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Similar in tone + premise

These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for The Here and Now. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: romantic, haunting, heartbreaking, thriller-like, melancholic, somber, sweet

Premise labels used: time travel, forbidden love, future apocalypse, plague escape, save the future, secret community, rules and restrictions, change history, pandemic survival, teen mission

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone + premise embeddings are close.

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Cover of Hold Back the Stars by Katie Khan

Hold Back the Stars

Katie Khan · 2017

Stranded in space with 90 minutes of air left, two lovers relive a forbidden relationship in a tightly controlled future.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1771

Cover of The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Carrie Ryan · 2009 · The Forest of Hands and Teeth

A teen in a fenced village must confront zombies, secrets, and a choice between duty, love, and escape.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1791

Cover of A Time to Change by Callie Langridge

A Time to Change

Callie Langridge · 2023 · A Mandeville Mystery

A grieving history lover slips between 2013 and 1913 inside a magical manor, trying to save its family and its future.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1811

Cover of Hive by D.L. Orton

Hive

D.L. Orton · 2025 · Madders of Time

In a dying biodome, two survivors send one man into the past to try to save humanity and their love.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1813

Cover of A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler

A Year Without Autumn

Liz Kessler · 2011

A girl’s ordinary summer visit becomes a race through time when she lands one year ahead and finds her best friend’s life changed.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1824

Cover of Timestorm by Julie Cross

Timestorm

Julie Cross · 2014 · Tempest

Trapped in the future, a time-traveling teen must stop a deadly experiment and decide what he’s willing to lose.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1838

Cover of The Forgotten Locket by Lisa Mangum

The Forgotten Locket

Lisa Mangum · 2011 · Hourglass Door

A time-traveling teen races to mend a broken timeline, save her family, and survive a mind-game battle for her heart.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1882

Cover of Wranglestone by Darren Charlton

Wranglestone

Darren Charlton · 2020 · Wranglestone

In a frozen-lake sanctuary, a trusting teen and the boy he loves must survive zombies and uncover buried secrets.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1896

Cover of 11/22/63 by Stephen  King

11/22/63

Stephen King · 2011

A teacher uses a hidden portal to revisit 1950s America and try to alter one of history’s most infamous tragedies.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1900

Cover of Life Is Strange Vol. 3: Strings by Emma Vieceli

Life Is Strange Vol. 3: Strings

Emma Vieceli · 2020 · Life is Strange Comics

Max must confess her true origin and face alternate realities while fighting to get back to the Chloe she lost.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1902

Cover of Sparks of Light by Janet B.  Taylor

Sparks of Light

Janet B. Taylor · 2017 · Into the Dim

A teen time traveler returns to Gilded Age New York to stop a dangerous device from rewriting the future.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1941

Cover of Time's Divide by Rysa Walker

Time's Divide

Rysa Walker · 2015 · The Chronos Files

A time-traveling teen races through shifting timelines to stop a deadly global plan before the future locks in forever.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1946