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Characterization labels used: professor, teaching assistant, occult researcher, cold hero, vulnerable hero, witty heroine, street-smart heroine, underappreciated assistant, reluctant romantic lead, eccentric academic, supporting cast (strong), villainous mobster, male protagonist with commitment issues, older hero, younger heroine

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Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi

Rob MacGregor · 1991 · Indiana Jones: Prequels

A young Indiana Jones is pulled from graduate studies into a Greek dig, where myth, politics, and danger collide.

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Characterization labels: young protagonist · naive hero · college student · graduate student · linguistics scholar · future archaeologist · femme fatale · seductive professor · reckless adventurer · rebellious student · inexperienced hero · vulnerable hero · charismatic lead · complex antagonist · female antagonist · political operator

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Distance: 0.1397

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The End of Mr. Y

Scarlett Thomas · 2006

A PhD student finds a cursed rare book and is pulled into a mind-travel mystery about reality, time, and thought.

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Characterization labels: female academic · PhD student · curious heroine · flawed protagonist · intellectual heroine · obsessive reader · messy protagonist · sexually active protagonist · poor student · strong-willed · mentally complex

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Distance: 0.1524

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Close Liaisons

Anna Zaires · 2013 · The Krinar Chronicles

A college student in near-future New York is drawn into a high-stakes, high-heat bond with a powerful alien ruler.

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Characterization labels: naive heroine · shy heroine · virgin heroine · college student · alpha male · controlling hero · possessive hero · powerful hero · mysterious hero · intelligent hero · dominant hero · young heroine · inexperienced heroine · ambivalent heroine

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Distance: 0.1566

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The Vault of Dreamers

Caragh M. O'Brien · 2014 · The Vault of Dreamers

At a televised arts school, a low-ranked student skips sleep and uncovers a sinister secret hidden behind the cameras.

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Characterization labels: curious heroine · determined protagonist · underdog · rule-breaker · impulsive protagonist · skeptical narrator · love interest · poor-background heroine · artist student

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Distance: 0.1603

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The Warden

Daniel M. Ford · 2023 · The Warden

A newly graduated necromancer is sent to a remote village, where oddities force her to protect a town that fears her.

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Characterization labels: aristocratic heroine · intelligent heroine · arrogant protagonist · snarky protagonist · ambitious protagonist · female necromancer · strong female lead · character growth · snobby academic · reluctant protector

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Distance: 0.1668

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Marked Omega

Lizzy Bequin · 2020 · Quarantine Omega

A scientist trapped in a quarantine zone is transformed and claimed by three alphas in a dangerous, steamy new world.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: female scientist · research assistant · alpha pack leader · younger alpha · protective heroes · outsider heroine · feisty heroine · naive heroine · stubborn heroine · corrupt boss · evil doctor · sympathetic leads · distinct alpha personalities

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Distance: 0.1674

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Hazards of Time Travel

Joyce Carol Oates · 2018

A punished teen from a surveilled future is exiled to 1950s Wisconsin, where identity, love, and reality blur.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonist · naive heroine · curious student · meek protagonist · passive protagonist · outsider · rebellious student · intelligent girl · controlled subject · love interest · authority figure · psychology instructor · exiled student

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Distance: 0.1704

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Time and Again: Time Was / Times Change

Nora Roberts · 2001 · Time and Again: Hornblower-Stone

Two future brothers land in the past and fall for two sisters while trying to decide whether to return home.

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Characterization labels: alpha male · domineering hero · cynical hero · shy heroine · feisty heroine · inexperienced heroine · scientist heroine · pilot hero · brother hero · sister heroine · cultural anthropologist · astrophysicist · handsome hero · strong heroine

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Distance: 0.1736

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Coma

Robin Cook · 2014

A medical student uncovers a lethal hospital conspiracy after routine surgeries leave healthy patients in comas.

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Characterization labels: medical student · female protagonist · determined heroine · feisty heroine · bright student · overemotional protagonist · unprofessional lead · sexist male characters · chauvinist men · cardboard characters · sympathetic investigator

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Distance: 0.1742

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The Stars, Like Dust

Isaac Asimov · 1991 · Galactic Empire

A hunted student races across a tyrannical galaxy to solve his father’s murder and uncover a rebellion.

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Characterization labels: naïve protagonist · young hero · college student · physically strong hero · clever hero · wooden characters · stereotyped characters · passive heroine · scheming antagonist · hidden agent · noble family · powerful ruler

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Distance: 0.1746

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Batgirl, Volume 1: Batgirl of Burnside

Cameron Stewart · 2015 · Batgirl (2011)

Batgirl starts over in Burnside, balancing college, friends, and a modern, social-media-fueled crime wave.

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Characterization labels: young adult heroine · college student · grad student · smart heroine · relatable heroine · immature heroine (mixed) · fallible protagonist · tech-savvy protagonist

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Distance: 0.1749

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Nano

Robin Cook · 2012 · Pia Grazdani

A troubled medical student joins a secretive nanotech institute and uncovers dangerous experiments hidden behind corporate secrecy.

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Characterization labels: medical student · medical researcher · socially awkward protagonist · unlikable protagonist · brilliant heroine · determined investigator · lecherous boss · corrupt executive · gay supporting doctor · estranged father · crime-boss father · obsessive antagonist · male gaze emphasis

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Distance: 0.1757

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