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Similar in plot structure

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

Plot structure labels used: episodic, vignettes, time jumps, interlinked stories, framed narrative, sectioned structure, evolutionary progression, nonlinear chronology, broad sweep, climax-light

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

Cover of The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac by Sharma Shields

The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac

Sharma Shields · 2015

A boy abandoned by his mother to a Sasquatch grows into a man whose lifelong hunt reverberates through generations.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0647

Cover of Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley

Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr

John Crowley · 2017

An immortal crow tells a human his long, strange story across ages, worlds, and the many meanings of death.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0648

Cover of Superman: Up in the Sky by Tom     King

Superman: Up in the Sky

Tom King · 2020 · Superman: Up in the Sky

Superman leaves Earth to rescue one abducted child, and each cosmic obstacle tests what makes him Superman.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0705

Cover of Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton

Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful

Arwen Elys Dayton · 2018

Six linked futures trace how genetic engineering and body modification reshape humanity, morality, and identity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0721

Cover of The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

The Stone Gods

Jeanette Winterson · 2007

A fractured sci-fi love story links future collapse, Easter Island, and another age to ask whether humanity can break its cycle.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0799

Cover of Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future by Dougal Dixon

Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future

Dougal Dixon · 1990

An illustrated speculative history imagines humanity’s descendants mutating, engineering, and surviving across a far-future ruined Earth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0808

Cover of The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien

The Book of Records

Madeleine Thien · 2025

A girl and her father shelter in a time-bending refuge, where neighbors from other eras help her face family truth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0817

Cover of Noumenon Infinity by Marina J. Lostetter

Noumenon Infinity

Marina J. Lostetter · 2018 · Noumenon

Split across eras and convoys, a far-future fleet races to unravel an alien megastructure before the mystery turns dangerous.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0821

Cover of The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson

The Boat of a Million Years

Poul Anderson · 2004

Immortal humans drift through 2,000 years of history, then face a future of utopia, space travel, and alien contact.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0822

Cover of 334 by Thomas M. Disch

334

Thomas M. Disch · 1999

A fragmented near-future New York mosaic follows public-housing residents living under strict social, reproductive, and economic controls.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0823

Cover of Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Hocus Pocus

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 1997

A Vietnam veteran-turned-professor recounts his life from prison, exposing war, class, and institutional absurdity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0830

Cover of Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Foundation

Isaac Asimov · 2004 · Foundation (Publication Order)

A predictive scientist tries to shorten a coming galactic dark age by seeding a remote colony to preserve knowledge.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0837

Cover of Jerusalem by Alan Moore

Jerusalem

Alan Moore · 2018 · Jerusalem

A sprawling, time-bending chronicle of Northampton links family, history, and the afterlife in one dense vision.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0842

Cover of Sacred and Terrible Air by Robert Kurvitz

Sacred and Terrible Air

Robert Kurvitz · 2023

Three childhood friends keep searching for four missing girls as a collapsing world and strange force called the Pale close in.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0845

Cover of The Museum of Human History by Rebekah Bergman

The Museum of Human History

Rebekah Bergman · 2023

A comatose girl who never ages draws scientists, family, and seekers into an interwoven mystery about time, memory, and youth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0846

Cover of State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg

State of Paradise

Laura van den Berg · 2024

A ghostwriter returns to her Florida childhood home after the pandemic and is pulled into family, tech, and reality-bending mysteries.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0848

Cover of Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny

Roadmarks

Roger Zelazny · 1979

A man travels a highway through time while assassins hunt him and a young seeker searches for the truth about his origin.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0854

Cover of Dooku: Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott

Dooku: Jedi Lost

Cavan Scott · 2019 · Star Wars Disney Canon Novel

A Sith apprentice uncovers the hidden past of Count Dooku through recordings, revealing how a Jedi became disillusioned.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0858

Cover of Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

Rakesfall

Vajra Chandrasekera · 2024

Two souls are bound across reincarnations, forcing them through war, myth, history, and far-future worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0864

Cover of My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi

My Volcano

John Elizabeth Stintzi · 2022

A suddenly growing Central Park volcano links a global cast through disaster, transformation, and shifting realities.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0864