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Motifs labels used: tattoos, numbers, cloning, history, heels, murder scenes, scientific jargon, gore, humor
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their motifs embeddings are close.
In modern New Orleans, a detective team and an immortal monster uncover a Frankenstein-era conspiracy and a serial killer.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: body parts · monsters · tattoos · cliffhanger · New Race · monastery · serial killings · dark humor · scientific experiments · murder investigation · crypts · transformation · immortality
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1541
A lethal teenage soldier who was dead for 178 minutes must train a nearly human newcomer—and choose between orders and freedom.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: numbers · barcodes · wrist tattoo · smiling · killing · healing · scars · blood · virus · cuddling
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1681
In a future Hackney tattoo shop, a woman’s body art opens onto many lives, times, and women’s histories.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: tattoos · skin · blood · maps · doors · rememberings · ghost stories · bodies · scars · night · alphabet · ink
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1890
Two aliens arrive on a quarantined Earth in summer heat: one hunts humans for drugs, the other hunts him.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: heat · summer · body modification · piercings · tattoos · blood · gore · skulls · drugs · brain harvesting · cats · cleaning · TV · purple hair · cars · ships
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1913
A teen survives a zombie outbreak while wrestling with racist conditioning, family abuse, and shocking twists.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: blood · gore · brains · twist · cliffhanger · news reports · conspiracy theories · illustrations · skull-splitting · body count
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1924
A post-initiation Dauntless novice weighs leadership, uncovers a conspiracy, and confronts a life-changing family secret.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: tattoo · computers · code · factions · hierarchy · apartment · letters · mysterious note · selection · training
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1939
Spider-Man and Black Cat team up to investigate a deadly drug case, then the story turns sharply into trauma and fallout.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: sexual innuendo · cleavage · costume · drugs · flashbacks · dialogue banter · pop culture references · shower scene · expository monologue
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1942
A self-mythologizing novelist spirals through celebrity, excess, and absurdist satire in a manic faux-autobiography.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: medical imagery · organs · tattoos · bodily excess · celebrities · pop culture references · brand names · hallucination · guns · bodily fluids · self-surgery · breath
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1946
A 1970s SF collection of linked futures, from memory transfer and time travel to an unforgettable deaf-blind commune.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: touch · body language · nudity · cloning · memory banks · cubes · orgies · music · weather symphonies · plants · desert · space habitats · artifacts · sensory difference · sign language
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1949
Framed for murder, a secret-agent Dick Grayson must navigate spy conspiracies and a risky return to the Bat-family.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: masks · code names · secret communications · face reveals · body language · flashy action · jokes about attractiveness · family reactions · lost-and-found
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.1975
A Montana town faces a covert takeover by engineered replacements as old allies reunite to stop Victor’s next assault.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: monsters · clones · replicants · nanotechnology · guns · church social · banter · humor and horror
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2004
Teens race to expose a hidden plan and stop unwinding before a violent uprising and power grab consume the country.
Why this is here
Motifs labels: body parts · seams · cover symbolism · news articles · advertisements · propaganda · tattoos · firing squad · organ donation · rewinding · unwinding
Semantic match: ranked by motifs
Distance: 0.2007
