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William S. Burroughs

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead.

Plot structure labels used: fragmented narrative, episodic scenes, nonlinear structure, repeat-and-rework, disjointed progression, loose plot, scene collage, cyclical repetition, dreamlike sequencing

Focused on “nonlinear” 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 The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs

The Soft Machine

William S. Burroughs · 1994 · The Nova Trilogy

A cut-up sci-fi nightmare of addiction, control, and bodily horror, told in fragments that resist linear sense.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0903

Cover of 334 by Thomas M. Disch

334

Thomas M. Disch · 1999

A fragmented near-future New York mosaic follows public-housing residents living under strict social, reproductive, and economic controls.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0907

Cover of Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny

Roadmarks

Roger Zelazny · 1979

A man travels a highway through time while assassins hunt him and a young seeker searches for the truth about his origin.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1051

Cover of The Revisionaries by A.R. Moxon

The Revisionaries

A.R. Moxon · 2019

A street preacher faces chaos, prophecy, and reality-bending forces in a sprawling, metafictional urban saga.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1056

Cover of Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

Goliath

Tochi Onyebuchi · 2022

In a near-future US emptied by off-world flight, those left behind struggle to survive as the past comes back to claim Earth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1065

Cover of The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien

The Book of Records

Madeleine Thien · 2025

A girl and her father shelter in a time-bending refuge, where neighbors from other eras help her face family truth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1086

Cover of The Western Lands by William S. Burroughs

The Western Lands

William S. Burroughs · 1988 · The Red Night Trilogy

An aging writer’s hallucinatory pilgrimage through Egyptian myth, apocalypse, and mortality searches for escape beyond death.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0812

Cover of The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves

The Book of Elsewhere

Keanu Reeves, China Miéville · 2024 · BRZRKR

An undying warrior joins a secret military mission to find mortality, only to uncover a deeper mystery.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1121

Cover of Dooku: Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott

Dooku: Jedi Lost

Cavan Scott · 2019 · Star Wars Disney Canon Novel

A Sith apprentice uncovers the hidden past of Count Dooku through recordings, revealing how a Jedi became disillusioned.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1124