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Similar in characterization + relationships

These books are ranked using the characterization + relationships labels extracted for The Electric Church. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Characterization labels used: anti-hero, hard-boiled protagonist, sympathetic criminal, hired killer, mercenary, loner, survivor, morally gray, principled killer, tough guy persona, old for his age, crew of misfits

Relationships labels used: team dynamics, friendship, coerced alliance, power struggle, church vs state, state oppression, predator-prey

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization + relationships embeddings are close.

Cover of Nemesis by James Swallow

Nemesis

James Swallow · 2010 · The Horus Heresy

An elite band of assassins is assembled to kill Horus while a second killer closes in on the Emperor.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1710

Cover of Planetary, Volume 3: Leaving the 20th Century by Warren Ellis

Planetary, Volume 3: Leaving the 20th Century

Warren Ellis · 2005 · Planetary

Elijah Snow’s buried past surfaces as Planetary confronts a secretive enemy and the hidden history of the 20th century.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1724

Cover of The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Water Knife

Paolo Bacigalupi · 2015

In a drought-ravaged near-future American Southwest, three people collide over a possible new water source.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1775

Cover of 進撃の巨人 28 [Shingeki no Kyojin 28] by Hajime Isayama

進撃の巨人 28 [Shingeki no Kyojin 28]

Hajime Isayama, 諫山創 · 2019 · 進撃の巨人 [Shingeki no Kyojin]

As alliances fracture, hidden plans surface and a brutal confrontation pushes the series toward its endgame.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1788

Cover of Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan

Thirteen

Richard K. Morgan · 2007

A genetically engineered bounty hunter is pulled into a violent, politically charged hunt for another rogue variant.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1817

Cover of Suicide Squad, Volume 1: Kicked in the Teeth by Adam Glass

Suicide Squad, Volume 1: Kicked in the Teeth

Adam Glass · 2012 · Suicide Squad (2011)

A government-run squad of imprisoned supervillains is sent on brutal missions with bombs in their necks.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1825

Cover of Kill Switch by Jonathan Maberry

Kill Switch

Jonathan Maberry · 2016 · Joe Ledger

A black-ops team races to stop an EMP-driven terror plot while mind control, monsters, and fallout unravel everything.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1834

Cover of The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted by Harry Harrison

The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted

Harry Harrison · 1987 · Stainless Steel Rat

A rogue thief gets drafted into a militarized war machine and must outwit an invasion to survive and strike back.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1834

Cover of Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison

Greatest Hits

Harlan Ellison · 2024

A themed best-of anthology of Harlan Ellison’s short fiction, mixing iconic SF, horror, and surreal, unsettling tales.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1848

Cover of Star Soldiers by Andre Norton

Star Soldiers

Andre Norton · 2002 · Central Control

Two connected-in-theme 1950s space adventure novels follow human soldiers and rangers navigating alien rule, survival, and decline.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1852

Cover of The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game by Garth Ennis

The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game

Garth Ennis · 2007 · The Boys (Trade Paperbacks)

A CIA-backed team takes on corrupt, all-powerful superheroes in a brutally satirical, adult antihero comic.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1877

Cover of Mountain Man by Keith C. Blackmore

Mountain Man

Keith C. Blackmore · 2011 · Mountain Man

An alcoholic loner survives the zombie apocalypse from a mountain fortress until another survivor changes everything.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1891