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These books are ranked using the premise labels extracted for Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres and the Methods of Rationality.
Premise labels used: alternate universe, science and magic, rationalist protagonist, scientific method, magic system analysis, wizarding world critique, child prodigy, fascinated by science, science fiction literate, reimagined childhood
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A science-minded Harry Potter retools magic with logic and rationality in a sprawling alternate-universe first year.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alternate universe · science-minded protagonist · magic and science · rationalist approach · reimagined familiar world · coming to magic · problem solving
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1084
A student mage in a world where magic is engineering probes her mother’s mystery as reality keeps expanding around her.
Why this is here
Premise labels: magic as science · magic engineering · scientific mystery · space ambition · mother mystery · hidden reality · simulation theory · world-scale stakes
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1869
A child from one world and a boy from another are swept into a multiverse quest shaped by Dust, daemons, and authority.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alternate worlds · child protagonists · quest · missing children · soul companions · cosmic conflict · anti-authority · coming of age · multiverse · magical objects
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1878
A science-savvy girl’s 10th birthday splits into two realities, forcing her to solve a universe-bending mystery.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alternate realities · parallel worlds · time loop · reality shift · existential mystery · child genius · science problem-solving · family survival · birthday crisis · universe mystery
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1907
A magic-school provost must repair a reality she reshaped, training new students while speech itself begins to fail.
Why this is here
Premise labels: magic school · language magic · reality shaping · world collapse · teacher student reversal · saving the world · next generation · mystery curriculum
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1950
A wide-ranging collection of speculative short stories centered on Black futures, social justice, and inventive worlds.
Why this is here
Premise labels: speculative shorts · future worlds · alternate realities · magical realism · social commentary · utopian speculation · alien contact · city as character · cooking magic · historical reimagining
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1958
A satirical multiverse trilogy where shifting realities, sex, politics, and quantum ideas collide in a wildly fractured world.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alternate realities · parallel universes · multiple worlds · quantum mechanics · satirical dystopia · conspiracy thriller · metafiction · social satire · utopian speculation · identity shifts
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1963
A Cuban-American middle-school magician and an overachieving classmate tangle with grief, friends, and a risky multiverse.
Why this is here
Premise labels: multiverse powers · new kid · school bully · mystery prank · friendship · family crisis · parallel worlds · universe risk · magician protagonist · school investigation
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2032
Photorealistic paintings and sparse vignettes trace a childhood shaped by strange machines in an alternate 1980s Sweden.
Why this is here
Premise labels: alternate history · childhood memories · mysterious technology · abandoned machines · speculative worldbuilding · fictional memoir
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2032
After a disastrous jump scatters his crew, a stranded scientist must confront his past and reclaim himself.
Why this is here
Premise labels: dimension hopping · scientist protagonist · lost in space · alternate realities · family separation · identity crisis · psychological ordeal
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2059
A gifted student returns to an eerie magical institute where language shapes reality and failure could remake the world.
Why this is here
Premise labels: magical education · reality manipulation · language magic · coming-of-age · return to school · world-threatening powers · failed exam · second chance · special student
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2065
A teen genius in Savannah finds a space-time glitch that turns his awkward coming-of-age into a quantum adventure.
Why this is here
Premise labels: boy genius · space-time anomaly · quantum physics · self-discovery · identity · alternate realities · adoption · coming of age
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2084
