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If you liked Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood add

...then you might like Shingeki no Kyojin add

- The father is gone and is a cruacial factor in the mystery. - The mother is dead as of the beginning of the story and is crucial for the enactment of the plot. - Siblings/best friends/cousins trio with two boys and one girl. - Epic female characters without fanservice. - Shingeki no Kyojin is more mature, whereas Brotherhood has plenty of (badly placed) humour. - The grand-scheme of things, the "who the bad guys are" aspect. - Both stories are set outside of Japan. - Military aspects - Main difference is that Shingeki no Kyojin is heavily muffled on its shonen aspects. It's more seinen than shonen, while Fullmetal Alchemist is Shonen all over the place(the "badly" placed humour makes it shonen) so on..

If you liked Elfen Lied add

...then you might like Gokukoku no Brynhildr add

These two shows are as similar as are two same things of different colors.

If you liked Steins;Gate add

...then you might like Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica add

I personally think that the recommendation of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica next to Steins;Gate is a spoiler. This should be removed. Now that I think of it, this is valid for not just a single direction, recommending either for the other is a spoiler for both of these stories because the both of these stories have implemented a surprise factor into the way that the story is told. This way you know what to expect, at least somewhat, and thus the surprise won't be a legitimate as it could've been. With that said, I've said enough as to why liking one warrants a recomendation for the other.

If you liked Shiki add

...then you might like Shinsekai yori add

The "feel" of the show. The sincerity of the telling of the story is what's in my eyes the similar factor in between the two of these shows. It's not an "anime story", it's a story that is told realistically. Most prominently, realistically in the way of how character handling is done(but that's just most prominently). You will not think to yourself many times "Why would you have done that?". In that sense, it helps you getting fully absorbed in to the story, because in a sense, stories are told with the principle that the one experiencing the story is to consider them-self being in that story. Thus, not having the thoughts of the "Why would you do that?" sort is without any need for it to be stressed out, crucial, for a genuine experience. If you've gotten immersed in one of these two, the other will (I'm assuming) achieve the same. Masterpieces. In real life, when something happens, a miracle bringing about a change to what has happened won't happen. That is something that is true for the both of these stories as well. You .. Hopefully have fallen in love with the elements of the story of which you're reading the recommendation of.. And if you've found something to love in one, I believe you will found at least the same in the other. The both of these shows originate from a novel; The stories originate in a novel form. Not light novel, but a novel. This is quite vague, but to me, a part of the experience of first-hand experiencing a story is jumping in to the unknown. That is how I have experienced both Shiki and Shinsekai Yori, and with these two particular stories, I believe everyone should do the same. Experience the story without having had gotten to know anything about it. This is to elaborate the vagueness of my recommendation.