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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for The Island of Last Things.
Setting labels used: Alcatraz Island, near future, post-apocalyptic, climate collapse, ecological collapse, dystopian future, isolated setting, prison-turned-zoo, high-security sanctuary, decaying world, fungus blight
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A quiet teen fails a state test and is exiled to a brutal prison island where survival means choosing sides fast.
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Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · prison island · island colony · controlled state · totalitarian society · post-collapse North America · island sectors · wilderness survival · jungle setting
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Distance: 0.1392
Exiled to a deadly island prison, a defiant woman must survive rival factions, hidden science, and forbidden attraction.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · dystopian future · viral apocalypse · island prison · tropical island · mysterious island · jungle setting · two camps · warring factions · genetically altered environment · sci-fi reality
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Distance: 0.1414
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: 0.1450
In a climate-ravaged future, nine teens face a brutal proving that decides who will lead, reproduce, and survive.
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Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · climate-collapse world · acidic ocean · resource-scarce settlement · isolated community · former Alaska · super greenhouse · dystopian society · toxic environment · remnant outlands
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Distance: 0.1457
Six strangers wake in a bunker after a world-ending event and must solve a survival experiment with hidden motives.
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Setting labels: underground facility · bunker · research facility · post-apocalyptic world · toxic atmosphere · island · future earth · near-extinction future · dystopian world
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Distance: 0.1473
A service robot is mistaken for the wrong unit and sent on a perilous mission with a human infant.
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Setting labels: far future · post-apocalyptic future · Earth · controlled society · sanctuary · human prison camp · farmland · dystopian future
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Distance: 0.1492
In a bee-less future, a beekeeper’s daughter returns home for answers and finds a fragile new family, a secret, and hope.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · rural farm · countryside · farmhouse · agricultural collapse · food scarcity · state care system · juvenile care system · prison state · environmental collapse
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Distance: 0.1506
Captured by a brutal facility, a young woman is trained for a weaponized Alpha and survival turns into dangerous intimacy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · dystopian world · research facility · medical facility · prison setting · underground facility · isolated compound · ruined world · deadlands · zombie apocalypse
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Distance: 0.1523
A 22-story horror collection of bleak, weird futures where bodies, identities, and ecosystems unravel.
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Setting labels: post-Anthropocene · dystopian future · climate apocalypse · ruined Earth · poisonous air · uninhabitable environment · alien world · speculative reality · ghostly reality · liminal spaces
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Distance: 0.1525
A sheltered girl in a flooded future city uncovers family secrets, folklore, and a mysterious neighbor’s hidden life.
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Setting labels: near future · post-apocalyptic · dystopian future · flooded city · partially submerged city · island city · apartment tower · high-rise building · climate catastrophe · urban decay · alternate world
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Distance: 0.1528
In a near-future world of rewilded forbidden zones, an adventure-racing team enters the deadliest one and finds nature fighting back.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · dystopian future · semi-apocalyptic world · global climate collapse · nature preserve · rewilded landscape · jungle setting
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Distance: 0.1535
A captive young woman in a dystopia of vanishing girls discovers the truth behind her prison and fights to escape.
Why this is here
Setting labels: near future · post apocalyptic · dystopian · research compound · prison like facility · militarized compound · collapsed society · worldwide epidemic
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1537
