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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.
A small group of young survivors endures the aftermath of a deadly flu while one haunting night exposes how fragile their immunity may be.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · melancholic · atmospheric · haunting · sad · chilling · depressive · dark · quiet · apocalyptic
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic survivors · viral pandemic · end of the world · survival after plague · small group of survivors
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.0883
A deadly plague wipes out nearly everyone, then the dead begin to rise, forcing a few ordinary survivors to endure a changing world.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · quiet · creepy · atmospheric · claustrophobic · suspenseful · dread-filled · morose · grim · hopeless · desperate · cold · tense
Premise labels: pandemic outbreak · mass mortality · survivor group · rising dead · end of civilization · survival crisis · human extinction · post-collapse survival
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1148
An elderly survivor recounts a deadly plague and the collapse of civilization to his feral grandchildren.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · grim · somber · dark · ominous · desolate · fatalistic · eerie · woebegone · contemplative
Premise labels: pandemic collapse · post-apocalyptic survival · civilizational collapse · survivor testimony · knowledge loss · primitive regression · end of civilization
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1153
A deadly flu wipes out most of America, forcing a handful of survivors toward opposing visions of the future.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · anxious · ominous · intense · atmospheric · grim · mysterious · suspenseful · horrific
Premise labels: viral outbreak · pandemic collapse · post-apocalyptic survival · immunized survivors · good versus evil · vision quest
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1153
A marine biologist in a pandemic vaccine trial wakes trapped with other volunteers and discovers memory can be revisited.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · haunting · tense · unnerving · horrifying · melancholic · claustrophobic · eerie
Premise labels: pandemic survival · vaccine trial · memory technology · animal captivity · survival suspense · isolated volunteers · moral dilemma · post-collapse containment
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1166
In a city-struck apocalypse, scattered survivors try to endure as the dead change, gather, and close in.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · dark · horrifying · suspenseful · tense · dreadful · cold · grim · eerie · emotional
Premise labels: survivor group · disease outbreak · reanimated dead · post-plague survival · urban survival · apocalypse aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1211
An interconnected future-history of a global plague unleashed by melting permafrost, tracing grief, survival, and hope.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · melancholic · dark · hopeful · heartbreaking · haunting · compassionate · dreamlike · disquieting · bittersweet · macabre · meditative
Premise labels: pandemic aftermath · climate plague · worldwide contagion · post-apocalyptic survival · grief and loss · human resilience · end-of-the-world
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1225
A lone survivor of a deadly future virus roams a ruined UK, searching for others and herself.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · macabre · darkly humorous · witty · hopeful · emotional · horrific · scary · eerie · nightmarish · uplifting · gritty · honest · irreverent
Premise labels: global pandemic · sole survivor · survival story · post-apocalyptic survival · self-discovery · road trip · search for survivors · last person alive · immunity
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1235
Six archaeologists in remote Greenland face a failing expedition, a distant pandemic, and possible ghosts in their camp.
Why this is here
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
In post-nuclear Australia, survivors face a radioactive countdown while trying to live normally with no escape.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · haunting · somber · melancholic · eerie · quiet · understated · grim · depressing · civilized · restrained · moving · existential · horrific · thought-provoking
Premise labels: nuclear war aftermath · last survivors · radiation fallout · inevitable death · end-times waiting · search for survivors · civic collapse · doomsday scenario
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1269
After civilization collapses, two orphaned sisters in a Northern California forest must learn survival, loss, and change.
Why this is here
Tone labels: haunting · lyrical · poetic · melancholic · atmospheric · suspenseful · dreary · quiet · dreamlike · disturbing · hopeful · intense · claustrophobic
Premise labels: civilization collapse · survival story · sisters alone · off-grid survival · resource scarcity · family survival · apocalypse aftermath · self-sufficiency · wilderness survival · end of the world
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1270
A themed anthology of post-apocalyptic stories exploring many versions of life after collapse, from bleak to hopeful.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · depressing · dark · grim · haunting · hopeful (mixed) · melancholic · somber · uneasy · thought-provoking · thrilling · disturbing
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic anthology · end of the world · survival after collapse · aftermath of societal collapse · survivors · rebuilding society · plausible apocalypse · humanity after Armageddon · apocalypse scenarios · life after catastrophe
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1271
