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Gene Wolfe

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for On Blue's Waters.

Plot structure labels used: frame narrative, memoir form, dual timeline, interleaved timelines, flashbacks, digressions, nonlinear narrative, nested narrative, clue-based revelation, gradual revelations, delayed answers

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.

Cover of Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds

Chasm City

Alastair Reynolds · 2003 · Revelation Space

A security operative chasing revenge enters a plague-ravaged city where memory, identity, and history unravel.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0831

Cover of Konrad Curze: The Night Haunter by Guy Haley

Konrad Curze: The Night Haunter

Guy Haley · 2019 · The Horus Heresy: Primarchs

A grim Warhammer 40,000 character study of a feared primarch confronting his fate, madness, and bloody past.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0865

Cover of The Separation by Christopher Priest

The Separation

Christopher Priest · 2003

Twin brothers on opposite sides of WWII become entangled in an alternate-history puzzle of war, memory, and identity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0870

Cover of Strangers from the Sky by Margaret Wander Bonanno

Strangers from the Sky

Margaret Wander Bonanno · 1989 · Star Trek: The Original Series

A controversial first-contact book triggers dreams, memory loss, and a time-bending mission for Kirk, Spock, and McCoy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0955

Cover of Taltos by Steven Brust

Taltos

Steven Brust · 1988 · Vlad Taltos

A snarky assassin’s early career collides with a perilous trip into the land of the dead, forging key alliances.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0981

Cover of 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa

20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1

Naoki Urasawa · 2018 · 20世紀少年 [20th Century Boys]

A childhood game resurfaces decades later, drawing an ordinary man into a slow-burn conspiracy that may end the world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0984

Cover of On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

On a Sunbeam

Tillie Walden · 2018 · On a Sunbeam

A young woman joins a space restoration crew while chasing the past love that still calls her back.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0826

Cover of No Heart for a Thief by James Lloyd Dulin

No Heart for a Thief

James Lloyd Dulin · 2023 · Malitu

A reclusive magic thief and a revenge-seeking girl are drawn into a haunted, colonized world and each other’s pasts.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0828

Cover of Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta

Mad Sisters of Esi

Tashan Mehta · 2025

A restless sister leaves a world-whale behind, uncovering myths, memory, and a centuries-old mystery about two mad sisters.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0843