Ask HN: What is your favorite 'soft' science fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Tongue_(Elgin_novel)

A sort of Sapir-Worf hypothesis Sci fi book.

Arguably the Fifth Season by NK Jemesin is a geology Sci Fi.

And Xenogenesis by Octavia Butler an anthropology and gene editing Sci Fi.

All wonderful works.

Thank you. Sorry this thread went nowhere, heh.

Im not sure what the definition of soft is, and whether the definition has changed over the past three or four decades. Id think less emphasis of tech or what-if science, and more personal inner exploration. It used to be an emphasis on sociological or anthropological themes.

Curious to know what HN scifi fans like on the other side of hard science. Bonus points for more recent stuff including online fiction or short stories.