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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

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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.

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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

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Distance: 0.2130

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Strangers

Dean Koontz · 1989

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

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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

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Distance: 0.1885

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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.

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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

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Distance: 0.2039

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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.

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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

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Distance: 0.2364

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Woman World

Aminder Dhaliwal · 2018

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

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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

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Distance: 0.2372

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Costumes for Time Travelers

A.R. Capetta · 2025

A nonbinary costumer in an out-of-time town teams with a time-savvy stranger to stop a force erasing travelers and Pocket.

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Characterization labels: nonbinary protagonist · time-savvy traveler · costumer · tailor · grandmother mentor · quirky side characters · sweethearts · naive lead · spacey lead · sheltered protagonist · queer cast · trans characters · polyamorous characters · diverse cast

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Distance: 0.2378

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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.

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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

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Distance: 0.2112

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A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

Victor LaValle, Charlie Jane Anders, A. Merc Rustad, Lizz Huerta, Maria Dahvana Headley, Malka Ann Older, Sam J. Miller, Tananarive Due, Ashok K. Banker, Omar El Akkad, Daniel José Older, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Justina Ireland, Violet Allen, Gabby Rivera, Tobias S. Buckell, Hugh Howey, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, N.K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Kai Cheng Thom, Daniel H. Wilson, Catherynne M. Valente, Seanan McGuire, Alice Sola Kim · 2019

A diverse anthology imagines near-future Americas shaped by resistance, oppression, and hard-won hope.

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Characterization labels: marginalized protagonists · resistant characters · queer protagonists · trans characters · women protagonists · people of color protagonists · indigenous protagonists · idealistic characters

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Distance: 0.2454

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