Must Read SFF Novels By Women Authors

1.
Among Others
Among Others
by: Jo Walton
3.71 avg rating — 25,525 ratings
2.
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 135,450 ratings
3.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,442 ratings
4.
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 84,562 ratings
5.
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 120,811 ratings
5.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 175,372 ratings
7.
Uprooted
Uprooted 4.03 avg rating — 256,813 ratings
8.
Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories, #2)
Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 5,786 ratings
9.
The Alchemy of Stone
The Alchemy of Stone 3.64 avg rating — 2,488 ratings
10.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,500 ratings
11.
Arrows of the Queen (Heralds of Valdemar, #1)
Arrows of the Queen (Heralds of Valdemar, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 39,494 ratings
12.
Ash
Ash 3.63 avg rating — 37,573 ratings
13.
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 378,350 ratings
13.
Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1)
Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 17,846 ratings
15.
The Pyramid Waltz
The Pyramid Waltz 3.76 avg rating — 971 ratings
16.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,277 ratings
17.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,164 ratings
18.
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 34,059 ratings
19.
The Etched City
The Etched City 3.67 avg rating — 2,835 ratings
20.
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld 4.07 avg rating — 20,643 ratings
21.
River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1)
River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 11,407 ratings
22.
Dragons in the Earth (Horses of the Moon, #1)
Dragons in the Earth (Horses of the Moon, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 59 ratings
23.
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,837 ratings
24.
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe 3.86 avg rating — 4,874 ratings
25.
The Dragonriders of Pern: Books 1-3
The Dragonriders of Pern: Books 1-3 4.28 avg rating — 30,708 ratings
26.
The Cold Eye (2) (The Devil's West)
The Cold Eye (2) (The Devil's West) 3.97 avg rating — 1,059 ratings
27.
The Shattered Queen
The Shattered Queen 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
28.
A Brother's Price
A Brother's Price 3.95 avg rating — 2,924 ratings
29.
Last Song Before Night (The Harp and Ring Sequence #1)
Last Song Before Night (The Harp and Ring Sequence #1) 3.41 avg rating — 1,246 ratings
30.
Ghost Talkers
Ghost Talkers 3.86 avg rating — 4,660 ratings
31.
Roses and Rot
Roses and Rot 3.55 avg rating — 3,679 ratings
32.
Magonia (Magonia, #1)
Magonia (Magonia, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 19,313 ratings
33.
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1)
Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 12,544 ratings
34.
Silver on the Road (The Devil's West, #1)
Silver on the Road (The Devil's West, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,540 ratings
35.
Memory of Water
Memory of Water 3.65 avg rating — 9,991 ratings
36.
At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories
At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories 4.05 avg rating — 2,583 ratings
37.
A Memory of Wind
A Memory of Wind 3.82 avg rating — 721 ratings
38.
How the World Became Quiet
How the World Became Quiet 3.89 avg rating — 236 ratings
39.
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere, #1)
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 25,622 ratings
40.
Updraft (Bone Universe, #1)
Updraft (Bone Universe, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 3,331 ratings
41.
Songs for Ophelia
Songs for Ophelia 4.31 avg rating — 81 ratings
42.
The Pattern Scars
The Pattern Scars 3.89 avg rating — 231 ratings
43.
A Wind in Cairo
A Wind in Cairo 4.05 avg rating — 318 ratings