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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Gossamer.
Themes labels used: dreams, nightmares, memory, healing, trauma, child abuse, family dysfunction, hope, love, kindness, imagination, loss, change, trust, resilience, remembering, stories, good and evil
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
A grieving father crosses a shifting parallel western dreamscape to find a healing flower for his dying son.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · parental love · escape · death · trauma · acceptance · hope · memory · imagination · stories · reality and dream · mortality · fate · meaning-making · oppression · violence · healing · ambiguity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0893
Two teens enter patients’ nightmares to cure fear, but a new case and hidden secrets threaten their fragile team.
Why this is here
Themes labels: trauma · fear · memory loss · identity · healing · nightmares · sleep · abandonment · disability · friendship · secrets
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1044
A brief Maze Runner flashback reveals Thomas’s earliest memory of the Flare and its devastating effect on his family.
Why this is here
Themes labels: trauma · fear · loss · memory · family breakdown · disease · survival · motivation · grief · childhood suffering
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1187
A grief-worn medic is pulled into a secret surface mission with an elite squad, where survival and romance collide.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · trauma · survival · hope · healing · trust · loss · self-worth · resilience · community · sacrifice · secrets · power and control · betrayal · mental health
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1191
In a near-future world, people lose their shadows—and then their memories—forcing lovers and survivors to chase answers.
Why this is here
Themes labels: memory · identity · love · survival · hope · loss · humanity · grief · reality · change · fear · connection · selfhood · forgetting · caregiving
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1206
Three companion novellas expand a dystopian YA world through new POVs, heartbreak, and post-series closure.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · hope · closure · trauma · abuse · kindness · loyalty · family · identity · freedom · choice · resilience · loss · healing · power and control · dehumanization · post-traumatic stress · moral change
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1229
A brief prequel follows Viola’s journey to a new planet, revealing the emotional backstory behind her arrival.
Why this is here
Themes labels: hope · fear · change · loss · grief · survival · coming of age · family · identity · uncertainty · resilience · transitions · trauma · destiny · danger · sacrifice · empathy
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1234
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: 0.1264
Superman confronts Brainiac, a cold alien collector of worlds, in a fast, emotional battle that reshapes his life.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · hope · identity · legacy · grief · loss · parenthood · heroism · fear · responsibility · memory · culture · knowledge · home · protective love · sacrifice · nostalgia · continuity · retcon · emotional resilience
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1266
After a devastating attack, Rick and Carl struggle to survive, regroup, and follow a new path through the apocalypse.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · trauma · survival · sanity · loss · childhood · responsibility · guilt · resilience · recovery · trust · leadership · independence · parenting in crisis · mourning · hope
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1267
Six years after a pandemic, four survivors in a rebuilding San Francisco face buried pasts, family bonds, and a new outbreak scare.
Why this is here
Themes labels: family · hope · survival · resilience · identity · trauma · grief · morality · forgiveness · trust · normalcy · recovery · connection · parenthood · stability
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1278
A fractured family reunites when a long-missing brother returns with an alien story—and old wounds resurface fast.
Why this is here
Themes labels: family trauma · grief · loss · forgiveness · healing · identity · belonging · understanding · communication · truth vs belief · perception · trauma aftermath · love and acceptance · memory · mental illness · dementia · responsibility
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1298
