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These books are ranked using the relationships labels extracted for A Neon Darkness.
Relationships labels used: found family, friend group, peer conflict, power imbalance, manipulation, boundary violation, dependency, acceptance, family rupture
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their relationships embeddings are close.
In a future colony where a game decides status and survival, a teen outsider challenges the system from inside Epic.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · found family · parent-child conflict · revolt against authority · teamwork · romantic hint · rivalry · community dependence · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0826
Misfit children with psychic gifts form a shared consciousness and must decide what power, identity, and humanity mean.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · group bonding · dependency · psychic link · parent-child conflict · caretaking · community formation · collective identity · betrayal · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0838
Freed cloned kids race through the real world to expose a secret experiment while dodging capture and moral collapse.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · friend group · betrayal · loyalty · group teamwork · affection · trust issues · romance tension · family identity · power imbalance · friendship under pressure
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0861
A bloodied, memory-blurred teen in care confronts surveillance, trauma, and the possibility of an experiment watching her.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · peer bonds · ad hoc family · friendship · authority conflict · adult-child conflict · us-versus-them · fragile trust · peer solidarity
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0918
A teen super-team hiding from their villainous parents gets pulled into a new recruit, a mole mystery, and a crossover.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · parent-child conflict · romantic tension · love triangle · group loyalty · betrayal · friend group · co-dependent allies · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0922
Four kids time-travel to 1863 to photograph Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, but history, humor, and trouble get in the way.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · friend group · teamwork · adult-child power imbalance · manipulative adult · parent absence
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0930
Abandoned teens in a juvenile treatment center must survive a deadly plague and decide who to trust.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · friendship · sibling bond · twin bond · trust under pressure · group conflict · community building · caregiving · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0946
In a vast virtual-reality network, scattered allies race to uncover its secrets, survive it, and stop its deadly design.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · romantic relationships · friendship · teamwork · rivalry · power imbalance · betrayal · community · parent-child · caregiving
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0969
A boy playing a war game is asked by the aliens to save them, forcing him to rethink games, war, and reality.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: broken family · parents separating · friend group · extended family · peer support · power imbalance · mentor-like peer help · alien-human contact
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0974
A hard-boiled gang enforcer in occupied future Hanoi is pulled into a murder mystery tied to a memory-warping VR game.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · sibling conflict · mother conflict · gang loyalty · mentor relationship · boss employee · family duty · betrayal · power dependency
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0977
An amnesiac boy and other lost children must survive a deadly labyrinth of trials to reach the Bone Door and escape.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · friendship · group bond · protective dynamics · sibling bond · dual friendship · adoptive care · power imbalance · dependency · trust · community
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1006
Reed Richards tries to solve everything, triggering a sprawling Fantastic Four saga of family, time, and cosmic fallout.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · sibling bond · parent-child conflict · marriage tension · team dynamics · mentor-student · rivalry · grief and loss · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1006
