Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,199 ratings
2.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,500 ratings
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,696 ratings
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 992,815 ratings
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The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,872 ratings
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A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,284 ratings
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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
Uglies (Uglies, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 701,243 ratings
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Legend (Legend, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)
by: Marie Lu
4.15 avg rating — 556,091 ratings
9.
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 48,415 ratings
10.
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 39,433 ratings
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Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating — 149,983 ratings
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Delirium (Delirium, #1)
Delirium (Delirium, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 476,693 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,249 ratings
14.
Matched (Matched, #1)
Matched (Matched, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 809,373 ratings
15.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,816 ratings
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Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 142,178 ratings
17.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,438 ratings
18.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,038 ratings
19.
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 231,960 ratings
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,516 ratings
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Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,210 ratings
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The Selection (The Selection, #1)
The Selection (The Selection, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,716,107 ratings
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Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)
Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 58,213 ratings
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The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1)
The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 13,070 ratings
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Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer, #1)
Crystal Singer (Crystal Singer, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 21,705 ratings
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,051 ratings
27.
Saga, Volume 1
Saga, Volume 1 4.16 avg rating — 354,220 ratings
28.
Inside Out (Insider, #1)
Inside Out (Insider, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 24,975 ratings
29.
Friday
Friday 3.85 avg rating — 30,143 ratings
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The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1)
The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 26,298 ratings
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Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 15,989 ratings
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Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1)
Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,048 ratings
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Clutch (I Am Just Junco, #1)
Clutch (I Am Just Junco, #1)
by: J.A. Huss
3.77 avg rating — 1,210 ratings
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,980 ratings
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The Rowan (The Tower and the Hive, #1)
The Rowan (The Tower and the Hive, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 18,110 ratings
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Tinker (Elfhome, #1)
Tinker (Elfhome, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 5,825 ratings
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Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 94,191 ratings
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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer 4.16 avg rating — 92,359 ratings
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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,491 ratings
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Grass (Arbai, #1)
Grass (Arbai, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 13,134 ratings
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,083 ratings
42.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,809 ratings
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Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 132,385 ratings
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Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 115,144 ratings
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Hunting Party (The Serrano Legacy, #1)
Hunting Party (The Serrano Legacy, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 6,405 ratings
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 175,347 ratings
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Feed (Newsflesh, #1)
Feed (Newsflesh, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 60,901 ratings
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A Confederation of Valor (Confederation, #1-2)
A Confederation of Valor (Confederation, #1-2) 4.20 avg rating — 1,545 ratings
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Dreamsnake
Dreamsnake 3.87 avg rating — 11,064 ratings
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The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 474,627 ratings
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Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1)
Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 119,084 ratings
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A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 65,232 ratings
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The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story 3.96 avg rating — 16,713 ratings
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Enclave (Razorland, #1)
Enclave (Razorland, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 70,559 ratings
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Mutineer (Kris Longknife, #1)
Mutineer (Kris Longknife, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 5,868 ratings
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Alien
Alien 4.09 avg rating — 22,038 ratings
57.
The Gate to Women's Country
The Gate to Women's Country 4.06 avg rating — 13,949 ratings
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Chameleon (The Domino Project, #1)
Chameleon (The Domino Project, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 229 ratings
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Remnant Population
Remnant Population 4.11 avg rating — 7,106 ratings
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In Fury Born (1) (Fury Series)
In Fury Born (1) (Fury Series) 4.31 avg rating — 7,337 ratings
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Freedom's Landing (Catteni, #1)
Freedom's Landing (Catteni, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 12,196 ratings
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The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 203,774 ratings
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Slow River
Slow River 3.85 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,150 ratings
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Stardoc (Stardoc, #1)
Stardoc (Stardoc, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 3,906 ratings
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Ammonite
Ammonite 3.90 avg rating — 6,980 ratings
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Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,327 ratings
68.
Bellwether
Bellwether 3.93 avg rating — 13,558 ratings
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Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1)
Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 8,818 ratings
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Impermanence
Impermanence 4.24 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Jaran (Jaran, #1)
Jaran (Jaran, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,881 ratings
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Atlas
Atlas 3.99 avg rating — 767 ratings
73.
Sassinak (Planet Pirates, #1)
Sassinak (Planet Pirates, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 8,537 ratings
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Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna, #1)
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 10,912 ratings
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In the Garden of Iden (The Company, #1)
In the Garden of Iden (The Company, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 5,869 ratings
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Pushing Ice
Pushing Ice 4.07 avg rating — 21,501 ratings
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The Girls From Alcyone (The Girls from Alcyone #1)
The Girls From Alcyone (The Girls from Alcyone #1) 3.78 avg rating — 1,999 ratings
78.
The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,755 ratings
79.
City of Pearl (Wess'har Wars, #1)
City of Pearl (Wess'har Wars, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,312 ratings
80.
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3)
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,486 ratings
81.
Stray (Touchstone, #1)
Stray (Touchstone, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,966 ratings
82.
Cordelia's Honor (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #1)
Cordelia's Honor (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 14,358 ratings
83.
Podkayne of Mars
Podkayne of Mars 3.67 avg rating — 9,434 ratings
84.
Hammered (Jenny Casey, #1)
Hammered (Jenny Casey, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
85.
Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1)
Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 8,824 ratings
86.
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 29,642 ratings
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Stitch (Stitch Trilogy, #1)
Stitch (Stitch Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 1,281 ratings
88.
Titan (Gaea, #1)
Titan (Gaea, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 9,321 ratings
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Archangel (Samaria, #1)
Archangel (Samaria, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 10,793 ratings
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Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,149,411 ratings
91.
Dragon Dawn (Dinosaurian Time Travel, #1)
Dragon Dawn (Dinosaurian Time Travel, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 226 ratings
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A Soldier in Love
A Soldier in Love
by: A. Petrov
3.23 avg rating — 189 ratings
93.
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 281,830 ratings
94.
Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,673 ratings
95.
Survival (Species Imperative, #1)
Survival (Species Imperative, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 2,215 ratings
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Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8)
Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8) 3.86 avg rating — 18,369 ratings
96.
The Telling
The Telling 3.98 avg rating — 8,846 ratings
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Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating — 19,536 ratings
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A Beautiful Friendship (Honorverse: Star Kingdom, #1)
A Beautiful Friendship (Honorverse: Star Kingdom, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 5,275 ratings
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Blackout (Oxford Time Travel, #3)
Blackout (Oxford Time Travel, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 26,988 ratings
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