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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light.

Themes labels used: humanity, identity, belonging, connection, loneliness, grief, loss, memory, motherhood, parenthood, classism, misogyny, discrimination, bioethics, eugenics, transhumanism, empathy, legacy, imperfection, hope, melancholy, technological progress, limits of science, moral choice, utopia, alienness, translation of emotions

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Cover of Slow Gods by Claire North

Slow Gods

Claire North · 2025

An immortal pilot from a brutal star society becomes central to a galaxy-wide response to an impending supernova.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0877

Cover of Luminous by Silvia Park

Luminous

Silvia Park · 2025

In near-future reunified Korea, estranged siblings and a found robot child collide amid a murder case and family secrets.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0881

Cover of Every Version of You by Grace Chan

Every Version of You

Grace Chan · 2022

In a climate-damaged near-future Australia, a woman must choose between a virtual future and the physical ties that anchor her.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0900

Cover of Glitches by Marissa Meyer

Glitches

Marissa Meyer · 2011 · The Lunar Chronicles

A cyborg girl’s first days with her new family expose her isolation, memories, and the start of her destiny.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0936

Cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 by Joe  Hill

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015

Joe Hill, Theodora Goss, Neil Gaiman, Susan Palwick, Adam-Troy Castro, Sam J. Miller, Daniel H. Wilson, Nathan Ballingrud, Kelly Link, Jess Row, Kelly Sandoval, T. Coraghessan Boyle, A. Merc Rustad, Sofia Samatar, Carmen Maria Machado, Cat Rambo, Karen Russell, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Seanan McGuire, Jo Walton · 2015 · The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy

A curated anthology of 20 standout-and-divisive 2015 science fiction and fantasy stories, chosen blind by Joe Hill.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0946

Cover of The World Wasn't Ready for You by Justin C. Key

The World Wasn't Ready for You

Justin C. Key · 2023

A debut short-story collection fusing horror, sci-fi, and fantasy to confront race, class, prejudice, and identity.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0953

Cover of My Dear You by Rachel Khong

My Dear You

Rachel Khong · 2026

A themed short story collection where surreal premises probe love, identity, race, and what it means to be human.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0968

Cover of You Will Never Be Forgotten: Stories by Mary South

You Will Never Be Forgotten: Stories

Mary South · 2020

Ten dark, formally inventive stories use tech, grief, and bizarre premises to expose how fragile people really are.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0968

Cover of The Seep by Chana Porter

The Seep

Chana Porter · 2020

A trans woman in an alien-made utopia spirals after her wife remakes herself, then sets out on a strange quest.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0975

Cover of Belly Up: Stories by Rita Bullwinkel

Belly Up: Stories

Rita Bullwinkel · 2018

A surreal story collection where bodies, grief, love, and hunger twist ordinary life into strange, unsettling forms.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0977

Cover of Mem by Bethany C. Morrow

Mem

Bethany C. Morrow · 2018

In alternate 1920s Montreal, an extracted memory who can think for herself is summoned back to the lab.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0981

Cover of The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq

The Possibility of an Island

Michel Houellebecq · 2005

A cynical comedian’s life and future clones expose a bleak experiment in sex, aging, faith, and immortality.

Semantic match: ranked by themes

Distance: 0.0989