If you were captivated by the haunting, emotional intimacy of Our Wives Under the Sea—especially the way Miri navigates her grief and obsession—The Pisces will strike a similar chord. Here, Lucy's spiraling heartbreak and her surreal, consuming entanglement with a merman bring the same blend of psychological rawness and quietly strange atmosphere.

The Loney offers a gradual, immersive build-up of unease that echoes the slow, creeping dread of Our Wives Under the Sea. As the protagonist returns to a bleak coastal landscape, the novel unravels mysteries and tension in a manner that will resonate if you loved the patient, haunting tone of Miri and Leah’s unraveling.

If you were drawn to the profound psychological depth of Leah’s transformation and Miri’s struggle to understand it, The Vegetarian delivers a similarly intense character study. Yeong-hye’s inexplicable change and her family's inability to reach her create a powerful, unsettling meditation on identity, alienation, and the unknowable.

If you appreciated the ambiguous, otherworldly changes Leah experiences after her return from the deep, Annihilation will enthrall you. The biologist’s journey into Area X and her shifting perceptions mirror the haunting, transformative mysteries that drive Our Wives Under the Sea.

If you loved the lush, evocative prose and the way Julia Armfield infused the mundane with the uncanny, The Book of X is a perfect fit. Cassie’s world—where her body literally twists into a knot—uses vivid, symbolic imagery to explore isolation and longing, much like the haunting metaphors of the ocean and transformation in Our Wives Under the Sea.