Really, Lord of the Rings is what comes to mind for this for me. The languages were developed to reflect the people who used them, which is really cool. I can’t think of a whole lot of books that I’ve read that had particularly good or inspiring world building, unfortunately.
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Honestly? The world of the Shadowhunters as created by Cassandra Clare. Her series aren’t the greatest things ever, but even years after reading The Mortal Instruments/The Infernal Devices I still return to the franchise’s Wikia every couple months just to reacquaint myself with the lore for fun 
There’s just so much - so many generations and names, and tons of Biblical/folklore references (which I personally love) - and it’s inspiring!
@Writers Do you have any stories with great world building that inspired you?
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Kito, definitely Loogie’s Kito!
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The Illuminae files (the series) has a really good world… Wouldn’t say I love how it’s written but I was obsessed when I first read it.
There’s also this other book I’m reading and I really love how it’s written! It’s called Blue Ticket and it’s about a society where if you’re a woman and you get a white ticket you’re meant to be a mom and have kids and if you get a blue ticket you can’t and that’s basically law… I love the style it’s written in and even tho I’m not done so far it has a pretty good world.
The author doesn’t do the thing I hate which is have a big blurb of explanation… It’s kinda slowly explained through a lot of imagery.
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DND and Pathfinder.
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Six of Crows.
Avatar: The Last Airbender has a neat world-building for me. However, it sucks to be in that world if you’re not a bender, but the concept of bending elements is still amazing and I like how each bending discipline is related to a real-life martial art. To make things better, the bending can be explained by Science.
I just hate how this amazing world-building was butchered in the The Legend of Korra. There were a lot of inconsistencies, and it broke a lot of lores in the previous series.
I second, third, fourth and fifth this statement 
And I’m going to add Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood to this since ngl I really liked the way the whole area in the story actually played a large role in the plot but then again I’m adding FMA brotherhood to all my lists of inspiration.
And I discovered that because of Loogie too so clearly he’s just a radlad.
@chaoticdeluge get preeshed
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