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These books are ranked using the characterization + relationships labels extracted for The Lathe of Heaven. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Characterization labels used: ordinary protagonist, passive protagonist, quiet protagonist, reluctant hero, power-hungry antagonist, ambitious psychiatrist, manipulative authority figure, vulnerable patient, love interest, underdeveloped supporting cast, egomaniac, mild-mannered lead

Relationships labels used: patient-doctor, therapeutic power imbalance, romantic relationship, friendship, manipulation, dependency, trust and betrayal, control dynamic, mentor abuse, love under pressure

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Cover of K-Pax by Gene Brewer

K-Pax

Gene Brewer · 1995 · K-Pax

A psychiatrist records sessions with a patient who claims to be an alien from K-PAX, and the truth stays uncertain.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: charismatic outsider · enigmatic patient · psychiatrist protagonist · unreliable identity · compelling patient · institutional staff · secondary patients

Relationships labels: doctor-patient · therapist-client · mentor-like influence · patient community · staff-patient · friendship · possible dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1572

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Cover of متلازمة فريجولي by منال معشي

متلازمة فريجولي

منال معشي · 2023 · متلازمة فريجولي

A young psychologist is assigned to a rare psychiatric case, and the patient and hospital secrets quickly entangle them both.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: psychologist · teen patient · antihero doctor · angry protagonist · guarded protagonist · traumatized character · childlike character · loner · prickly personality · supportive friend · mysterious antagonist · morally gray

Relationships labels: doctor-patient · fractured friendship · protective bond · mutual healing · sibling-like bond · trust building · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1665

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Drug of Choice

John Lange, Michael Crichton · 2013

A doctor traces a strange blue-urine case to a secret resort and a corporation using drugs to bend reality.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: doctor protagonist · medical resident · curious investigator · reluctant hero · thin characters · poor character development · male hero · villainous corporation · evil masterminds · beautiful women · famous actress · biker patient · young doctor

Relationships labels: doctor-patient · romantic entanglement · corporate recruitment · power imbalance · trust and betrayal · friend or foe uncertainty · institutional control · rivalry with corporation · dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1676

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Cover of A Cure for Suicide by Jesse Ball

A Cure for Suicide

Jesse Ball · 2015

An amnesiac man is retrained to live in a strange village, until a new relationship unsettles everything he’s learned.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: unnamed protagonist · examiner · claimant · caregiver · guide · patient · volatile woman · charismatic woman · moldable protagonist · alienated characters · bureaucratic role

Relationships labels: caretaker and patient · teacher and learner · man-woman relationships · power imbalance · dependency · romantic tension · betrayal · love story · bonding · control

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1681

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Cover of The Asylum by Matt Dymerski

The Asylum

Matt Dymerski · 2013

A doctor in an asylum follows patient accounts into a disturbing mystery that may reveal madness, truth, or both.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: doctor protagonist · asylum worker · patients · mentor figure · unreliable protagonist · investigator

Relationships labels: doctor-patient · mentor-student · institutional power · abusive relationships · male DV victim · worker-patient

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1722

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Cover of Doctor Who: Rose by Russell T. Davies

Doctor Who: Rose

Russell T. Davies · 2018 · Doctor Who Target Books (Numerical Order)

Rose Tyler’s ordinary London life is shattered when the Doctor arrives as plastic dummies attack the city.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: flawed heroine · ordinary companion · mysterious Doctor · conspiracy theorist · doomed caretaker · sympathetic boyfriend · supporting cast expansion · more sympathetic characters · selfish heroine (mixed) · enigmatic hero

Relationships labels: Doctor-companion bond · romantic triangle · boyfriend/girlfriend · mother-daughter · friend group · community ties · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1769

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Cover of The Touch by F. Paul Wilson

The Touch

F. Paul Wilson · 1986 · Adversary Cycle

A family doctor gains a healing touch that saves lives by day and steadily destroys his own life.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: family doctor · caregiving protagonist · dedicated physician · sympathetic lead · naive protagonist · ambitious politician · power-hungry antagonist · enigmatic supporter · villainous bureaucrat · medical professional · homeless man · Vietnamese gardener · autistic child · loving wife · caring patient

Relationships labels: marriage strain · doctor-patient relationship · professional betrayal · community pressure · power imbalance · mentor-like support · exploitation · family tension · public scrutiny · caregiver dependence

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1772

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Specimen

Shay Savage · 2016

A memory-wiped super soldier wakes in a lab and must decide whether his doctor is his guide, lover, or jailer.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: alpha male · super soldier · scientist doctor · handler · protective hero · confused protagonist · enigmatic heroine · emotionally conditioned · physically enhanced · possessive hero

Relationships labels: doctor-patient relationship · forbidden attraction · unconventional romance · protective bond · power imbalance · dependency · trust dilemma · manipulated relationship · sexual chemistry · romantic suspense

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1773

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Cover of The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton

The Terminal Man

Michael Crichton · 2002

An experimental brain surgery meant to stop violent seizures instead turns one patient into a deadly threat.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: psychiatrist · surgeon · scientist · doctor · patient as test subject · violent protagonist · psychotic protagonist · paranoid protagonist · brilliant but unstable · arrogant experts · female doctor · beleaguered psychiatrist · paper-thin characters · limited character development

Relationships labels: doctor-patient · medical team · professional rivalry · authority vs patient · institutional power · patient under guard · human-machine relation · man-machine conflict

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1784

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Cover of Black Jack, Vol. 1 by Osamu Tezuka

Black Jack, Vol. 1

Osamu Tezuka · 1998 · ブラック・ジャック [Black Jack]

An unlicensed genius surgeon takes on bizarre, high-stakes cases in a dark, funny, episodic medical manga.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: brilliant surgeon · unlicensed doctor · antihero · maverick · mercenary professional · mercurial protagonist · loner · scarred protagonist · enigmatic character · heart of gold · hypercompetent lead · greedy facade · compassionate core

Relationships labels: doctor-patient · mentor figures · colleagues · assistant companion · romantic past · forbidden love · power imbalance · caregiving

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1828

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Cover of Hospital by Han Song

Hospital

Han Song · 2023 · Hospital

A business trip turns nightmarish when a mysterious illness traps one man inside a dystopian hospital system.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: hapless protagonist · confused protagonist · middle-aged man · patient protagonist · bureaucratic functionaries · doctors · medical punk · flat characters · delirious protagonist · imaginative protagonist

Relationships labels: doctor-patient power imbalance · institutional control · family breakdown · family conventions · bribery · coercion · dependency · authority conflict · gendered hostility · parent-child tension

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1829

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Cover of Electric Forest by Tanith Lee

Electric Forest

Tanith Lee · 1979

In a genetically perfect future, an ostracized woman accepts a new body from a mysterious benefactor with hidden motives.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: ugly protagonist · disabled protagonist · social outsider · beautiful antagonist · mad scientist · manipulative mentor · wealthy elite · ambiguous heroine · psychologically isolated · morally compromised

Relationships labels: power imbalance · coercive relationship · abusive relationship · codependency · manipulation · mentor-mentee dynamic · sexual manipulation · love-hate relationship · objectification · dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1834

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