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Characterization labels used: female lead, older protagonist, drunken protagonist, alcoholism, troubled protagonists, disabled protagonists, queer protagonists, strong women, alien species, ambassadors

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The Fertile Ones: A Dystopian Novel

Kate L. Mary · 2024

In 2067, a woman forced into a state fertility program confronts coercion, surveillance, and her own shifting limits.

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Characterization labels: strong female lead · insufferable protagonist · self-centered protagonist · angry protagonist · passive protagonist · defiant protagonist · unlikeable heroine · underdeveloped secondary characters · villainous authority figures · guard love interest · male best friend · trans character · gay friend · nonbinary character

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1431

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A Beautiful Friendship

David Weber · 2011 · Honorverse: Star Kingdom

A frontier girl and a telepathic treecat form first contact, then fight to protect their species from human greed.

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Characterization labels: strong female lead · young heroine · precocious protagonist · resourceful heroine · competent protagonist · independent girl · loyal protagonist · animal companion · sapient alien

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1356

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Dead Space

Kali Wallace · 2021

A traumatized, indebted AI expert investigates a murder on a remote asteroid mine and uncovers a deeper corporate conspiracy.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: traumatized protagonist · bitter protagonist · analytical protagonist · queer protagonist · disabled protagonist · amputee protagonist · cyborg body · AI expert · security officer · investigator · survivor · world-weary · flawed heroine · strong female lead

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Distance: 0.1420

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The Worst Spies in the Sector

Skyler Ramirez · 2023 · Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes

Two ex-navy fugitives take a too-good-to-be-true job and get dragged into a dangerous spy conspiracy in space.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: anti-hero · flawed protagonist · clueless protagonist · competent under pressure · pragmatic female lead · strong female character · misfit crew · dysfunctional crew · alcoholism · recovering alcoholic · naive

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Distance: 0.1435

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Firstborn

Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter · 2007 · A Time Odyssey

A time-split Earth faces a new alien doomsday threat as Bisesa Dutt races across worlds for a way to save humanity.

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Characterization labels: strong woman protagonist · female lead · AI characters · alien intelligence · stock characters · bland characters · many characters · humanity under pressure

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Distance: 0.1542

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And Shall Machines Surrender

Benjanun Sriduangkaew · 2019 · Machine Mandate

On a Dyson-sphere utopia run by AIs, two estranged women investigate sudden suicides among human-AI hosts.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: female leads · queer women · cyborgs · AIs · ex-spies · ex-mercenaries · doctors · morally ambiguous protagonists · traumatized characters · competent protagonists · antagonist with motives · emotionally restrained characters · veterans

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1550

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Always Human

Ari North · 2020 · Always Human

In a near-future world of body-changing tech, two young women begin a sweet, queer romance while navigating difference and trust.

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Characterization labels: young women · queer leads · disabled protagonist · chronically ill protagonist · fashion-forward · anxious · overachiever · flawed characters · emotionally complex · growth arc · supportive side characters · supportive adults · relatable characters

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Distance: 0.1553

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Moths

Jane Hennigan · 2023 · Moths

In a female-run future after a moth-borne plague targets men, an older caretaker faces buried truths about the world she helped build.

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Characterization labels: older protagonist · elderly protagonist · carer · caretaker · compassionate heroine · morally conflicted protagonist · younger women · infantilized men · male survivors · queer side character · lesbian character · trans character · female authority figures · institutional staff

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Distance: 0.1562

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The Dark and Hollow Places

Carrie Ryan · 2011 · The Forest of Hands and Teeth

In a zombie-ravaged Dark City, scarred Annah must survive, reunite her lost twin, and face a dangerous new love.

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Characterization labels: scarred heroine · survivor · reluctant heroine · tough female protagonist · insecure protagonist · self-loathing · strong female lead · broken characters · immune character · independent heroine

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Distance: 0.1587

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Dawn

Octavia E. Butler · 1987 · Xenogenesis

A lone human survivor wakes aboard an alien ship and must help rebuild Earth under coercive, unsettling conditions.

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Characterization labels: strong female lead · black woman protagonist · reluctant leader · survivor · adaptable heroine · angry protagonist · practical protagonist · morally conflicted · alien captors · creepy alien intelligence

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Distance: 0.1589

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Amatka

Karin Tidbeck · 2012

A woman sent to a remote colony finds a world where naming objects keeps reality from dissolving—and obedience is everything.

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Characterization labels: female protagonist · alienated protagonist · introverted protagonist · lonely protagonist · bystander protagonist · bureaucrat · housemates · poet figure · authoritarian citizens · flat characters (mixed)

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Distance: 0.1592

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Killashandra

Anne McCaffrey · 1986 · Crystal Singer

A Crystal Singer takes an offworld organ-repair job and is pulled into island intrigue, romance, and a political mystery.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: strong female lead · capable heroine · spunky protagonist · self-centered heroine · overdramatic protagonist · adult arc · cunning · feisty · practical · jaded · emotionally stronger · capable of self-sacrifice

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Distance: 0.1601

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