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Asimov's Mysteries

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These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for Asimov's Mysteries. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: Clever, Playful, Cheeky, Light, Fun, Amusing, Witty, Dry, Taut, Logical, Engaging, Old-fashioned, Suspenseful

Premise labels used: SF mystery, Genre fusion, Scientific puzzle, Clever twist, Whodunit, Crime investigation, Scientific deduction, Plausible science, Logical resolution, Puzzle-solving, Recurrence of investigator, Recurring detective, Stand-alone stories, Challenge premise

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The Egg and Other Stories

Andy Weir · 2017

Nine ultra-short speculative tales use wit and surprise endings to flip ordinary situations into mind-bending reveals.

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Tone labels: clever · witty · funny · eerie · playful · thought-provoking · dark · surprising · mind-bending · lightweight

Premise labels: surprise endings · twist fiction · idea-driven stories · speculative scenarios · thought experiment · high-concept shorts · alternate reality · reincarnation · scientific what-if

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Distance: 0.1977

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The Final Equinox

Andrew Mayne · 2022 · Theo Cray and Jessica Blackwood

A skeptical scientist and an FBI agent probe a possible alien signal while murders and hoaxes close in around them.

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Tone labels: witty · bantering · playful · tense · offbeat · quirky · intellectual · suspenseful · outlandish · humorous

Premise labels: alien contact · deep-space signal · first contact · scientific investigation · murder investigation · hoax detection · conspiracy · secret project · skeptical debunker · high-stakes research

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Distance: 0.2000

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Full Speed to a Crash Landing

Beth Revis · 2024 · Chaotic Orbits

A clever scavenger with secrets gets rescued into a classified salvage mission, sparking a tense space heist and flirtation.

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Tone labels: fun · witty · flirty · light · fast-paced · playful · propulsive · suspenseful · quirky · adventurous · cute

Premise labels: space heist · salvage mission · cat and mouse · secret agenda · hidden identity · classified mission · rescue and manipulation · romantic tension

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Distance: 0.2025

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Star Trek: Lower Decks―Warp Your Own Way

Ryan North · 2024 · Star Trek: Lower Decks

A Lower Decks interactive graphic novel where every choice spins Mariner into new disasters, clues, and looping outcomes.

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Tone labels: funny · hilarious · chaotic · irreverent · clever · playful · silly · witty · dark

Premise labels: time loop · repeating day · branching choices · alternate realities · mystery puzzle · ship in danger · death loop · interactive investigation

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Distance: 0.2046

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Station Eternity

Mur Lafferty · 2022 · The Midsolar Murders

A murder-magnet amateur sleuth flees to a sentient alien space station, only for new human arrivals to trigger chaos.

Why this is here

Tone labels: witty · self-aware · light · humorous · quirky · absurd · madcap · playful · suspenseful · chaotic

Premise labels: murder magnet · amateur sleuth · sentient space station · first contact · alien enclave · isolated setting · extraterrestrial whodunit · human visitors · social pariah

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Distance: 0.2052

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Triana Moore, Space Janitor: The Complete Series

Julia Huni · 2019 · Space Janitor

A space-station janitor who hides a secret life gets pulled into murder, intrigue, and a slow-burn romance.

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Tone labels: fun · lighthearted · quirky · breezy · humorous · sweet · ridiculous · escapist · easygoing · playful · gentle

Premise labels: space station janitor · dead body discovery · maintenance sleuth · undercover identity · class divide · mystery solving · accidental detective · space station life

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Distance: 0.2136

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After Dark

Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz · 2000 · Ghost Hunters

A damaged para-archaeologist and a dangerous client unravel a murder and a secret-laden mystery on psychic future Harmony.

Why this is here

Tone labels: light · fun · quirky · playful · suspenseful · comfortable · flirty · charming · dangerous · cozy

Premise labels: para-archaeology · murder mystery · missing artifact · dangerous client · career comeback · forbidden attraction · alien ruins · psychic abilities

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Distance: 0.2139

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The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage

Derek Landy · 2013 · Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts

The Tenth Doctor and Martha enter a childhood story-world where book characters are real, and a mystery hides the truth.

Why this is here

Tone labels: fun · humorous · lighthearted · playful · breezy · witty · romp · quirky · silly

Premise labels: fictional worlds · book world · storybook mystery · reality and fiction · literary crossover

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Distance: 0.2141

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Murder by Other Means

John Scalzi · 2020 · The Dispatcher

A dispatcher in a world where murder rarely sticks gets pulled into a deadly conspiracy that makes him a suspect.

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Tone labels: noir · quirky · clever · gritty · fun · smart · lightly humorous · suspenseful · odd · playful

Premise labels: alternate reality · near future · murder loophole · death reversal · licensed killers · investigation under suspicion · creative murder · life-extension system · criminal adaptation · assisted death

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Distance: 0.2151

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Out of the Loop

Katie Siegel · 2026

After two years in a time loop, Amie wakes to a murder on the one day she knows best and must solve it fast.

Why this is here

Tone labels: lighthearted · cozy · witty · fun · quirky · cute · breezy · campy · humorous · silly · sweet · endearing · romantic

Premise labels: time loop · murder investigation · amateur sleuth · post-loop aftermath · solving a murder from repeated-day knowledge · second chance at life · rebuilding after repetition · quasi-cozy whodunit

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Distance: 0.2172

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The Accidental Time Machine

Joe Haldeman · 2007

A MIT researcher accidentally builds a one-way time machine and keeps jumping deeper into the future.

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Tone labels: fun · light · quirky · humorous · thought-provoking · adventurous · old-fashioned · playful · wry · uneven · soft

Premise labels: accidental invention · one-way time travel · future jumping · graduate student protagonist · escape through time · scientific experiment gone wrong · search for a way back

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Distance: 0.2181

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Tales of the Black Widowers

Isaac Asimov · 1980 · The Black Widowers

Six men and their waiter meet monthly for dinner, and each guest brings a mystery that the group tries to solve.

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Tone labels: light · humorous · playful · cerebral · cozy · witty · gentle · tongue-in-cheek · civilized · quirky

Premise labels: monthly dinner club · guest puzzle · logic puzzle · group deduction · club mystery · after-dinner whodunit · armchair detection

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Distance: 0.2184

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