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These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for Sleepless. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Tone labels used: creepy, tense, intense, chilling, scary, nerve-wracking, atmospheric, unsettling, grisly, adrenaline-fueled, suspenseful, psychological
Premise labels used: study drug, exam pressure, peer pressure, sleep deprivation, hallucinations, drug side effects, survival threat, friends under pressure
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone + premise embeddings are close.
Two siblings are lured into addiction by personified drugs competing to bring them to the Party first.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · harrowing · gritty · intense · chilling · unsettling · emotional · cautionary · dread-filled · haunting
Premise labels: drug personification · addiction crisis · prescription drug misuse · opioid crisis · siblings at risk · overdose race · cautionary tale · substance abuse
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1972
An amnesiac woman recovering in a hospital begins seeing impossible men from her traumatic past—and doubts her sanity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · tense · suspenseful · nightmarish · eerie · surreal · unsettling · intense · paranoid
Premise labels: amnesia · hospital confinement · traumatic past · past violence · identity mystery · memory loss · psychological mystery · possible haunting
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1993
At a televised arts school, a low-ranked student skips sleep and uncovers a sinister secret hidden behind the cameras.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · unnerving · suspenseful · psychological · thrilling · weird · dark · tense · atmospheric · chilling
Premise labels: elite school · reality show · creativity experiment · dream mining · privacy invasion · student competition · conspiracy investigation · forced sleep
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.2057
Seven insomniac teens enter an experiment to cure sleep disorders, but a malfunction traps them in shared nightmares.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · dark · tense · surreal · disorienting · eerie · suspenseful · thrilling · gory · claustrophobic
Premise labels: insomnia cure · medical experiment · shared nightmare · dream world · survival horror · nightmare chase · group ordeal · fear confrontation · comatose patients · lab malfunction
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.2082
Trapped in a darkened mall after a deadly outbreak, a group of teens must survive chaos and find a way out.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · suspenseful · dark · grim · intense · chaotic · horrifying · unsettling · fast-moving
Premise labels: quarantined teens · mall lockdown · viral outbreak · survival under confinement · resource scarcity · social collapse · escape attempt · post-quarantine aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.2105
A memory-fractured government operative races to expose corruption while untangling rewritten timelines and betrayals.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · claustrophobic · intense · suspenseful · mind-bending · stressful · exciting
Premise labels: memory loss · time manipulation · conspiracy · secret agent · corruption · trust issues · on the run · false memories
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.2112
A small-town doctor uncovers a quiet alien takeover that leaves bodies intact but humanity missing.
Why this is here
Tone labels: eerie · chilling · tense · paranoid · suspenseful · unsettling · creepy · brooding · haunting · threatening
Premise labels: alien takeover · body replacement · hidden invasion · impostor dilemma · invisible enemy · sleep vulnerability · identity loss · conformity pressure · mass paranoia · first contact
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.2127
An amnesiac teen relives the same trapped day with a wary stranger while clues about their world and danger surface.
Why this is here
Tone labels: eerie · sinister · suspenseful · tense · gritty · dark · claustrophobic · uneasy · menacing · chilling · mysterious · intense · grim
Premise labels: amnesia · time loop · locked room · survival · escape puzzle · memory recovery · strangers trapped together · post-apocalyptic survival
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.2128
A skeptical journalist probes a VR therapy that turns fear into treatment, then a real threat traps them inside the nightmare.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · eerie · foreboding · creepy · suspenseful · adrenaline-fueled · cerebral · disturbing · twisted · claustrophobic
Premise labels: virtual reality therapy · fear exposure · memory modification · trauma healing · skeptical journalist · pseudoscience investigation · real-world threat · forced alliance · experimental treatment · shared nightmare
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.2137
A teen girl wakes in a coffin with no memory and must lead other survivors through a dark, dangerous mystery.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · creepy · grim · tense · suspenseful · thrilling · horrific · intense · mysterious · claustrophobic · action-packed · twisty · bleak
Premise labels: amnesia · sealed enclosure · escape quest · survival under confinement · group survival · mystery box · identity quest · leadership under pressure · truth-seeking · hostile environment
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.2156
A wife accepts a mind-linking implant for her anniversary, only to find her marriage and secrets under siege.
Why this is here
Tone labels: chilling · tense · claustrophobic · uncomfortable · gripping · suspenseful · thought-provoking · eerie · stressful · dark · intense
Premise labels: mind reading · brain implant · marital secrets · toxic relationship · privacy invasion · coercive control
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.2166
Teen survivors on a space station battle grief, shortages, and suspicion when new deaths make a virus or killer seem equally possible.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · suspenseful · dark · somber · desperate · atmospheric · chilling · anxious · creepy · emotional
Premise labels: space station · deadly virus · survival · murder mystery · whodunit · leadership crisis · isolation · food shortage · communication breakdown · teen survivors
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.2173
