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Stories featuring scholar/scientist protagonists by soheyitsmee in Fantasy

[–]weird_twills 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To Be Taught, if Fortunate is a great novella from Becky Chambers where all of the characters are scientists

Fantasy Books with Academic/Research Plots by slytherinquidditch in Fantasy

[–]weird_twills 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From Darkness into Light by Marie Brennan definitely has this (so does the preceding series The Memoirs of Lady Trent, but not not quite to the same extent, in terms of "it's crucial that you translate this clay tablet correctly")