If you loved the tangled web of cross-border espionage and the shadowy machinations of coureurs in Europe In Autumn, you'll be riveted by The City & The City. Inspector Tyador Borlú navigates two overlapping cities divided by mysterious forces, unravelling a murder that hints at deep, pervasive conspiracies. The sense of political intrigue and the constant uncertainty about who can be trusted will keep you turning pages.

If Rudi's shades-of-grey ethics and his ability to operate in the moral murk of a splintered Europe caught your attention in Europe In Autumn, you'll appreciate Detective Meyer Landsman in The Yiddish Policemen's Union. He's a deeply flawed, yet compelling protagonist investigating a murder in an alternate-history Sitka, navigating crime, corruption, and his own personal demons in a world where right and wrong are never clear-cut.

If you were fascinated by the dense, patchwork Europe of Europe In Autumn, with its microstates and labyrinthine politics, you'll be drawn into the gritty, deeply immersive future Thailand of The Windup Girl. Bacigalupi crafts a plausible, dangerous world where nations and corporations constantly jockey for power, and every detail of the setting feels lived-in and essential.

If you enjoyed the dry, sometimes absurd humor that undercuts the seriousness of Europe In Autumn—like Rudi’s deadpan observations and the surreal situations he finds himself in—then Gun, with Occasional Music will hit the spot. Lethem’s detective Conrad Metcalf moves through a dystopian world full of bizarre details and razor-sharp wit, blending noir, satire, and science fiction in a way that’s both clever and entertaining.

If you found the alternate, fragmented Europe of Europe In Autumn compelling—where history has taken a strange turn and the landscape is unfamiliar—The Man in the High Castle offers a masterful vision of a world reshaped by different political outcomes. Dick’s depiction of a divided America under Axis rule is both thought-provoking and immersive, using the details of daily life to explore broad questions of identity and reality.