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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Scandor.
Characterization labels used: sympathetic leads, young adults, cautious, resourceful, reluctant participant, motivated by money, motivated by escape
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
A young returnee uses a rumored supercomputer hunt to spark his collapsing planet’s economic revival.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: enterprising protagonist · young returnee · competent men · hardy individualists · pragmatic leaders
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2424
Bobby travels to a virtual-reality territory where dream lives lure everyone away from reality, and the stakes finally turn against him.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: brave protagonist · headstrong ally · cunning villain · gifted traveler · confident but flawed · coming of age · supporting cast growth
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2536
Thomas and the Gladers face a harsher second trial across a scorched world, where trust, survival, and secrets collide.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: reluctant leader · teen protagonists · survival-minded · emotionally guarded · trusted allies · newcomer foils · morally ambiguous characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2566
When a kid finds the Animorphs’ morphing device, the team must decide whether to trust him or lose him to the enemy.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: newcomer · reluctant recruit · troublemaker · unreliable ally · analytical narrator · ruthless strategist · empathetic manipulator · volatile teen · suspicious outsider · power-hungry
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2614
A runaway teen wakes beside a murder victim and is pulled into a secretive refuge that hides a dangerous conspiracy.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: runaway teen · homeless youth · naive protagonist · skeptical protagonist · sympathetic protagonist · morally ambiguous characters · mysterious benefactor · youth ensemble
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2615
In a climate-ravaged future, teen repair crews risk the desert to keep a rich enclave powered—and uncover a dangerous secret.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen protagonists · young adults · resourceful · expendable · working class · sympathetic · distinct ensemble · close friends · gutsy · capable · outsider
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2625
Haymitch Abernathy’s 50th Hunger Games story pits him against a rigged arena, old bonds, and a system built to break him.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: reluctant survivor · young protagonist · strategist · broken hero · mentor figure · underdog
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2630
A boy chosen to receive hidden memories discovers the cost of his community’s perfect, controlled sameness.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: young protagonist · curious protagonist · selected outsider · mentor figure · emotionally restrained community · assigned roles · authoritarian elders
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2688
A stranded team steals an alien ship, triggers a time rip, and must survive the Amazon before reality catches up.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: reluctant leader · burdened child · growing confidence · self-doubt · stress fracture · impulsive decisions · team strategist · angsty hero
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2691
In near-future Berlin, a couple’s fragile life in an eco-community collides with a corporation’s generosity drug and failing ideals.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: privileged young adults · artist-consultants · scientist protagonist · trust fund protagonist · frustrated couple · flawed characters · idealistic but blinkered
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2692
A misfit team of junior navigators must hunt an escaped space monster while navigating clan politics and new attraction.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: junior navigators · misfits · outcasts · pariahs · apprentices · assassin · introvert · perfectionist · researcher · reckless
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2730
A cadet chasing a lost skyship and its treasure gets pulled into a high-altitude race against rivals, danger, and desire.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: young hero · cautious hero · reluctant adventurer · wealth-strained protagonist · ambitious heiress · mysterious guide · dashing rival · self-made entrepreneur · complex side characters · young adult leads · teen angst
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2736
