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Similar in plot structure

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

Plot structure labels used: multiple POVs, fragmented narrative, interstitial essays, interwoven short pieces, abrupt time jumps, dropped threads, episodic structure

Focused on “linked vignettes” 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 Companions by Katie M. Flynn

The Companions

Katie M. Flynn · 2020

In a quarantined near-future California, an uploaded teen companion breaks free and hunts for answers about her death.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0870

Cover of Who Wants to Live Forever by Hanna Thomas Uose

Who Wants to Live Forever

Hanna Thomas Uose · 2025

When a life-extending drug splits a married couple, their choices ripple through decades, love, and society.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0802

Cover of City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky

City of Last Chances

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2022 · The Tyrant Philosophers

An occupied city on the brink of revolt unspools through many lives as a stolen talisman and ancient magic ignite chaos.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0842

Cover of The Circumference of the World by Lavie Tidhar

The Circumference of the World

Lavie Tidhar · 2023

A mathematician, a bookseller, and a mobster chase a vanished science-fiction novel that may reveal reality’s deepest truth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0844

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: 0.0847

Cover of The Museum of Human History by Rebekah Bergman

The Museum of Human History

Rebekah Bergman · 2023

A comatose girl who never ages draws scientists, family, and seekers into an interwoven mystery about time, memory, and youth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0848

Cover of Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Agents of Dreamland

Caitlín R. Kiernan · 2017 · Tinfoil Dossier

A burned-out agent, a time-shifting woman, and a desert cult are pulled into a cosmic threat from beyond Pluto.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0866