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These books are ranked using the motifs labels extracted for When You Reach Me.
Motifs labels used: mysterious notes, letters, books within books, A Wrinkle in Time, game show, chapter titles, first line, secret clues, keys, streets, dedication page, flashbacks, future hints
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their motifs embeddings are close.
A bored book lover discovers a girl who can travel into stories, and both get pulled into a dangerous fictional world.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: books within books · library · spell book · fictional characters · plot holes · acknowledgements · references to other books · portals · real world / story world
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1563
The Tenth Doctor and Martha enter a childhood story-world where book characters are real, and a mystery hides the truth.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: books · literary references · story within story · fictional characters · running · mystery clues
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1633
A survivor hunts a time-traveling serial killer who stalks women across decades from a mysterious Chicago house.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: mementos · tokens · house · keys · shine · objects across time · chapter dates · clues · haunted house · anachronisms
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1659
A grieving girl discovers a secret library that lets her enter family secrets and reshape how she sees her life.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: map · library · books · secrets · portal · fog · family tree · pirates · treasure · keys · letter · hidden rooms · passing · time travel
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1672
A skeptical reporter hunts for his missing daughter, only to find LA hiding a magical world tied to her favorite books.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: books within books · emails · journal entries · interviews · text messages · book excerpts · notes · clues · portals · hidden world · fan site · cell phone ping
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1680
Twelve trained teens from ancient lineages race across Earth to find keys in a deadly apocalyptic game.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: keys · lines · numbers · codes · symbols · maps · gold · meteorites · aliens · puzzle clues · footnotes · links · repetition
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1749
A cursed, puzzle-packed villain diary offers hidden Gravity Falls lore, dark humor, and dangerous secrets.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: ciphers · codes · riddles · journal pages · hidden clues · symbols · curses · mirrors · rainbow gel pen · triangle
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1750
In a future where fiction is illegal, a banned author secretly writes and reads bedtime stories while a hidden truth closes in.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: secret notebook · diary entries · unfinished sentences · milk · bedtime stories · phone line · tea · bonfires · books · stories · chapter clues · repeated phrase
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1752
Three siblings uncover clues tying their family to kidnapped children and a hidden reality, forcing them to hunt for answers.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: codes · clues · riddles · hidden rooms · texts · news broadcast · birthdays · names · secret messages · puzzles
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1779
Four gifted children are recruited for a secret mission at a ruleless school where puzzles, codes, and danger await.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: puzzles · riddles · codes · Morse code · secret messages · tests · hidden meanings · whispering · chapter illustrations · bucket · books · minds
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1782
A curious boy seeks forbidden knowledge from a feared elder and is drawn into a hidden supernatural world.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: books · secret texts · hidden knowledge · shadows · dreamlike states · time lapse · warnings · mystery · supernatural signs
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1793
Four gifted children follow a trail of clues across the world after a planned game turns into a rescue mission.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: puzzles · riddles · clues · scavenger hunt · treasure hunt · travel · wordplay · chapter illustrations · letters · rhymes · patterns
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1835
