What's your favorite scifi or fantasy with a strong sense of place?Answer

I'm interested in new genre books where the setting is almost like a character. I'm especially interested in books that also have a strong plot. For me, the prime example is "Finch" by Jeff vandermeer. Maybe "City of Miracles" by Robert Jackson Bennett. What are books like this for you?

Annihilation

#1 of 4 in Southern Reach

Annihilation
ByJeff VanderMeer

2014 • 2,212 Readers • 195 pages 3.7

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion
ByDan Simmons

1989 • 2,558 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

Mistborn: The Final Empire

#1 of 3 in The Mistborn Saga: The Original Trilogy

Mistborn: The Final Empire
ByBrandon Sanderson

2006 • 5,003 Readers • 534 pages 4.5

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

#1 in Strange & Norrell

2004 • 1,699 Readers • 865 pages 4

Gardens of the Moon

#1 of 10 in Malazan Book of the Fallen

Gardens of the Moon
BySteven Erikson

1999 • 1,621 Readers • 559 pages 4

The City of Brass

#1 of 4 in The Daevabad Trilogy

The City of Brass
ByS. A. Chakraborty

2017 • 1,319 Readers • 533 pages 4

The Tombs of Atuan

#2 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

The Tombs of Atuan
ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1970 • 660 Readers • 208 pages 4.1

Soulless

#1 of 6 in Parasol Protectorate

Soulless
ByGail Carriger

2009 • 455 Readers • 357 pages 3.8

Nine Princes in Amber

#1 of 16 in The Chronicles of Amber

Nine Princes in Amber
ByRoger Zelazny

1970 • 451 Readers • 175 pages 3.7

Burn for me

#1 of 5 in Hidden Legacy

Burn for me
ByIlona Andrews

2014 • 187 Readers • 400 pages 4.2

Helliconia Summer

#2 of 4 in Helliconia

Helliconia Summer
ByBrian W. Aldiss

1982 • 30 Readers • 416 pages 3.5

A Face Like Glass

A Face Like Glass
ByFrances Hardinge

2012 • 82 Readers • 496 pages 4.1

Finch

#3 of 3 in Ambergris

Finch
ByJeff VanderMeer

2009 • 73 Readers • 339 pages 3.9

Tongue Eater

#6 of 7 in Mage Errant

Tongue Eater
ByJohn Bierce

2022 • 61 Readers • 577 pages 4

Fly by Night

#1 of 2 in Fly by Night

Fly by Night
ByFrances Hardinge

2005 • 55 Readers • 487 pages 3.9

Into the Labyrinth

#1 of 7 in Mage Errant

Into the Labyrinth
ByJohn Bierce

2018 • 130 Readers • 214 pages 3.8

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

1962 • 1,349 Readers • 146 pages 3.9

Spiritwalk

#11 of 9 in Ottawa and the Valley

Spiritwalk
ByCharles de Lint

1992 • 15 Readers • 380 pages 4

The Dreaming Place

#14 of 21 in Newford

The Dreaming Place
ByCharles de Lint

1990 • 11 Readers • 138 pages 4.5

The Briar Book of the Dead

Sourdough Universe

2024 • 57 Readers • 368 pages 4

The Amber Spyglass

#3 of 3 in His Dark Materials

The Amber Spyglass
ByPhilip Pullman

1999 • 1,178 Readers • 518 pages 4

Crown of Midnight

#2 of 8 in Throne of Glass

Crown of Midnight
BySarah J. Maas

2013 • 1,402 Readers • 420 pages 4.2

The Subtle Knife

#2 of 3 in His Dark Materials

The Subtle Knife
ByPhilip Pullman

1995 • 1,291 Readers • 326 pages 4.1

Gideon the Ninth

#1 of 3 in The Locked Tomb

Gideon the Ninth
ByTamsyn Muir

2019 • 2,275 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

Neverwhere

#1 of 1 in London Below, The World of Neverwhere

Neverwhere
ByNeil Gaiman

1996 • 2,000 Readers • 480 pages 4.1

Throne of Glass

#1 of 8 in Throne of Glass

Throne of Glass
BySarah J. Maas

2012 • 2,299 Readers • 432 pages 3.9

Foundation

#1 of 8 in Foundation (Publication Order)

Foundation
ByIsaac Asimov

1951 • 2,728 Readers • 255 pages 4

Red Rising

#1 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

Red Rising
ByPierce Brown

2014 • 3,995 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

City of Miracles

#3 of 3 in The Divine Cities

City of Miracles
ByRobert Jackson Bennett

2016 • 186 Readers • 448 pages 4.4

Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners

#1 of 3 in The World of Riverside

1986 • 158 Readers • 269 pages 3.2

The Mask of Mirrors

#1 of 3 in Rook & Rose

The Mask of Mirrors
ByM.A. Carrick

2021 • 367 Readers • 672 pages 4.3

The City We Became

#1 of 2 in Great Cities

The City We Became
ByN. K. Jemisin

2020 • 1,192 Readers • 481 pages 3.8

An Ember in the Ashes

#1 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes

2015 • 1,076 Readers • 481 pages 4.1

Lirael

#2 of 8 in The Old Kingdom

Lirael
ByGarth Nix

2001 • 384 Readers • 460 pages 4.2

Uprooted

Uprooted
ByNaomi Novik

2015 • 1,316 Readers • 438 pages 4

Perdido Street Station

#1 of 4 in New Crobuzon

Perdido Street Station
ByChina Miéville

2000 • 882 Readers • 24h 9m 4

The Shadow of the Torturer

#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun

1980 • 712 Readers • 276 pages 3.7

The Golden Compass

#1 of 3 in His Dark Materials

The Golden Compass
ByPhilip Pullman

1995 • 2,710 Readers • 399 pages 4

American Gods

#1 of 2 in American Gods

American Gods
ByNeil Gaiman

2001 • 3,543 Readers • 480 pages 4

A Game of Thrones

#1 of 7 in A Song of Ice and Fire

A Game of Thrones
ByGeorge R.R. Martin

1996 • 4,612 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

The Books of Earthsea

#1-6 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

The Books of Earthsea
ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1968 • 159 Readers • 1,008 pages 4.3

Jade City

#1 of 3 in The Green Bone Saga

Jade City
ByFonda Lee

2017 • 1,914 Readers • 498 pages 4.1

A Memory Called Empire

#1 of 2 in Teixcalaan

A Memory Called Empire
ByArkady Martine

2019 • 1,476 Readers • 464 pages 4.1

Roadside Picnic

Roadside Picnic
ByArkady Strugatsky,Boris Strugatsky,+1 more

1972 • 823 Readers • 226 pages 4

The Return of the King

#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Return of the King
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1950 • 2,064 Readers • 432 pages 4.6

The Night Circus

The Night Circus
ByErin Morgenstern

18 • 2,571 Readers • 387 pages 3.9

The Lies of Locke Lamora

#1 of 3 in Gentleman Bastard

2006 • 2,582 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

The Fifth Season

#1 of 3 in The Broken Earth

The Fifth Season
ByN. K. Jemisin

2015 • 3,090 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

The Way of Kings

#1 of 6 in The Stormlight Archive

The Way of Kings
ByBrandon Sanderson

2010 • 4,186 Readers • 1,007 pages 4.6

Piranesi

Piranesi
BySusanna Clarke

2019 • 3,435 Readers • 272 pages 4.3

Dune

#1 of 9 in Dune

Dune
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 6,628 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

The Lord of the Rings

#1-3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 2,275 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5