Find similar books by
Combine common axes
These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Upgrade Soul.
Themes labels used: identity, personhood, humanity, memory, aging, mortality, ethics, medical ethics, scientific ethics, transhumanism, selfhood, body image, beauty standards, disfigurement, disability, race, privilege, legacy, love, family, greed, selfishness, continuity of self, soul
Focused on “grief” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
An immortal body-hopper races to solve a murder and evade hunters while wrestling with identity, consent, and survival.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · selfhood · gender · sexuality · consent · morality · love · beauty · humanity · memory · time · death · survival · personhood · embodiment · ethics · freedom · power · grief · revenge
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0809
In near-future reunified Korea, estranged siblings and a found robot child collide amid a murder case and family secrets.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · personhood · identity · memory · grief · loss · family estrangement · connection · ethics · agency · autonomy · technology and humanity · robot rights · body and identity · gender · queerness · disability · chronic illness · war trauma · moral ambiguity · capitalism · consumerism · social inequality · class hierarchy · exploitation · violence · love · authenticity · memory and selfhood · creation and control · religion · salvation · posthumanism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0862
A mother and daughter enter an experimental mind-merging program in a resource-strained dystopia, only to question its true cost.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · autonomy · freedom · control · ethics · selfhood · sacrifice · love · loss · grief · dementia · memory · resistance · class divide · consent · bodily autonomy · medical ethics · human rights · government control · corporate manipulation · capitalism · climate crisis · overpopulation · scarcity · nature vs nurture · critical thinking
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0887
In a climate-damaged near-future Australia, a woman must choose between a virtual future and the physical ties that anchor her.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · humanity · consciousness · mortality · grief · loss · climate change · technology · capitalism · class inequality · embodiment · authenticity · migration · diaspora · belonging · memory · ethics · disability · aging · mental health · consumerism · privacy · consent · social responsibility · surveillance · progress · transhumanism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0888
An immortal pilot from a brutal star society becomes central to a galaxy-wide response to an impending supernova.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · humanity · mortality · immortality · memory · belonging · love · grief · loss · meaning of life · ethics · morality · agency · free will · power · control · oppression · capitalism critique · climate denial · war · sacrifice · community · cultural survival · history · preservation · perception · belief · othering · gender · language · home · diaspora
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0909
A cyborg girl’s first days with her new family expose her isolation, memories, and the start of her destiny.
Why this is here
Themes labels: belonging · identity · memory loss · otherness · disability · body autonomy · humanity · self-worth · discrimination · family rejection · grief · resilience · kindness · dehumanization · acceptance
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0988
A young inventor on Mars falls for a humanoid AI and is forced to confront questions of freedom, identity, and consent.
Why this is here
Themes labels: autonomy · personhood · consciousness · freedom · consent · self-determination · humanity · identity · ethics · sentience · trauma · abuse · healing · loss · grief · community · care · respect · relationship ethics · self-actualization
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0990
An alien mimic living as a salesman unravels as his species’ breeding cycle forces a crisis of self and hunger.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · humanity · self-loathing · shame · guilt · masking · personhood · alienation · transgression · consent · biology vs choice · parenthood · grief · acceptance · morality · survival
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1012
Seven Korean speculative stories explore space, aliens, and future tech through intimate questions of identity, grief, and connection.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · identity · belonging · connection · loneliness · grief · loss · memory · motherhood · parenthood · classism · misogyny · discrimination · bioethics · eugenics · transhumanism · empathy · legacy · imperfection · hope · melancholy · technological progress · limits of science · moral choice · utopia · alienness · translation of emotions
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1021
A disabled girl becomes the mind of a starship and navigates missions, love, grief, and the ethics of her existence.
Why this is here
Themes labels: disability · eugenics · personhood · humanity · grief · loss · love · agency · consent · ethics · identity · bodily autonomy · social worth · companionate love · art and music · gender roles · alienation · growth · choice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1031
A comatose girl who never ages draws scientists, family, and seekers into an interwoven mystery about time, memory, and youth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: time · memory · aging · mortality · grief · loss · pain · preservation · human condition · impermanence · identity · self-improvement · youth obsession · medical ethics · biotech ethics · dementia · forgetting · connection · family · death · trauma · humanity · history · meaning of life · ethics · resilience · endurance
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1040
A girl grows up with her android tutor as love, identity, and robot rights reshape both their lives.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · consciousness · sentience · free will · love · desire · identity · personhood · rights · autonomy · loss · grief · selfishness · moral ambiguity · social conformity · alienation · discrimination · othering · coming of age · emotional repression · compassion · redemption · choice · societal pressure
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1068
