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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for Of Monsters and Mainframes.
Tone labels used: funny, quirky, weird, heartfelt, heartwarming, campy, chaotic, absurd, goofy, lighthearted, darkly comic, earnest, touching, high-camp, silly, horror-tinged
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
A broke karate teacher meets his universe-hopping doppelgänger—and falls for himself while the multiverse starts to crack.
Why this is here
Tone labels: funny · quirky · campy · chaotic · unhinged · sweet · heartwarming · emotional · absurd · sexy · whimsical · darkly funny · romantic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0823
Two immortal Necron rivals wage a millennia-long, hilarious feud over an artifact that could change their race’s fate.
Why this is here
Tone labels: funny · wry · camp · smug · bitterly comic · playful · tragicomic · melancholic · absurd · epic · quirky · heartfelt · darkly humorous
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0891
A Neanderthal stranded in modern London leads the Doctor, Rose, and Jack into a time-travel mystery at humanity’s dawn.
Why this is here
Tone labels: funny · witty · quirky · hilarious · lighthearted · darkly comic · camp · adventurous · thrilling · thoughtful · horror-tinged · heartwarming
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0924
A cowardly knight hides with the sorcerer meant to kill him, and their fate-bound alliance spirals into chaos.
Why this is here
Tone labels: irreverent · absurd · silly · chaotic · wacky · unhinged · camp · lighthearted · touching · heartwarming · off-the-wall · ridiculous · unserious · comic · darkly comic · baffling
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1006
A loyal retail worker is sent on a bizarre inventory shift and finds his job, identity, and reality multiplying around him.
Why this is here
Tone labels: funny · hilarious · weird · surreal · absurd · charming · heartwarming · creepy · horrifying · lighthearted · wacky · atmospheric · biting · humane · hopeful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1100
A fugitive wizard with little magic and a talking dog races to stop magic’s return in modern-day America.
Why this is here
Tone labels: humorous · comic · silly · light · campy · serious-and-funny · absurd · snarky · playful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1136
A misfit mutant strike team is assembled under Mister Sinister to do Krakoa’s dirtiest jobs and survive each other.
Why this is here
Tone labels: funny · chaotic · violent · darkly comic · campy · snarky · wild · creepy · bloody · quirky · irreverent · heartfelt
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1137
A queer teen superhero and his friends face a summer-long mystery, family secrets, and a dangerous anti-hero campaign.
Why this is here
Tone labels: funny · campy · wholesome · heartwarming · bittersweet · emotional · over-the-top · cheesy · hopeful · chaotic · earnest · silly · touching
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1150
Two bumbling friends use Tesla’s lost notes to stumble through the multiverse while trying to get home and save him.
Why this is here
Tone labels: funny · hilarious · lighthearted · campy · quirky · absurd · silly · zany · offbeat · whimsical
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1154
A reluctant space-station sleuth gets pulled into a murder mystery convention aboard a ship that embodies the Internet.
Why this is here
Tone labels: quirky · humorous · playful · campy · jaunty · snarky · silly · wacky · cozy · chaotic · meta · breezy · heartfelt
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1163
Four college roommates gain superpowers in a weird alternate Canada and must stop a mad scheme while becoming heroes.
Why this is here
Tone labels: fun · humorous · campy · quirky · wry · irreverent · snarky · madcap · lighthearted · self-aware · absurd · playful · tongue-in-cheek · energetic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1172
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A chaotic teen crew turns a repaired house into a giant robot to battle a kaiju, then meets a mysterious alien girl.
Why this is here
Tone labels: absurd · wild · chaotic · funny · hilarious · wholesome · heartwarming · bombastic · crazed · cute · creepy · light
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1174
