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Brandon Zenner

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The After War.

Plot structure labels used: dual timeline, alternating POVs, intercut storylines, multiple protagonists, two-part structure, part one journey, part two aftermath, flashbacks, backstory reveals, eventual convergence, cliffhanger chapters, short chapters, slow build, escalating violence, climactic battle, withheld worldbuilding

Focused on “multiple POV” 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 Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory

Spoonbenders

Daryl Gregory · 2017

A disgraced psychic family reunites under pressure from the CIA, the mob, and a new awakening talent.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0581

Cover of Where the Creek Bends by Linda Lael Miller

Where the Creek Bends

Linda Lael Miller · 2024

A runaway bride returns home to Montana, where a childhood mystery and strange time-slip energies upend her plans.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0722

Cover of The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter

The Thick and the Lean

Chana Porter · 2023

In a world where eating is taboo and sex is ordinary, two women chase freedom through food, crime, and a forbidden book.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0733

Cover of The Waiting Rooms by Eve   Smith

The Waiting Rooms

Eve Smith · 2020

In a near-future antibiotic crisis, a nurse’s search for her birth mother unearths family secrets and deadly truths.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0773

Cover of Blackout by Connie Willis

Blackout

Connie Willis · 2010 · All Clear

Time-traveling Oxford historians get stranded in WWII Britain as the war—and history itself—starts to go awry.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0823

Cover of Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle

Lost in Time

A.G. Riddle · 2022

A scientist is exiled to the dinosaur past after a murder frame-up, while his daughter races across time to clear him.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0630

Cover of Pandemic by A.G. Riddle

Pandemic

A.G. Riddle · 2017 · The Extinction Files

A CDC epidemiologist and an amnesiac man race to stop a fast-moving outbreak tied to a hidden global conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0636

Cover of Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

Isles of the Emberdark

Brandon Sanderson · 2025 · The Cosmere Universe

A trapper and an exiled dragon chase survival, freedom, and answers across a far-future Cosmere of portals and politics.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0642

Cover of The Prediction by Darren Sugrue

The Prediction

Darren Sugrue · 2022

A rejected math thesis predicting death resurfaces when one forecast proves true, forcing its creator to choose love or proof.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0646

Cover of Children of God by Mary Doria Russell

Children of God

Mary Doria Russell · 1998 · The Sparrow

A traumatized Jesuit returns to a transformed alien world, where faith, forgiveness, and contact collide again.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0661