Dylan Haston

For those seeking more specificity (some of these authors could fall on multiple of these lists):

For fantasy, think books like Metal From Heaven, Three Parts Dead, Fire Logic, The Lies of Locke Lamora, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Saint Death’s Daughter, The Devourers, A Stranger in Olondria, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, and The Changeling Sea.

For sci-fi, think Terra Ignota, Growing Up Weightless, This is How You Lose the Time War, The Hainish Cycle, The Fortunate Fall, Ring of Swords, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, and The Vorkosigan Saga.

For the numinous, slipstream, weird, and intergenre, think My Real Children, The Siege of Burning Grass, The Passion, Gideon the Ninth, Black Wine, Fire in the Unnameable Country, From A Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate, and Rakesfall.

Other than that, don’t self reject! I love stories of all kinds, and I’ll be hooked by anything with a strong voice. Although many of my favorite stories have a speculative edge to them, quite a few of them can also be viewed as romances, mysteries, or literary, so send those over as well!