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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain.

Themes labels used: class oppression, slavery, incarceration, academia, social hierarchy, resistance, solidarity, human connection, exploitation, respectability politics, colonialism, capitalism, race, freedom, humanity, decolonizing institutions, education as transformation, moral compromise

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Cover of The Spice Gate by Prashanth Srivatsa

The Spice Gate

Prashanth Srivatsa · 2024

A marked spice carrier from an oppressed class is pulled into a kingdom-spanning conspiracy that could overturn his world.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0931

Cover of Steal the Sky by Megan E. O'Keefe

Steal the Sky

Megan E. O'Keefe · 2016 · Scorched Continent

A rogue conman’s airship heist in a desert mining city spirals into murders, intrigue, and revolution.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0938

Cover of Mexicoland by Jaime Alfonso Sandoval

Mexicoland

Jaime Alfonso Sandoval · 2018

In a future Mexico split by collapse and control, a teen orphan uncovers the truth behind a glittering corporate paradise.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0964

Cover of The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov

The Currents of Space

Isaac Asimov · 1991 · Galactic Empire

An amnesiac investigator on an oppressed resource planet uncovers a galactic conspiracy that could avert disaster—or ignite war.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0984

Cover of Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside by Stephen Cole

Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside

Stephen Cole · 2005 · Doctor Who: New Series Adventures

The Doctor and Rose are split across a brutal prison-world system and must reunite while hidden aliens tighten their grip.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1014

Cover of Tarnished City by Vic James

Tarnished City

Vic James · 2018 · Dark Gifts

In a magical Britain built on slavery, a fugitive sister and imprisoned brother fight a ruthless regime from opposite sides.

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Themes labels: power · control · slavery · classism · inequality · justice · freedom · corruption · rebellion · politics · oppression · human nature · morality · choice · privilege · violence · misogyny · resistance

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1021

Cover of Saha by Cho Nam-Joo

Saha

Cho Nam-Joo · 2022

In a corporate-run city-state, outcasts in a neglected housing complex live under class control as a disappearance draws one sister searching for answers.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1022

Cover of Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Sword

Ann Leckie · 2014 · Imperial Radch

An ex-ship now in human form is sent to a troubled station, where tea, class, and covert power struggles hide a larger crisis.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1048

Cover of Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Red Rising

Pierce Brown · 2014 · Red Rising Saga

A low-caste miner on Mars is remade into the enemy and sent to infiltrate an elite academy.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1049

Cover of Five Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Five Ways to Forgiveness

Ursula K. Le Guin · 2017 · The Hainish Cycle

Five linked Hainish stories follow lives on two planets reshaped by slavery, revolution, and hard-won freedom.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1069

Cover of An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon · 2017

On a dying generation ship, an outcast healer decodes her mother’s clues and confronts an entire oppressive order.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1071