Murderbot, Leckie, LeGuin

Read everything in the Murderbot and Imperial Radch series and looking for recs. I lean toward AI, genderqueer, socio-political -- like Atwood.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, readers.

>1 danadalloway: I'll be tagging along to see what people recommend. You will have to give them a while to find this thread and respond.

>1 danadalloway: Have you read anything by Richard K. Morgan?

Elizabeth Bear comes to mind.
Arkady Martine
Mur Lafferty might also be interesting.
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
C S Friedman - mostly her early works.

>1 danadalloway: Have you read Ninefox Gambit? This is the first book in the Machineries of Empire series. These are complex, cruel, and very imaginative books. I think they might fit your criteria.

A few that spring to mind for AI SF elements:
Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O’Keefe (1st of a series, has non-binary rep in it as well)
Medusa Uploaded by Emily Devenport (I think she wrote a follow-up to this)

Personally, I really like how inventive Saad Z. Hossain is with AI. You could try one of his novellas, The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday or Kundo Wakes Up. If you like those definitely try Cyber Mage.

If you like Atwood and Le Guin, you might like Grass by Sheri Tepper (it’s been a long time since I’ve read that one so not sure how well it holds up). Also, you might like Ring of Swords by Eleanor Arnason.

You might like The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (an AI tries to solve a mystery), or also Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove, which is like Murderbot meets Frankenstein in space.

Either The Stars are Legion or The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley.

Annalee Newitz books might fit the bill for you.

The Power by Naomi Alderman would probably suit you. I've heard good things about her other works, but haven't gotten around to any others yet.

Walkaway might be to your taste as well.

The works of Ian McDonald might appeal.

I second >12 ScoLgo:'s suggestion. The Dervish House and River of Gods could be of particular interest.

K.B. Wagers fits into that sort of space, although less AI than some of those.