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Claire North

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Characterization labels used: kind protagonist, humanized Death figure, ordinary man, mild-mannered, empathetic, relatable, observer, witness, philosophical, bureaucratic employee

Relationships labels used: death and living, mentor/employee relationship, romantic relationship, family relationship, community relations, power conflict, authority conflict, human solidarity

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Chicano Frankenstein

Daniel A. Olivas · 2024

A reanimated paralegal in near-future America falls in love while a hostile government targets people like him.

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Characterization labels: unnamed protagonist · reanimated man · paralegal · lawyer · political president · antiheroic system victim · earnest protagonist · robotic affect · found family

Relationships labels: romantic relationship · workplace relationship · family reconnection · community belonging · political antagonism · mentor-like doctor · friend group

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1850

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The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years

Chingiz Aitmatov · 1988

A railway worker’s funeral journey through the Kazakh steppe opens into memory, legend, and a strange space-age subplot.

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Characterization labels: railway worker · ordinary man · old man · protagonist as witness · loyal friend · moral center · bureaucrat · astronauts · community figure · humble hero · animal character

Relationships labels: friendship · father-child estrangement · unfulfilled love · marriage · community bonds · state power vs individual · human-animal bond · ancestor continuity

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1974

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Recursion

Blake Crouch · 2019

A cop and a neuroscientist confront a memory epidemic that warps identity, time, and reality itself.

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Characterization labels: detective protagonist · neuroscientist protagonist · brilliant scientist · grieving father · traumatized cop · well-intentioned inventor · wealthy benefactor · mysterious billionaire · obsessive investigator · idealistic researcher · emotionally driven characters · genius inventor

Relationships labels: romantic relationship · family grief · mother-daughter bond · parent-child loss · partnership · collaboration · power imbalance · mentor-like funding relationship · love story · marriage

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1997

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Lost Ark Dreaming

Suyi Davies Okungbowa · 2024

In flooded future Lagos, three tower residents uncover a hidden threat that could upend a rigid class society.

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Characterization labels: analyst · bureaucrat · government worker · civil servant · mechanic · engineer · foreman · rookie analyst · mid-level worker · upper-class ruler · earnest · grieving · mourning · egotistical · ambitious · skeptical · devoted · sympathetic arc · morally complex · complex characters · distinct voices · flawed humans

Relationships labels: forced alliance · working together · class conflict · power imbalance · community · solidarity · betrayal · dependency · intergenerational trauma · immigration · loss of spouse · rivalry · mistrust

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2001

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Speaker for the Dead

Aaron Johnston · 2011 · Ender's Saga (Graphic Novels)

A guilt-haunted speaker is summoned to a distant colony to uncover a mysterious death among an alien people.

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Characterization labels: adult protagonist · cerebral hero · mature protagonist · guilt-ridden · redeemed character · empathetic protagonist · morally burdened · intelligent characters · tragic flaws · older protagonist

Relationships labels: family ties · romantic marriage · sibling relationship · community bonds · cross-species relations · mentor-like role · parenthood · uncle relationship · forgiveness

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2039

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Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman · 1993

Einstein dreams alternate worlds where time behaves differently, turning physics questions into lyrical philosophical vignettes.

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Characterization labels: young genius · patent clerk · scientist protagonist · nameless figures · ordinary people · observer protagonist · philosophical character types · human condition focus

Relationships labels: lovers · parents and children · friends · colleague relationship · community · isolation · family bonds · social dependence · shared loss · separation

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2057

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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.

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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: 0.2060

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Кубик

Саша Козлов · 2024

Six linked sci-fi stories in shifting realities slowly reveal a hidden pattern, forcing readers to solve the puzzle.

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Characterization labels: ordinary people · functional characters · flat characters · NPC-like characters · relationship-centered · baffled protagonists · observer protagonists · brittle humanity

Relationships labels: romantic tension · friendship · dependency · human connection · community · partnership

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2062

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The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances

Glenn Dixon · 2026

A sentient Roomba in a smart home wakes to grief, selfhood, and a growing fight against the Grid.

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Characterization labels: sentient robot · curious protagonist · naive protagonist · earnest protagonist · brave protagonist · courageous protagonist · empathetic character · grieving widower · estranged daughter · neighbor boy · seasoned appliances · anthropomorphized objects · one-dimensional humans · developing selfhood · coming-of-age arc · moral agency

Relationships labels: found family · household bonds · parent-child estrangement · grief support · human-machine bond · caregiving · loyalty · friendship · community resistance · dependence

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2065

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Angry Candy

Harlan Ellison · 1988

A speculative short-story collection bound by death, grief, rage, and Ellison’s experimental, high-voltage prose.

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Characterization labels: angry protagonist · grieving protagonist · outsider · underdog · homeless woman · elderly guardian · moralistic authorial presence · traumatized character

Relationships labels: mentor-protégé · father-son bond · friendship loss · family grief · romantic loss · power struggle · predator-victim · community trauma

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2075

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The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid · 2022

A man wakes to find his skin has turned dark, and the change spreads, forcing intimacy, fear, and racial reckonings.

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Characterization labels: ordinary man · young couple · girlfriend · old friend · parent-child focus · grieving characters · alienated protagonist · caregiving parent · conspiracy-minded parent · reactive characters

Relationships labels: romantic relationship · friend-turned-lover · parent-child bond · family tension · generational conflict · caregiving relationship · loss of recognition · community estrangement

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2086

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Sky Coyote

Kage Baker · 2000 · The Company

An immortal Company agent must persuade a California village to trust him, even as hidden future agendas emerge.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: immortal operative · mentor figure · protege · con man · wry narrator · morally compromised · jaded · sardonic · trickster figure · bureaucratic mortals

Relationships labels: mentor-protege · employer-employee · intergenerational conflict · colonizer-indigenous conflict · mistrust · strained relationship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2094

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