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These books are ranked using the premise + themes labels extracted for Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: lonely alien, outsider perspective, Earth observation, self-discovery, cross-species encounters, emotional healing, search for belonging

Themes labels used: loneliness, belonging, identity, self-acceptance, love, friendship, death, grief, sadness, happiness, art, meaning, humanity, existentialism, growth, acceptance, memory, purpose, self-reflection

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First Day on Earth

Cecil Castellucci · 2011

An angry, lonely teen who believes he was abducted by aliens meets someone who may help him escape Earth.

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Premise labels: alien abduction · outsider story · belonging · self-discovery · escape fantasy · support group · identity crisis · coming of age

Themes labels: alienation · belonging · loneliness · identity · self-acceptance · abandonment · alcoholism · depression · grief · trauma · friendship · empathy · choice · escape · hope · humanity · reality vs belief · illusion vs truth · adolescence · social cruelty · outsiderhood

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The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

Wren James, Lauren James · 2025

A lonely teen on a spaceship to a new world starts an email romance that becomes far more dangerous than expected.

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Premise labels: loneliness in space · space isolation · long-distance communication · romantic attachment · mystery communication

Themes labels: loneliness · identity · independence · selfhood · trust · grief · anxiety · trauma · survival · human connection · isolation · revenge · faith in self · mental health

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Mothtown

Caroline Hardaker · 2023

A lonely boy grows up amid disappearances and family secrets, chasing clues to his grandfather and a possible other world.

Why this is here

Premise labels: missing persons · family secret · search for truth · alternate worlds · grief journey · identity crisis · belonging · unreliable reality

Themes labels: grief · loss · mental illness · loneliness · identity · belonging · disconnection · trauma · family dysfunction · reality vs delusion · memory · transformation · isolation · otherness · hope

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The Experiment

Rebecca Stead · 2025

A sixth grader hiding his alien identity must face a strange change, a vanishing friend group, and a hidden truth.

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Premise labels: alien identity · secret life · hidden origins · body change · mystery experiment · human passing · first crush · friendship rescue · truth-seeking · belonging

Themes labels: identity · belonging · truth · change · coming of age · self-discovery · othering · assimilation · agency · trust · deception · empathy · love · community · humanity · puberty allegory · control · freedom · moral choice

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Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino · 2024

An alien girl raised on Earth sends faxed observations about humans while struggling to understand belonging and home.

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Premise labels: alien protagonist · human observation · coming of age · identity search · outsider perspective · homecoming

Themes labels: alienation · loneliness · belonging · otherness · human condition · grief · loss · identity · womanhood · girlhood · friendship · motherhood · home · exile at home · meaning of life · mortality · resilience · mundanity · beauty in ordinary life · being human · difference

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Leonard

Carlie Sorosiak · 2021

An alien meant to spend a month as a human on Earth accidentally lands in a cat’s body and finds a friend.

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Premise labels: alien on Earth · cat body · body mix-up · fish out of water · found family · friendship quest · homecoming deadline · identity search · humanity lesson · animal-human bond

Themes labels: belonging · identity · home · family · friendship · self-acceptance · difference · humanity · love · sacrifice · loneliness · acceptance · individuality · being yourself · life lessons

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Homesick for Another World

Ottessa Moshfegh · 2017

Fourteen darkly funny, unsettling stories follow alienated misfits, bodily disgust, and failed attempts at connection.

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Premise labels: alienation · outsider characters · misfit lives · self-deception · yearning · everyday misery · social exclusion · existential discontent

Themes labels: alienation · loneliness · existentialism · nihilism · self-loathing · self-deception · human cruelty · body shame · degradation · belonging · connection · escapism · desire · disappointment · banality · misanthropy · compassion · social decay · psychological cruelty · identity

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Pilgrimage: The Book of the People

Zenna Henderson · 1963 · The People

A fix-up of linked stories about psychic alien refugees hiding on Earth and searching for community, home, and belonging.

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Premise labels: marooned aliens · hidden powers · alien refugees · belonging · outsider empathy · community search · identity concealment · reconnection

Themes labels: otherness · prejudice · tolerance · belonging · homecoming · exile · assimilation · identity · community · faith · hope · sanctity of life · difference · reconciliation · immigration · persecution · depression · mental health · disability · education · suppression of gifts · using gifts for good

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Fluke

James Herbert · 1977

A stray dog with human memories roams England, searching for the truth behind his past life.

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Premise labels: reincarnation · animal perspective · body swap · identity mystery · past life · search for truth · stray dog · human in animal body · canine journey

Themes labels: identity · reincarnation · self-discovery · humanity · animal consciousness · meaning of life · acceptance · memory · loss · death · belief · spirituality · mortality · compassion · survival · treatment of animals · free will

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Good Morning, Midnight

Lily Brooks-Dalton · 2016

Two isolated scientists—one in the Arctic, one in space—face a silent Earth and ask what still matters.

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Premise labels: isolation survival · end of world · communication loss · return journey · space mission · arctic outpost · lonely protagonists · human connection · survival choices · unknown catastrophe

Themes labels: loneliness · isolation · human connection · regret · loss · ambition · legacy · mortality · survival · meaning of life · choice and consequence · forgiveness · redemption · time · acceptance · impermanence · family bonds · communication

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The Seep

Chana Porter · 2020

A trans woman in an alien-made utopia spirals after her wife remakes herself, then sets out on a strange quest.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · benevolent invasion · post-scarcity · grief after loss · identity transformation · utopian takeover · body modification · soft invasion

Themes labels: grief · identity · transformation · free will · autonomy · community · memory · mortality · love · loss · acceptance · pain · happiness · toxic positivity · utopia vs dystopia · ethics · consent · self-determination · change · humanity · post-scarcity

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Solaris

Stanisław Lem · 2002

A psychologist on an isolated space station confronts a sentient ocean that turns memory, guilt, and identity against its visitors.

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Premise labels: alien contact · sentient ocean · memory manifestation · alien intelligence · psychological encounter · scientific investigation

Themes labels: human limits · otherness · communication failure · identity · memory · guilt · grief · consciousness · alienation · self-knowledge · scientific uncertainty · faith · love · loss · human nature

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