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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Swords of Lankhmar.

Plot structure labels used: single long tale, full-length novel, linear novel, parallel arcs, heroes separated, original novella expansion, slow start, late payoff, cross-cutting scenes, satisfying ending, temporary conclusion

Focused on “reveal-driven” 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.

Cover of Batman: Detective Comics, Vol. 5: A Lonely Place of Living by James Tynion IV

Batman: Detective Comics, Vol. 5: A Lonely Place of Living

James Tynion IV · 2018 · Detective Comics (2016)

A missing Robin returns to Gotham and faces his future self, while his team battles a rogue utopia and shifting loyalties.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1962

Cover of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Philip K. Dick · 2017

Ten Philip K. Dick short stories collected as the source material for Electric Dreams, built around reality, tech, and human anxiety.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1998

Cover of Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds by Alastair Reynolds

Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds · 2016

A career-spanning Reynolds collection of hard SF, horror, and space-opera shorts with twists, wonder, and dread.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.2014

Cover of Astro City, Vol. 2: Confession by Kurt Busiek

Astro City, Vol. 2: Confession

Kurt Busiek · 1996 · Astro City

A young newcomer becomes a vigilante’s sidekick and uncovers a secret as the city turns against its heroes.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1765

Cover of B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs, Vol. 2 by Mike Mignola

B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs, Vol. 2

Mike Mignola, John Arcudi · 2011 · B.P.R.D.

A paranormally equipped team faces a rising frog plague, buried secrets, and a looming apocalypse without Hellboy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1831

Cover of Blue World by Robert McCammon

Blue World

Robert McCammon · 1990

A short-story collection of macabre, uncanny tales that culminates in a forbidden attraction between a priest and a porn star.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1832

Cover of Todo lo que podríamos haber sido tú y yo si no fuéramos tú y yo by Albert Espinosa

Todo lo que podríamos haber sido tú y yo si no fuéramos tú y yo

Albert Espinosa · 2010

A grieving man with a memory-reading gift faces a sleepless future, an alien mystery, and a life-changing connection.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1832

Cover of She Said Destroy by Nadia Bulkin

She Said Destroy

Nadia Bulkin · 2017

A debut horror collection blending ghosts, folklore, and politics across Indonesia and America, with strange, violent, unforgettable stories.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1841

Cover of Everville by Clive Barker

Everville

Clive Barker · 1999 · Book of the Art

A sequel about a town on a dream-sea threshold where old and new characters race to stop a world-crossing catastrophe.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1872