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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for The Last Day.
Tone labels used: bleak, dour, dark, suspenseful, tense, thought provoking, grim, chilling, depressing, absorbing, thrilling, authoritarian
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
In 1952 Nazi-dominated Britain, a civil servant spy must help an imprisoned scientist flee before the Gestapo catch him.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · chilling · grim · oppressive · claustrophobic · atmospheric · menacing · tense · depressing · suspenseful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0778
A crop-killing virus triggers famine and social collapse, forcing one family to fight through a brutal England to survive.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · grim · horrifying · chilling · tense · depressing · brutal · unforgiving · dark · suspenseful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0786
A themed anthology of post-apocalyptic stories exploring many versions of life after collapse, from bleak to hopeful.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · depressing · dark · grim · haunting · hopeful (mixed) · melancholic · somber · uneasy · thought-provoking · thrilling · disturbing
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0818
In a near-future America sealed behind walls, wealthy thrill-seekers on a wilderness tour face deadly ticks and human danger.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · bleak · gripping · terrifying · uneasy · dark · suspenseful · thought-provoking · intense · shivery · humanistic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0834
A natural survivor races across a ruined America after a virus wipes out most of humanity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · hopeful · tense · frightening · brutal · chilling · suspenseful · depressing · thrilling · emotional · realistic · dark
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0854
In a climate-ravaged near future, three secretive groups converge on a northern settlement with hidden agendas.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · dark · tense · suspenseful · atmospheric · mesmerizing · alarming · plausible · disturbing · depressing
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0858
In a near-future world of AI rulers and immortal autocrats, scattered dissidents race to stop collapsing systems.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · grim · dark · tense · urgent · depressing · hopeful (mixed) · chilling · paranoid · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0898
A teen resistance fighter infiltrates an alien city through deadly games to uncover how the invaders rule Earth.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · creepy · dark · bleak · suspenseful · oppressive · adventurous · somber
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0900
An amnesiac crewman aboard a failing generation ship uncovers secrets as the captain drives the mission deeper into space.
Why this is here
Tone labels: atmospheric · bleak · forbidding · thoughtful · tense · mysterious · suspenseful · depressing · creepy · morally serious
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0905
Alone on Mars and hiding a deadly secret, Frank must outwit a ruthless corporation before NASA arrives.
Why this is here
Tone labels: tense · gripping · dark · grim · anxious · claustrophobic · horrific · suspenseful · gloomy · thrilling · moral seriousness · bleak
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0908
In a climate-ravaged near future, a society survives by sleeping most of the year, until its hidden order starts to crack.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · dark · melancholy · uneasy · tense · gripping · thought-provoking · disturbing · frightening · horrifying
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0909
A dead academic seems to return in a new body, pulling a psychiatrist and a conspiracy into questions of identity and immortality.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · dour · nightmarish · melancholic · creepy · eerie · unsettling · intellectual · thought-provoking · dark · mysterious · suspenseful · sad · paralysing dread
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0909
