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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for My Dear You.
Characterization labels used: women protagonists, Asian American women, Asian women, adult protagonists, mid-30s protagonists, lonely characters, alienated characters, flawed characters, sympathetic characters, ordinary people in extraordinary situations, ghosts, God
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
A Korean short story collection fusing horror, fantasy, and sci-fi to expose patriarchy, greed, and other human cruelties.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: women protagonists · single mothers · unmarried women · androids · ghosts · landlords · greedy elites · patriarchal figures · lonely characters · moralized characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1744
In a witch-haunted dystopia, a Black queer woman nears the marriage deadline and follows her missing mother’s trail.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: young woman · Black woman · biracial protagonist · bisexual protagonist · creative · motherless · complex protagonist · oppressed outsider · ambivalent about marriage · late-twenties protagonist · flawed characters · dynamic characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1803
In a post-apocalyptic New York, a heartbroken woman, her family, and their ghosts search for love, contact, and meaning.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: heartbroken protagonist · grieving characters · haunted characters · ghosts as characters · cockroach character · headless character · young woman protagonist · mother-daughter conflict · queer characters · flawed characters · lonely characters · emotionally complex side characters · lovelorn characters · caretaker figure · romantic outsider
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1822
At a picture-perfect wedding, a heartbroken guest gets trapped in a deadly time loop with a masked killer.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: flawed heroine · relatable protagonist · anxious protagonist · heartbroken protagonist · messy women · young adult women · bumbly protagonist · sympathetic lead · final girl subversion · self-doubt · character-driven
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1849
A woman sent to a remote colony finds a world where naming objects keeps reality from dissolving—and obedience is everything.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: female protagonist · alienated protagonist · introverted protagonist · lonely protagonist · bystander protagonist · bureaucrat · housemates · poet figure · authoritarian citizens · flat characters (mixed)
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1856
A midlife geneticist is pulled into alien diplomacy when a hidden biological crisis threatens Earth and her family.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: middle-aged woman · older female protagonist · scientist protagonist · geneticist protagonist · mother · grandmother · average person · reluctant hero · morally complex protagonist · broken family · academic protagonist · flawed family members · children as major characters · eccentric billionaire · bodyguard · assistant · alienated children · competent women
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1917
A Wyndham short-story collection of time slips, alternate realities, satire, and a disturbing women-only future.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: ordinary person · female protagonist · male protagonist · elderly woman · historian · doctor · businessman · young woman · young man · starlet · widow · outsider · confused protagonist · self-questioning · social observer
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1937
Four linked dystopian companion novels follow different young protagonists across separate communities and hard questions about control, memory, and hope.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: young protagonists · female protagonists · disabled protagonist · gifted characters · outsider protagonists · child heroes · courageous protagonists · empathetic characters · burdened protagonist · special abilities
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1943
In a female-run future after a moth-borne plague targets men, an older caretaker faces buried truths about the world she helped build.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: older protagonist · elderly protagonist · carer · caretaker · compassionate heroine · morally conflicted protagonist · younger women · infantilized men · male survivors · queer side character · lesbian character · trans character · female authority figures · institutional staff
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1962
A diverse anthology imagines near-future Americas shaped by resistance, oppression, and hard-won hope.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: marginalized protagonists · resistant characters · queer protagonists · trans characters · women protagonists · people of color protagonists · indigenous protagonists · idealistic characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1972
In a devastated future, two women from opposing communities race to save their people amid plague, biotech, and power struggles.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: female protagonists · young women · caregiver · doctor apprentice · surgeon · groom · fierce protagonist · stubborn protagonist · traumatized characters · resourceful women · human-adjacent beings · engineered beings
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1973
Three dreamy queer sci-fi/fantasy comics follow lovers, memory, and a town facing a prophecy together.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: lovers · female protagonists · queer protagonists · engineer · ordinary people in extraordinary worlds · memory-burdened character · searching protagonist · collective townspeople · supportive strangers · mysterious creatures · protagonist in distress
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1975
