If you found Elric’s morally ambiguous choices compelling, you’ll love The Black Company. Like Moorcock’s anti-hero, Croaker and his band of mercenaries operate in shades of gray, often forced to make harrowing decisions in a world where good and evil are never clear. The gritty, unvarnished perspective and the constant tension between survival and conscience create a similarly complex and dark atmosphere.

If you enjoyed following Elric’s goal-driven quests and perilous adventures, you’ll be drawn to The First Book of Lankhmar. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are iconic fantasy rogues, pursuing their own missions in a world full of sorcery, betrayal, and high-stakes intrigue. The book’s episodic structure packs each story with clear objectives, action, and the drive that makes quest-driven fantasy so fun.

If you were fascinated by the presence of corrupting, dangerous magic in The Stealer of Souls, The Lies of Locke Lamora will be right up your alley. The book immerses you in a city rife with arcane threats and criminal schemes, as Locke Lamora and his band navigate betrayals, heists, and deadly sorcery that’s as unpredictable and perilous as Elric’s own Stormbringer.

If the elaborate worldbuilding and the richly imagined settings of Melniboné drew you in, Perdido Street Station offers a feast of bizarre and immersive detail. New Crobuzon’s teeming streets, strange inhabitants, and twisted magic rival anything in Moorcock’s multiverse, providing a fully realized, unique world that will captivate your imagination.

If you appreciated the existential undertones and complex moral dilemmas facing Elric, Shadow & Claw delivers a similarly profound experience. Following Severian, an exile from the guild of torturers, the narrative poses difficult questions about fate, memory, and the nature of power—blending philosophical depth with a rich, mysterious setting.