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Characterization labels used: college friends, support roles, bureaucrats, scientists, astronomer, astronaut, political aide, observer protagonists, passive protagonists, privileged characters, interchangeable characters, grieving character, stoic characters, flawed characters, young adults

Relationships labels used: friendship, former classmates, professional hierarchy, parent child, family tension, romantic relationship, husband wife, institutional cooperation, international rivalry

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Quantum Night

Robert J. Sawyer · 2016

A psychologist who can spot psychopaths uncovers a missing six months of his own life and a theory that could alter humanity.

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Characterization labels: experimental psychologist · quantum physicist · professor · expert witness · utilitarian protagonist · flawed hero · psychopath · mentor figure · ex-girlfriend · scientist protagonists · academic characters · politically opinionated characters

Relationships labels: romantic reunion · ex-girlfriend · mentor-mentee · spouses · parent-child · friendship · collegial relationships · family conflict

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1581

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Rise: A Newsflesh Collection

Mira Grant · 2016 · Newsflesh

A collection of Newsflesh shorts and novellas expands the zombie apocalypse from its origins to its aftermath.

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Characterization labels: bloggers · journalists · reporters · scientists · mad scientist · teachers · survivors · minor characters · side character focus · traumatized characters · broken characters · morally ambiguous adults · familial grief · heroism · survivalist

Relationships labels: romance · marriage · parent-child · family trauma · mentor-student · colleague bonds · community survival · rivalries · friendship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1581

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Bumi

Tere Liye · 2014 · Bumi

A 15-year-old girl who can disappear is pulled into a hidden world where her secret ties to larger clan conflicts.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: teen protagonist · genius friend · supportive friend · comic relief · secretive heroine · impulsive heroine · overpowered characters · idealized teens

Relationships labels: friendship trio · best friends · classmates · family bond · parent-child relationship · mentor figure · rivalry

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1638

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Einstein's Dreams

Alan Lightman · 1993

Einstein dreams alternate worlds where time behaves differently, turning physics questions into lyrical philosophical vignettes.

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Characterization labels: young genius · patent clerk · scientist protagonist · nameless figures · ordinary people · observer protagonist · philosophical character types · human condition focus

Relationships labels: lovers · parents and children · friends · colleague relationship · community · isolation · family bonds · social dependence · shared loss · separation

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1651

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All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault

James Alan Gardner · 2017 · Dark/Spark

Four college roommates gain superpowers in a weird alternate Canada and must stop a mad scheme while becoming heroes.

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Characterization labels: college student protagonists · female-led ensemble · genderqueer protagonist · queer protagonist · science student protagonists · geology student · young adults · mad scientist · rich elite antagonists · newbie heroes · relatable narrator · nerdy protagonists · supportive friends · powered by accident · identity-seeking

Relationships labels: roommates · friend group · team dynamics · ex-boyfriend · romantic tension · rivalry · supportive friendship · mentor-student · power imbalance · elite vs ordinary · found family

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1671

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Superman: Dawnbreaker

Matt de la Peña · 2019 · DC Icons

Teen Clark Kent discovers new powers and a town-wide mystery while Smallville hides a troubling secret.

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Characterization labels: teenage hero · kindhearted protagonist · nerdy protagonist · idealistic protagonist · supportive best friend · investigative friend · supportive parents · love interest · alien outsider

Relationships labels: best friends · found family · parent-child · platonic friendship · possible romance · love triangle · community conflict · corporate rivalry · mentorless growth · friendship under secrecy

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1678

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The Box and the Dragonfly

Ted Sanders · 2015 · The Keepers

A curious boy follows a sign with his name to a hidden warehouse and is drawn into a dangerous conflict over magical objects.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: bookish protagonist · scientific thinker · logical thinker · curious hero · timid but brave · headstrong girl · skeptical girl · instinctive thinker · villainous mentor · creepy villain · supportive parents · character development

Relationships labels: friendship · loyalty · trust · family bonds · parent child · mentor student · teamwork · bonded partners · found family · rival factions

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1686

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The Goblin Reservation

Clifford D. Simak · 1993

A professor returns to a future Earth where mythic beings, time travel, and an impossible double turn his life into a comic mystery.

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Characterization labels: professor protagonist · academic protagonist · Neanderthal companion · ghost character · goblin character · female companion · talkative sidekick · sympathetic characters · amusing characters

Relationships labels: found family · friendship · bromance · academic rivalry · collegial conflict · workplace ties

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1689

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Cover of The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future – A Masterful Illustrated Sci-Fi Anthology for Teens about Friendship, Hope, and Technology by Veronica Roth

The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future – A Masterful Illustrated Sci-Fi Anthology for Teens about Friendship, Hope, and Technology

Veronica Roth · 2019 · Carve the Mark

Six illustrated YA sci-fi novellas explore future worlds where love, grief, and hope collide with strange technologies.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: teen protagonists · young adults · tortured characters · emotionally damaged characters · grieving characters · mentally ill characters · self-reflective · feisty heroine · loyal sibling · isolated outsider

Relationships labels: friendship · romance · siblings · family dynamics · parent-child conflict · estranged friends · best friends · community bonds · sibling rivalry

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1717

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Smoke

Dan Vyleta · 2016 · Smoke

In an alternate Victorian England, two schoolboys uncover a secret behind the smoke that marks sin, class, and power.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: teen protagonists · aristocratic youth · working class contrast · bully · good friend · compassionate friend · angry protagonist · loyal companion · moral outsider · female scientist · sinful heir · villainous prefect · secretive family · rebellious daughter · naive youths

Relationships labels: male friendship · love triangle · class rivalry · mentor control · parent-child conflict · romantic entanglement · bullying · betrayal · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1727

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Interference

Brad Parks · 2020

A physicist vanishes after baffling seizures, pulling his wife and a detective into a race through science, money, and suspicion.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: physicist · professor · detective · widow · wife · billionaire · investor · assistant · postdoc · college student · retired cop · missing person · scientist protagonist · grieving detective · hearing impaired protagonist · sympathetic characters

Relationships labels: marriage · husband wife · family · sister bond · parent child · professional rivalry · employer employee · mentor mentee · investigator suspect · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1768

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The Mercy of Gods

James S.A. Corey · 2024 · The Captive's War

After an alien conquest, a human research team is forced into a deadly trial to prove their species is useful.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: scientists · researchers · academic ensemble · assistant protagonist · mixed personalities · flawed characters · traumatized characters · reluctant survivor · collaborator · de facto leader

Relationships labels: found family · team dynamics · romance · crushes · interpersonal drama · power imbalance · captor-captive · rivalry · friendship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1768

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