yes this is both a standing recommendation list And an invitation to send me new stuff to read (although we all know that the chances of me getting to them is......... Wildly Variable. i have so many books to read)

fantasy (/ish):

• anything by brandon sanderson. the man is god
• Anything by n.k. jemisin, especially the broken earth trilogy
• the locked tomb trilogy, tamsyn muir
• the kingkiller chronicles, patrick rothfuss
• american gods, neil gaiman
• good omens, neil gaiman & terry pratchett
• the flora fyrdraaca series, ysabeau s. wilce
• the war of the flowers, tad williams
• lord of the rings, j.r.r. tolkien (lotr gay revisionist)
• the guardians of ga'hoole series, kathryn lasky
• the sisters grimm series, michael buckley

sci-fi (/ish):

• the terra ignota series, ada palmer
• the machines of empire trilogy, yoon ha lee
• the imperial radch trilogy, ann leckie
• the lady astronaut series, mary robinette kowal
• seveneves, neal stephenson
• the southern reach trilogy, jeff vandermeer
• the saga series, brian k. vaughn & fiona staples
• nod, adrian barnes
• walkaway, cory doctorow
• the future of another timeline, annalee newitz
• the long earth series, stephen baxter & terry pratchett
• the story of your life, ted chiang
• the www:wake trilogy, robert j. sawyer
• void, rhiannon lassiter