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Themes labels used: ambition, responsibility, morality, humanity, alienation, loneliness, rejection, nature vs nurture, prejudice, class, ethics, science and ethics, knowledge and consequences, love and belonging, identity, grief, obsession, isolation, social judgement

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Frankenstein: The Original 1818 Text

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 2025

An original 1818 Gothic classic where a scientist creates life, then faces the human cost of abandonment.

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Themes labels: ambition · isolation · moral responsibility · unchecked science · creation and destruction · loneliness · rejection · otherness · identity · humanity · monstrosity · nature vs nurture · parenthood · ethics · compassion · empathy · hubris · justice · grief · vengeance · social prejudice · class difference

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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 2018

A scientist creates life from dead matter, then faces the human and moral consequences of abandoning his creation.

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Themes labels: ambition · hubris · responsibility · otherness · loneliness · isolation · rejection · compassion · revenge · grief · guilt · identity · humanity · science and ethics · religion and science · nature and culture · free will · classism · prejudice · parenthood · creation · mortality · death · knowledge · freedom · belonging · abandonment

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: A Dark Graphic Novel

Sergio A. Sierra · 2012

A dark graphic adaptation of Frankenstein follows a scientist’s fatal experiment and the abandoned creature it unleashes.

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Themes labels: responsibility · ambition · scientific ethics · humanity · rejection · loneliness · compassion · identity · nature vs science · knowledge and consequence · grief · guilt · revenge · alienation · morality

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Allegiant

Veronica Roth · 2013 · Divergent

In a shattered dystopia, Tris and Tobias venture beyond the fence and uncover truths that upend everything.

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Themes labels: identity · loyalty · sacrifice · love · courage · truth · free will · choice · human nature · grief · war · betrayal · selflessness · nature vs nurture · power · social control · morality · belonging

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The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer · 2002 · Matteo Alacran

A cloned boy raised as property in a drug lord’s future borderland must confront what makes him human.

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Themes labels: humanity · identity · nature versus nurture · free will · individuality · self-determination · prejudice · slavery · power · corruption · dehumanization · human rights · belonging · acceptance · loyalty · morality · ethics of cloning · survival · compassion · empathy · immortality · addiction · sacrifice · predestination

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The Man in the Maze

Robert Silverberg · 1969

An exiled diplomat with a dangerous alien curse is hunted down to help humanity contact a new alien threat.

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Themes labels: alienation · isolation · othering · human condition · trust · betrayal · honor · free will · sacrifice · greater good · moral responsibility · human nature · belonging · loneliness · empathy · communication · psyche · self-knowledge · redemption · ambition · social rejection · male bonding · human connection

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Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 2: Tears of an Angel

Yukito Kishiro · 2004 · 銃夢 [Gunnm]

An amnesiac cyborg bounty hunter falls for a troubled street boy, forcing a brutal choice in a bleak future city.

Why this is here

Themes labels: identity · humanity · love · loss · survival · morality · class inequality · hope · dignity · obsession · self-worth · free will · compassion · sacrifice · trauma · dreams vs reality

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Distance: 0.1062

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Divergent Series Complete Box Set

Veronica Roth · 2013 · Divergent

A teen chooses a rival faction in a fractured future and uncovers secrets that threaten her world, loves, and life.

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Themes labels: identity · choice · bravery · loyalty · sacrifice · family · friendship · love · hope · grief · forgiveness · prejudice · corruption · power · government control · social order · individuality · human nature · morality · coming of age · genetics · science ethics

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Sirius

Olaf Stapledon · 2000

A scientist raises a dog with human intelligence, and his lonely life exposes the limits of belonging, love, and humanity.

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Themes labels: alienation · otherness · identity · belonging · consciousness · humanity · nature versus nurture · intelligence · love · loneliness · religion · spirit · society and prejudice · ethics of experimentation · war · fear of the unknown · community · soul · meaning of life · free will · self-worth · difference · empathy · bigotry · disability

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The Boy on the Bridge

M.R. Carey · 2017 · The Girl With All the Gifts

A scientist-led expedition in a zombie-plagued Britain searches for a cure while a brilliant boy discovers something the others miss.

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Themes labels: humanity · survival · sacrifice · personhood · love · hope · scientific ethics · social prejudice · ableism · bullying · cooperation · betrayal · moral ambiguity · leadership · identity · endurance

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Planetes Omnibus, Volume 1

Makoto Yukimura · 2015 · Planetes

A near-future manga about a crew cleaning dangerous space debris while ambition, grief, and purpose collide in orbit.

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Themes labels: humanity · existential questions · grief · loss · memory · ambition · exploration · freedom · love · belonging · sacrifice · environmentalism · responsibility · morality · loneliness · human connection · work dignity · self-destruction · dreams · purpose · ethics of expansion · class · prejudice · militarism · spiritualism · isolation

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Wakers

Orson Scott Card · 2022 · The Side Step Trilogy

A clone teen with the power to jump realities wakes alone on abandoned Earth and must solve why he was created.

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Themes labels: identity · choice · consequence · free will · morality · responsibility · selfhood · humanity · survival · loneliness · trust · reality · causality · multiple selves · purpose · sacrifice · love

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