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These books are ranked using the relationships labels extracted for A Book of Horrors.
Relationships labels used: parent-child, family grief, marriage tension, romantic attraction, friendship, coworker connection, teacher-student, community conflict, power imbalance, caretaker-patient
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their relationships embeddings are close.
A 12-story Connie Willis collection mixing time travel, horror, humor, and haunting speculative setups.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: parent child · mother daughter · romance · ex girlfriend · rivalry · mentor student · clergy congregation · community conflict · family strain · power imbalance · marital tension · friendship · human animal bond · dependency
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0890
After a time-travel mishap leaves him in a changed present, Craig must face the consequences and find closure.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: family relationships · friendship · romantic relationships · parent-child · father-son · community ties · caregiver support · social worker · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0894
A 15-year-old boy wakes up invisible and teams with a blind girl while his family races to explain and reverse it.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · crush · romantic tension · parent-child · peer connection · interdependence · trust · family strain · allyship · caregiver concern
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0913
Absurd, heart-tugging short stories about parents, children, and outsiders trying to make sense of a weird world.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: parent-child · co-parenting · family tension · sibling bond · marriage strain · romantic jealousy · found family · mentor-mentee · dependency · community ties · power imbalance · domestic life · workplace hierarchy
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0927
A late Bradbury story collection of nostalgic, bittersweet vignettes about memory, time, love, and loss.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: family bonds · parent-child tension · father-son conflict · romance · adultery · friendship · school friends · marriage · lost love · community
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0996
A cop and a neuroscientist confront a memory epidemic that warps identity, time, and reality itself.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: romantic relationship · family grief · mother-daughter bond · parent-child loss · partnership · collaboration · power imbalance · mentor-like funding relationship · love story · marriage
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1029
A mixed Stephen King collection of 22 stories and poems, ranging from creature horror to sci-fi, surrealism, and dark grief.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: parent-child · family conflict · group under stress · community tension · friend group · teacher-student · obsession · dependency · authority conflict · social breakdown
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1031
A young man’s life unravels across timelines as a tech company, a TV obsession, and a buried trauma collide.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: parent-child · estranged family · sibling relationship · romance · marriage · father-son · mother-son · power imbalance · workplace hierarchy · parasocial attachment
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1044
Four cadets from different planets must survive an elite space academy, hidden agendas, and growing tensions to defend their world.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · teamwork · rivalry · romance · m/m romance · power imbalance · parent-child conflict · family loss · found family · betrayal · toxic relationships · class tension · interpersonal conflict
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1047
After experimental brain surgery revives a teen, he returns changed, and an old local vengeance begins to stir.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: parent child · friendship · romantic interest · family tension · doctor patient · power imbalance · community secrets · revenge across generations · grudge holding · marital tension
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1051
A man wakes to find his skin has turned dark, and the change spreads, forcing intimacy, fear, and racial reckonings.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: romantic relationship · friend-turned-lover · parent-child bond · family tension · generational conflict · caregiving relationship · loss of recognition · community estrangement
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1053
Ten darkly funny, inventive stories probe kindness, class, and moral crisis in a skewed version of contemporary America.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: parent child · mother son · family care · romance · neighbor tension · class divide · employer employee · peer pressure · rescue · betrayal · dependence · community
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1055
