Recs if you like The Redemption of Althalus...

"Place as character" is usually reserved for lush descriptions that bring environments to life, and less often used for environments that have a life of their own. This list includes houses, homes, castles, spaceships, anywhere people will spend time and call home. Not meant to include haunted houses, but a case could be argued for specific ones. c:

Only including the first in a series unless books feature different sentient places.

Fantasy & Sci Fi books featuring Con Artists, Thieves, Gamblers, Knaves, and other assorted Rogues. Trying to give love to more rogues than just the assassin-type characters

Fantasy set in bronze age. A historical fiction or two may have slipped in.