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Assassin of Reality

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

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Similar in premise + themes

These books are ranked using the premise + themes labels extracted for Assassin of Reality. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: magical education, reality manipulation, language magic, coming-of-age, return to school, world-threatening powers, failed exam, second chance, special student

Themes labels used: fear, freedom, free will, agency, humanity, identity, self-actualization, language and reality, metaphysics, comprehension and incomprehension, love vs fear, collective vs individuality, truth and perception, mistakes and correction

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + themes embeddings are close.

Cover of School of Shards by Marina Dyachenko

School of Shards

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko · 2025 · Vita Nostra (English)

A magic-school provost must repair a reality she reshaped, training new students while speech itself begins to fail.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1035

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Vita Nostra

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko · 2018 · Vita Nostra (English)

A coerced teen enters a terrifying secret school where studying remakes reality, identity, and the self.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1122

Cover of A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin · 2004 · Earthsea Cycle

A gifted boy enters a wizard school, unleashes a shadow, and must learn true power through balance and self-knowledge.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1727

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Elites of Eden

Joey Graceffa · 2017 · Children of Eden

A brainwashed elite girl begins to uncover her real identity in a controlled future society built on lies.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1773

Cover of Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

Evil Genius

Catherine Jinks · 2005 · Genius

A lonely child genius is groomed for villainy at a secret academy, then starts questioning who he is and who to trust.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1838

Cover of Glitch by Heather Anastasiu

Glitch

Heather Anastasiu · 2012 · Glitch

In an emotionless underground society, a glitching teen hides forbidden powers while risking deactivation and rebellion.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1897

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Mirror Gate

Jeff Wheeler · 2018 · Harbinger

Four years later, two young women face imperial succession, dangerous magic training, and a spreading war across worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1915

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The Girl Who Could Fly

Victoria Forester · 2008 · Piper McCloud

A girl who can fly is sent to a secret school for exceptional kids, where friendship and danger collide.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1937

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The Gate Thief

Orson Scott Card · 2013 · Mither Mages

A teen gate-mage juggles mythic power, rival factions, and high school while forces from two worlds close in.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1937

Cover of So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane

So You Want to Be a Wizard

Diane Duane · 1983 · Young Wizards

Bullied library kid Nita finds a wizard manual and joins another novice in a secret, science-inflected quest to save reality.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1944

Cover of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Yasutaka Tsutsui · 2017

A schoolgirl discovers time-leaping abilities and, alongside a second story about fears, confronts memory, consequence, and change.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1953

Cover of Absolute Green Lantern, Vol. 1: Without Fear by Al Ewing

Absolute Green Lantern, Vol. 1: Without Fear

Al Ewing · 2025 · Absolute Green Lantern (2025)

A sealed small town, alien judgment, and a reworked Lantern mythology force unlikely survivors into a cosmic mystery.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1961