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Similar in plot structure

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

Plot structure labels used: three-part structure, double prologue, time jumps, generational gap, slow burn, delayed main story, frame-like backstory, series setup, open ending

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

Cover of Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

Kate Wilhelm · 1976

After ecological collapse and mass sterility, one family turns to cloning to preserve humanity—then their new society changes the rules.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1038

Cover of Star Wars: Shield of Lies by Michael P. Kube-McDowell

Star Wars: Shield of Lies

Michael P. Kube-McDowell · 1996 · Star Wars: The Black Fleet Crisis

Three separate crises collide as the New Republic faces alien aggression, a haunted spaceship, and a Force-wrenching quest.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1043

Cover of Night Flights by Philip Reeve

Night Flights

Philip Reeve · 2018 · Mortal Engines Quartet

Three illustrated prequel tales trace Anna Fang’s rise from captive to daring aviatrix in a dangerous city-eats-city world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1061

Cover of House of Cards by Peter David

House of Cards

Peter David · 1997 · Star Trek: New Frontier

A newly assigned starship and its captain are introduced amid a collapsed empire and rising chaos in Federation space.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1092

Cover of The Drought by J.G. Ballard

The Drought

J.G. Ballard · 2002

As global drought turns water into a scarce currency, a detached doctor is swept into society’s collapse and survival scramble.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1092

Cover of Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

Quicksilver

Neal Stephenson · 2004 · The Baroque Cycle 3-volume

A sprawling 17th-century epic of science, finance, espionage, and adventure across Europe’s shifting political landscape.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1101

Cover of The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

The Terraformers

Annalee Newitz · 2023

A far-future terraforming team uncovers hidden people, corporate corruption, and a struggle over who counts as a person.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1118

Cover of Superman: Year One by Frank Miller

Superman: Year One

Frank Miller, John Romita Jr. · 2019 · Superman: Year One

A reimagined Superman origin follows Clark from Krypton to Kansas, the Navy, Atlantis, and Metropolis.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1123

Cover of Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

Sister, Maiden, Monster

Lucy A. Snyder · 2023

Three women are remade by a strange virus as a collapsing world veers into body horror, desire, and cosmic dread.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1143

Cover of 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

2001: A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke · 2000 · Space Odyssey

An ancient alien monolith pulls humanity from prehistory into deep space, where evolution, AI, and destiny collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1148

Cover of Alien Species Intervention by J.K. Accinni

Alien Species Intervention

J.K. Accinni · 2013 · Species Intervention #6609

An abused young woman bonds with a damaged alien, sparking a generational saga of love, violence, and planetary warning.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1149

Cover of Tomorrow's Kin by Nancy Kress

Tomorrow's Kin

Nancy Kress · 2017 · Yesterday's Kin Trilogy

A midlife geneticist is pulled into alien diplomacy when a hidden biological crisis threatens Earth and her family.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1156

Cover of Skyborn by John Jackson Miller

Skyborn

John Jackson Miller · 2009 · Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith

A stranded Sith crew exploits a planet’s superstitions, while a heretical local scholar becomes the key to survival.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1164

Cover of The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule

The Endless Vessel

Charles Soule · 2023

In a near-future world ravaged by a depression plague, a Hong Kong scientist follows a strange device into a time-spanning mystery.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1190

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No Shelter But the Stars

Virginia Black · 2024

Two royal enemies stranded on a barren moon must survive together, forcing a love that could reshape a galaxy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1193

Cover of La lega degli straordinari gentlemen: Century by Alan Moore

La lega degli straordinari gentlemen: Century

Alan Moore · 2013 · The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Across 1910, 1969, and 2009, the League hunts an occult apocalypse plot while time, culture, and identity unravel.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1228

Cover of The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny by Simon R. Green

The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny

Simon R. Green · 2010 · Nightside

In a hidden London of monsters and magic, PI John Taylor is pulled into escort jobs, missing-person cases, and a dying man’s offer.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1234

Cover of Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan

Perihelion Summer

Greg Egan · 2019

A black hole passing through the solar system destabilizes Earth’s climate, forcing a small crew to survive at sea.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1243

Cover of The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore

The Ballad of Halo Jones

Alan Moore · 2005 · The Ballad of Halo Jones

An ordinary young woman in a harsh future leaves her dead-end life behind and becomes the center of a vast, unfinished space saga.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1246

Cover of Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson

Robogenesis

Daniel H. Wilson · 2014 · Robopocalypse

After a robot war, surviving humans and machines face a darker conflict as rival AIs reshape what life can be.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1249

Cover of Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Soul Hunter

Aaron Dembski-Bowden · 2010 · Night Lords

A renegade Night Lords warband fights for survival, unity, and vengeance while a prophetic warrior sees trouble ahead.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1269

Cover of Force Heretic I: Remnant by Sean Williams

Force Heretic I: Remnant

Sean Williams, Shane Dix · 2003 · Star Wars: The New Jedi Order

A Jedi-led search for a legendary living world collides with war, diplomacy, and an Imperial crisis across the galaxy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1279

Cover of The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

The Lost Gate

Orson Scott Card · 2011 · Mither Mages

A boy in a secretive magical family discovers he can create gates, triggering a dangerous escape across two worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1280

Cover of A Trick of Light by Stan Lee

A Trick of Light

Stan Lee, Kat Rosenfield · 2019 · Stan Lee's Alliances

Two teens with cyber-powered abilities connect online and are pulled into a fight that could save—or doom—the world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1284

Cover of What If... Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings? by Seanan McGuire

What If... Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings?

Seanan McGuire · 2024 · Marvel's What If...?

In an alternate Marvel timeline, Wanda Parker grows up as Peter Parker’s sister and must confront magic, loss, and identity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1300

Cover of Hunting Party by Elizabeth Moon

Hunting Party

Elizabeth Moon · 1999 · The Serrano Legacy

A disgraced space captain takes command of a wealthy woman’s yacht, only to find class games and a hunt turning dangerous.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1301