For me, currently, it is Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors. There is a lot of hate about this book. I don’t know why, the book for me is awesome. First few pages and I’m already hooked. Some chapters got me guessing on the relevance of it in the story but it all made sense at the end. Though it’s a debut novel by Mellors and some writing needs to be improved. Looking forward for her future books.
It gets a pretty weak reputation compared to the other Culture books, but it blew my mind for sure
Use of Weapons seems to get great marks and it was excellent.
For sure, I’ve been impressed by it all so far, I’m currently early on in Surface Detail. I couldn’t even pick a favorite, it would be disrespectful to the rest, lol.