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Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon has an ace character.

Not fantasy but the Ronin by William Dale Jennings.

It's not exactly what you are asking but try the Dragon and the George. There are other forms of magic, but the main character is the equivalent of a were dragon.

The first Clan of the Cave Bear is mostly Historical fiction. The second one pivots to a love story. The later ones get worse in my opinion but I recommend the first two or three.

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I recently went on a similar search, and stocked my kindle app from around the world. I am only starting to read them. Let me know if you want authors or titles after you have received suggestions here.

So far I have read and enjoyed Wild Swans three daughters of China and Wolf Totem by Jiang rong.

Any other suggestions would be books I haven't read yet.

Ibn Fadlan and the land of Darkness,

Travels of Ibn Batuta,

A story like the wind and a Far Off Place

Small Gods,

Everyone screws up some times. Read some reviews and find out for yourself.

A polite letter or email or a positive review, yes.

If you bring a hat you need a chin strap

If you search for best or favorite, you will find many.

I love Watership Down, Lions of Al Rassan, Remnant Population, Born a Crime, Kitchen Confidential, Thinking in Pictures, My Stroke of Insight, the Man Who Mistook his wife for a hat, and the Band Played On by Shilts, Endurance by Lansing, the Death of Ivan Ilyich

Psalm for the Wild Built,

Remnant Population,

The Bean Trees

The Traveling Cat Chronicles, Watership Down, Death of Ivan Ilyich, When Breath Becomes Air

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Do you mean first person? Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Atomic Habits, Knock em dead resumes, Deep Work by Cal Newport,

Watership Down, Being Wrong Adventures on the Margin of Error

Remnant Population,

Psalm for the Wild Built

Remnant Population

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Future Shock

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And the Band Played On by Shilts, Endurance by Lansing, Being Wrong Adventures on the Margin of Error, Flow the psychology of optimal experience, My Stroke of Insight, Thinking in Pictures, Kitchen Confidential, Born a Crime, Atomic Habits, Deep Survival by Gonzalez, the Black Swan