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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Parasyte, Volume 3.
Themes labels used: humanity, identity, moral ambiguity, survival, coexistence, empathy, dehumanization, instinct versus reason, public fear, societal response, nature versus humanity, loss and grief, ethics of violence, otherness
Focused on “civilization collapse” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
A survivor group travels through a zombie apocalypse to a walled refuge where safety hides a brutal new order.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · humanity · moral ambiguity · civilization collapse · good versus evil · power and control · community under pressure · fear and trust · human cruelty · leadership · social order · loss of innocence · dehumanization · adaptation · psychological toll
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0907
A teen secretly linked to a parasite is pulled into escalating danger as other parasites infiltrate society and politics.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · identity · environmentalism · dehumanization · coexistence · morality · social integration · psychological change · fear and paranoia · self-preservation · weakness · loss
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0745
A white-blindness epidemic traps an unnamed city in quarantine, exposing fear, violence, and fragile humanity.
Why this is here
Themes labels: human nature · blindness as metaphor · civilization collapse · moral decay · fear · solidarity · dehumanization · power · survival · social inequality · ethics · empathy · grief · hope · human dignity · ignorance · violence
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1111
A rabies outbreak at Heathrow traps travelers and staff in a lethal quarantine as fear turns people against each other.
Why this is here
Themes labels: human nature · fear · violence · dehumanization · survival · civilization · morality · science and ethics · good and evil · social critique · human cruelty · apocalypse · collective guilt · marginalization · responsibility · nature versus civilization · panic · isolation · humanity versus animality
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0830
A teen survives an alien parasite invasion when one invader fails to take his brain and takes his hand instead.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · survival · coexistence · morality · identity · alienation · evolution · predation · environmental critique · overpopulation · ethics of killing · species conflict · what it means to be human · good vs evil ambiguity · human cruelty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0897
A school trip in space turns deadly after a shipwreck, and salvagers later uncover a journal that reveals why.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · humanity · moral dilemma · sacrifice · paranoia · trust · violence · dehumanization · social breakdown · fear · discrimination · mob mentality · ethical choice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0900
A misfit survey crew meets a forest world whose plant-life seems to feel fear and think as one.
Why this is here
Themes labels: empathy · fear · the Other · acceptance · interpersonal conflict · consciousness · intelligence · community · loneliness · alienation · migration · ecology · planetary ethics · ableism · difference · coexistence · human nature · contact with unknown · time perspective · sacrifice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0933
A scout troop’s camping trip on an isolated island turns into a fight for survival when a ravenous, infected stranger arrives.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · hunger · fear · human nature · loss of innocence · contagion · morality under pressure · violence · isolation · friendship · nature vs science · body autonomy · animal cruelty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0962
A cloned boy raised as property in a drug lord’s future borderland must confront what makes him human.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · identity · nature versus nurture · free will · individuality · self-determination · prejudice · slavery · power · corruption · dehumanization · human rights · belonging · acceptance · loyalty · morality · ethics of cloning · survival · compassion · empathy · immortality · addiction · sacrifice · predestination
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0973
A mutant is abducted into a secret experiment that turns him into a weapon through brutal body-horror science.
Why this is here
Themes labels: dehumanization · identity · trauma · bodily violation · suffering · power and control · moral corruption · humanity versus animality · scientific ethics · memory loss · violence · mystery
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0987
A hunted immortal teen is captured for experiments and pulled deeper into the hidden world of demi-humans.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · dehumanization · ethics · fear · identity · otherness · persecution · scientific abuse · survival · morality · revenge · choice · sympathy for the outsider · monstrosity · institutional cruelty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0991
A bounty hunter in a radioactive future tracks rogue androids while questioning what separates humans from machines.
Why this is here
Themes labels: empathy · humanity · identity · real vs artificial · morality · religion · consumer status · alienation · consciousness · death · suffering · social value · collective experience · survival
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0996
