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These books are ranked using the relationships labels extracted for Platform Decay.
Relationships labels used: found family, chosen family, mentor student, caregiving, protective bond, human AI bond, teamwork, trust building, family rescue, interpersonal banter, rival corporations, recurring allies
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their relationships embeddings are close.
A fog-born boy and his crew race to find an ancient machine that can save their mountaintop city from the deadly fog.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · crew bonds · friendship · teamwork · loyalty · caregiver relationship · mentorless kids · protective bonds · rivalry · family endangered · trust and suspicion
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0885
After a solar flare and plague collapse civilization, a small band of survivors fights to stay human while building a new community.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · parent child · protective bond · group trust · rivalry · rescuer rescued · community bonds · dependency · leader follower
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0918
Two teens enter patients’ nightmares to cure fear, but a new case and hidden secrets threaten their fragile team.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · adoption · mentor-child · sibling-like bond · parent-child · teamwork · trust · protective
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0926
Side-story-heavy volume of death games in Borderland, shifting focus to new survivors as the endgame nears.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · friendship · teamwork · bonding · trust · betrayal · rivalry · protective bond · surrogate family
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0952
A Deep One survivor is drawn into a Cold War magical investigation that becomes a search for home, family, and self.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · sibling bond · adoptive family · friendship · mentor-student · business partnership · government cooperation · distrust of authority · community care · chosen kin · intergenerational care · family restoration · interdependence
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.0983
A runaway teen and an extraordinarily smart dog flee ruthless pursuers, finding danger, secrets, and family on the road.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · human-animal bond · friendship · protective bond · surrogate family · guardian dynamic · caretaking · teamwork · trust building · parental substitute · companionship
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1030
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A possessed friend, a fragile house, and a bizarre training plan push a chaotic teen crew into new rules and new bonds.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · romantic tension · friendship · cohabitation · protective bond · rivalry · caretaking · peer support · household teamwork · mentor-student
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1033
A teen girl in a virus-ravaged Florida world must flee cannibal gangs and find a safer home with unlikely allies.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · friendship · romantic tension · protective bond · travel companions · mutual dependence · sibling loss · mentor-child bond · team survival
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1043
A witty kid gamer in Afrofuturist Ethiopia is thrust into a real cosmic war when his secret game turns dangerous.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · chosen family · guardian ward · siblinglike bond · rivals to friends · friends to allies · mentor child · uncle nephew · teamwork · dependency · friendship · family loss
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1046
Winged lab-created teens flee their captors, rescue a kidnapped sibling, and uncover secrets about their origins.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · sibling bond · adopted family · mentor betrayal · parent figure · rescue mission · romantic tension · rivalry · loyalty · protective care
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1047
A battle-hardened loner is dropped into a new game-like world where his old stats survive, but the new system changes everything.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · mentor-student · apprentice · companionship · team building · village bonds · protective bond · animal companion · friendship · guardian dynamic · community integration
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1065
A space courier who fosters teen AI bots is forced into a solar-system chase when one charge is endangered.
Why this is here
Relationships labels: found family · mother-child bond · foster parent · chosen family · family conflict · sibling relationship · mentor-protégé · human-AI relationship · dependency
Semantic match: ranked by relationships
Distance: 0.1072
