@sciencefiction I love Jeff Vandermeer, China Mieville, Neal Stephenson, Delaney and Wolfe. Would love some recs from the last 10 years or so (I’ve only read expanse + cixin liu recently).
I recently read the Bobiverse books, and those were quite fun.
Daniel Suarez is another good one (start with Daemon), as is Ian McDonald (Dervish House, the Luna series).
Hail Mary Project!
Martha Wells’ Murderbot series, starts with All Systems Red Anne Leckie’s Ancillary Justice series Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon The Ninth (lesbian necromancers in spaaaace!) JB’s The Cruel Stars And file under older but still great: Jon Courtney-Grimwood’s Arabesk series, cyberpunk alt history set in Alexandria, starting with Pashazde The Laundry Files by Charles Stross (actually spy / horror) starting with The Atrocity Archives A short story, Down On The Farm, set in the same universe is free to read here
K. B. Wagers is a great author. I started with Behind the Throne and read the whole Indranan War series. Next trilogy was the Farian War. Haven’t read past those although I want to! Her new stuff looks interesting.
I also really like N. K. Jemisin. My favorite is the Dreamblood series.
Another vote for NK Jemison, she’s good.
I find Mieville’s books dreamy in a way (though gritty there is a dreamlike or trippy quality to them) so will also suggest:
Ian McDonald
Charlie Jane Anders
Patricia McKillip if you like fantasy
The book “This is the way you lose the time war”
I’ve been enjoying Django Wexler’s Shadow Campaigns series so much. If you like these sideways military stories, Naomi Novik has a good one too.
If you like Neal Stevenson, will probably like William Gibson too, they are different but I like both.
The Borne books (Borne, A Strange Bird and Dead Astronauts) by Vandeemeer were so great too. Like the exact opposite tone and energy of The Southern Reach Trilogy but so rich and rewarding!
