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Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

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Similar in characterization + relationships

These books are ranked using the characterization + relationships labels extracted for School of Shards. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Characterization labels used: female protagonist, teacher protagonist, academy administrator, brother character, twins, next generation, morally compromised, controlling, transformative arc, inscrutable protagonist, forceful protagonist

Relationships labels used: teacher student, family duty, siblings, former lovers, parent child, mentor student, peer group, power imbalance, intergenerational

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

Cover of The Inventor's Secret by Chad  Morris

The Inventor's Secret

Chad Morris · 2013 · Cragbridge Hall

In a futuristic school where students experience history firsthand, twin siblings race to uncover a family secret.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1294

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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 characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1333

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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

Neal Stephenson · 2000

In a nanotech future, a stolen interactive primer reshapes a poor girl’s life and the society around her.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1415

Cover of Thief! by Malorie Blackman

Thief!

Malorie Blackman · 2004

After being framed at school, a bullied girl is hurled into a bleak future where her choices have changed everything.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1441

Cover of Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 5 by Hiromu Arakawa

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 5

Hiromu Arakawa · 2006 · 鋼の錬金術師 [Hagane no Renkinjutsushi]

A detour through automail country leads the brothers into new bonds, hard truths, and the start of a painful origin story.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1444

Cover of A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wind in the Door

Madeleine L'Engle · 1976 · Time Quintet

Meg must help save her gifted, bullied brother by journeying into a strange inner world where love, naming, and evil collide.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1462

Cover of Assassin of Reality by Marina Dyachenko

Assassin of Reality

Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko · 2023 · Vita Nostra (English)

A gifted student returns to an eerie magical institute where language shapes reality and failure could remake the world.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1520

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The Black Tides of Heaven

Neon Yang · 2017 · Tensorate

Twin heirs of an authoritarian realm grow up under prophecy, rebellion, and a radical system of chosen gender.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1566

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Before the Incal

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Zoran Janjetov · 2013 · The Incal Saga

A young private detective’s early life in a corrupt dystopian megacity leads toward the events of The Incal.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1574

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Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres and the Methods of Rationality

Eliezer Yudkowsky · 2015 · Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

An alternate-universe Harry Potter uses science and rationality to probe magic, challenge Hogwarts, and remake his fate.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1595

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Tunnel in the Sky

Robert A. Heinlein · 2005

A survival exam on a remote planet goes wrong, stranding students who must build order, shelter, and leadership from scratch.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1599

Cover of The Rock Eaters: Stories by Brenda Peynado

The Rock Eaters: Stories

Brenda Peynado · 2021

A debut collection of strange, allegorical stories where speculative twists expose immigration, class, grief, and otherness.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1601

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City of Golden Shadow

Tad Williams · 1996 · Otherland

A South African teacher investigates her brother’s VR coma and uncovers a vast hidden world tied to a deadly conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1605

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Generation One

Pittacus Lore · 2017 · Lorien Legacies Reborn

After an alien war, powered teens are gathered at an academy as new threats and rival factions emerge.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1612

Cover of Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 6 by Hiromu Arakawa

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 6

Hiromu Arakawa · 2006 · 鋼の錬金術師 [Hagane no Renkinjutsushi]

A backstory-heavy manga volume tracing the Elric brothers’ origins, training, and the taboo that changed everything.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1624

Cover of 暗殺教室 6 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 6] by Yusei Matsui

暗殺教室 6 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 6]

Yusei Matsui, 松井優征 · 2013 · 暗殺教室 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu]

Class E uncovers Koro-sensei’s water weakness, then faces exam battles and school rivals with huge stakes.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1625

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17 juni

Alex Schulman · 2025

A suspended teacher calls a lost family number and reaches his dead father, then a single childhood day in 1986.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1635

Cover of Smoke by Dan Vyleta

Smoke

Dan Vyleta · 2016 · Smoke

In an alternate Victorian England, two schoolboys uncover a secret behind the smoke that marks sin, class, and power.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1636

Cover of Chosen by Shade Owens

Chosen

Shade Owens · 2022 · The Immortal Ones

A teen in a brutal future lottery is sent to the elite city, where immortality hides a darker truth.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1638

Cover of The Wind Singer by William Nicholson

The Wind Singer

William Nicholson · 2002 · The Wind on Fire Trilogy

In a color-coded test-rigged city, a rebellious twin and her family seek a lost voice that could free everyone.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1642

Cover of The Thief and the Sword by Mike Maihack

The Thief and the Sword

Mike Maihack · 2015 · Cleopatra in Space

A future-school thief, a stolen sword, and a prophecy push Cleopatra into a fast-paced space quest.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1645

Cover of 暗殺教室 13 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 13] by Yusei Matsui

暗殺教室 13 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 13]

Yusei Matsui, 松井優征 · 2015 · 暗殺教室 [Ansatsu Kyōshitsu]

As a deadly school deadline nears, Class E faces career counseling, class rivalry, and a student’s painful home life.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1646

Cover of Sleepwalk by John Saul

Sleepwalk

John Saul · 1990

In a declining New Mexico town, a teacher uncovers a conspiracy linking flu shots, mind control, and a refinery takeover.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1660

Cover of The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark  Lawrence

The Book That Wouldn't Burn

Mark Lawrence · 2023 · The Library Trilogy

A girl from the Dust and a boy trapped in a vast library uncover secrets that bend time, knowledge, and identity.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1661