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These books are ranked using the relationships labels extracted for The Sleep Experiment.
Relationships labels used: student-teacher, mentor-mentee, professional hierarchy, romantic obsession, sexual obsession, power imbalance, research team, friendship
Focused on “emotional abuse” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their relationships embeddings are close.
A traumatized graduate student in magical psychiatry confronts an abusive mentor, mind reading, and a split self.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: student-advisor relationship · abusive relationship · toxic relationship · mentor-student power imbalance · romantic abuse · emotional abuse · mirror selves · peer tension · self versus self
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1567
A magic-school provost must repair a reality she reshaped, training new students while speech itself begins to fail.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: teacher student · family duty · siblings · former lovers · parent child · mentor student · peer group · power imbalance · intergenerational
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1331
A gifted student returns to an eerie magical institute where language shapes reality and failure could remake the world.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: student-teacher rivalry · mentor-protégé · romance · pilot love interest · classmate distrust · peer support · familial leverage · protective friends · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1332
A posthumous collection of Lewis fragments and stories exploring time, myth, space travel, and unsettling other worlds.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: collegial · teacher student · marriage · husband wife · friendship · power imbalance · gendered tension · community · social hierarchy
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1404
A young Harper’s changing voice forces him into secret duties, risky travels, and a bigger role in Pern’s world.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · mentor-mentee · apprenticeship · peer rivalry · bullying · hazing · romantic tension · authority hierarchy
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1418
A middle-aged math professor from the Dreamlands crosses strange realms to recover a runaway student before disaster strikes.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: teacher-student · mentor-protege · quest companionship · human-god tension · romantic elopement · female solidarity · sexist opposition · power imbalance · community responsibility
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1429
Five Earthsea tales and an essay deepen the world’s history, magic, and gender politics across past and future timelines.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: teacher-student · mentor-pupil · romance · love versus duty · power struggle · gender hierarchy · family expectation · community ties · romantic tension · rivalry · trust · oppression
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1469
![Cover of 僕のヒーローアカデミア 12 [Boku No Hero Academia 12] by Kohei Horikoshi](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1485848490i/32854622.jpg)
Class 1-A trains new signature moves, then faces a brutal provisional hero-license exam against rival schools.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: class teamwork · teacher student · rival schools · friendship · romantic tension · mentorship · protective bond · class loyalty
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1481
A physics team’s time-viewing experiment on a remote island unleashes a deadly mystery years later.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: colleagues · former research team · academic fellowship · mentor-student · male gaze · professional rivalry · group isolation · power imbalance · friendship
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1483
![Cover of 暗殺教室 12 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 12] by Yusei Matsui](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1421210710i/24489549.jpg)
A deadly new assassin traps Class 3-E, forcing the students to survive, adapt, and outwit a far stronger foe.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: teacher-student · mentor-mentee · class solidarity · adult-child contrast · enemy alliance · possible romance · betrayal · protective teamwork
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1493
A 28-story collection of eerie, high-concept weird fiction where ordinary worlds are warped by impossible intrusions.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: family · couple · romance · friendship · rivalry · professional hierarchy · teacher-student · doctor-patient · community isolation · power imbalance · competition
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1508
A rule-breaking seventh grader suspects his new teacher is hiding an impossible secret in this humorous school mystery.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · teacher-student relationship · peer teamwork · student alliance · parent-teacher tension · faculty dependence · rivalry · community support · protective group · mentor role
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1518
