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Trope tagging and searching for books

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Genres:

Contemporary romance, Fantasy of manners, Science fiction, Contemporary fiction, Fantasy, New adult fiction, Alternate history

Tropes:

Men loving men, Found family, Women loving women, Enemies to lovers, Politics, Ensemble cast, Friends to lovers

Characters:

Characters in their 20s, East Asian main character(s), Queer main character(s), Adult characters, Character(s) with depression, Lesbian main character(s), White/European diasporic main character(s)

Time Periods:

2010-2020, Information Age, Long-Term Future, Short-Term Future, Victorian Era, 1800-1810, 1900-1910

Places:

Outer space, England, London, College, United States, New York City, Japan

Endings:

Happily ever after, Bittersweet ending, Happily for now, Open ending, Tragic ending, Hopeful ending, Cliffhanger ending

Content Notes:

Child abuse, Toxic romantic relationships, Internalized homophobia, Systemic homophobia, Secondary character death, Systemic racism, Sexual assault

Sex Ratings:

Youth: discussed or implied sexuality or sensuality, Teen: fade to black or closed door sex acts, on-page sensuality, General: no apparent sexuality or sensuality, Explicit: on-page, highly detailed sex acts, Adult: on-page, moderately described sex acts, Mature: on-page, vaguely described sex acts

Violence Ratings:

Violence 4+: graphic, infrequent, life-threatening, Violence 2: infrequent, non-life-threatening, Violence 1: no violence, Graphic violence, Violence 5+: graphic, repeated, life-threatening, Violence 5: repeated, life-threatening, Violence 3+: graphic, repeated, non-life-threatening

Language Ratings:

Some profanity, Frequent profanity, No profanity

Appeal:

Flawed characters, Detailed world building, Character-driven, Funny, Likeable characters, Vibrant characters, Hopeful

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Genres

Tropes

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Setting: Time Period

Setting: Location

Sex Ratings

Language Ratings

Violence Ratings

Ending Type

Content Notes or Warnings

Appeal

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Note that we don't have dates for all the books in our database.

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Genres

Tropes

Character Traits

Setting: Time Period

Setting: Location

Sex Ratings

Language Ratings

Violence Ratings

Ending Type

Content Notes or Warnings

Appeal

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Publication Date

Note that we don't have dates for all the books in our database.

Search Tips

  • use “quotation marks around a phrase” to search for an exact phrase
  • use – in front of a word or quoted phrase to exclude it from the search results, e.g. -“enemies to lovers”
  • right now, the checkbox options aren’t narrowed down as you search, but stay tuned! We’re working on it.

This is an academic research project on crowdsourced tagging and building a vocabulary for fiction.

How does this work?

  1. Add books to our database, if the book you want to tag isn’t already there. You can import your books from StoryGraph or Goodreads if you want to save time.
  2. Add tags to the books. Your tag set is your own, and you’ll be able to come back and edit it if you want. Other taggers can’t view your tag set or overwrite your tags.
  3. View the book, and use the tags to see what other books share your favorite tropes and characters!
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