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?

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion
ByDan Simmons

1989 • 2,276 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 • 4,514 Readers • 534 pages 4.5

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

#1 in Strange & Norrell

2004 • 1,564 Readers • 865 pages 4

Gardens of the Moon

#1 of 10 in Malazan Book of the Fallen

Gardens of the Moon
BySteven Erikson

1999 • 1,459 Readers • 559 pages 4

The City of Brass

#1 of 4 in The Daevabad Trilogy

The City of Brass
ByS. A. Chakraborty

2017 • 1,212 Readers • 533 pages 4

The Tombs of Atuan

#2 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

The Tombs of Atuan
ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1970 • 576 Readers • 256 pages 4

Soulless

#1 of 6 in Parasol Protectorate

Soulless
ByGail Carriger

2009 • 431 Readers • 357 pages 3.8

Nine Princes in Amber

#1 of 15 in The Chronicles of Amber

Nine Princes in Amber
ByRoger Zelazny

1970 • 408 Readers • 175 pages 3.6

Burn for me

#1 of 5 in Hidden Legacy

Burn for me
ByIlona Andrews

2014 • 175 Readers • 400 pages 4.2

Helliconia Summer

#2 of 4 in Helliconia

Helliconia Summer
ByBrian W. Aldiss

1982 • 20 Readers • 416 pages 3.1

A Face Like Glass

A Face Like Glass
ByFrances Hardinge

2012 • 78 Readers • 496 pages 4.1

Finch

#3 of 3 in Ambergris

Finch
ByJeff VanderMeer

2009 • 65 Readers • 339 pages 3.9

Tongue Eater

#6 of 7 in Mage Errant

Tongue Eater
ByJohn Bierce

2022 • 55 Readers • 577 pages 3.9

Fly by Night

#1 of 2 in Fly by Night

Fly by Night
ByFrances Hardinge

2005 • 53 Readers • 487 pages 3.8

Into the Labyrinth

#1 of 7 in Mage Errant

Into the Labyrinth
ByJohn Bierce

2018 • 111 Readers • 214 pages 3.8

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

1962 • 1,248 Readers • 146 pages 3.9

Spiritwalk

#11 of 7 in Ottawa and the Valley

Spiritwalk
ByCharles de Lint

1992 • 14 Readers • 380 pages 4

The Dreaming Place

#14 of 20 in Newford

The Dreaming Place
ByCharles de Lint

1990 • 9 Readers • 138 pages 4.5

The Briar Book of the Dead

9 Sourdough Universe

2024 • 54 Readers • 368 pages 4

The Amber Spyglass

#3 of 3 in His Dark Materials

The Amber Spyglass
ByPhilip Pullman

1999 • 1,068 Readers • 518 pages 4

Crown of Midnight

#2 of 8 in Throne of Glass

Crown of Midnight
BySarah J. Maas

2013 • 1,295 Readers • 420 pages 4.2

The Subtle Knife

#2 of 3 in His Dark Materials

The Subtle Knife
ByPhilip Pullman

1995 • 1,173 Readers • 326 pages 4.1

Gideon the Ninth

#1 of 3 in The Locked Tomb

Gideon the Ninth
ByTamsyn Muir

2019 • 2,083 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

Neverwhere

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

Neverwhere
ByNeil Gaiman

1996 • 1,836 Readers • 480 pages 4.1

Throne of Glass

#1 of 8 in Throne of Glass

Throne of Glass
BySarah J. Maas

2012 • 2,113 Readers • 432 pages 3.9

Foundation

#1 of 8 in Foundation (Publication Order)

Foundation
ByIsaac Asimov

1951 • 2,430 Readers • 255 pages 4

Red Rising

#1 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

Red Rising
ByPierce Brown

2014 • 3,569 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

City of Miracles

#3 of 3 in The Divine Cities

City of Miracles
ByRobert Jackson Bennett

2016 • 170 Readers • 448 pages 4.4

Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners

#1 of 3 in The World of Riverside

1986 • 151 Readers • 269 pages 3.1

The Mask of Mirrors

#1 of 3 in Rook & Rose

The Mask of Mirrors
ByM.A. Carrick

2021 • 335 Readers • 672 pages 4.3

The City We Became

#1 of 2 in Great Cities

The City We Became
ByN. K. Jemisin

2020 • 1,110 Readers • 481 pages 3.8

An Ember in the Ashes

#1 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes

2015 • 995 Readers • 481 pages 4.1

Lirael

#2 of 8 in Abhorsen

Lirael
ByGarth Nix

2001 • 354 Readers • 460 pages 4.2

Uprooted

Uprooted
ByNaomi Novik

2015 • 1,232 Readers • 438 pages 3.9

Perdido Street Station

#1 of 4 in New Crobuzon

Perdido Street Station
ByChina Miéville

2000 • 792 Readers • 24h 9m 4

The Shadow of the Torturer

#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun

1980 • 648 Readers • 276 pages 3.7

The Golden Compass

#1 of 3 in His Dark Materials

The Golden Compass
ByPhilip Pullman

1995 • 2,477 Readers • 399 pages 4

American Gods

#1 of 2 in American Gods

American Gods
ByNeil Gaiman

2001 • 3,222 Readers • 635 pages 4

A Game of Thrones

#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire

A Game of Thrones
ByGeorge R.R. Martin

1996 • 4,167 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

The Books of Earthsea

#1 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

The Books of Earthsea
ByUrsula K. Le Guin

1993 • 117 Readers • 1,008 pages 4.4

Annihilation

#1 of 4 in Southern Reach

Annihilation
ByJeff VanderMeer

2014 • 2,028 Readers • 208 pages 3.7

Jade City

#1 of 3 in The Green Bone Saga

Jade City
ByFonda Lee

2017 • 1,773 Readers • 498 pages 4.1

A Memory Called Empire

#1 of 2 in Teixcalaan

A Memory Called Empire
ByArkady Martine

2019 • 1,339 Readers • 464 pages 4.2

Roadside Picnic

Roadside Picnic
ByArkady Strugatsky,Boris Strugatsky,+1 more

1972 • 707 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 • 1,856 Readers • 432 pages 4.6

The Night Circus

The Night Circus
ByErin Morgenstern

2011 • 2,406 Readers • 387 pages 3.9

The Lies of Locke Lamora

#1 of 3 in Gentleman Bastard

2006 • 2,342 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

The Fifth Season

#1 of 3 in The Broken Earth

The Fifth Season
ByN. K. Jemisin

2015 • 2,808 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

The Way of Kings

#1 of 6 in The Stormlight Archive

The Way of Kings
ByBrandon Sanderson

2010 • 3,746 Readers • 1,007 pages 4.6

Piranesi

Piranesi
BySusanna Clarke

2019 • 3,091 Readers • 246 pages 4.2

Dune

#1 of 9 in Dune

Dune
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 5,964 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

20 • 2,037 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5