Blindsight plunges you into a first-contact scenario defined by rigorous scientific speculation, much like the alien artifact exploration in Camouflage. Watts crafts a tense, cerebral story as a crew—including a linguist with half a brain and a vampire posthuman—attempts to understand a completely unfathomable alien species, echoing the fascination and mystery of Haldeman’s shapeshifting alien and its quest to understand humanity.

If you loved the way Camouflage centered around the changeling's obsessive search and the suspense of the artifact, you'll be riveted by The Stars My Destination. Gully Foyle's transformation from a broken man to an unstoppable force is propelled by his burning need for revenge, driving a plot as relentless and tightly wound as Haldeman’s alien mystery.

Just as Camouflage presents characters—alien and human alike—whose motives are complex and whose actions often blur ethical lines, Altered Carbon delivers a noir-inspired future where Takeshi Kovacs navigates violence, deception, and shifting loyalties. You'll enjoy unraveling the tangled morality and existential questions that echo Haldeman’s treatment of identity and choice.

If the deeper questions raised by the changeling’s search for identity and the novel’s meditation on the human condition drew you in, Childhood’s End will captivate you. Clarke’s novel explores the arrival of mysterious aliens and humanity’s transformation, probing what it means to evolve, belong, and transcend—echoing the existential themes at the heart of Camouflage.

Diaspora sweeps across millennia and multiple forms of consciousness, much like Camouflage’s ancient shapeshifter. If you were fascinated by the alien’s journey through Earth’s history and shifting identities, Egan’s exploration of digital and biological life across cosmic epochs will thrill you with its imaginative sweep and intellectual ambition.