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Age
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Narrower terms: Child characters, Adult characters, Ageless or immortal characters, Teen characters, Characters aged over 50, Middle-aged characters, Older adult characters, New adult main characters, Early adult characters, Characters in their 40s, Characters in their 50s, Characters in their 60s, Characters in their 70s, Characters in their 80s, Characters in their 90s, Characters in their 20s, Characters in their 30s, Teen main character(s), Characters in their late teens
The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System Vol. 1
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XianxiaTropes:
Betrayal, Crush on teacher, Plot armor, Snarky AI, Story-aware narrator, Transmigration, Unreliable narratorTime Periods:
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East Asia inspired settingA Court of Thorns and Roses
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A Court of Thorns and RosesTropes:
Beauty and the Beast retelling, Enemies to lovers, Feelings realization, Fish out of water, Forced proximity, KidnappingCharacters:
Ageless or immortal characters, Artist, Fantasy species characters, Human characters, HuntressTime Periods:
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Fantastic worldCarmilla
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Vampire fictionTropes:
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Early adult charactersTime Periods:
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AustriaFangirl
Final Girls
by Riley Sager
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Betrayal, Camping murder spree, Final girl, Killer in plain sight, Killing the Survivors, Manipulative bastard, Murdered in the forest, Spree Killer, Tragic backstoryCharacters:
Character(s) with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Characters in their 20s, Cisgender woman main character(s), Detective, Final girlTime Periods:
Information AgeRed, White & Royal Blue
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Celebrity relationships, Coming out, Enemies to lovers, Epistolary, Fake relationship, Long distance relationship, Men loving men, Politics, Secret relationshipCharacters:
Bisexual main character(s), Characters in their 20s, Gay main character(s), Gay side character(s), Latine/Latin American main character(s), RoyaltyTime Periods:
2010-2020Beartown
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Contemporary fictionTropes:
Athletes are untouchable, Close-knit community protects their own, Ensemble cast, Slice of lifeTime Periods:
Information AgeDarling Rose Gold
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A taste of their own medicine, Betrayal, Evil matriarch, I'm the real victim here, Loosely based on a true story, Manipulative bastard, Unreliable narratorCharacters:
Character(s) with depression, Character(s) with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Characters aged over 50, Characters in their 20sTime Periods:
Information AgePlaces:
United StatesGyo: The Death-Stench Creeps
by Junji Ito, Yuji Oniki
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Anyone can die, Apocalypse, Last man standing, Science caused the apocalypse, Science goes wrong, Stranger than fiction, Survivor by coincidenceCharacters:
Characters in their 20s, East Asian main character(s), Heterosexual main character, Japanese main characterTime Periods:
Information AgeAny Way the Wind Blows
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Coming-of-age fiction, New adult fiction, Relationship/marriage fiction, Urban fantasy, Vampire fictionTropes:
Enemies to lovers, Found family, Gay for you, I'm not into labels, Men loving men, Miscommunication, Prince(ss) and pauper, Unreliable narratorCharacters:
Biracial main character, Black/African diasporic main character(s), Character(s) with depression, Character(s) with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Characters in their late teens, English main character, Gay main character(s), Morally grey main character, New adult main characters, Orphan, White/European diasporic main characterTime Periods:
Information AgePlaces:
LondonGideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
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The Locked TombTropes:
Anyone can die, Dysfunctional family, Everyone is gay, Tragic backstory, Unreliable narrator, Women loving womenCharacters:
Characters in their late teens, Cisgender woman main character(s), Lesbian main character(s), Loner, Necromancer, Orphan, Queer side character(s), WarriorTime Periods:
Long-Term FutureCackle
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Fish out of water, Found family, Frumpy to fabulous, Hot witch, I don't need no man, The power was inside you all along, The real monsters are the humans, Unreliable narratorCharacters:
Ageless or immortal characters, Character(s) with anxiety, Character(s) with depression, Characters in their 30s, High school teacher, Morally grey main character, Teacher, White/European diasporic main characterTime Periods:
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Upstate New YorkAlice Isn’t Dead
by Joseph Fink
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Conspiracy, Depressing road trip, Inhuman killer, Missing spouse, Second chance romance, Stranger than fiction, The bad guys aren't human, Woman in a man's world, Women loving womenCharacters:
African American main character(s), American main character, Character(s) with anxiety, Character(s) with depression, Characters in their 30s, Lesbian main character(s), Truck driverTime Periods:
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United StatesStrange the Dreamer
by Laini Taylor