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Premise labels used: alien invasion, body sharing, secret identity, parasitic takeover, humanity vs inhumanity, social infiltration, psychic sensitivity

Setting labels used: high school, contemporary Earth, urban society, human society, political sphere, school setting, social infiltration setting, scientific/observational reality

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Parasyte, Volume 5

Hitoshi Iwaaki · 2008 · Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition)

A teen shares his body with an alien parasite and is drawn deeper into a violent, philosophical struggle to survive.

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Premise labels: alien parasite · body invasion · human conscience · identity conflict · survival struggle · parasite hunter · humanity question

Setting labels: high school setting · college setting · urban contemporary setting · human society · infiltration narrative · speculative fiction

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Distance: 0.1230

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Parasyte, Volume 3

Hitoshi Iwaaki · 2008 · Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition)

A teen partially infected by a parasite struggles to stay human as a hidden alien threat spreads through his school.

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Premise labels: alien parasite invasion · human-alien encounter · parasite host · partial takeover · symbiotic survival · coexistence · identity crisis · hidden monster among humans

Setting labels: school setting · Earth · urban setting · contemporary setting · invasion narrative · hidden-in-plain-sight reality

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Distance: 0.1399

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Whispers in Autumn

Trisha Leigh · 2012 · The Last Year

A teen girl who can't be mind-controlled by alien rulers must trust a stranger and uncover why she's different.

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Premise labels: alien takeover · mind control · immune protagonist · hidden difference · trust no one · seasonal identity · secret powers · search for others like me · freedom from control

Setting labels: Earth under alien rule · dystopian future · near future · fenced communities · controlled society · school setting · seasonal travel · post-invasion world · sanctioned cities · small-town setting

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Distance: 0.1684

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Eight O'Clock in the Morning

Ray Faraday Nelson · 1963

A man who fully wakes from hypnosis sees hidden manipulators controlling society and must decide how to respond.

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Premise labels: awakening · hidden truth · alien infiltration · mind control · subliminal control · conspiracy · secret society · resistance

Setting labels: contemporary society · urban public spaces · media-saturated world · Earth · present-day realism · alien-in-disguise reality

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Distance: 0.1718

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Strangeways

Addison Cain · 2020

A weary waitress meets a seductive alien whose quiet invasion may be a trap, a cure, or both.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · first contact · mate claim · forced assimilation · mind control · seduction · human women · dying men · post-invasion society

Setting labels: Earth · post-invasion Earth · dystopian future · congested city · restaurant setting · working-class environment · human-alien coexistence

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Distance: 0.1761

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The Visitor: The Graphic Novel

K.A. Applegate, Michael Grant · 2021 · Animorphs Graphix

Rachel infiltrates a controller’s home, uncovering dangerous truths while Earth’s teen resistance fights an alien invasion.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · parasitic aliens · secret defense · morphing powers · infiltration mission · teen resistance

Setting labels: Earth · secret invasion · suburban home · school setting · fictional alien conflict

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Distance: 0.1765

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To Marry Medusa

Theodore Sturgeon · 1999

An alien hive mind hijacks a desolate drunk and tries to turn humanity into one collective consciousness.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · hive mind · collective consciousness · mind transfer · human assimilation · individuality vs collectivity · misfit protagonist · unwitting host · Earth under threat · forced unity · gestalt consciousness

Setting labels: Earth · urban setting · planetary scale · intergalactic · multi-galaxy · mid-20th century · 1950s · science fictional reality

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Distance: 0.1852

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Onyx

Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2012 · Lux

A bonded teen alien romance spirals into secrets, jealousy, and government danger as hidden powers emerge.

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Premise labels: alien connection · secret identity · government threat · hidden powers · new boy · forbidden attraction · trust issues · alien conflict · mystery unraveling

Setting labels: high school · small town · alien-in-human-world · contemporary setting · government intrusion · hidden paranormal world

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Distance: 0.1864

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The Invasion

K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate · 1996 · Animorphs

Five kids gain the power to turn into animals and must fight a hidden alien invasion no one else can see.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · animal morphing · secret war · teen protectors · body takeover · parasite invasion · chosen kids

Setting labels: Earth · secret invasion · contemporary setting · 1990s · construction site · school life

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Distance: 0.1896

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The Burning Shadow

Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2019 · Origin

A memory-fractured teen uncovers her true identity while a deadly virus and alien blame game ignite chaos around her.

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Premise labels: identity mystery · memory loss · alien romance · virus outbreak · alien prejudice · government conspiracy

Setting labels: post-invasion world · Earth · high school setting · urban setting · alien-human coexistence

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Distance: 0.1897

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First Day on Earth

Cecil Castellucci · 2011

An angry, lonely teen who believes he was abducted by aliens meets someone who may help him escape Earth.

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Premise labels: alien abduction · outsider story · belonging · self-discovery · escape fantasy · support group · identity crisis · coming of age

Setting labels: high school · present day · desert · Earth · outer space · support group

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Distance: 0.1943

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The Host

Stephenie Meyer · 2008

A human and the alien soul occupying her body must coexist to survive and find the people they love.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · body possession · mind sharing · host body · identity conflict · resistance · love triangle · love square · survival

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · invasion aftermath · hidden human resistance · off-world civilization · future Earth

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Distance: 0.1986

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