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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Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien	4.54	1,282 reads
Dune Frank Herbert	4.29	3,393 reads
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson	4.61	1,952 reads
Piranesi Susanna Clarke	4.24	1,404 reads
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson	4.45	2,649 reads
Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer	3.72	1,065 reads
The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin	4.34	1,203 reads
The Lies of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch	4.29	1,020 reads
The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern	3.91	1,156 reads
The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien	4.57	1,200 reads
The Books of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	4.34	29 reads
A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin	4.37	2,875 reads
Roadside Picnic Arkady Strugatsky Boris Strugatsky Olena Bormashenko (Translator)	3.97	299 reads
Uprooted Naomi Novik	3.97	616 reads
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	4.03	1,639 reads
A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine	4.15	533 reads
The City of Brass S. A. Chakraborty	4.04	386 reads
A Deadly Education Naomi Novik	3.98	581 reads
Jade City Fonda Lee	4.09	603 reads
Foundation Isaac Asimov	3.99	1,337 reads
Lirael Garth Nix	4.26	235 reads
American Gods Neil Gaiman	4.03	1,896 reads
The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe	3.7	208 reads
The Martian Andy Weir	4.42	2,716 reads
Perdido Street Station China Miéville	3.99	287 reads
The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman	4.03	795 reads
Neverwhere Neil Gaiman	4.12	1,042 reads
An Ember in the Ashes Sabaa Tahir	4.14	381 reads
Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	3.99	538 reads
Hyperion Dan Simmons	4.26	941 reads
Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas	3.88	1,255 reads
The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin	4.04	370 reads
The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman	4.11	899 reads
Into the Labyrinth John Bierce	3.67	61 reads
Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners Ellen Kushner	3.15	51 reads
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke	3.99	637 reads
Soulless Gail Carriger	3.81	242 reads
Tongue Eater John Bierce	4	40 reads
Finch Jeff VanderMeer	3.97	21 reads
The City We Became N.K. Jemisin	3.84	353 reads
Wool Hugh Howey	4.12	952 reads
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson	3.95	539 reads
Nine Princes in Amber Roger Zelazny	3.62	199 reads
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	4.29	3,963 reads
City of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett	4.41	90 reads
The Dreaming Place Charles de Lint	4.5	3 reads
Fly by Night Frances Hardinge	3.78	24 reads
The Darkness Outside Us Eliot Schrefer	4.17	85 reads
Dark Matter Blake Crouch	4.04	1,494 reads
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.29	6,015 reads
The Saga of the Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski	5	1 read
The Heritage Of Hastur Marion Zimmer Bradley	3.78	13 reads
Ready Player One Ernest Cline	3.95	2,570 reads
Shadow and Bone Leigh Bardugo	3.7	1,163 reads
Spiritwalk Charles de Lint	4	10 reads
Burn for me Ilona Andrews	4.14	87 reads
Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie	3.99	638 reads
Gideon the Ninth Tamsyn Muir Jelena Katić Živanović (Translator)	4.08	882 reads
A Face Like Glass Frances Hardinge	4.09	26 reads
Red Rising Pierce Brown	4.14	1,601 reads
Perelandra C. S. Lewis	3.9	103 reads
Neuromancer William Gibson	3.8	1,096 reads
The City & The City China Miéville	3.97	325 reads
The Priory of the Orange Tree Samantha Shannon	4.09	584 reads
Helliconia Summer Brian W. Aldiss	3.14	10 reads
The Mask of Mirrors M.A. Carrick	4.3	59 reads
The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	4.01	1,340 reads
Fairy Tale Stephen King	3.89	512 reads
Crown of Midnight Sarah J. Maas	4.23	963 reads
Child of the River Paul J. McAuley	4.33	5 reads
The Briar Book of the Dead A.G. Slatter	4.07	8 reads
The Host Stephenie Meyer	3.58	531 reads
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	4.26	2,254 reads
Out of the Silent Planet C. S. Lewis	3.81	186 reads
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Complete Series David Lewis (Translator) Toren Smith (Translator)	4.79	17 reads
The Many Coloured Land & The Golden Torc Julian May	4.5	2 reads
Eragon Christopher Paolini	3.63	1,452 reads
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Christopher Paolini	3.66	274 reads
Truthwitch Susan Dennard	3.47	115 reads
Heroes Die Matthew Woodring Stover	4.04	45 reads
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid	3.56	153 reads
In the Belly of the Whale Michael Flynn	4	1 read
A Magic Steeped in Poison Judy I. Lin	3.75	107 reads
The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold	4.19	166 reads
The Ginger Star Leigh Brackett	4	2 reads
Seveneves Neal Stephenson	3.91	548 reads
Malice John Gwynne	3.97	229 reads
Adventure in Forgotten Valley Glyn Frewer	4	1 read
Winter's Tale Mark Helprin	3.81	31 reads
The Days of the Deer Liliana Bodoc	4.33	6 reads
Zodiac Academy: The Awakening Caroline Peckham Susanne Valenti	3.32	146 reads
Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky	4.28	875 reads
We Hunt the Flame Hafsah Faizal	3.74	124 reads
Siege and Storm Leigh Bardugo	3.65	802 reads
Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse	4.07	235 reads
House of Leaves Mark Z. Danielewski	4.11	485 reads
Artemis Andy Weir	3.6	1,038 reads
Girls' Last Tour, Vol. 6 Tsukumizu Amanda Haley (Translator)	4	6 reads
The Magic of Recluce L.E. Modesitt Jr.	3.61	81 reads
The Traitor Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson	3.85	222 reads