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Cover of The Mongoliad: Book One by Neal Stephenson
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The Mongoliad: Book One

Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, E.D. deBirmingham, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Mongoliad: Book One.

Plot structure labels used: parallel storylines, alternating chapters, multiple POV, quest narrative, split quest, cliffhanger ending, open ending, serial format, episodic structure, fragmented narrative

Focused on “quest structure” 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 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: 0.0737

Cover of The Book That Broke the World by Mark  Lawrence

The Book That Broke the World

Mark Lawrence · 2024 · The Library Trilogy

A library’s hidden war pulls scattered allies across timelines, forcing them to choose between preserving knowledge and breaking it.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0800

Cover of Firstborn by Arthur C. Clarke

Firstborn

Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter · 2007 · A Time Odyssey

A time-split Earth faces a new alien doomsday threat as Bisesa Dutt races across worlds for a way to save humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0838

Cover of The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

The Lost Gate

Orson Scott Card · 2011 · Mither Mages

A boy in a secretive magical family discovers he can create gates, triggering a dangerous escape across two worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0878

Cover of Iron Council by China Miéville

Iron Council

China Miéville · 2004 · New Crobuzon

In a war-torn fantasy city, rebels and fugitives chase a legendary runaway train as revolution brews on every front.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0942

Cover of Descent by Marko Kloos

Descent

Marko Kloos · 2024 · The Palladium Wars

A POW returns undercover to a destabilized homeworld as insurgency, piracy, and family secrets threaten a fragile postwar system.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0691

Cover of The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier

The Brief History of the Dead

Kevin Brockmeier · 2007

A dying world and a memory-bound afterlife collide as one woman’s struggle in Antarctica reshapes the fate of the dead.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0699

Cover of Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card

Earth Afire

Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston · 2013 · The First Formic War

A multi-POV prequel about Earth’s first alien invasion, where warnings are ignored and scattered defenders race to respond.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0738

Cover of Empty Space: A Haunting by M. John Harrison

Empty Space: A Haunting

M. John Harrison · 2012 · Kefahuchi Tract

A widow, a space crew, and a posthuman investigator are drawn through overlapping times toward a mysterious cosmic anomaly.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0758