt Lake · flooded city · alternate future · theocratic state
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Distance: 0.1229
An ex-Ranger father and his teen son must survive an EMP-driven collapse and reach home, then family, on foot.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · present day US · Colorado · San Juan Mountains · Durango, Colorado · Maryland · Pittsburgh · backcountry · small town · lawless town · mountain setting · nuclear aftermath · societal collapse
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Distance: 0.1333
A stowaway joins a European expedition across a deserted, climate-warped America, where the ruins of the dream still rule.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · desertified continent · alternate future · near-future sci-fi · early 22nd century · abandoned cities · Las Vegas · New York City · Washington · Hollywood · Middle America · Western United States · climate-ravaged world · desert wasteland · jungle metropolis
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Distance: 0.1376
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: 0.1392
A superpowered teen can command anyone by voice, forcing a battered hero team to stop him before chaos swallows the world.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · Las Vegas · United States · worldwide spread · dome fallout · urban chaos · civilizational collapse · government facility · alien virus
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Distance: 0.1445
In a ruined America, grieving teens chase a possible refuge while facing mutant zombies and a deadly death cult.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic wasteland · zombie-infested wilderness · ruined America · Nevada desert · California · badlands · treehouse town · Area 51 · sanctuary compound · post-collapse America
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Distance: 0.1470
In a zombie-ravaged world, survivors in a bunker must scavenge for supplies while danger, secrets, and romance mount.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · zombie apocalypse · underground bunker · desert · Mojave Desert · Las Vegas · casino setting · survival shelter · viral outbreak
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Distance: 0.1483
A womanizing English academic is swept into a violent, apocalyptic America and remade into a new self.
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Setting labels: apocalyptic America · New York City · desert · California · post-apocalyptic future · civil war · near-future · alternate reality
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Distance: 0.1483
Thirty-four authors return to the world of The Stand with new stories of plague, survival, and fallout.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · plague outbreak · pandemic aftermath · isolated island · Las Vegas · Nebraska · Puerto Rico · Pakistan · London · Key West · space station · space shuttle · rural farm · remote village · zoo
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Distance: 0.1504
After an EMP and nuclear strikes cripple America, a small Colorado community fights to survive as chaos spreads.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic America · Colorado · Estes Park · Washington DC · North Korea · small town · national collapse · nuclear fallout · EMP aftermath · contemporary near-future
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Distance: 0.1507
A battle-tested captain and surviving allies race to hold back the infected horde while rebuilding a shattered America.
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Setting labels: post apocalyptic America · United States · North Carolina · east coast · midwest · southeastern United States · bunkers · military outposts · collapsed society · viral apocalypse
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Distance: 0.1515
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: 0.1524
