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No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories

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These books are ranked using the characterization + relationships labels extracted for No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Characterization labels used: journalist, scientist, evaluator, soldier, lighthouse keeper, widow, parent, child protagonist, uncanny child, revolutionary, doctor, prepper, rural elder, survivor, investigator, captive, caretaker, female lead, male-named female leads, monster-in-human-skin

Relationships labels used: parent-child, family duty, sacrifice, marriage, widowhood, community bonds, power imbalance, captor-captive, friendship, neighbor solidarity, human-god pact, human-monster conflict, mentor-like observation, colonizer-colonized, war rivalry

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The Light Pirate

Lily Brooks-Dalton · 2022

A girl born in a hurricane grows up in a Florida reshaped by climate collapse, survival, and strange gifts.

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Characterization labels: female protagonist · luminous child · survivalist · lineman · scientist · prepper · resourceful · resilient · lonely · different · coming-of-age protagonist · mentor figure · community builder · adaptable

Relationships labels: blended family · parent-child bond · stepfamily · found family · mentor-mentee · sibling dynamics · neighbor bond · community bonds · romantic relationship · family loss · caregiving

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2060

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Juice

Tim Winton · 2024

In a scorched far-future Australia, a fugitive stalls for his life by telling a captive the story of everything that led him here.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: unnamed protagonist · young girl companion · older narrator · survivalist · worn-out veteran · traumatized child · captor figure · loner antagonist · moral witness

Relationships labels: guardian-child · captor-captive · surrogate family · mother-child · love interest · parenthood · comradeship · rivalry · collective resistance · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2131

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I, Zombie

Hugh Howey · 2012

A zombie-apocalypse mosaic told from the undead’s trapped consciousness, blending extreme gore with bleak human reflection.

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Characterization labels: trapped individual · conscious monster · helpless protagonist · tormented characters · addict · pregnant woman · elderly woman · child character · survivalist · soldier · businessperson · family member

Relationships labels: parent child · mother son · marriage · family bonds · caregiving · community collapse · predator prey · collective suffering · dependence · loss of agency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2159

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Little Monarchs

Jonathan Case · 2022

A girl and her scientist guardian cross a sun-scorched future, using monarch butterflies to seek a cure for humanity.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: young heroine · caretaker · biologist · scientist · naturalist · spunky child · brave child · resourceful child · curious child · competent woman · strong female leads · found family · guardian figure · observant child · inventive child · scientific mentor

Relationships labels: guardian ward · caretaker bond · found family · surrogate parent · mentor child · family separation · parental absence · trust issues · alliances and betrayals · protective relationship · companionship · teamwork

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2186

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After the Lights Go Out

Lili Wilkinson · 2018

In an isolated Australian town, a prepper’s daughters must choose between family rules and helping their community after the power fails.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: resourceful teen · survivalist training · prepper parent · controlling parent · conspiracy theorist · bi protagonist · skeptical protagonist · strong female lead · flawed protagonist · queer teen · complex characters

Relationships labels: sisters · parent-child conflict · family loyalty · romance · queer parents · chosen family · community bonds · betrayal · sibling bond · mentor-child control · power imbalance · toxic family

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2189

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Darwin's Children

Greg Bear · 2003 · Darwin's Radio

Genetically changed children face quarantine, fear, and state control as their species nears adolescence.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: scientist protagonists · biologist · archaeologist · teen protagonist · parental protection · rebellious youth · exiled researchers · government officials · bounty hunters · persecuted underclass · posthuman children · likable characters

Relationships labels: parent child · family separation · estranged spouses · protective parents · youth peer bonds · human posthuman conflict · community resistance · state family conflict · authority surveillance · coexistence struggle

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Distance: 0.2197

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Escaping Home

A. American · 2013 · The Survivalist

In a grid-down America under martial law, a family and allies must choose between holding home and bugging out.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: survivalist · prepper · family man · protective father · loose cannon · ex-soldier · military crew · resourceful protagonist · realistic characters · female characters underdeveloped · children learning self-defense · character development

Relationships labels: family bonds · friend group · allied group · group cohesion · trust issues · parent-child · husband-wife conflict · community solidarity · power imbalance · protective relationship

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2214

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Commune: Book One

Joshua Gayou · 2017 · Commune

After a solar flare and plague collapse civilization, a small band of survivors fights to stay human while building a new community.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: prepper · survivor · single mother · father figure · mysterious man · ordinary people · regular people · military characters · young child · group dynamic · selfless hero · optimistic survivor · quiet character · caretaker

Relationships labels: found family · parent child · protective bond · group trust · rivalry · rescuer rescued · community bonds · dependency · leader follower

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2216

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Prepared

Courtney Konstantin · 2017 · Sundown

A prepper-trained mother races through a zombie outbreak to get her children from Las Vegas to a Montana compound.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: strong female lead · mother protagonist · prepper trained · resourceful heroine · protective parent · survivalist · mama bear · competent survivor · vulnerable heroine · found family

Relationships labels: mother child · siblings · family compound · found family · marriage · husband wife · guardian role · parental protection · community bonds

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2218

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Final Strike

Jeff Wheeler · 2024 · The Dresden Codex

A family in FBI protection races to stop an ancient, magic-fueled apocalypse spreading across the modern world.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: family man · unlikely hero · gifted child · strong female lead · heroine · villain mastermind · high priest · shape-shifter · protective father · government agents · FBI agents · security specialist · sacrifice-driven

Relationships labels: family bonds · parent-child · siblings · captivity · protection · betrayal · good vs evil · allies · community

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2219

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The End We Start From

Megan Hunter · 2017

A new mother and her baby flee a flooded near-future London, finding love and survival amid upheaval.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: new mother · pregnant woman · mother protagonist · father figure · newborn · infant growth · survival-focused · unnamed characters · anonymous characters

Relationships labels: mother-child bond · marriage · parent-child · family separation · partner loss · extended family · refugee community · maternal attachment · caregiving

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2232

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The Last Cuentista

Donna Barba Higuera · 2021 · The Last Cuentista

A girl who dreams of storytelling must save human memory after Earth’s fall and a shipboard regime erases the past.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: young protagonist · storyteller · resilient heroine · brave protagonist · caring protagonist · scientist family · guardian figures · children in peril · authoritarian antagonists · coming-of-age

Relationships labels: grandmother-grandchild · family separation · parent-child conflict · siblings · community bonds · found family · mentor legacy · peer alliance · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2236

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