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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for Dragonfly Girl: A Spellbinding YA Science Thriller About a Cure for Death and Deadly International Rivalry.
Themes labels used: STEM, women in science, science ethics, life and death, mortality, identity, belonging, class and money, financial precarity, caregiving, loyalty, truth and deception, trust, ambition, power and corruption, academic pressure, coming of age, parentification, moral courage
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Two Harvard students chase an anti-aging breakthrough, then fame, money, and secrets threaten their startup and bond.
Why this is here
Themes labels: immortality · aging · ambition · success · power · betrayal · ethics · fame · money · legacy · gender in STEM · women in STEM · class difference · parental approval · identity · obsession · pressure · science vs business · morality · expectations vs reality
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.0965
A STEM-minded teen repairs a damaged robot cat and is drawn into a high-tech school mystery with dangerous secrets.
Why this is here
Themes labels: women in STEM · technology ethics · privilege · misuse of power · freedom · belonging · friendship · family · compassion · perseverance · consumerism · corporate power · identity · what science should do
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1303
A teen Claire Dearing interns at a not-yet-open dinosaur park and uncovers secrets that reshape her future.
Why this is here
Themes labels: animal rights · feminism · women in STEM · women in leadership · ambition · power · control · ethics of science · corporate greed · responsibility · identity formation · moral awakening · human-animal coexistence · nature vs control · coming of age · loss · wonder · corruption · choice and consequence
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1410
In 1850s England, a sharp-tongued woman scientist uncovers a family secret and pursues a dangerous, life-making experiment.
Why this is here
Themes labels: feminism · gender inequality · patriarchy · women in science · scientific ethics · creation and responsibility · ambition · obsession · motherhood · grief · loss · queer identity · otherness · female rage · class inequality · racism · scientific racism · ableism · marginalization · legacy · credit and recognition · morality · reproduction · childlessness · love · ethics of creation · social justice · prejudice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1510
Poison Ivy takes a lab job in Gotham, but when coworkers start dying, she must solve the mystery and protect her research.
Why this is here
Themes labels: identity · redemption · second chances · motherhood · loneliness · science ethics · gendered sexism · misogyny in STEM · human vs nature · belonging · selfhood · career vs family · moral neutrality
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1587
An inventive Victorian heiress loses everything and rebuilds herself by leading a ragtag street gang.
Why this is here
Themes labels: gender roles · women in science · class conflict · independence · self-determination · social mobility · education · coming of age · resourcefulness · moral compromise · survival · responsibility · status and reputation · adaptation to loss · power and privilege
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1626
At CERN, a physicist is found dead in a tunnel, and a private investigator uncovers secrets that blur science, love, and rivalry.
Why this is here
Themes labels: truth and secrecy · knowledge and power · science and philosophy · science and spirituality · science and religion · ambition · academic politics · funding pressure · trust · grief · mourning · identity · loyalty · moral ambiguity · climate crisis · career versus meaning · humanity of scientists
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1657
A Victorian teen obsessed with medicine and resurrection falls into grave robbing, corruption, and deadly family secrets.
Why this is here
Themes labels: ambition · scientific hubris · sexism · gender restrictions · morality · ethics of experimentation · death and resurrection · sisterhood · identity · recognition · obsession · corruption · playing god · women's ambition · social constraints · power and consequences · feminine rage · knowledge and transgression · grief · family duty
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1669
A biochemist’s anti-aging discovery sparks secrecy, gender politics, and a debate over who gets to live longer.
Why this is here
Themes labels: aging · mortality · immortality · gender roles · feminism · scientific ethics · social consequences · inequality · class privilege · overpopulation · career vs family · public reaction to innovation · power and access · women’s autonomy · modernity · human nature
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1694
A physicist vanishes after baffling seizures, pulling his wife and a detective into a race through science, money, and suspicion.
Why this is here
Themes labels: science and ethics · family loyalty · grief · search and rescue · truth and deception · ambition · corporate exploitation · state power · dangerous knowledge · trust · bias and prejudice · gender politics
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1711
A space-obsessed girl’s childhood in NASA-era Florida collides with her adult mission to save humanity.
Why this is here
Themes labels: grief · loss · hope · love · sacrifice · time · entropy · memory · ambition · home · humanity · parenthood · coming of age · climate change · meaningful work · science and emotion · sacrifice for greater good · women in science
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1738
A teen science geek and her friends gain wolf-like powers and race to solve a cold-case murder on a coastal island.
Why this is here
Themes labels: friendship · loyalty · science · identity · coming of age · justice · animal welfare · ethical experimentation · family · moral courage · truth-seeking · teamwork · gender dynamics · class conflict · environmental concern
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1769