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Similar in tone + premise

These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for The Sleep Experiment. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: dark, creepy, horrifying, disturbing, unsettling, gruesome, chilling, tense, nightmarish

Premise labels used: sleep deprivation experiment, forbidden experiment, scientific hubris, mad scientist, psychological breakdown, ethics of science, urban legend retelling

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

Cover of La mosca - Relatos del antimundo by George Langelaan

La mosca - Relatos del antimundo

George Langelaan · 2001 · Antología Luis de Caralt

A scientist’s matter-transmission experiment goes horribly wrong, and a murder confession hides the reason.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1339

Cover of From Beyond by H.P. Lovecraft

From Beyond

H.P. Lovecraft · 1934

A scientist’s device opens perception to hidden planes of existence, drawing him and his friend into terror.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1583

Cover of The Breakthrough by Daphne du Maurier

The Breakthrough

Daphne du Maurier · 2018

An engineer is drawn into a secret coastal experiment probing life after death, with unsettling ethical consequences.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1655

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Upgrade Soul

Ezra Claytan Daniels · 2018 · Upgrade Soul

An elderly couple enters a risky rejuvenation experiment and must face the unsettling consequences of cloning, memory, and identity.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1662

Cover of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1875

A respectable lawyer investigates a sinister connection between a doctor and his violent secret alter ego.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1688

Cover of Herbert West—Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft

Herbert West—Reanimator

H.P. Lovecraft · 2008

An obsessed medical student pursues corpse reanimation, and his assistant watches the experiments spiral into terror.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1700

Cover of The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E.B. Hudspeth

The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black

E.B. Hudspeth · 2013

A faux-historical biography and illustrated atlas follow a doctor whose obsession with mythic anatomy leads him into madness.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1707

Cover of A Cold Legacy by Megan Shepherd

A Cold Legacy

Megan Shepherd · 2024 · The Madman’s Daughter

A fugitive young woman hides in a Scottish manor where gothic secrets, mad science, and family legacy collide.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1736

Cover of The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

The Island of Dr. Moreau

H.G. Wells · 1999

A shipwreck survivor lands on a remote island where a disgraced scientist is reshaping animals into humanlike beings.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1755

Cover of Four Past Midnight by Stephen  King

Four Past Midnight

Stephen King · 1991 · Four Past Midnight

Four long horror novellas turn ordinary travel, writing, libraries, and photography into nightmares as reality starts to fracture.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1764

Cover of Exoskeleton by Shane Stadler

Exoskeleton

Shane Stadler · 2012 · Exoskeleton

A wrongly convicted man chooses a secret one-year program over prison, only to enter a torture-driven transformation.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1776

Cover of The Door to December by Richard Paige

The Door to December

Richard Paige, Dean Koontz · 2002

A mother and detective race to protect a traumatized girl whose kidnapping led to brutal experiments and a terrifying unseen force.

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1778