Science Fiction Books by Female 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 — 2,322,745 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,383 ratings
3.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,771,963 ratings
4.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,408 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 — 1,263,300 ratings
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,556 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,802 ratings
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,088 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,256 ratings
10.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,125 ratings
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,920 ratings
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,033 ratings
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Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,438 ratings
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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,492 ratings
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The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,842,969 ratings
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The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,190 ratings
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,827 ratings
18.
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 80,272 ratings
19.
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 39,433 ratings
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Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 142,178 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 — 43,396 ratings
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The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 29,852 ratings
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Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7)
Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7) 4.30 avg rating — 30,482 ratings
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The Children of Men
The Children of Men 3.67 avg rating — 51,099 ratings
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The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,879 ratings
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 1,596,039 ratings
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Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating — 21,510 ratings
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Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10)
Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10) 4.43 avg rating — 19,527 ratings
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Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,327 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 Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,981 ratings
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Starshine (Aurora Rising #1; Aurora Rhapsody #1)
Starshine (Aurora Rising #1; Aurora Rhapsody #1) 3.93 avg rating — 3,769 ratings
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 335,023 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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Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,185 ratings
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 992,823 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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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 — 26,715 ratings
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,521 ratings
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Brothers in Arms (Vorkosigan Saga, #5)
Brothers in Arms (Vorkosigan Saga, #5) 4.20 avg rating — 19,065 ratings
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Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)
Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 58,213 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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A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet, #2)
A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 130,953 ratings
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Cetaganda (Vorkosigan Saga, #9)
Cetaganda (Vorkosigan Saga, #9) 4.17 avg rating — 20,964 ratings
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Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1)
Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 16,167 ratings
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Dragon Dawn (Dinosaurian Time Travel, #1)
Dragon Dawn (Dinosaurian Time Travel, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 226 ratings
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A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet, #3)
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 110,833 ratings
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Falling Free (Vorkosigan Saga, #4)
Falling Free (Vorkosigan Saga, #4) 3.84 avg rating — 22,719 ratings
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The Gate to Women's Country
The Gate to Women's Country 4.06 avg rating — 13,951 ratings
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Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang 3.84 avg rating — 10,833 ratings
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Cordelia's Honor (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #1)
Cordelia's Honor (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 14,358 ratings
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Ethan of Athos (Vorkosigan Saga, #3)
Ethan of Athos (Vorkosigan Saga, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 16,721 ratings
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Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11)
Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11) 4.29 avg rating — 18,307 ratings
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Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 77,738 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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Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1)
Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 8,818 ratings
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The Silver Metal Lover (Silver Metal Lover, #1)
The Silver Metal Lover (Silver Metal Lover, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 4,168 ratings
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Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 10,805 ratings
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,092 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 — 175,351 ratings
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Grass (Arbai, #1)
Grass (Arbai, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 13,134 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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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 109,169 ratings
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Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3)
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,486 ratings
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Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3)
Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3) 4.26 avg rating — 11,883 ratings
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The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,756 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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Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13)
Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga, #13) 4.20 avg rating — 17,198 ratings
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The Speed of Dark
The Speed of Dark 3.99 avg rating — 11,545 ratings
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Seed to Harvest (Patternist, #1-4)
Seed to Harvest (Patternist, #1-4) 4.39 avg rating — 6,600 ratings
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The Word for World Is Forest
The Word for World Is Forest 4.06 avg rating — 40,124 ratings
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Rogue Genesis (Shimmer in the Dark, #1)
Rogue Genesis (Shimmer in the Dark, #1) 4.44 avg rating — 162 ratings
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Darkover Landfall
Darkover Landfall 3.86 avg rating — 6,708 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 — 5,454 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 Wind's Twelve Quarters
The Wind's Twelve Quarters 4.06 avg rating — 7,604 ratings
78.
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 84,547 ratings
79.
CryoBurn (Vorkosigan Saga, #14)
CryoBurn (Vorkosigan Saga, #14) 4.08 avg rating — 16,731 ratings
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Vertigo (Aurora Rhapsody, #2)
Vertigo (Aurora Rhapsody, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 1,640 ratings
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Remnant Population
Remnant Population 4.11 avg rating — 7,106 ratings
82.
Dreamsnake
Dreamsnake 3.87 avg rating — 11,064 ratings
83.
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 81,083 ratings
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Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,210 ratings
85.
Machinations (Last Resistance #1)
Machinations (Last Resistance #1) 3.80 avg rating — 379 ratings
86.
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 59,022 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
88.
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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Ammonite
Ammonite 3.90 avg rating — 6,980 ratings
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Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 451,905 ratings
91.
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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Bellwether
Bellwether 3.93 avg rating — 13,558 ratings
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Delirium (Delirium, #1)
Delirium (Delirium, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 476,694 ratings
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Women of Wonder: Science-Fiction Stories by Women about Women
Women of Wonder: Science-Fiction Stories by Women about Women 3.96 avg rating — 359 ratings
95.
China Mountain Zhang
China Mountain Zhang 3.96 avg rating — 4,978 ratings
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Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)
Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 27,343 ratings
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Imago (Xenogenesis, #3)
Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 23,523 ratings
98.
Among Others
Among Others
by: Jo Walton
3.71 avg rating — 25,522 ratings
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Fledgling
Fledgling 3.80 avg rating — 37,682 ratings
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
Bloodchild and Other Stories 4.35 avg rating — 26,122 ratings
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