If you loved the richly imagined halls and shadowy rituals of Gormenghast, you'll lose yourself in the labyrinthine streets of an alternate England where magicians Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell vie for power and knowledge. Clarke’s prose is lush and immersive, conjuring a world as vivid and strange as Peake’s, with footnotes and histories that breathe life into every corner.

Like the Groan family and their retainers in Gormenghast, you'll find yourself drawn into the orbit of Severian and the bizarre figures he encounters—each with their own ambitions and mysteries. Wolfe’s work is populated by a vibrant ensemble whose stories twist together across a decaying world.

If you appreciated the eccentric wit and gothic absurdity of Gormenghast, Bulgakov’s tale of the Devil visiting Soviet Moscow will delight you. Its satirical edge and bizarre, dreamlike episodes—talking cats, midnight balls—echo Peake’s strange mirth amid the macabre.

If you were mesmerized by the languid, atmospheric pace and meticulous attention to mood in Gormenghast, Titus Alone offers another slow-burning journey, following Titus as he wanders through new, surreal landscapes, haunted by memory and uncertainty.

If Peake’s ornate descriptions and lush, almost baroque prose captivated you, The Worm Ouroboros will transport you with its extravagant, stylized language and epic imagery. From grand battles to decadent courts, Eddison’s world is as vividly and floridly realized as Gormenghast’s stone corridors.