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Characterization labels used: necromancer, cavalier, lyctor, underdog, unreliable protagonist, reserved protagonist, snarky characters, morbid protagonist, mentally ill protagonist, traumatized protagonist, academic prodigy, body-limited protagonist, powerful but vulnerable

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Atlas Alone

Emma Newman · 2019 · Planetfall

A traumatized gamer on a colony ship hunts Earth’s killers through VR, uncovering a deadly conspiracy.

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Characterization labels: traumatized protagonist · flawed protagonist · isolated protagonist · gamer protagonist · vengeful protagonist · unlikeable protagonist · morally compromised protagonist · complicated protagonist · trust issues · emotionally armored · corporate slave · indentured worker · non-person

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Distance: 0.1497

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The Shadow of the Torturer

Gene Wolfe · 1980 · The Book of the New Sun

An apprentice torturer exiled for showing mercy begins a strange journey through a dying far-future world.

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Characterization labels: apprentice · orphan · torturer · executioner · unreliable protagonist · morally conflicted · emotionally detached · naive · curious · lonely · disturbing narrator · complicated protagonist

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Distance: 0.1502

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The Boy Who Fell from the Stars

Ted Dekker, Rachelle Dekker · 2021 · And They Found Dragons

A frail 12-year-old boy joins children sent from a space station to confront dragons and save humanity.

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Characterization labels: weak protagonist · frail hero · tween protagonist · child protagonist · anemic protagonist · hyper-intelligent · kindhearted · loyal · brave · outcast · adult antagonist · mother figure · best friend · hostile peer · doctor character · team of children · special abilities

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Distance: 0.1543

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Cover of The Dregs of Empire by Christopher Ruocchio

The Dregs of Empire

Christopher Ruocchio · 2023 · The Sun Eater

A Sun Eater side story follows Lorian Aristedes on a brutal prison planet after book 5, forcing survival and escape.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: frail protagonist · physically weak · strategist · tactician · clever underdog · loyal retainer · morally complex · intellectual · resilient · beloved side character · unreliable narrator · outcast

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Distance: 0.1553

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The Children of Men

P.D. James · 2006

In a childless near-future England, a weary historian is drawn into resistance when a pregnancy changes everything.

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Characterization labels: academic protagonist · historian protagonist · apathetic protagonist · cynical protagonist · unlikable protagonist · reluctant leader · female revolutionary · attractive outsider · tyrannical ruler · powerful cousin · dissident group · idealistic rebels · elderly population · amoral youth · cold character

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Distance: 0.1554

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Empire of Silence

Christopher Ruocchio · 2018 · The Sun Eater

An exiled nobleman recounts how he became a legendary outcast, gladiator, and future destroyer of suns.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: privileged heir · reluctant hero · scholar protagonist · melodramatic protagonist · impulsive protagonist · naive protagonist · brooding hero · flawed narrator · anti-conformist · bookish · gladiator · self-justifying

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Distance: 0.1563

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Homunculus (Omnibus), Vol. 1-2

Hideo Yamamoto · 2023 · Homunculus Omnibus

A homeless man joins a skull-drilling experiment and starts seeing people’s hidden inner selves as grotesque forms.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: Unreliable protagonist · Morally ambiguous protagonist · Homeless protagonist · Socially alienated protagonist · Eccentric scientist · Shady medical student · Creepy antagonist · Unlikable protagonist · Compelling protagonist · Secretive protagonist

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Distance: 0.1565

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Life in the North

Tao Wong · 2017 · The System Apocalypse

Camping in the Yukon, a broken man wakes to Earth remade as a deadly RPG and must survive, adapt, and get home.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · angsty hero · rage issues · loner · PTSD · survivor · brooder · self-destructive · reluctant leader · bisexual protagonist · POC protagonist · socially awkward · damaged goods · competent under pressure · emotionally repressed

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Distance: 0.1596

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Cover of Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee

Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind

Molly McGhee · 2023

A debt-ridden man takes a dream-auditing job that promises relief, but work, morality, and reality start to blur.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: naive protagonist · debt-ridden protagonist · people pleaser · anxious protagonist · passive protagonist · unreliable protagonist · likable loser · ordinary man · frustrating protagonist · flawed hero · bumbling idiot · earnest protagonist · self-deluding

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Distance: 0.1615

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Variable Star

Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson · 2006

A broke would-be composer boards a relativistic colony ship after a love-and-family betrayal, only to face cosmic disaster.

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Characterization labels: young protagonist · musician protagonist · composer protagonist · socially awkward protagonist · gifted protagonist · flawed hero · headstrong hero · rich heiress · ruthless patriarch · competent characters · stock characters

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Distance: 0.1623

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Cover of Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North

Pursuit of William Abbey

Claire North · 2019

A cursed doctor is chased across empires by a dead boy’s shadow, gaining a dangerous gift for reading truths.

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Characterization labels: cowardly protagonist · morally compromised protagonist · unlikable protagonist · spy · doctor · truth-speaker · haunted figure · observer protagonist · flawed hero · emotionally detached protagonist

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Distance: 0.1627

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Kitty Cat Kill Sat: A Feline Space Adventure

Argus . · 2023

An immortal cat runs a battered space station, fighting crises, loneliness, and Earth’s collapse from orbit.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: snarky protagonist · lonely protagonist · immortal protagonist · selfless protagonist · catlike behavior · uplifted intelligence · fierce heroine · heroic protector · quirky narrator · resourceful protagonist · emotionally wounded protagonist · non-human protagonist · character-driven

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1629

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