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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Shadows.
Themes labels used: science and magic, family loyalty, identity, heritage, coming of age, trust, fear of the unknown, acceptance, control vs freedom, belonging, genetics, authority
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their themes embeddings are close.
A gifted orphan and his acid-spitting mini-dragon race to rescue his kidnapped guardian on a strange alien world.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · otherness · belonging · coming of age · family · loyalty · control vs freedom · bioethics · genetic manipulation · free will · government intervention · self-discovery · gift as burden · trust
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0925
Eleven-year-old twin geniuses get pulled into a magical, tech-fueled chase involving trolls, fairies, and deadly rivals.
Why this is here
Themes labels: family loyalty · identity · difference and complementarity · growing up · trust · technology and magic · immortality · good versus evil · competence and underestimation
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1170
A sheltered teen with psychic gifts uncovers her mother’s supernatural secret and a hidden war threatening her city.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · coming of age · secrecy · trust · protective parenting · self-discovery · family loyalty · good vs evil · responsibility · fear · power and control · truth and concealment
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1184
A hidden teen with mind powers is forced into the open when new classmates uncover her Atlantean heritage.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · belonging · family loyalty · protection · secrecy · trust · self-discovery · heritage · destiny · power and responsibility · free will · good vs evil · friendship · sacrifice · coming of age
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1201
A 24-year-old biologist chasing her birth family is swept into a magical ocean world of politics, secrets, and exile.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · belonging · heritage · self discovery · family loyalty · culture shock · curiosity vs conformity · science vs magic · politics · prejudice · social codes · choice of home · truth and secrecy · justice · peacekeeping
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1222
A boy at a fake science camp discovers reality-bending powers and gets pulled into a secret war over them.
Why this is here
Themes labels: imagination · science and magic · quantum physics · trust · loyalty · good vs evil · moral ambiguity · freedom · control · family separation · power and responsibility · identity · justice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1250
A teen pack with dangerous powers investigates a school kidnapping while their own secrets and bonds begin to unravel.
Why this is here
Themes labels: secrecy · consequences · loyalty · trust · forgiveness · identity · adolescence · control vs loss of control · science and ethics · independence · belonging
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1261
A boy in a secretive magical family discovers he can create gates, triggering a dangerous escape across two worlds.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · belonging · family loyalty · secrets · power and responsibility · coming of age · outsiderhood · moral choice · free will · prejudice · inheritance · hidden history · isolation · good vs power · home and exile · godhood · humility · knowledge and language · trust · control
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1265
A mutant team is pulled into Otherworld politics, magic, and war as Betsy Braddock becomes the new Captain Britain.
Why this is here
Themes labels: magic and mutation · trust and suspicion · legacy · identity · family duty · power and responsibility · status quo change · resurrection · coexistence of worlds · belonging
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1280
A lost young woman inherits a galaxy-traveling circus and a dangerous new alien legacy, plus a fast-burning harem.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · belonging · inheritance · family legacy · sexual discovery · adaptation · trust · agency · acceptance · curiosity · power awakening · learning to lead · finding oneself · consent · deception
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1292
A hedge-fund prodigy who can freeze time discovers others like him and is pulled into a hidden psychic conflict.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · self-discovery · power and responsibility · morality · privacy · control · cheating · trust · belonging · nature vs nurture · free will · heritage
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1313
A misfit Australian teen wakes on an alien world, uncovering dangerous powers, hidden origins, and rival claims on her fate.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · belonging · trust · self-discovery · agency · power · otherness · coming of age · survival · cultural conflict · political manipulation · freedom versus control
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1325
