So @fictograph asked for book recs so here’s a LIST. With LINKS:
Adult SFF
The Imperial Radch trilogy by Ann Leckie
Bel Dame Apocrypha by Kameron Hurley
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison**
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemsin
The Study series by Maria V. Snyder†
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
Vicious by V.E. Schwab†
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence
A Dirge for Prester John by Catherynne M. Valente
YA SFF/UF
An Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet**
The Monstrumologist series by Rick Yancey
The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon
Dreamstrider by Lindsay Smith**
Sekret & Skandal by Lindsay Smith
The Demon’s Lexicon trilogy by Sarah Rees Brennan
A Resurrection of Magic trilogy by Kathleen Duey
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin†
Black Spring by Alison Croggon
Théâtre Illuminata trilogy by Lisa Mantchev
A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
In the Shadows by Kiersten White and Jim Di Bartolo**
The Elemental Trilogy by Sherry Thomas
Crown and Court by Sherwood Smith
YA Contemporary
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart**
Ink and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani**
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephenie Oaks**
Things I Tend to Rec Less in lists simply because my mere existence is a recommendation to read them:
The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente**
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix
Graceling trilogy by Kristin Cashore
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Steifvater
† Adult/YA crossover ** standalone