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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.

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Cover of The Nice House on the Lake: The Deluxe Edition by James Tynion IV

The Nice House on the Lake: The Deluxe Edition

James Tynion IV · 2023

A group of friends accept a lake-house getaway, only to learn the world has ended and they may not be able to leave.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2039

Cover of No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

No Gods, No Monsters

Cadwell Turnbull · 2021 · Convergence Saga

When a police shooting exposes monsters as real, one woman and a sprawling community confront secrecy, fear, and public upheaval.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2130

Cover of Strangers by Dean Koontz

Strangers

Dean Koontz · 1989

A group of strangers across America share eerie fears and memory gaps that slowly draw them to a Nevada motel.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1885

Cover of Viendra le temps du feu by Wendy Delorme

Viendra le temps du feu

Wendy Delorme · 2021

In a near-future totalitarian state, multiple queer and feminist voices struggle to survive, resist, and imagine freedom.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2364

Cover of The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

The Psychology of Time Travel

Kate Mascarenhas · 2019

Four women invent time travel, then a future murder and a buried past force their world to confront its rules.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2365

Cover of Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal

Woman World

Aminder Dhaliwal · 2018

In a post-men world, women rebuild society through short, funny comic vignettes about life, love, and memory.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2372

Cover of The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone

The Ruin of Angels

Max Gladstone · 2017 · Craft Sequence

In a layered city built over a dead one, a priestess-investor races to save her estranged sister and the city’s fragile reality.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2385

Cover of Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space by Zoraida Córdova

Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space

Zoraida Córdova · 2022

Seventeen Latinx YA stories span space, magic, and myth, blending queer love, folklore, and speculative worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2392

Cover of The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

N.K. Jemisin · 2020 · Great Cities

Five New Yorkers must unite as living embodiments of their city to protect New York from an ancient, interdimensional enemy.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2397

Cover of Hell on Earth by Tony Urban

Hell on Earth

Tony Urban · 2016 · Life of the Dead

A zombie plague collapses America, and a scattered cast of survivors must fight, flee, and endure as the dead rise.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2112

Cover of I'll Stop the World by Lauren Thoman

I'll Stop the World

Lauren Thoman · 2023

A teen from 2023 lands in 1985 and teams with a local girl to stop a tragedy tied to his family.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2474

Cover of The Saints of Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton

The Saints of Salvation

Peter F. Hamilton · 2020 · Salvation Sequence

Humanity launches a millennia-spanning counterstrike against alien zealots who are stealing civilizations for the end of time.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.2174