A Memory Called Empire

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, part of a space opera duology about an ambassador to an empire solving her predecessors murder.

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine is softer sci-fi, but I think it fits as a political cozy rec? ... It's a lot of politics, linguistics, and delicious world-building.

The first book is called a Memory Called Empire, and it follows a protagonist who is on a diplomatic mission (sound familiar? XD) to the metropole of an empire as a foreigner.

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine explores the soft power of imperialism really well, and is also a good exploration of language

Bonus sci-fi recommendation: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine.

I really love Teixcalaanli names from A Memory Called Empire. They're not unpronounceable, just strange & alien in a really charming way. The whole status system around the number & the category of noun in each name was fun too.

I’ve found the prose in Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace to be pretty beautiful, and a big focus of how she fleshes out the societies she’s imagining is by exploring their use of language.

For sci-fi, I'd go with A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, almost reads like a Victorian novel.

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, if you are open to science fiction.

Try A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine.