If you were captivated by the mysterious twin cities of Besźel and Ul Qoma in The City & The City, you'll love The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Chabon crafts an alternate-history Sitka, Alaska, with its own complex rules and hidden boundaries. Like Inspector Borlú, detective Meyer Landsman must navigate a city full of invisible divisions, cultural codes, and a murder that challenges the very fabric of his world.

If the deep questions of societal structure, reality, and ethics in The City & The City fascinated you, The Just City offers another thought experiment on the boundaries of civilization. Here, Greek gods and mortals attempt to build Plato’s ideal city, leading to philosophical dilemmas about justice, identity, and perception. The book, like Miéville’s, invites you to question what it means to see—and not see—the world around us.

If you enjoyed untangling the layered mysteries and hidden conspiracies of The City & The City, An Instance of the Fingerpost will enthrall you. Set in 17th-century Oxford, this novel presents a murder through four conflicting accounts, each revealing new secrets and perspectives. Like Borlú’s investigation, nothing is as it first appears, and every layer peels back another truth.

If Inspector Borlú’s ethical struggles and the ambiguous morality of The City & The City drew you in, The Secret History offers a similarly complex look at crime and conscience. As Richard Papen becomes involved in a murder among his classics classmates, you’ll find yourself questioning motives, culpability, and the often-blurred lines between right and wrong.

If you were gripped by the bleak, atmospheric tone and the political machinations threading through The City & The City, The Windup Girl will immerse you in a future Bangkok rife with intrigue and danger. As characters like Anderson Lake and Emiko navigate a city of secrets and power struggles, you’ll find the same kind of shadowy tension and urban decay that made Miéville’s world so compelling.