Glad to see I wasn't the only one with that problem with the Terra Ignota series. I describe them to people as "my least favorite favorite books" since they're quite good, but infuriating to read.

Brandon Sanderson is another who has started to dip into this well and it's annoying there, too. Do I really have to remember that this character is named this amongst this group of people and named another thing amongst another group of people? Often, it's never even really explicitly stated that these two characters are the same and you end up having to refer to some wiki that probably has spoilers just because you find yourself wondering "am I supposed to know who this is?"