Adult Science Fiction Books by Women Authors

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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 — 2,322,918 ratings
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,086 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,422 ratings
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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,494 ratings
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,139 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,289 ratings
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Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7)
Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7) 4.30 avg rating — 30,484 ratings
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Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,442 ratings
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Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 142,177 ratings
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The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,200 ratings
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Behind Blue Eyes (Behind Blue Eyes, #1)
Behind Blue Eyes (Behind Blue Eyes, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 537 ratings
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 335,092 ratings
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The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,842,998 ratings
14.
Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 39,434 ratings
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Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 15,990 ratings
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Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10)
Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10) 4.43 avg rating — 19,527 ratings
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Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,210 ratings
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Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,328 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 — 175,366 ratings
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To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 43,397 ratings
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Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating — 21,511 ratings
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Grass (Arbai, #1)
Grass (Arbai, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 13,134 ratings
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,931 ratings
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The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 29,853 ratings
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Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15)
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15) 4.21 avg rating — 16,901 ratings
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Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,676 ratings
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The Effort
The Effort 3.28 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
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The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 80,276 ratings
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Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6)
Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6) 4.23 avg rating — 41,223 ratings
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Jaran (Jaran, #1)
Jaran (Jaran, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,881 ratings
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CryoBurn (Vorkosigan Saga, #14)
CryoBurn (Vorkosigan Saga, #14) 4.08 avg rating — 16,731 ratings
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Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 4.18 avg rating — 4,620 ratings
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Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1)
Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 8,824 ratings
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,121 ratings
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,524 ratings
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,986 ratings
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Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,225 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 — 18,109 ratings
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The Summer Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #3)
The Summer Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 3,345 ratings
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Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 10,804 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 — 13,071 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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The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1)
The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 26,298 ratings
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The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6) 4.27 avg rating — 26,716 ratings
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A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,679 ratings
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Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3)
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,485 ratings
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Remnant Population
Remnant Population 4.11 avg rating — 7,106 ratings
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When She Woke
When She Woke 3.68 avg rating — 29,818 ratings
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The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,757 ratings
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The Best of All Possible Worlds
The Best of All Possible Worlds 3.61 avg rating — 5,456 ratings
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 109,172 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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Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (Pern, #7)
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (Pern, #7) 4.03 avg rating — 29,641 ratings
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The Children of Men
The Children of Men 3.67 avg rating — 51,103 ratings
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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 193,429 ratings
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MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 81,089 ratings
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Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna, #1)
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 10,913 ratings
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A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12)
A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12) 4.41 avg rating — 20,044 ratings
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Rocannon’s World
Rocannon’s World 3.79 avg rating — 23,244 ratings
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Fledgling (Theo Waitley, #1; Liaden Universe, #12)
Fledgling (Theo Waitley, #1; Liaden Universe, #12) 4.27 avg rating — 3,220 ratings
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The Word for World Is Forest
The Word for World Is Forest 4.06 avg rating — 40,126 ratings
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God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)
God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 5,373 ratings
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Mirror Dance (Vorkosigan Saga, #8)
Mirror Dance (Vorkosigan Saga, #8) 4.32 avg rating — 22,994 ratings
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Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)
Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13) 4.20 avg rating — 17,198 ratings
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The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 36,710 ratings
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Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 154,995 ratings
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Still Counting Bodies
Still Counting Bodies it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Stop Counting Bodies
Stop Counting Bodies it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Shadow City
Shadow City 3.98 avg rating — 236 ratings
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The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1)
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 7,632 ratings
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The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3)
The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3) 4.13 avg rating — 5,453 ratings
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Beholder's Eye (Web Shifters, #1)
Beholder's Eye (Web Shifters, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 1,771 ratings
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Passage
Passage 3.72 avg rating — 10,085 ratings
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Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax, #2)
Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 6,882 ratings
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Damia (The Tower and the Hive, #2)
Damia (The Tower and the Hive, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 13,390 ratings
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Dragonflight / Dragonquest (Pern: Dragon Riders of Pern, #1-2)
Dragonflight / Dragonquest (Pern: Dragon Riders of Pern, #1-2) 4.47 avg rating — 11,361 ratings
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To Ride Pegasus (The Talent, #1)
To Ride Pegasus (The Talent, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 10,721 ratings
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China Mountain Zhang
China Mountain Zhang 3.96 avg rating — 4,978 ratings
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Ammonite
Ammonite 3.90 avg rating — 6,980 ratings
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All the Weyrs of Pern (Pern, #11)
All the Weyrs of Pern (Pern, #11) 4.23 avg rating — 26,835 ratings
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Slow River
Slow River 3.85 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
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The Skies Of Pern (Pern, #16)
The Skies Of Pern (Pern, #16) 4.12 avg rating — 16,141 ratings
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City of Illusions
City of Illusions 3.94 avg rating — 11,073 ratings
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Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4)
Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 4,541 ratings
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Damia's Children (The Tower and the Hive, #3)
Damia's Children (The Tower and the Hive, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 11,422 ratings
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Endgame (Sirantha Jax, #6)
Endgame (Sirantha Jax, #6) 4.03 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
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City of Pearl (Wess'har Wars, #1)
City of Pearl (Wess'har Wars, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,312 ratings
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We Who Are About To...
We Who Are About To... 3.51 avg rating — 1,649 ratings
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Hammered (Jenny Casey, #1)
Hammered (Jenny Casey, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
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Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #1)
Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 50,759 ratings
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Pegasus in Flight (The Talent, #2)
Pegasus in Flight (The Talent, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 9,024 ratings
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Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga, #8)
Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga, #8) 4.26 avg rating — 11,883 ratings
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A Thousand Words for Stranger (Trade Pact Universe, #1)
A Thousand Words for Stranger (Trade Pact Universe, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 2,886 ratings
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The Truth of Valor (Confederation, #5)
The Truth of Valor (Confederation, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 4,026 ratings
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Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) 4.37 avg rating — 136,747 ratings
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The Better Part of Valor (Confederation, #2)
The Better Part of Valor (Confederation, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 5,727 ratings
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Letters from the Light
Letters from the Light 4.35 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Beginnings (Ahe'ey, #1)
Beginnings (Ahe'ey, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 59,024 ratings
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The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 187,495 ratings
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