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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for My Volcano.
Characterization labels used: large cast, many protagonists, scholar, trans writer, nurse, farmer, child protagonist, aspiring writer, researcher, older woman, commercial actor, immortal woman, nomadic farmer, queer characters, trans characters, racially diverse cast, overlooked characters, paralyzed characters, identity-seeking characters
Focused on “queer characters” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
A group of friends accept a lake-house getaway, only to learn the world has ended and they may not be able to leave.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: Ensemble cast · Large cast · Character archetypes · Distinct voices · Underdeveloped characters · Compelling antagonist · Manipulative host · Alien host · Queer characters · Trans character · Millennial characters · Friend group
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2039
When a police shooting exposes monsters as real, one woman and a sprawling community confront secrecy, fear, and public upheaval.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: ensemble cast · large cast · flawed characters · sympathetic characters · diverse characters · marginalized characters · queer characters · BIPOC characters · trans characters · nonbinary characters · asexual characters · poly characters · young boy · conspiracy theorist · professor · bookstore owner · monster as person
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2130
A group of strangers across America share eerie fears and memory gaps that slowly draw them to a Nevada motel.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: ensemble cast · large cast · diverse professions · interconnected strangers · psychological afflictions · quirky characters · good-hearted characters · idealized protagonists · protective male characters · capable female characters · religious crisis · military character · child character · doctor protagonist · writer protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1885
In a near-future totalitarian state, multiple queer and feminist voices struggle to survive, resist, and imagine freedom.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: women protagonists · lesbian characters · queer characters · trans characters · marginalized characters · resisters · survivors · collective protagonist · maternal characters · revolutionary characters · attachable characters · deep character voices
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2364
Four women invent time travel, then a future murder and a buried past force their world to confront its rules.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: female scientists · female-led cast · psychologist · granddaughter · grandmother · pioneer · investigator · former traveler · authority figure · marginalized outsider · complex women · flawed characters · diverse cast · queer characters · lesbian characters · non-white characters · multiple selves
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2365
In a post-men world, women rebuild society through short, funny comic vignettes about life, love, and memory.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: ensemble cast · grandmother · granddaughter · young girl · scientist · mayor · poet · anxious character · queer characters · trans characters · adorable characters · quirky characters · diverse cast · everyday people · women of all ages · community leaders
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2372
In a layered city built over a dead one, a priestess-investor races to save her estranged sister and the city’s fragile reality.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: strong female cast · ensemble cast · queer characters · trans protagonist · trans woman · trans man · priestess · investment banker · delver · craftswoman · lawyer · academic · knight · artist · startup founder · estranged sibling · charismatic · prickly · reluctant hero · morally gray · determined · outsider
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2385
Seventeen Latinx YA stories span space, magic, and myth, blending queer love, folklore, and speculative worlds.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen protagonists · young women · queer characters · nonbinary characters · trans character · polyamorous characters · immortal beings · death personified · rebellious characters · survivor protagonists
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2392
Five New Yorkers must unite as living embodiments of their city to protect New York from an ancient, interdimensional enemy.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: avatars · diverse cast · ensemble cast · flawed characters · morally gray villain · racist characters · queer characters · Black protagonists · immigrant characters · older women · grandmother character · amnesiac character · artist character · caretaker character · community leader
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2397
A zombie plague collapses America, and a scattered cast of survivors must fight, flee, and endure as the dead rise.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: large cast · survivors · farmer · teenager · soldier · criminal · prisoner · drifter · autistic child · single mother · hermit · good guy · antihero · morally mixed · distinct voices · character backstories · character-driven
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2112
A teen from 2023 lands in 1985 and teams with a local girl to stop a tragedy tied to his family.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen protagonists · ensemble cast · relatable characters · multiracial cast · queer characters · older teen · high school seniors · outsider · hopeless protagonist · determined heroine · optimistic heroine · ADHD · alcoholic parent · bully
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2474
Humanity launches a millennia-spanning counterstrike against alien zealots who are stealing civilizations for the end of time.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: large cast · ensemble cast · smart protagonist · gritty survivors · posthuman characters · immortal characters · religious zealots · secretive operatives · resourceful leader · reluctant fighter · sarcastic character · grumpy character · badass character · grounded viewpoint characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2174
