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Anthony Doerr

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Cloud Cuckoo Land.

Plot structure labels used: multi-timeline, braided narrative, multiple POV, nonlinear, intercut chapters, nested story, framed story, gradual reveal, interwoven plotlines, fragmented structure

Focused on “episodic” 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.

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Cover of The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien

The Book of Records

Madeleine Thien · 2025

A girl and her father shelter in a time-bending refuge, where neighbors from other eras help her face family truth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0771

Cover of The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

The Stone Gods

Jeanette Winterson · 2007

A fractured sci-fi love story links future collapse, Easter Island, and another age to ask whether humanity can break its cycle.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0817

Cover of Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore

Jane, Unlimited

Kristin Cashore · 2017

A grieving teen enters an island mansion and faces branching choices that split her life into wildly different paths.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0855

Cover of The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara

The Immortal King Rao

Vauhini Vara · 2022

A Dalit tech founder’s rise collides with climate collapse, corporate rule, and his daughter’s reckoning with his legacy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0580

Cover of Terrestrial History by Joe Mungo Reed

Terrestrial History

Joe Mungo Reed · 2025

A climate-strained family spans generations and timelines as Earth falters and Mars beckons, with time travel in the mix.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0661

Cover of The Lost Puzzler by Eyal Kless

The Lost Puzzler

Eyal Kless · 2019 · The Tarakan Chronicles

A scribe hunts a vanished boy who can unlock lost technology, uncovering a fractured world shaped by catastrophe and secrets.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0696

Cover of The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez

The Vanished Birds

Simon Jimenez · 2020

A lonely space captain, a mute boy, and a visionary scientist become entangled in a far-future struggle over time, family, and power.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0701

Cover of Arcadia by Iain Pears

Arcadia

Iain Pears · 2015

A retired spy-novelist, a curious girl, and a future scientist become entangled across linked worlds and timelines.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0725

Cover of The Failures by Benjamin Liar

The Failures

Benjamin Liar · 2024 · The Wanderlands

In a broken, lightless mechanical world, scattered outsiders are drawn into a converging struggle over a buried power.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0726