We’re going for a printable reading list of the 100 best science fiction fantasy works by women (we have 87 titles, so far). From magic realism to dystopian epic and feminist future, we want you to weigh in. What’s your ranking of the finest 100 titles available? Let us know your top choices!
Would you like to blog a book review about any of these gems for our book club ? Let us know!
- Among Others by Jo Walton
- Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
- Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam
- The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich
- Ash by Malinda Lo
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
- Biting the Sun by Tanith Lee
- The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
- Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
- Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
- China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
- Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto
- Cyteen by CJ Cherryh
- Dance the Eagle to Sleep by Marge Piercy
- Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
- The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
- The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
- The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
- A Door Into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski
- Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara
- Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
- Dreamsnake by Vonda Neel McIntyre
- An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
- The Etched City by K.J. Bishop
- The Female Man by Joanna Russ
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- The Gate to Women’s Country by Sherri Tepper
- The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
- Grass by Sherri Tepper
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- He, She and It by Marge Piercy
- Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
- The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
- Hild by Nicola Griffith
- The House on the Lagoon by Rosario Ferré
- Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- Ink by Sabrina Vourvoulias
- The Island of Eternal Love by Daína Chaviano
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
- The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
- Kindred by Octavia Butler
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
- Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan
- Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
- The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Moving the Mountain by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
- My Christina & Other Stories by Mercè Rodoreda
- My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due
- Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin
- Natural History by Justina Robson
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- Of Mist, Grass, and Sand by Vonda Neel McIntyre
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
- Plague Ship by Andre Norton
- The Red by Linda Nagata
- Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
- Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai
- Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
- The Second Mango by Shira Glassman
- Shikasta by Doris Lessing
- Shiver/ The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater
- Synners by Pat Cadigan
- The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
- So Far from God by Ana Castillo
- Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
- The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
- Spirits of the Ordinary by Kathleen Alcala
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
- The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
- Up the Walls of the World by James Tiptree Jr
- The Wanderground by Sally Gerheart
- War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
- Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
- Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
- The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh
- The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
calmgrove
Hmm, I’ve only read nine of these (Carter, Le Guin, DWJ, Shelley and Clarke, for example) … better get a move on!
LikeLike
C.H. Schantz
Right?! So many great titles to choose from. Happy reading and thanks for having a look!
LikeLiked by 1 person