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Characterization labels used: Amish farmer, father, husband, community leader, pacifist, devout, thoughtful, reflective, gentle, oracle daughter, epileptic daughter, prophetic child, caregiver father, craftsman, woodworker, respectable patriarch, nonviolent protagonist

Relationships labels used: family unit, parent child, husband wife, community bonds, neighborly aid, us vs them, cultural divide, outsider intrusion, rival cultures, mutual dependence, protective duty, moral obligation

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Cover of The Test by Sylvain Neuvel

The Test

Sylvain Neuvel · 2019

A British citizenship test turns into a terrifying moral ordeal for an immigrant father and his family.

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Characterization labels: immigrant protagonist · family man · father · husband · dentist · likable protagonist · polite · morally pressured · resilient · ordinary person under pressure

Relationships labels: family unit · marriage · parent child · collective fate · institutional power · state coercion · dependency

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Distance: 0.2005

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Pedro the Vast

Simón López Trujillo · 2026

A farm worker survives a deadly fungal outbreak and becomes the center of science, faith, and family crisis in rural Chile.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: single father · widower · working-class protagonist · farm worker · logging worker · mycologist · priest · child caretaker · abandoned children · reluctant prophet · cult figure · scientific observer · predictive child · fragile adult authority · community witness

Relationships labels: father-daughter · father-son · sibling responsibility · parental absence · abandonment · religious devotion · cult dynamic · science-faith tension · community dependence · worker solidarity

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2085

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The Jakarta Pandemic

Steven Konkoly · 2013 · Alex Fletcher

A prepared former Marine tries to protect his family as a lethal flu pandemic triggers neighborhood breakdown.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: prepper · ex-marine · Iraq War veteran · pharmaceutical rep · survivalist · paranoid · judgmental · mouthy · antagonistic · flawed hero · protective father · family man · organized · resourceful · cocky · vulnerable · likable hero (mixed) · neighbor cast · sociopaths · desperate strangers · villainous outsiders · well-prepared family · secondary characters

Relationships labels: family unit · husband-wife · parent-child · neighbors · community tension · friendship · rivalry · distrust · dependency · protective instincts · betrayal · us vs them · communal breakdown

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2116

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Last First Snow

Max Gladstone · 2015 · Craft Sequence

A craftswoman and a warrior-priest try to stop a redevelopment fight in a postwar city before protests turn catastrophic.

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Characterization labels: craftswoman · lawyer · necromancer · warrior-priest · community organizer · priest · father · wife · son · ruler · skeleton king · conqueror · conflicted hero · grey character · idealistic younger self · older wiser self · community leader · protagonist duo

Relationships labels: family duty · parent-child · father-son · marriage · community leadership · opposing sides · rivalry · respectful conflict · negotiated compromise · state vs residents · power imbalance · love and duty

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Distance: 0.2140

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Seventh Son

Orson Scott Card · 1988 · Tales of Alvin Maker

A magically gifted frontier boy grows up in an alternate America where folk magic and religion are locked in conflict.

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Characterization labels: young protagonist · gifted child · chosen one · adolescent hero · likable hero · special child · mature for age · fanatical preacher · religious antagonist · protective family · villainous force · guardian figure · well-rounded characters

Relationships labels: siblings · family bonds · parent-child · married couple · community conflict · mentor-protege · rival belief systems · religious conflict · protector and child

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Distance: 0.2163

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Cover of She Wouldn't Change a Thing by Sarah Adlakha

She Wouldn't Change a Thing

Sarah Adlakha · 2021

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

Characterization labels: psychiatrist protagonist · working mother · wife · mother · pregnant protagonist · medical professional · career woman · frazzled parent · relatable heroine · active protagonist · resilient heroine · morally burdened · confused protagonist · secondary character web · well-developed characters

Relationships labels: marriage · motherhood · parent-child · sibling relationship · family loyalty · romance · husband-wife · love versus duty · interconnected lives · community ties

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2202

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Superman: Lois and Clark

Dan Jurgens · 2016 · Superman: Lois and Clark

A hidden Superman family tries to live quietly on a world that already has its own Superman, until secrets begin to surface.

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Characterization labels: protective father · investigative reporter · idealistic hero · experienced hero · grounded couple · secretive child · strong parental bond · hero as parent · supportive partner · anonymous crusader

Relationships labels: marriage · parent-child · family unit · romantic partnership · co-parenting · secret-keeping · protective bond · power couple · equal partnership

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Distance: 0.2203

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City of Truth

James K. Morrow · 1993

In a city where lying is impossible, one father risks everything to learn deception and save his dying son.

