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Characterization labels used: underdeveloped characters, thin characterization, mathematical prodigy, inventor, antique dealer, subway worker, mechanic, frontier adventurer, royal heir, elder narrator, gifted person, resourceful woman, polymath, secondary historical figures, character-driven (contested)

Relationships labels used: love story, star-crossed lovers, chaste romance, unconvincing chemistry, romantic tension, mentor-rivalry, power struggle, family legacy, lost love, dependency

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Cover of La Nuit des temps by René Barjavel

La Nuit des temps

René Barjavel · 1988

An Antarctic scientific expedition uncovers a frozen lost civilization—and a love story that threatens the world.

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Characterization labels: scientists · physician · narrator · idealized woman · frozen lovers · international team · cynical politician · utopian citizens · male gaze · obsessive lover · secondary characters underused · caricatured characters

Relationships labels: star-crossed lovers · romance · fated lovers · power imbalance · scientist-subject bond · international cooperation · rival powers · dependency · betrayal

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2043

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Love Galaxy

Sierra Branham · 2026 · The Imperial Broadcasts

A trash-planet outcast enters a royal dating show in space, only to face forbidden chemistry, murders, and political intrigue.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: underdog · trash collector · working-class heroine · genius inventor · foul-mouthed heroine · brash heroine · bookish prince · rebellious princess · sassy heroine

Relationships labels: forbidden romance · love triangle · rivals to lovers · star-crossed lovers · sibling rivalry · brother-sister bond · family duty · romantic triangle · chemistry · dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2117

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Cover of The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth

The Fates Divide

Veronica Roth · 2018 · Carve the Mark

A fated young couple races across warring planets to stop a tyrant and decide whether destiny can be changed.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: young protagonists · strong female character · cunning character · manipulative character · honorable character · tortured character · traumatized character · flawed characters · developing characters · side-character focus

Relationships labels: star-crossed lovers · forbidden romance · siblings · family conflict · friendship · romantic tension · political alliance · betrayal · rival factions · found family

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2152

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Cover of Queen Song by Victoria Aveyard

Queen Song

Victoria Aveyard · 2015 · Red Queen

A young Silver noblewoman’s secret diary reveals how she won a prince’s love and became trapped in royal danger.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: young queen · depressed heroine · fragile protagonist · curious tinkerer · loving mother · powerful but underused · manipulative antagonist · sweet prince · supportive family

Relationships labels: star-crossed romance · marriage alliance · mother-son bond · husband-wife · family loyalty · rivalry · courtship · power struggle · friendship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2210

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Cover of The Sundering by Walter Jon Williams

The Sundering

Walter Jon Williams · 2004 · Dread Empire's Fall

In a collapsing interstellar empire, two brilliant officers battle invasion, politics, and a fractured romance.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: brilliant protagonists · competent outsiders · military leaders · tactical genius · math genius · female hero · male hero · moral ambiguity · flawed characters · morally gray · womanizer · flawed heroine · underestimated officer

Relationships labels: star-crossed lovers · romance · breakup · marriage plot · political marriage · arranged marriage · family conflict · family alliances · power couple · rival lovers · betrayal · dependency · romantic tension · courtship · classed romance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2216

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Cover of Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation by Ken Liu

Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

Ken Liu · 2019

A Ken Liu-curated anthology of translated Chinese SF stories and essays, spanning time travel, AI, history, and haunting what-ifs.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: robot companions · future selves · young girl protagonist · depressed protagonist · ordinary people · scholars · emperor · writer protagonist · peasant class

Relationships labels: love story · star-crossed lovers · self-to-self contact · human-machine companionship · parent-child · power hierarchy · community bonds · rivalry · betrayal

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2227

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Cover of Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. Le Guin

Orsinian Tales

Ursula K. Le Guin · 2004 · Orsinia

Interlinked tales of ordinary lives in an invented Central European country, tracing love, politics, faith, and loss.

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Characterization labels: ordinary people · working class · peasants · factory workers · quarrymen · nobility · doctors · academics · musicians · scientists · political prisoners · defectors · blind protagonist · reclusive figures · impoverished lives · humanistic characterization · believable characters

Relationships labels: family relationships · siblings · romantic love · marriage · fidelity · betrayal · parent-child · community ties · interpersonal connection · power imbalance · unrequited love · courtship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2234

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Cover of Кубик by Саша Козлов

Кубик

Саша Козлов · 2024

Six linked sci-fi stories in shifting realities slowly reveal a hidden pattern, forcing readers to solve the puzzle.

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Characterization labels: ordinary people · functional characters · flat characters · NPC-like characters · relationship-centered · baffled protagonists · observer protagonists · brittle humanity

Relationships labels: romantic tension · friendship · dependency · human connection · community · partnership

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2246

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Cover of The Green Brain by Frank Herbert

The Green Brain

Frank Herbert · 2002

In a near-future jungle war over insects, a team of humans faces a rising insect intelligence fighting back.

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Characterization labels: flat characters · stereotypical characters · underdveloped characters · heroic laborer · female entomologist · spy · bureaucrat · love interest objectification · manipulative operator · collective intelligence

Relationships labels: love triangle · romantic tension · espionage relationship · power struggle · human-insect conflict · group under stress · dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2251

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Cover of Trillium by Jeff Lemire

Trillium

Jeff Lemire · 2014 · Trillium

A botanist from a doomed future and an explorer from 1921 become linked by a strange flower and a temple across time.

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Characterization labels: botanist · scientist · explorer · soldier · ex-soldier · traumatized veteran · PTSD · star-crossed leads · broken characters · lonely characters · symmetrical character arcs · strong emotions

Relationships labels: love story · star-crossed lovers · cross-time romance · memory sharing · language barrier · destined partners · intertwined fates · human-alien contact · colonist-native conflict

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2269

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Cover of Raising Atlantis by Thomas Greanias

Raising Atlantis

Thomas Greanias · 2005 · Conrad Yeats Adventure

An archaeologist and a former nun uncover a buried Atlantean mystery in Antarctica as apocalyptic forces close in.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: archaeologist · former nun · environmentalist · military father · ex-astronaut · player archetype · blackmailed protagonist · obsessed scholar · female lead · hero and heroine · stock characters · cartoonish villains · unlikeable protagonists · flawed hero · overpowered protagonist · moral protagonists

Relationships labels: former lovers · father-son conflict · romantic tension · blackmail · power struggle · institutional pressure · team under pressure · rival factions · unresolved chemistry · conflicted romance · mentor-child tension

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2273

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Cover of An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim

An Ocean of Minutes

Thea Lim · 2019

To save her dying boyfriend, Polly time-travels into a divided future and must survive while searching for him.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: naive protagonist · timid protagonist · independent woman · indentured worker · refugee figure · company employee · loving partner · reluctant survivor · passive protagonist

Relationships labels: love story · separated lovers · couple bond · romantic sacrifice · promise to reunite · dependency relationship · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2275

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