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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Stars Turned Inside Out.
Themes labels used: truth and secrecy, knowledge and power, science and philosophy, science and spirituality, science and religion, ambition, academic politics, funding pressure, trust, grief, mourning, identity, loyalty, moral ambiguity, climate crisis, career versus meaning, humanity of scientists
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A teen wakes to a ruined future world, then follows a mystery diary and a fugitive companion to uncover what happened.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · memory · survival · secrets · truth seeking · technology and ethics · science and consequences · humanity · fear and vulnerability · love under pressure · power · morality
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1451
A physicist vanishes after baffling seizures, pulling his wife and a detective into a race through science, money, and suspicion.
Why this is here
Themes labels: science and ethics · family loyalty · grief · search and rescue · truth and deception · ambition · corporate exploitation · state power · dangerous knowledge · trust · bias and prejudice · gender politics
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1452
A signal from deep space gives humanity shocking knowledge, forcing scientists and leaders to confront secrecy, faith, and power.
Why this is here
Themes labels: first contact · public disclosure · secrecy · information ethics · religion and science · politics and power · human nature · societal impact · knowledge and responsibility · technological advancement · immortality · free energy · weaponization · faith crisis · morality · global instability
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1461
A vet’s promise to a dying fossil hunter pulls him into a desert chase over a priceless T-Rex find and hidden secrets.
Why this is here
Themes labels: ambition · greed · scientific ethics · secrecy · conspiracy · credit and ego · ownership · truth seeking · human violence · past haunts present · commercializing science · paleontology · academia · trust · moral obligation
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1474
A marine biologist and navy team chase a buried secret that could change how humans understand life, evolution, and other species.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity and hope · scientific discovery · evolution · animal intelligence · communication barriers · secrecy · power and greed · ethics of knowledge · human arrogance · species sentience · international conflict · cooperation · responsibility · truth hidden from the public · what if science · progress and misuse
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1480
A lab biologist is trapped in a biotech siege that may be the hidden start of a zombie apocalypse.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · transformation · secrets · scientific ethics · corporate corruption · end of the world · trust · moral ambiguity · identity · love under pressure · creation and destruction · deception
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1538
Three teens uncover a hidden alien ship in New Mexico and are pulled into a government conspiracy with dangerous consequences.
Why this is here
Themes labels: government secrecy · conspiracy · truth seeking · technology and ethics · power and responsibility · coming of age · identity · corruption · good vs evil · transhumanism · human enhancement · knowledge as danger · trust and suspicion · moral ambiguity · science and wonder
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1567
Thirteen science-fiction mysteries blend clues, science, and twist endings, with Asimov’s own commentary throughout.
Why this is here
Themes labels: Science and mystery · Logic and deduction · Scientific method · Plausibility · Intellectual challenge · Academic rivalry · Ego · Recognition · Legacy · Humanism · Moral justice · Competence · Truth and evidence · Technology and society · Scientific discovery · Communication · Gender bias
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1572
A disillusioned scientist’s secret contact with aliens pulls Earth into a slow-burning, idea-heavy crisis.
Why this is here
Themes labels: science and society · human nature · moral pessimism · civilizational collapse · political repression · knowledge and power · faith in science · contact with the unknown · survival · collective action · despair · ecological concern · humanity's worth · civilization · authoritarianism · progress
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1580
A NASA discovery in the Arctic ignites a presidential-election conspiracy, forcing one analyst to uncover the truth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: truth vs deception · science and politics · public trust · government secrecy · corruption · privatization · national security · funding and power · ambition · morality · credibility · media manipulation · institutional cover-up · human frailty · technology and ethics
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1585
A CDC epidemiologist and an amnesiac man race to stop a fast-moving outbreak tied to a hidden global conspiracy.
Why this is here
Themes labels: public health · human survival · global catastrophe · bioethics · conspiracy · power and control · science vs fiction · memory and identity · family secrets · trust · sacrifice · human nature · truth seeking · containment · end of world
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1606
Seven strangers wake to an emptied, overgrown Cambridge and must survive while uncovering why they remained.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · mystery · identity loss · human adaptability · community · cooperation · faith · science and reason · climate change · environmental collapse · ethics · individual vs group · faith under pressure · meaning of humanity · end of civilization
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1608
