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Similar in plot structure

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

Plot structure labels used: dual timeline, slow build, mystery reveal, exposition-heavy, late escalation, action-heavy second half, cliffhanger ending, ambiguous ending, interrogation-driven, multiple perspectives

Focused on “multiple plot lines” 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 The Burning Hollow by Ryan Schow

The Burning Hollow

Ryan Schow · 2022 · Sunset on America

In near-future East Tennessee, an exiled man returns home as family feuds, collapse, and an EMP push a small town toward war.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0887

Cover of The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway

The River of No Return

Bee Ridgway · 2014 · River of No Return

A Regency aristocrat and a 21st-century time traveler are pulled into a secret war over control of time.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0787

Cover of Here Beside the Rising Tide by Emily  Jane

Here Beside the Rising Tide

Emily Jane · 2025

A burned-out author returns to her beach childhood home, where her long-lost friend resurfaces and sea monsters stir.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0820

Cover of Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds

Elysium Fire

Alastair Reynolds · 2018 · Prefect Dreyfus Emergency

A prefect investigates unexplained deaths in a futuristic habitat democracy while secessionist politics threaten collapse.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0867

Cover of The Peripheral by William Gibson

The Peripheral

William Gibson · 2015 · Jackpot

A rural gamer is pulled into a cross-time mystery linking a collapsing near future to a decadent post-apocalyptic London.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0871

Cover of Coldwire by Chloe Gong

Coldwire

Chloe Gong · 2025 · The StrangeLoom Trilogy

In a near-future VR dystopia, two students/soldiers on separate missions uncover a conspiracy that could collapse both worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0881

Cover of The Edge of Forever by Melissa E. Hurst

The Edge of Forever

Melissa E. Hurst · 2015 · The Edge of Forever

A teen time traveler from 2146 races into 2013 to stop a girl’s murder—and maybe save his father, too.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0887

Cover of Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden

Tomorrow, When the War Began

John Marsden · 2006 · Tomorrow

After a camping trip, a group of Australian teens returns to find their town occupied and must decide how to survive.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0900

Cover of Esperance by Adam Oyebanji

Esperance

Adam Oyebanji · 2025

A Chicago detective and a mysterious traveler race to solve impossible murders tied to history, technology, and justice.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0903