If you were drawn to the way How High We Go in the Dark weaves together diverse characters and timelines—linking stories across centuries—Cloud Atlas will captivate you with its six nested tales. Each narrative, from the 19th-century Pacific to a post-apocalyptic future, echoes and refracts through the others, creating a tapestry of human connection and consequence.

If you found the post-pandemic world of How High We Go in the Dark moving—especially the way it finds human meaning in the aftermath—Station Eleven offers a similarly poignant meditation. Following characters like Kirsten and the Traveling Symphony as they preserve art and memory after civilization's fall, this novel will resonate with your appreciation for stories about survival, loss, and enduring hope.

If you were affected by the emotional resonance and quiet devastation in How High We Go in the Dark—especially as characters face the loss of loved ones and familiar worlds—The Memory Police will echo with its own quiet intensity. On an island where memories and objects vanish, Ogawa’s characters navigate grief and the erosion of identity, delivering a profound emotional experience.

If you appreciated how How High We Go in the Dark introduced you to a sweeping array of characters—each with their own story, all subtly linked—The Overstory will immerse you in the lives of nine individuals bound together by their relationships with trees. Their stories intertwine across generations, offering a powerful meditation on interconnectedness and stewardship.

If the philosophical musings on existence, death, and the choices we make in How High We Go in the Dark resonated with you, you’ll find Never Let Me Go a haunting, contemplative read. Through the eyes of Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy, Ishiguro explores what it means to live and love, even as time and fate impose heartbreaking limits.