If you were captivated by Kitsune’s transformation and the way her desire tangles with Yoshifuji and Shikujo—especially the fox clan’s shimmering illusion of a noble household—then you’ll love how When Fox Is a Thousand braids a fox spirit’s mischief and wisdom across centuries. Lai interweaves a ninth-century trickster-fox with modern women whose lives echo that same pull between wildness and the constraints of society, mirroring the aching negotiations you saw in The Fox Woman.

If the alternating diaries and poems—from Kitsune’s yearning entries to Shikujo’s poised reflections—pulled you in, you’ll enjoy the epistolary sparkle of Sorcery and Cecelia. Through letters between cousins, the plot unfurls as personalities clash and deepen on the page, much like how The Fox Woman lets you discover Yoshifuji’s restlessness and Shikujo’s discipline through their own words.

If the shifting lenses of Kitsune, Yoshifuji, and Shikujo—each remaking the same world through their own eyes—were what gripped you, A Tale for the Time Being offers a similarly resonant exchange. Nao’s diary washes ashore and begins a dialogue with Ruth, just as the fox’s imagined mansion reframed Yoshifuji’s reality, creating a layered conversation about who we are when we read one another’s lives.

If you savored Johnson’s lyrical sentences—the seasonal stillness of Heian gardens, the sumptuous detail of the fox-built manor—Valente’s Deathless will sweep you away. Its baroque, jewel-toned language fuses Russian myth with intimate passion, echoing the way The Fox Woman turns a love story and a legend into something ravishing and strange.

If what lingered for you was the emotional tangle between Yoshifuji, Shikujo, and Kitsune—the painful questions of desire, duty, and what it means to be human—then The Shape-Changer’s Wife will resonate. As a scholar uncovers the unsettling truth behind a mage’s transformed bride, Shinn explores the same tender, unsettling territory of identity and love that The Fox Woman renders so piercingly.