| Alif the Unseen |
G. Willow Wilson
|
2012 |
|
|
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Ammonite |
Nicola Griffith
|
1993 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
|
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|
| Among Others |
Jo Walton
|
2011 |
|
|
| Nebula winner - novel |
| Hugo winner - novel |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
|
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| Ancient, Ancient |
Kiini Ibura Salaam
|
2012 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
|
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|
| Ancillary Justice |
Ann Leckie
|
2013 |
|
|
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Nebula winner - novel |
| Hugo winner - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
|
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|
| Ancillary Sword |
Ann Leckie
|
2014 |
|
|
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo finalist - novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
|
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|
| Angel of Ruin |
Kim Wilkins
|
2001 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Aramaya |
Jane Routley
|
1999 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Ash: A Secret History |
Mary Gentle
|
2000 |
|
|
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Audrey's Door |
Sarah Langan
|
2009 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Baba Yaga Laid an Egg |
Dubravka Ugresic
|
2010 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Barrayar |
Lois McMaster Bujold
|
1991 |
|
|
| Hugo winner - novel |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
|
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|
| Beauty |
Sheri S. Tepper
|
1991 |
|
|
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Bitter Angels |
Sarah Zettel
|
2009 |
|
|
| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Black Wine |
Candas Jane Dorsey
|
1997 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Blackout/All Clear |
Connie Willis
|
2010 |
|
|
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula winner - novel |
| Hugo winner - novel |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 21st Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
|
|
|
| Blade of Fortriu |
Juliet Marillier
|
2005 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Blood of Dreams |
Susan Parisi
|
2007 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| The Bohr Maker |
Linda Nagata
|
1995 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Bold as Love |
Gwyneth Jones
|
2001 |
|
|
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Boneshaker |
Cherie Priest
|
2009 |
|
|
| Hugo finalist - novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
|
|
|
| The Book of the Unnamed Midwife |
Meg Elison
|
2014 |
|
|
| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Briar Rose |
Jane Yolen
|
1992 |
|
|
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Brides of Rollrock Island |
Margo Lanagan
|
2012 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Brown Girl in the Ring |
Nalo Hopkinson
|
1998 |
|
|
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
|
|
|
| Cagebird |
Karin Lowachee
|
2005 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Cards of Grief |
Jane Yolen
|
1984 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Carhullan Army |
Sarah Hall
|
2007 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Children of the Dusk |
George Guthridge,
Janet Berliner
|
1997 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| China Mountain Zhang |
Maureen F. McHugh
|
1992 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| Hugo finalist - novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
|
|
|
| The Cipher |
Kathe Koja
|
1991 |
|
|
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter's Tales |
Greer Gilman
|
2009 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Cold Allies |
Patricia Anthony
|
1993 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Conqueror's Child |
Suzy McKee Charnas
|
1999 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Courier's New Bicycle |
Kim Westwood
|
2011 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Cuckoo Song |
Frances Hardinge
|
2014 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Cyteen |
C. J. Cherryh
|
1988 |
|
|
| Hugo winner - novel |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
|
|
|
| Darkship Thieves |
Sarah A. Hoyt
|
2010 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| A Daughter of No Nation |
A. M. Dellamonica
|
2015 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Dead in the Water |
Nancy Holder
|
1994 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Death's Master |
Tanith Lee
|
1979 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Digger, Vol 1 |
Ursula Vernon
|
2005 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Dispossessed |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1974 |
|
|
| Nebula winner - novel |
| Hugo winner - novel |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1999 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
|
|
|
| The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye |
A. S. Byatt
|
1994 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Doomsday Book |
Connie Willis
|
1992 |
|
|
| Nebula winner - novel |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo winner - novel |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
|
|
|
| A Door into Ocean |
Joan Slonczewski
|
1986 |
|
|
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Downbelow Station |
C. J. Cherryh
|
1981 |
|
|
| Hugo winner - novel |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
|
|
|
| Dread in the Beast |
Charlee Jacob
|
2005 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Dreamer's Pool |
Juliet Marillier
|
2014 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Dreaming in Smoke |
Tricia Sullivan
|
1998 |
|
|
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Dreamsnake |
Vonda N. McIntyre
|
1978 |
|
|
| Nebula winner - novel |
| Hugo winner - novel |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
|
|
|
| The Drowning Girl |
Caitlín R. Kiernan
|
2012 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Ember and Ash |
Pamela Freeman
|
2011 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Enchanter |
Sara Douglass
|
1996 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Fairytales for Wilde Girls |
Allyse Near
|
2013 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Fallen Gods |
Kate Orman,
Jonathan Blum
|
2003 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Falling Free |
Lois McMaster Bujold
|
1988 |
|
|
| Hugo finalist - novel |
| Nebula winner - novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Falling Woman |
Pat Murphy
|
1986 |
|
|
| Nebula winner - novel |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Fifth Season |
N. K. Jemisin
|
2015 |
|
|
