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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for Drowning Towers.
Tone labels used: bleak, grim, oppressive, pessimistic, doom-laden, horrific, dark, somber, haunting, thought-provoking, desolate
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
In a fully monitored state, one man’s private resistance collides with surveillance, propaganda, and forbidden love.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · haunting · terrifying · oppressive · dark · thought-provoking · haunted · grim · heavy · desolate · premonitory
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0430
A broken assassin-turned-administrator is dragged back into a brutal two-world struggle of plague, power, and gods.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · grim · oppressive · brutal · violent · horrific · philosophical · introspective · depressing · unforgiving · hopeless · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0568
A silent wanderer crosses a colossal cyberpunk megastructure, fighting machines and uncovering a hidden human future.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · dark · gritty · oppressive · haunting · alienating · eerie · mysterious · desolate · violent · unsettling
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0571
A bounty hunter in a radioactive future tracks rogue androids while questioning what separates humans from machines.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · melancholy · oppressive · philosophical · thought-provoking · paranoid · dark · strange · haunting · mysterious · desolate
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0576
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
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0579
A secret NCIS investigator uses time travel to solve a murder, only to uncover an approaching end of humanity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · grim · dark · tense · unsettling · haunting · dreadful · oppressive · mind-bending · hopeless · surreal
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0589
In a climate-ravaged future, teen repair crews risk the desert to keep a rich enclave powered—and uncover a dangerous secret.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · grim · depressing · tense · harrowing · pessimistic · uneasy · cautionary · dark
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0593
A faithful graphic retelling of Orwell’s dystopia, following one man’s forbidden awakening under total surveillance.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · oppressive · grim · disturbing · chilling · eerie · hopeless · claustrophobic · unsettling · depressing
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0601
As Earth drowns, a selected crew undertakes a desperate starship mission to preserve humanity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: grim · depressing · dark · harsh · cynical · unsettling · pessimistic · claustrophobic · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0607
In an alternate 1980s, retired superheroes investigate a murder as Cold War tensions and hidden conspiracies mount.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · pessimistic · intense · serious · philosophical · thought-provoking · unflinching · gloomy · tragic · cynical · somber
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0610
In a brutal future school, manufactured girls compete for roles as wives, sex objects, or teachers under male rule.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · dark · horrifying · disturbing · claustrophobic · angry · depressing · uncomfortable · hopeless · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0623
An unknown alien civilization launches a devastating first strike across the solar system, leaving scattered human survivors to endure.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · grim · depressing · terrifying · horrific · cold · brutal · merciless · pessimistic · thought-provoking · unforgiving · cosmic horror
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0625
