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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for This World Is Not Yours.
Characterization labels used: flawed characters, toxic couple, codependent, jealous, possessive, secretive, controlling, selfish, morally messy, best friend, scientist, biologist, security chief, wounded, traumatized, self-aware
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
A sick, secretive lover tries to end a doomed relationship, but desire, rivals, and conspiracy keep pulling them back together.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: sick protagonist · protective partner · obsessive lover · stubborn protagonist · emotionally repressed · jealous rival · morally compromised · broken character · yearning · self-sacrificing
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1619
A rogue SecUnit faces kidnapping, alien threats, and an unexpected AI reunion while trying to keep its humans alive.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: introverted · sarcastic · snarky · grumpy · paranoid · hyper-competent · reluctant protector · emotionally guarded · nonhuman personhood · traumatized · awkward · self-aware · media-obsessed · protective · stubborn · cynical
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1657
A Moscow flu outbreak forces a mismatched group into a winter road escape toward a remote lake and uncertain safety.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: flawed characters · ordinary people · survivors · neurotic narrator · jealousy · hostility · selfish behavior · family protectiveness · human weakness · survival instincts · complex characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1670
A kidnapped mafia fixer and a vengeful gang leader confront buried secrets, old wounds, and dangerous attraction.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: obsessive lovers · possessive · toxic couple · flawed characters · antiheroes · unhinged · secretive · protective · jealous · bratty · caretaking · power bottom · powerful fixer · gang leader · runner · mobster · pornstar · devoted · red-flag men · morally gray
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1683
After a meteor shower, two strangers and a dog are trapped on an Oregon beach as monstrous horrors close in.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: flawed protagonists · self-destructive · self-loathing · hot mess · trainwreck · scrappy · sarcastic · snarky · mysterious · melancholy · reserved · troubled · lonely · emotionally damaged · redemption arc · character-driven · antiheroes
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1693
A young woman’s viral video of a strange sculpture thrusts her into global fame and a worldwide first-contact mystery.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · unlikable protagonist · messy · self-centered · ambitious · attention-seeking · snarky · relatable · human · female narrator · young adult protagonist · supporting cast thin · scientist character · best friend
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1732
After a disastrous jump scatters his crew, a stranded scientist must confront his past and reclaim himself.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · antihero · scientist protagonist · broken character · self-destructive · guilt-ridden · redeeming arc · character growth · emotionally damaged · morally compromised
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1741
A widow, a space crew, and a posthuman investigator are drawn through overlapping times toward a mysterious cosmic anomaly.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: damaged characters · alienated characters · fragmented identity · unreliable selfhood · posthuman characters · cyborgs · investigator · widow · mysterious assistant · morally compromised · unlikable characters · psychologically troubled
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1743
A grieving teen reopens her father’s alien hunt and finds the truth is far stranger—and darker—than anyone believed.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · angry protagonist · traumatized protagonist · social outcast · unlikable characters · morally compromised · male best friend · complicated friendship · neglected parent figure · unstable father figure · new boy love interest
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1749
A long-married couple discovers mixtapes that send them into their past, tempting them to rewrite their future.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: flawed protagonists · relatable couple · middle-aged couple · married couple · resentful spouses · sympathetic but annoying · selfish choices · emotionally stuck · frustrated parents · ambitious wife · discontented husband · regretful characters · ordinary people
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1752
Fourteen darkly funny, unsettling stories follow alienated misfits, bodily disgust, and failed attempts at connection.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: misfits · loners · antiheroes · antiheroines · unlikable characters · flawed characters · grotesque characters · alienated characters · self-loathing · morally compromised · unsympathetic protagonists · disturbed characters · pathetic characters · delusional characters · cruel characters · ordinary people · lonely characters · drunk characters · drug-addled characters · teachers · married couples · older couples · young adults · twins · peripheral lives
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1767
A queer horror novella where a reunion with an ex turns into a week of obsession, shifting reality, and self-destruction.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: obsessive protagonist · toxic exes · flawed characters · unreliable protagonist · desperate narrator · possessive behavior · mutually destructive pair · messy characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1785
