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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for Inferno.
Tone labels used: darkly comic, satirical, ironic, morbidly humorous, lighthearted (mixed), serious, philosophical, bleak (mixed), irreverent, grotesque
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
A Parisian cat narrates the rise of feline knowledge as human society collapses into violence, plague, and upheaval.
Why this is here
Tone labels: satirical · philosophical · darkly comic · uneasy · absurd · playful · melancholy · morbid
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0524
A Russian zoologist’s accidental scientific breakthrough is commandeered by the state, with disastrous results.
Why this is here
Tone labels: darkly comic · satirical · grotesque · horrific · bitter · absurd · ironic · bleak · macabre · playful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0552
A satirical dystopia follows a violent American revolution that splits society into separate nations by identity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: satirical · darkly funny · dark · bleak · offensive · irreverent · cynical · absurd · disturbing · bizarre · harsh · comic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0576
In an overpopulated near future, one marriage is caught in a collapsing system of birth controls, scarcity, and social upheaval.
Why this is here
Tone labels: darkly comic · satirical · grim · hilarious · horrific · grotesque · wicked · apocalyptic · absurd · uneasy · cynical
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0580
A Vietnam veteran-turned-professor recounts his life from prison, exposing war, class, and institutional absurdity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: darkly comic · bleak · cynical · satirical · gallows humor · biting · irreverent · fatalistic · depressing · wry · somber · absurd
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0635
A vampire bureaucrat leads a covert team to America to recover a forgotten president as eldritch powers battle for control.
Why this is here
Tone labels: darkly humorous · bleak · tense · satirical · creepy · wry · grim · comic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0676
A limbless artist journeys through a post-nuclear wasteland to find a new god and paint his image for a rival church.
Why this is here
Tone labels: darkly comic · satiric · bleak · surreal · philosophical · theological · quirky · mordant · grotesque
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0690
An alternate-history SF satire frames a fake Hitler pulp novel about a purity-obsessed hero fighting mutants after nuclear war.
Why this is here
Tone labels: satirical · darkly comic · grotesque · unpleasant · disturbing · bitter · acidic · bizarre · bleak · frenetic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0706
A revenge-driven resurrection collides with a galactic war over virtual hells in Banks’s sprawling Culture universe.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · wry · ironic · humorous · gruesome · brutal · philosophical · satirical · grim · playful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0727
In Brisbane, a slacker and a ragtag group of survivors try to outlast a citywide flood of man-eating strawberry jam.
Why this is here
Tone labels: darkly comic · sarcastic · dry · irreverent · grim · absurd · campy · slapstick · morbid · playful · bizarre · bleak · tense · hilarious
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0767
A divorcing CIA worker collides with a moon society run by former asylum patients, a spy plot, and a telepathic slime mold.
Why this is here
Tone labels: darkly comic · bizarre · acerbic · satirical · absurd · gonzo · grotesque · wry · uneasy · playful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0770
A conjoined twin in a post-nuclear alternate America seeks separation, only to confront a destabilizing mystery about her past.
Why this is here
Tone labels: darkly comic · satirical · grotesque · disturbing · surreal · dreamlike · intense · weird · funny · unsettling
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0790
