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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Walking on Glass.

Plot structure labels used: three intercut strands, alternating chapters, interwoven novellas, delayed convergence, tenuous links, parallel narratives, flashbacks, nonlinear revelation, open ending, twist ending, elliptical ending, ambiguous resolution

Focused on “frame narrative” where exact label matches exist.

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

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Cover of Jack Glass by Adam Roberts

Jack Glass

Adam Roberts · 2012

A notorious killer’s three interlocked crimes unfold in a brutal solar-system future, with each mystery solved as a howdunit.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1154

Cover of The History of Bees by Maja Lunde

The History of Bees

Maja Lunde · 2017 · Klimakvartetten

Three generations linked by bees confront family strain, ecological collapse, and a future without pollinators.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0918

Cover of To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon

To Marry Medusa

Theodore Sturgeon · 1999

An alien hive mind hijacks a desolate drunk and tries to turn humanity into one collective consciousness.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1021

Cover of Fine Structure by qntm

Fine Structure

qntm, Sam Hughes

A physicist uncovers a physics-decoding breakthrough as reality itself starts changing, and humanity’s multiverse hangs in the balance.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1094

Cover of The Nikopol Trilogy by Enki Bilal

The Nikopol Trilogy

Enki Bilal · 2002 · Nikopol

A frozen astronaut, a renegade god, and a blue-haired journalist collide in a surreal, fascist near-future world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1128

Cover of Playground by Richard Powers

Playground

Richard Powers · 2024

Four intertwined lives converge on a Pacific island as ocean wonder, AI ambition, and a vote on seasteading collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1138

Cover of Federation by Judith Reeves-Stevens

Federation

Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens · 1994 · Star Trek: The Original Series

Three Star Trek eras collide as Kirk, Picard, and Zefram Cochrane face linked crises that could reshape the Federation.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1143

Cover of Terrestrial History by Joe Mungo Reed

Terrestrial History

Joe Mungo Reed · 2025

A climate-strained family spans generations and timelines as Earth falters and Mars beckons, with time travel in the mix.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1155

Cover of After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress

After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall

Nancy Kress · 2012

Three timelines collide as Earth falls, survivors steal hope from the past, and a mathematician uncovers the pattern.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1181

Cover of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Haruki Murakami · 2003

An unnamed man is pulled between an information war in Tokyo and a walled town where shadows are lost and dreams are read.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1198