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Characterization labels: everyman protagonist · father · loving parent · truth-conditioned citizen · rule-abiding conformist · artist-censor · dissembler · terminally ill child · pragmatic spouse · desperate seeker

Relationships labels: parent-child bond · father-son relationship · marriage · romantic attraction · community vs outsider · truth-teller versus liar · family loyalty · caregiving · social alienation

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Moon of the Crusted Snow

Waubgeshig Rice · 2018 · Moon

A remote Anishinaabe community faces blackout, winter scarcity, and outsider pressure while rediscovering old ways to endure.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: young family · informal leader · elder wisdom · community leader · outsider antagonist · survivalist · everyman protagonist · resourceful hunter · cultural custodian

Relationships labels: family bonds · community cohesion · elder-younger relationship · leadership conflict · outsider conflict · collective survival · parent-child · romantic partnership

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2214

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I Cheerfully Refuse

Leif Enger · 2024

In a near-future America collapsing around books, one grieving sailor sets out across Lake Superior to find what’s left of love and hope.

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Characterization labels: gentle giant · musician protagonist · grieving husband · endearing narrator · passive protagonist · likeable hero · ordinary man · protective adult · child companion · bookish wife · chosen family · misfits · villainous elite · corrupt rulers · children in danger

Relationships labels: marriage · devoted spouse · parent-child surrogate · found family · chosen family · friendship · protection of child · companion bond · community ties · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2217

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch · 2023

In a collapsing Ireland, a mother fights to hold her family together as authoritarian rule closes in.

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Characterization labels: mother protagonist · scientist protagonist · trade unionist · family caretaker · decent ordinary people · dementia-affected parent · teenage child · passive protagonist · fearful protagonist · protective mother · everywoman figure · working mother · middle-class family

Relationships labels: mother-child bond · marriage under pressure · family separation · parental duty · husband wife · siblings · intergenerational care · community breakdown · state versus citizen

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2223

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Cover of The Between by Tananarive Due

The Between

Tananarive Due · 1995

A man haunted by childhood survival and racist threats begins to lose the line between nightmare and reality.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · family man · protective father · husband · judge · rehab director · psychologically unstable · compassionate · morally compromised · complex characters · minor characters · character-driven

Relationships labels: marriage · family unit · parent-child bond · grandmother-grandson bond · marital strain · protective husband · romantic conflict · community support · threatened family · intergenerational loss

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2228

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Touched

Walter Mosley · 2023

A Black family man wakes to a cosmic mission, a violent alter ego, and a world where life itself is on trial.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: middle-aged family man · Black protagonist · everyman protagonist · dual personality · alternate self · violent alter ego · caring father · wife and children · white supremacist antagonist · personification of death · superhuman protector · philosophical protagonist

Relationships labels: marriage · family unit · fatherhood · spousal infidelity · parent-child protection · community hostility · racialized conflict · power struggle · body-sharing

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Distance: 0.2232

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H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space

Gou Tanabe · 2025 · Gou Tanabe's Adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's Masterpieces

A surveyor hears how a rural farm was slowly blighted by a meteorite carrying an indescribable alien color.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: farm family · stoic farmer · surveyor · aged survivor · scientists · local witnesses · doomed family · rural community

Relationships labels: family bonds · community isolation · scientist-observer · neighbor testimony · parent-child · marital family unit · human versus nature

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2233

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Cover of Crossed, Vol. 2: Family Values by David Lapham

Crossed, Vol. 2: Family Values

David Lapham · 2011 · Crossed (Collected Editions)

A North Carolina ranch family’s secrets erupt as a brutal apocalypse forces them to face both infected horrors and human evil.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: family patriarch · strong female lead · rural family · religious fundamentalist · abusive parent · survivor · antiheroic humanity

Relationships labels: family conflict · parent-child conflict · incest · abusive family · sibling dynamics · domestic power struggle · caregiving · betrayal

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2233

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Cover of El Eternauta by Héctor Germán Oesterheld

El Eternauta

Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Francisco Solano López · 2006 · El Eternauta

A Buenos Aires card game becomes a battle for survival when deadly snow hides an alien invasion and a resistance forms.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: ordinary man · family man · scientist · collective protagonist · survivor group · resourceful · brave · rationalist · military opposition

