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These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.
Plot structure labels used: epic quest, travelogue, episodic structure, no chapter breaks, descriptive passages, frame of dreams, series of obstacles, quest to reveal setting
Focused on “self-contained” 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.
A grief-stricken girl and a battered Supergirl cross the stars on a revenge quest that becomes a journey of change.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: episodic journey · quest narrative · road trip · issue-by-issue adventures · frame narration · travelogue structure · through-line mystery · final confrontation · self-contained
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1199
A hobbit inherits a world-ending burden and must join a perilous quest to destroy a power-seeking ring.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: epic quest · episodic journey · slow burn · quest narrative · part-based structure · interwoven arcs · gradual escalation · final confrontation
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1076
A Dutch teen is stranded in 1212 and joins a children’s crusade, using modern know-how to help them survive.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: episodic journey · quest narrative · journey through hardship · adventure buildup · abrupt ending · fast start · revealed twist · linear travel narrative
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1137
A young colonist follows a forbidden road across a strange world to uncover the secrets behind his society.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: gradual reveal · journey structure · episodic · quest narrative · long arc · slow burn · time jump · mystery withholding · travelogue
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1147
A war-weary mercenary in 17th-century Europe is recruited by Lucifer for a Grail quest to heal the world's pain.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: Quest structure · Frame narrative · Journey narrative · Episodic encounters · Travelogue · Alternating realism and fantasy · Reveals through dialogue · Open-ended inquiry
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1169
A retired man follows a mysterious horn into a tiered otherworld and climbs toward the creator at its summit.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: quest plot · travel narrative · episodic adventure · adventure chain · abrupt ending · expedition structure · reveal ending
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1191
A clever orphan girl races north to rescue kidnapped children and uncover a secret that links souls, science, and power.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: quest narrative · episodic travel · travel and reveal · gradual worldbuilding · slow build · increasing stakes · cliffhanger ending · open ending · plot exposition · journey-driven
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1197
An immortal outcast crosses strange worlds and an eerie island to reclaim mortality and uncover the force behind it all.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: quest narrative · episodic journey · multi-part structure · quest through worlds · late reveal · misdirection · converging mysteries · loose ends · revelatory conclusion
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1201
A young man crosses a deadly underground Moscow metro to warn the city-states of a looming threat from the darkness above.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: journey narrative · quest structure · episodic chapters · picaresque wandering · road-trip feel · side-mission structure · slow build · late twist · unconventional ending · surprise reveal
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1235
A lone Jedi fights through Sith-ruled space, rescuing refugees while navigating rival warlords and uneasy alliances.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: episodic · quest structure · travelogue · multi-arc · act-based · mystery reveal · slow build · third-act payoff
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1242
In a stratified future America, a young labor-colony diver leaves home to search for a vanished loved one.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: quest narrative · picaresque journey · episodic travel · alternating community commentary · legendary framing · open ending · withheld backstory · philosophical digression
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1266
A French scientist is pulled into a global underwater voyage aboard a mysterious submarine with a secretive captain.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: episodic journey · travelogue structure · info-dense · slow-burn · mystery framing · quest narrative · repetitive observational passages · light action amid exposition · open-ended mystery · adventure interruptions
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1269
