If you were captivated by the railroad workers’ struggle in Iron Council, you’ll be drawn into Shevek’s quest to bridge two radically different societies. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed follows an idealistic physicist who leaves his anarchist home world for a capitalist society, wrestling with the personal and political costs of revolution and the pursuit of freedom.

Did you love following Judah, Ann-Hari, and Cutter’s intersecting paths in Iron Council? In The Scar, you’ll meet a vivid ensemble of exiles and pirates aboard the floating city of Armada, each chasing their own obsessions—whether it’s linguistic secrets, monstrous creatures, or the city’s perilous quest for power.

If the blurred lines between heroism and compromise in Iron Council fascinated you, The City & The City offers a detective, Inspector Borlú, who must bend rules and confront uncomfortable truths as he investigates a murder across two overlapping cities—never certain if justice is truly possible.

If you were enthralled by the world of New Crobuzon in Iron Council, Perdido Street Station delivers even deeper immersion. Explore the city’s teeming streets, bizarre inhabitants like the khepri and the Remade, and a plot entangled with rogue science, forbidden magic, and political upheaval.

If the social commentary and revolutionary fervor of Iron Council resonated with you, Parable of the Sower will grip you with Lauren Olamina’s journey through a collapsing America, as she forms a new community and philosophy under harrowing circumstances, challenging oppressive systems and forging hope from chaos.