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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Vulcan's Glory.

Plot structure labels used: multiple plotlines, braided plots, dual storyline, episodic feel, flashback framing, shipboard subplot, away-mission subplot, mystery reveal, late reveal, expository ending, loose interweaving, slow build

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their plot structure embeddings are close.

Cover of Nemesis by James Swallow

Nemesis

James Swallow · 2010 · The Horus Heresy

An elite band of assassins is assembled to kill Horus while a second killer closes in on the Emperor.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0904

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The President's Shadow

James Patterson, Richard DiLallo · 2025 · The Shadow

A legacy hero and allies race to stop worldwide disasters while untangling politics, powers, and an old enemy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1006

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: 0.1014

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: 0.1041

Cover of Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson

Mona Lisa Overdrive

William Gibson · 1987 · Sprawl

In a cyberpunk future, tangled lives, fake identities, and an AI-driven conspiracy pull several outsiders toward collision.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1044

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Outpost

W. Michael Gear · 2018 · Donovan

On a remote alien colony, a corporate ship’s return sparks power struggles, deadly discoveries, and a fight to survive.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1046

Cover of The Straw Men by Michael Marshall

The Straw Men

Michael Marshall · 2002 · Straw Men

Three seemingly unrelated crimes expose a secret network of killers, forcing two investigators into a dark, twisting conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1051

Cover of The Failures by Benjamin Liar

The Failures

Benjamin Liar · 2024 · The Wanderlands

In a broken, lightless mechanical world, scattered outsiders are drawn into a converging struggle over a buried power.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1066

Cover of This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman

This Alien Shore

C.S. Friedman · 1999 · The Outworlds

A runaway girl with hidden brain secrets and a deadly virus crisis threaten the balance of a posthuman interstellar network.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1072

Cover of Star Wars: Choices of One by Timothy Zahn

Star Wars: Choices of One

Timothy Zahn · 2011 · Star Wars Legends: Novels

Mara Jade, Luke, Han, and Thrawn are drawn into overlapping schemes as the Rebellion seeks a new base.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1080

Cover of Wizard's Holiday by Diane Duane

Wizard's Holiday

Diane Duane · 2004 · Young Wizards

A wizard exchange program becomes a two-world crisis as Nita, Kit, and Dairine juggle alien guests and looming disaster.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1083

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: 0.1084

Cover of Border Princes by Dan Abnett

Border Princes

Dan Abnett · 2007 · Torchwood

A Torchwood week unravels around a strange new team member, a looming alien threat, and a warning that may be too late.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1086

Cover of The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster by Scott Wilbanks

The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster

Scott Wilbanks · 2015

A quirky San Francisco woman and a Kansas widow exchange letters across time through a mysterious door and mailbox.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1091

Cover of She Wouldn't Change a Thing by Sarah Adlakha

She Wouldn't Change a Thing

Sarah Adlakha · 2021

A psychiatrist wakes up in her 17-year-old body and must choose between restoring her life and changing a devastating fate.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1093

Cover of The Ninth Metal by Benjamin Percy

The Ninth Metal

Benjamin Percy · 2021 · The Comet Cycle

A comet scatters a world-changing metal over Minnesota, sparking a brutal fight for power, wealth, and survival.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1096

Cover of Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton

Great North Road

Peter F. Hamilton · 2013

A future detective case links a murdered clone in Newcastle to a decades-old alien massacre on a distant colony world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1101

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: 0.1101

Cover of 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 4 by Naoki Urasawa

20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 4

Naoki Urasawa · 2019 · 20世紀少年 [20th Century Boys]

A time-spanning manga mystery as childhood vows, cult control, and hidden truths collide in a fight to save the world.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1113

Cover of The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

The Lost Gate

Orson Scott Card · 2011 · Mither Mages

A boy in a secretive magical family discovers he can create gates, triggering a dangerous escape across two worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1116