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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
Three girl inventors and their mentor race to stop evil mad scientists from claiming a legendary pearl and uncovering family secrets.
Why this is here
Themes labels: belonging · identity · self-discovery · science and curiosity · kindness · being different · pariahs · heroism · social pressure · family secrets · girls in science · research
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1784
A young woman born from a radical experiment tracks her missing mother across the U.S., uncovering family secrets and hidden powers.
Why this is here
Themes labels: female power · motherhood · identity · science versus religion · autonomy · patriarchy · reproduction · family · truth and secrecy · fear of difference · sisterhood · feminism · medical ethics · social control · media exploitation · gender roles
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1813
In 1960s NASA, a Black arcane engineer and amateur sleuth uncovers a murder-and-theft conspiracy tied to magic and the moon race.
Why this is here
Themes labels: Black excellence · STEM representation · race and discrimination · civil rights · family legacy · identity · belonging · community care · women in science · women in engineering · knowledge control · institutional power · sabotage · grief · responsibility · ambition · trust · discovery · legacy · history and power · racial violence · hidden histories
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1829
A penniless Victorian woman recruits other monstrous daughters, Sherlock Holmes, and Watson to uncover a secret society.
Why this is here
Themes labels: female agency · women's empowerment · feminism · gender roles · monstrosity · identity · parentage · science vs ethics · power and control · social exclusion · othering · family legacy · mad science · patriarchy · self-determination
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1842
Three misfit sisters enter a secret mad-science school and must save their town while learning to belong.
Why this is here
Themes labels: belonging · self-acceptance · difference · individuality · nonconformity · speaking truth to power · female empowerment · STEM · curiosity · family diversity · camaraderie · hope
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1843
A boy enters an elite explorer academy and must solve a family-linked mystery while evading a hidden enemy.
Why this is here
Themes labels: science education · conservation · exploration · truth seeking · honor · cooperation · friendship · family loss · legacy · responsibility · curiosity · knowledge sharing · real-world science · technology ethics · trust · coming of age · global citizenship
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1852
A leap-year baby who ages four times slower hides in plain sight as her family races through a century of history.
Why this is here
Themes labels: aging · longevity · family · secrecy · identity · belonging · love · duty · ethics · eugenics · genetics · scientific progress · body autonomy · women's rights · motherhood · difference and otherness · medical ethics · choice vs destiny
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1862
On the Moon’s far side, rival teams race to finish an observatory and capture proof of a potentially habitable exoplanet.
Why this is here
Themes labels: ambition · scientific discovery · human nature · politics vs science · money and fame · power · competition · exploration · institutional pressure · gender dynamics · ethics of technology · collaboration · prejudice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1863
In near-future Sweden, childless older adults are sent to a luxury unit where comfort masks organ harvesting and control.
Why this is here
Themes labels: human value · social worth · reproduction · usefulness · ageism · women and aging · motherhood pressure · body autonomy · capitalism · state power · ethics · conformity · individual vs society · loneliness · acceptance · freedom · mortality · identity · feminism · classifying people
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1868
A missing teen’s texts drag her best friend into a one-day nightmare of secrets, insects, and human experimentation.
Why this is here
Themes labels: friendship · secrets · identity · coming of age · revenge · trauma · grief · class · wealth power · misuse of science · ethics · moral monstrosity · knowledge and unknown self · female adolescence · ambition
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1884
Young Wakandan princess-genius Shuri races to save a dying power source before it endangers her country and its future.
Why this is here
Themes labels: girl power · feminism · women's recognition · sexism · misogyny · science vs tradition · STEM · identity · self-discovery · agency · responsibility · family duty · leadership · political intrigue · colonialism · ecosystem loss · environmentalism · tradition · coming of age · being taken seriously
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1894
A young pilot joins a perilous first voyage into space, where rivalries, romance, and sabotage threaten survival.
Why this is here
Themes labels: ambition · coming of age · class and privilege · women's suffrage · gender roles · scientific discovery · exploration · survival · duty vs desire · identity and maturity · love vs career · heroism · independence · social convention · risk and sacrifice
Semantic match: ranked by themes
Distance: 0.1910