Fantasy/ scifi with really tough worlds, where everything is stacked against the main character?

No YA, pls, I'm too old for this sh... stuff! :) Some examples of what I mean: Baru Cormorant, Book of the New Sun, Broken Earth, Winter Road, Blood Song, Witcher, Xenogenesis, Th1rte3n, Priest of Bones, Left Hand of Darkness.

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Fantasy/ scifi with really tough worlds, where everything is stacked against the main character?

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Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss	4.4	1,641 reads
Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler	4.16	546 reads
A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine	4.16	469 reads
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson	4.6	1,727 reads
Best Served Cold Joe Abercrombie	4.11	337 reads
Persepolis Rising James S. A. Corey	4.28	473 reads
Daughter of the Sun Daughter of the Sun Lonnie Ezell	4	1 read
Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb	4.1	637 reads
Dragon Rider Taran Matharu	3.68	15 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss	4.4	1,641 reads
Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler	4.16	546 reads
A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine	4.16	469 reads
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson	4.6	1,727 reads
Best Served Cold Joe Abercrombie	4.11	337 reads
Persepolis Rising James S. A. Corey	4.28	473 reads
Daughter of the Sun Daughter of the Sun Lonnie Ezell	4	1 read
Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb	4.1	637 reads
Dragon Rider Taran Matharu	3.68	15 reads

Fantasy/ scifi with really tough worlds, where everything is stacked against the main character?

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Fantasy/ scifi with really tough worlds, where everything is stacked against the main character?