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These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Icehenge.
Plot structure labels used: three-part structure, interlinked novellas, multiple timelines, consecutive narratives, first-person narrative, memoir form, journal form, diary form, open ending, unresolved mystery, slow burn, fix-up structure
Focused on “multiple timelines” 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.
In a sealed underground silo, a mechanic turned sheriff uncovers secrets that could upend the last human society.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multi-part structure · interlinked stories · framed as novellas · multiple timelines · out-of-order reveal · slow reveal · cliffhangers · twists and turns · mystery unfolding
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0973
Three linked stories across centuries trace alternate Americas shaped by love, illness, power, and the search for paradise.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three-part structure · linked triptych · interlinked sections · standalone sections · nonlinear connections · epistolary sections · multiple timelines · ambiguous ending · open ending · slow build · interleaved narratives
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1051
Three women are remade by a strange virus as a collapsing world veers into body horror, desire, and cosmic dread.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three-part structure · interconnected sections · multi-POV · sequential perspectives · linked novellas · slow burn · escalation · reveal-driven · abrupt ending · open ending · rushed ending · cliffhanger
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0819
In contemporary Moscow, a Light magician becomes entangled in a fragile supernatural balance between opposing Watches.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three-part structure · three novellas · interlocking stories · sequential episodes · linked stories · single main narrator · gradual reveal · cliffhanger endings · abrupt endings · philosophical interludes · mystery reveals · ensemble overlap
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0837
A notorious killer’s three interlocked crimes unfold in a brutal solar-system future, with each mystery solved as a howdunit.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three-part structure · interlocking stories · linked novellas · frame narrative · prologue reveal · multiple mysteries · sequential reveals · howdunit · withheld explanation · interconnected ending
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0876
In a climate-ravaged near future, a society survives by sleeping most of the year, until its hidden order starts to crack.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three narratives · multiple timelines · interwoven storylines · flashback structure · past and present · gradual reveal · slow burn · mystery box · slow escalation · late payoff · intersecting arcs · twist ending · open questions
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1219
Three linked voices trace a secret wartime experiment and a present-day heatwave where flies and rage spread together.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three perspectives · multiple timelines · alternating narrators · interwoven stories · gradual reveal · linked narratives · nonlinear structure · short chapters · fast-paced · open ending
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1228
A scientist uncovers a free-energy breakthrough from a parallel universe and races to stop the hidden cost.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three-part structure · interlinked novellas · chronologically overlapping parts · multi-perspective · bookended narrative · gradual reveal · science-heavy exposition · setup and payoff
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0965
Ann Leckie’s complete short-fiction collection spans alien first contact, imperial intrigue, and gods meddling in human lives.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three-part structure · mixed standalone and connected stories · sectioned collection · varied story lengths · flash fiction · novelette · short-form experimentation · open-ended endings · ambiguous endings · episodic
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1058
In a near-future world ravaged by a depression plague, a Hong Kong scientist follows a strange device into a time-spanning mystery.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three-part structure · two timelines · flashback interlude · nested narratives · mystery reveal · cliffhanger opening · disjointed structure · puzzle box · episodic framing · sudden ending · rushed resolution · backstory chunk
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1059
A midlife geneticist is pulled into alien diplomacy when a hidden biological crisis threatens Earth and her family.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three-part structure · expanded novella · opening reprints previous novella · aftermath narrative · time jumps · multi-year span · slow burn · countdown deadline · interrupted mystery reveals · epilogue · episodic
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1112
A self-exiled emperor boards a mysterious ship and is swept through three fated adventures across time, planes, and identities.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: three-part structure · three novellas · loosely connected stories · episodic structure · fix-up · self-contained sections · future present past · quest anthology · dreamlike transitions · crossover episode · standalone feel · bridging installment
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1115
