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These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself.
Plot structure labels used: character-driven, episodic vignettes, stream of consciousness, nonlinear time jumps, minimal plot, slow-burn grief arc, coming-of-age through child growth, open-ended pacing
Focused on “slow burn” 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 priest with a dangerous healing god is forced into a war hospital inside an anti-magic empire, where survival is the mission.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: episodic · character-driven · multi-POV · rotating POV · narrow focus · slow burn · vignette structure · journey over destination · tension build
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1337
In a post-Earth fleet society, five lives collide as a disaster forces humans to rethink home, purpose, and belonging.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multi-POV · alternating chapters · vignette structure · episodic · intertwined threads · minimal plot · slow burn · nonlinear glimpses · documentary inserts · prologue catastrophe · time jump
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1348
When the dead start returning unchanged, one grieving family is pulled into a global crisis of faith, fear, and identity.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multi-threaded · interwoven vignettes · alternating POV · slow burn · episodic snippets · building tension · open ending · unexplained mystery · global-to-local scale · character-driven
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1422
In a quarantined near-future California, an uploaded teen companion breaks free and hunts for answers about her death.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple POVs · eight narrators · interwoven narratives · linked vignettes · nonlinear structure · time jumps · flashbacks · flash-forwards · episodic structure · slow burn · short chapters · cross-cut timeline
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1438
An android cafe owner waits for her absent owner in a gently decaying future Japan, savoring life as the world winds down.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: episodic · vignette-driven · loosely connected chapters · slow-burn · minimal plot · character thread accumulation · open-ended
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1162
A lonely boy in 1990s Calcutta uncovers his family’s secret dragon-bound heritage while searching for where he truly belongs.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: coming of age arc · slow burn · slice of life · memory fragments · retrospective narration · episodic movement · oblique revelation
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1464
An earthquake unleashes a mysterious fog across England, turning those who breathe it into violent madmen.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: episodic vignettes · set-piece driven · slow escalation · multiple perspectives · short-story feel · final third surge · science-explanation arc
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1168
In a flood-ravaged future where plastic is currency, a mother in a junkyard camp fights to reclaim her stolen child.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple POVs · shifting perspectives · nonlinear timeline · past-present jumps · slow burn · meandering pacing · character-driven · open ending · withheld backstory · slice of life
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1485
A depressed tech worker in Silicon Valley is shadowed by a black hole while work, love, and life keep unraveling.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: slow burn · introspective · minimal plot · episodic · short chapters · dual timelines · flashbacks · open ending · compulsive readability · progressive descent
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1490
A secret mission to protect Earth’s location collides with insurgents, Spartans, and Covenant forces in deep space.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: multiple viewpoints · shifting perspectives · episodic plot · slow burn · breakneck pace · short chapters · parallel storylines · second-half pickup · cliffhanger chapters · action-driven
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1502
A boy’s life unfolds alongside a slow alien plant invasion, raising questions about Earth, time, and change.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: episodic vignettes · time jumps · life-spanning arc · frame by milestones · progressive reveal · open ending · compressed narrative
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1205
A chemist is dropped onto a human alien world and must learn its ways while using modern knowledge to survive.
Why this is here
Plot structure labels: slow burn · exposition-heavy · slice of life · series setup · episodic progression · multi-POV · foreshadowing
Semantic match: ranked by plot structure
Distance: 0.1520
