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These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Confessions of a Crap Artist.
Plot structure labels used: multiple viewpoints, shifting perspective, first-person chapters, third-person chapters, linear timeline, short chapters, character-driven, slow build, sudden ending, episodic
Focused on “reveal-driven” 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 near-future pandemic-stricken London, a mother must protect her son after his recovery brings back something unseen and dangerous.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple perspectives · interwoven subplots · slow build · reveal-driven · cliffhangers · misdirection · gradual escalation · twist ending · delayed payoff · final-chapter resolution · third-act ramp-up
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0971
A secret mission to protect Earth’s location collides with insurgents, Spartans, and Covenant forces in deep space.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple viewpoints · shifting perspectives · episodic plot · slow burn · breakneck pace · short chapters · parallel storylines · second-half pickup · cliffhanger chapters · action-driven
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0789
In 1962 Baltimore, a mute janitor falls for a captured amphibious being and risks everything to free him.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple POV · short chapters · sectioned structure · slow build · action late · prologue in jungle · parallel storylines · character-driven · intercut perspectives · reveal-driven
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1126
A deadly flu wipes out most of America, forcing a handful of survivors toward opposing visions of the future.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple viewpoints · ensemble cast · slow build · episodic structure · parallel storylines · gradual convergence · long setup · chapter-by-chapter perspective shifts · late escalation · open-ended split
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0880
A quarantined village’s children, spared by a color-draining plague, struggle to survive, reunite, and find hope.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple POV · shifting perspectives · interlocking journeys · episodic · repetitive scenes · abrupt ending · ambiguous ending · open ending · slow build · character-driven · parallel viewpoints
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0889
A traveling, mechanically altered circus survives a war-torn world while hidden rivalries and outside powers threaten its fragile unity.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: nonlinear · episodic · multiple narrators · short chapters · overlapping scenes · backstory fragments · mystery-driven · slow build · late plot emergence · repeated vantage points · time jumps · open-ended revelation
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0956
In a near-future America, imprisoned people fight televised death matches for a shot at freedom.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple POVs · interwoven perspectives · alternating chapters · fragmented structure · short chapters · foreshadowing · slow build · high stakes · action scenes
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0961
A trained teen Seeker learns her oath masks a brutal secret, forcing her to choose between loyalty, truth, and survival.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple viewpoints · time jumps · interlude · nonlinear timeline · cross-cut narrative · slow reveal · late turn · cliffhanger · sequel setup · fragmented structure
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0981
A teen uses a memory machine to clear his father’s name and gets pulled into a secret war over a powerful relic.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple viewpoints · alternating perspectives · dual timeline · past-present intercutting · cliffhanger ending · series setup · slow start · action build
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0987
A crash-surviving space traveler crosses a climate-ravaged Earth, searching for her lost love amid outlaws, zealots, and guns.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: episodic · vignettes · fragmented · interwoven chapters · multiple viewpoints · short-story feel · side-quest structure · withheld backstory · slow reveal · late flashback · looping structure · circular structure · revelation-driven · meandering · nonlinear feel
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1016
A submarine attack triggers a deep-sea crisis, forcing humans and mysterious underwater beings toward a race against war.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: backstory chapters · character-driven expansion · slow build · midbook escalation · action-driven · multiple viewpoints · reveals late · ending shift
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1022
An angry foster teen is hurled through history, forced to inhabit other lives and confront violence, identity, and empathy.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: frame crisis · time-hopping · episodic bodies · multiple incarnations · revealing perspectives · redemptive ending · quick read · short chapters · twist-driven
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1024