Relationships labels: friend group · family bonds · marriage · parent child · teamwork · solidarity · mutual dependence · community resistance · collective action · us vs them

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2236

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Cover of The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton

The Philosopher Kings

Jo Walton · 2015 · Thessaly

After a utopian city fractures, Apollo and his daughter sail into the unknown on a grief-driven quest.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: god incarnate · demigod children · precocious daughter · grieving father · humanized god · philosopher-intellectual · teen protagonist · female coming of age · idealistic thinker · precocious child · complex characters · morally conflicted

Relationships labels: parent-child · father-daughter · family bond · marriage · companions · mentorship · rival factions · community conflict · betrayal · revenge

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2248

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Cover of Time to Play by Erin Ampersand

Time to Play

Erin Ampersand · 2026 · Apocalypse Parenting

A suburban mom must protect her three kids when Earth becomes an alien survival game with RPG powers.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: mother protagonist · solo parent · resourceful heroine · resilient protagonist · practical parent · realistic children · child characters · relatable cast · not overpowered · emotionally intelligent · grumpy heroine · protective caregiver · community organizer

Relationships labels: mother children · parent child · siblings · family unit · marital separation · absent husband · neighbors · community cooperation · parenting conflict · group survival

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2256

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Cover of Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler · 1998 · Earthseed

A near-future California community and its founder are tested by collapse, extremism, and a shattered family.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: strong female lead · Black woman protagonist · hyperempath · visionary leader · religious founder · mother · daughter · estranged daughter · husband · older husband · political leader · religious fanatic · cult leader · survivor · resilient · traumatized · idealistic · pragmatic

Relationships labels: mother-daughter · marriage · found family · community bonds · parental loss · family separation · estrangement · leader-followers · oppressor-oppressed · religious dependence · power imbalance · betrayal · community care

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2267

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Cover of The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall

The Mother Fault

Kate Mildenhall · 2020

In a near-future Australia, a mother defies a surveillance state to find her missing husband and save her children.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: mother protagonist · flawed heroine · protective parent · ordinary woman · strong female protagonist · young children · missing husband · working mother · maternal guilt · resilient heroine

Relationships labels: mother-child bond · marriage · family separation · parent-child conflict · sibling relationship · former lovers · romantic subplot · state vs citizen · family threat · dependence on friends

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2270

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Escaping Home

A. American · 2013 · The Survivalist

In a grid-down America under martial law, a family and allies must choose between holding home and bugging out.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: survivalist · prepper · family man · protective father · loose cannon · ex-soldier · military crew · resourceful protagonist · realistic characters · female characters underdeveloped · children learning self-defense · character development

Relationships labels: family bonds · friend group · allied group · group cohesion · trust issues · parent-child · husband-wife conflict · community solidarity · power imbalance · protective relationship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2270

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Cover of Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon

Valley of the Moon

Melanie Gideon · 2016

A struggling single mother slips between 1970s California and a fog-bound 1906 farm community, torn between two homes.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: single mother · young mother · working mother · struggling mother · grounded protagonist · relatable protagonist · restless protagonist · visionary leader · community founder · supportive friend · estranged daughter · devoted son · self-made community · hardworking characters · strong female lead

Relationships labels: mother-son · parent-child · father-daughter · estrangement · romance across time · forbidden romance · friendship · community bonds · chosen family · marriage · extended family

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2285

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Cover of Chocky by John Wyndham

Chocky

John Wyndham · 1968

An English boy’s invisible companion may be an alien intelligence, forcing his family to decide what’s real.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: ordinary family · inquisitive child · rational father · emotional mother · adopted son · protective parent · skeptical adult · benign outsider

Relationships labels: parent-child · adoptive family · family dynamics · marriage · sibling relationship · caretaking · authority conflict · adult-child mismatch · friendship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2293

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Cover of A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

A Half-Built Garden

Ruthanna Emrys · 2022

In 2083, a queer Jewish mother in a climate-repair commune becomes Earth's first contact point with aliens demanding evacuation.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: queer protagonist · Jewish protagonist · mother protagonist · parent protagonist · community organizer · idealist · thoughtful protagonist · good-faith characters

Relationships labels: polyamorous family · co-parenting · wife · motherhood · parenthood · found family · interspecies relations · diplomacy · family drama

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2294

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