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These books are ranked using the relationships labels extracted for Drive.
Relationships labels used: marriage, wife, romance, partnership, Earth-Mars tension, family, community
Focused on “romance subplot” 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 Martian student-turned-leader navigates revolution, diplomacy, and radical science as Mars fights Earth for independence.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: romance · marriage · family business · family syndicates · interplanetary rivalry · political alliances · betrayal · community conflict · friendship · power struggle
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1489
When a sudden blackout cuts off everything, a professor and her pilot husband struggle separately to survive and reunite.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: married couple · long-distance marriage · separated spouses · reunion quest · community bonds · parental figure · friendship · romance subplot · almost-romance · neighborhood cooperation
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1970
Four classic Asimov SF stories explore Mars, alien contact, and space-age problems through ideas, twists, and hard choices.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: Earth-Mars tension · human-alien contact · colony dependence · scientists vs politicians · siblings · friendship · team collaboration · interdisciplinary cooperation · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1689
A submarine attack triggers a deep-sea crisis, forcing humans and mysterious underwater beings toward a race against war.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: married couple · strained marriage · exes · crew dynamics · human-alien contact · human misunderstanding · trust and care · power struggle · family backstory
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1692
On a slowly transforming Mars, old settlers and Mars-born generations clash over independence, ecology, and who controls the future.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: factions · Earth-Mars conflict · revolutionary alliance · mentor-mentee · community bonds · family lines · romantic tension · rivalry · friendship
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1703
Ekaterin Vorkosigan joins a radiation-reclamation project and uncovers hidden survivors in a poisoned district.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: marriage · husband wife · family life · parent child · collaboration · professional partnership · community care · landed obligation · found family
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1746
An alien mimic living as a salesman unravels as his species’ breeding cycle forces a crisis of self and hunger.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: marriage · wife · siblings · found family · family reunion · community · estrangement · rivalry with own species · dependency · self vs group · human/alien intimacy
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1777
A psychiatrist wakes up in her 17-year-old body and must choose between restoring her life and changing a devastating fate.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: marriage · motherhood · parent-child · sibling relationship · family loyalty · romance · husband-wife · love versus duty · interconnected lives · community ties
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1827
In post-nuclear Australia, survivors face a radioactive countdown while trying to live normally with no escape.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: romance · marriage · husband wife · parent child · friendship · crew camaraderie · professional partnership · family separation · unrequited love · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1842
An elderly British couple follows official nuclear-war advice as the world around them turns terrifying and absurd.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: married couple · husband-wife · partnership · mutual care · dependency · domestic intimacy · shared delusion · citizen-government
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1869
A nursing student faces a Florida zombie outbreak, a hurricane, and brutal choices while trying to keep her family alive.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: marriage · family bond · husband wife · pet companionship · loyalty · protective attachment · survivor community · team survival · strained relationship · found family
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1875
An obscure superhero tries to reclaim his career while balancing family life, animal-rights convictions, and strange DC-universe events.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: marriage · husband-wife dynamic · parent-child relationship · family responsibility · community pressure · hero-public gap
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1878
