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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for A.D.: After Death.
Themes labels used: Mortality, Immortality, Memory, Identity, Existential dread, Meaning of life, Loss, Grief, Human nature, Fear of death, Fear of life, Free will, Morality, Time, Connection, Loneliness, Self-worth, Escapism, Regret, Continuity of self, Death as meaning
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An undying warrior joins a secret military mission to find mortality, only to uncover a deeper mystery.
Why this is here
Themes labels: mortality · immortality · life and death · meaning of life · memory · identity · purpose · endlessness · humanity · death wish · revenge · violence · trauma · change · time · existentialism · loneliness · otherness · free will · power
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0704
A dying world and a memory-bound afterlife collide as one woman’s struggle in Antarctica reshapes the fate of the dead.
Why this is here
Themes labels: memory · death · mortality · afterlife · loss · grief · existential dread · meaning of life · human connection · love · loneliness · identity · impermanence · mourning · what remains · fate of the forgotten · civilization ending · survival · hope · humanity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0788
A centuries-old history teacher tries to live normally in London while guarding a dangerous secret and resisting love.
Why this is here
Themes labels: mortality · time · change · memory · loss · loneliness · love · identity · living in the present · history repeating itself · purpose · grief · secrecy · belonging · human nature · choice · fear · ageing · meaning of life · perspective · acceptance
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0898
Forty brief afterlife vignettes turn death into a set of witty, unsettling thought experiments about life and self.
Why this is here
Themes labels: mortality · meaning of life · identity · selfhood · free will · regret · memory · belief · faith · creation · equality · human condition · consciousness · time · finitude · existential reflection
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0922
A grief-stricken telepath loses his psychic shield and is thrust into a violent, mind-bending cross-country odyssey.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · consciousness · mortality · afterlife · mind-body problem · identity · loneliness · love · hope · madness · meaning of life · chaos · order · suffering · redemption · existentialism · free will · human nature · reality perception · communication · memory
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0964
An immortal mercenary team is exposed and hunted, forcing them to protect a new recruit and their secret.
Why this is here
Themes labels: mortality · immortality · loss · loneliness · grief · time · aging · meaning of life · secret identity · greed · profit motive · betrayal · memory · history · moral weariness · identity concealment · human cruelty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0969
As the world nears an impossible end, one family faces illness, distance, and déjà vu while trying to live fully.
Why this is here
Themes labels: mortality · grief · human connection · meaning of life · meaning of death · acceptance · hope · fear versus surrender · love · family · community · belonging · time · memory · fate · purpose · living in the moment · loss · second chances · legacy · choice · courage · empathy
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0979
Two Hulk futures collide: one pits him against a tyrannical older self, the other leaves him alone on a dead Earth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: immortality · mortality · loneliness · isolation · identity · selfhood · survival · power and corruption · tyranny · end of the world · despair · old age · death wish · duality · burden of survival · meaning of existence · guilt · revenge · human nature · apocalypse · memory · transcendence
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0988
An immortal woman and a time traveler keep finding each other across centuries, risking love, grief, and time itself.
Why this is here
Themes labels: time · mortality · immortality · love and loss · grief · memory · regret · loneliness · human connection · meaning of life · making the most of time · fate · perseverance · survival · existentialism · living versus existing · hope · sacrifice · change · history · endurance · longing · second chances · choosing life
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0994
When human time stops but nature keeps moving, six lives are forced to confront birth, death, love, and meaning.
Why this is here
Themes labels: mortality · endlessness · endings and beginnings · time · change · stagnation · nature · human body · grief · hope · meaning of life · endurance · agency · fear of death · life review · connection to nature · uncertainty · consumption · societal breakdown
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1047
A nameless undead woman crosses a ruined world, carrying grief, hunger, and a fading self toward what she has lost.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · memory · identity · mortality · love · yearning · hunger · emptiness · meaning · selfhood · embodiment · dissociation · transformation · death · loneliness · mourning · regret · existentialism · nihilism · hope
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1058
A newly dead bookshop owner boards a magical train to relive key moments of his life and face old regrets.
Why this is here
Themes labels: regret · forgiveness · letting go · presence · mortality · afterlife · meaning of life · choices · consequences · memory · love · loss · hope · acceptance · time · self-reflection · life lessons · priority shift · success versus meaning · present moment
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1058
