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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Bent Heavens.

Characterization labels used: flawed protagonist, angry protagonist, traumatized protagonist, social outcast, unlikable characters, morally compromised, male best friend, complicated friendship, neglected parent figure, unstable father figure, new boy love interest

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.

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Cover of The Day Tripper by James Goodhand

The Day Tripper

James Goodhand · 2024

After an injury, a young man wakes up in different years of his life and must piece together how to change his future.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1036

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Traumaland

Josh Silver · 2025

A numb teen enters a secret VR club that sells nightmares, then uncovers a dangerous truth about his own trauma.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1037

Cover of Sweet Harmony by Claire North

Sweet Harmony

Claire North · 2020

In a near future of subscription-based body upgrades, one woman’s quest for perfection spirals into debt and collapse.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1099

Cover of Atlas Alone by Emma Newman

Atlas Alone

Emma Newman · 2019 · Planetfall

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

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1123

Cover of The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

The Obelisk Gate

N.K. Jemisin · 2016 · The Broken Earth

In a dying Earth, Essun’s search for her daughter collides with buried truths, shifting loyalties, and world-ending power.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1146

Cover of Life in the North by Tao Wong

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.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1147

Cover of Song of Kali by Dan Simmons

Song of Kali

Dan Simmons · 1989

A magazine writer’s trip to Calcutta for a missing poet turns into a suffocating descent into cult terror and dread.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1167

Cover of Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini

Be More Chill

Ned Vizzini · 2005

An awkward teen swallows a tiny supercomputer that promises coolness, popularity, and a shot at his crush.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1169

Cover of The Epiphany Machine by David Burr Gerrard

The Epiphany Machine

David Burr Gerrard · 2017

A young New Yorker becomes tied to a tattoo machine that exposes hidden truths, then faces its fallout over decades.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1169

Cover of George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett

George Falls Through Time

Ryan Collett · 2026

A stressed Londoner is hurled into 1300 and must survive medieval hardship, queer desire, and a dragon.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1175

Cover of 宝石の国 3 [Houseki no Kuni 3] by Haruko Ichikawa

宝石の国 3 [Houseki no Kuni 3]

Haruko Ichikawa, 市川春子 · 2014 · 宝石の国 [Hōseki no Kuni]

A winter mission forces a fragile gem warrior into a new partnership that changes identity, memory, and fate.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1186