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Robert Jackson Bennett: City of Stairs (2014)

"The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, …

Mirror of our world

What I liked about this book that even though it's a fiction, you still feel it's basically talking about reality. It almost seems like it fits, but it doesn't. This kept me thinking throughout reading. Like others mentioned, it reminds of Pratchett in serious settings.