place alongside(Hamilton's "Letters of a Hindoo Rajah" can be placed alongside such works as Montesquieu's 'Persian Letters' – by Jessica Patterson Tamerlane)
fit together(1. [intransitive] if things fit together, they are the right size or shape so that you can join them The ends of the tube fit together. 1a. [transitive] if you fit things together, you join them in the right way to make something I’ve got all the pieces; now I just have to fit them together. 2. [intransitive] if ideas or facts fit together, they can be joined to make a sensible story or explanation We have all the evidence but we don’t know yet how it fits together. MED Alexander Demidov)