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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Dungeon Slayer.
Themes labels used: power and responsibility, self-worth, social alienation, coming of age, survival, ambition, growth through hardship, bullying trauma, justice and unfairness, free will, human potential, sacrifice, morality of killing, leadership, identity
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Spider-Man’s origin and first 10 adventures, from radioactive bite to early rogues gallery and double-life struggles.
Why this is here
Themes labels: responsibility · power and responsibility · adolescence · identity · dual life · financial hardship · bullying · social alienation · guilt · coming of age · humanity · morality · fame · public image · everyday heroism
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0825
A wry power-grinding hero and his team face escalating monsters, enemies, and system-driven battles in a wider conflict.
Why this is here
Themes labels: power and responsibility · growth · teamwork · survival · sacrifice · stakes and consequences · identity · coming of age · home and belonging · moral conflict
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1006
After all adults vanish from a coastal town, trapped teens face hunger, rival factions, and strange powers as time runs out.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · good and evil · leadership · power · social breakdown · bullying · moral choice · fear · responsibility · coming of age · identity · authority absence
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1009
A young superhero’s life grows darker, bigger, and more morally complex as old ties, new threats, and shifting loyalties collide.
Why this is here
Themes labels: morality · pragmatism · idealism · identity · coming of age · responsibility · power and consequences · humanity · heroism · maturity · change · progression · free will · violence · trust · justice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1016
In a sealed dystopian city, a teenage fighter must hunt her genetically identical Alt before time runs out.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · identity · self-worth · violence · moral conflict · coming of age · worthiness · family loss · free will · state control · genetic determinism · duty · fear · trauma · sacrifice · humanity · justice · empathy
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1025
A leveling team pushes into a dangerous new frontier, where rifts, ruins, and power politics test their climb.
Why this is here
Themes labels: self-improvement · progression · power and responsibility · social hierarchy · abuse of power · justice · moral ambiguity · consequences · agency · trauma · guilt · grief · survival · benevolence from power · class disparity · oppression · ethical compromise · hard choices · exploration
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1094
A gifted boy in a feuding upland society blinds himself to keep his dangerous power from harming others.
Why this is here
Themes labels: power and responsibility · coming of age · inheritance · family expectations · free will · restraint · violence · fear · grief · loss · identity · ethics of power · talent and vocation · community · parental pressure · resistance to tradition · humanity · social roles · responsibility to others
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1096
Three linked Earthsea tales follow Ged across youth, maturity, and old age as magic, identity, and death entwine.
Why this is here
Themes labels: coming of age · self-knowledge · responsibility · balance · mortality · identity · freedom · power · pride · morality · love for strangers · injustice · gender roles · social responsibility · human agency · death and life
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1120
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A school class of would-be assassins faces a brutal baseball match, a new teacher, and a dangerous new weakness.
Why this is here
Themes labels: education · talent · self-worth · power and authority · bullying · abuse · camaraderie · growth · morality of killing · hypocrisy · justice · discipline
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1123
A reimagined Superman origin follows Clark from Krypton to Kansas, the Navy, Atlantis, and Metropolis.
Why this is here
Themes labels: responsibility · choice · humanity · identity · belonging · outsiderhood · self-control · morality · coming of age · heroism · power and restraint · adoption · duty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1130
A genius street child is recruited into Battle School, where his hidden role reshapes a familiar war story.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · intellect versus empathy · leadership · war ethics · childhood under pressure · identity · humanity · power and manipulation · coming of age · class inequality · loyalty · self-worth · recognition · moral ambiguity · strategy · agency · education as control · trauma
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1134
An office worker is thrust into a multiverse tutorial where monster hunting, stats, and ruthless survival decide who grows strongest.
Why this is here
Themes labels: survival · power · self-improvement · morality · violence · humanity · competition · adaptation · identity · agency · growth · civilization vs brutality · alienation · meritocracy · risk and reward
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1135
