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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for Quicker Than the Eye.
Tone labels used: whimsical, melancholy, nostalgic, haunting, bittersweet, playful, eerie, tender, humorous, surreal
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
Nine surreal, genre-bending stories turn everyday lives into uncanny fairy tales, with magic, dread, and open endings.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · haunting · eerie · darkly funny · bittersweet · strange · surreal · dreamlike · quirky · uncanny · playful · melancholy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0343
Thirteen fantasy and SF short stories span Novik’s worlds, retellings, and a tease of her next series.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · eerie · haunting · melancholy · witty · humorous · dark · adventurous · playful · chilly · sentimental · uneven
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0540
Two Bradbury novellas: a stranger enters an impossibly timeless town, and a spacefaring crew hunts a white comet.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · nostalgic · melancholy · lyrical · dreamlike · mysterious · eerie · poetic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0612
A mixed-genre Bradbury story collection where robots, memory, Mars, and literary ghosts probe love, loss, and being human.
Why this is here
Tone labels: nostalgic · melancholy · whimsical · creepy · lyrical · sentimental · playful · uneven · dreamlike · haunting · reflective · weird
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0623
An unnamed cryptozoologist documents strange beasts in a fictional Chinese city, uncovering a mystery about self, society, and humanity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · melancholy · mysterious · uncanny · strange · delirious · somber · haunting · playful · bittersweet · unsettling · creepy · gothic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0678
A debut story collection where Filipino folklore, queer desire, and urban legends collide across darkly magical worlds.
Why this is here
Tone labels: haunting · unsettling · bittersweet · tender · dark · creepy · whimsical · playful weirdness · lyrical · nostalgic · sweet · romantic · eerie · magical
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0684
An illustrated anthology of short fiction and poetry reimagining dragons across myths, futures, and genres.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · wistful · heartbreaking · melancholy · darkly humorous · wry · playful · sweet · serious · gritty · poignant · uneven · elegiac · surreal · earnest · introspective
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0774
The final Books of Babel novel interweaves multiple character paths as the Tower’s mysteries, power struggles, and reunions come to a head.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · dark · bittersweet · witty · baroque · surreal · cynical · humane · sad · exciting · mysterious · heartfelt
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0801
A shy teen follows a confident friend to a party and finds the girls there are far stranger than expected.
Why this is here
Tone labels: weird · poetic · eerie · bittersweet · surreal · unsettling · playful · nostalgic · dark
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0801
Three dead teens return home to a magical bargain, only to confront the mystery of their deaths and a townwide supernatural crisis.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · weird · tender · darkly funny · melancholy · uncanny · spooky · heartbreaking · heartwarming · surreal · chaotic · lyrical · comforting · bizarre · melodramatic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0832
A tiny collection of cosmic tales turns astronomy into whimsical, romantic, and philosophic short fiction.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · playful · dreamy · weird · beautiful · absurd · lighthearted · fanciful · surreal · romantic · charming · eerie · poetic · quirky · humorous
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0851
A lyrical short story and poetry collection centered on women, queer love, myth, and strange fairy-tale transformations.
Why this is here
Tone labels: lyrical · luminous · whimsical · melancholy · dreamy · eerie · uncanny · dark · magical · heartbreaking · tender · poignant · transcendent · strange · bittersweet · playful · gorgeous
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0857