| Hugo winner - novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
|
|
|
| Filter House |
Nisi Shawl
|
2008 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Fire Angels |
Jane Routley
|
1998 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Firelings |
Carol Kendall
|
1981 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August |
Claire North
|
2014 |
|
|
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Flora's Dare |
Ysabeau S. Wilce
|
2008 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Fools |
Pat Cadigan
|
1992 |
|
|
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Foreign Devil |
Christine Harris
|
1999 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Freedom Maze |
Delia Sherman
|
2011 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Generation Loss |
Elizabeth Hand
|
2007 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Girl in the Road |
Monica Byrne
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2014 |
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| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making |
Catherynne M. Valente
|
2011 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two |
Catherynne M. Valente
|
2013 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Goblin Emperor |
Sarah Monette
|
2014 |
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| Hugo finalist - novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| God's War |
Kameron Hurley
|
2011 |
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| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Godmother Night |
Rachel Pollack
|
1996 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Ha'penny |
Jo Walton
|
2007 |
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| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Half Life |
Shelley Jackson
|
2006 |
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| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Hammered |
Elizabeth Bear
|
2005 |
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| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Handmaid's Tale |
Margaret Atwood
|
1985 |
|
|
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
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|
| He, She and It |
Marge Piercy
|
1991 |
|
|
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Healer's War |
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
|
1988 |
|
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| Nebula winner - novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
|
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| The Heart Goes Last |
Margaret Atwood
|
2015 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Heaven's Net is Wide |
Gillian Rubinstein
|
2007 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| The Heir of Night |
Helen Lowe
|
2010 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| The Highest Frontier |
Joan Slonczewski
|
2011 |
|
|
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Hollow Hills |
Mary Stewart
|
1973 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| The House of Shattered Wings |
Aliette de Bodard
|
2015 |
|
|
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms |
N. K. Jemisin
|
2010 |
|
|
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| In the Company of Others |
Julie E. Czerneda
|
2001 |
|
|
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| In War Times |
Kathleen Ann Goonan
|
2007 |
|
|
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| The Infernal |
Kim Wilkins
|
1997 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| The Innamorati |
Midori Snyder
|
1998 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| A Judgment of Dragons |
Phyllis Gotlieb
|
1980 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| The Kappa Child |
Hiromi Goto
|
2002 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Larque on the Wing |
Nancy Springer
|
1994 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| The Lathe of Heaven |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1971 |
|
|
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| Hugo finalist - novel |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
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|
| Lavinia |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
2008 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| The Left Hand of Darkness |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1969 |
|
|
| Hugo winner - novel |
| Otherwise Award |
| Nebula winner - novel |
| 1975 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1976 | The World of Science Fiction by Lester Del Rey |
| 1976 | Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction, 1st Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1977 | "A Basic Science-Fiction Library" from The Road to Science Fiction by James Gunn |
| 1979 | A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction by Baird Searles, et al. |
| 1984 | The Science Fiction Source Book edited by David Wingrove |
| 1985 | Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle |
| 1987 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 3rd Edition by Neil Barron |
| 1987 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 1994 | The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction by David Pringle |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 1998 | Locus Poll Best All-Time Science Fiction Novels |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | 1000 novels everyone must read (science fiction section) |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2011 | NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2012 | AbeBooks: 50 Essential Science Fiction Books |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | 75 Best New Wave Sci-Fi (1964-1983) Novels by Josh Glenn |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Library of America Science Fiction |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
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| Less Than Human |
Maxine McArthur
|
2004 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| Life |
Gwyneth Jones
|
2004 |
|
|
| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Lifelode |
Jo Walton
|
2009 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Lincoln's Dreams |
Connie Willis
|
1987 |
|
|
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| Lizard Radio |
Pat Schmatz
|
2015 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Love Is the Drug |
Alaya Dawn Johnson
|
2014 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| Madigan Mine |
Kirstyn McDermott
|
2010 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Magic or Madness |
Justine Larbalestier
|
2005 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| The Magician's Apprentice |
Trudi Canavan
|
2009 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| The Matter of Seggri |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1994 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| The Memory Garden |
