/r/PrintSF Recommends Science Fiction Novels by Female Authors

1.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,500 ratings
2.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,205 ratings
3.
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
4.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,445 ratings
5.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,445 ratings
6.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,079 ratings
7.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,312 ratings
8.
The Many-Coloured Land (Saga of Pliocene Exile, #1)
The Many-Coloured Land (Saga of Pliocene Exile, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 13,331 ratings
9.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,096 ratings
10.
Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book 4.03 avg rating — 63,442 ratings
10.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,150 ratings
12.
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 4.18 avg rating — 4,620 ratings
13.
Zoo City
Zoo City 3.62 avg rating — 11,529 ratings
14.
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 80,279 ratings
15.
The Word for World Is Forest
The Word for World Is Forest 4.06 avg rating — 40,127 ratings
16.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 335,175 ratings
17.
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 39,435 ratings
18.
Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1)
Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,049 ratings
18.
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 29,853 ratings
20.
Mirabile
Mirabile 4.34 avg rating — 638 ratings
21.
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Bloodchild and Other Stories 4.35 avg rating — 26,126 ratings
22.
Bloodchild
Bloodchild really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,735 ratings
23.
Silently and Very Fast
Silently and Very Fast 4.07 avg rating — 1,896 ratings
24.
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 15,991 ratings
25.
Dreamsnake
Dreamsnake 3.87 avg rating — 11,065 ratings
26.
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating — 21,511 ratings
27.
Ice
Ice 3.65 avg rating — 11,090 ratings
28.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,277 ratings
29.
Oh Pure And Radiant Heart
Oh Pure And Radiant Heart 3.69 avg rating — 699 ratings
30.
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 77,756 ratings
31.
Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1)
Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 8,818 ratings
31.
Illusionary
Illusionary 4.29 avg rating — 153 ratings
33.
Armed camps
Armed camps
by: Kit Reed
4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings
34.
Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
by: Sue Burke
3.91 avg rating — 14,588 ratings
35.
vN (The Machine Dynasty, #1)
vN (The Machine Dynasty, #1) 3.44 avg rating — 3,087 ratings
35.
The Mount
The Mount 3.65 avg rating — 1,620 ratings
37.
Memoirs of a Spacewoman
Memoirs of a Spacewoman 3.58 avg rating — 520 ratings
37.
Warm Worlds and Otherwise
Warm Worlds and Otherwise 4.01 avg rating — 623 ratings
37.
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Canopus in Argos, #1)
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Canopus in Argos, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 2,773 ratings
40.
Ingathering: The Complete People Stories
Ingathering: The Complete People Stories 4.48 avg rating — 891 ratings
41.
Shelter
Shelter 3.91 avg rating — 346 ratings
41.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,921 ratings
43.
Eric John Stark: Outlaw of Mars
Eric John Stark: Outlaw of Mars 3.93 avg rating — 159 ratings
44.
The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,757 ratings
44.
Survival (Species Imperative, #1)
Survival (Species Imperative, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 2,215 ratings
46.
The Speed of Dark
The Speed of Dark 3.99 avg rating — 11,545 ratings
47.
China Mountain Zhang
China Mountain Zhang 3.96 avg rating — 4,978 ratings
47.
Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1)
Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 8,825 ratings
47.
Touch
Touch 3.82 avg rating — 12,392 ratings
50.
God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)
God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 5,373 ratings
50.
Hellspark
Hellspark 4.37 avg rating — 989 ratings
50.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang 3.84 avg rating — 10,835 ratings
53.
The Girl in the Road
The Girl in the Road 3.48 avg rating — 3,363 ratings
54.
Hunting Party (The Serrano Legacy, #1)
Hunting Party (The Serrano Legacy, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 6,405 ratings
54.
Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time 3.92 avg rating — 18,311 ratings
56.
Ammonite
Ammonite 3.90 avg rating — 6,980 ratings
56.
The Gate to Women's Country
The Gate to Women's Country 4.06 avg rating — 13,951 ratings
58.
The Memoirs of a Survivor
The Memoirs of a Survivor 3.59 avg rating — 3,520 ratings
59.
Juniper Time
Juniper Time 3.63 avg rating — 438 ratings
60.
Picnic on Paradise
Picnic on Paradise 3.39 avg rating — 634 ratings
61.
