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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives.
Characterization labels used: anonymous characters, archetypal figures, creator figures, God figures, selfhood, multiple selves, versions of self, mortality-focused
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
A mosaic of far-future stories traces humanity’s survival, transformation, and conflict across cosmic time.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: thin characters · one-dimensional characters · cerebral characters · long-lived beings · ageless entities · humanity-centered · alien entities · idea-driven
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1781
Two souls are bound across reincarnations, forcing them through war, myth, history, and far-future worlds.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: reincarnated characters · souls · shape-shifting identities · cryptic characters · flux · haunted characters · possession · transhuman figures · children · gods · demons · witches · oppressed characters · powerful figures
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1787
A reader-curated, career-spanning collection of Neil Gaiman short fiction, excerpts, and mythic retellings.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: mythic figures · ordinary people · unlikely protagonists · gods and monsters · humorous characterization · shadowy protagonists · moral ambiguity · clever protagonists · disturbing characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1801
A final trilogy installment blends history, quantum ideas, and parallel selves as one man races to uncover his truth.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: male protagonist · dual protagonist · historical figures · scholar figures · clerics · mystics · scientific mind · searching protagonist · multiple selves
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1817
When border-crossing splits immigrants into two selves, one woman must face her other life before someone steals it.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: selfish protagonists · morally grey characters · introverted characters · identity-fractured characters · mirror selves · instance pairs · youthful protagonists
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1935
A future-history of atomic war and the uneasy utopia that rises after civilization is shattered.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: thin characterization · two-dimensional characters · idea-driven characters · recurring sequential characters · philosopher figure · soldier · scientist · elite leaders · male-dominated perspective · mouthpiece character
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1945
A satirical multiverse trilogy where shifting realities, sex, politics, and quantum ideas collide in a wildly fractured world.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: multiple versions of characters · morphing identities · gender-swapped characters · role-swapped characters · eccentric characters · satirical caricature · countercultural characters · self-aware characters · provocative characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1957
A futuristic city’s class divide erupts when a privileged son and a worker prophet challenge a machine-run order.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: archetypal characters · symbolic characters · flat characters · cartoonish villains · charismatic leader · tyrannical ruler · mad inventor · rebellious son · messianic figure · robot woman · victimized inventor · oppressed workers
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1977
Twelve linked stories track humanity's galactic rise and decline as a new science of consciousness reshapes reality.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: flat characterization · character-driven light · relatable characters · repetitive character traits · archetypal figures · emperor · archaeologist · murderer · drunk · mad mathematician · android · psychologist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1982
A mixed-genre Bradbury story collection where robots, memory, Mars, and literary ghosts probe love, loss, and being human.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: lonely protagonists · elderly characters · children · families · robots · historical figures · writers · artists · outsiders · grieving parents · socially awkward loners · existential protagonists · sentient machine figures
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1983
A 1950s Asimov collection of earthbound sci-fi shorts, where future tech, humor, and social puzzles collide on Earth.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: stereotyped characters · expositional characters · noble protagonists · historians · scientists · professors · housewife · robot · authority figures
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1990
A psychologist tours a behaviorist utopia and must decide whether engineered happiness is worth the cost.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: flat characters · one-dimensional characters · mouthpieces · ideologue · skeptic · convert · academic characters · psychologist protagonist · philosopher character
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1999
