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Characterization labels used: scientist protagonist, microbiologist, virologist, brilliant scientist, grieving widow, obsessive caregiver, difficult protagonist, selfish protagonist, resourceful protagonist, ethical transgressor, burnout, exhaustion, obsession, desperation, reckless, humanized monster

Relationships labels used: marriage, spousal devotion, caregiver relationship, friendship strain, colleague tension, romantic grief, codependency, power imbalance, secrecy

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Fear

L. Ron Hubbard · 2014

A skeptical professor loses four hours and his hat, then reality around him begins to warp into menace.

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Characterization labels: professor protagonist · skeptical protagonist · unreliable protagonist · paranoid descent · rationalist · intellectual protagonist · obsessive search · fraying sanity

Relationships labels: friendship · marriage · spousal support · community pressure · authority conflict · betrayal · trust crisis

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Distance: 0.1388

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Pandemic

Robin Cook · 2018 · Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery

A NYC medical examiner investigates a sudden death tied to transplantation, gene editing, and a feared outbreak.

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Characterization labels: medical examiner · forensic pathologist · sarcastic protagonist · unlikeable protagonist · whiny protagonist · self-centered protagonist · brilliant investigator · boss-wife dynamic · bossy wife · wealthy businessman · villainous scientist · stiff characters · wooden characters · cartoonish villains · family-strained protagonist

Relationships labels: marriage · workplace marriage · parent-child · in-laws · family tension · professional hierarchy · friendship · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1389

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Feed Them Silence

Lee Mandelo · 2023

A scientist links her mind to a wild wolf, chasing intimacy, knowledge, and belonging as her marriage and ethics unravel.

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Characterization labels: workaholic · ambitious scientist · morally gray protagonist · unlikable protagonist · insufferable protagonist · lonely protagonist · obsessive protagonist · butch lesbian · middle-aged lesbian · research scientist · academic researcher

Relationships labels: marriage breakdown · wife relationship · toxic relationship · one-sided attachment · emotional neglect · professional alienation · pack bond

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1408

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Victim Zero

Joshua Guess · 2013 · The Fall

A brilliant scientist tied to a cure project must survive the outbreak he helped unleash as the world collapses.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · geneticist protagonist · biologist protagonist · guilt-ridden hero · conflicted hero · methodical protagonist · intelligent protagonist · physically imposing protagonist · genius hero · marty stu (minority) · character-driven

Relationships labels: family loss · marriage · parenthood · community · ally group · rescued survivors · power imbalance · human exploitation · betrayal by authorities · friendship

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Distance: 0.1410

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The Terminal Experiment

Robert J. Sawyer · 1995

A scientist who finds evidence of the soul makes digital copies of himself, and one copy escapes into murder.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: biomedical engineer · scientist protagonist · detective · best friend · AI specialist · marital conflict · flawed protagonist · morally ambiguous protagonist · sympathetic characters · flat characters · one-dimensional characters · male gaze · sexist characterization

Relationships labels: marriage crisis · infidelity · friendship · scientific partnership · romantic tension · betrayal · family drama · power imbalance

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1433

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Strange Bodies

Marcel Theroux · 2013

A dead academic seems to return in a new body, pulling a psychiatrist and a conspiracy into questions of identity and immortality.

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Characterization labels: academic protagonist · scholar protagonist · unlikable protagonist · inept hero · savant character · psychiatric patient · scientist character · brutish savant · bookish intellectual · self-pitying narrator · complex protagonist

Relationships labels: marriage breakdown · former lover · family estrangement · doctor-patient relationship · friendship · romantic tension · parent-child estrangement

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1462

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The House on the Strand

Daphne du Maurier · 2013

A man tests a strange drug in Cornwall and becomes obsessed with watching, but not entering, the medieval past.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: disaffected man · addicted protagonist · guinea pig · scientist friend · biophysicist · unhappy wife · upper-class wife · passive narrator · obsessive protagonist · morally flawed protagonist · sympathetic male lead

Relationships labels: friendship · marital strain · rocky marriage · stepfamily · mentor-protégé · power imbalance · obsession · romantic idealization · family conflict

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1474

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Vostok

Steve Alten · 2015 · Loch

A subglacial Antarctic mission uncovers prehistoric creatures, hidden powers, and a radical turn into cosmic conspiracy.

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Characterization labels: marine biologist · scientist lead · reluctant hero · family man · marital strain · phobic protagonist · quick-thinking problem solver · compelling lead · action hero · damaged protagonist · disgraced scientist · skeptical crew

Relationships labels: strained marriage · family pressure · parent-child tension · spousal partnership · team expedition · romantic strain · trust issues · betrayal

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1507

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The Thing Itself

Adam Roberts · 2015

An Antarctic SETI disaster launches a cross-time chase into Kant, AI, and the limits of human reality.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · disfigured protagonist · alcoholic protagonist · unlikable protagonist · obsessed philosopher · surly character · practical character · AI character · shadowy institute · traumatized survivor

Relationships labels: rivalry · male friendship · institutional control · romantic tension · love interest · workplace tension · trauma bond · power struggle · dependency · betrayal

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Distance: 0.1511

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Before Mars

Emma Newman · 2018 · Planetfall

A Mars geologist-artist confronts memory gaps, a false note, and a suspected conspiracy while doubting her own mind.

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Characterization labels: geologist · artist · reluctant mother · flawed protagonist · complicated heroine · depressed protagonist · paranoid protagonist · resourceful protagonist · sympathetic antihero · traumatized character

Relationships labels: marriage strain · mother-child estrangement · family separation · parent-child guilt · colleague distrust · therapist-patient tension · crew dynamics · power imbalance · corporate dependency

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Distance: 0.1518

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Fractal Noise

Christopher Paolini · 2023 · Fractalverse

A grieving xenobiologist joins a perilous trek across an alien planet to investigate a perfect hole and the signal it emits.

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Characterization labels: grieving protagonist · depressed protagonist · widower · xenobiologist · scientist crew · religious character · geologist · chemist · flawed characters · unlikable characters · dysfunctional crew · traumatized characters · genetically modified human · morose protagonist

Relationships labels: crew dynamics · interpersonal conflict · grief after spouse loss · religion vs science · ideological conflict · team friction · bereavement · mourning

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1521

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Ruins

Lily Brooks-Dalton · 2026

A future archaeologist’s bid to prove a lost civilization exists collides with a wrecked marriage and a world remade by climate collapse.

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Characterization labels: ambitious protagonist · obsessive protagonist · unlikable protagonist · flawed protagonist · antihero · unreliable narrator · morally gray protagonist · self-centered protagonist · selfish protagonist · academic protagonist · archaeologist protagonist · professor protagonist · careerist · outsider · intense ambition · unfulfilled · socially flawed

Relationships labels: crumbling marriage · marital conflict · failed partnership · romantic breakup · ex-partner · student-teacher dynamic · colleague conflict · friendship strain · family estrangement · exploitative relationships · power imbalance · community alienation

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1527

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