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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 “nonlinear timeline” 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 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

Cover of The Museum of Human History by Rebekah Bergman

The Museum of Human History

Rebekah Bergman · 2023

A comatose girl who never ages draws scientists, family, and seekers into an interwoven mystery about time, memory, and youth.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0830

Cover of Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

Against the Day

Thomas Pynchon · 2006

A sprawling, globe-trotting revenge epic follows anarchists, inventors, and adventurers through a world on the brink of war.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0850

Cover of Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

Under the Eye of the Big Bird

Hiromi Kawakami · 2024

Interlinked future-fables track humanity’s strange, fragmented attempts to survive extinction, love, and change.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0859

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 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 Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara

The Immortal King Rao

Vauhini Vara · 2022

A Dalit tech founder’s rise collides with climate collapse, corporate rule, and his daughter’s reckoning with his legacy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0760

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