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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Black Tides of Heaven.

Plot structure labels used: time jumps, multi-epoch span, vignette structure, fragmented chronology, coming-of-age arc, rising rebellion, standalone companion

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: 0.1305

Cover of Eight Billion Genies: Deluxe Edition by Charles Soule

Eight Billion Genies: Deluxe Edition

Charles Soule · 2023 · Eight Billion Genies

Everyone on Earth gets one genie and one wish, and the world reshapes itself in chaos, horror, and hope.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1342

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: 0.1385

Cover of Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin    Swan

Walk the Vanished Earth

Erin Swan · 2022

Across seven generations, one family is carried from Kansas prairies to flooded cities and Mars as climate collapse reshapes humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1405

Cover of Everfair by Nisi Shawl

Everfair

Nisi Shawl · 2016 · Everfair

In an alternate Congo, a fragile multiracial utopia uses steam tech to resist colonial rule and survive upheaval.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1417

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Weaponized

Neal Asher · 2022 · Polity Universe (chronological)

A jaded colonist leads a remote settlement on a hostile world, where alien evolution, AI control, and human limits collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1441

Cover of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories by Ruben Reyes Jr.

There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories

Ruben Reyes Jr. · 2024

A genre-bending story collection traces Central American lives across past, present, and future through migration, memory, and uncanny change.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1449

Cover of All We Have Is Time by Amy Tordoff

All We Have Is Time

Amy Tordoff · 2026

An immortal woman and a time traveler keep finding each other across centuries, risking love, grief, and time itself.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1450

Cover of Superman: American Alien by Max Landis

Superman: American Alien

Max Landis · 2016 · Superman: American Alien (Single Issues)

Seven connected snapshots follow Clark Kent from uncertain kid to emerging hero, with each chapter showing a different stage.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1472

Cover of The Never Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormack

The Never Ending Sacrifice

Una McCormack · 2009 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

A DS9 tie-in follows a Cardassian war orphan’s life across occupation, war, and change, seen from inside Cardassia.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1479

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The Dolphins of Pern

Anne McCaffrey · 1997 · Pern

A Pern boy and a dragonrider help rediscover the planet’s forgotten, speaking dolphins and rebuild an ancient bond.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1491

Cover of The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Years of Rice and Salt

Kim Stanley Robinson · 2003

A plague-scarred alternate world unfolds across centuries, tracked through reincarnating souls and shifting civilizations.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1491

Cover of Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C.J. Cherryh

Forty Thousand in Gehenna

C.J. Cherryh · 1984 · Alliance-Union Universe

A stranded clone-heavy colony on an alien world must survive, adapt, and learn to read the planet’s truly alien natives.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1493

Cover of The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

The Unspoken Name

A.K. Larkwood · 2020 · The Serpent Gates

A sacrificed bride escapes death to serve a wizard, then gets pulled into a multiverse quest full of gods and debt.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1536

Cover of The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Earthsea Trilogy

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1979 · Earthsea Cycle

Three linked Earthsea tales follow Ged across youth, maturity, and old age as magic, identity, and death entwine.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1541

Cover of A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson

A Taste of Honey

Kai Ashante Wilson · 2016 · The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps

A royal beast-handler and a visiting soldier fall into a forbidden queer romance that reshapes a life across years.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1542

Cover of Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum

Atomic Anna

Rachel Barenbaum · 2022

A Soviet scientist’s accidental time jumps bind three generations of women to one chance to stop Chernobyl.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1544

Cover of Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick

Bones of the Earth

Michael Swanwick · 2003

A paleontologist joins a secret time-travel project to study living dinosaurs, only to face paradoxes, sabotage, and survival.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1548

Cover of Checkmate by Malorie Blackman

Checkmate

Malorie Blackman · 2006 · Noughts and Crosses

A mixed-race teen in a racially divided future is pulled into family secrets, shifting loyalties, and lethal danger.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1549

Cover of Memory Piece by Lisa Ko

Memory Piece

Lisa Ko · 2024

Three Asian American friends chart art, tech, and activism across decades as their lives are reshaped by a darker future.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1562

Cover of Noumenon by Marina J. Lostetter

Noumenon

Marina J. Lostetter · 2017 · Noumenon

A clone-crewed generation ship convoy travels for centuries to investigate a strange distant star and its consequences.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1562