M. Rickert
|
2014 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| Mirror Dance |
Lois McMaster Bujold
|
1994 |
|
|
| Hugo winner - novel |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
|
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|
| The Missing |
Sarah Langan
|
2007 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| The Moon and the Sun |
Vonda N. McIntyre
|
1997 |
|
|
| Nebula winner - novel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
|
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|
| The Mount |
Carol Emshwiller
|
2002 |
|
|
| Philip K. Dick Award |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Mountain Ways |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
1996 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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| My Real Children |
Jo Walton
|
2014 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| The New Moon's Arms |
Nalo Hopkinson
|
2007 |
|
|
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Not Before Sundown |
Johanna Sinisalo
|
2003 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Ombria in Shadow |
Patricia A. McKillip
|
2002 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Ōoku: The Inner Chambers |
Fumi Yoshinaga
|
2005 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden |
Catherynne M. Valente
|
2006 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Parable of the Talents |
Octavia E. Butler
|
1998 |
|
|
| Nebula winner - novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
|
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|
| Passage |
Connie Willis
|
2001 |
|
|
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo finalist - novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Pay the Piper |
Jane Yolen,
Adam Stemple
|
2005 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Peacemaker |
Marianne de Pierres
|
2014 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Perfections |
Kirstyn McDermott
|
2012 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| A Play of Shadow |
Julie E. Czerneda
|
2014 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Points of Departure |
Pat Murphy
|
1990 |
|
|
| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Porcelain Dove |
Delia Sherman
|
1993 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Power and Majesty |
Tansy Rayner Roberts
|
2010 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Powers |
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
2007 |
|
|
| Nebula winner - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Prismatic |
Edwina Grey
|
2006 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Privilege of the Sword |
Ellen Kushner
|
2006 |
|
|
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Probability Space |
Nancy Kress
|
2002 |
|
|
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Quantum Rose |
Catherine Asaro
|
2000 |
|
|
| Nebula winner - novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Radiomen |
Eleanor Lerman
|
2015 |
|
|
| John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Razorhurst |
Justine Larbalestier
|
2014 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Reclamation |
Sarah Zettel
|
1996 |
|
|
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Red Moon and Black Mountain |
Joy Chant
|
1970 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Red Queen |
Honey Brown
|
2009 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Redwood and Wildfire |
Andrea Hairston
|
2011 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Resurrectionists |
Kim Wilkins
|
2000 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Rupetta |
N. A. Sulway
|
2013 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Shining Girls |
Lauren Beukes
|
2013 |
|
|
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Silvered |
Tanya Huff
|
2012 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Sister Mine |
Nalo Hopkinson
|
2013 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
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|
| Slow River |
Nicola Griffith
|
1995 |
|
|
| Nebula winner - novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
|
|
|
| The Snow Queen |
Joan D. Vinge
|
1980 |
|
|
| Hugo winner - novel |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
|
|
|
| The Snow Queen |
Eileen Kernaghan
|
2000 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Solstice Wood |
Patricia A. McKillip
|
2006 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Something Rich and Strange |
Patricia A. McKillip
|
1994 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Son of the Shadows |
Juliet Marillier
|
2000 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Song of Rhiannon |
Evangeline Walton
|
1972 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| Songs from the Drowned Lands |
Eileen Kernaghan
|
1983 |
|
|
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
|
|
|
| The Sparrow |
Mary Doria Russell
|
1996 |
|
|
| Otherwise Award |
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2003 | The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2012 | Locus Poll Best 20th Century Science Fiction Novels |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | How Great Science Fiction Works by Gary K. Wolfe |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
|
|
|
| The Speed of Dark |
Elizabeth Moon
|
2002 |
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| Nebula winner - novel |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
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| Spin Control |
Chris Moriarty
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2006 |
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| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Starman |
Sara Douglass
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1996 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Station Eleven |
Emily St. John Mandel
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2014 |
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
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| Strange Toys |
Patricia Geary
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1987 |
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| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Synners |
Pat Cadigan
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1991 |
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| Nebula finalist - novel |
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 1996 | North American College Courses in Science Fiction, Utopian Literature, and Fantasy edited by Arthur B. Evans |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2009 | Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color (Tor.com) |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
