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Similar in plot structure

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.

Cover of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel · 2014

A pandemic ends civilization, and scattered survivors are linked by one actor, one comic, and a troupe preserving art.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0717

Cover of A.D.: After Death by Scott Snyder

A.D.: After Death

Scott Snyder · 2017 · A.D. After Death

In a post-death future, a man’s search for truth forces him to question immortality, memory, and identity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0812

Cover of Declare by Tim Powers

Declare

Tim Powers · 2002

A reactivated spy revisits a decades-old covert operation where Cold War tradecraft collides with hidden supernatural forces.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0828

Cover of Harley Quinn: Reckoning by Rachael  Allen

Harley Quinn: Reckoning

Rachael Allen · 2022 · DC Icons: Harley Quinn

A teen Harley Quinn origin story where a STEM internship, a girl gang, and a campus mystery push her toward revenge.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0884

Cover of Waking Romeo by Kathryn  Barker

Waking Romeo

Kathryn Barker · 2022

In a ruined future where time only moves forward, Jules and a mysterious traveler race to wake her coma-struck love.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0897

Cover of On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

On a Sunbeam

Tillie Walden · 2018 · On a Sunbeam

A young woman joins a space restoration crew while chasing the past love that still calls her back.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0641

Cover of These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs

These Burning Stars

Bethany Jacobs · 2023 · The Kindom Trilogy

A hacker’s stolen secret draws her into a deadly interstellar chase through a corrupt theocratic empire.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0697

Cover of Another First Chance by Robbie Couch

Another First Chance

Robbie Couch · 2024 · Another First Chance

A grieving teen is blackmailed into a strange school study, where buried truths, old feelings, and new possibilities collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0739

Cover of Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Walking to Aldebaran

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2019 · Terrible Worlds: Destinations

A stranded astronaut wanders a physics-breaking alien labyrinth, recounting how the mission went wrong as dread builds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0745

Cover of The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson

The Expert of Subtle Revisions

Kirsten Menger-Anderson · 2025

A woman chasing her missing father is pulled into a dual-timeline mystery linking Wikipedia edits, Vienna academics, and time travel.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0749