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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances.
Themes labels used: grief, loss, love, humanity, connection, empathy, identity, belonging, autonomy, freedom vs control, technology ethics, AI anxiety, convenience costs, memory, sacrifice, human spirit, morality, surveillance, resistance, family
Focused on “friendship” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
A grieving young mechanic infiltrates a secret guild to reclaim her brother through ghost-powered machines.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · death · mourning · memory · identity · morality · ethics · technology · responsibility · family · friendship · loyalty · prejudice · class · freedom · servitude · rights · self-belief · letting go · life and death
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0916
An illustrated anthology of new sci-fi and fantasy voices, pairing contest-winning stories with bonus art, essays, and tips.
Why this is here
Themes labels: love and loss · grief · redemption · identity · humanity · sentience · technology · AI · survival · sacrifice · friendship · loyalty · family · tradition · modernity · community · aging · death and afterlife · environmental damage · colonization · justice · hope · creativity · human nature · truth and secrets · social change · power and greed
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0995
A rogue SecUnit faces kidnapping, alien threats, and an unexpected AI reunion while trying to keep its humans alive.
Why this is here
Themes labels: personhood · sentience · freedom · autonomy · choice · responsibility · care · trust · trauma · recovery · grief · identity · humanity · connection · friendship · family · emotional development · self-determination · corporate exploitation · colonization · social awkwardness
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1067
Luke and Leia pursue separate mysteries tied to a lost Jedi legacy, an AI-run superweapon, and a dangerous new romance.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · identity · artificial intelligence · memory · loss · trauma · grief · ethics · technology · political power · revenge · love and sacrifice · mortality · selfhood · body and consciousness
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0789
A rogue security unit races home to rescue a respected human ally while evading a powerful corporation.
Why this is here
Themes labels: personhood · autonomy · identity · free will · AI rights · corporate greed · ethics · belonging · responsibility · freedom · friendship · emotional complexity · trust · humanity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1097
A synthetic family’s fragile suburban normalcy collapses as love, destiny, and secrets pull Vision toward tragedy.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · family · love · loss · identity · normalcy · otherness · free will · destiny · trauma · grief · revenge · sacrifice · morality · existentialism · belonging · artificial intelligence
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0812
In a near-future world of AI uploads, a grieving mother and three others circle a death that may hide a deeper truth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · memory · personhood · consciousness · identity · humanity · autonomy · AI ethics · suicide · addiction · loneliness · mental health · mourning · technology and intimacy · digital age · motherhood · parenting · selfhood · attachment · mortality · data and privacy · class and access · civil rights
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0830
In a dystopian future, a rebel group races to stop an AI apocalypse as new allies, betrayals, and sacrifice reshape everything.
Why this is here
Themes labels: freedom · resistance · humanity · empathy · authority · oppression · sacrifice · hope · mental health · PTSD · depression · survival · morality · technology ethics · AI control · community · love over hate · truth · memory · censorship · human nature
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0860
A scavenger girl with a hidden power and a robot-like outsider flee a broken future while unraveling her past.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · memory · free will · humanity · artificial intelligence · slavery · rebellion · choice · morality · power and control · personhood · family · survival · grief · trauma · ethics of creation · freedom · trust
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0892
A grieving widow uses an AI version of her dead husband, then discovers unsettling secrets and a reality she can’t trust.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · loneliness · AI ethics · human connection · artificial intimacy · identity · truth and deception · trust · technology dependence · memory · mourning
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0916
In a climate-altered near future, a grieving teen and an unusual android are pulled into a high-stakes mystery.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · artificial intelligence · grief · loss · love · trust · identity · consciousness · ethics of technology · human rights · power · civilization · humanism · moral choice · hope · fear of the future · what makes us human · otherness · emotion · loneliness
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0922
A teen girl discovers she’s a manufactured android and flees those who built her, while fighting for her humanity.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · humanity · self-acceptance · free will · family loyalty · memory · authenticity · personhood · moral ambiguity · survival · technology and humanity · grief · betrayal · control · coming of age
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0941
