If you were enthralled by the rich world of Islandia—its language, customs, and intricate social fabric—Always Coming Home will delight you. Le Guin creates the Kesh people with encyclopedic detail: their songs, rituals, kinship, and stories are interwoven with fictional anthropology, maps, and even recipes, letting you live inside a world as fully realized as Islandia.

If you savored the gradual unveiling of Islandia’s society and the protagonist’s sense of wonder and belonging, Lost Horizon offers a similar journey. Hilton’s tale of Conway discovering the hidden valley of Shangri-La is steeped in atmosphere and philosophical reflection, inviting you to lose yourself in a mysterious, idyllic world.

If you appreciated Islandia's deep philosophical undercurrents, questioning modernity, tradition, and the meaning of progress, The Dispossessed is essential reading. Through Shevek's journey between the anarchist society of Anarres and the capitalist Urras, Le Guin probes questions of freedom, belonging, and what makes a just society.

If Islandia's hopeful and humanistic portrayal of an alternative society warmed your heart, News from Nowhere will resonate. Morris’s classic immerses you in a future England transformed by kindness, beauty, and harmony, offering a peaceful, optimistic antidote to dystopian fiction.

If you enjoyed the nuanced depiction of culture clash and gradual understanding between John Lang and the Islandians, The Left Hand of Darkness offers a powerful parallel. Le Guin's Genly Ai must navigate the complex social norms of Gethen, forging deep bonds and confronting his own assumptions—much like the journey through Islandia.