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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for The Transmigration of Timothy Archer.
Characterization labels used: bishop, female narrator, erudite character, schizophrenic character, suicidal character, grieving character, skeptical character, world-weary character, intellectual character, paranoid character
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
On a ruined Earth, a suicidal landowner loses a city in a game of bluffing and gets pulled into a wider alien conspiracy.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: suicidal protagonist · manic-depressive protagonist · drug-addled protagonist · paranoid protagonist · psychic woman · agency-driven woman · embittered ex-wife · sympathetic new wife · one-dimensional characters (mixed)
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1783
A convent of spacefaring nuns on a living ship faces faith, politics, and a crisis that could reshape their world.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: nun protagonists · female ensemble · distinct personalities · secretive characters · dementia · cynical character · pious character · pragmatic character · medical helper · faith-struggling character
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1796
A self-divided writer chases a pink-light revelation into Gnostic theology, madness, and the meaning of reality.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: schizophrenic protagonist · autobiographical narrator · alter ego · author-protagonist · intellectual protagonist · paranoid thinker · self-divided character · religious seeker · mad genius
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1835
An experimental brain surgery meant to stop violent seizures instead turns one patient into a deadly threat.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: psychiatrist · surgeon · scientist · doctor · patient as test subject · violent protagonist · psychotic protagonist · paranoid protagonist · brilliant but unstable · arrogant experts · female doctor · beleaguered psychiatrist · paper-thin characters · limited character development
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1838
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: 0.1850
A speculative short-story collection bound by death, grief, rage, and Ellison’s experimental, high-voltage prose.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: angry protagonist · grieving protagonist · outsider · underdog · homeless woman · elderly guardian · moralistic authorial presence · traumatized character
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1861
A language-spread plague turns speech into contagion and pushes survivors into violent, reality-bending horror.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: infected characters · mentally ill characters · psychosis · unreliable narrator · addiction · dissociative breakdown · high-functioning to violent
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1895
A troubled man time-travels to biblical Palestine and becomes entangled in the origins of Christianity.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: troubled protagonist · neurotic protagonist · misfit · outcast · unlikable protagonist · messiah complex · self-loathing · intellectual protagonist · psychologically damaged · antihero
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1904
In a polluted near-future, a matched couple joins an elite healthcare program that offers longevity at a disturbing cost.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: female protagonist · anxious narrator · unreliable narrator · isolated protagonist · self-preserving characters · writer character · neurotic protagonist · obsessive protagonist · passive protagonist · morally compromised characters · ordinary people under pressure
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1906
A fragmented, clinical collage of sex, violence, celebrity, and media spectacle in a collapsing modern world.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: fragmented protagonist · psychiatrist · doctor · mentally ill narrator · unstable identity · passive male protagonist · obsessive protagonist · clinical detachment · empty-jacket character · psychotic character · dissociated self
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1923
After a devastating loss, a guilt-ridden woman retreats to Montana and begins questioning whether the voices she hears are madness or truth.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: grieving mother · guilt-ridden protagonist · unreliable perception · eccentric grandmother · supportive friend · controlling mother · complex antagonist · therapist character · psychiatrist character · emotionally isolated
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1928
A priest and a trash-obsessed loner become linked by a recurring black barn, unraveling a dark mystery.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: reclusive loner · trash collector · disgraced priest · new priest · troubled protagonist · mentally ill protagonist · paranoid investigator · obsessive character · character-driven
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1958
