Science Fiction

Teixcalaan by Arkady Martine

Explores themes of colonialism and both cultural and individual identity against a backdrop of politics and a potential alien threat.

  1. A Memory Called Empired
  2. A Desolation Called Peace

Ancillary by Ann Leckie

Explores concepts of self, the nature of empire, and social concept of gender.

  1. Ancillary Justice
  2. Ancillary Sword
  3. Ancillary Mercy

Machinery of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee

Science fiction with a bit of magic, except that magic is framed as mathematics so that's okay.

  1. Ninefox Gambit
  2. Raven Stratagem
  3. Revenant Gun