Somewhat depends on exactly what about Gormenghast you want something similar to, but I have quite a few! Mordew by Alex Pheby Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susannah Clarke. Almost anything by China Miéville. I'd recommend Perdido Street Station Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe Gloriana by Michael Moorcock Then there are some other WeirdLit recommendations that are slightly further away but share some aspects you may appreciate, like Vandermeer's Ambergris trilogy
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Mordew by Alex Pheby is like if Titus Groan was written by Roald Dahl.
The Books of Babel by J Bancroft has the Gormenghast vibe in setting and characters.
I like to recommend Malpertuis by Jean Ray as a kind of mini Gormenghast.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susannah Clarke. The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster. Dictionary of the Khazars - Milorad Savic. Life : A User's Manual - Georges Perec.
Here are my suggestions: Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson Moby Dick by Herman Melville Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama Some might say Viriconium by M John Harrison, but...for me, there's not much Gormenghast in that series.
Gloriana by Michael Moorcock is explicitly an homage to Gormenghast. Otherwise I'd recommend Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, Lacrimore by S. J. Costello, and perhaps The City and the City by Miéville. All relatively prose-y books, where the setting is pretty much the main character.