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

20 • 1,983 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Dune

#1 of 9 in Dune

1965 • 5,898 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

The Way of Kings

#1 of 6 in The Stormlight Archive

2010 • 3,703 Readers • 1,007 pages 4.6

Piranesi

2019 • 3,056 Readers • 246 pages 4.2

Mistborn: The Final Empire

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

2006 • 4,460 Readers • 534 pages 4.5

The Fifth Season

#1 of 3 in The Broken Earth

2015 • 2,775 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

Annihilation

#1 of 4 in Southern Reach

2014 • 2,016 Readers • 208 pages 3.7

The Return of the King

#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1950 • 1,826 Readers • 432 pages 4.6

The Lies of Locke Lamora

#1 of 3 in Gentleman Bastard

2006 • 2,314 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

The Night Circus

2011 • 2,392 Readers • 387 pages 3.9

The Books of Earthsea

#1 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

1993 • 116 Readers • 1,008 pages 4.4

The Golden Compass

#1 of 3 in His Dark Materials

1995 • 2,449 Readers • 399 pages 4

Uprooted

2015 • 1,217 Readers • 438 pages 3.9

A Game of Thrones

#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire

1996 • 4,111 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

A Memory Called Empire

#1 of 2 in Teixcalaan

2019 • 1,329 Readers • 464 pages 4.2

The Martian

#1 of 1 in The Martian

2011 • 4,001 Readers • 384 pages 4.4

A Deadly Education

#1 of 3 in The Scholomance

2020 • 1,491 Readers • 236 pages 4

Roadside Picnic

1972 • 696 Readers • 226 pages 4

Foundation

#1 of 8 in Foundation (Publication Order)

1951 • 2,402 Readers • 255 pages 4

Jade City

#1 of 3 in The Green Bone Saga

2017 • 1,759 Readers • 498 pages 4.1

The City of Brass

#1 of 4 in The Daevabad Trilogy

2017 • 1,202 Readers • 533 pages 4

The Hobbit

#0 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

10 • 5,264 Readers • 300 pages 4.3

The Shadow of the Torturer

#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun

1980 • 636 Readers • 276 pages 3.7

Lirael

#2 of 8 in Abhorsen

2001 • 345 Readers • 460 pages 4.2

American Gods

#1 of 2 in American Gods

2001 • 3,198 Readers • 635 pages 4

An Ember in the Ashes

#1 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes

2015 • 987 Readers • 481 pages 4.1

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1989 • 2,248 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

Throne of Glass

#1 of 8 in Throne of Glass

2012 • 2,095 Readers • 432 pages 3.9

The Tombs of Atuan

#2 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

1970 • 569 Readers • 256 pages 4

Perdido Street Station

#1 of 4 in New Crobuzon

2000 • 782 Readers • 24h 9m 4

The Amber Spyglass

#3 of 3 in His Dark Materials

1999 • 1,059 Readers • 518 pages 4

The Subtle Knife

#2 of 3 in His Dark Materials

1995 • 1,165 Readers • 326 pages 4.1

Neverwhere

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

1996 • 1,818 Readers • 480 pages 4.1

Wool

#1 of 3 in Silo

2011 • 1,641 Readers • 592 pages 4.1

Gardens of the Moon

#1 of 10 in Malazan Book of the Fallen

1999 • 1,448 Readers • 559 pages 4

Ready Player One

#1 of 2 in Ready Player One

2008 • 3,622 Readers • 384 pages 4

Soulless

#1 of 6 in Parasol Protectorate

2009 • 428 Readers • 357 pages 3.8

Nine Princes in Amber

#1 of 15 in The Chronicles of Amber

1970 • 402 Readers • 175 pages 3.6

Tongue Eater

#6 of 7 in Mage Errant

2022 • 53 Readers • 577 pages 3.9

The City We Became

#1 of 2 in Great Cities

2020 • 1,102 Readers • 481 pages 3.8

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

1962 • 1,236 Readers • 146 pages 3.9

City of Miracles

#3 of 3 in The Divine Cities

2016 • 167 Readers • 448 pages 4.4

Into the Labyrinth

#1 of 7 in Mage Errant

2018 • 106 Readers • 214 pages 3.7

The Eye of the World

#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time

1990 • 2,412 Readers • 708 pages 4

Red Rising

#1 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

2014 • 3,530 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

Finch

#3 of 3 in Ambergris

2009 • 62 Readers • 339 pages 3.9

The Priory of the Orange Tree

#1 of 1 in The Roots of Chaos

2018 • 2,007 Readers • 849 pages 4.1

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

#1 in Strange & Norrell

2004 • 1,545 Readers • 865 pages 4

Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners

#1 of 3 in The World of Riverside

1986 • 150 Readers • 269 pages 3.1

Ancillary Justice

#1 of 5 in Imperial Radch

2013 • 1,222 Readers • 416 pages 4

The Briar Book of the Dead

9 Sourdough Universe

2024 • 53 Readers • 368 pages 4

Fly by Night

#1 of 2 in Fly by Night

2005 • 52 Readers • 487 pages 3.8

The Darkness Outside Us

#1 of 2 in The Darkness Outside Us

2021 • 259 Readers • 416 pages 4.1

Dark Matter

2016 • 2,894 Readers • 340 pages 4

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1989 • 6,817 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

