Have you tried The City We Became? It's the first of the books in NK Jemisin's new urban fantasy series (I think there are 2 out right now, but I haven't read the second)! I found the characters really compelling (several of whom are queer) and the plot incorporates some clever and interesting allegories for racism and gentrification in NYC.
The Final Strife is good - more fantasy / alternate reality with magic! (School for Good Mothers was so good! You might like Mother of Invention!) Empire Games is also really good - alternate universes, strong female lead, connections to East Germany! Oh, and End of Men (if you can deal with a global pandemic book - written in like 2016, but eerily accurate.) (I tend to read more space opera sci-fi, but love a good alternate universe / time travel!) Oh, and all of River Solomon's books!
Have you tried The City We Became? It's the first of the books in NK Jemisin's new urban fantasy series (I think there are 2 out right now, but I haven't read the second)! I found the characters really compelling (several of whom are queer) and the plot incorporates some clever and interesting allegories for racism and gentrification in NYC.
The Final Strife is good - more fantasy / alternate reality with magic! (School for Good Mothers was so good! You might like Mother of Invention!) Empire Games is also really good - alternate universes, strong female lead, connections to East Germany! Oh, and End of Men (if you can deal with a global pandemic book - written in like 2016, but eerily accurate.) (I tend to read more space opera sci-fi, but love a good alternate universe / time travel!) Oh, and all of River Solomon's books!
Enlighten me on Dark Academia! Which of these would fit that genre? Thanks for the recs!