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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for Torment.
Tone labels used: horrific, dark, disturbing, hopeless, depressing, uneasy, intense, gory, creepy, thought-provoking, grim
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
A mother flees a brutal post-apocalyptic village with her infected son as spores, monsters, and power struggle close in.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · grim · brutal · dark · horrific · oppressive · tense · depressing · gory · creepy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0591
A survivor group on the road to Washington faces a fragile trust test, a brutal cannibal threat, and hard choices.
Why this is here
Tone labels: grim · dark · disturbing · brutal · somber · tense · shocking · creepy · bleak · horrific
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0609
In a near-future America, a mother must defy a ruthless test-based school system when it targets her own daughter.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · terrifying · creepy · disturbing · harrowing · depressing · tense · anxious · thought-provoking · haunting · uncomfortable · shocking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0619
A human soldier enters an elite exosuit program in an endless alien war, only to discover the cost of becoming a weapon.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · grim · chilling · eerie · haunting · sad · depressing · hopeless · horror-tinged · disturbing · bleak · intense
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0629
A traumatized imperial cryptarch navigates espionage, rebellion, and a widening war while wrestling grief and power.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · depressing · intense · horrific · gory · emotional · painful · fraught · unsettling · chaotic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0629
A damaged recruit is pulled into a secret military experiment, triggering a family-spanning tragedy of violence and guilt.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · grim · horrific · depressing · tragic · heavy · bleakly emotional · gory · disturbing · joyless · intense
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0629
A framed teen is sent to a hellish underground prison and must survive long enough to find a way out.
Why this is here
Tone labels: terrifying · dark · grim · tense · oppressive · claustrophobic · intense · suspenseful · gory · hopeless
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0649
A post-apocalyptic teen must choose between enclave privilege and loyalty to his family in a harsh new class system.
Why this is here
Tone labels: grim · dark · depressing · bleak · angry · disturbing · tense · horrific
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0655
A villain-origin prequel that traces Queen Levana’s rise through trauma, obsession, and ruthless ambition.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · disturbing · creepy · brutal · tragic · melancholy · psychological · intense · uncomfortable · sinister
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0688
A broken assassin-turned-administrator is dragged back into a brutal two-world struggle of plague, power, and gods.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · grim · oppressive · brutal · violent · horrific · philosophical · introspective · depressing · unforgiving · hopeless · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0689
An alternate Korean War spirals into global nuclear escalation as leaders and civilians face World War III.
Why this is here
Tone labels: grim · horrifying · bleak · depressing · chilling · scary · somber · dark · unpleasant
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0700
In a collapsing America, a reluctant mother and daughter seek shelter in a women-only colony with dangerous secrets.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · chilling · disturbing · horrific · sinister · tense · thought-provoking · harrowing · grim · frustrating
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0706
