If you delighted in the way The Drawing of the Dark weaves real historical events with magical and mythological forces—like the siege of Vienna infused with Arthurian and Norse legend—you'll be swept away by The Anubis Gates. In this novel, time-traveling scholar Brendan Doyle is hurled into early 19th-century London, where Egyptian gods, sorcerers, and poets collide in a richly detailed world. Powers's intricate layering of actual history with fantastical elements will give you the same sense of secret magic running through the past.

If you enjoyed Brian Duffy’s reluctant, sometimes ambiguous heroism as he’s drawn into shadowy supernatural battles in The Drawing of the Dark, you’ll find Declare equally compelling. Here, British spy Andrew Hale is pulled into a decades-spanning conflict that blends Cold War espionage with arcane supernatural forces. Like Duffy, Hale is caught between duty and survival, never certain which side is truly right in a world where every ally and enemy hides secrets.

If the atmospheric, deeply imagined 16th-century Vienna of The Drawing of the Dark—with its mystical breweries and ancient legends—captivated you, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell will be a treat. Clarke’s novel crafts an alternate Napoleonic England where magic is real but elusive, and history, folklore, and politics entwine. The intricate setting, from haunted Yorkshire roads to London’s salons, offers the same sense of stepping into a world where the fantastic lurks just beneath the surface.

If you appreciated the dry humor and sharp wit in Duffy’s interactions with companions and supernatural beings in The Drawing of the Dark, you’ll revel in The Lies of Locke Lamora. Scott Lynch’s tale of master thief Locke and his band of tricksters is packed with clever dialogue, comic timing, and a roguish spirit, all set amid the intrigue and danger of Camorr’s underworld.

If you were drawn to the epic sweep of The Drawing of the Dark, as Duffy is swept from taverns to battlefields in a struggle that could change the fate of Europe, The Scar offers a similarly grand scale. Miéville’s story follows a band of exiles aboard a floating pirate city, voyaging into unknown and mythic waters, facing ancient leviathans and arcane mysteries. The sense of a world teetering on the brink, where legend and reality collide, will feel right at home.