Find similar books by
Combine common axes
These books are ranked using the style labels extracted for vN.
Style labels used: spare prose, show-don't-tell, technological verbiage, high-concept SF, slipstream touches, flashbacks, episodic, cinematic, action-flick pacing, dense worldbuilding, jarring scene transitions, exposition-light, concept-driven
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their style embeddings are close.
An archaeologist, an assassin, and a spacefaring crew converge around an extinct alien mystery with galaxy-shaking stakes.
Why this is here
Style labels: dense · technical · expository · idea-driven · wordy · detailed · hard SF · complex plotting · nonlinear · slow build · cinematic · scientific realism · strong worldbuilding
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1507
A scientist and a teen genius fight a technocratic regime that rules a shattered world with unbreakable force-field weapons.
Why this is here
Style labels: hard SF · idea driven · plot driven · worldbuilding heavy · expository · technical · compact prose · linear · thriller pacing · serialized origin · thin characterization · rough dialogue · slow reveal · plausibility focused · techno jargon
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1562
A far-future crew follows a captured alien ship back through lost human space to uncover what happened to civilization.
Why this is here
Style labels: hard SF detail · big ideas · slow pacing · dense exposition · technical language · lean prose · rich worldbuilding · ensemble cast · future-history continuity · action interludes
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1617
In near-future Tokyo, a data reader and a teenage fan get pulled into a celebrity marriage rumor involving a virtual pop star.
Why this is here
Style labels: lean prose · spare prose · descriptive detail · compressed exposition · laconic dialogue · vague technobabble · hallucinatory imagery · rapid pacing · immersive worldbuilding · fragmented reveals · noir inflection
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1619
A resurrected soldier hunts a rogue AI across a brutal posthuman space empire, while a crime boss undergoes a monstrous transformation.
Why this is here
Style labels: fast pace · relentless pacing · action-heavy · expository · technobabble · dense worldbuilding · multiple interwoven arcs · flashbacks · hard-SF detail · visceral prose
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1623
In a climate-ravaged future, Earth and its genetically divergent offworld colonies edge toward war through diplomacy and sabotage.
Why this is here
Style labels: hard SF · dense exposition · info-dumps · technical detail · biological detail · ecological detail · worldbuilding-heavy · slow pacing · spare style · expository dialogue · descriptive prose
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1626
Sentient bamboo on future Earth must stay hidden, then help humans survive war, robots, and a deadly plague.
Why this is here
Style labels: multiple viewpoints · literary SF · idea-driven · classic narrative · slow pacing · deceptively simple prose · dense · scientific detail · worldbuilding-heavy · observational · episodic
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1631
Darth Vader's secret apprentice hunts surviving Jedi and discovers loyalties, origins, and a path that could reshape the galaxy.
Why this is here
Style labels: sparse prose · functional writing · fast paced · cinematic action · video game structure · repetitive scenes · descriptive combat · expanded scenes · internal monologue · straight adaptation
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1660
Three damaged lives across time are drawn toward a cosmic anomaly, a killer mystery, and a reality-bending future.
Why this is here
Style labels: dense prose · minimal exposition · lyrical writing · high concept · fragmented structure · technobabble · literary SF · genre-blending · elliptical · disjointed · quick brushstroke worldbuilding · sentence-level writing · abstracted worldbuilding · clipped dialogue
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1669
A linked SF story collection follows journalists, robots, and wanderers through far-future mysteries, art, memory, and identity.
Why this is here
Style labels: hard SF · descriptive prose · rich imagery · compact form · story-based exposition · fast-paced · bite-sized · wide-screen scale · clear dialogue · concept-driven · afterword notes · some ambiguity · dense science · cinematic · visually vivid
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1670
An amnesiac master thief is dragged into a Mars heist where memory, identity, and time itself are the real prizes.
Why this is here
Style labels: show-don't-tell · minimal exposition · dense worldbuilding · invented jargon · fast-paced prose · snappy dialogue · erudite writing · compulsive readability · minimalist narrative · frequent abrupt transitions · nonlinear reveal · concept-dense · technical terminology
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1697
A Québécois family survives Venus’s lethal clouds after a discovery upends their fragile colony and their bonds.
Why this is here
Style labels: hard SF detail · technical exposition · dense prose · rich description · worldbuilding-heavy · slow pacing · literary imagery · multiple character arcs · character study · informational opening · French dialogue · poetic prose · cinematic action
Semantic match: ranked by style
Distance: 0.1699
