Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by Ann Leckie
I'M FUCKING OBSESSED WITH THESE BOOKS.
Another reviewer commented on how domestic these novels are, where soldiers spend much more page time making tea and cleaning than holding weapons. Fascinating point. (And no, dozens of pages of Kalr Five obsessing about tea and propriety and making plausibly-deniable wordless judgements on everyone isn't remotely boring! I love her.)
One thing I am still thinking about: there would probably be a lot more resentment about who's deserving/undeserving in such a socialist society if the Radch wasn't also extremely wealthy... through its thousands of years of conquest and colonialism.
Another thing I am still thinking about: Radchaai protest.