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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances.
Tone labels used: whimsical, melancholy, tender, heartfelt, cozy, dystopian, bleak, warm, bittersweet, quietly emotional, unsettling, hopeful
Focused on “warm” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
Two girls roam a ruined, near-empty world by motorbike, scavenging to survive and finding small joys in the wasteland.
Why this is here
Tone labels: hopeful · melancholy · bittersweet · somber · gentle · quiet · cozy · haunting · reflective · calm · lighthearted · playful · atmospheric · bleak · warm
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0889
An immortal woman returns to the Catskills to undo her condition, but a hidden family secret and a land-buying company complicate her search.
Why this is here
Tone labels: warm · hopeful · bittersweet · atmospheric · contemplative · emotional · quietly eerie · humorous · gentle · sad
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1032
A postwar Cardassian political mystery pulls Garak, Pulaski, and hidden histories into a tense fight over truth and justice.
Why this is here
Tone labels: somber · melancholy · hopeful · warm · humorous · tense · thoughtful · moving · bittersweet
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1091
A 40-year-old woman wakes up in her 16-year-old body and gets a chance to revisit her life and her dying father.
Why this is here
Tone labels: warm · wry · poignant · heartfelt · bittersweet · nostalgic · emotional · whimsical · hopeful · gentle · sentimental · humorous
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1095
An amnesiac young woman navigates a war-torn future city, hidden identities, and a body that may not be hers.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · tender · bleak · funny · sweet · chaotic · grim · emotional · baffling · fragile · weird
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0807
In a near-future Scotland freezing into a new ice age, three outsiders build fragile bonds as the world turns colder.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · hopeful · lyrical · melancholic · quiet · eerie · claustrophobic · humane · quirky · bittersweet · beautiful · terrifying · warm
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.1115
A sheltered teen survives in an abandoned bookstore after a storm-ravaged world changes forever, until a stranger arrives.
Why this is here
Tone labels: cozy dystopian · tense · heartwarming · melancholy · atmospheric · hopeful · dark · uneven · tender · wistful
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0890
A wordless journey follows a young space traveler exploring an abandoned Earth and uncovering clues to its past.
Why this is here
Tone labels: quiet · gentle · melancholy · hopeful · whimsical · sweet · magical · calm · bittersweet · peaceful · wistful · haunting
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0945
Twelve strange, folkloric stories use monsters, ghosts, and rebirth to explore grief, love, memory, and loss.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · beautiful · whimsical · darkly funny · melancholy · poignant · weird · strange · haunting · hopeful · bittersweet · creepy · tragic · humorous
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0949
A 100-story, author-selected anthology tracing Bradbury’s career across sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and nostalgic human drama.
Why this is here
Tone labels: poetic · melancholy · haunting · dark · whimsical · ominous · nostalgic · disturbing · mysterious · lyrical · hopeful · wry · tender
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0955
A late-career Bradbury collection of 21 short, fantastical tales blending nostalgia, wonder, menace, and wit.
Why this is here
Tone labels: whimsical · melancholy · nostalgic · haunting · bittersweet · playful · eerie · tender · humorous · surreal
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0960
In polluted near-future Beijing, a dragon rescuer and a medical researcher connect over tiny dragons and a fatal lung disease.
Why this is here
Tone labels: melancholy · sweet · hopeful · tender · wistful · kind · bittersweet · quiet · atmospheric · gentle · somber · comforting
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0966
