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Characterization labels used: English instructor, book lover, reluctant technophobe, academic protagonist, everyman protagonist, obsessive reader, mild-mannered protagonist, curious outsider, supportive colleague, student ally

Relationships labels used: breakup, ex-girlfriend, academic friendship, mentor-student, romantic tension, professional colleagues

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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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Characterization labels: grad student · research assistant · dropout student · everyman protagonist · slacker hero · brilliant but hapless · flat protagonist · likable flawed protagonist · minimal character development · naive companion · AI character · religious figure

Relationships labels: girlfriend breakup · travel companion · mentor-student · romantic relationship · family tension · power imbalance · rescuer dynamic · friendship · dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1725

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The Rithmatist

Brandon Sanderson · 2014 · Rithmatist

A chalk-based magic-school mystery follows a boy who can’t do the magic but knows it better than anyone.

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Characterization labels: underdog · obsessive learner · nonmagical protagonist · quirky heroine · mentor figure · ambitious student · social outsider · flawed protagonist

Relationships labels: friendship · mentor-student · rivalry · found friendship · class divide · peer partnership

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1784

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The Fugitive

Pittacus Lore · 2014 · Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files

A teen fugitive races to save Sarah while hunted by enemies, aided by a mysterious ally whose identity could change everything.

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Characterization labels: former bully · jock protagonist · hacker ally · secretive ally · human protagonist · growth arc · unlikely hero · loyal protector · reluctant rescuer · tech-savvy

Relationships labels: ex-girlfriend dynamic · romantic tension · alliance · trust issues · mentorless partnership · shared cause · frayed friendship · teamwork

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1832

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Trans Galactic Insurance

Andrew Moriarty · Adventures of a Jump Space Accountant

A scholarship student in a space academy is framed for murder and must use accounting smarts to clear his name.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: naive protagonist · book smart · street smart · poor student · hardworking student · smart underdog · everyman protagonist · belter · young man · accountant · accounting student · claims adjuster · suspicious helper · crooked authority

Relationships labels: friend betrayal · fake friends · mentor mistrust · romantic tension · trust issues · dependency · class divide · student rivalry · workplace exploitation · power imbalance · community pressure · friendship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1835

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The Sleep Experiment

Jeremy Bates · 2019 · World's Scariest Legends

A psychology professor recreates a notorious sleep-deprivation experiment, and the lab slowly turns into a nightmare.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: psychology professor · mad scientist · narcissistic protagonist · student assistants · test subjects · young tourists · villain protagonist · oblivious victims · unlikeable characters

Relationships labels: student-teacher · mentor-mentee · professional hierarchy · romantic obsession · sexual obsession · power imbalance · research team · friendship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1838

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Rabbits

Terry Miles · 2021 · Rabbits

A pattern-obsessed gamer is pulled into a secret reality-bending game whose next round may unravel the world.

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Characterization labels: obsessive protagonist · pattern seeker · gamer · reclusive billionaire · friend helper · crush interest · gender-ambiguous protagonist

Relationships labels: friendship · love interest · partner in crime · mentor-like warning · obsessive attachment

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1921

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The End of Mr. Y

Scarlett Thomas · 2006

A PhD student finds a cursed rare book and is pulled into a mind-travel mystery about reality, time, and thought.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: female academic · PhD student · curious heroine · flawed protagonist · intellectual heroine · obsessive reader · messy protagonist · sexually active protagonist · poor student · strong-willed · mentally complex

Relationships labels: mentor relationship · academic hierarchy · unhealthy romance · sexual relationship · love interest · rival pursuit · obsessive attachment · community of readers

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1934

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For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Customs

Robert A. Heinlein · 2003

A 1939 man wakes in 2086 and is tutored through a radically different future society, politics, and mores.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · outsider protagonist · male protagonist · female guide · academic explainers · sexist attitudes · jealousy

Relationships labels: mentor student · romantic attraction · love interest · male female dynamics · free love · open relationships · nonmonogamy · marriage critique · peer instruction

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1947

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Finna

Nino Cipri · 2020 · LitenVerse

Two recently broken-up retail coworkers chase a missing grandmother through wormholes hidden in their store.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: minimum-wage workers · exes · coworkers · nonbinary character · Black character · anxious protagonist · prickly protagonist · sarcastic protagonist · messy relationship · retail employees

Relationships labels: ex-partners · coworkers · friendship after breakup · romantic breakup · workplace hierarchy · manager-employee

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2024

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Shock

Robin Cook · 2006

Two graduate students take a fertility-clinic egg donation job to uncover what became of their eggs—and uncover far more.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: Female protagonists · Graduate students · PhD students · College students · Intelligent but naive · Reckless · Impulsive · Curious · Naive · Stilted dialogue · One-dimensional characters · Stock characters · Interchangeable personalities

Relationships labels: Female friendship · Roommates · Romantic engagement · Broken engagement · Coworker cover · Friends to accomplices · Power imbalance · Professional deception

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2029

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Quantum Night

Robert J. Sawyer · 2016

A psychologist who can spot psychopaths uncovers a missing six months of his own life and a theory that could alter humanity.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: experimental psychologist · quantum physicist · professor · expert witness · utilitarian protagonist · flawed hero · psychopath · mentor figure · ex-girlfriend · scientist protagonists · academic characters · politically opinionated characters

Relationships labels: romantic reunion · ex-girlfriend · mentor-mentee · spouses · parent-child · friendship · collegial relationships · family conflict

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2031

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Кубик

Саша Козлов · 2024

Six linked sci-fi stories in shifting realities slowly reveal a hidden pattern, forcing readers to solve the puzzle.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: ordinary people · functional characters · flat characters · NPC-like characters · relationship-centered · baffled protagonists · observer protagonists · brittle humanity

Relationships labels: romantic tension · friendship · dependency · human connection · community · partnership

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2048

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