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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for One Yellow Eye.
Themes labels used: grief, loss, love, obsession, ethics, medical ethics, humanity, what it means to be alive, denial, letting go, euthanasia, mortality, identity, sacrifice, unchecked ambition, medical innovation, personal cost of science, value of one life versus many, pandemic aftermath, hope, desperation
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
A zombie-apocalypse companion collection of short stories, journals, and backstories filling gaps in the Rot & Ruin world.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · loss · resilience · hope · humanity · grief · trauma · sacrifice · meaning of life · coming of age · memory · moral choice · apocalypse ethics · identity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1124
A comatose girl who never ages draws scientists, family, and seekers into an interwoven mystery about time, memory, and youth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: time · memory · aging · mortality · grief · loss · pain · preservation · human condition · impermanence · identity · self-improvement · youth obsession · medical ethics · biotech ethics · dementia · forgetting · connection · family · death · trauma · humanity · history · meaning of life · ethics · resilience · endurance
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1155
A trans woman in an alien-made utopia spirals after her wife remakes herself, then sets out on a strange quest.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · identity · transformation · free will · autonomy · community · memory · mortality · love · loss · acceptance · pain · happiness · toxic positivity · utopia vs dystopia · ethics · consent · self-determination · change · humanity · post-scarcity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1164
In a polluted near-future, a matched couple joins an elite healthcare program that offers longevity at a disturbing cost.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival ethics · healthcare ethics · loneliness · isolation · human connection · self-preservation · corporate power · consumerism · ecological collapse · mourning · sacrifice · morality · identity · what it means to be alive · class inequality · privatization
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1191
An immortal pilot from a brutal star society becomes central to a galaxy-wide response to an impending supernova.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · humanity · mortality · immortality · memory · belonging · love · grief · loss · meaning of life · ethics · morality · agency · free will · power · control · oppression · capitalism critique · climate denial · war · sacrifice · community · cultural survival · history · preservation · perception · belief · othering · gender · language · home · diaspora
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1232
A son visits a secret cryonics compound with his wealthy father, forcing a reckoning with death, identity, and family.
Why this is here
Themes labels: mortality · identity · language · death · immortality · technology · bioethics · grief · family estrangement · meaning of life · memory · time · human limits · capitalism · faith · apocalypse · alienation
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1249
In a locked-down future lab, a grieving scientist’s son hunts his father’s killer with help from the lab’s AI.
Why this is here
Themes labels: mortality · immortality · revenge · grief · guilt · depression · mental illness · death · sanity · obsession · love · loss · morality · ethics of technology · personhood · consciousness · humanity · memory · truth vs speculation · revenge vs justice · fear of death · self-destruction · agency · queerness
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1252
An elderly man journals the quiet end of humanity while caring for his unresponsive brother in a world reclaimed by animals.
Why this is here
Themes labels: mortality · family · love · duty · care ethics · humanity · compassion · meaning of life · aging · loneliness · regret · resignation · hope · survival · end of civilization · value of life · quality of life · self-sacrifice · isolation
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1272
A surreal short story collection where bizarre premises reveal love, loss, faith, and human longing.
Why this is here
Themes labels: love · loss · longing · family · faith · aging · death · euthanasia · connection · compassion · loneliness · identity · humanity · social critique · technology · time · change · morality · isolation · self-sacrifice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1273
During a rabies-like outbreak in Massachusetts, a pregnant woman and her doctor friend race through quarantine to reach care.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · friendship · love · parenthood · sacrifice · humanity · fear · panic · loss · grief · moral choice · public health · science vs denial · social breakdown
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1279
An amnesiac survivor wakes in a ruined landscape and slowly uncovers the truth about his past and his world.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · identity · memory · survival · trauma · hope · acceptance · loneliness · mortality · humanity · parenthood · belonging · truth and perception · meaning-making · fear of death · cynicism and hope · sanity · love after loss
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1289
A grief-stricken telepath loses his psychic shield and is thrust into a violent, mind-bending cross-country odyssey.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · consciousness · mortality · afterlife · mind-body problem · identity · loneliness · love · hope · madness · meaning of life · chaos · order · suffering · redemption · existentialism · free will · human nature · reality perception · communication · memory
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1293
