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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Goblin Reservation.
Themes labels used: knowledge preservation, tolerance, coexistence, humanism, optimism, bureaucracy, identity, civilization, progress, history, folklore and science, community, friendship, intellectual curiosity, moral decency
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
A curious young miner in a bizarre high-gravity universe stows away to learn why his fragile civilization is dying.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · curiosity · scientific reasoning · knowledge preservation · social class · inequality · adaptation · human nature · revolution · civilizational fragility · reality and perception · wonder · imagination · responsibility · sacrifice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1223
A genius teen and his strong friend rebuild civilization from scratch after humanity is mysteriously turned to stone.
Why this is here
Themes labels: science · civilization · rebuilding · survival · morality · ethics · good and evil · human progress · knowledge · friendship · labor division · nature versus civilization · restoration · humanity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1238
In a post-nuclear future, monks preserve scraps of old knowledge as history cycles from ruin toward renewal and ruin again.
Why this is here
Themes labels: knowledge preservation · cyclical history · human folly · civilizational collapse · civilizational renewal · faith and reason · religion and science · technology and morality · anti-intellectualism · war and peace · memory and loss · truth and meaning · hubris · responsibility · hope · human nature · sacrifice · redemption · church and culture · censorship
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1275
A long-lived vampire-like man is exposed under alien rule and pulled into a slow-burning fight for identity and freedom.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · individuality · freedom · assimilation · free will · humanity · memory · self-discovery · biology and identity · morality · cultural resilience · survival · rebellion · conquest · alienation · civilization · religion · creativity · intellect
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1283
Senku enters a survivor village and uses science, persuasion, and inventions to recruit allies and advance civilization.
Why this is here
Themes labels: science and progress · civilization building · hope · human ingenuity · cooperation · persuasion · knowledge sharing · trust · pragmatism · survival · optimism · problem solving
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1303
A tribal hunter on a vast starship sets out to uncover what his world really is, and what lies beyond it.
Why this is here
Themes labels: curiosity · discovery · human nature · civilization and barbarism · existentialism · identity · truth and illusion · social control · ethics of intergenerational travel · colonialism · anthropology · psychology · freedom · dehumanization · meaning of life · knowledge and ignorance · class system · religion and belief
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1326
Two Foundation exiles chase a rumored truth about Earth and the Second Foundation while a stranger force reshapes the galaxy.
Why this is here
Themes labels: free will · determinism · fate · human insignificance · civilization · history · power · control · knowledge · secrecy · identity · human nature · balance · independence · privacy · progress · utopia · collectivism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1332
After a worldwide plague, one immune survivor watches civilization fade and a new society slowly emerge.
Why this is here
Themes labels: civilization · survival · human nature · adaptation · community · knowledge loss · literacy · education · progress vs primitivism · nature vs civilization · ecology · history · technology loss · religion formation · ritual formation · social order · optimism · existentialism · human insignificance · stoicism · moral choice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1332
A Sri Lankan math prodigy’s proof and a looming alien response to human nuclear power unfold in parallel.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · optimism · curiosity · mathematics · science and faith · technology and society · political conflict · war and peace · human extinction · future of humanity · progress · humanism · knowledge pursuit · international relations · religion critique · human violence
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1356
In a near-future world split by rival blocs, three scientists race to make first contact before war turns aliens into a weapon.
Why this is here
Themes labels: civilization · human progress · information exchange · technology and society · philosophy · history · mythology · language · AI · democracy · capitalism · class inequality · community · individuality · cooperation · fear vs curiosity · morality · power · first contact ethics · war and peace
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1372
A mixed-species expedition reaches a failing terraformed colony where strange memories and shifting reality hide a larger truth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: sentience · personhood · identity · memory · reality · consciousness · autonomy · belonging · otherness · unity vs division · curiosity · knowledge · curiosity ethics · first contact · community · fear of difference · storytelling · selfhood · morality · post-scarcity · survival · evolution · civilization · truth · perception
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1385
A truth-bound scholar follows clues into a lethal frontier, where a nomadic culture and a sky mystery reshape her world.
Why this is here
Themes labels: truth · knowledge · curiosity · science and belief · culture clash · respect for difference · communication · honor · community · survival · environmental adaptation · hidden history · identity · trust · power and information · memory
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1394
