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

Tone labels used: dark satire, black humor, grotesque, bleak, horrific, tragic, biting, absurd, disturbing, sardonic, gruesome

Focused on “wicked” where exact label matches exist.

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

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Cover of The Boys, Volume 3: Good For The Soul by Garth Ennis

The Boys, Volume 3: Good For The Soul

Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson · 2008 · The Boys (Trade Paperbacks)

A covert anti-superhero team digs into the secret history of corporate-made heroes while new loyalties and rivalries ignite.

Why this is here

Tone labels: dark · cynical · satirical · black humor · grotesque · depraved · disturbing · tense · grim · darkly comedic

Semantic match: ranked by tone

Distance: 0.0779

Cover of The Boys, Volume 6: The Self-Preservation Society by Garth Ennis

The Boys, Volume 6: The Self-Preservation Society

Garth Ennis · 2010 · The Boys (Trade Paperbacks)

A superteam called The Boys is attacked by a rival squad, then forced to confront the hidden origins of its own members.

Why this is here

Tone labels: dark · violent · gory · brutal · satirical · black humor · grim · outrageous · hilarious (mixed) · tragic

Semantic match: ranked by tone

Distance: 0.0836

Cover of Рассказы о Родине by Dmitry Glukhovsky

Рассказы о Родине

Dmitry Glukhovsky, Дмитрий Глуховский · 2010

A satirical short-story collection uses surreal, SF-tinged fables to skewer modern Russia’s power, corruption, and myths.

Why this is here

Tone labels: satirical · ironic · darkly funny · bitter · cynical · grotesque · sarcastic · depressing · uneasy · absurd · black humor · critical

Semantic match: ranked by tone

Distance: 0.0875