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Madeleine Thien

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Book of Records.

Plot structure labels used: nonlinear, interwoven strands, alternating narratives, episodic, multi-perspective, fragmented chronology, story within story, gradual reveal, minimal signaling, recursive

Focused on “episodic” 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 Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

The Stone Gods

Jeanette Winterson · 2007

A fractured sci-fi love story links future collapse, Easter Island, and another age to ask whether humanity can break its cycle.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0691

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: 0.0745

Cover of The Adjacent by Christopher Priest

The Adjacent

Christopher Priest · 2013

In a climate-ravaged future Britain, a grieving photographer is pulled into a mystery that echoes across wars, worlds, and identities.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0763

Cover of Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

Rakesfall

Vajra Chandrasekera · 2024

Two souls are bound across reincarnations, forcing them through war, myth, history, and far-future worlds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0853

Cover of Nuestro mundo muerto by Liliana Colanzi

Nuestro mundo muerto

Liliana Colanzi · 2017

Eight uncanny stories move between Bolivia, Mars, and the edge of horror, where death, memory, and the supernatural collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0859

Cover of From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi by Elizabeth Schaefer

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi

Elizabeth Schaefer · 2023 · Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View

Forty Star Wars stories revisit Return of the Jedi through the eyes of supporting characters, droids, and creatures.

Why this is here

Plot structure labels: episodic · interlinked stories · nonlinear backstory · scene by scene · retelling · framed anthology · flashbacks · vignette

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0897

Cover of Little, Big by John Crowley

Little, Big

John Crowley · 2006 · Little, Big: or, The Fairies' Parliament

An anonymous young man enters an enchanted family estate, where love, fate, and faerie secrets unfold across generations.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0913

Cover of The Night Alphabet by Joelle Taylor

The Night Alphabet

Joelle Taylor · 2024

In a future Hackney tattoo shop, a woman’s body art opens onto many lives, times, and women’s histories.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0692