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Themes labels used: reason vs belief, sanity and madness, memory and identity, fear of the unknown, reality vs illusion, paranoia, skepticism, faith, death, obsession, guilt, trust, betrayal

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Cover of The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag by Robert A. Heinlein

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

Robert A. Heinlein · 1983

A detective couple trails a man with missing daytime memories and uncovers a reality-bending secret behind his life.

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Themes labels: reality vs illusion · paranoia · identity · memory loss · hidden truth · philosophy · perception · conspiracy · fate · time · death · love and loss · the nature of reality · social satire · corruption · self-knowledge · existential uncertainty · human specialness · speculation about consciousness

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Distance: 0.1293

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Cover of الشيطان يحكي by أحمد خالد مصطفى

الشيطان يحكي

أحمد خالد مصطفى · 2023

A mysterious hotel conference forces strangers to tell uncanny stories, while a hidden judge tests truth, lies, and belief.

Why this is here

Themes labels: truth vs falsehood · belief vs skepticism · good vs evil · deception · knowledge and ignorance · faith · judgment · moral accountability · conspiracy · fear of the unknown · human weakness · social delusion

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Distance: 0.1007

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Cover of Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb

Eternity in Death

J.D. Robb · 2007 · In Death

A pragmatic homicide detective chases a seemingly vampiric killer through a secretive underground club scene in future New York.

Why this is here

Themes labels: appearance vs reality · rationalism · superstition · fear of the unknown · vanity · immortality · mortality · power · deception · evil · justice · identity · belief vs evidence

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Distance: 0.1048

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Cover of Thrum by Meg Smitherman

Thrum

Meg Smitherman · 2024

A stranded astronaut accepts rescue from an enigmatic alien, only to find the ship and her own mind may be untrustworthy.

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Themes labels: reality vs illusion · identity · perception · gaslighting · isolation · survival · fear of the unknown · first contact · trust · madness · memory · mental health · cosmic insignificance · grief · loneliness · control · dependency · toxic desire · transformation

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Distance: 0.1110

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Cover of The Tower by William Pauley III

The Tower

William Pauley III · 2022 · The Bedlam Bible

Residents of a bizarre tower block face radiation, madness, and impossible phenomena as reality begins to slip.

Why this is here

Themes labels: sanity · madness · reality vs hallucination · paranoia · isolation · containment · community decay · poverty · social neglect · body horror · contamination · truth uncertainty · moral ambiguity · survival

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Distance: 0.1172

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Cover of Gideon Falls, Book One: The Legend of the Black Barn by Jeff Lemire

Gideon Falls, Book One: The Legend of the Black Barn

Jeff Lemire · 2021 · Gideon Falls

A priest and a trash-obsessed loner become linked by a recurring black barn, unraveling a dark mystery.

Why this is here

Themes labels: obsession · mental illness · faith · reality vs delusion · good and evil · paranoia · trauma · conspiracy · hidden corruption · identity

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Distance: 0.1184

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Cover of The Quiet Room by Terry Miles

The Quiet Room

Terry Miles · 2023 · Rabbits

A player trapped in a Rabbits-less dimension teams with a new pawn to uncover a hidden game and save reality.

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Themes labels: reality vs illusion · identity · memory · coincidence · pattern recognition · hidden truth · conspiracy · choice and agency · belonging · loss · survival · world instability · truth erasure · control · trust

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Distance: 0.1189

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Cover of Gideon Falls, Vol. 6: The End by Jeff Lemire

Gideon Falls, Vol. 6: The End

Jeff Lemire · 2021 · Gideon Falls

A small-town horror finale sends a ragtag group across realities to confront a multiversal evil and its mystery barn.

Why this is here

Themes labels: good vs evil · faith · obsession · mental illness · reality and perception · memory · trauma · fate · identity · sacrifice · love and friendship · hope vs hopelessness

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Distance: 0.1198

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