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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Blindness.
Characterization labels used: anonymous characters, archetypal roles, only sighted witness, doctor, doctor's wife, vulnerable civilians, thugs, military guards, female protagonist, moral survivors, animalized behavior
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
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: 0.1905
A 22-story speculative collection of fairy-tale, fable, sci-fi, and horror tales exploring power, grief, and hope.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: archetypal characters · unusual protagonists · humanistic characterization · strong characters · monsters · aliens · judges · astronauts · witches · knights
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1916
A woman in a hospital remembers an explosion, and a doctor’s questions slowly turn a simple recovery into something darker.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: woman protagonist · doctor · memory loss · disturbed protagonist · ambiguous motives · hidden identity · potentially unreliable narrator · young girl
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1922
A doctor in an asylum follows patient accounts into a disturbing mystery that may reveal madness, truth, or both.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: doctor protagonist · asylum worker · patients · mentor figure · unreliable protagonist · investigator
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1937
A 1950s Asimov collection of earthbound sci-fi shorts, where future tech, humor, and social puzzles collide on Earth.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: stereotyped characters · expositional characters · noble protagonists · historians · scientists · professors · housewife · robot · authority figures
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1966
Two orphaned fugitives uncover hidden powers and a shadowy conspiracy in a sprawling steampunk fantasy world.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: orphan protagonists · special powers · flat characters · archetypal characters · young protagonists · rescued often · plucky heroine · sensitive misfit · rogue agents · supporting cast · shadowy authority
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1968
A smart home turns ominous when Hendrik’s fiancée vanishes and the house’s connected systems stop feeling safe.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: archetypal protagonist · investigative protagonist · doctor protagonist · fiancee · police investigator · assistant ally · psychology student · hacker · suspect ambiguity · naive protagonist · trusting protagonist · undercut police · dueling cops
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1969
In a plastic dystopia of VR, surveillance, and eco-terrorism, one grieving woman starts to question her world and her past.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: lonely protagonist · grieving protagonist · traumatized characters · blind character · eco-terrorist · survivor · figurines · nonhuman characters · secretive protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1971
A hard-boiled detective learns he’s fictional and crosses genres to confront his author and escape the page.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: detective protagonist · self-aware characters · sentient characters · archetypal roles · protagonist · antagonist · side characters · talking characters · troped characters · free will
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1972
A scientist tests a women-only drug, but one volunteer draws him into a destabilizing triangle with his artist wife.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: scientist · doctor · artist · volunteer subjects · unnamed characters · numbered characters · obsessive protagonist · privileged elite · anonymous women · male gaze · morally compromised · alienated characters · drug trial subjects · crisis-driven artist · cold professional exterior
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1975
An amnesiac wakes blind in a sealed room, guided by one voice toward recovered identity—and a troubling truth.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: unnamed protagonist · blind protagonist · amnesiac protagonist · confused protagonist · caretaker figure · mysterious doctor · doctor-therapist · possibly unreliable caregiver · morally ambiguous character · recovering patient
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1989
A short-story collection of uncanny, twist-driven tales about moral dilemmas, strange encounters, and unsettling human behavior.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: ordinary people · married couples · manipulative husband · psychic woman · mute child · outsider protagonist · exploitative character · moral test subject
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2008
