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Similar in tone + premise

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

Tone labels used: lyrical, poetic, bleak, melancholic, introspective, strange, unsettling, hopeful, thoughtful, dark, uplifting, disturbing

Premise labels used: psychic powers, group consciousness, human evolution, misfits band together, outsider group, new species, shared consciousness, gestalt being

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 To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon

To Marry Medusa

Theodore Sturgeon · 1999

An alien hive mind hijacks a desolate drunk and tries to turn humanity into one collective consciousness.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1408

Cover of Unity by Elly Bangs

Unity

Elly Bangs · 2021

In a shattered future, a fragmented consciousness flees to reunite with itself while enemies hunt the secret inside her.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1769

Cover of Eva by Peter Dickinson

Eva

Peter Dickinson · 1988

After a crash leaves her near death, a teen wakes in a chimp body and must navigate identity, ethics, and survival.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1893

Cover of My Name is Monster by Katie Hale

My Name is Monster

Katie Hale · 2019

A lone survivor crosses a ruined world, then finds a feral girl and must decide what it means to survive and become Mother.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1946

Cover of On the Origin of Species and Other Stories by Kim Bo-young

On the Origin of Species and Other Stories

Kim Bo-young · 2021

A short story collection where robots, humans, dragons, and time travelers probe evolution, identity, and what counts as life.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1956

Cover of Arborescence by Rhett Davis

Arborescence

Rhett Davis · 2026

In a near-future world, a couple is divided by a spreading movement of people trying to become trees.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1963

Cover of Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler · 1995

A Hugo-winning short story collection where Octavia Butler explores alien coexistence, illness, language loss, and the costs of survival.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1969

Cover of Seed to Harvest by Octavia E. Butler

Seed to Harvest

Octavia E. Butler · 2007 · Patternist

Four linked Butler novels trace telepathy, mutation, and power struggles across centuries in a bleak, visionary saga.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1971

Cover of The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The Deep

Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes · 2019

A merfolk historian burdened by ancestral memory flees the deep and must face her people’s past to help them survive.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1997

Cover of Gliff by Ali Smith

Gliff

Ali Smith · 2025 · Gliff

In a near-future Britain, two siblings navigate surveillance, exclusion, and a strange horse while language itself becomes resistance.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2001

Cover of Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis

Lives of the Monster Dogs

Kirsten Bakis · 1997

Elegant, intelligent monster dogs arrive in New York and a young woman helps uncover their strange, tragic history.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2014

Cover of Amatka by Karin Tidbeck

Amatka

Karin Tidbeck · 2012

A woman sent to a remote colony finds a world where naming objects keeps reality from dissolving—and obedience is everything.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2014