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Robert A. Heinlein

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Job: A Comedy of Justice.

Plot structure labels used: episodic, meandering, repetitive, world-shift cycle, quest structure, late reveal, gradual escalation, third-act payoff, afterlife tour, road trip structure

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

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Cover of Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 0: Warzones! by Brian Michael Bendis

Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 0: Warzones!

Brian Michael Bendis · 2015 · Old Man Logan (2015)

An aging Wolverine crosses Battleworld’s fractured realms, hunting answers that may reshape his place in Marvel’s universe.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1133

Cover of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Verne · 2002 · Capitaine Nemo

A French scientist is pulled into a global underwater voyage aboard a mysterious submarine with a secretive captain.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1143

Cover of Servants of the Wankh by Jack Vance

Servants of the Wankh

Jack Vance · 1980 · Planet of Adventure

Marooned on Tschai, Adam Reith pursues a risky route to Cath and a stolen ship, amid strange customs and alien power.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1159

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Mal Goes to War

Edward Ashton · 2024

A free AI gets stranded in a war-torn future body and must protect a vulnerable charge while trying to get home.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1161

Cover of Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

Of Monsters and Mainframes

Barbara Truelove · 2025

A sentient passenger ship battles Dracula and other monsters in space while trying to protect her humans.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1163

Cover of In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne

In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant

Jules Verne · 2006 · Capitaine Nemo

A damaged message in a bottle sends a rescue party on a sweeping search for a missing captain across the southern world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1202

Cover of Master of the Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy

Master of the Five Magics

Lyndon Hardy · 2016 · Magic by the Numbers

A young thaumaturge pursues mastery of five magic arts to restore his family’s honor and win a queen’s hand.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1241

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: 0.1254

Cover of Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan

Perihelion Summer

Greg Egan · 2019

A black hole passing through the solar system destabilizes Earth’s climate, forcing a small crew to survive at sea.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1255

Cover of Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky

Metro 2033

Dmitry Glukhovsky · 2013 · Metro

A young man crosses a deadly underground Moscow metro to warn the city-states of a looming threat from the darkness above.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1271

Cover of Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey

Meet Me in Another Life

Catriona Silvey · 2021

Two strangers keep meeting across many lives in changing roles, and must uncover why their fates are entwined.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1284

Cover of The Rapture of the Nerds by Cory Doctorow

The Rapture of the Nerds

Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross · 2012

A technophobic Welsh potter is drafted onto a jury judging future-tech threats in a post-singularity Earth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1285

Cover of Step By Bloody Step by Simon Spurrier

Step By Bloody Step

Simon Spurrier · 2022 · Step By Bloody Step

A wordless fantasy journey follows a mysterious armored guardian and a memoryless girl through a dangerous, changing world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1287

Cover of The Unexpected Gift of Joseph Bridgeman by Nick   Jones

The Unexpected Gift of Joseph Bridgeman

Nick Jones · The Downstream Diaries

A reclusive, insomnia-plagued man discovers time travel after hypnotherapy and races to change a missing-sister past.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1314

Cover of Against a Dark Background by Iain M. Banks

Against a Dark Background

Iain M. Banks · 1993

A hunted aristocratic soldier races through an isolated star system to recover a bizarre weapon before a cult can kill her.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1319

Cover of The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

Philip Pullman · 1999 · His Dark Materials

A clever orphan girl races north to rescue kidnapped children and uncover a secret that links souls, science, and power.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1339