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Conor Stechschulte

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Similar in plot structure

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

Plot structure labels used: nonlinear narrative, fragmented narrative, twisty plot, layered revelations, recontextualization, reread reward, slow reveal, parallel versions, time shifts, multiple levels, unreliable memory, part-by-part structure

Focused on “fragmented narrative” 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 Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle

Wolf in White Van

John Darnielle · 2014

A reclusive game designer narrates his life backward, as a mailed fantasy game collides with reality and his hidden past.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0803

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Agents of Dreamland

Caitlín R. Kiernan · 2017 · Tinfoil Dossier

A burned-out agent, a time-shifting woman, and a desert cult are pulled into a cosmic threat from beyond Pluto.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0804

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The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins · 2016

An orphan raised in a secret library must uncover what happened to her godlike guardian as hidden powers collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0847

Cover of The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison

The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World

Harlan Ellison · 1969

A 15-story speculative fiction collection mixing experimental, dark, provocative tales with apocalypse, satire, and shock.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0849

Cover of Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo

Pedro the Vast

Simón López Trujillo · 2026

A farm worker survives a deadly fungal outbreak and becomes the center of science, faith, and family crisis in rural Chile.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0856

Cover of Superman – Action Comics, Volume 3: At the End of Days by Grant Morrison

Superman – Action Comics, Volume 3: At the End of Days

Grant Morrison · 2013 · Action Comics (2011)

Superman faces a reality-bending threat that attacks across his whole life, forcing a nonlinear, multiverse-spanning showdown.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0644

Cover of The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead by William S. Burroughs

The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead

William S. Burroughs · 1994

In a future police state, a band of feral boys wages a surreal, erotic rebellion against control.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0947

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Caine's Law

Matthew Woodring Stover · 2012 · The Acts of Caine

A battered assassin is dragged into a reality-bending, god-warped final gamble that could remake everything.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0720

Cover of The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh

The Calcutta Chromosome

Amitav Ghosh · 2001

A time-shifting mystery links malaria research, colonial India, and a secretive theory of how knowledge is found.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0725

Cover of How It Unfolds by James S.A. Corey

How It Unfolds

James S.A. Corey · 2023 · The Far Reaches

A cloned astronaut on an interstellar colonization mission faces repeated second chances—and one unresolved past.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0756