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Jeremy Bates

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These books are ranked using the characterization + relationships labels extracted for The Sleep Experiment. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Characterization labels used: psychology professor, mad scientist, narcissistic protagonist, student assistants, test subjects, young tourists, villain protagonist, oblivious victims, unlikeable characters

Relationships labels used: student-teacher, mentor-mentee, professional hierarchy, romantic obsession, sexual obsession, power imbalance, research team, friendship

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Assassin of Reality

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko · 2023 · Vita Nostra (English)

A gifted student returns to an eerie magical institute where language shapes reality and failure could remake the world.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: stubborn protagonist · older protagonist · intellectual curiosity · transcendent being · ambitious student · alienated protagonist · dark mentor · fascinating protagonist · humanity vs concept

Relationships labels: student-teacher rivalry · mentor-protégé · romance · pilot love interest · classmate distrust · peer support · familial leverage · protective friends · power imbalance

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1641

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The Two Doctors Górski

Isaac Fellman · 2022

A traumatized graduate student in magical psychiatry confronts an abusive mentor, mind reading, and a split self.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: brilliant student · traumatized protagonist · mind reader · abusive professor · mercurial mentor · homunculus double · tortured graduate student · isolated student · complex morally damaged characters · anxious protagonist · detached protagonist · survivor

Relationships labels: student-advisor relationship · abusive relationship · toxic relationship · mentor-student power imbalance · romantic abuse · emotional abuse · mirror selves · peer tension · self versus self

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1701

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The End of Mr. Y

Scarlett Thomas · 2006

A PhD student finds a cursed rare book and is pulled into a mind-travel mystery about reality, time, and thought.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: female academic · PhD student · curious heroine · flawed protagonist · intellectual heroine · obsessive reader · messy protagonist · sexually active protagonist · poor student · strong-willed · mentally complex

Relationships labels: mentor relationship · academic hierarchy · unhealthy romance · sexual relationship · love interest · rival pursuit · obsessive attachment · community of readers

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1715

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Making History

Stephen Fry · 1996

A Cambridge historian and a physicist try to erase Hitler from history, only to unleash a worse alternate world.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: history student · graduate student · PhD candidate · physicist · professor · physicist scientist · Holocaust survivor · elderly · young adult · flawed protagonist · irritating protagonist · unsympathetic lead · wunderkind · hubristic · immature · self-deprecating · brutal antagonist · well-rounded characters

Relationships labels: romance · gay romance · heterosexual relationship · breakup · mentor-student · collaboration · academic partnership · friendship · familial guilt · parental trauma · power imbalance · partnership

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1744

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A Slip under the Microscope

H.G. Wells · 2015

Two short, ambiguous Wells stories explore a hidden doorway and an exam slip-up through regret, choice, and conscience.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: student · scholar · rival student · professor · promising man · social climber · humble background · conscientious character · obsessive character · idealistic character

Relationships labels: student-teacher · academic rivalry · class competition · mentor-pupil · romantic rivalry · social hierarchy · peer comparison

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1805

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UR

Stephen King · 2009

A bookish English instructor buys a mysterious Kindle that opens onto alternate realities, lost books, and future danger.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: English instructor · book lover · reluctant technophobe · academic protagonist · everyman protagonist · obsessive reader · mild-mannered protagonist · curious outsider · supportive colleague · student ally

Relationships labels: breakup · ex-girlfriend · academic friendship · mentor-student · romantic tension · professional colleagues

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1838

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The Superteacher Project: A Hilarious Middle Grade Story about an AI Robot Teacher

Gordon Korman · 2023

A rule-breaking seventh grader suspects his new teacher is hiding an impossible secret in this humorous school mystery.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: troublemaker · class clown · rule-wrecker · sidekick · overachiever · rule-follower · dedicated student · principal · administrator · teacher figure · robot protagonist · AI learning · empathetic machine · lovable outsider · student teacher

Relationships labels: friendship · teacher-student relationship · peer teamwork · student alliance · parent-teacher tension · faculty dependence · rivalry · community support · protective group · mentor role

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1843

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Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi

Rob MacGregor · 1991 · Indiana Jones: Prequels

A young Indiana Jones is pulled from graduate studies into a Greek dig, where myth, politics, and danger collide.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: young protagonist · naive hero · college student · graduate student · linguistics scholar · future archaeologist · femme fatale · seductive professor · reckless adventurer · rebellious student · inexperienced hero · vulnerable hero · charismatic lead · complex antagonist · female antagonist · political operator

Relationships labels: professor-student · mentor-temptation · love interest · romance · seduction · manipulation · pawn and manipulator · rival factions · political betrayal · community allegiance · father influence · friendship

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1845

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暗殺教室 2 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 2]

Yusei Matsui, 松井優征 · 2012 · 暗殺教室 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu]

A murderous alien teacher keeps coaching his lowest-ranked junior high class while new assassins, exams, and school trip dangers close in.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: dedicated teacher · mischievous mentor · alien protagonist · assassin teacher · corrupt principal · underdog students · sexually manipulative character · bullied students · confidence growth

Relationships labels: teacher-student relationships · mentor bond · classroom trust · authority conflict · rivalry · student solidarity · predator-prey dynamic · principal-student antagonism

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1847

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The Rithmatist

Brandon Sanderson · 2014 · Rithmatist

A chalk-based magic-school mystery follows a boy who can’t do the magic but knows it better than anyone.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: underdog · obsessive learner · nonmagical protagonist · quirky heroine · mentor figure · ambitious student · social outsider · flawed protagonist

Relationships labels: friendship · mentor-student · rivalry · found friendship · class divide · peer partnership

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1874

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The Tatami Galaxy

Tomihiko Morimi · 2022 · 四畳半シリーズ

An unnamed Kyoto college student relives four possible campus lives, chasing the one he thinks he missed.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: unnamed protagonist · disaffected student · antihero · unlikable protagonist · self-deprecating narrator · aimless young adult · socially awkward · mischievous friend · obnoxious friend · eccentric supporting cast · frenemy · mischief-maker · self-pitying · morally messy

Relationships labels: friendship · rivalry · frenemy relationship · crush · romantic tension · campus community · male friendship · mentor figure · student clubs · love-hate friendship

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1877

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They Came with the Snow

Christopher Coleman · 2017 · They Came with the Snow

A campus affair is trapped by a May blizzard after a blast unleashes strange creatures in the snow.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: professor protagonist · student love interest · affair · cheating husband · guilt-ridden · conflicted character · unlikeable protagonist · survivor group

Relationships labels: teacher-student affair · marriage · extramarital affair · survivor band · betrayal · romantic tension · dependency · group cooperation

Reader-connected: no

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1886

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