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Emma Donoghue

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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Halfway to Free.

Characterization labels used: curious protagonist, woman-centered, paired protagonists, like-minded partner, engineer, broody protagonist, secret longing, socially conditioned

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 Torenhoog en mijlen breed: een toekomstverhaal by Tonke Dragt

Torenhoog en mijlen breed: een toekomstverhaal

Tonke Dragt · 1980 · Torenhoog en mijlen breed

A young planetary researcher defies warnings and enters Venus’s forbidden forests, where fear and discovery collide.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1410

Cover of The Lost Steersman by Rosemary Kirstein

The Lost Steersman

Rosemary Kirstein · 2003 · The Steerswoman

A truth-seeking steerswoman chases a dangerous mystery into an archive town and an ever stranger, alien world.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1488

Cover of Don't Go Without Me by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

Don't Go Without Me

Rosemary Valero-O'Connell · 2020

Three dreamy queer sci-fi/fantasy comics follow lovers, memory, and a town facing a prophecy together.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1503

Cover of Midworld by Alan Dean Foster

Midworld

Alan Dean Foster · 1987 · Humanx Commonwealth

On a layered jungle planet, an adventurous hunter guides stranded outsiders through a deadly alien ecology.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1520

Cover of A Web of Air by Philip Reeve

A Web of Air

Philip Reeve · 2010 · Fever Crumb

In a post-apocalyptic crater city, an engineer helps a recluse chase human flight while danger, secrecy, and romance close in.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1561

Cover of The Aliens' Mate by Delaney Rain

The Aliens' Mate

Delaney Rain · 2021

Abducted humans and alien prisoners escape together, then must survive a strange planet while love grows across a language barrier.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1562

Cover of The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish

The Blazing World

Margaret Cavendish · 2012

A kidnapped English woman reaches an alternate world of animal peoples and becomes empress, exploring science, politics, and faith.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1567

Cover of The Outskirter's Secret by Rosemary Kirstein

The Outskirter's Secret

Rosemary Kirstein · 1992 · The Steerswoman

A truth-bound scholar follows clues into a lethal frontier, where a nomadic culture and a sky mystery reshape her world.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1568

Cover of Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Shroud

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2025

A stranded human crew on a pitch-black moon must survive, and communicate, as an alien intelligence studies them back.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1569

Cover of The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Calculating Stars

Mary Robinette Kowal · 2018 · Lady Astronaut Universe

After a meteor strike makes Earth uninhabitable, a brilliant 1950s pilot fights sexism to join the space race.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1597