What's your favorite scifi or fantasy with a strong sense of place?
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?
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1954 • 1,879 Readers • 1,178 pages • 4.5
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2006 • 4,241 Readers • 534 pages • 4.4
#1 of 3 in Gentleman Bastard
2006 • 2,212 Readers • 745 pages • 4.3
2011 • 2,303 Readers • 387 pages • 3.9
#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings
1950 • 1,716 Readers • 432 pages • 4.6
#1 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle
1993 • 107 Readers • 1,008 pages • 4.3
#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire
1996 • 3,898 Readers • 819 pages • 4.4
1972 • 647 Readers • 226 pages • 4
2015 • 1,136 Readers • 438 pages • 4
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2017 • 1,155 Readers • 533 pages • 4
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1951 • 2,253 Readers • 255 pages • 4
#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun
1980 • 609 Readers • 276 pages • 3.7
#1 of 1 in London Below, The World of Neverwhere
1996 • 1,758 Readers • 480 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes
2015 • 945 Readers • 481 pages • 4.1
#1 of 10 in Malazan Book of the Fallen
1999 • 1,375 Readers • 559 pages • 4
#1 of 3 in The World of Riverside
1986 • 145 Readers • 269 pages • 3.2
#1 in Strange & Norrell
2004 • 1,492 Readers • 865 pages • 4
1962 • 1,178 Readers • 146 pages • 3.9
#1 of 15 in The Chronicles of Amber
1970 • 385 Readers • 175 pages • 3.6
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2016 • 161 Readers • 448 pages • 4.4
#1 of 2 in The Darkness Outside Us
2021 • 251 Readers • 416 pages • 4.2
2016 • 2,717 Readers • 340 pages • 4
#1 of 8 in Harry Potter
1989 • 6,463 Readers • 309 pages • 4.3
2020 • 9 Readers • 1,956 pages • 5
#9 of 27 in Darkover (Publication Order)
1975 • 20 Readers • 381 pages • 3.8
#1 of 3 in The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
2012 • 1,900 Readers • 307 pages • 3.7
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,957 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
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2009 • 677 Readers • 336 pages • 4
#1 of 1 in The Roots of Chaos
2018 • 1,918 Readers • 849 pages • 4.1
#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time
1990 • 2,303 Readers • 708 pages • 4
2022 • 1,137 Readers • 608 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in The Space Trilogy
1938 • 319 Readers • 155 pages • 3.8
#1-7 of 7 in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1995 • 36 Readers • 1,104 pages • 4.8
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2005 • 2 Readers • 788 pages • 4.5
#1 of 1 in Fractalverse
2020 • 887 Readers • 880 pages • 3.6
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#1 of 9 in Zodiac Academy
2019 • 373 Readers • 480 pages • 3.3
#1 of 2 in The Book of Tea
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#1 of 4 in World of the Five Gods (Publication)
2001 • 405 Readers • 4.2
7 Readers • 4
2015 • 1,046 Readers • 867 pages • 3.9
1962 • 2 Readers • 195 pages • 4
1983 • 109 Readers • 753 pages • 3.8
#1 of 5 in La saga de los confines
1999 • 20 Readers • 320 pages • 4.3
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2015 • 1,982 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
#2 of 3 in The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
2013 • 1,102 Readers • 416 pages • 3.7
1999 • 1,729 Readers • 709 pages • 4.1
#6 of 6 in Girls' Last Tour [ 少女終末旅行 ]
2018 • 10 Readers • 160 pages • 4
#1 of 24 in The Saga of Recluce
1991 • 167 Readers • 501 pages • 3.7
#1 of 3 in The Masquerade
2015 • 564 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9