If you were drawn to the way No Enemy But Time sends Joshua into prehistoric Africa, you'll find Kindred equally compelling as Dana, a modern Black woman, is transported back to the antebellum South. The novel explores the complexities of identity, history, and survival, blending personal stakes with the broader sweep of time. Butler's approach to time travel is intimate, character-focused, and deeply moving.

Much like Joshua's immersion in ancient hominid culture in No Enemy But Time, The Dispossessed thrusts you into the contrasting worlds of Anarres and Urras, examining how environment and culture shape identity and possibility. Le Guin's detailed societies and focus on societal values will appeal to your curiosity about how humans—and near-humans—might live differently.

If you appreciated the introspective, sometimes surreal journey of Joshua as he navigates both dreams and reality, Engine Summer offers a similarly meditative experience. Crowley follows Rush That Speaks through a post-technological world, weaving themes of memory, myth, and personal transformation in a lyrical, thought-provoking style.

In No Enemy But Time, Joshua’s journey is as much about self-understanding as it is about adventure. The Man Who Folded Himself puts its protagonist through a mind-bending, deeply personal odyssey via a timebelt, exploring questions of self, fate, and identity in a way that’s similarly introspective and emotionally complex.

If you were fascinated by the vivid, speculative anthropology of No Enemy But Time—its reconstruction of prehistoric life and customs—The Gate to Women’s Country offers a future society shaped by gender and history. Tepper’s worldbuilding is immersive, with rituals, myths, and social structures that invite you to examine humanity from a new angle.