Here's some standalone recommendations, and they're probably coming from left-field (Kay and Zelazny being the exception):
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
Mechanique by Genevieve Valentine
The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
The Apex Book of World SF edited by Lavie Tidhar
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