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Similar in plot structure

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

Plot structure labels used: nonlinear narrative, fragmented chronology, episodic structure, frame narrative, memory fragments, piecewise reveal, circular structure, mystery-like reveal, retrospective narration, scattershot plotting

Focused on “nonlinear” 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: 0.0840

Cover of Dooku: Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott

Dooku: Jedi Lost

Cavan Scott · 2019 · Star Wars Disney Canon Novel

A Sith apprentice uncovers the hidden past of Count Dooku through recordings, revealing how a Jedi became disillusioned.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0892

Cover of 334 by Thomas M. Disch

334

Thomas M. Disch · 1999

A fragmented near-future New York mosaic follows public-housing residents living under strict social, reproductive, and economic controls.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0907

Cover of Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

Goliath

Tochi Onyebuchi · 2022

In a near-future US emptied by off-world flight, those left behind struggle to survive as the past comes back to claim Earth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0914

Cover of Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny

Roadmarks

Roger Zelazny · 1979

A man travels a highway through time while assassins hunt him and a young seeker searches for the truth about his origin.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0956

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: 0.0963

Cover of Black Helicopters by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Black Helicopters

Caitlín R. Kiernan · 2018 · Tinfoil Dossier

A time-jumping occult spy story follows rival agents, secret experiments, and twin sisters through a cosmic crisis.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0991

Cover of Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan

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: 0.0993

Cover of Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny · 1967

An immortal rebel on a colony world challenges godlike rulers by turning their mythic order against them.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0994

Cover of The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves

The Book of Elsewhere

Keanu Reeves, China Miéville · 2024 · BRZRKR

An undying warrior joins a secret military mission to find mortality, only to uncover a deeper mystery.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0996

Cover of John Dies at the End by David  Wong

John Dies at the End

David Wong, Jason Pargin · 2009 · John Dies at the End

Two slacker friends gain bizarre vision from a strange drug and stumble into an interdimensional supernatural crisis.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0735

Cover of The Place of Dead Roads by William S. Burroughs

The Place of Dead Roads

William S. Burroughs · 2001 · The Red Night Trilogy

A nonlinear cowboy sci-fi odyssey follows a gay gunslinger outlaw through violence, rebellion, and cosmic escape routes.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0752