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These books are ranked using the motifs labels extracted for The Goblin Emperor.
Motifs labels used: royal we, formal address, names and titles, court etiquette, rings, veils, airships, bridges, glossary, language guide, formal language, body language, ears
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their motifs embeddings are close.
A secret-keeping teen in a language-divided queendom is drawn into romance, rebellion, and a fight for freedom.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: languages · pledge · queen · passport · eye contact · clubs · secrets · death sentence · heir · letters
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2268
A Terran teen trader is drawn into Liaden trade culture and apprenticed to a master trader after a risky scam.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: trade · etiquette · politeness · language · bowing · balance · old tech · mystery background · ships · manners
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2431
A girl enters a televised royal competition in a class-stratified dystopia and gets pulled between love, duty, and rebellion.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: gowns · jewels · crown · palace · television · rose ceremonies · castes · accessories · music
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2463
A time-displaced American town helps reshape 17th-century Europe as war, diplomacy, and rescue missions collide.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: ironclads · sieges · naval blockade · encyclopedias · Tower of London · romantic entanglement · up-timer language · historical names and titles
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2473
A teenage girl is chosen for a royal competition to win a prince, but her secret love and a class-based world complicate everything.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: gowns · jewels · palace · caste numbers · rebels · food · makeovers · titles
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2489
A young noble and three unlikely friends join an imperial guard and tumble into duels, intrigue, and court danger.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: duels · swords · sorcery · formal dialogue · politeness · verbal fencing · historical manuscript · framing note · house affiliation · court etiquette · breathless asides · repeated phrases
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2571
A London cabdriver’s angry private book is later mistaken for scripture, reshaping a flooded future society.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: scripture · knowledge · glossary · dialect · phonetic spelling · cab routes · flood · island · metal plates · book burial · prophecy · moto · tariffs · changeover · London slang · maps
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2655
A companion novella collection revisits a war-torn YA fantasy world with backstory, documents, and postwar closure.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: maps · timelines · family trees · journal entries · diaries · blood · fire · crowns · thrones · royal colors · history notes · letters
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2674
After a memory-wiping illness, nameless adults relearn language and identity inside a suspicious seaside center.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: definitions · names · words · language games · old DVDs · cartridges · TV shows · movies · mirrors · scans · medications · uniforms · notes · italics · capitalization · chairs and benches
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2704
A teen’s soul-reading upends a post-war society where past lives dictate punishment, privilege, and love.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: chess · soulmates · aura reading · definitions · glossary · handcuffs · inheritance · names · past lives · reincarnation · letters · chapter terms · legacy · color imagery · government records
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2705
A romance-loving teen falls into 1895 and must choose between a dream love and the life she left behind.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: time · centuries · gowns · balls · mansion · cars · fashion · formal titles · corsets · old books · murder · bikes
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2715
