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Themes labels used: survival, collapse, social breakdown, responsibility, care, motherhood, adolescence, coming of age, violence, morality, human nature, gender roles, class difference, anarchy, memory, identity, psychological ambiguity, civilization, isolation, community

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The Doloriad

Missouri Williams · 2022

A ruined-world family ruled by a fearsome matriarch struggles to survive, repopulate, and hold power together.

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Themes labels: survival · civilizational collapse · environmental degradation · morality · ethics · human nature · violence · trauma · family dysfunction · power · reproduction · gender · womanhood · femininity · social class · meaning-making · faith · climate emergency · ecological destruction · disability · body shame · extinction · new order · human frailty

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Enclave

Ann Aguirre · 2011 · Razorland

A teen huntress cast out of an underground enclave must survive the ruined surface while confronting monsters and forbidden truths.

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Themes labels: survival · social control · truth vs lies · coming of age · strength · morality · obedience · community · identity · freedom · fear · gender roles · violence · abuse · rape · victim blaming · empathy

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Cover of Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney

Flesh Eaters

Joe McKinney · 2011 · Dead World

After hurricanes flood Houston, a police sergeant fights zombies, chaos, and family danger as the city collapses.

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Themes labels: survival · family · duty · morality · leadership · responsibility · betrayal · self-interest · sacrifice · community collapse · parenthood · gender roles · masculinity · disaster response · justice · human nature · individuality · resilience

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X Isle

Steve Augarde · 2009

In a flooded future, two boys win passage to a promised island and discover a brutal regime they must outwit to survive.

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Themes labels: survival · scarcity · freedom · oppression · power · morality · ethical choice · religious extremism · class hierarchy · violence · camaraderie · coming of age · agency · control · desperation · human resilience · gender expectations · identity reveal

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The Walking Dead, Book One

Robert Kirkman · 2006 · The Walking Dead

A coma-awakened man searches for his family in a zombie-ravaged world where survival tests every bond.

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Themes labels: survival · human nature · social breakdown · fear · responsibility · hope vs despair · trust · violence · gender roles · family · morality under pressure · resource scarcity

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Them or Us

David Moody · 2011 · Hater

In a ruined, faction-riven world, one damaged survivor is forced into dangerous service as the last hope narrows.

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Themes labels: survival · hate · human nature · morality · social breakdown · power · community · dehumanization · segregation · violence · fear · hope · redemption · identity · pointlessness of violence · end of civilization · self-destruction · societal responsibility · human frailty

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Nophek Gloss

Essa Hansen · 2020 · The Graven

A traumatized teen survivor joins a misfit alien crew, then crosses a vast multiverse to seek revenge on slave masters.

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Themes labels: revenge · grief · trauma · loss · healing · justice · survival · identity · coming of age · free will · moral ambiguity · corruption · capitalism · oppression · slavery · genocide · acceptance · resilience · humanity versus technology · body versus mind · gender fluidity · diversity · inclusivity · power structures

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La terra dei figli

Gipi · 2016

In a poisoned post-collapse world, a harsh father and his two sons struggle to survive and decode a hidden past.

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Themes labels: survival · love · care · family · fatherhood · parenting · memory · knowledge · literacy · illiteracy · language · communication · humanity · dehumanization · inheritance · coming of age · trauma · violence · cruelty · hope · faith · meaning · civilizational collapse · morality · loss of innocence · social control · power · collective delusion · environmental damage · pollution

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A Boy and His Dog

Harlan Ellison · 2016

A telepathic dog and a teenage wastelander struggle to survive in a brutal post-nuclear future where desire and loyalty collide.

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Themes labels: survival · love · loyalty · morality · dehumanization · gender violence · scarcity · civilization collapse · nature vs nurture · revenge · power dynamics · objectification · choice and consequence

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Cover of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

N.K. Jemisin · 2015 · The Broken Earth

A mother searches a shattered world for her stolen child as an apocalyptic landscape and hidden powers collide.

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Themes labels: survival · oppression · slavery · power and abuse · grief · motherhood · identity · belonging · community · environmental collapse · climate change · otherness · colonialism · racism · prejudice · imperialism · gender · freedom · humanity · responsibility · family · resistance · systemic discrimination · social hierarchy

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