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These books are ranked using the themes labels extracted for The Face of Another.

Themes labels used: Identity, Selfhood, Alienation, Isolation, Persona, Masking, Appearance, Social roles, Human nature, Social acceptance, Perception, Self-deception, Authenticity, Embodiment, Beauty standards, Sexuality, Existentialism, Psychological fracture, Otherness, Modern alienation, Discrimination, Social contract, Technology and fear

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Soft Science

Franny Choi · 2019

A poetry collection uses cyborgs and Turing tests to probe queer Asian American identity, language, and survival.

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Themes labels: identity · consciousness · gender · femininity · queerness · technology · agency · loneliness · alienation · othering · language · humanity · dehumanization · violence · survival · racism · xenophobia · immigration · objectification · desire · intimacy · tenderness · performative identity · self-definition · body politics · sexuality · consciousness tests

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Distance: 0.0969

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Keeping It Real

Justina Robson · 2007 · Quantum Gravity

A cyborg special agent must protect a rebellious elf rock star after a reality-splitting disaster opens the world to magic.

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Themes labels: identity · body image · transformation · trauma · trust · alienation · xenophobia · cultural clash · prejudice · power · agency · romance versus duty · self-acceptance · otherness

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Distance: 0.0990

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Cover of Walking Practice by Dolki Min

Walking Practice

Dolki Min · 2023

A stranded shapeshifting alien uses dating apps to survive, and their hunt becomes a queer horror of belonging and identity.

Why this is here

Themes labels: gender roles · gender performance · queer alienation · disability and access · loneliness · belonging · humanity · otherness · social conformity · beauty standards · identity and authenticity · survival · alienation · sexuality · love and acceptance · marginalization · social prejudice · performance of self · body politics · human dehumanization

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Distance: 0.1049

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Cover of The Town with No Mirrors by Christina Collins

The Town with No Mirrors

Christina Collins · 2023

In a mirrorless town, a curious girl secretly draws faces and uncovers the truth behind her community.

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Themes labels: body image · self-image · identity · individuality · conformity · appearance standards · beauty standards · self-worth · judgment · secrecy · curiosity · indoctrination · censorship · truth and deception · control · education · societal pressure · inner versus outer qualities · harmful extremism

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Distance: 0.1056

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Sky Daddy

Kate Folk · 2025

A lonely content moderator secretly pursues an all-consuming, plane-centered desire that threatens her carefully normal life.

Why this is here

Themes labels: desire · loneliness · acceptance · authenticity · social norms · fate · grief · isolation · human connection · selfhood · performance · control · obsession · mortality · normalcy · alienation · shame · judgment · coping mechanism · identity

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Distance: 0.1095

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Cover of The Persistence of Vision by John Varley

The Persistence of Vision

John Varley · 1978

A 1970s SF collection of linked futures, from memory transfer and time travel to an unforgettable deaf-blind commune.

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Themes labels: communication · language · perception · embodiment · identity · otherness · disability · community · sexual liberation · gender fluidity · transgression · alienation · isolation · survival · utopia · social norms · morality · human potential · technology and humanity · memory · consciousness · deception · trust · adaptation · counterculture · personal freedom

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Distance: 0.1096

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Cover of Whoever You Are, Honey by Olivia Gatwood

Whoever You Are, Honey

Olivia Gatwood · 2024

In gentrified Santa Cruz, two guarded women form a friendship that exposes buried secrets, control, and possible artificiality.

Why this is here

Themes labels: womanhood · femininity · identity · memory · trauma · loneliness · patriarchy · the male gaze · beauty standards · perfection · authenticity · selfhood · autonomy · control · technology · AI · gentrification · desirability · forgiveness · shame · queer identity · female solidarity · power dynamics · ownership · real vs fake · humanity · social isolation

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Distance: 0.1120

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Cover of Homunculus (Omnibus), Vol. 1-2 by Hideo Yamamoto

Homunculus (Omnibus), Vol. 1-2

Hideo Yamamoto · 2023 · Homunculus Omnibus

A homeless man joins a skull-drilling experiment and starts seeing people’s hidden inner selves as grotesque forms.

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Themes labels: Identity · Trauma · Subconscious · Self-hatred · Self-perception · Human psyche · Reality vs illusion · Class divide · Gender dynamics · Modern society · Belonging · Self-destruction · Repression · Consciousness · Psychological projection · Belief and skepticism

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Distance: 0.1144

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Cover of Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

Homesick for Another World

Ottessa Moshfegh · 2017

Fourteen darkly funny, unsettling stories follow alienated misfits, bodily disgust, and failed attempts at connection.

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Themes labels: alienation · loneliness · existentialism · nihilism · self-loathing · self-deception · human cruelty · body shame · degradation · belonging · connection · escapism · desire · disappointment · banality · misanthropy · compassion · social decay · psychological cruelty · identity

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Distance: 0.1159

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Cover of エルフェンリート 1 [Elfen Lied 1] by Lynn Okamoto

エルフェンリート 1 [Elfen Lied 1]

Lynn Okamoto, 岡本倫 · 2002 · Elfen Lied

An escaped mutant with split identities is taken in by strangers while the government hunts her down.

Why this is here

Themes labels: identity · prejudice · discrimination · abuse · trauma · alienation · revenge · human cruelty · loneliness · nature vs nurture · dehumanization · survival · acceptance · jealousy · self-worth

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Distance: 0.1160

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Cover of Who? by Algis Budrys

Who?

Algis Budrys · 1964

A maimed scientist returns from enemy hands rebuilt with metal parts, and security must decide if he’s really himself.

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Themes labels: identity · personhood · human nature · trust · paranoia · state power · loyalty · surveillance · alienation · body and self · human-machine boundary · existentialism · memory and selfhood · communication · otherness

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Distance: 0.1164

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