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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Scythe.

Themes labels used: mortality, morality, ethics, humanity, death, power, corruption, population control, free will, justice, empathy, utopia, social order, identity, responsibility

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

Cover of Gleanings by Neal Shusterman

Gleanings

Neal Shusterman, David Yoon, Jarrod Shusterman, Joelle Shusterman, Michael H. Payne, Michelle Knowlden, Sofía Lapuente · 2022 · Arc of a Scythe

A short-story anthology returns to the Scythedom across its past, present, and future, revealing backstories and new angles.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0633

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Locklands

Robert Jackson Bennett · 2022 · The Founders Trilogy

Eight years into a magical war, survivors must breach a reality-warping enemy before it can reset creation itself.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0672

Cover of The Toll by Neal Shusterman

The Toll

Neal Shusterman · 2019 · Arc of a Scythe

In a post-mortality world, shifting alliances and power grabs converge as the final battle for humanity's future unfolds.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0819

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Working Stiff

Rachel Caine · 2011 · Revivalist

A funeral director is murdered, revived by a secret drug, and forced to expose the corporation controlling her life.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0839

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El peso del corazón

Rosa Montero · 2015 · Bruna Husky

A short-lived replicant detective is pulled into a dangerous future conspiracy that tests her heart, loyalty, and survival.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0866

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Genesis

Brendan Reichs · 2018 · Project Nemesis

Trapped in a deadly digital survival game, Min and Noah must navigate shifting alliances, secrets, and ruthless choices.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0875

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The Gods of Riverworld

Philip José Farmer · 1983 · Riverworld

Riverworld’s survivors seize a tower of godlike technology, only to face a hidden enemy and a final test of power.

Why this is here

Themes labels: power · free will · determinism · morality · religion · human nature · corruption · resurrection · sentience · soul · ethics · responsibility · hubris · identity · history

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0905

Cover of The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton

The Philosopher Kings

Jo Walton · 2015 · Thessaly

After a utopian city fractures, Apollo and his daughter sail into the unknown on a grief-driven quest.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0917

Cover of The Lord of Opium by Nancy Farmer

The Lord of Opium

Nancy Farmer · 2013 · Matteo Alacran

A cloned teen inherits a drug empire and must choose between preserving power and transforming a damaged world.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0917

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Los tiempos del odio

Rosa Montero · 2018 · Bruna Husky

A replicant detective races to find a missing loved one while a dystopian society edges toward collapse.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0922

Cover of The Companions by Katie M. Flynn

The Companions

Katie M. Flynn · 2020

In a quarantined near-future California, an uploaded teen companion breaks free and hunts for answers about her death.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0928

Cover of Beta Hearts by Marie Graßhoff

Beta Hearts

Marie Graßhoff · 2020 · Neon Birds

In 2101, a final showdown with the evolving AI KAMI forces Andra and her allies to question humanity, power, and survival.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0928

Cover of Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer

Red Planet Blues

Robert J. Sawyer · 2013

A hard-boiled PI on Mars investigates a missing man and a fossil-rush conspiracy amid android bodies and corruption.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0955

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The Bone Clocks

David Mitchell · 2014

A teen runaway’s strange gift draws her into a hidden war that echoes across decades, lives, and futures.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0955

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2BR02B

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 2007

In a deathless future, a father must choose who dies so his triplets can live.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0961

Cover of Compound 26 by Krista Street

Compound 26

Krista Street · 2018 · The Makanza

A brilliant young scientist in a virus-ravaged compound falls for an infected survivor while questioning the system she serves.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0963

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LIFEL1K3

Jay Kristoff · 2018 · LIFEL1K3

A scavenger girl with a hidden power and a robot-like outsider flee a broken future while unraveling her past.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0974

Cover of The Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton

The Naked God

Peter F. Hamilton · 1999 · Night's Dawn

As a collapsing civilization faces possession, war, and the afterlife, a few travelers chase a world-changing answer.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0987

Cover of He Who Fights with Monsters 5 by Shirtaloon

He Who Fights with Monsters 5

Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell · 2022 · He Who Fights with Monsters

A power-leveling hero on Earth faces magic spillover, faction wars, monster incursions, and devastating losses.

Why this is here

Themes labels: power and responsibility · grief · loss · humanity · morality · sacrifice · politics · free will · trust · consequence · leadership · identity

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0989

Cover of The Extinction Trials by A.G. Riddle

The Extinction Trials

A.G. Riddle · 2021

Six strangers wake in a bunker after a world-ending event and must solve a survival experiment with hidden motives.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0994

Cover of Terminal Peace by Jim C. Hines

Terminal Peace

Jim C. Hines · 2022 · Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse

Space janitors turned reluctant heroes race to stop a galaxy war while their captain faces a feral relapse.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0997