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These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Vicious.
Plot structure labels used: dual timeline, nonlinear timeline, past and present, flashbacks, mystery build, puzzle structure, gradual reveal, alternating chapters, slow buildup, cat-and-mouse
Focused on “time jumps” 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.
A pandemic ends civilization, and scattered survivors are linked by one actor, one comic, and a troupe preserving art.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: nonlinear · dual timeline · multiple POV · flashbacks · time jumps · braided narrative · interconnected threads · puzzle structure · gradual reveal · character-driven · slow build
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0717
Four children hiding in WWII Lithuania survive with help from an uncanny flock of crows and each other.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple timelines · dual timeline · nonlinear storytelling · flashbacks · time jumps · interwoven perspectives · mystery reveal · gradual revelation · slow burn · open-ended aftermath
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0756
In near-future Nigeria, a jaded psychic agent investigates dying sensitives around an alien biodome.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: nonlinear narrative · multiple timelines · time jumps · gradual reveal · mystery-driven · flashbacks · intercut past and present · slow-burn build
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0803
In a post-death future, a man’s search for truth forces him to question immortality, memory, and identity.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: Nonlinear timeline · Past and present · Time jumps · Dual timeline · Fragmented narrative · Slow reveal · Mystery box · Twist ending · Ambiguous ending · Open ending · Reread value · Serial buildup
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0812
A reactivated spy revisits a decades-old covert operation where Cold War tradecraft collides with hidden supernatural forces.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: slow burn · slow reveal · nonlinear timeline · flashbacks · dual timeline · time jumps · back-and-forth chronology · gradual escalation · delayed supernatural reveal · prologue setup · climax reveal · puzzle-box structure · interleaved backstory
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0828
A teen Harley Quinn origin story where a STEM internship, a girl gang, and a campus mystery push her toward revenge.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: dual timelines · flash forward · time jumps · back-and-forth timeline · mystery reveal · slow build · twist reveal · prologue framing · open ending · series setup
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0884
In a ruined future where time only moves forward, Jules and a mysterious traveler race to wake her coma-struck love.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: nonlinear · time jumps · multiple timelines · twists · slow reveal · revealed gradually · puzzle structure · circle ending · foreshadowing · aha moments · parallel revelations · withheld context · complex timeline
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0897
A young woman joins a space restoration crew while chasing the past love that still calls her back.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: dual timelines · flashbacks · nonlinear narrative · interwoven timelines · gradual reveal · mystery withholding · quest narrative · build to action · slow-burn reveal · present-past convergence
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0641
A hacker’s stolen secret draws her into a deadly interstellar chase through a corrupt theocratic empire.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: dual timelines · multiple POV · nonlinear chronology · flashbacks · past-present braid · slow reveal · mystery box · twist ending · puzzle-box plotting · cat-and-mouse structure
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0697
A grieving teen is blackmailed into a strange school study, where buried truths, old feelings, and new possibilities collide.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: dual POV · parallel timelines · past and present timelines · mystery reveal · slow burn · twist ending · breadcrumb clues · cliffhanger chapters · weeklong framework · flashbacks
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0739
A stranded astronaut wanders a physics-breaking alien labyrinth, recounting how the mission went wrong as dread builds.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: dual timeline · alternating chapters · flashback structure · backstory reveal · slow reveal · withheld information · twist ending · retroactive recontextualization · nonlinear chronology · gradual escalation · mystery-driven
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0745
A woman chasing her missing father is pulled into a dual-timeline mystery linking Wikipedia edits, Vienna academics, and time travel.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: dual timeline · multi-POV · intercut timelines · breadcrumb clues · slow-burn mystery · gradual reveal · withheld information · puzzle structure · intertwining narratives · late clarification
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.0749
