Books like The City & The City
The City & The City by China Miéville reads as cerebral, unsettling. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The iron dragon's daughter
Michael Swanwick · 1993
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Perdido Street Station
China Mieville · 2000
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Dying Earth - Baen
Jack Vance · 1950
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69% genome match
Veniss underground
Jeff VanderMeer · 2003
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69% genome match
The pastel city
M. John Harrison · 1972
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Perdido Street Station
China Miéville · 2000
Shares the vornate thread
83% genome match
The Half-Made World
Felix Gilman · 2010
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Illuminations
Alan Moore · 2022
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69% genome match
Preludes & Nocturnes
Neil Gaiman · 1991
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Broken monsters
Lauren Beukes · 2014
Both explore identity
55% genome match
The jaguar hunter
Lucius Shepard · 1987
Same sci-fi feel
56% genome match
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar · 2019
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
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