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Themes labels used: compassion, empathy, kindness, control, power, corruption, misinformation, fear, selfishness, human nature, morality, public trust, unintended consequences, choice, social critique

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All Better Now

Neal Shusterman · 2025 · Crown Royale

A near-future pandemic makes survivors blissfully content, sparking a battle over happiness, power, and control.

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Themes labels: happiness · empathy · agency · freedom · autonomy · morality · ethical dilemma · capitalism · consumerism · power · control · misinformation · public health · pandemic politics · depression · anger · ambition · social commentary · collective good · individual choice · good versus evil · meaning of life · truth

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Tenth of December

George Saunders · 2013

Ten darkly funny, inventive stories probe kindness, class, and moral crisis in a skewed version of contemporary America.

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Themes labels: kindness · compassion · moral choice · class inequality · consumerism · capitalism · violence · war trauma · death · suicide · loss · grief · humanity · redemption · social inequity · parenting · shame · dignity · immigration · exploitation · corporate power · free will · ethical responsibility · loneliness

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Compound 26

Krista Street · 2018 · The Makanza

A brilliant young scientist in a virus-ravaged compound falls for an infected survivor while questioning the system she serves.

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Themes labels: humanity · ethics · medical morality · compassion · survival · trust · freedom · segregation · state power · choice · identity · trauma · social responsibility · equality · crisis morality

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Distance: 0.1148

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Perfect

Cecelia Ahern · 2017 · Flawed

On the run after being branded an outcast, a teen must expose a brutal system before it destroys everyone she loves.

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Themes labels: judgment · prejudice · human rights · compassion · morality · justice · identity · freedom · trust · resistance · self-acceptance · power abuse · discrimination · conformity · personal responsibility

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The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer · 2002 · Matteo Alacran

A cloned boy raised as property in a drug lord’s future borderland must confront what makes him human.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · nature versus nurture · free will · individuality · self-determination · prejudice · slavery · power · corruption · dehumanization · human rights · belonging · acceptance · loyalty · morality · ethics of cloning · survival · compassion · empathy · immortality · addiction · sacrifice · predestination

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Juniper Unraveling

Keri Lake · 2017 · Juniper Unraveling

In a virus-ravaged world split by walls, a young survivor and a mute boy become bound by love and dangerous secrets.

Why this is here

Themes labels: survival · love · resilience · hope · humanity · compassion · evil humanity · moral corruption · power and control · identity · truth and secrecy · sacrifice · trauma · trust · acceptance · tolerance · rebuilding · good versus evil · science ethics

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Artificial Condition

Martha Wells · 2018 · The Murderbot Diaries

A rogue security construct seeks the truth behind its erased past, aided by a sharp-witted transport AI.

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Themes labels: personhood · sentience · free will · autonomy · identity · memory · trauma · control · governance · trust · agency · humanity · empathy · social alienation · corporate power · protector duty · fear · choice · self-discovery · moral responsibility

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Rejoice, A Knife to the Heart

Steven Erikson · 2018

An abducted science-fiction writer becomes humanity’s intermediary as alien intervention ends violence and remakes Earth.

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Themes labels: human nature · compassion · violence · freedom · capitalism · ecology · climate change · post-scarcity · social justice · politics · power · morality · faith · guilt · redemption · humanity · civilization · anthropocentrism · collective responsibility · environmental stewardship

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Distance: 0.1197

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Immunity

Erin Bowman · 2019 · Contagion

After escaping a deadly outbreak, three survivors are trapped in space and hunted for the power the contagion left behind.

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Themes labels: survival · trust · sacrifice · morality · power · control · trauma · grief · loss · hope · freedom · ethical science · political corruption · weaponization · choice · love · resilience

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Scythe

Neal Shusterman · 2016 · Arc of a Scythe

In an immortal future ruled by AI and licensed death, two teens train as scythe apprentices.

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Themes labels: mortality · morality · ethics · humanity · death · power · corruption · population control · free will · justice · empathy · utopia · social order · identity · responsibility

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48 Hours

William R. Forstchen · 2019

A solar storm countdown forces scientists, leaders, and civilians to decide who gets shelter when civilization may end.

Why this is here

Themes labels: human nature · moral choice · sacrifice · public good · corruption · survival ethics · leadership · duty · faith · selfishness · collective responsibility · triage · civilization collapse · resource scarcity · better angels

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The I.P.O.

Dan Koontz · 2013

A gifted orphan is adopted into a corporation that trades children’s futures, forcing him to navigate power, trust, and greed.

Why this is here

Themes labels: greed · ethics · morality · freedom · control · power · dehumanization · child welfare · individual potential · means and ends · social responsibility · revenge · forgiveness

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Distance: 0.1224

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