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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for Wolverine: Origin II.
Tone labels used: dark, tragic, depressing, moody, gritty, somber, melancholy, violent, intense
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
Old Man Logan hunts an old enemy in Japan while parallel flashbacks reveal how past choices haunt his future.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · melancholy · gritty · violent · brooding · somber · bittersweet · tense · moody
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0310
A teen mecha team faces apocalyptic threats while buried secrets, trauma, and shifting bonds push everyone to breaking point.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · depressing · emotional · tragic · intense · somber · horrific · unforgiving · melancholy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0325
A reluctant leper returns to a magical realm, where war, doubt, and a second outsider force him to confront reality.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · grim · bleak · brooding · tragic · tense · haunting · despairing · somber · emotionally intense
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0400
Butcher recounts the violent, tragic events that forged him, from childhood through war and loss, before the final reckoning.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · tragic · brutal · heartbreaking · grim · visceral · somber · disturbing · emotional · violent · raw · melancholy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0411
A retired general is pulled into a covert investigation in a ruined occupied city where war, gods, and violence still linger.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · somber · intense · melancholy · oppressive · emotionally heavy · gritty · heartbreaking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0412
Four linked novellas follow ordinary people in a magic-poisoned city as corrupt rulers hoard power and resistance grows.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · grim · somber · hopeless · oppressive · creepy · depressing · violent · tragic · intense · poetic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0424
A young space refugee’s harrowing flight through a pirate-haunted solar system shapes the future Tyrant of Jupiter.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · gritty · brutal · depressing · disturbing · haunting · bleak · harrowing · morose · grim · serious · cynical · unforgiving · violent
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0459
A five-POV war epic follows a fractured republic as alliances collapse and every faction fights to survive.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · brutal · grim · melancholy · harrowing · chaotic · intense · violent · emotional · despairing · tragic · merciless
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0484
A prequel graphic novel tracing the origins of a rebel leader, a forbidden love, and the seeds of revolution.
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0498
A haunted ex-assassin hunts rogue sleeper agents with Black Widow, only to face espionage, secrets, and heartbreak.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · somber · melancholy · gritty · tragic · emotionally intense · fatalistic · savage · heartbreaking · exhilarating · mature
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0504
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A burning immortal presses deeper into a ruined city, where shifting loyalties and violent turns upend his revenge.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · dark · violent · chaotic · disturbing · unpredictable · tragic · depressive · intense · surreal
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0511
A Horus Heresy anthology of linked stories and a novella tracing Calth’s aftermath through survivors, traitors, and buried horrors.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · grim · bleak · horrific · tense · atmospheric · brutal · melancholy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0526
