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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for The Descent of Monsters.
Characterization labels used: investigator, bureaucrat, foul-mouthed protagonist, snarky protagonist, competent investigator, underappreciated official, rebel, terrorist leader, prisoner, new protagonist, side-character focus, morally compromised system insider, ordinary-person viewpoint, nonbinary characters
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
Starfleet time investigators race to stop temporal incursions while untangling a web of Star Trek time-travel history.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: bureaucrats · detectives · investigators · unflappable · disciplined · obsessive · quiet competence · new recruit · reader proxy · minor-character focus · three-dimensional characterization · character development
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1529
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
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1671
A secret British agent investigates a rural unicorn outbreak and discovers the creatures are far from mythical.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: bureaucrat hero · computer geek protagonist · occult investigator · dryly witty narrator · unlikely hero · civil servant · dull-sounding protagonist · snarky agent
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1698
A stranded detective must solve a murder in a future where a few hundred humans struggle to restart humanity after extinction.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: detective protagonist · ex-cop · competent protagonist · skeptical protagonist · persistent investigator · high-tech faction · low-tech faction · faction leaders · lonely survivor · murderer · power seeker · ordinary-citizen lead
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1741
An FBI pair investigates a star athlete’s death during a violent future sport played through robot bodies.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: FBI agents · rookie agent · veteran partner · gender-ambiguous protagonist · snarky dialogue · competent investigator · wealthy protagonist · rich family · female partner
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1763
A federal agent wakes in a strange Idaho town with no ID, no exit, and a mystery that keeps deepening.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: secret service agent · federal agent · investigator · amnesiac protagonist · unlikeable protagonist · flawed protagonist · reactive protagonist · determined protagonist · supporting ally · mysterious authority figures
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1775
A British occult agent is sent to investigate too many concrete cows, uncovering a weaponized surveillance conspiracy.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: bureaucrat-turned-spy · geek protagonist · competent agent · accidental field agent · competent policewoman · power-hungry boss · bureaucratic antagonists · technical thinker · lowly techie
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1794
A new Guardian uncovers dangerous lies about his peaceful society after a rebel encounter leaves him questioning everything.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: naive protagonist · questioning hero · competent protagonist · bookworm · computer whiz · mysterious rebel · elite commander · loyal friend · moral investigator · strong female characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1798
A condensed full-cast Audible drama of a surveillance-state classic, driven by voice acting, music, and dread.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: rebellious protagonist · bureaucrat protagonist · state employee · defiant lover · mysterious figure · authoritarian figure · paranoid protagonist · quiet defiance · fragile hope · psychological breakdown · morally compromised system
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1844
An FDA investigator probes a sleep-ending drug whose promise hides deadly secrets, corruption, and murder.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: medical investigator · FDA agent · morally upright protagonist · scientist · doctor · businessman villain · corrupt executive · beautiful doctor · femme fatale · human test subject · psychotic killer · gangster side character · underdeveloped characters · unlikable characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1868
A cross-country thriller where a detective and a private eye uncover a terrifying link between crimes, missing people, and insects.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: detective · private investigator · solitary protagonists · broken characters · emotionally guarded · attachable characters · complex characters · female investigator · gay protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1871
A celebrity in a police-state future wakes up erased from existence and must survive while chasing the truth behind his disappearance.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: celebrity protagonist · genetically engineered elite · police general · authoritarian official · informant · forger · drug-addled character · damaged characters · narcissistic protagonist · morally compromised characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1885