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| A Tale for the Time Being |
Ruth Ozeki
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2013 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Tales from Rugosa Coven |
Sarah Avery
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2014 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Telling |
Ursula K. Le Guin
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2000 |
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| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Tender Morsels |
Margo Lanagan
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2008 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Testament of Jessie Lamb |
Jane Rogers
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2011 |
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Thomas the Rhymer |
Ellen Kushner
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1990 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| To Say Nothing of the Dog |
Connie Willis
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1998 |
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| Hugo winner - novel |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2014 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: The 23 Best Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - novel |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
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| Tooth and Claw |
Jo Walton
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2003 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Transformation Space |
Marianne de Pierres
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2010 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Travels with the Snow Queen |
Kelly Link
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1996 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| A Turn of Light |
Julie E. Czerneda
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2013 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Two Pearls of Wisdom |
Alison Goodman
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2008 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Uncertain Places |
Lisa Goldstein
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2011 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Unquenchable Fire |
Rachel Pollack
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1988 |
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
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| Updraft |
Fran Wilde
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2015 |
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| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Valiant |
Holly Black
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2005 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Viper Wine |
Hermione Eyre
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2014 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Vor Game |
Lois McMaster Bujold
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1990 |
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| Hugo winner - novel |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2011 | Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
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| Waking the Moon |
Elizabeth Hand
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1994 |
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| Otherwise Award |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| War Surf |
M. M. Buckner
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2005 |
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| Philip K. Dick Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| When Voiha Wakes |
Joy Chant
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1983 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang |
Kate Wilhelm
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1976 |
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| Hugo winner - novel |
| Nebula finalist - novel |
| 1996 | The Best 105 Books Since the Invention of the Field in the Twenties - Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell |
| 2002 | Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel |
| 2004 | Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th Edition by Neil Barron |
| 2005 | ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| 2006 | 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | SF Masterworks |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2016 | Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction |
| 2016 | Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction: A Basic Science Fiction Library |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
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| White Queen |
Gwyneth Jones
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1991 |
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| Otherwise Award |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2003 | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Whiteout |
Sage Walker
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1996 |
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| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Wild Life |
Molly Gloss
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2000 |
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| Otherwise Award |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Wildwood Dancing |
Juliet Marillier
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2006 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Witches on the Road Tonight |
Sheri Holman
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2011 |
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| A Woman of the Iron People |
Eleanor Arnason
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1991 |
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| Otherwise Award |
| 2001 | 200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984-2001 by David G. Hartwell |
| 2004 | Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy by Cynthia Ward |
| 2014 | Mistressworks by Ian Sales |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Wood Wife |
Terri Windling
|
1996 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| The Wounded Hawk |
Sara Douglass
|
2001 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Zombie |
Joyce Carol Oates
|
1995 |
|
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| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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| Zoo City |
Lauren Beukes
|
2010 |
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2011 | Forbidden Planet: The 50 Books You MUST Read |
| 2012 | Science Fiction the 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
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