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The Book of Dragons

Jonathan Strahan, Garth Nix, Scott Lynch, R.F. Kuang, Ann Leckie, Rachel Swirsky, Daniel Abraham, Peter S. Beagle, Beth Cato, Zen Cho, C.S.E. Cooney, Aliette de Bodard, Kate Elliott, Theodora Goss, Ellen Klages, Ken Liu, Patricia A. McKillip, K.J. Parker, Kelly Robson, Michael Swanwick, Jo Walton, Elle Katharine White, Jane Yolen, Kelly Barnhill, Brooke Bolander, Sarah Gailey, J.Y. Yang, Neon Yang

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Book of Dragons.

Plot structure labels used: standalone pieces, story collection, poetry interludes, mixed-length entries, varied endings

Focused on “interrupted resolution” 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.

Cover of Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead

Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

Joshua Whitehead · 2019

An Indigenous queer anthology of nine speculative stories imagining post-apocalyptic futures shaped by love, land, and survival.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1027

Cover of The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft

The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories

H.P. Lovecraft · 1991

A varied Lovecraft collection of dream tales, ancient curses, and early weird fiction, heavy on atmosphere and dread.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1158

Cover of Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions by Neil Gaiman

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

Neil Gaiman · 2005

A mixed short-fiction collection where Neil Gaiman remixes myth, horror, fantasy, and poetry into dark, sly, often explicit tales.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1160

Cover of The Starlit Wood by Dominik Parisien

The Starlit Wood

Dominik Parisien, Margo Lanagan, Marjorie M. Liu, Seanan McGuire, Garth Nix, Naomi Novik, Sofia Samatar, Karin Tidbeck, Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine, Amal El-Mohtar, Charlie Jane Anders, Aliette de Bodard, Jeffrey Ford, Max Gladstone, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Kat Howard, Stephen Graham Jones · 2016 · The Universe of Xuya

An anthology of fairy tale retellings that reworks familiar and obscure tales across fantasy, SF, horror, and western modes.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1211

Cover of Wonderland: An Anthology by Marie O'Regan

Wonderland: An Anthology

Marie O'Regan, Angela Slatter, James Lovegrove, Alison Littlewood, Cavan Scott, Laura Mauro, Lilith Saintcrow, Genevieve Cogman, Jonathan Green, Jane Yolen, L.L. McKinney, George Mann, M.R. Carey, Rio Youers, Catriona Ward, Robert Shearman, Juliet Marillier, Cat Rambo, Mark Chadbourn · 2019

A multi-author anthology reimagines Alice’s Wonderland through horror, fantasy, sci-fi, and other darkly inventive lenses.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1224

Cover of Blue World by Robert McCammon

Blue World

Robert McCammon · 1990

A short-story collection of macabre, uncanny tales that culminates in a forbidden attraction between a priest and a porn star.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1273

Cover of The Lady in Glass and Other Stories by Anne Bishop

The Lady in Glass and Other Stories

Anne Bishop · 2024 · The Others

A career-spanning anthology of dark fantasy, fairy-tale retellings, and series stories, including two new tales from The Others.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1276

Cover of Skeleton Crew by Stephen  King

Skeleton Crew

Stephen King · 1992

A mixed Stephen King collection of 22 stories and poems, ranging from creature horror to sci-fi, surrealism, and dark grief.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1281