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Cover of Existence by David Brin
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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 “vignette 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.

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Cover of Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente

Palimpsest

Catherynne M. Valente · 2009

Four lonely strangers discover a hidden city that can only be reached through sex, dreams, and a permanent map on the skin.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0879

Cover of Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo

Pedro the Vast

Simón López Trujillo · 2026

A farm worker survives a deadly fungal outbreak and becomes the center of science, faith, and family crisis in rural Chile.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0919

Cover of Floating Hotel by Grace  Curtis

Floating Hotel

Grace Curtis · 2024

A drifting space hotel full of misfits and secrets faces spies, rebels, and a mystery that could change everything.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0928

Cover of The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan

The Marigold

Andrew F. Sullivan · 2023

In near-future Toronto, a toxic fungal force spreads through a condo city while residents, workers, and power brokers collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0985

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