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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 “rivalry” 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.
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
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
![Cover of 暗殺教室 15 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 15] by Yusei Matsui](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1435685182i/25463372.jpg)
A school assassination mission explodes into major secrets, backstories, and a shocking identity reveal.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: teacher-student relationships · classroom bonds · parent-child tension · rivalry · revenge for sibling · mentor-mentee · student solidarity · power imbalance
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1561
![Cover of 暗殺教室 5 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 5] by Yusei Matsui](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1372656574i/18141627.jpg)
A school class of would-be assassins faces a brutal baseball match, a new teacher, and a dangerous new weakness.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: teacher-student relationships · student camaraderie · mentor-student bond · authority abuse · rivalry · team dynamics · trust building
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1561
An alcoholic reporter investigates a deadly expedition mystery and is drawn into a seductive, shape-shifting conspiracy.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: mentor-student · romantic attraction · seduction · friendship · betrayal · rivalry · power imbalance · community threat · sexual manipulation
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1604
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 future-school thief, a stolen sword, and a prophecy push Cleopatra into a fast-paced space quest.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · roommate relationship · school peer dynamics · student-teacher conflict · possible romance · rivalry · group teamwork · family-like friends · jealousy
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1646
An unnamed Kyoto college student relives four possible campus lives, chasing the one he thinks he missed.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: friendship · rivalry · frenemy relationship · crush · romantic tension · campus community · male friendship · mentor figure · student clubs · love-hate friendship
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1647
Two alligator detectives use spy gadgets and toilet travel to solve a pair of absurd mysteries.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: partnership · friendship · teamwork · rivalry · family reveal · teacher-student cover · bullying · agency hierarchy
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1669
Max is forced into training new historians, and every “safe” jump through time turns into fresh chaos.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: married couple · mentor trainee · teacher student · team dynamics · rivalry · workplace bonds · domestic relationship · ensemble friendship · institutional hierarchy · trust and suspicion
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1673
