Today’s TTT is fun! As a primarily speculative fiction reader I love interesting and new settings, either completely made up or cool reinterpretations of existing times and place.

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

The setting in this West-African inspired YA epic fantasy is beautiful and vibrant. It’s going to be adapted by Netflix and I couldn’t be more excited because I expect it to look absolutely gorgeous on screen. I remember wishing I was more familiar with the dress styles described in the book so I could picture them better since they sounded lovely. And I love clothes.

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Set in a city on the edge of an ancient and mysterious Indian-inspired forest, this book, and imo everything Suri writes, is dripping with atmosphere. Definitely a book that makes good use of its setting and I loved how connected the old legends were to the places.

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

This book is inspired by Pre-Columbian American civilisations, and I loved the different cultures living together and the conflicts between them and their gods.

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark 

Steampunk Djinn in Cairo. How cool is that, right? As if that’s not enough we also get clockwork angels and hot ladies in suits. And some ancient Egyptian religion popping up.

Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton

What if regency style fantasy of manners, but dragons? Amazing if true. This book does one simple change, dragons instead of people, and all the harsh, scary, violent consequences of that.

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

This book is all about the setting, in way the setting is a main character. A strange house with the ocean inside and very very many statues that you can easily get lost in.

The Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes

Feeling almost like a children’s book for adults, The Imaginary Corpse is set in the world where imaginary friends go when they’ve become too real to dissappear, bt they become separated from their humans. It’s dark and optimistic at the same time, because most of the characters have been through trauma to get here, and the book is a murder mystery, but the characters are full of love and kindness.

The Bone Ships by R.J. Barker

A book to scratch all your nautical itches, with ships of bone and a strange world with highly disturbing customs.

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden

I don’t see living space ships nearly enough, but this one is fantastic, a space animal the size of a city with a very rigidly structured society living inside its organs.

Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike

The setting of Orconomics manages to feel both familiar and fresh. It’s the classic fantasy setting with orcs and elves, adventurers and monsters, but the story is all about exploring the social and economic implications of that setting, what does a dungeon delving economy actually look like.

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