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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Fall.

Plot structure labels used: opening cliffhanger, in medias res, before and after structure, abrupt ending, series setup, serial cliffhangers, two-part journey, setup-heavy, exposition-driven, quest interrupted

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

Cover of The Skin Map by Stephen R. Lawhead

The Skin Map

Stephen R. Lawhead · 2010 · Bright Empires

A London man is pulled into a ley-line quest across time and worlds after meeting his supposedly dead great-grandfather.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1252

Cover of The Healer's Way #1 by Oleg Sapphire

The Healer's Way #1

Oleg Sapphire, Alexey Kovtunov · 2023 · The Healer’s Way

An overpowered healer is thrust into a weaker body in a strange modern-magic world and turns healing into a weapon.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1264

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Ice

Kevin Tinto · 2016 · Dr. Leah Andrews and Jack Hobson Thrillers

An archaeologist’s cave discovery links New Mexico to Antarctica, igniting a globe-spanning race and a nuclear crisis.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1274

Cover of The Family Trade by Charles Stross

The Family Trade

Charles Stross · 2004 · The Merchant Princes

A fired journalist discovers she’s heir to a world-walking clan and must survive its ruthless parallel-world power games.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1340

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Kidnapped By Her Husbands

Rebecca Royce · 2016 · Wings of Artemis

An amnesiac pregnant woman is rescued by five men claiming to be her husbands in a scarce-women future.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1361

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The Gods of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1963 · Barsoom

John Carter returns to Mars, only to land in a deadly false paradise and fight his way through religious deception.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1392

Cover of Blood and Betrayal by Lindsay Buroker

Blood and Betrayal

Lindsay Buroker · 2012 · The Emperor's Edge

A reluctant playboy must protect an emperor while a captured ally endures interrogation and secrets threaten the empire.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1406

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The House of Power

Patrick Carman · 2007 · Atherton

A climber boy in a tiered refuge world uncovers a hidden book that exposes the secret instability of his society.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1416

Cover of Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz

Prodigal Son

Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson · 2005 · Dean Koontz's Frankenstein

In modern New Orleans, a detective team and an immortal monster uncover a Frankenstein-era conspiracy and a serial killer.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1438

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The Girl and the Mountain

Mark Lawrence · 2021 · Book of the Ice

On a frozen world, Yaz faces priests, secrets, and a dangerous journey south while the story widens in a shared universe.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1451

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Disney Lands

Ridley Pearson · 2015 · Kingdom Keepers: The Return

A Disney-themed friend group is pulled into a new puzzle involving hidden messages, time travel, and a return of danger.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1459

Cover of Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu Arakawa

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1

Hiromu Arakawa · 2013 · 鋼の錬金術師 完全版 [Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Kanzenban]

Two brothers cursed by forbidden alchemy hunt the Philosopher’s Stone to restore their bodies.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1463

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Evolution

Travis Bagwell · 2018 · Awaken Online

A desperate gamer faces murder charges in the real world while a rogue AI and deadly quests push his virtual life forward.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1491

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Breakdown

Bruno Miller · 2018 · Dark Road

An ex-Ranger father and his teen son must survive an EMP-driven collapse and reach home, then family, on foot.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1498

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Bintang

Tere Liye · 2017 · Bumi

A teen trio with hidden powers returns to a parallel world on a dangerous mission that ends in a shocking cliffhanger.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1498

Cover of Lionboy by Zizou Corder

Lionboy

Zizou Corder · 2003 · Lionboy Trilogy

When his parents are kidnapped, a boy who can speak to cats joins a circus and races to uncover the truth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1499

Cover of The Boy Who Knew Everything by Victoria Forester

The Boy Who Knew Everything

Victoria Forester · 2015 · Piper McCloud

A genius boy and a flying girl lead gifted kids on secret missions, uncovering a prophecy, family secrets, and a hidden world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1521

Cover of Mister Monday by Garth Nix

Mister Monday

Garth Nix · 2006 · The Keys to the Kingdom

An asthmatic boy is pulled into a vast hidden House, where a magical key makes him heir to a cosmic struggle.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1524

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Saint City Sinners

Lilith Saintcrow · 2007 · Dante Valentine

A demon-hunting necromancer returns home to solve a murder, face betrayal, and navigate a war between loyalties.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1537