People have already mentioned qntm, but I’ll put another plug in for “Valuable Humans in Transit” https://qntm.org/vhitaos

Sol Quy with monthly short stories: https://solquy.substack.com/p/111123-the-gunslinger

Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Children of Time” series is fantastic.

Vernor Vinge can be a bit variable, but I would start with “A Fire Upon the Deep”

Children of Time is great. Children of Ruin was a lot of fun, but I was convinced by friends Children of Memory wasn't worth it.

Children of Memory is my favourite in the series! If you liked the first two (#1 was significantly better imo), you should 100% go for the third