Prompts

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?

The Lord of the Rings

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

1954 • 1,859 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Dune

#1 of 8 in Dune

1965 • 5,508 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

The Way of Kings

#1 of 6 in The Stormlight Archive

2010 • 3,444 Readers • 1,007 pages 4.6

Piranesi

2019 • 2,856 Readers • 246 pages 4.2

Mistborn: The Final Empire

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

2006 • 4,168 Readers • 534 pages 4.5

The Fifth Season

#1 of 3 in The Broken Earth

2015 • 2,626 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

Annihilation

#1 of 4 in Southern Reach

2014 • 1,868 Readers • 208 pages 3.7

The Lies of Locke Lamora

#1 of 3 in Gentleman Bastard

2006 • 2,181 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

The Return of the King

#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1950 • 1,679 Readers • 432 pages 4.6

The Night Circus

2011 • 2,278 Readers • 387 pages 3.9

The Books of Earthsea

#1 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

1993 • 106 Readers • 1,008 pages 4.3

A Game of Thrones

#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire

1996 • 3,847 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

A Memory Called Empire

#1 of 2 in Teixcalaan

2019 • 1,256 Readers • 464 pages 4.2

Roadside Picnic

1972 • 635 Readers • 226 pages 4

The Golden Compass

#1 of 3 in His Dark Materials

1995 • 2,310 Readers • 399 pages 4

Uprooted

2015 • 1,125 Readers • 448 pages 4

Foundation

#1 of 9 in Foundation (Publication Order)

1951 • 2,212 Readers • 255 pages 4

A Deadly Education

#1 of 3 in The Scholomance

2020 • 1,367 Readers • 236 pages 4

The City of Brass

#1 of 4 in The Daevabad Trilogy

2017 • 1,122 Readers • 533 pages 4

Jade City

#1 of 3 in The Green Bone Saga

2017 • 1,644 Readers • 498 pages 4.1

The Martian

#1 of 1 in The Martian

2011 • 3,720 Readers • 384 pages 4.4

The Shadow of the Torturer

#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun

1980 • 601 Readers • 276 pages 3.7

Lirael

#2 of 8 in Abhorsen

2001 • 320 Readers • 460 pages 4.3

American Gods

#1 of 2 in American Gods

2001 • 3,023 Readers • 635 pages 4

Perdido Street Station

#1 of 8 in New Crobuzon

2000 • 728 Readers • 24h 9m 4

Neverwhere

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

1996 • 1,737 Readers • 480 pages 4.1

The Amber Spyglass

#3 of 3 in His Dark Materials

1999 • 973 Readers • 518 pages 4

The Subtle Knife

#2 of 3 in His Dark Materials

1995 • 1,084 Readers • 326 pages 4.1

An Ember in the Ashes

#1 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes

2015 • 935 Readers • 481 pages 4.1

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1989 • 2,078 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

Gardens of the Moon

#1 of 10 in Malazan Book of the Fallen

1999 • 1,357 Readers • 559 pages 4

Throne of Glass

#1 of 8 in Throne of Glass

2012 • 1,972 Readers • 432 pages 3.9

The Tombs of Atuan

#2 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

1970 • 525 Readers • 256 pages 4

Into the Labyrinth

#1 of 7 in Mage Errant

2018 • 88 Readers • 214 pages 3.7

Wool

#1 of 3 in Silo

2011 • 1,524 Readers • 592 pages 4.1

Finch

#3 of 3 in Ambergris

2009 • 57 Readers • 339 pages 4

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

1962 • 1,169 Readers • 146 pages 4

Tongue Eater

#6 of 7 in Mage Errant

2022 • 48 Readers • 577 pages 4

Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners

#1 of 3 in The World of Riverside

1986 • 145 Readers • 269 pages 3.2

The City We Became

#1 of 2 in Great Cities

2020 • 1,048 Readers • 437 pages 3.8

Nine Princes in Amber

#1 of 15 in The Chronicles of Amber

1970 • 378 Readers • 175 pages 3.6

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

#1 in Strange & Norrell

2004 • 1,474 Readers • 865 pages 4

Soulless

#1 of 6 in Parasol Protectorate

2009 • 411 Readers • 357 pages 3.8

The Hobbit

#0 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1937 • 4,929 Readers • 300 pages 4.3

City of Miracles

#3 of 3 in The Divine Cities

2016 • 159 Readers • 448 pages 4.4

The Dreaming Place

#14 of 19 in Newford

1990 • 9 Readers • 138 pages 4.5

Fly by Night

#1 of 2 in Fly by Night

2005 • 51 Readers • 487 pages 3.8

The Darkness Outside Us

#1 of 2 in The Darkness Outside Us

2021 • 248 Readers • 416 pages 4.2

Dark Matter

2016 • 2,676 Readers • 340 pages 4

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1989 • 6,387 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

The Saga of the Witcher

2020 • 9 Readers • 1,956 pages 5

The Heritage Of Hastur

#9 of 27 in Darkover (Publication Order)

