If you were captivated by the vast, dangerous landscapes and the sense of wonder in The Waste Lands, you'll find Perdido Street Station equally thrilling. Miéville's New Crobuzon is a city teeming with bizarre creatures, arcane technologies, and a sense of grand, unpredictable adventure—much like Roland's journey through Mid-World.

If the intricate, layered setting of The Waste Lands drew you in, Shadow & Claw will immerse you even deeper. Wolfe crafts a strange, decaying future filled with enigmatic ruins, lost technologies, and hidden histories that reward careful reading and curiosity.

If you loved the interplay between Roland, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake, you'll enjoy the ragtag ensemble in Neverwhere. Gaiman's oddball cast—including Door, Hunter, and the Marquis de Carabas—navigate a surreal, dangerous underworld, their fates entwined as they face bizarre and deadly challenges together.

If watching Eddie, Susannah, and Jake transform through hardship appealed to you, Red Rising offers a similarly intense journey. Darrow’s growth—from a downtrodden miner to a cunning revolutionary—is filled with brutal tests of will and identity, echoing the personal evolution found in The Waste Lands.

If you enjoyed the relentless, perilous trek across strange wastelands in The Waste Lands, you'll be hooked by Roadside Picnic. Red Schuhart’s dangerous expeditions into the off-limits Zone are fraught with bizarre phenomena and existential threats, mirroring the sense of constant mission and danger that propels Roland’s ka-tet.