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Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes

Brandon Sanderson, Max Epstein, David Pace, Michael Harkins

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Similar in tone + premise

These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: quirky, whimsical, surreal, strange, mystery-driven, thriller-like, dark, uneven

Premise labels used: genius investigator, hallucinated experts, data breach investigation, FBI case, techno-thriller, mystery solving, sound-based technology, religious mystery, revenge

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone + premise embeddings are close.

Cover of Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson

Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

Brandon Sanderson · 2018 · Legion

A genius private investigator with hallucinatory experts tackles strange cases, while his mind starts to unravel.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2161

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Legion

Brandon Sanderson · 2012 · Legion

A genius with hallucinatory expert companions tackles a mystery involving a camera that can capture the past.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2216

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The Fullness of Time

Kate Wilhelm · 2012

A documentary crew probes a reclusive family whose uncanny foresight hides a disturbing cost.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2535

Cover of The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh

The Calcutta Chromosome

Amitav Ghosh · 2001

A time-shifting mystery links malaria research, colonial India, and a secretive theory of how knowledge is found.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2582

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The Forgotten Room

Lincoln Child · 2015 · Jeremy Logan

A consultant who solves strange phenomena uncovers a hidden room and long-buried experiment at a coastal think tank.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2595

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Injection, Vol. 1

Warren Ellis · 2015 · Injection

Five brilliant specialists unleash an experiment that warps reality, and must face the strange fallout years later.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2596

Cover of The X-Files: Cold Cases by Joe Harris

The X-Files: Cold Cases

Joe Harris, Chris Carter · 2017 · The X-Files (Audible Original)

A full-cast audio drama pulls Mulder and Scully back into a web of cold cases, conspiracies, and alien threats.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2620

Cover of The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag by Robert A. Heinlein

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

Robert A. Heinlein · 1983

A detective couple trails a man with missing daytime memories and uncovers a reality-bending secret behind his life.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2653

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The Cabinet

Kim Un-Su · 2021

A bored office worker guards a cabinet of files on bizarre human anomalies and gets pulled into their strange world.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2657

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Spaceside

Michael Mammay · 2019 · Planetside

A disgraced ex-colonel takes a corporate security case and stumbles into murder, espionage, and old ghosts.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2659

Cover of Absolute Martian Manhunter, Vol. 1: Martian Vision by Deniz Camp

Absolute Martian Manhunter, Vol. 1: Martian Vision

Deniz Camp · 2025 · Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025)

An FBI agent’s mind is invaded by an alien presence, forcing him to investigate crimes while reality unravels around him.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2668

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The Graveyard Game

Kage Baker · 2005 · The Company

An immortal cyborg and a literary specialist spend centuries hunting a missing friend and uncovering a vast Company conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.2674