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65%
Match score
3.7
Hardcover rating
Binti #1
Binti #1
Binti
Nnedi Okorafor2015
Robin Miles
Competent ProtagonistNon-Western SettingDiplomacyCharacter-Driven
65%
Match score
3.7
Hardcover rating
The Water Outlaws #1
The Water Outlaws
S.L. Huang2022
Emily Woo Zeller
Competent ProtagonistNon-Western SettingHistorical FantasyAdult
64%
Match score
4.4
Hardcover rating
Secret Projects #5
Isles of the Emberdark
Brandon Sanderson2025
Kaleo Griffith, Jennifer Jill Araya
Competent ProtagonistNon-Western SettingColonialismAdult
62%
Match score
4.1
Hardcover rating
Dead Djinn Universe #1
A Master of Djinn
P. Djèlí Clark2019
Suehyla El-Attar
Competent ProtagonistAlternate HistoryHistorical FantasyNon-Western Setting
62%
Match score
3.6
Hardcover rating
A Half-Built Garden
Ruthanna Emrys2022
Kate Handford
DiplomacyCompetent ProtagonistAdultCharacter-Driven
61%
Match score
4.1
Hardcover rating
Hainish Cycle #4
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin1969
George Guidall
DiplomacyAdultCompetent ProtagonistCharacter-Driven
61%
Match score
4.0
Hardcover rating
The Daevabad Trilogy #1
The City of Brass
S. A. Chakraborty2017
Soneela Nankani
Historical FantasyNon-Western SettingCompetent ProtagonistCharacter-Driven
61%
Match score
4.3
Hardcover rating
Under Heaven #1
Under Heaven #1
Under Heaven
Guy Gavriel Kay2010
Simon Vance
Historical FantasyNon-Western SettingAdultCompetent Protagonist
60%
Match score
4.2
Hardcover rating
The Lions of Al-Rassan
Guy Gavriel Kay1995
Euan Morton
Historical FantasyNon-Western SettingCompetent ProtagonistAdult
60%
Match score
4.1
Hardcover rating
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy #1
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy #1
Chaos Rising
Timothy Zahn2020
Marc Thompson
Competent ProtagonistAdultNon-Human ProtagonistPolitical Intrigue
59%
Match score
4.1
Hardcover rating
Skyward Flight #2
ReDawn
Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson2021
Suzy Jackson
Competent ProtagonistNon-Human ProtagonistDiplomacyFriendship
59%
Match score
4.3
Hardcover rating
The Empire Trilogy #2
Servant of the Empire
Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts1990
Tania Rodrigues
Non-Western SettingAdultCompetent ProtagonistPolitical Intrigue
59%
Match score
4.0
Hardcover rating
Old Man's War #3
The Last Colony
John Scalzi2007
William Dufris
Competent ProtagonistAdultDiplomacyColonialism
58%
Match score
4.1
Hardcover rating
Discworld #21
Discworld #21
Jingo
Terry Pratchett1996
Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz, Jon Culshaw
Competent ProtagonistAdultDiplomacyCharacter-Driven
57%
Match score
4.3
Hardcover rating
The Expanse #7
The Expanse #7
Persepolis Rising
James S. A. Corey2017
Jefferson Mays
AdultCompetent ProtagonistColonialismPolitical Intrigue
57%
Match score
4.0
Hardcover rating
Fallen Dragon
Peter F. Hamilton2001
John Lee
AdultColonialismCompetent ProtagonistWorld-Building Heavy
55%
Match score
4.2
Hardcover rating
Archimedes Engine #1
Exodus: The Archimedes Engine
Peter F. Hamilton2024
John Lee
Competent ProtagonistAdultColonialismExploration
55%
Match score
4.1
Hardcover rating
Commonwealth: Chronicle of the Fallers #1
Commonwealth: Chronicle of the Fallers #1
The Abyss Beyond Dreams
Peter F. Hamilton2014
John Lee
AdultCompetent ProtagonistWorld-Building HeavyDiplomacy
54%
Match score
4.2
Hardcover rating
The Golem and the Djinni #1
The Golem and the Djinni
Helene Wecker2013
George Guidall
Historical FantasyCharacter-DrivenNon-Human ProtagonistFriendship
