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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Songs of the Dead.
Themes labels used: forgiveness, grief, trauma, memory, music and identity, censorship, authoritarianism, healing, loyalty, control, creativity, history and loss, revolution, community, life and death, belonging
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
After Alderaan’s destruction, Leia races across the galaxy to rescue surviving refugees and preserve her people’s legacy.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · hope · identity · duty · leadership · cultural survival · legacy · community · resilience · trauma · responsibility · self-determination · politics · sacrifice · memory · belonging
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0924
In a post-nuclear world, a compound leader hunts the truth behind undead attacks while grief, magic, and betrayal close in.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · hope · trust · loyalty · betrayal · survival · trauma · healing · leadership · identity · community · family · sacrifice · revenge · morality · resilience · loss · finding yourself · culture · empathy · acceptance
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1013
Deadpool wages a violent, joke-filled war on S.H.I.E.L.D. while old wounds, betrayals, and a body-sharing problem resurface.
Why this is here
Themes labels: trauma · grief · loneliness · humanity · identity · morality · revenge · acceptance · belonging · mental health · PTSD · suicidal thoughts · corruption · loyalty · redemption · loss · self-worth · cynicism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1050
An own-voices YA anthology reimagines East and South Asian myths, folktales, and legends across fifteen short stories.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · memory · identity · heritage · filial duty · forgiveness · loneliness · love · heartbreak · revenge · sacrifice · tradition · cultural continuity · belonging · morality · freedom · representation · women-centered retellings · humanity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1051
A grieving witherer is fatebound to the brother's killer and must join his crew to survive, unravel truth, and stop a curse.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · revenge · forgiveness · healing · hope · privilege · power · justice · morality · propaganda · resistance · oppression · capitalism · climate crisis · human connection · identity · self-worth · sacrifice · value of life · redemption · classism · incarceration · indoctrination · narrative control
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1057
In a dark fantasy graphic-novel volume, a war-ravaged cast is pulled into court schemes, memory, and mind-battles.
Why this is here
Themes labels: trauma · memory · identity · self-acceptance · forgiveness · survival · sacrifice · loyalty · betrayal · inheritance · loss · hope · agency · family damage · power and control
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1060
Red Hood, Artemis, and Bizarro head into a war zone to stop a powerful ancient weapon while old wounds resurface.
Why this is here
Themes labels: trauma · grief · redemption · identity · memory · survival · power corruption · gender politics · trust · forgiveness · moving on · responsibility · leadership · war · genocide · humanitarian conflict · resurrection · selfhood · past sins · belonging
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1060
A traumatized reporter chasing a serial killer joins a cult offering memory erasure, then begins losing himself.
Why this is here
Themes labels: trauma · memory · identity · grief · loss · forgetting · healing · regret · selfhood · survival · responsibility · psychological erosion · mortality · belonging · love and loss
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1064
Two dead teens in a strange afterlife room watch the living, nudge events, and uncover how their losses are connected.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · death · mourning · healing · forgiveness · kindness · justice · mercy · morality · mortality · afterlife · acceptance · closure · empathy · family · friendship · faith · purpose · legacy · time · space-time · memory · community · social class · race · migration · depression · suicide · poverty · punishment · retribution · agency
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1064
A newly arrived, amnesiac Supergirl fights to learn Earth, Krypton’s fate, and who she can trust.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · identity · loss · alienation · belonging · coming of age · self-discovery · trust · power and responsibility · home · cultural displacement · isolation · trauma · legacy · good and evil
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1078
Two timelines trace Bucky Barnes’s rise from teen recruit to brainwashed Winter Soldier as a hidden mystery binds them.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · memory · trauma · brainwashing · dehumanization · free will · obedience · resistance · war · patriotism · sacrifice · loss · captivity · resilience · selfhood · grief
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1081
A grieving exiled protector hunts an assassin and uncovers a divine conspiracy that could reshape his world.
Why this is here
Themes labels: revenge · redemption · grief · loss · power · corruption · forgiveness · violence · legacy · memory · trauma · aging · identity · responsibility · justice · sacrifice · freedom · parenthood · politics · colonialism · classism · racism · civil unrest · moral ambiguity · cyclical violence · honor
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1092
