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Similar in plot structure

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

Plot structure labels used: dual viewpoint, parallel threads, mystery unfolding, gradual reveal, escalating crisis, race against time, cliffhanger ending, open ending, sequel hook, abrupt ending, part-based structure

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 Erebos 2 by Ursula Poznanski

Erebos 2

Ursula Poznanski · 2019 · Erebos

A deadly app-linked game returns after ten years, forcing Nick and a new player into a high-tech fight for control.

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Distance: 0.0955

Cover of Millennium by John Varley

Millennium

John Varley · 1999

A crash investigator and a future rescuer collide across time when a doomed flight and a paradox threaten history.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0977

Cover of Consumed by David Cronenberg

Consumed

David Cronenberg · 2014

Two roaming journalists chase a grisly philosophy-world scandal and a medical mystery into a global web of sex, tech, and conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0979

Cover of Draykon by Charlotte E. English

Draykon

Charlotte E. English · 2011 · Draykon

A shy jeweler's discovery of a rare gemstone draws her into a murder mystery spanning magical realms.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0984

Cover of The Upper World by Femi Fadugba

The Upper World

Femi Fadugba · 2021 · The Upper World

Two London teens, 15 years apart, are linked by a physics-driven time-travel mystery and a race to change fate.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0985

Cover of Stealing Time by Tilia Klebenov Jacobs

Stealing Time

Tilia Klebenov Jacobs, Norman Birnbach · 2024

A teen girl time-travels to 1980 NYC, meets her father as a teen, and races to stop a diamond heist.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0997

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: 0.1049

Cover of The Hunted by Charlie Higson

The Hunted

Charlie Higson · 2014 · The Enemy

Kids in a ruined England search for one another as infected adults mass toward London and a hidden truth emerges.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1052

Cover of The Demon Crown by James Rollins

The Demon Crown

James Rollins · 2017 · Sigma Force

A covert team races across the globe to stop an ancient insect threat tied to a buried historical secret and deadly science.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1071

Cover of Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams

Mountain of Black Glass

Tad Williams · 1999 · Otherland

A group trapped in a vast VR network races through mythic simulations to stop a conspiracy and uncover the system’s core secret.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1085

Cover of Wolf Country by Tünde Farrand

Wolf Country

Tünde Farrand · 2018

In 2050 London, a woman’s search for her missing husband exposes the brutal logic behind a consumerist new order.

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Distance: 0.1093

Cover of The Stars Turned Inside Out by Nova Jacobs

The Stars Turned Inside Out

Nova Jacobs · 2024

At CERN, a physicist is found dead in a tunnel, and a private investigator uncovers secrets that blur science, love, and rivalry.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1094

Cover of Pivot Point by Kasie West

Pivot Point

Kasie West · 2013 · Pivot Point

A teen with the power to preview choices must pick between two futures after her parents' divorce—while danger closes in.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1098

Cover of The Navigating Fox by Christopher  Rowe

The Navigating Fox

Christopher Rowe · 2023

A disgraced fox guide gets one last chance at redemption by leading a strange expedition to the gates of Hell.

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Distance: 0.1121

Cover of Колонія by Max Kidruk

Колонія

Max Kidruk, Макс Кідрук · 2026 · Нові Темні Віки

In 2141, Earth and Mars face linked crises as scientists probe a strange pathogen and Martian-born colonists edge toward revolt.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1122

Cover of Das Mädchen, das die Zeit durchbrach by Anna Benning

Das Mädchen, das die Zeit durchbrach

Anna Benning · 2020 · Vortex

A time-bending YA fantasy sequel sends two allies into the past where war, secrets, and love collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1125

Cover of Salvation Lost by Peter F. Hamilton

Salvation Lost

Peter F. Hamilton · 2019 · Salvation Sequence

Humanity faces a ruthless alien “salvation” campaign, fighting across two timelines to survive and strike back.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1126

Cover of Recursion by Blake Crouch

Recursion

Blake Crouch · 2019

A cop and a neuroscientist confront a memory epidemic that warps identity, time, and reality itself.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1127

Cover of Extinct by R.R. Haywood

Extinct

R.R. Haywood · 2018 · Extracted Trilogy

A rogue team races through twisted timelines to stop a former secret-service chief from causing apocalypse.

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Distance: 0.1127

Cover of Last Light by Alex Scarrow

Last Light

Alex Scarrow · 2007 · Last Light

When global oil supplies are severed, one family races through collapsing Britain and Iraq to survive and reunite.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1142

Cover of The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway

The River of No Return

Bee Ridgway · 2014 · River of No Return

A Regency aristocrat and a 21st-century time traveler are pulled into a secret war over control of time.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1143

Cover of Vostok by Steve Alten

Vostok

Steve Alten · 2015 · Loch

A subglacial Antarctic mission uncovers prehistoric creatures, hidden powers, and a radical turn into cosmic conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1143

Cover of Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie

Blood Ties

Sophie McKenzie · 2008 · Blood Ties

Two teens uncover hidden truths about their births and identities while fleeing extremists and a secret genetic conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1143

Cover of Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby

Star Splitter

Matthew J. Kirby · 2023

A teen arrives on a ruined alien world and must survive a crash, a duplicate self, and a mystery gone wrong.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1144

Cover of من قتل وليد؟ by خلف زون

من قتل وليد؟

خلف زون · 2025

A teen is pulled into a web of school secrets, blackmail, and revenge after a mysterious message about his friend's death.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1161

Cover of The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne

The Girl in the Road

Monica Byrne · 2014

Two women in different times and places flee violence toward Ethiopia, linked by a forbidden sea bridge and hidden truths.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1164

Cover of A Bridge of Years by Robert Charles Wilson

A Bridge of Years

Robert Charles Wilson · 1991

A grieving man discovers a hidden time tunnel in his house and seizes a second life in 1962—until a future killer hunts him.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1170

Cover of The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths

The Frozen People

Elly Griffiths · 2025 · Ali Dawson

A cold-case detective uses secret time travel to investigate a Victorian murder, but gets trapped in 1850s London.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1172

Cover of The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters

Gordon Dahlquist · 2006 · The Glass Books

A jilted heiress, an assassin, and a doctor unravel a secret cabal tied to mind-altering glass and hidden power.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1174