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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 “open ending” 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 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 Red Shift by Alan Garner

Red Shift

Alan Garner · 2002

Three troubled lives in different eras are bound to one Cheshire hill, one ancient axe head, and a recurring sense of fate.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1214

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 The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick · 1999

In a Nazi-Japanese occupied America, disparate lives connect around a banned book, the I Ching, and unstable reality.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1238

Cover of Air by Christian Kracht

Air

Christian Kracht · 2025

A Swiss interior designer’s white-glove assignment sends him into a surreal parallel world where reality, dream, and fate blur.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1263

Cover of To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

To Paradise

Hanya Yanagihara · 2022

Three linked stories across centuries trace alternate Americas shaped by love, illness, power, and the search for paradise.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1286

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