If you delighted in the intricately plotted time-hopping adventure of Brendan Doyle in The Anubis Gates—with its blend of historical detail and temporal chaos—you'll love To Say Nothing of the Dog. Connie Willis sends her characters ricocheting through Victorian England, navigating comic mishaps, paradoxes, and unexpected twists in history. Like Powers, Willis crafts a story where time travel is both perilous and irresistibly fun.

If you were captivated by the atmospheric recreation of early 19th-century London and the magical underbelly that Powers conjures in The Anubis Gates, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell offers an even more sumptuous treat. Clarke's meticulous worldbuilding brings Regency England to life, where magic, history, and secret societies intertwine in ways both wondrous and dangerous.

If the labyrinthine plotting and jaw-dropping revelations of The Anubis Gates kept you guessing, you'll be drawn into the web of mysteries in The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Chabon's alternate-reality noir is rife with conspiracies, double-crosses, and hidden identities—each new chapter upending your assumptions and deepening the intrigue.

If you enjoyed the sly humor and clever dialogue peppered throughout The Anubis Gates—from eccentric poets to bumbling villains—Good Omens will have you laughing out loud. Gaiman and Pratchett weave a madcap tale of angels, demons, and impending apocalypse, all delivered with razor-sharp wit and a fondness for the absurd.

If you were enthralled by the way Powers weaves dark magic and secret societies into real historical events in The Anubis Gates, you'll be just as fascinated by The Prestige. Priest's novel follows the rivalry between two Victorian magicians, their obsessive quests, and the secrets that blur the line between stage illusion and the supernatural.