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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for My Name Isn't Paul: A Cosmic Horror Novella.
Tone labels used: weird, grotesque, darkly funny, unsettling, trippy, fever-dream, horrific, heartfelt, absurd, campy, ominous
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
A language-spread plague turns speech into contagion and pushes survivors into violent, reality-bending horror.
Why this is here
Tone labels: trippy · unnerving · terrifying · frightening · absurdist · surreal · lyrical · poetic · dark · grim · disturbing · grotesque · humorous · nihilistic · weird
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0793
A tarot reader must re-enter an elite secret society during a chaotic solstice festival in a climate-ravaged Philadelphia.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · weird · menacing · chilling · disorienting · dreamlike · fever dream · dark · macabre · unsettling · dread-soaked · decadent · bizarre
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0822
Residents of a bizarre tower block face radiation, madness, and impossible phenomena as reality begins to slip.
Why this is here
Tone labels: weird · creepy · disturbing · fun · funny · absurd · kooky · trippy · surreal · unsettling · campy · madcap · dread-soaked · gnarly
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0824
Three interconnected Ambergris books trace a fungal city’s hidden history through shifting forms, voices, and genres.
Why this is here
Tone labels: weird · horrific · dreamlike · dark · unsettling · claustrophobic · funny · bleak · beautiful · eerie · disturbing · surreal · intoxicating
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0855
Two roaming journalists chase a grisly philosophy-world scandal and a medical mystery into a global web of sex, tech, and conspiracy.
Why this is here
Tone labels: dark · grotesque · clinical · cold · detached · bizarre · surreal · provocative · erotic · blackly funny · dreamlike · queasy · trippy · intense · unsettling
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0857
A teen with only weeks to live sets out with two unlikely friends to find his missing father in a bizarre knife-raining world.
Why this is here
Tone labels: surreal · dark · bleak · weird · absurd · dreamlike · unsettling · philosophical · earnest · whimsical · moody · oppressive · trippy · despondent · delightfully odd
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0863
A music blogger becomes obsessed with a mysterious new band whose songs seem to alter reality and trap him on tour.
Why this is here
Tone labels: weird · creepy · bizarre · campy · darkly funny · quirky · wild · grotesque
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0881
An alien bored with her life steals a madness coat and wakes in a hated Earth teen's body, where school and identity turn surreal.
Why this is here
Tone labels: weird · surreal · psychedelic · trippy · maddening · quirky · feverish · playful · poetic · darkly comic · bizarre
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0891
A suburban man investigates missing cats and uncovers a bizarre conspiracy that turns his pets into unlikely heroes.
Why this is here
Tone labels: unhinged · fever dream · absurdist · darkly humorous · quirky · whacky · irreverent · sweet · tense · grim · heartwarming · playful · comical · weird
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0905
An elderly river captain takes one last dangerous trip through a dragon-haunted river with an odd crew and hidden purposes.
Why this is here
Tone labels: weird · quirky · dark · whimsical · grimy · dreamlike · feverish · atmospheric · unsettling · fun · haunting · visceral · whimsical-dark
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0923
As global drought turns water into a scarce currency, a detached doctor is swept into society’s collapse and survival scramble.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · hysterical · grotesque · weird · mesmerizing · disturbing · melancholy · surreal · dreamlike · doomed · cautionary · nihilistic · oppressive · eerie · unsettling
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0928
A vacationing couple is trapped in a coastal nightmare when walking fish, stench, and infection spread inland.
Why this is here
Tone labels: creepy · disturbing · gross · nauseating · bizarre · tense · unsettling · darkly funny · absurd · campy · nightmarish
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0933
