Skip to main content

Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels By Female Authors

Description: https://bookriot.com/2016/05/02/100-must-read-sci-fi-fantasy-novels-by-female-authors/
Members: 8 participating members
ansate, sturlington, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Dilara86, hipdeep, Tam2772

Rank Title Author Added

1

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

41,170 members

694 reviews

3.8

8 Members: hipdeep, ansate, merrystar, sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Tam2772

2

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

38,337 members

936 reviews

4

6 Members: hipdeep, ansate, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

11,657 members

430 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: ansate, merrystar, sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

by Connie Willis

7,801 members

369 reviews

4.1

5 Members: ansate, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

7,762 members

414 reviews

4.1

5 Members: ansate, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Cherie Priest

3,647 members

217 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: ansate, sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

130,119 members

2,014 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: hipdeep, ansate, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

41,313 members

1,116 reviews

4.1

5 Members: ansate, sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

10,410 members

261 reviews

4.1

4 Members: ansate, sturlington, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

26,577 members

755 reviews

3.9

5 Members: hipdeep, ansate, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington : DNF

11

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

7,615 members

221 reviews

4.1

4 Members: ansate, sturlington, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Ancillary Justice

5,697 members

351 reviews

4

3 Members: ansate, sturlington, Dilara86

13

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

62,203 members

3,448 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: ansate, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende

13,590 members

235 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, ansate, merrystar

15

Arrows of the Queen

by Mercedes Lackey

3,873 members

66 reviews

4

3 Members: ansate, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

16

The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

16,126 members

296 reviews

4.1

4 Members: ansate, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

17

Alanna: The First Adventure

by Tamora Pierce

7,361 members

188 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

18

by Anne McCaffrey

8,856 members

166 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ansate, merrystar, ahef1963

19

by Gail Carriger

5,641 members

511 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, ansate, merrystar

20

2,123 members

54 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: ansate, sturlington, Dilara86

21

by Cornelia Funke

17,464 members

511 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ansate, merrystar, ahef1963

22

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

17,692 members

1,242 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ansate, sturlington, ahef1963

23

by Emily St. John Mandel

11,033 members

754 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ansate, sturlington, ahef1963

24

by Robin McKinley

5,555 members

242 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

25

2,889 members

243 reviews

4

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

26

A Stranger in Olondria

by Sofia Samatar

709 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ansate, Dilara86

27

War for the Oaks

2,643 members

98 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

28

Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta

by Doris Lessing

1,300 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ansate, Dilara86

29

by Suzette Haden Elgin

1,085 members

29 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ansate, Dilara86

30

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,357 members

148 reviews

4

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

31

by Ellen Kushner

2,531 members

87 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

32

by Meredith Ann Pierce

1,260 members

31 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

33

by Helen Oyeyemi

1,012 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ansate, Dilara86

34

Brown Girl In The Ring

by Nalo Hopkinson

1,142 members

50 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

35

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

by Patricia A. McKillip

2,747 members

61 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

36

China Mountain Zhang

by Maureen F. McHugh

1,344 members

43 reviews

4

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

37

The Crystal Cave

by Mary Stewart

5,745 members

105 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, ahef1963

38

Dead Until Dark

by Charlaine Harris

15,806 members

590 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ansate, ahef1963

39

by Jacqueline Carey

6,863 members

231 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

by Aimee Bender

3,336 members

268 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ansate, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Megan Whalen Turner

5,042 members

204 reviews

4

2 Members: ansate, ManWithAnAgenda

42

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

by James Tiptree Jr.

