Readers who have enjoyed Sandwriter can look to the sequel The Promise for answers to some questions raised by the first novel. In the sequel, Rania, the daughter of Antia and Jodril, is brought to Roshan to be trained as the heir of Sandwriter.

Also to be recommended for their environmental and ethical themes are Hughes's novels The Golden Aquarians and The Crystal Drop.

Other contemporary authors whose works may be enjoyed by fans of Hughes are Julie Lawson, Dave Duncan (especially the three young adult novels in his series The King's Daggers), and Eileen Kernaghan (Dance of the Snow Dragon and The Snow Queen).