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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for The Big Dark Sky.
Tone labels used: dark, creepy, unsettling, suspenseful, twisty, propulsive, darkly humorous, weird, eerie
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
A lonely child genius is groomed for villainy at a secret academy, then starts questioning who he is and who to trust.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · humorous · suspenseful · mischievous · disturbing · serious · twisted · sarcastic · unsettling
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0689
A teen wakes in an alien-built human zoo with other captives, where escape, trust, and attraction collide.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · bizarre · chilling · suspenseful · tense · dark · unsettling · mysterious · twisty · paranoid
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0809
A new girl and a town outcast uncover the monstrous secret behind missing kids and stolen eyes in eerie Whispering Pines.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · spooky · eerie · suspenseful · tense · thrilling · unsettling · chilling · sinister · funny · dry humor · playful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0840
Three seemingly unrelated crimes expose a secret network of killers, forcing two investigators into a dark, twisting conspiracy.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · bleak · creepy · sinister · disturbing · tense · suspenseful · unsettling · gallows humor · paranoid · mysterious · grim
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0862
A survivor hunts a time-traveling serial killer who stalks women across decades from a mysterious Chicago house.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · creepy · gruesome · suspenseful · horrific · tense · disturbing · weird · twisty · hypnotic · uneasy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0866
Residents of a luxury condo built atop a troubled past face recurring horrors as reality warps around their building.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · suspenseful · ominous · grotesque · disturbing · dark · bizarre · eerie · claustrophobic · horrific
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0885
A respectable lawyer investigates a sinister connection between a doctor and his violent secret alter ego.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · dark · gloomy · tense · sinister · macabre · unnerving · chilling · oppressive · shocking · suspenseful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0886
A restless new girl at a creepy small-town high school starts suspecting the popular cheerleaders are zombies.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · uneasy · dark · suspenseful · bizarre · disturbing
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0941
A family enters a supposedly perfect company town where safety, privilege, and belonging come with eerie rules.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · unnerving · unsettling · eerie · suspenseful · satirical · dark · disturbing · foreboding · oppressive · bizarre · wicked · horrific · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0945
A scholarship teen at an elite science institute uncovers secret experiments, mutations, and a threat to her own mind.
Why this is here
Tone labels: eerie · uneasy · atmospheric · creepy · suspenseful · unsettling · gothic · paranoid · intense · twisty · dark
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0947
A grieving teen returns to a remote island funeral and is trapped in a deadly time loop of shadows, secrets, and murder.
Why this is here
Tone labels: chilling · ominous · creepy · suspenseful · tense · dark · weird · unsettling · wild · claustrophobic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0953
In an 1980s small town, grieving parents uncover a secret genetic project tied to missing and endangered children.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · uneasy · bleak · disturbing · suspenseful · tense · mysterious · twisted · chilling · paranoid · sinister
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0975
