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These books are ranked using the tone labels extracted for Empty World.
Tone labels used: bleak, haunting, eerie, grim, disturbing, melancholic, gloomy, atmospheric, tense, thought-provoking
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their tone embeddings are close.
A themed anthology of post-apocalyptic stories exploring many versions of life after collapse, from bleak to hopeful.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · depressing · dark · grim · haunting · hopeful (mixed) · melancholic · somber · uneasy · thought-provoking · thrilling · disturbing
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0419
A hereditary disease born from a cancer cure forces one young woman to confront stigma, control, and survival.
Why this is here
Tone labels: haunting · disturbing · dark · gloomy · harrowing · bleak · tense · somber · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0508
In a climate-damaged near-future Australia, a woman must choose between a virtual future and the physical ties that anchor her.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · haunting · thought-provoking · tense · disturbing · melancholic · tender · emotional · existential · unsettling
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0509
In post-nuclear Australia, survivors face a radioactive countdown while trying to live normally with no escape.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · haunting · somber · melancholic · eerie · quiet · understated · grim · depressing · civilized · restrained · moving · existential · horrific · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0564
In a flood-ravaged future where plastic is currency, a mother in a junkyard camp fights to reclaim her stolen child.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · haunting · somber · gritty · dark · hopeful · melancholy · tense · thought-provoking · emotionally heavy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0579
A small group of young survivors endures the aftermath of a deadly flu while one haunting night exposes how fragile their immunity may be.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · melancholic · atmospheric · haunting · sad · chilling · depressive · dark · quiet · apocalyptic
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0594
In a near-future city where everyone stays indoors, one man’s evening walk becomes a suspicious act.
Why this is here
Tone labels: eerie · chilling · atmospheric · gloomy · bleak · somber · poignant · thought-provoking · quietly disturbing · uncanny
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0606
A pacifist recruit is turned into a deep-cover assassin through hypnosis and body alteration, then sent across alien worlds.
Why this is here
Tone labels: grim · dark · depressing · cynical · sad · haunting · disturbing · thought-provoking · tense
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0609
After a cosmic event blinds most of humanity, one sighted survivor must navigate collapsing society and deadly walking plants.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · eerie · chilling · somber · atmospheric · ominous · melancholic · wry · measured · tense · creepy
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0618
A near-future story collection imagines tech-saturated lives where virtual reality, AI, and climate collapse reshape family and identity.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · haunting · chilling · melancholy · uneasy · dark · disturbing · wry · thought-provoking · heartbreaking · grim · uncanny
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0620
In a near-future world of AI rulers and immortal autocrats, scattered dissidents race to stop collapsing systems.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · grim · dark · tense · urgent · depressing · hopeful (mixed) · chilling · paranoid · thought-provoking
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0673
A laid-off expat in Thailand is pulled into a mystery when monuments from the future appear, warning of a coming conqueror.
Why this is here
Tone labels: bleak · moody · melancholic · introspective · tension-filled · ominous · thoughtful · grim
Semantic match: ranked by tone
Distance: 0.0674
