World Running Down by Al Hess was such an interesting exploration of identity, friendship, artificial intelligence, and what a peri-apocalyptic future might look like, and left me with a lot to think about. 

There is the archetype of the gated city of splendour and the surrounding communities of struggle and strife, but both are shown with care I think.  On that note, I was intrigued by some of the settings of the story - and I thought the world building was brilliant: 
- Salt Lake City as a gated city of plenty, run by artificial intelligences called Stewards, and a human council.  
- Several outer communities in varied states of anti-technology, stealing from travellers, but in a way that was implied to be subsistence based rather than just based around cruelty like some of the city based "respectable" criminals.  There is a designated queer community. 

There is a love story, some unexpected allies, a mystery, ADHD rep, and queer, trans rep. It's got a great combination of cozy and adventure - and just some deep conversations. I think there is a lot going on in this book, and I think for the most part, it was really well done.