Martha Wells’ Murderbot series, starts with All Systems Red
Anne Leckie’s Ancillary Justice series
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon The Ninth (lesbian necromancers in spaaaace!)
JB’s The Cruel Stars
And file under older but still great:
Jon Courtney-Grimwood’s Arabesk series, cyberpunk alt history set in Alexandria, starting with Pashazde
The Laundry Files by Charles Stross (actually spy / horror) starting with The Atrocity Archives A short story, Down On The Farm, set in the same universe is free to read here
Martha Wells’ Murderbot series, starts with All Systems Red Anne Leckie’s Ancillary Justice series Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon The Ninth (lesbian necromancers in spaaaace!) JB’s The Cruel Stars And file under older but still great: Jon Courtney-Grimwood’s Arabesk series, cyberpunk alt history set in Alexandria, starting with Pashazde The Laundry Files by Charles Stross (actually spy / horror) starting with The Atrocity Archives A short story, Down On The Farm, set in the same universe is free to read here