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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Legion and The Emperor's Soul.

Characterization labels used: detective, genius protagonist, private eye, forger, talented artist, captured protagonist, resourceful heroine, snarky characters, well-developed characters, emotionally empathetic characters, morally gray protagonist, haunted protagonist, specialist side characters

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

Cover of Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith

Only Forward

Michael Marshall Smith · 1994

A snarky PI hunts a missing person in a bizarre future city, then the case spirals into something far stranger and darker.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1402

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Jantarové oči

Vilma Kadlečková · 2013 · Mycelium

A first-contact SF saga where Earth grows dependent on a theocratic alien civilization and one envoy seeks a dangerous counterpower.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1434

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The Gone World

Tom Sweterlitsch · 2018

A secret NCIS investigator uses time travel to solve a murder, only to uncover an approaching end of humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1442

Cover of Lady Mechanika Vol. 1: The Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse by Joe Benítez

Lady Mechanika Vol. 1: The Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse

Joe Benítez · 2015 · Lady Mechanika Volumes

An amnesiac cyborg adventuress in steampunk Victorian England hunts the truth behind her body and a new mechanical corpse.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1447

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A Murder in Time

Julie McElwain · 2016 · Kendra Donovan

An FBI profiler is thrown into 1815 England, where she must solve a serial murder case while hiding her identity.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1471

Cover of Agents of Light and Darkness by Simon R. Green

Agents of Light and Darkness

Simon R. Green · 2003 · Nightside

A private eye who can find anything is hired to recover a dangerous relic before angels, demons, and enemies tear the Nightside apart.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1519

Cover of Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger

Curtsies & Conspiracies

Gail Carriger · 2013 · Finishing School

A spy-in-training at an airborne finishing school uncovers a conspiracy, a kidnapping plot, and complicated new feelings.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1546

Cover of Before the Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky

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

Distance: 0.1553

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Lost in a Good Book

Jasper Fforde · 2004 · Thursday Next

A literary detective enters the BookWorld to rescue her erased husband while a dangerous corporate plot threatens reality.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1556

Cover of Overload Flux by Carol Van Natta

Overload Flux

Carol Van Natta · 2014 · Central Galactic Concordance

A secretive forensic investigator and a hidden super-soldier guard race to recover a stolen cure and survive a galaxy-wide conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1571

Cover of Stitch: Reimagining Frankenstein by Pádraig Kenny

Stitch: Reimagining Frankenstein

Pádraig Kenny · 2025

A gentle gothic retelling of Frankenstein follows a created boy who leaves his castle home to save his friend and learn what makes a person.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1573

Cover of A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong

A Rip Through Time

Kelley Armstrong · 2022 · A Rip Through Time

A modern homicide detective wakes in a Victorian housemaid’s body and must solve a murder to find her way home.

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1577