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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Warship.
Themes labels used: complacency, duty, prejudice, bureaucracy, preparedness, survival, human expansion, war and peace, underestimated competence, anti-bureaucracy
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
In a solar-system war against adapting aliens, rival human powers must unite before the next assault arrives.
Why this is here
Themes labels: leadership · corruption · bureaucracy · strategy · war ethics · humanity · survival · unity · political inertia · competence vs incompetence · self-interest vs common good · preparation
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1298
A snarky AI and a human commander race to protect Earth while checking on stranded troops on an alien world.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · diplomacy · covert action · leadership · human ingenuity · bureaucracy · war politics · loyalty · trust · high-stakes consequences
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1335
A retired Navy SEAL and his war dog fight to protect a camp community as a fast-spreading virus turns people into monsters.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · preparedness · loyalty · duty · community defense · civilizational collapse · fear and ignorance · military competence · human-animal connection · adaptation · leadership under pressure
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1353
Earth is pulled into an alien war and must race to build a fighting force before a brutal invader reaches home.
Why this is here
Themes labels: war · military competence · bureaucracy · political sabotage · power politics · survival · sacrifice · civic duty · martial virtue · trust and betrayal · human exceptionalism · cost of war · technology and warfare · logistics · preparedness · species-level conflict
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1384
A weary soldier is sent to a remote colony as humanity’s war with invincible aliens and itself spirals toward collapse.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · war ethics · sacrifice · loyalty · courage · duty · agency · factionalism · political incompetence · resource scarcity · human infighting · anti-authoritarian tension · moral choice · meaning of fighting · end-of-civilization · social collapse · class inequality · bureaucracy
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1493
Earth races to prepare for a vast Formic invasion as rivalries, politics, and military secrets threaten its defense.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · preparedness · bureaucracy · corruption · ambition · self-interest · war ethics · child soldiers · leadership · sacrifice · human ingenuity · loyalty · family
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1495
An alien advance team arrives years early to quietly neutralize Earth’s defenses before a full-scale invasion.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · existential threat · secrecy · surveillance · espionage · military strategy · global cooperation · power politics · morality · genocide · human ingenuity · preparedness · bureaucracy · trust
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1535
A rogue admiral leads a battered human fleet into enemy space to stop an alien empire bent on halting human transcendence.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · technological progress · transcendence · military duty · war strategy · free will · human nature · political distrust · prejudice · identity · merger of man and machine · defensive war · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1537
An Army officer narrates a near-future collapse sparked by pandemic and climate disaster while trying to get his troops home.
Why this is here
Themes labels: leadership · personal responsibility · government failure · survival · resilience · civic collapse · individualism · collectivism · political polarization · censorship · media bias · pragmatism · preparedness · rebuilding civilization · civil-military tension · disaster response · class conflict · cultural conflict · anti-elitism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1551
A modern naval crisis forces U.S. crews to hunt lethal submarines and bend the rules to avert war.
Why this is here
Themes labels: courage · duty · war aversion · loyalty · leadership · bureaucracy · command decisions · cost of war · political consequences · economic dependency · technology vs judgment · professional competence
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1555
An obsolete, armored space carrier and its misfit crew become humanity’s unlikely shield against a deadly alien attack.
Why this is here
Themes labels: redemption · duty · military preparedness · underdog survival · human unity · nationalism · first contact · war and defense · complacency · leadership · institutional decline · heroism · sacrifice · class and rank · media hostility · gender politics · technological obsolescence
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1556
A damaged deep-space colony hub strains under crisis, forcing rival leaders to battle for survival before rebellion erupts.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · leadership · scarcity · responsibility · political conflict · order versus chaos · idealism versus reality · prejudice · colonialism · community breakdown · moral compromise
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1563