Missing Man
Missing Man 3.41 avg rating — 90 ratings
62.
The Long Tomorrow
The Long Tomorrow 3.68 avg rating — 2,751 ratings
63.
Native Tongue (Native Tongue, #1)
Native Tongue (Native Tongue, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 4,580 ratings
64.
In the Company of Others
In the Company of Others 3.90 avg rating — 1,412 ratings
64.
In the Mothers' Land
In the Mothers' Land 4.09 avg rating — 522 ratings
66.
A Soldier's Duty (Theirs Not to Reason Why, #1)
A Soldier's Duty (Theirs Not to Reason Why, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 4,862 ratings
66.
Grass (Arbai, #1)
Grass (Arbai, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 13,135 ratings
68.
Diving into the Wreck (Diving Universe, #1)
Diving into the Wreck (Diving Universe, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 2,403 ratings
69.
The Bohr Maker (The Nanotech Succession, #1)
The Bohr Maker (The Nanotech Succession, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 1,751 ratings
69.
Horizons
Horizons 3.61 avg rating — 153 ratings
69.
Migration (Species Imperative, #2)
Migration (Species Imperative, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 1,401 ratings
72.
Spin State (Spin Trilogy, #1)
Spin State (Spin Trilogy, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 2,514 ratings
72.
The Heat Death of the Universe and Other Stories
The Heat Death of the Universe and Other Stories 3.90 avg rating — 147 ratings
72.
Farthing (Small Change, #1)
Farthing (Small Change, #1)
by: Jo Walton
3.81 avg rating — 5,594 ratings
72.
The Silent City (Silent City #1)
The Silent City (Silent City #1) 3.63 avg rating — 297 ratings
76.
The Only Neat Thing to Do
The Only Neat Thing to Do 3.96 avg rating — 46 ratings
77.
Queen City Jazz (Nanotech, #1)
Queen City Jazz (Nanotech, #1) 3.47 avg rating — 757 ratings
77.
River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1)
River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 11,407 ratings
77.
Planetfall (Planetfall, #1)
Planetfall (Planetfall, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 12,637 ratings
80.
The Cage of Zeus
The Cage of Zeus 3.22 avg rating — 157 ratings
81.
Darkland (Darkland #1)
Darkland (Darkland #1) 3.52 avg rating — 102 ratings
81.
The Sword of Rhiannon
The Sword of Rhiannon 3.52 avg rating — 966 ratings
81.
Inheritance (Adaptation, #2)
Inheritance (Adaptation, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 2,572 ratings
84.
Lost Futures
Lost Futures 3.68 avg rating — 457 ratings
84.
The Red: First Light
The Red: First Light 3.77 avg rating — 3,567 ratings
86.
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3)
Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,485 ratings
86.
The Age of Miracles
The Age of Miracles 3.66 avg rating — 94,141 ratings
88.
Queen of the States
Queen of the States 3.08 avg rating — 26 ratings
88.
Machinehood
Machinehood 3.65 avg rating — 3,542 ratings
90.
Cyber Circus, & Black Sunday
Cyber Circus, & Black Sunday 3.66 avg rating — 59 ratings
90.
The Fifth Sacred Thing (Maya Greenwood, #1)
The Fifth Sacred Thing (Maya Greenwood, #1)
by: Starhawk
4.22 avg rating — 7,729 ratings
90.
The Actual Star
The Actual Star 3.87 avg rating — 2,788 ratings
93.
Lightborn
Lightborn 2.92 avg rating — 141 ratings
93.
The Four-Gated City (Children of Violence, #5)
The Four-Gated City (Children of Violence, #5) 4.16 avg rating — 886 ratings
93.
The Light Brigade
The Light Brigade 3.89 avg rating — 11,087 ratings
96.
Living Next Door to the God of Love: A Novel
Living Next Door to the God of Love: A Novel 3.38 avg rating — 277 ratings
96.
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos, #4)
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos, #4) 3.88 avg rating — 797 ratings
98.
The Family Tree
The Family Tree 4.04 avg rating — 3,244 ratings
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Maul
Maul 3.16 avg rating — 276 ratings
100.
Happy Policeman
Happy Policeman 3.41 avg rating — 111 ratings
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