If you were captivated by the drowned, sunken landscapes and the surreal, decaying world that Ballard painted, you'll be transfixed by The Road. McCarthy's vision of a ruined, desolate Earth—following a father and son as they traverse ash-covered highways—evokes that same sense of overwhelming environmental transformation and the struggle for survival in a world rendered alien by disaster.

If the lush, flooded jungles and the dreamlike, ever-shifting landscape of Ballard's drowned city stayed with you, Annihilation offers another deeply immersive, otherworldly setting. You'll follow the biologist and her team into Area X, a place where nature has utterly reclaimed the land in bizarre, hallucinatory ways, mirroring the surreal transformations Ballard explored.

If you were drawn to the existential undertones and psychological disintegration in The Drowned World, Solaris will fascinate you with its deep philosophical questions. As scientists study a living ocean planet that warps their memories and perceptions, you'll experience the same eerie atmosphere and meditations on consciousness, reality, and the impact of environment on the psyche.

If Ballard’s vision of a world transformed by climate and chaos intrigued you, Butler’s Parable of the Sower offers a gripping tale of environmental disaster and social collapse. You'll follow Lauren Olamina as she navigates a perilous, drought-stricken America, confronting ecological catastrophe and forging a new path for humanity.

If you appreciated the gradual, almost dreamlike pace and the focus on psychological atmosphere in The Drowned World, Never Let Me Go will resonate with you. Ishiguro crafts a haunting, slow-burn narrative about memory, identity, and existential longing, all set within a subtly dystopian world.