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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for Eva.
Tone labels used: haunting, disturbing, thought-provoking, bittersweet, bleak, unsettling, intellectual, lyrical, compulsive, philosophical, strange
Focused on “somber” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
Ten uncanny stories blur history, fantasy, and sci-fi to ask what makes reality feel strange.
Why this is here
Tone labels: unsettling · bizarre · grotesque · dark · somber · lyrical · poetic · ironic · philosophical · subtle · surreal · ominous · quietly eerie · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0824
On Europa, a lawyer fights for an AI prisoner’s appeal and a fair trial in a colony built on prejudice.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · somber · heavy · thought-provoking · philosophical · unsettling · sad · heartbreaking · tense · moody · earnest
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0908
In a flood-ravaged future where plastic is currency, a mother in a junkyard camp fights to reclaim her stolen child.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · haunting · somber · gritty · dark · hopeful · melancholy · tense · thought-provoking · emotionally heavy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0958
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
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0965
A hereditary disease born from a cancer cure forces one young woman to confront stigma, control, and survival.
Why this is here
Tone labels: haunting · disturbing · dark · gloomy · harrowing · bleak · tense · somber · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0968
A celebrated space hero returns home under suspicion, and a detective’s investigation uncovers buried truths about war and identity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · somber · depressing · intense · unsettling · surreal · cynical · melodramatic · bittersweet · gritty · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0969
Four children hiding in WWII Lithuania survive with help from an uncanny flock of crows and each other.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · haunting · somber · heartbreaking · hopeful · bittersweet · tense · mysterious · atmospheric · lyrical · unsettling
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0976
A Hugo-winning short story collection where Octavia Butler explores alien coexistence, illness, language loss, and the costs of survival.
Why this is here
Tone labels: disturbing · bleak · hopeful · dark · somber · grotesque · thought-provoking · intense · unsettling · emotional
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0979
A man cursed with perfect memory discovers that remembering everything can make thought, sleep, and ordinary life nearly impossible.
Why this is here
Tone labels: philosophical · haunting · eerie · somber · inquieting · thought-provoking · intellectual · sad · coolly detached · unsettling · curious
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0995
An android builds a suburban family and learns that passing as normal can become a tragic, deadly experiment.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · somber · melancholy · tragic · haunting · creepy · bittersweet · poetic · ominous · philosophical · sad · unsettling
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0998
Captured and tortured, a young Jedi is pushed into a dangerous new understanding of the Force.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · philosophical · intense · disturbing · cerebral · haunting · mysterious · somber · thought-provoking · oppressive
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1030
A grieving mother slips into a near-identical life where her dead son is alive and everything feels unsettlingly familiar.
Why this is here
Tone labels: haunting · enigmatic · disturbing · creepy · sad · bleak · unsettling · mysterious · tense · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0809
