Exhalation

Ted Chiang

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Camp Zero

Michelle Min Sterling

Similarity Score: 0.85

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Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

Similarity Score: 0.827

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The Stranger in the Lifeboat

Mitch Albom

Similarity Score: 0.819

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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

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Similarity Score: 0.814

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Pure Colour

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Similarity Score: 0.811

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Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

Similarity Score: 0.809

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Homeseeking

Karissa Chen

Similarity Score: 0.799

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I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

Similarity Score: 0.797

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Recollections of Things to Come

Elena Garro

Similarity Score: 0.796

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The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories

Penelope Lively

Similarity Score: 0.791

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Severance

Ling Ma

Similarity Score: 0.786

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The Giver

Lois Lowry

Similarity Score: 0.784

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Midnight

Amy McCulloch

Similarity Score: 0.781

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The Elephant Tree

R.D. Ronald

Similarity Score: 0.78

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Caminar

Skila Brown

Similarity Score: 0.779

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Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

Similarity Score: 0.779

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Of Jade and Dragons

Amber Chen

Similarity Score: 0.777

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The Curator

Owen King

Similarity Score: 0.776

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Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

Similarity Score: 0.773

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Here After

Amy Lin

Similarity Score: 0.773

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Companion Piece

Ali Smith

Similarity Score: 0.773

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The Eight Mountains

Paolo Cognetti

Similarity Score: 0.771

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The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

Similarity Score: 0.77

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Five Broken Blades

Mai Corland

Similarity Score: 0.77

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Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

Similarity Score: 0.77

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