Cherryh's books and the Expanse sound really similar. Though there's not much 'alienated stranger finds place' in the Expanse. I'll have to add them to the book backlog, they sound like the sort of thing I'd like!

(I admit I find 'this has representation!' without any explanation of what the story is about annoying. Representation is a selling point, but it's not enough to make me enjoy, say, a depressing novel set in the 1930s. Plus, I've seen a fair few examples of people reccomending something because it has representation without saying whether it was good or not, and sometimes it ends up weird. Like 'watch the Crying Game, it has representation!' levels of weird.)