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These books are ranked using the relationships labels extracted for Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres and the Methods of Rationality.
Relationships labels used: friendship, unlikely friendship, mentor-student tension, rivalry, family change, adoptive family, found family, student-teacher conflict, power imbalance, uncertain friendship
Focused on “romantic tension” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their relationships embeddings are close.
A feared academy student gains dangerous powers linked to the enemy and must survive school, secrets, and war.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · found family · romantic tension · slow burn romance · student-teacher conflict · peer hostility · protective friendship · loyalty · trust issues · classmate rivalry · enemy attraction
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1044
A science-minded Harry Potter retools magic with logic and rationality in a sprawling alternate-universe first year.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: mentor-student · friendship · rivalry · romantic tension · parent-child · found family · power imbalance · manipulation
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1067
A stigmatized teen with a dangerous power enters superhero academy, hoping training can stop him becoming a killer.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found friends · hostile peers · teacher-student tension · orphaned child · dead mother · absent father · classroom rivalry · romantic tension · ostracism · peer acceptance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1078
A mutant-hating mastermind launches a devastating attack, forcing the X-Men into a darker, newer era.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: team dynamics · mentor student · marriage strain · romantic tension · rivalry · found family · power struggle · siblings · clone relationship · alliance · betrayal
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1153
A time-shifted teen agent must repair a fractured timeline and stop a fascist empire from reshaping Europe.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · partnership · teamwork · unlikely allies · mentor-student · family tension · power struggle · rivalry · criminal alliance · betrayal · dependence
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0878
In the final Pendragon showdown, Bobby and the Travelers race across worlds to stop Saint Dane and learn Halla’s truth.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · teamwork · mentor-student · romantic tension · rivalry · found family · loyalty · betrayal
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1209
A bored shipboard hacker and a desperate thief get pulled into a fleetwide conspiracy over a habitable world.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: unlikely partnership · romantic tension · budding romance · found family · gang dynamic · rivalry · power imbalance · class antagonism · friendship · dependence
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1212
Anakin Solo defies orders to rescue Jedi students on Yavin 4 and is forced into an uneasy alliance with an enemy outcast.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · romantic tension · mentor-student · forced partnership · enemy alliance · rescue bond · family legacy · peer loyalty · found family
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1217
A battered royal outsider and his companions race through a magical kingdom toward a final reckoning with power, loyalty, and dragons.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · mentor-student · loyalty conflict · friendship · romantic tension · family betrayal · parent-child · bond with animal companion · rivalry
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1224
A lonely scholarship teen is pulled into Jane Eyre and must choose between a classic romance and her own life.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · love triangle · forbidden crush · teacher-student attraction · father-daughter conflict · stepmother conflict · romantic tension · rivalry · female friendship · class divide · family tension · romantic choice · longtime friends · mentor-figure tension
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1229
A lonely teen and her outsider friends race to survive a biotech-fueled night of violence in their Oregon town.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · found family · romantic tension · best friends · adoptive family · peer bullying · class conflict · group loyalty · teen crushes · family protection
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1234
A talentless teen in a stranded space fleet gains strange powers and must survive monster-filled Titan raids to save his people.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: sibling bond · bereavement · rivalry · reluctant alliance · mentor-student · found family · family duty · power hierarchy · class tension · peer conflict
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0945
