If what gripped you in Snare was how the human settlers had to navigate the planet’s native customs and avoid fatal missteps in diplomacy, you’ll love how Bren Cameron must survive among the atevi in Foreigner. The book dives into honorifics, treaty nuances, and everyday rituals that can spark war if misunderstood—mirroring the way cross-cultural protocol on Snare could save a life or doom a clan.

You enjoyed how Snare foregrounds people, customs, and belief systems—how society itself is the terrain to cross. In The Left Hand of Darkness, Genly Ai’s mission hinges on understanding Gethenian gender, ceremony, and politics. Like the fraught misunderstandings and negotiated trust on Snare, the heart of this novel is learning to live within an alien culture well enough to bridge worlds.

If the shifting alliances, trade leverage, and behind-the-scenes deals on Snare kept you turning pages, Downbelow Station delivers that same pressure-cooker of politics. Merchant Houses, military commanders, and colonists all gamble for advantage while a vulnerable planet’s natives are caught in the middle—echoing the way power struggles on Snare ripple from council rooms to the ground.

If you loved how Snare built its world from the ground up—rituals, survival strategies, and the ecology that makes every custom make sense—Dune offers the same reward. The Fremen’s water laws, desert travel rites, and clan obligations reflect the way environment and culture intertwine, much like the planetary constraints and oaths that bind communities on Snare.

If the multi-threaded perspectives in Snare—moving among settlers, leaders, and locals—pulled you into the consequences of every choice, The Sparrow uses alternating timelines and voices to uncover how a well-intended mission on Rakhat goes wrong. The gradual reveal of cultural misreadings and their fallout will resonate with the layered vantage points you enjoyed on Snare.