The Spear Cuts Through Water - two warriors seeking redemption in a tale that explores the significance of myths in immigrant families.

Black Leopard Red Wolf - psychedelic afro fantasy. Brutal, challenging, masterfully done.

Angels Before Man - a queer retelling of the fall of Satan.

This is How You Lose the Time War - a series of letters between two time travelling sapphic warriors who go from hunting each other on the battlefield to sneaking love letters to one another. Trippy, moving, and gushingly poetic.

John Gwynne's Bloodsworn trilogy has been getting some well-earned attention now that the last book is out. It features a fairly balanced cast in terms of gender, but it's hard to get more masculine than fantasy vikings.