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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 “open ending” 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 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 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 Sunbirth by An Yu

Sunbirth

An Yu · 2025

In an isolated desert village, two sisters endure a fading sun, strange beacons, and a family mystery tied to their missing father.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0907

Cover of Colony One by Tarah Benner

Colony One

Tarah Benner · 2018 · The Elderon Chronicles

A broke journalist and a disgraced soldier take jobs on a new space colony and uncover a hidden conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0941

Cover of إنني أتعفن رعبًا by مريم الحيسي

إنني أتعفن رعبًا

مريم الحيسي · 2023

A troubled young artist’s nightmare drawings begin coming to life, dragging her into violent secrets and deadly truths.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0979

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