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Similar in plot structure

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

Plot structure labels used: alternating perspectives, multiple POV, fragmented structure, short chapters, mini-chapters, separate books, episodic structure, quest progression, parallel journeys, framed as epic poem, meta narration, fourth-wall breaking, unresolved ending, anticlimactic ending, loose ends, withheld worldbuilding, cumulative adventures, chapter headings as commentary

Focused on “linear 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 Confessions of a Crap Artist by Philip K. Dick

Confessions of a Crap Artist

Philip K. Dick · 1992

In 1950s California, a socially adrift man moves in with his sister's family and exposes their hidden dysfunction.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1212

Cover of Scattered All Over the Earth by Yōko Tawada

Scattered All Over the Earth

Yōko Tawada · 2022 · Scattered All Over the Earth

A climate refugee searches post-disaster Europe for her native language and forms an odd, multilingual traveling group.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0932

Cover of The Rising by Brian Keene

The Rising

Brian Keene · 2004 · The Rising

A father crosses a collapsing America to rescue his son while intelligent, possessed dead and ruthless survivors hunt him.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0965

Cover of No Place to Bury the Dead by Karina Sainz Borgo

No Place to Bury the Dead

Karina Sainz Borgo · 2024

A grieving mother crosses a violent borderland to bury her children and becomes entangled in a fight over an illegal cemetery.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0970

Cover of Human Scars on Planet Skin by Effie Joe Stock

Human Scars on Planet Skin

Effie Joe Stock, Nathaniel Luscombe · 2025

A sentient planet and her mushroom people struggle to heal after human colonization leaves behind ruin, grief, and hope.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0997

Cover of The Mongoliad: Book One by Neal Stephenson

The Mongoliad: Book One

Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, E.D. deBirmingham, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo · 2012 · The Foreworld Saga

A multi-voiced medieval adventure follows knights and Mongols on parallel missions amid invasion, court intrigue, and war.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1028

Cover of Firstborn by Arthur C. Clarke

Firstborn

Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter · 2007 · A Time Odyssey

A time-split Earth faces a new alien doomsday threat as Bisesa Dutt races across worlds for a way to save humanity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1063

Cover of The Found Object Society by Michelle Maryk

The Found Object Society

Michelle Maryk · 2026

A guilt-ridden heiress joins a secret society where touching objects lets members relive strangers’ deaths—and becomes addicted.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1110

Cover of The Fall of Crazy House by James  Patterson

The Fall of Crazy House

James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet · 2019 · Crazy House

Twin sisters on opposite sides of a rebellion uncover the truth behind their dystopian world while racing toward revolution.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1127

Cover of Dog Blood by David Moody

Dog Blood

David Moody · 2010 · Hater

In a ravaged England, an infected father hunts for his daughter while rival factions fight to survive and dominate.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1129

Cover of Historias de Terramar I: Un mago en Terramar / Las Tumbas de Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

Historias de Terramar I: Un mago en Terramar / Las Tumbas de Atuan

Ursula K. Le Guin · 2003 · Earthsea Cycle

Two linked Earthsea tales follow a young mage and a priestess as they confront shadow, power, and freedom.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1142

Cover of Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card

Earth Afire

Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston · 2013 · The First Formic War

A multi-POV prequel about Earth’s first alien invasion, where warnings are ignored and scattered defenders race to respond.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1146