1975 • 20 Readers • 381 pages 3.8

Ready Player One

#1 of 2 in Ready Player One

2008 • 3,375 Readers • 384 pages 4

Shadow and Bone

#1 of 3 in The Shadow and Bone Trilogy

2012 • 1,878 Readers • 307 pages 3.7

Spiritwalk

#11 of 7 in Ottawa and the Valley

1992 • 14 Readers • 380 pages 4

Burn for me

#1 of 5 in Hidden Legacy

2014 • 161 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

Ancillary Justice

#1 of 5 in Imperial Radch

2013 • 1,149 Readers • 416 pages 4

Gideon the Ninth

#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb

2019 • 1,934 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

A Face Like Glass

2012 • 75 Readers • 496 pages 4.1

Red Rising

#1 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

2014 • 3,249 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

Perelandra

#2 of 3 in The Space Trilogy

1943 • 144 Readers • 216 pages 3.9

Neuromancer

#1 of 3 in Sprawl

1984 • 2,160 Readers • 271 pages 3.8

The City & The City

2009 • 666 Readers • 336 pages 4

The Priory of the Orange Tree

#1 of 1 in The Roots of Chaos

2018 • 1,904 Readers • 849 pages 4.1

Helliconia Summer

#2 of 4 in Helliconia

1982 • 20 Readers • 416 pages 3.1

The Mask of Mirrors

#1 of 3 in Rook & Rose

2021 • 313 Readers • 672 pages 4.3

The Eye of the World

#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time

1990 • 2,261 Readers • 708 pages 4

Fairy Tale

2022 • 1,116 Readers • 608 pages 3.9

Crown of Midnight

#2 of 8 in Throne of Glass

2013 • 1,213 Readers • 420 pages 4.2

Child of the River

#1 of 5 in Confluence

1997 • 8 Readers • 336 pages 4.3

The Briar Book of the Dead

7 Sourdough Universe

2024 • 48 Readers • 368 pages 4.1

Ender's Game

#1 of 6 in Ender's Saga

1985 • 3,013 Readers • 256 pages 4.3

Out of the Silent Planet

#1 of 3 in The Space Trilogy

1938 • 314 Readers • 155 pages 3.8

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Complete Series

#1-7 of 7 in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

1995 • 36 Readers • 1,104 pages 4.8

The Many Coloured Land & The Golden Torc

#1-2 of 6 in Saga of the Pliocene Exile

2005 • 2 Readers • 788 pages 4.5

Eragon

#1 of 5 in The Inheritance Cycle

2002 • 1,880 Readers • 518 pages 3.6

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

#1 of 1 in Fractalverse

2020 • 873 Readers • 880 pages 3.7

Truthwitch

#1 of 4 in The Witchlands

2001 • 327 Readers • 416 pages 3.5

Heroes Die

#1 of 5 in The Acts of Caine

1998 • 175 Readers • 563 pages 4

A Study in Drowning

#1 of 2 in A Study in Drowning

2023 • 641 Readers 3.6

In the Belly of the Whale

2024 • 3 Readers 4

A Magic Steeped in Poison

#1 of 2 in The Book of Tea

2022 • 418 Readers • 352 pages 3.8

The Curse of Chalion

#1 of 4 in World of the Five Gods (Publication)

2001 • 402 Readers 4.2

Seveneves

2015 • 1,029 Readers • 867 pages 3.9

Malice

#1 of 4 in The Faithful and the Fallen

2012 • 878 Readers • 640 pages 4

Adventure in Forgotten Valley

1962 • 2 Readers • 195 pages 4

Winter's Tale

1983 • 109 Readers • 753 pages 3.8

The Days of the Deer

#1 of 5 in La saga de los confines

1999 • 20 Readers • 320 pages 4.3

Zodiac Academy: The Awakening

#1 of 9 in Zodiac Academy

2019 • 347 Readers • 436 pages 3.3

Children of Time

#1 of 3 in Children of Time

2015 • 1,934 Readers • 600 pages 4.3

We Hunt the Flame

#1 of 2 in Sands of Arawiya

2019 • 520 Readers • 480 pages 3.7

Siege and Storm

#2 of 3 in The Shadow and Bone Trilogy

2013 • 1,087 Readers • 416 pages 3.6

House of Leaves

1999 • 1,707 Readers • 709 pages 4.1

Black Sun

#1 of 3 in Between Earth and Sky

2020 • 837 Readers • 464 pages 4.1

Artemis

2015 • 1,674 Readers • 305 pages 3.6

The Magic of Recluce

#1 of 24 in The Saga of Recluce

1991 • 161 Readers • 501 pages 3.6

The Traitor Baru Cormorant

#1 of 3 in The Masquerade

2015 • 553 Readers • 400 pages 3.9

Revelation Space

#1 of 5 in Revelation Space

2000 • 595 Readers • 596 pages 3.9

The Host

#1 of 1 in The Host

2005 • 689 Readers • 539 pages 3.6