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Yiming Ma

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These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for These Memories Do Not Belong to Us.

Plot structure labels used: frame narrative, interconnected vignettes, nonlinear, fragmented structure, constellation structure, standalone chapters, read in any order, loosely linked stories, multiple timelines, before-during-after structure, mosaic form, episodic structure, interstitials, gradual worldbuilding, open ending, escalating tension, frame plus memory episodes

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 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: 0.1048

Cover of The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

The Winged Histories

Sofia Samatar · 2016 · Olondria

Four women in a war-torn empire tell interwoven, lyrical stories of rebellion, memory, love, and who gets written into history.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1061

Cover of Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angélica Gorodischer

Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was

Angélica Gorodischer · 1983 · Kalpa Imperial

A mythic cycle of tales traces the rise, fall, and reinvention of an imagined empire through many storytellers’ voices.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1082

Cover of Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed     Park

Same Bed Different Dreams

Ed Park · 2023

A tech worker uncovers a manuscript that opens into an alternate Korean history, secret governments, and tangled truths.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1082

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: 0.0789

Cover of Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein

Time Enough for Love

Robert A. Heinlein · 2021 · The World as Myth

An immortal man recounts his centuries-spanning life while his captors try to keep him alive long enough to finish.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0873

Cover of V-Wars by Jonathan Maberry

V-Wars

Jonathan Maberry, John Everson, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Scott Nicholson, Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, James A. Moore, Gregory Frost · 2012 · V-Wars: Chronicles of the Vampire Wars

A global virus awakens hidden vampire forms in humanity, triggering a fragmented, multi-author outbreak story.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0884

Cover of Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta

Mad Sisters of Esi

Tashan Mehta · 2025

A restless sister leaves a world-whale behind, uncovering myths, memory, and a centuries-old mystery about two mad sisters.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0946

Cover of Or What You Will by Jo Walton

Or What You Will

Jo Walton · 2020

An aging fantasy writer and the muse living in her mind try to keep both of them alive through one last, deeply meta book.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0949