Now that the long, long-anticipated Silksong is finally here, I know that I and many others are torn between playing through the whole game in a rush and holding back in order to savor the atmosphere. Even the massive map and sprawling storyline don’t feel like enough! So if you’re looking for ways to extend your stay in Pharloom, try these novels that get at some of the many aspects of Silksong’s brilliance.

If you like…

• Nefarious spiders and haunted silk – Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud, with the rest of the Lunar Gothic trilogy featuring other horrendous bugs!
• The Bell Beast – Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
• Red-cloaked girls fighting evil with needles (plus bonus Catholicism) – Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
• Lace and binding – Star Eater by Kerstin Hall
• Spiders who pull all the strings – But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo
• Bells, hidden knowledge, and hauntings – Sabriel by Garth Nix (and Lirael too, if your favorite part was exploring the Citadel)
• Music as magic and a fateful heritage – The Naming and the rest of the Pellinor quartet by Alison Croggon
• Angry, overly formal girls who wake up in a strange place and have to fix haunted Catholic empires after narrowly surviving their previous adventure with a silent sword-wielding companion – Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (with Gideon the Ninth as the Hollow Knight-esque prerequisite!)