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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone.
Tone labels used: bleak, beautiful, whimsical, darkly funny, melancholy, poignant, weird, strange, haunting, hopeful, bittersweet, creepy, tragic, humorous
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
A curated anthology of 19 contemporary fantasy stories showcasing rising voices, weird premises, and genre-bending moods.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · creepy · eerie · haunting · whimsical · beautiful · lyrical · poignant · funny · weird · sad · hopeful · melancholy · thought-provoking · disturbing · surreal
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0589
Nine surreal, genre-bending stories turn everyday lives into uncanny fairy tales, with magic, dread, and open endings.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · haunting · eerie · darkly funny · bittersweet · strange · surreal · dreamlike · quirky · uncanny · playful · melancholy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0612
An amnesiac survivor wakes in a ruined landscape and slowly uncovers the truth about his past and his world.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · haunting · heartfelt · thoughtful · melancholy · sad · heartbreaking · hopeful · weird · quirky · strange · uneasy · trippy · philosophical · funny · challenging · bleakly humorous
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0614
A post-apocalyptic anthology gathering 30 varied stories about survival, collapse, plague, and what remains after the end.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · dark · grim · depressing · sad · melancholy · hopeful · optimistic · charming · quirky · weird · creepy · satirical · introspective · quiet · bizarre · horrific · nostalgic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0673
In a plague-ravaged future, survivors and bioengineered Crakers rebuild meaning through stories, memory, and uneasy alliances.
Why this is here
Tone labels: darkly humorous · witty · hopeful · sad · chilling · hilarious · whimsical · satirical · thoughtful · bittersweet · ironic · tender · uneasy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0691
A guest-edited year’s-best anthology of 20 science fiction and fantasy stories, ranging from playful meta pieces to dark social commentary.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · playful · meta · literary · cynical · creepy · somber · haunting · heartwarming · sad · melancholy · funny · snarky · dark · bleak · hopeful · thought-provoking · uneasy · prescient
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0699
A career-spanning Ray Bradbury story collection mixing strange, nostalgic, dark, and whimsical tales across decades.
Why this is here
Tone labels: strange · scary · nostalgic · bittersweet · humorous · touching · whimsical · dark · creepy · sad · sentimental · gruesome · absurd · quirky · melancholy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0707
A neglected 58-year-old father is transformed by an alien accident into a cyborg and must decide what to do with his new power.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · melancholy · sad · surreal · dark · hopeful · uneasy · violent · serious · poignant · weird
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0721
An amnesiac young woman navigates a war-torn future city, hidden identities, and a body that may not be hers.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · tender · bleak · funny · sweet · chaotic · grim · emotional · baffling · fragile · weird
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0741
An unnamed cryptozoologist documents strange beasts in a fictional Chinese city, uncovering a mystery about self, society, and humanity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · melancholy · mysterious · uncanny · strange · delirious · somber · haunting · playful · bittersweet · unsettling · creepy · gothic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0747
In a memory-starved dystopia, a woman checks out a husband from an archive and learns what books can restore.
Why this is here
Tone labels: weird · unsettling · haunting · bleak · creepy · surreal · darkly funny · bittersweet · hopeful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0758
A debut collection of surreal stories where women face climate, tech, and family crises through strange bodily transformations.
Why this is here
Tone labels: darkly funny · warm · strange · uncanny · hopeful · sad · satirical · bleak · witty · haunting · eerie · playful · melancholic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0761
