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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for A.D.: After Death.
Tone labels used: Bleak, Melancholic, Haunting, Existential, Poignant, Sad, Haunted, Dreamlike, Ethereal, Trippy, Somber, Bittersweet
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
A homeless veteran in 1980s Seattle uses subtle magic and hard-won truth to face his past and a threat to the city.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · melancholic · heartbreaking · hopeful · haunting · dreamlike · atmospheric · quiet · poetic · enigmatic · unsettling · bittersweet
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0545
An interconnected future-history of a global plague unleashed by melting permafrost, tracing grief, survival, and hope.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · melancholic · dark · hopeful · heartbreaking · haunting · compassionate · dreamlike · disquieting · bittersweet · macabre · meditative
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0597
A stranded space voyage turns into a poetic meditation on survival, memory, and humanity after Earth’s ruin.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · melancholic · tragic · existential · mournful · oppressive · haunting · dark · gloomy · poignant · depressing · lyrical · high-minded
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0654
A struggling young woman in near-future Mexico City clings to the dream of Mars while surviving precarious work and heartbreak.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · melancholic · bittersweet · hopeful · intimate · claustrophobic · gritty · depressing · quiet · atmospheric · emotional · sad
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0654
A scientist links her mind to a wild wolf, chasing intimacy, knowledge, and belonging as her marriage and ethics unravel.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · dark · miserable · depressing · eerie · uncanny · melancholic · bittersweet
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0657
Three Nabokov stories trace obsession, madness, and a baffling space-future through lyrical, unsettling short fiction.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · melancholic · sad · eerie · haunting · dreamlike · lyrical · wry · pessimistic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0659
In post-nuclear Australia, survivors face a radioactive countdown while trying to live normally with no escape.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · haunting · somber · melancholic · eerie · quiet · understated · grim · depressing · civilized · restrained · moving · existential · horrific · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0665
An amnesiac man is retrained to live in a strange village, until a new relationship unsettles everything he’s learned.
Why this is here
Tone labels: haunting · bleak · uncanny · dreamlike · sinister · strange · philosophical · melancholic · eerie · unsettling · heartbreaking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0687
The Fantastic Four age decade by decade in a real-time alternate history, with family bonds tested by Galactus and world events.
Why this is here
Tone labels: somber · dark · tragic · melancholic · heartbreaking · bittersweet · depressing · earnest · thoughtful · hopeful · ominous
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0688
An anthology of ordinary people navigating a world where time fractures, realities collide, and crisis becomes daily life.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · depressing · uneasy · surreal · melancholy · horror-tinged · existential · trippy · gutted · intense · disturbing
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0690
In a war-torn galaxy, a Jedi heroine must confront her fallen twin and decide the future of the Force.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · tragic · heartbreaking · bittersweet · somber · tense · emotional · melancholic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0702
At a New York wedding, four young adults watch a strange catatonic crisis spread worldwide while their lives, loves, and doubts unravel.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · melancholic · quiet · devastating · eerie · dark · somber · intimate · reflective · uncanny · tender
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0705
