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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Ex Machina, Vol. 2: Tag.
Characterization labels used: superhero turned politician, investigative handler, campaigning mayor, calculated realist, ambiguous morality, pragmatic, witty dialogue
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
A superpowered New York mayor faces protest violence, political pressure, and the unveiling of a dangerous old enemy.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: superhero-turned-politician · moral pragmatist · compelling but reserved protagonist · public servant · arch-nemesis · supporting staff · young aide · police commissioner · protester
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1439
A superhero-turned-mayor navigates city crises, hidden pasts, and a city full of secrets in alternate New York.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: civil engineer · superhero-turned-mayor · flawed protagonist · mysterious protagonist · public servant · masked vigilante · copycat hero · family background · politically engaged · morally complex · realistic characters · eccentric ensemble
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2453
Two Foundation exiles chase a rumored truth about Earth and the Second Foundation while a stranger force reshapes the galaxy.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: councilman · historian · speaker · mayor · rebellious protagonist · intuitive protagonist · exiled characters · politician · academic · spy · female leader · secretive characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2603
In future Nigeria, a government agent hunts a missing woman as Rosewater nears revolt and alien forces shift shape.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: government agent · mayor · lover · retired protagonist · memory-loss figure · unwilling agent · ethically complicated politician · female lead · capable woman · morally ambiguous · supporting protagonist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2696
In an overpopulated future, a black presidential candidate bets everything on a cracked portal to a parallel Earth.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: black presidential candidate · private detective · repairman protagonist · billionaire mutant · corrupt politicians · conjoined twin character · principled candidate · shadowy investigator
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2727
Four connected future-history novels follow Earth cities that become wandering space workers through the galaxy.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: Mayor protagonist · young male protagonist · scientists · senator · city fathers · ordinary people · competent man · cardboard characters · thinly drawn women · coming-of-age arc · authority figure · technocratic characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2788
In a crowded future New York, a detective’s murder case opens into a bleak vision of scarcity, riots, and collapse.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: cynical detective · overworked cop · street kid · elderly gadfly · wealthy mistress · mob-connected victim · homeless preacher · political bureaucrats · survivalist character types
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2813
A lobbyist in a near-future feed-driven world is pulled into a covert struggle over privacy, power, and climate fate.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: lobbyist protagonist · morally conflicted · complex protagonist · sympathetic villainy · charismatic lead · sympathetic characters · well-drawn characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2839
A scientist races to stop a deadly virus by mutating it into compassion—until kindness becomes its own danger.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: virologist · scientist-hero · benevolent protagonist · corrupt politician · power-hungry leaders · buffoon politician · caricatured figures · antihero leaders · optimist
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2874
A Vermont newspaper editor watches a demagogue win power and turn American democracy into dictatorship.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: journalist protagonist · aging editor · liberal protagonist · populist demagogue · charismatic politician · authoritarian leader · thug enforcers · corrupt cronies · reluctant revolutionary · everyman
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2875
Two years after alien Trees fell worldwide, a biologist and a new NYC mayor chase ominous clues in a tense near-future mystery.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: biologist heroine · survivor protagonist · corrupt politician · vengeful mayor · scientist investigator · government operative · crime-linked power broker · damaged protagonist · enigmatic characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2887
An earthquake unleashes a mysterious fog across England, turning those who breathe it into violent madmen.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: immune protagonist · government inspector · everyman hero · paper-thin characters · believable characters · minor-character vignettes · secondary-character spotlight
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.2888
