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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 “mentor-protege” 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 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
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 deadly mercenary takes a risky retrieval job that forces her to train a rookie and trust almost no one.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: mentor-protege · trainer recruit · sidekick dynamic · uneasy partnership · betrayal · trust issues · teacher student · anonymous employer · power imbalance · low-trust alliance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1671
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
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
