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Characterization labels used: scientist, alchemist, philosopher, obsessive husband, beautiful wife, submissive wife, dutiful wife, mad scientist, assistant figure

Relationships labels used: marriage, husband wife, toxic relationship, power imbalance, male control, marital consent, spousal pressure, dependency, obsessive love, mentor assistant

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Cover of Version Control by Dexter Palmer

Version Control

Dexter Palmer · 2016

A near-future marriage, a troubled physicist, and a device that may rewrite reality pull one woman into an eerie puzzle.

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Characterization labels: physicist · scientist husband · married woman · customer support worker · grieving parent · alcoholic character · socially awkward · workaholic · obsessive scientist

Relationships labels: marriage · couple dynamics · parenthood · infidelity · friendship · romantic relationship · workplace relationships · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1517

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Cover of In the Act by Rachel Ingalls

In the Act

Rachel Ingalls · 2023

A neglected wife discovers her husband’s secret invention in the attic and turns his fantasy into a marital showdown.

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Characterization labels: unhappily married couple · controlling husband · neglected wife · curious wife · pedantic husband · secretive inventor · female rage · male fantasy · idealized companion

Relationships labels: toxic marriage · heterosexual marriage · marital resentment · husband wife conflict · power imbalance · blackmail · rivalry · companionship · infidelity fantasy · marital bargaining

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1591

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Cover of The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon

The Screwfly Solution

Raccoona Sheldon, James Tiptree Jr. · 1977

A fragmented sci-fi horror tale follows a worldwide surge of violent misogyny, ending in a chilling alien explanation.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · scientist husband · wife protagonist · family focus · ordinary people · male aggression · female vulnerability · limited character development

Relationships labels: husband-wife · parent-child · family separation · gender conflict · power imbalance · male-female conflict · community breakdown · cult allegiance · dependency · protective concern

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1753

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Cover of Always on My Mind by Carys Green

Always on My Mind

Carys Green · 2025

A wife accepts a mind-linking implant for her anniversary, only to find her marriage and secrets under siege.

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Characterization labels: controlling husband · technophobe wife · tech-obsessed husband · struggling artist · unlikeable characters · manipulative partner · obsessive partner · coercive husband · secretive protagonist · dependent partner · genuine friend

Relationships labels: marriage · toxic marriage · power imbalance · codependency · friendship · university friends · romantic relationship · marital surveillance · betrayal · coercive control

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1755

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Cover of The Wife Code: Banks by Charlie Hart

The Wife Code: Banks

Charlie Hart, Frankie Love, Chantel Seabrook · 2018 · Six Men of Alaska

In a dystopian Alaska, Tia and her husband Banks race for a cure, a pregnancy solution, and a future together.

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Characterization labels: brilliant scientist · doctor · reserved man · stoic man · guarded man · cold exterior · controlling · dominant · wounded · bruised past · closed-off hero · proactive heroine · intelligent heroine · resourceful heroine · protective husbands

Relationships labels: polyamorous relationship · shared wife · husband rivalry · family bond · found family · protective mates · sexual awakening · trust building · control dynamic · power imbalance · romantic tension · consummated marriage

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1755

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Cover of In Any Lifetime by Marc Guggenheim

In Any Lifetime

Marc Guggenheim · 2024

A grieving physicist uses multiverse theory to chase the one reality where his wife survived, while a rival closes in.

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Characterization labels: Nobel laureate · scientist protagonist · physicist · shy nerd · obsessive protagonist · devoted husband · heartbroken widower · artist wife · rival scientist · antagonist · narcissistic villain · mercenary figure · female love interest · single-minded hero · morally dubious protagonist

Relationships labels: husband wife · soulmates · love triangle · rivalry · mentor rival · ex-coworker conflict · obsessive love · romantic devotion · revenge feud · marriage · grief bond · community stakes

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1795

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Cover of Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud

Crypt of the Moon Spider

Nathan Ballingrud · 2024 · Lunar Gothic Trilogy

A woman is sent to a moon asylum for melancholy, where spider-silk medicine and buried secrets warp mind and body.

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Characterization labels: melancholy protagonist · passive heroine · female lead · mad scientist · sadistic doctor · abusive orderly · condescending husband · patient prisoner · scientific authority figure · brain surgeon · cultic scholars · victimized woman

Relationships labels: husband-wife · marital abandonment · institutional power imbalance · doctor-patient · parent-child influence · male authority over women · caregiver abuse

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Distance: 0.1795

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Cover of Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo

Feed Them Silence

Lee Mandelo · 2023

A scientist links her mind to a wild wolf, chasing intimacy, knowledge, and belonging as her marriage and ethics unravel.

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Characterization labels: workaholic · ambitious scientist · morally gray protagonist · unlikable protagonist · insufferable protagonist · lonely protagonist · obsessive protagonist · butch lesbian · middle-aged lesbian · research scientist · academic researcher

Relationships labels: marriage breakdown · wife relationship · toxic relationship · one-sided attachment · emotional neglect · professional alienation · pack bond

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1864

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Cover of One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford

One Yellow Eye

Leigh Radford · 2025

A grieving scientist hides her infected husband while racing a covert lab to find a cure after a zombie outbreak.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · microbiologist · virologist · brilliant scientist · grieving widow · obsessive caregiver · difficult protagonist · selfish protagonist · resourceful protagonist · ethical transgressor · burnout · exhaustion · obsession · desperation · reckless · humanized monster

Relationships labels: marriage · spousal devotion · caregiver relationship · friendship strain · colleague tension · romantic grief · codependency · power imbalance · secrecy

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1872

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Cover of The Singularity by Dino Buzzati

The Singularity

Dino Buzzati · 2024

A professor is sent to a secret mountain project that turns out to hide a startling experiment in machine consciousness.

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Characterization labels: unassuming professor · university professor · scientist · wife · scientists · military personnel · male scientists · obsessive creator · humble protagonist

Relationships labels: married couple · husband and wife · love and loss · romantic obsession · creator and creation · scientist and subject · male-female power imbalance · community under secrecy · betrayal · dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1877

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Cover of The Perfect Wife by J.P. Delaney

The Perfect Wife

J.P. Delaney · 2019

A grieving tech CEO recreates his missing wife as an AI companion, but her memories uncover dangerous truths.

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Characterization labels: tech CEO · billionaire · genius inventor · controlling husband · obsessive · socially awkward · free-spirited woman · artist · surfer · mother · autistic child · companion robot · empathetic AI · sentient AI · coworker narrator · tyrannical boss

Relationships labels: marriage · husband wife · parent child · mother son · power imbalance · grief · obsession · deception · trust · betrayal · family conflict · employee employer

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1887

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Cover of The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

The Echo Wife

Sarah Gailey · 2021

A cloning scientist finds her husband has replaced her with a better, obedient copy—then the dead body forces both wives to cooperate.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: brilliant scientist · workaholic · cold protagonist · unlikable protagonist · morally compromised · angry protagonist · self-absorbed · controlling · docile clone · obedient clone · submissive wife · abusive father · career-driven woman · ethically ruthless · emotionally repressed · traumatized protagonist · morally gray characters

Relationships labels: marital breakdown · infidelity · cheating spouse · clone rivalry · forced alliance · parent-child abuse · spousal control · professional rivalry · betrayal · dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1892

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