If you loved the isolated, insular world inhabited by Grace, Lia, and Sky in The Water Cure, you'll find a similar haunting intimacy in Never Let Me Go. Ishiguro crafts a close-knit environment at Hailsham, where Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy grow up together, bound by mysterious rules and secrets. The story’s focus on personal relationships within a small, contained setting evokes the same sense of uneasy closeness and psychological tension.

If the chilling, patriarchal control and the sense of danger in The Water Cure drew you in, The Handmaid's Tale will resonate. Offred’s world is similarly shaped by authoritarian rule and the threat it poses to women’s bodies and autonomy. Atwood’s dystopia is a classic for its incisive critique of gender oppression and its tense, atmospheric storytelling.

If you were compelled by the deep dive into Grace and her sisters’ minds, The Girls offers another haunting exploration of adolescence and psychological fragility. Emma Cline immerses you in Evie Boyd’s consciousness as she’s drawn into a cult-like group, capturing the subtleties of desire, danger, and manipulation that echo the psychological depth of The Water Cure.

If you appreciated the gradual, unsettling tension and slow reveal of secrets in The Water Cure, you’ll be mesmerized by Our Wives Under the Sea. The novel centers on Miri and her wife Leah as they cope with the aftermath of a mysterious deep-sea mission, unraveling in a quiet, eerie progression that mirrors the slow-burn plot and emotional intensity you enjoyed.

If you were drawn to the surreal, symbolic menace of the island in The Water Cure, Annihilation offers a similarly unsettling landscape. Follow the biologist and her all-female expedition into Area X, where nature is mysterious and mutable, and nothing is what it seems. VanderMeer’s narrative is thick with allegory and ambiguity, inviting you to read between the lines just as you did with Mackintosh’s work.