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These books are ranked using the premise labels extracted for The School for Whatnots.
Premise labels used: android classmates, secret identity, friendship quest, school mystery, class inequality, privilege
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An abandoned android watchmaker and a privileged student uncover a dangerous academy mystery and a surprising friendship.
Why this is here
Premise labels: android protagonist · watchmaker · academy mystery · time-travel device · unlikely friendship · class divide · anti-discrimination
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1312
A bounty hunter in a radioactive near-future Earth tracks rogue androids while the meaning of humanity unravels.
Why this is here
Premise labels: android hunt · identity crisis · empathy test · post-war wasteland · artificial life · status-symbol animals · fugitive androids · human-machine boundary
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.1982
In a near-future where sentient androids are outlawed, Alex and Ada fight to stay together and free.
Why this is here
Premise labels: android sentience · forbidden love · robot rights · near-future dystopia · escape from authorities · human-android relationship
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2178
In a rating-obsessed future school, six teens from different cliques unite after a cryptic warning upends their lives.
Why this is here
Premise labels: rating system · social mobility · elite school · cryptic messages · unlikely allies · teen conspiracy · status hierarchy
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2216
A teen girl discovers she’s a manufactured android and flees those who built her, while fighting for her humanity.
Why this is here
Premise labels: android identity · hidden identity · on the run · manufactured self · humanity question · government pursuit · secret project · artificial intelligence · memory loss · identity crisis
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2218
An android gets one last week of freedom before reprogramming and discovers life, friendship, and belonging.
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Premise labels: android protagonist · one week freedom · forced reprogramming · factory labor · search for belonging · personhood question · AI autonomy · final chance · exploration of world · recycling
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2247
Four teens are drawn together by a mysterious school-room device that threatens them unless they obey its rules.
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Premise labels: mysterious device · unlikely group · forced cooperation · tech threat · school summons · privacy invasion · AI gone wrong
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2314
A rule-breaking seventh grader suspects his new teacher is hiding an impossible secret in this humorous school mystery.
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Premise labels: AI teacher · robot teacher · school mystery · prankster protagonist · secret experiment · teacher imposter
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2320
Lucas Sinclair’s own voice fills the gap between seasons, tracing high school, racism, friendship strain, and change.
Why this is here
Premise labels: character study · identity crisis · high school transition · race and belonging · friend group drift · basketball team · peer mentor
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2332
At an elite remote prep school, a missing girl sparks a web of secrets, suspects, and a mystery that turns strange.
Why this is here
Premise labels: missing person · boarding school mystery · exclusive school · investigation · secrets · suspect circle · student conspiracy
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2333
A runaway and an amnesiac are pulled into a secret war where language itself can hijack minds and rewrite identity.
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Premise labels: language power · mind control · secret society · special school · persuasion · identity mystery · outlier
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2344
An awkward teen swallows a tiny supercomputer that promises coolness, popularity, and a shot at his crush.
Why this is here
Premise labels: popularization tech · coolness quest · high school outsider · social transformation · desire fulfillment · peer acceptance
Semantic match: ranked by premise
Distance: 0.2351