Ender's Game

#1 of 6 in Ender's Saga

1985 • 3,232 Readers • 256 pages 4.3

The Saga of the Witcher

2020 • 11 Readers • 1,956 pages 5

The Heritage Of Hastur

#9 of 27 in Darkover (Publication Order)

1975 • 20 Readers • 381 pages 3.8

Shadow and Bone

#1 of 3 in The Shadow and Bone Trilogy

2012 • 1,982 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 • 168 Readers • 400 pages 4.2

The Dreaming Place

#14 of 20 in Newford

1990 • 9 Readers • 138 pages 4.5

Gideon the Ninth

#1 of 3 in The Locked Tomb

2019 • 2,059 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

A Face Like Glass

2012 • 76 Readers • 496 pages 4.1

Perelandra

#2 of 3 in The Space Trilogy

1943 • 153 Readers • 216 pages 3.9

Neuromancer

#1 of 3 in Sprawl

1984 • 2,346 Readers • 271 pages 3.8

The City & The City

2009 • 710 Readers • 336 pages 4

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 • 329 Readers • 672 pages 4.3

Fairy Tale

2022 • 1,182 Readers • 608 pages 3.9

Crown of Midnight

#2 of 8 in Throne of Glass

2013 • 1,286 Readers • 420 pages 4.2

Child of the River

#1 of 5 in Confluence

1997 • 10 Readers • 336 pages 4

Girls' Last Tour, Vol. 6

#6 of 6 in Girls' Last Tour [ 少女終末旅行 ]

2018 • 11 Readers • 160 pages 4

Revelation Space

#1 of 5 in Revelation Space

2000 • 644 Readers • 596 pages 3.9

In the Belly of the Whale

2024 • 4 Readers 4

The Host

#1 of 1 in The Host

2005 • 721 Readers • 539 pages 3.6

Out of the Silent Planet

#1 of 3 in The Space Trilogy

1938 • 333 Readers • 155 pages 3.8

The Magic of Recluce

#1 of 24 in The Saga of Recluce

1991 • 178 Readers • 501 pages 3.7

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Complete Series

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

1995 • 43 Readers • 1,104 pages 4.8

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

#1 of 1 in Fractalverse

2020 • 912 Readers • 880 pages 3.6

Truthwitch

#1 of 4 in The Witchlands

2001 • 344 Readers • 432 pages 3.5

Eragon

#1 of 5 in The Inheritance Cycle

2002 • 2,014 Readers • 518 pages 3.6

Heroes Die

#1 of 5 in The Acts of Caine

1998 • 184 Readers • 563 pages 4.1

A Study in Drowning

#1 of 1 in A Study in Drowning

2023 • 670 Readers • 10h 31m 3.6

Zodiac Academy: The Awakening

#1 of 9 in Zodiac Academy

2019 • 450 Readers • 480 pages 3.3

A Magic Steeped in Poison

#1 of 2 in The Book of Tea

2022 • 438 Readers • 352 pages 3.7

The Lost Symbol

#3 of 5 in Robert Langdon

2009 • 937 Readers • 509 pages 3.4

The Curse of Chalion

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

2001 • 420 Readers 4.2

Seveneves

2015 • 1,112 Readers • 867 pages 3.9

Malice

#1 of 4 in The Faithful and the Fallen

2012 • 927 Readers • 640 pages 4

Adventure in Forgotten Valley

1962 • 2 Readers • 195 pages 4

Winter's Tale

1983 • 115 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

We Hunt the Flame

#1 of 2 in Sands of Arawiya

2019 • 542 Readers • 480 pages 3.7

The Many Coloured Land & The Golden Torc

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

2005 • 2 Readers • 788 pages 4.5

Children of Time

#1 of 3 in Children of Time

2015 • 2,100 Readers • 600 pages 4.3

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

#1 of 2 in Monk and Robot

2021 • 1,764 Readers • 160 pages 4.3

House of Leaves

1999 • 1,825 Readers • 709 pages 4.1

Siege and Storm

#2 of 3 in The Shadow and Bone Trilogy

2013 • 1,139 Readers • 416 pages 3.6