I read all 3 books earlier in the year and loved them. Loved how the mystery was very slowly unraveled, but never entirely. I really loved all of the creepy shit in the first book, and the Lovecraftianess that's in all 3. The spy stuff in the 2nd one was neat. And just, they were great.
The only thing I didn't like about them was the few mentions of sex, but, I dont like reading that stuff in books anyway. So hopefully whatever ya suggest has little to none of that lol
by Engreeemi
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The first few authors that jumped to my mind (more for the mystery, not Lovecraft stuff) do have occasional sex (Haruki Murakami and Christopher Priest). Maybe China Mieville’s New Crobuzon series?
*Roadside Picnic* by the Strugatsky brothers
Welcome to the world of New Weird. (The original ‘weird fiction’ genre included Lovecraft.)
The two ‘giants’ of New Weird are Mieville (Perdido Street Station; if you don’t like sex, Mieville might be hard for you) and Jeff Vandermeer (and practically all of his books count; by the way, the Southern Reach became a set of 4 books this year with the release of Acceptance, so it sounds like you already have 1 book on your list). M. John Harrison often pops up.
You should also try House of Leaves, which isn’t New Weird but has the same ‘feel’.
As an inspiration for New Weird: Gormenghast.
In graphic novels: East of West (and other ones written by Hickman as a creator-owned, as opposed to ‘owned by Marvel’). Pretty Deadly.
I’m not familiar with that series. But Brian Lumley has a Lovecraft universe spin off of 4 books, called the Titus Crow series. Main diff to Lovecraft is humanity actually has a chance against the monsters.
Anything China Miéville, especially the Bas Lag trilogy.
Start with Perdido Street Station.
You might like The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. It’s got some creepy, mystery, spy/detective stuff going on. It’s not as weird and liminal as the Southern Reach, but it was well written with cool world building. Also happens to have that creepy, growing, plant thing as a main element.