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Themes labels used: identity, family, loyalty, trust, adolescent love, choice, free will, environmentalism, corporate power, bioethics, discrimination, bigotry, collective action, heroism, survival, rebellion, fate vs agency, parentage, moral ambiguity, utopianism

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vN

Madeline Ashby · 2012 · The Machine Dynasty

A self-replicating android girl goes on the run after a deadly outburst exposes a broken failsafe and a dangerous secret.

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Themes labels: choice · free will · identity · personhood · nature versus nurture · autonomy · selfhood · parenting · love · dependency · humanity · slavery · exploitation · ethics of AI · moral responsibility · maturity · belonging · otherness · social control · body politics · consent · violence against vulnerable beings · religious futurism · class oppression

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Tool of War

Paolo Bacigalupi · 2017 · Ship Breaker

An engineered war beast breaks his programming and fights the creators who want him erased in a brutal future war.

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Themes labels: freedom · obedience · identity · humanity · slavery · loyalty · choice · survival · revenge · war ethics · moral ambiguity · personhood · corporate power · environmental collapse · class struggle · family · trauma · self-determination · human rights

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Divergent Series Complete Box Set

Veronica Roth · 2013 · Divergent

A teen chooses a rival faction in a fractured future and uncovers secrets that threaten her world, loves, and life.

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Themes labels: identity · choice · bravery · loyalty · sacrifice · family · friendship · love · hope · grief · forgiveness · prejudice · corruption · power · government control · social order · individuality · human nature · morality · coming of age · genetics · science ethics

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UnSouled

Neal Shusterman · 2013 · Unwind Dystology

Fugitive teens chase answers about unwinding while converging plots, shifting loyalties, and hidden history reshape everything.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · personhood · ethics · morality · political power · social control · body autonomy · human rights · sacrifice · parental choice · class inequality · disposability · hope · fear · coming of age · responsibility · conscience · corruption · resistance · propaganda · corporate power · government power · moral ambiguity · existentialism

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Descender, Vol. 4: Orbital Mechanics

Jeff Lemire · 2017 · Descender

Robot outlaw TIM-21 and allies flee one danger while rival factions close in and old secrets unravel across the galaxy.

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Themes labels: identity · sentience · free will · humanity · trust · betrayal · loyalty · loss · war · prejudice · rights · perseverance · emotion · memory · change · nurture vs nature

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Mirror Dance

Lois McMaster Bujold · 1995 · Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)

A clone brother hijacks his sibling’s life to rescue others like him, and the mission forces both men to confront who they are.

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Themes labels: identity · selfhood · trauma · survival · family · choice · agency · inheritance · succession · genetics versus experience · humanity · moral responsibility · redemption · acceptance · personhood · social belonging · psychological harm · bioethics · class power · loyalty

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Distance: 0.1070

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Mindbreaker

Kate Dylan · 2023 · Mindwalker

A cult-raised teen accepts a corporate cure, only to wake in a robot body and uncover a conspiracy about identity and control.

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Themes labels: identity · humanity · agency · autonomy · bodily autonomy · consent · free will · corporate greed · capitalism · ethics · technology · religion · faith crisis · indoctrination · control · power · exploitative systems · selfhood · memory · morality · rebellion · resistance · classism · healthcare · social commentary

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The Ghost Brigades

John Scalzi · 2007 · Old Man's War

A cloned special-ops soldier races to stop an alien alliance while his maker’s buried memories begin to surface.

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Themes labels: identity · consciousness · free will · ethics · morality · humanity · choice · personhood · colonization · war ethics · nature vs nurture · individual agency · technology ethics · loyalty · duty · selfhood

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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.

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Themes labels: fate · free will · identity · family · war · peace · power · hope · resilience · trauma · grief · betrayal · choice · predestination · morality · xenophobia · preconceptions · survival · trust · love

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LIFEL1K3

Jay Kristoff · 2018 · LIFEL1K3

A scavenger girl with a hidden power and a robot-like outsider flee a broken future while unraveling her past.

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Themes labels: identity · memory · free will · humanity · artificial intelligence · slavery · rebellion · choice · morality · power and control · personhood · family · survival · grief · trauma · ethics of creation · freedom · trust

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