If you were awed by the breathtaking sweep of Star Maker—from the travels of a single mind to the rise and fall of entire civilizations and cosmic epochs—you'll love Diaspora. Egan follows posthuman entities as they journey across universes, contemplating the fate of reality itself. The novel explores not just the fate of humanity, but the possibilities for consciousness and life on a universal scale.

If the explorations of alien civilizations and minds in Star Maker fascinated you, Solaris offers a profound and unsettling look at incomprehensible alien intelligence. As Kris Kelvin attempts to understand the living planet Solaris, the story delves into the limits of communication and the nature of consciousness—echoing Stapledon’s cosmic curiosity.

If you appreciated the philosophical scope of Star Maker, The Left Hand of Darkness will draw you in with its meditation on gender, identity, and what it means to be human. Genly Ai’s journey across the icy planet Gethen is as much about exploring alien customs as it is about questioning the foundations of society and self.

If you were captivated by the intricate worldbuilding and cosmic history in Star Maker, The Book of the New Sun will enchant you with its labyrinthine setting and mysterious past. Follow Severian, a torturer with a perfect memory, as he journeys through a far-future Urth, uncovering layers of forgotten knowledge and myth.

If the grand narrative of civilizations rising and falling over eons in Star Maker spoke to you, A Canticle for Leibowitz will resonate. The novel traces a monastery’s efforts to preserve knowledge through centuries of darkness and rebirth, offering a poignant meditation on humanity’s cycles of destruction and hope.