The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers (2014)
Like the Monk and Robot books, this one wears its politics on its sleeves, a mite too obviously for my taste. The intergalactic relations plot intrigued me, but the star of this show is the cast, the crew members of the Wayfarer. Even when i was conscious of having my heart strings expertly plucked, the music moved me. What will stick with me most is how this book explores some ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence. If you don't mind a leisurely, episodic approach to SF, you will probably find things to like, maybe love, in this novel.