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These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for Gates of Thread and Stone. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Tone labels used: dark, mysterious, tense, moody, romantic, adventurous, bittersweet, unpredictable, emotionally charged, intense
Premise labels used: time manipulation, missing sibling, rescue mission, hidden power, secret identity, journey quest, revolution, memory loss, unlikely family
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone + premise embeddings are close.
A sheltered teen astronomer leaves her valley to follow a star omen and find the cure before a deadly sickness claims everyone.
Why this is here
Tone labels: atmospheric · melancholy · moody · romantic · tense · mysterious · bleak · dreamlike · sad ending · adventurous
Premise labels: quest · plague cure · chosen one · fated pair · survival journey · secret identity · found family · hidden knowledge
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1311
A young half-Fae heroine must unravel her hidden past to rescue her partner from a deadly magical ransom.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · suspenseful · adventurous · emotional · heartbreaking · hopeful · romantic · tense
Premise labels: missing memories · rescue quest · family threat · identity mystery · soul retrieval · impossible bargain · kidnapping
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1361
A teen search for a missing sister pulls her into a parallel world where breathing itself is dangerous.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · eerie · emotionally intense · gloomy · frightening · moving · addictive · atmospheric · unsettling · melancholic · hopeful · dramatic
Premise labels: missing sibling · parallel world · rescue mission · hidden passage · outsider in strange world · breath taboo · humanity under threat · search for sister
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1373
A fugitive prince and his allies battle court intrigue and a sentient prison’s escape scheme to free trapped friends.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · mysterious · bittersweet · tense · melancholy · gritty · poetic · surreal · suspenseful · uneasy
Premise labels: living prison · escape quest · wrongful identity · missing heir · court intrigue · double captivity · search for escape
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1397
After a year lost to otherworldly chaos, Maika and her allies return to a changed world and a deadlier family war.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · beautiful · cruel · bloody · emotionally rich · hopeful · somber · mysterious · tense · otherworldly · tragic · exhilarating
Premise labels: family conflict · betrayal · power struggle · world-saving quest · political intrigue · time jump · homecoming · possession · mask quest · found family
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1400
A boy searching underground for his missing father is drawn deeper into a brutal hidden world and a widening conspiracy.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · grim · bleak · tense · claustrophobic · mysterious · adventurous · suspenseful · gory · stressful
Premise labels: underground journey · family search · hidden civilization · race against danger · survival quest · conspiracy plot
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1424
A magic-stealing teen hunts her missing brother in an underground city where shadows, rebels, and secrets collide.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · atmospheric · dark · gritty · urgent · romantic · claustrophobic
Premise labels: missing sibling · search quest · underground city · rebel resistance · magical powers · weaponized protagonist · resource harvesting · tyrannical ruler · survival journey · truth-seeking
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1437
A memory-shattered rebel faces a final clash for identity, love, and control as old enemies close in.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · emotional · bittersweet · intense · chaotic · brooding · romantic · angsty · gory · frustrating
Premise labels: finale · identity crisis · memory loss · rescue mission · government overthrow · forced choice · destiny conflict · enemy threat
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1437
A scientist keeps crossing into a monster-filled alternate dimension to rescue the missing from a city lost ten years ago.
Why this is here
Tone labels: grim · moody · dark · tense · mysterious · melodramatic · somber · intriguing · gritty
Premise labels: missing persons · alternate dimension · rescue mission · post-disaster recovery · monster world · brother search · government abandonment · obsessive quest
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1444
After a war, Kiara uncovers buried family secrets, rising powers, and new threats in a world of magic and monsters.
Why this is here
Tone labels: moody · melancholic · romantic · mysterious · tense · emotional · dark
Premise labels: hidden past · family secrets · supernatural powers · postwar aftermath · mystery investigation · chosen one · protective allies · inter-faction conflict
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1451
A druid defender and a sorcerer’s daughter race through a divided fantasy world to rescue the kidnapped and stop a dark plot.
