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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Girl in Ice.
Characterization labels used: anxious heroine, introverted protagonist, agoraphobic protagonist, linguist protagonist, scientist, enigmatic man, brilliant but difficult, grieving sibling, protective father, sick child, young girl, unreliable characters
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
A lonely alien studies Earth and finds unexpected comfort, friendship, and life lessons among talking creatures.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: lonely protagonist · naive protagonist · empathetic narrator · introverted characters · insecure characters · philosophical characters · quirky secondary characters · vulnerable characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1035
A grieving teen follows cryptic texts to find her missing best friend, only to uncover a far bigger danger.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: anxious heroine · agoraphobic protagonist · recluse · best friend · suspicious boyfriend · unreliable narrator · flawed heroine · troubled teen
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1127
A shy new kid at school discovers only she can see mysterious creatures tied to fear, friendship, and danger.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: awkward protagonist · anxious protagonist · shy protagonist · small-for-age protagonist · outcast · brave protagonist · spunky protagonist · relatable protagonist · bully target · well-meaning parents · distinct side characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1134
A grieving man writes his life as fiction, only to find his autobiography splitting into rival realities.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: brooding protagonist · morose protagonist · self-absorbed protagonist · isolated protagonist · grieving man · depressed protagonist · unlikable protagonist · self-observant narrator · doubled protagonist · mentally unstable protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1151
A lonely boy grows up amid disappearances and family secrets, chasing clues to his grandfather and a possible other world.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: lonely protagonist · socially isolated · quiet child · adult descent · unreliable protagonist · grieving son · eccentric grandfather · protective parents · misunderstood outsider · emotionally stunted family
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1158
In 1999, an anxious boy meets a teen time traveler and gets pulled into a race between future knowledge and present life.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: anxious protagonist · shy boy · parentified child · single mother · maintenance man · older babysitter · time traveler · carefree teen · supportive adults · flawed characters · likeable characters · lonely child · socially awkward
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1166
A nonverbal autistic outcast in a walled theocracy discovers the “demons” beyond the forest may be people.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: nonverbal protagonist · autistic protagonist · outcast · curious protagonist · scientist protagonist · brave heroine · resourceful protagonist · complex villain · strict father · supportive friend · traditionalist parent
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1167
A homeless man joins a skull-drilling experiment and starts seeing people’s hidden inner selves as grotesque forms.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: Unreliable protagonist · Morally ambiguous protagonist · Homeless protagonist · Socially alienated protagonist · Eccentric scientist · Shady medical student · Creepy antagonist · Unlikable protagonist · Compelling protagonist · Secretive protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1179
A Mars geologist-artist confronts memory gaps, a false note, and a suspected conspiracy while doubting her own mind.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: geologist · artist · reluctant mother · flawed protagonist · complicated heroine · depressed protagonist · paranoid protagonist · resourceful protagonist · sympathetic antihero · traumatized character
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1180
In near-future London, a mother and son flee as a tech-dependent society suddenly shuts down.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: young mother · protective parent · precocious child · clever child · anxious protagonist · resourceful woman · frustrated parent · difficult protagonist · unlikeable protagonist · weak partner · single parent · unreliable protagonist · survival-minded
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1194
A boy abandoned by his mother to a Sasquatch grows into a man whose lifelong hunt reverberates through generations.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: obsessed protagonist · dysfunctional family · flawed characters · unlikeable characters · sympathetic child protagonist · isolated father · eccentric outsiders · obsessive hunter
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1206
A heavily pregnant woman flees a polluted city, only to find danger, doubt, and bodily horror following her into the countryside.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: pregnant protagonist · anxious protagonist · paranoid protagonist · obsessive protagonist · dismissive partner · unsympathetic boyfriend · gaslighting partner · maternal grief
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1208
