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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Glitches.
Themes labels used: belonging, identity, memory loss, otherness, disability, body autonomy, humanity, self-worth, discrimination, family rejection, grief, resilience, kindness, dehumanization, acceptance
Focused on “alienation” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
After losing every other day to a hidden double self, a young acrobat fights to keep his own life from disappearing.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · duality · time · mortality · selfhood · memory · loss · living fully · carpe diem · human nature · purpose · happiness · societal value · belonging · alienation · trauma · mental illness · grief · life worth living
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1000
A stranded alien and a space-obsessed human fall for each other after their online friend group meets at a sci-fi con.
Why this is here
Themes labels: belonging · loneliness · acceptance · identity · outsiderhood · friendship · chosen family · healing · consent · misunderstanding · self-worth · being yourself · connection · community · alienation · sexuality · neurodiversity · privacy · trust
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1015
A disabled girl becomes the mind of a starship and navigates missions, love, grief, and the ethics of her existence.
Why this is here
Themes labels: disability · eugenics · personhood · humanity · grief · loss · love · agency · consent · ethics · identity · bodily autonomy · social worth · companionate love · art and music · gender roles · alienation · growth · choice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1057
A man with an intellectual disability undergoes an experiment that transforms his mind, then forces him to face the cost.
Why this is here
Themes labels: intelligence · empathy · compassion · human dignity · social stigma · prejudice · alienation · belonging · knowledge and loss · ethics of experimentation · memory · dementia · disability rights · loneliness · identity
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1064
An angry, lonely teen who believes he was abducted by aliens meets someone who may help him escape Earth.
Why this is here
Themes labels: alienation · belonging · loneliness · identity · self-acceptance · abandonment · alcoholism · depression · grief · trauma · friendship · empathy · choice · escape · hope · humanity · reality vs belief · illusion vs truth · adolescence · social cruelty · outsiderhood
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1074
A newly arrived, amnesiac Supergirl fights to learn Earth, Krypton’s fate, and who she can trust.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · identity · loss · alienation · belonging · coming of age · self-discovery · trust · power and responsibility · home · cultural displacement · isolation · trauma · legacy · good and evil
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1090
A lonely boy grows up amid disappearances and family secrets, chasing clues to his grandfather and a possible other world.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · mental illness · loneliness · identity · belonging · disconnection · trauma · family dysfunction · reality vs delusion · memory · transformation · isolation · otherness · hope
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0900
After a devastating loss, a cyborg heroine throws herself into a brutal futuristic sport while her guardian searches for her.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · identity · memory · humanity · body autonomy · selfhood · loss · independence · violence · freedom · class divide · social inequality · technology and personhood · fate · escape
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0916
Seven Korean speculative stories explore space, aliens, and future tech through intimate questions of identity, grief, and connection.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · identity · belonging · connection · loneliness · grief · loss · memory · motherhood · parenthood · classism · misogyny · discrimination · bioethics · eugenics · transhumanism · empathy · legacy · imperfection · hope · melancholy · technological progress · limits of science · moral choice · utopia · alienness · translation of emotions
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0936
A lonely alien studies Earth and finds unexpected comfort, friendship, and life lessons among talking creatures.
Why this is here
Themes labels: loneliness · belonging · identity · self-acceptance · love · friendship · death · grief · sadness · happiness · art · meaning · humanity · existentialism · growth · acceptance · memory · purpose · self-reflection
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0950
Max must confess her true origin and face alternate realities while fighting to get back to the Chloe she lost.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · alternate selves · consequences · grief · memory · choice · acceptance · belonging · letting go · self-expression · truth · connection across realities · fate · mourning · living on
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0970
In alternate 1920s Montreal, an extracted memory who can think for herself is summoned back to the lab.
Why this is here
Themes labels: humanity · identity · memory · trauma · autonomy · ownership · personhood · self-determination · free will · ethics · power · classism · capitalism · patriarchy · belonging · loss · self-possession · othering · women's autonomy · memory and grief
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0970
