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Similar in tone + premise

These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for Empty World. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: bleak, haunting, eerie, grim, disturbing, melancholic, gloomy, atmospheric, tense, thought-provoking

Premise labels used: deadly virus, last survivor, empty world, teen survival, loneliness, wilderness of civilization, search for survivors, resource scavenging, young survivors, pandemic aftermath

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone + premise embeddings are close.

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Cover of Night Surf by Stephen  King

Night Surf

Stephen King

A small group of young survivors endures the aftermath of a deadly flu while one haunting night exposes how fragile their immunity may be.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.0883

Cover of Autumn by David Moody

Autumn

David Moody · 2005 · Autumn

A deadly plague wipes out nearly everyone, then the dead begin to rise, forcing a few ordinary survivors to endure a changing world.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1148

Cover of The Scarlet Plague by Jack London

The Scarlet Plague

Jack London · 1986

An elderly survivor recounts a deadly plague and the collapse of civilization to his feral grandchildren.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1153

Cover of Le Fléau 1/2 by Stephen  King

Le Fléau 1/2

Stephen King · 2003 · The Stand (split volumes)

A deadly flu wipes out most of America, forcing a handful of survivors toward opposing visions of the future.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1153

Cover of The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller

The Memory of Animals

Claire Fuller · 2023

A marine biologist in a pandemic vaccine trial wakes trapped with other volunteers and discovers memory can be revisited.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1166

Cover of The City by David Moody

The City

David Moody · 2011 · Autumn

In a city-struck apocalypse, scattered survivors try to endure as the dead change, gather, and close in.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1211

Cover of How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu · 2022

An interconnected future-history of a global plague unleashed by melting permafrost, tracing grief, survival, and hope.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1225

Cover of Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift

Last One at the Party

Bethany Clift · 2021

A lone survivor of a deadly future virus roams a ruined UK, searching for others and herself.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1235

Cover of Cold Earth by Sarah Moss

Cold Earth

Sarah Moss · 2009

Six archaeologists in remote Greenland face a failing expedition, a distant pandemic, and possible ghosts in their camp.

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Tone labels: atmospheric · tense · creepy · chilling · bleak · eerie · haunting · uneasy · claustrophobic · witty

Premise labels: archaeological dig · isolated group · pandemic threat · survival · haunting · off-grid

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1258

Cover of On the Beach by Nevil Shute

On the Beach

Nevil Shute · 2002

In post-nuclear Australia, survivors face a radioactive countdown while trying to live normally with no escape.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1269

Cover of Into the Forest by Jean Hegland

Into the Forest

Jean Hegland · 1996

After civilization collapses, two orphaned sisters in a Northern California forest must learn survival, loss, and change.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1270

Cover of Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse by John Joseph Adams

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse

John Joseph Adams · 2008 · Wastelands

A themed anthology of post-apocalyptic stories exploring many versions of life after collapse, from bleak to hopeful.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1271