If what gripped you was Triss’s dawning realization that she isn’t human—her hunger for pins and pencil shavings, the whispers from the doll’s head, and the revelation of the Besiders—then you’ll sink right into The Replacement. Mackie Doyle is a changeling raised in a small town built over an underworld of uncanny beings; like Triss, he’s sickened by iron and blood and must confront the fae rulers to save a human baby. The way he navigates secret bargains, treacherous courts, and what it means to belong mirrors Triss’s quest to define herself beyond the terms set by the Shrike and Mr. Grace.

If you loved how Cuckoo Song lets you live inside Triss’s mistaken certainty—believing she’s the ‘real’ girl even as the truth creeps in—Chime offers a similarly intimate unraveling. Briony Swampsea tells you she’s wicked, that she hurt her sister Rose and caused StepMother’s fall; as in Triss and Pen’s tale, each new clue overturns the last. With bog spirits and eldritch law as slippery as the Besiders’ bargains, Briony’s unreliable self-narrative peels back to a startling truth, much like Triss’s journey from counterfeit comfort to hard-won identity.

If Triss and Pen’s shift from hostility to fierce loyalty—racing together against the Shrike’s deadlines and Mr. Grace’s old bargain—was your favorite thread, you’ll connect with Liba and Laya. These sisters, one with bear-shape and one with swan-wings, must set aside their differences when goblin-like fruit sellers come to town. The evolving bond, protective courage, and perilous temptations echo the way Triss and Pen transform their bickering into a brave, strategic alliance to save their family.

If the eerie, dream-logic touches—the Shrike’s stitched smile, the paper birds, the way the world bends to a lie—haunted you in Cuckoo Song, Gaiman’s tale will resonate. A nameless boy meets the Hempstock women, whose calm, ancient power counters an intruder (Ursula Monkton) that slips into his home like the Besiders into Ellchester. Memory, menace, and kindness entwine in a surreal English landscape, capturing the same uncanny shiver you felt when Triss glimpsed the Underbelly behind everyday streets.

If you were hooked by Triss piecing together the truth—following clues from a doll’s head, bargaining with the Besiders, and exposing Mr. Grace’s secret—then The Lie Tree gives you another rich, twisty investigation. Faith Sunderly discovers a strange tree that feeds on lies and yields revelations, leading her to unmask her father’s death on the island of Vane. The historical texture, sharp-minded heroine, and slow accretion of perilous truths mirror the investigative pulse that made Cuckoo Song so satisfying.