If you loved how The Iron Dragon's Daughter plunges you into a bizarre, industrial faerie world teeming with unsettling details, you'll be swept away by Perdido Street Station. China Miéville crafts the city of New Crobuzon with the same gritty, imaginative depth—populated by strange races, twisted technology, and a society as fascinating as it is grotesque.

If you were drawn to Jane's ambiguous morality and her struggle for survival in a world without clear heroes or villains, then The Etched City is for you. This novel follows Raule and Gwynn, two exiles whose questionable choices and personal demons echo the dark, anti-heroic journey of Swanwick's protagonist.

If the way The Iron Dragon's Daughter fuses the mundane with the magical grabbed you, you'll revel in Neverwhere. Neil Gaiman guides you through the shadowy, bizarre underworld of London Below, where ordinary reality warps into a fantastical, dangerous landscape—much like the industrial faerie world Jane navigates.

If you were captivated by the layers of meaning and twisty, unpredictable storytelling in The Iron Dragon's Daughter, you'll find Shadow & Claw endlessly rewarding. Gene Wolfe weaves a narrative full of secrets, unreliable truths, and philosophical depth, inviting you to question everything you think you know about Severian's journey.

If the dangerous, unpredictable magic running through Swanwick’s novel fascinated you, Weaveworld is a must-read. Clive Barker intertwines a hidden, magical realm with the real world, where the magic is as alluring as it is perilous, and the line between wonder and horror is constantly blurred.