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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Dr. Rat.

Themes labels used: animal cruelty, ethics of science, vivisection, oppression, liberation, fascism, authoritarianism, genocide, war, brainwashing, collaboration, speciesism, human arrogance, environmental destruction, moral complicity, exploitation, dominion

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Cover of Besnilo by Borislav Pekić

Besnilo

Borislav Pekić · 2002 · Besnilo – Atlantida – 1999

A rabies outbreak at Heathrow traps travelers and staff in a lethal quarantine as fear turns people against each other.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1326

Cover of Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov

Heart of a Dog

Mikhail Bulgakov, Михаил Булгаков, Michail Bulgakov · 1990

A starving Moscow stray becomes the subject of a reckless experiment, with grotesque and satirical fallout.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1360

Cover of Wrath by Shäron Moalem

Wrath

Shäron Moalem, Daniel Kraus · 2022

A near-future biotech experiment creates a sapient rat whose escape triggers a violent reckoning for humans.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1140

Cover of Now We Are Animals by R.P. Nathan

Now We Are Animals

R.P. Nathan · 2021 · The Colonists

A teen girl’s journals reveal life as a human pet under alien colonizers and her growing resistance.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1166

Cover of Why Don't We Just Kill The Kid in the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim

Why Don't We Just Kill The Kid in the Omelas Hole

Isabel J. Kim · 2024

A modern, sardonic response to Omelas asks what happens if the city keeps replacing its suffering child.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1171

Cover of The Message by K.A. Applegate

The Message

K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate · 1996 · Animorphs

Cassie follows a shared ocean dream into a dangerous undersea rescue that could change the team forever.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1209

Cover of Catseye by Andre Norton

Catseye

Andre Norton · 1984 · Dipple

A displaced young laborer lands a pet-shop job and discovers he can telepathically join a conspiracy with unusual animals.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1213

Cover of Ajin: Demi-Human, Vol. 2 by Gamon Sakurai

Ajin: Demi-Human, Vol. 2

Gamon Sakurai · 2014 · 亜人 [Ajin]

A hunted immortal teen is captured for experiments and pulled deeper into the hidden world of demi-humans.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1234

Cover of Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica · 2020

In a virus-ravaged future, a meat-plant worker is forced to process humans as food—and to face what that normal has cost.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1244

Cover of Il richiamo del corno by Sarban

Il richiamo del corno

Sarban · 2015

A traumatized British POW wakes in a Nazi-dominated future and must survive a grotesque hunting estate.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.1245