Why this is here
Tone labels: adventurous · dark · bittersweet · melancholic · emotional · tense
Premise labels: quest fantasy · rescue mission · druid conflict · peace talks gone wrong · kidnapping · shapeshifter aid · romantic triangle · villainous sorcerer · parallel quests · family stakes
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1485
Rain and a child fugitive flee a besieged Maracoor, seeking an oracle to unlock home, memory, and survival.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · melancholy · witty · acerbic · sarcastic · moody · bittersweet · enigmatic · serious · adventurous · uneven
Premise labels: escape quest · search for oracle · memory recovery · fugitive journey · artifact quest · world in crisis · homecoming · invasion aftermath · unlikely companions · destiny conflict
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1502
After a deadly riddle contest, Roland tells his companions the tragic story of his youth, first love, and path to the Tower.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tragic · romantic · dark · haunting · epic · melancholy · adventurous · tense · mysterious · sweet · creepy
Premise labels: quest interruption · backstory reveal · first love · origin story · tragic romance · coming of age · riddle contest
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1502
After dying, a lonely woman wakes in a war-torn parallel city where she must pose as a missing princess to survive.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · brutal · romantic · adventurous · mysterious · thrilling · emotional · dark · savage
Premise labels: portal fantasy · parallel world · mistaken identity · fake princess · shifter clans · war between factions · forbidden romance · captivity · survival · royalty · multiverse
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1504
A hawk-bodied teen faces a family trap, a rescue mission, and a shattering truth about who he really is.
Why this is here
Tone labels: angsty · melancholy · tragic · introspective · thoughtful · bittersweet · tense · emotional · heartbreaking · morally serious
Premise labels: identity crisis · hidden parentage · family secret · false relative · territorial conflict · rescue mission · morphing dilemma · normal life temptation · found family
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1509
A rebellious teen is hurled into the future and must untangle family lies, time travel, and her own becoming.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · gloomy · tense · sad · complicated · mind-bending · melancholy · sympathetic · wistful · tricky
Premise labels: time travel accident · future displacement · family mystery · alternate account · backstory reveal · villain POV · timeline interference · future crisis · identity confusion
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1511
An amnesiac boy and other lost children must survive a deadly labyrinth of trials to reach the Bone Door and escape.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · haunting · eerie · whimsical · whimsical-dark · atmospheric · dreamlike · creepy · unsettling · heartbreaking · hopeful · bittersweet · emotional · melancholic · grotesque · fable-like · tense
Premise labels: memory loss · labyrinth escape · quest · impossible tasks · mystery box · fragmented identity · found family · survival quest · trials
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1522
A girl, a clockmaker's son, and a mechanical fox race through steampunk Victorian London to uncover a dangerous secret.
Why this is here
Tone labels: adventurous · mysterious · dark · eerie · thrilling · charming · heartwarming · tense · perilous · uplifting · playful
Premise labels: missing parent · secret invention · mechanical companion · quest for answers · child in peril · pursuit by villains · protective friendship
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1525
A grieving boy enters a snowbound abbey to uncover his father’s fate, only to face a dangerous mirror that bends time.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · eerie · spooky · mysterious · chilling · gothic · atmospheric · suspenseful · melancholic · cold · thrilling · gripping · uncanny
Premise labels: missing father · time portal · family rescue · reclaim the past · destroy the mirror · quest for truth · mysterious experiments · haunted estate · fae intrusion · unreliable time travel
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1529
A boy searching for his missing father discovers a brutal subterranean society beneath London.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · mysterious · creepy · bleak · ominous · claustrophobic · gritty · adventurous · tense · unsettling · sinister
Premise labels: missing father · underground civilization · subterranean mystery · search mission · secret society · dysfunctional family · archaeology · hidden world
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1533
After Empire, Darth Vader hunts the truth behind Luke and Padmé, chasing vengeance through the scars of his past.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · tragic · emotional · angsty · intense · brooding · melancholic · action-heavy · tortured · nostalgic
Premise labels: post-reveal fallout · revenge quest · identity crisis · investigation mystery · past confrontation · family secret
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1533
An orphan girl in a ruined future city sets out to uncover the truth about her family and the world that survived collapse.
Why this is here
Tone labels: poetic · dreamlike · mysterious · melancholy · hopeful · beautiful · dark · reflective · surreal · creepy
Premise labels: post-apocalyptic quest · orphan protagonist · mysterious stranger · search for truth · family history · mobile cities · rare electricity · lost knowledge
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1539
A scribe hunts a vanished boy who can unlock lost technology, uncovering a fractured world shaped by catastrophe and secrets.
Why this is here
Tone labels: gritty · dark · brutal · tense · mysterious · adventurous · page-turning · bleak
Premise labels: lost technology · missing child · special powers · quest · salvage mission · puzzle gates · forbidden knowledge · human survival
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1540
In a war-torn fantasy world, siblings split between a city mission and a perilous descent into memory face rising secrets and danger.
Why this is here
Tone labels: exciting · tense · darkening · emotionally intense · nerve-wracking · hopeful · adventurous · melancholic
Premise labels: resistance mission · city under siege · quest for beacon · memory descent · enemy within · family quest · prophecy mission
Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise
Distance: 0.1543
