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Similar in tone + premise

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

Tone labels used: haunting, melancholy, hopeful, unsettling, heartbreaking, atmospheric, gripping, poignant, disturbing, emotional, somber, suffocating

Premise labels used: conversion camp, forced conformity, queer repression, state control, identity suppression, coming of age

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 The Outrage by William Hussey

The Outrage

William Hussey · 2021

In a near-future England, a gay teen hides in plain sight under a brutal regime that criminalizes who he loves.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1544

Cover of The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Renée Nault

The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel

Renée Nault, Margaret Atwood · 2019 · The Handmaid’s Tale

A graphic-novel adaptation of a dystopian classic about a woman surviving a theocratic regime that controls fertility.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1688

Cover of I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

Marisa Crane · 2023

A grieving queer mother raises a child marked by a punitive shadow system in a surveilled near-future America.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1713

Cover of The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act by Ray Bradbury

The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act

Ray Bradbury

In a near-future city where everyone stays indoors, one man’s evening walk becomes a suspicious act.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1733

Cover of Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed

Gather the Daughters

Jennie Melamed · 2017

On an isolated island ruled by dogma, a group of girls begins to question the brutal rules controlling their bodies and futures.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1771

Cover of The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad

The Blueprint

Rae Giana Rashad · 2024

In an alternate America ruled by algorithms, a young Black woman assigned to power confronts love, control, and escape.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1783

Cover of The Never Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormack

The Never Ending Sacrifice

Una McCormack · 2009 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

A DS9 tie-in follows a Cardassian war orphan’s life across occupation, war, and change, seen from inside Cardassia.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1804

Cover of End of Story by Louise Swanson

End of Story

Louise Swanson, Louise Beech · 2023

In a future where fiction is illegal, a banned author secretly writes and reads bedtime stories while a hidden truth closes in.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1851

Cover of More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

More Happy Than Not

Adam Silvera · 2015

A Bronx teen considers a memory-erasing procedure that could free him from pain—or erase his true self.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1882

Cover of The Big Lie by Julie Mayhew

The Big Lie

Julie Mayhew · 2015

In Nazi-run modern England, a model teen’s loyalty is tested by her rebellious best friend and her own forbidden feelings.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1882

Cover of Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates

Hazards of Time Travel

Joyce Carol Oates · 2018

A punished teen from a surveilled future is exiled to 1950s Wisconsin, where identity, love, and reality blur.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1889

Cover of Songlight by Moira Buffini

Songlight

Moira Buffini · 2024 · The Torch Trilogy

In a brutal dystopian future, two secret telepaths and unlikely allies are drawn into a war against their oppressive society.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1889