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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Invisible Things.

Plot structure labels used: dual storyline, mission turns crisis, discovery-driven, mystery reveal, allegorical escalation, slow burn, abrupt ending, open ending, withheld explanation, midbook shift

Focused on “dual timeline” 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 Anyone by Charles Soule

Anyone

Charles Soule · 2019

A scientist’s failed Alzheimer’s experiment creates body-swapping tech that reshapes society and exposes its dark uses.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1176

Cover of Origin by J.A. Konrath

Origin

J.A. Konrath · 2009 · The Konrath Dark Thriller Collective

A secret U.S. program studies a buried, devil-like creature—until it wakes and demands answers, escape, and chaos.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1252

Cover of Coldwire by Chloe Gong

Coldwire

Chloe Gong · 2025 · The StrangeLoom Trilogy

In a near-future VR dystopia, two students/soldiers on separate missions uncover a conspiracy that could collapse both worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1271

Cover of Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card

Pathfinder

Orson Scott Card · 2010 · Pathfinder

A trapped boy with a secret gift is drawn into a time-bending quest that links a royal mystery to a stranded space mission.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1281

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: 0.1293

Cover of Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds

Elysium Fire

Alastair Reynolds · 2018 · Prefect Dreyfus Emergency

A prefect investigates unexplained deaths in a futuristic habitat democracy while secessionist politics threaten collapse.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1315

Cover of The Edge of Forever by Melissa E. Hurst

The Edge of Forever

Melissa E. Hurst · 2015 · The Edge of Forever

A teen time traveler from 2146 races into 2013 to stop a girl’s murder—and maybe save his father, too.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1317