diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 59108b8..f90502f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 // Standard library imports
 use std::collections::hash_map::IntoIter;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{BufWriter, Write};
 
 // External crate imports
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use log::debug;
 use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use pyo3::PyResult;
+use rayon::prelude::*;
 use sourmash::encodings::HashFunctions;
 use sourmash::signature::SeqToHashes;
 
-use pyo3::PyResult;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{BufWriter, Write};
-
 // Set version variable
 const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
@@ -440,6 +440,55 @@ impl KmerCountTable {
         self.counts.insert(hashval, count);
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    // Jaccard
+
+    /// Cosine similarity between two `KmerCountTable` objects.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    /// * `other` - The second `KmerCountTable` to compare against.
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    /// The cosine similarity between the two tables as a float value between 0 and 1.
+    pub fn cosine(&self, other: &KmerCountTable) -> f64 {
+        // Early return if either table is empty.
+        if self.counts.is_empty() || other.counts.is_empty() {
+            return 0.0;
+        }
+
+        // Calculate the dot product in parallel.
+        let dot_product: u64 = self
+            .counts
+            .par_iter()
+            .filter_map(|(&hash, &count1)| {
+                // Only include in the dot product if both tables have the k-mer.
+                other.counts.get(&hash).map(|&count2| count1 * count2)
+            })
+            .sum();
+
+        // Calculate magnitudes in parallel for both tables.
+        let magnitude_self: f64 = self
+            .counts
+            .par_iter()
+            .map(|(_, v)| (*v as f64).powi(2)) // Access the value, square it
+            .sum::<f64>()
+            .sqrt();
+
+        let magnitude_other: f64 = other
+            .counts
+            .par_iter()
+            .map(|(_, v)| (*v as f64).powi(2)) // Access the value, square it
+            .sum::<f64>()
+            .sqrt();
+
+        // If either magnitude is zero (no k-mers), return 0 to avoid division by zero.
+        if magnitude_self == 0.0 || magnitude_other == 0.0 {
+            return 0.0;
+        }
+
+        // Calculate and return cosine similarity.
+        dot_product as f64 / (magnitude_self * magnitude_other)
+    }
 }
 
 // Iterator implementation for KmerCountTable