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Similar in plot structure

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

Plot structure labels used: direct sequel, power expansion, science-driven progression, late antagonistic pressure, slow burn, anticlimactic climax, episodic construction

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their plot structure embeddings are close.

Cover of Torith by SunriseCV

Torith

SunriseCV · 2023 · System Universe

An overpowered System Traveler arrives in a regulated city, builds allies, and clashes with nobles and corrupt power.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1261

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Mother of Learning: ARC 2

Domagoj Kurmaić · 2022 · Mother of Learning

A trapped young mage keeps looping the same month, growing stronger while racing to unravel the cause and avert disaster.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1309

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Peripeteia

Sarah Lyons Fleming · 2017 · The City

In a zombie-ravaged New York City, survivors fight for food, safety, and each other as danger closes in.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1368

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Apex

Ramez Naam · 2015 · Nexus

A mind-linking drug triggers global unrest as governments, hackers, and posthumans fight to control humanity’s future.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1368

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Fifty Degrees Below

Kim Stanley Robinson · 2007 · Science in the Capital

A Washington, DC scientist survives floods, surveillance, and a lethal climate shift while helping fight planetary collapse.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1381

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Children of God

Mary Doria Russell · 1998 · The Sparrow

A traumatized Jesuit returns to a transformed alien world, where faith, forgiveness, and contact collide again.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1386

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The Bitter Twins

Jen Williams · 2018 · The Winnowing Flame Trilogy

A war-ravaged fantasy world races to recover lost memories and forge alliances before alien monsters overrun everything.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1393

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Живые люди

Yana Vagner, Яна Вагнер · 2013 · Вонгозеро

A post-pandemic group tries to survive winter isolation on a remote lake island as confinement exposes every fracture.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1410

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This Brutal Moon

Bethany Jacobs · 2025 · The Kindom Trilogy

In a fractured star system, rebels and rivals race to stop tyranny, protect a hidden colony, and survive the final reckoning.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1425

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Scavengers

Brian J. Nordon · 2024 · Quest Academy

A gifted crafter at Quest Academy is forced into harsher training, demon fights, and a misfit team as the stakes rise.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1449

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Dark Light

Jodi Taylor · 2024 · Elizabeth Cage

On the run after a betrayal, a woman with aura-reading powers lands in a village where ancient rites and darker forces await.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1492

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Ultima

Stephen Baxter · 2014 · Proxima

A direct sequel where a stranded crew crosses alternate universes, uncovering the hatch builders and a cosmic endgame.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1503

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The Light Fantastic

Terry Pratchett · 2000 · Discworld

An inept wizard and a clueless tourist race to save a flat world from a red-star apocalypse.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1508

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To Sail a Darkling Sea

John Ringo · 2014 · Black Tide Rising

A survivor fleet battles zombies at sea while turning rescue operations into a military campaign to rebuild civilization.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1520

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Brotherhood

Oliver Bowden · 2010 · Assassin's Creed

In Renaissance Italy, Ezio battles the Borgia grip on Rome while hunting revenge, allies, and a powerful secret.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1536

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Bear Head

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2021 · Dogs of War

A Mars worker and a talking bear are pulled into a battle over bioform rights, mind control, and political power.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1537

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Erebos 2

Ursula Poznanski · 2019 · Erebos

A deadly app-linked game returns after ten years, forcing Nick and a new player into a high-tech fight for control.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1541