Looking for books in the vein of The Power (Naomi Alderman), in that it's basically our world, with a significant (speculative) difference that is mined for social commentary.
Some other titles I enjoyed:
The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
The Anomaly – Herve Le Tellier
The School for Good Mothers – Jessamine Chan
Nightbitch – Rachel Yoder
Death Valley / The Pisces – Melissa Broder
Venomous Lumpsucker – Ned Beauman
Shades of Grey – Jasper Fforde (this one is maybe more solidly speculative than I'm really looking for, but I loved the story)
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Ella Minnow Pea
When Women Were Dragons
Midnight’s Children
Tender Is The Flesh
The Grace Year
Jennifer Government
Jitterbug Perfume and Still Life With Woodpecker, then all of Tom Robbins other works
The Pōhaku
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Lud In The Mist by Hope Mirrlees is a classic literary fantasy satire.
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Lud-in-the-Mist (1926) by Hope Mirrlees is a classic fantasy novel about a prosperous, prosaic town, Dorimare, forced to confront the chaotic magic of neighboring Fairyland. When illegal fairy fruit is smuggled into the town, causing chaos, the respectable mayor, Nathaniel Chanticleer, must uncover repressed secrets, confront past taboos, and embrace the magical, dangerous, and transformative, leading to a reconciliation with the fantastical.
THE CITY & THE CITY by China Mieville