If you found yourself fascinated by the rich and immersive world of Aka in The Telling—from its customs to its suppressed histories—you'll be mesmerized by Always Coming Home. Le Guin crafts the Kesh people with anthropological depth, offering stories, songs, and artifacts that make their culture come alive. It's an evocative journey into the heart of an imagined society, as detailed and thoughtful as the world Sutty explores.

If you appreciated the deep, searching questions about knowledge, belonging, and the nature of truth in The Telling, you'll be drawn into The Dispossessed. Follow Shevek as he challenges the values of two contrasting worlds—Anarres and Urras—exploring what it means to live authentically and to seek understanding in a universe of conflicting ideologies.

If the depiction of Aka's traditions and the collision with outside influence captivated you in The Telling, you'll be equally intrigued by the all-female, aquatic Sharers of A Door Into Ocean. Their language, communal society, and resistance to colonization offer a thoughtful, immersive exploration of what it means to be 'alien'—and what it means to resist cultural erasure.

If you loved how The Telling uses science fiction to examine cultural transformation, you'll find Woman on the Edge of Time equally thought-provoking. Connie Ramos's journey to the future society of Mattapoisett interrogates gender, power, and the possibility of utopia, offering a compassionate, character-driven look at how societies can heal and break.

If Sutty’s search for meaning and her encounters with suppressed faith resonated with you in The Telling, you’ll be deeply moved by The Sparrow. Father Emilio Sandoz’s mission to an alien world leads to spiritual crisis and profound questions about faith, culture, and the cost of understanding others in the face of tragedy.