If you were captivated by the sprawling, sensory overload of New Crobuzon in Perdido Street Station, you'll fall for Ashamoil in The Etched City. Bishop crafts a city that's just as alive with bizarre architecture, dangerous politics, and strange denizens. Like Mieville, Bishop's world feels organic and unpredictable, with characters who navigate its beauty and brutality in equal measure.

If you enjoyed following Isaac and Lin’s messy, questionable decisions, you’ll appreciate the cast of The Scar, especially Bellis Coldwine—a protagonist whose choices are as layered and morally ambiguous as any in Bas-Lag. The novel explores betrayal, ambition, and the price of survival on a floating pirate city, keeping you guessing about every character’s true motives.

If you were drawn to the unsettling tone and grim underbelly of New Crobuzon, Viriconium offers a similarly haunting city. Harrison’s prose conjures a decadent, decaying metropolis suffused with menace and mystery, where danger and beauty coexist and nothing is quite as it seems.

If you loved how Perdido Street Station juggled the perspectives of Isaac, Lin, and a host of others, Palimpsest will delight you with its chorus of voices. Each character’s journey into a magical city is unique, yet their stories intertwine in strange and unexpected ways, building a tapestry as rich and complex as Bas-Lag.

If you relished the unexpected twists and narrative complexity of Perdido Street Station—from Remade conspirators to the existential horror of the slake-moths—City of Saints and Madmen will keep you on your toes. VanderMeer's Ambergris is a city of secrets, with stories that spiral and fold in on themselves, offering surprises at every turn.