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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Doloriad.
Themes labels used: survival, civilizational collapse, environmental degradation, morality, ethics, human nature, violence, trauma, family dysfunction, power, reproduction, gender, womanhood, femininity, social class, meaning-making, faith, climate emergency, ecological destruction, disability, body shame, extinction, new order, human frailty
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A midwife survives a plague that decimates women and children, then travels a brutal new world in disguise.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · misogyny · feminism · gender roles · reproduction · motherhood · bodily autonomy · power · human nature · hope · despair · trauma · civilizational collapse · sexual violence · commodity bodies · queer identity · history keeping · resilience · community
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0693
As Earth drowns, a selected crew undertakes a desperate starship mission to preserve humanity.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · human nature · sacrifice · leadership · adaptation · extinction · social collapse · class conflict · moral compromise · human resilience · civilization survival · environmental catastrophe · psychological strain
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0747
In a flood-ravaged future where plastic is currency, a mother in a junkyard camp fights to reclaim her stolen child.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · climate change · environmental collapse · resource scarcity · maternal love · art and creativity · community · humanity · class inequality · gendered violence · patriarchy · capitalism · labor exploitation · hope amid ruin · responsibility · memory · sacrifice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0752
Two young survivors navigate a ruined world, trying to stay alive, keep hope, and decide what humanity should become next.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · rebuilding civilization · loss of innocence · trauma · human nature · sexuality · racism · feminism · education · culture preservation · censorship · freedom · maturity · soledad · hope · responsibility · taboo · violence · death · love · repopulation · social roles · utopia · anti-racism · ecology
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0761
A suicidal teen in a ruined future is offered an apprenticeship that could help save humanity—or force her to kill to survive.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · climate change · ecocide · human violence · social collapse · abuse · self-harm · suicidality · coming of age · identity · agency · female autonomy · moral compromise · truth and secrecy · science and realism · hope · despair · misogyny · reproduction pressure
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0804
A young man crosses a deadly underground Moscow metro to warn the city-states of a looming threat from the darkness above.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · human nature · ideology · religion · politics · war · fate · duty · hope · despair · community · humanity · anthropocentrism · moral decline · civilization collapse · power · belief systems · truth · fear · resilience
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0837
Two amnesiac time travelers in Ancient Athens and a dying future must communicate in dreams to save humanity.
Why this is here
Themes labels: climate change · ecological collapse · memory · identity · family · duty · responsibility · hope · collective action · butterfly effect · history changing the future · humanity survival · philosophy · politics · citizenship · classism · slavery · misogyny · homophobia · tyranny · religious thought · grief · faith · small actions · environmental urgency · human nature · choice and consequence · past and future · civilizational collapse
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0855
In a ruined, faction-riven world, one damaged survivor is forced into dangerous service as the last hope narrows.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · hate · human nature · morality · social breakdown · power · community · dehumanization · segregation · violence · fear · hope · redemption · identity · pointlessness of violence · end of civilization · self-destruction · societal responsibility · human frailty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0859
Stranded humans aboard an alien vessel face survival, family, and a brutal social experiment as Rama carries them deeper into the unknown.
Why this is here
Themes labels: human nature · survival · reproduction · ethics · morality · social collapse · authority · observation · environmental destruction · greed · prejudice · gender roles · civilization · humanity vs other species · faith vs pragmatism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0860
In a poisoned post-collapse world, a harsh father and his two sons struggle to survive and decode a hidden past.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · love · care · family · fatherhood · parenting · memory · knowledge · literacy · illiteracy · language · communication · humanity · dehumanization · inheritance · coming of age · trauma · violence · cruelty · hope · faith · meaning · civilizational collapse · morality · loss of innocence · social control · power · collective delusion · environmental damage · pollution
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0865
In a world where every Y-chromosome mammal dies, the lone survivor races across a broken globe for answers and love.
Why this is here
Themes labels: gender politics · survival · loss · grief · hope · identity · human nature · social change · power dynamics · feminism · misandry · family · responsibility · species survival · meaning of endings · adaptation · community · morality
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0868
A starving human thief on a dying Earth becomes the key to an alien commander’s powers—and his mate.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · scarcity · power and consent · gender imbalance · objectification · degradation · mutual dependence · trust · communication · love versus utility · species survival · hope · bodily autonomy · resilience · protecting family
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0877
