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Themes labels used: identity, belonging, climate collapse, survival, fertility, bodily autonomy, parenthood, queer identity, mixed-race identity, politics, trust, guilt, regret, hope, humanity

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Cover of Overgrowth by Mira Grant

Overgrowth

Mira Grant · 2025

An alien who grew up on Earth warns of an invasion no one believes—until the signal arrives and her warning turns real.

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Themes labels: identity · otherness · belonging · colonization · humanity · choice · acceptance · truth · dehumanization · immigration · trans identity · gender identity · neurodiversity · citizenship · rights · propaganda · fear mongering · xenophobia · love · family · survival · morality · ethics · climate change · environmental collapse · class · patriarchy · mental health

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Cover of My Dear You by Rachel Khong

My Dear You

Rachel Khong · 2026

A themed short story collection where surreal premises probe love, identity, race, and what it means to be human.

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Themes labels: identity · selfhood · race · gender · belonging · loneliness · connection · love · friendship · marriage · dating · childlessness · grief · memory · capitalism · immigration · racism · humanity · transformation · death · afterlife · social commentary · womanhood · technology

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Cover of Adrift: The Truth Won't Always Set You Free by Lisa Brideau

Adrift: The Truth Won't Always Set You Free

Lisa Brideau · 2023

A woman wakes with no memory on a sailboat and must choose between uncovering her past and staying alive in a climate-strained future.

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Themes labels: identity · selfhood · memory · climate change · environmental collapse · migration · refugees · survival · choice · reinvention · trust · human connection · loss · regret · morality · belonging · truth vs safety

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Cover of My Name Isn't Paul: A Cosmic Horror Novella by Drew Huff

My Name Isn't Paul: A Cosmic Horror Novella

Drew Huff · 2025

An alien mimic living as a salesman unravels as his species’ breeding cycle forces a crisis of self and hunger.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · self-loathing · shame · guilt · masking · personhood · alienation · transgression · consent · biology vs choice · parenthood · grief · acceptance · morality · survival

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Cover of The New Voices of Fantasy by Peter S. Beagle

The New Voices of Fantasy

Peter S. Beagle, Usman T. Malik, Carmen Maria Machado, Eugene Fischer, Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Kelly Sandoval, J.Y. Yang · 2017

A curated anthology of 19 contemporary fantasy stories showcasing rising voices, weird premises, and genre-bending moods.

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Themes labels: identity · otherness · desire · loneliness · loss · abandonment · family trauma · secrecy · trust · consent · gender politics · feminism · queerness · belonging · risk · fate · choice · human nature · mortality · coming of age · work/life tension · society · alienation · freedom · monstrosity

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Cover of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Space Between Worlds

Micaiah Johnson · 2020 · The Space Between Worlds

A multiverse traverser from the margins uncovers a deadly secret that could upend her place in a class-riven world.

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Themes labels: identity · belonging · privilege · classism · racism · oppression · capitalism · survival · trauma · nature vs nurture · choice and chance · power · citizenship · social inequality · human worth · climate change · social mobility

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Cover of The Shutouts by Gabrielle Korn

The Shutouts

Gabrielle Korn · 2024

In a climate-ravaged future, separated women and families race across the U.S., uncovering the costs of survival and control.

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Themes labels: climate change · survival · community · human connection · motherhood · activism · political corruption · corporate greed · classism · feminism · queer identity · reproductive rights · autonomy · hope · grief · regret · social justice · ecological collapse · interconnectedness · found family

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Cover of A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Closed and Common Orbit

Becky Chambers · 2016 · Wayfarers

An AI reborn in an illegal human body and a cloned mechanic's pasts intertwine in a hopeful search for identity and belonging.

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Themes labels: identity · personhood · sentience · belonging · freedom · autonomy · prejudice · class structure · gender · equality · humanity · purpose · survival · motherhood · family · consciousness · cultural difference · ethics · self-determination · empathy · social justice

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Cover of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

N.K. Jemisin · 2015 · The Broken Earth

A mother searches a shattered world for her stolen child as an apocalyptic landscape and hidden powers collide.

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Themes labels: survival · oppression · slavery · power and abuse · grief · motherhood · identity · belonging · community · environmental collapse · climate change · otherness · colonialism · racism · prejudice · imperialism · gender · freedom · humanity · responsibility · family · resistance · systemic discrimination · social hierarchy

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Cover of The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

The Prey of Gods

Nicky Drayden · 2017

In near-future South Africa, a drug-fueled power shift sparks gods, robots, and misfits into a chaotic fight for survival.

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Themes labels: identity · self-discovery · belonging · love · acceptance · family · power · worship · fear · technology and humanity · tradition vs modernity · race · class · gender · sexuality · chronic illness · pain · memory · agency · dehumanization · community

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Distance: 0.1051

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