Yuletide 2019 recs!

I am folding my gifts in because they were SO GOOD, all of them were basically in my Favorites of Yuletide if not My Absolute Favorites :D Trying to get this done in between Family Stuff, so apologies for any inadvertent errors. Have made notes as to whether canon knowledge is needed or not.

( Recs in 18th Century CE RPF x2, In This House of Brede - Rumer Godden, The Instrumentality of Mankind - Cordwainer Smith x2, A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine x2, The Ravens' Tower - Ann Leckie x2, Slings & Arrows x2, Star Trek: Rihannsu - Diane Duane, Tanakh x2 )