If it is a Clariion (looks like it, but kinda blurry) it’s likely a CX4. Those aren’t CX3 bezels on the controllers.

N.K. Jemesin’s Broken Earth series is excellent.

I’ve also enjoyed most of what I’ve read by Mercedes Lackey. Anne McCaffrey’s another prolific female fantasy author - some of the Pern series is great, some were meh, but there’s like 20+ books to it.