My speculative and historical fiction tier list | Looking for recommendations
Making a speculative and historical fiction tier list of all the books I've read in the hope of getting some good recommendations.
Tiers are:
11/10: Books that blew my mind!
Perfect: Like it says on the tin, perfect books. Ambitious, well-executed, and a joy to read.
Great: Brilliant books I enjoyed, but not quite as much as the tier above.
Good: Really good books but lacking in some ways - either the ending didn't quite land, the twist was predictable, or I didn't feel a desire to dive back in.
≤ 3*s: Okay, but I would attach caveats to recommending them to people.
Disappointed: Books I had high hopes for but let me down in one way or another - a real struggle to finish.
There are a few unfinished series - I have watched all of Game of Thrones but am slowly making my way through A Song of Ice and Fire. I am aware that A Storm of Swords would probably rank quite highly. I also need to finish Earthsea and Remembrance of Earth's Past.
As a rule, I try not to read books that I believe will be below a 7/10 (life's too short and there's too many brilliant books out there not to be a little bit fussy).
Any suggestions for authors that provide a different worldview to my own (White-British-male) would be greatly appreciated. Series like the Broken Earth and Earthseed, thought not featuring in the highest tiers of this list, were still really interesting and valuable to read.
Thank you for your time.