If you were gripped by the relentless, goal-driven tension as Kavan and his fellow Defenders guarded the Wall in The Wall, you’ll find similar urgency in The Road. McCarthy’s haunting novel follows a father and son as they journey south through a bleak, post-apocalyptic landscape, their every step motivated by survival and hope. The narrative’s focus on a clear mission in a hostile environment will keep you turning pages.

If you appreciated the moral dilemmas faced by Kavan and his fellow Defenders—forced into ethically grey decisions by the Wall’s brutal world—you’ll be drawn to Never Let Me Go. Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth wrestle with their own humanity and the ethics of their existence in a chilling alternate England. The novel’s refusal to give easy answers will echo the ambiguity you enjoyed in The Wall.

If the bleak, post-apocalyptic atmosphere of The Wall—with its encroaching sea and crumbling society—stayed with you, Station Eleven will captivate you as well. Mandel’s novel elegantly weaves together the lives of survivors after a pandemic, exploring both the devastation and the fragile beauty that persists in the ruins. The world is as evocative and unsettling as Lanchester’s Wall.

If you were fascinated by the rising seas and ecological anxieties in The Wall, you’ll be compelled by Parable of the Sower. Lauren Olamina’s journey through a climate-ravaged America is both harrowing and inspiring, and Butler’s vision of environmental disaster and adaptation offers the same thought-provoking depth you found in Lanchester’s work.

If the oppressive, dystopian world of The Wall—with its militarized borders and sense of hopelessness—resonated with you, The Children of Men is a must-read. James’s chilling portrait of a near-future Britain facing mass infertility and authoritarian rule delivers a similarly powerful blend of social critique and suspenseful storytelling.