1,217 members

37 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

43

The Alchemy of Stone

by Ekaterina Sedia

626 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ansate

44

by Joan D. Vinge

2,282 members

52 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

45

by Mary Doria Russell

7,551 members

402 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

46

The Speed of Dark

by Elizabeth Moon

2,200 members

106 reviews

4

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

47

by Karen Russell

3,521 members

232 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

48

Who Fears Death

by Nnedi Okorafor

2,131 members

103 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

49

Woman on the Edge of Time

by Marge Piercy

2,527 members

50 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

50

Ancient, Ancient: Short Fiction

by Kiini Ibura Salaam

101 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ansate

51

The Antelope Wife

by Louise Erdrich

850 members

19 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

52

2,117 members

183 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ansate

53

Assassin's Apprentice

12,335 members

274 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

54

The Pyramid Waltz

by Barbara Ann Wright

76 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: ansate

55

666 members

11 reviews

4.2

Member: ansate

56

The Blazing World and Other Writings

by Margaret Cavendish

463 members

5 reviews

3.2

Member: ansate

57

by Michelle Sagara

1,700 members

57 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

58

Chorus of Mushrooms

168 members

3 reviews

4

Member: ansate

59

by Marissa Meyer

11,016 members

812 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

60

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

by Laini Taylor

6,335 members

529 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

61

Daughter of the Blood

3,283 members

88 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

62

Daughter of the Forest

by Juliet Marillier

4,268 members

133 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ansate

63

by Catherynne M. Valente

1,631 members

77 reviews

4

Member: ansate

64

The Devil's Arithmetic

4,277 members

123 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

65

Dragon Sword and Wind Child

by Noriko Ogiwara

260 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

66

An Ember in the Ashes

4,764 members

209 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

67

The Etched City

by K. J. Bishop

928 members

35 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

68

Flesh and Spirit

674 members

32 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

69

The Ghost Bride

by Yangsze Choo

1,532 members

100 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

70

by Kristin Cashore

10,392 members

575 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

71

by Nicola Griffith

1,521 members

92 reviews

4

Member: ansate

72

His Majesty's Dragon

7,853 members

367 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

73

The House on the Lagoon

by Rosario Ferré

347 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ansate

74

by Sabrina Vourvoulias

117 members

20 reviews

4

Member: ansate

75

The Island of Eternal Love

by Daína Chaviano

176 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ansate

76

by Elizabeth Bear

708 members

49 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

77

The Killing Moon

by N. K. Jemisin

1,675 members

94 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

78

Luck in the Shadows

by Lynn Flewelling

2,445 members

62 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

79

Magic for Beginners

2,327 members

100 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

80

The Mirror Empire

by Kameron Hurley

784 members

48 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ansate

81

Moving the Mountain

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

36 members

2 reviews

3

Member: ansate

82

The Selected Stories of Merce Rodoreda

by Mercè Rodoreda

62 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

83

My Soul to Keep

by Tananarive Due

677 members

27 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

84

The Queen of the Tearling

by Erika Johansen

2,769 members

160 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

85

by Maggie Stiefvater

6,066 members

383 reviews

4

Member: ansate

86

The Red: First Light

by Linda Nagata

371 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ansate

87

Redemption in Indigo

625 members

46 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

88

Rosemary and Rue

by Seanan McGuire

2,719 members

151 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ansate

89

231 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ansate

90

The Second Mango

by Shira Glassman

91 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

91

Shards of Honor

by Lois McMaster Bujold

3,209 members

129 reviews

4

Member: ansate

92

Slave to Sensation

by Nalini Singh

1,905 members

102 reviews

4

Member: ansate

93

So Far from God

by Ana Castillo

668 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

94

Sorcerer to the Crown

1,677 members

103 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

95

Spirits of the Ordinary: A Tale of Casas Grandes

by Kathleen Alcal

91 members

1 review

4

Member: ansate

96

974 members

18 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

97

Wicked as They Come

by Delilah S. Dawson

343 members

32 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ansate

98

The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories

by Vandana Singh

101 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

99

The Wrath and the Dawn

by Renée Ahdieh

2,812 members

138 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

100

The Hearing Trumpet

by Leonora Carrington

1,049 members

36 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate,

About This List

Started: ansate
November 2017
Type: Numbered, Adding restricted

Related Lists

Alternate Englands

LIBROS DE CIENCIA FICCIÃ“N Y FANTASIA

BingoDOG - Books With Mythical Creatures

Slipstream or Interstitial Fiction

Current Discussions

None

Related Tags

adventure (3,626) children's (3,071) classics (2,453) dystopia (5,856) ebook (3,736) fantasy (55,516) favorites (2,659) fiction (48,546) Harry Potter (4,925) historical fiction (3,267) horror (3,834) Kindle (2,784) magic (9,074) novel (5,771) own (2,884) read (8,076) romance (3,949) science fiction (23,835) series (5,367) sf (3,538) sff (3,094) to-read (34,161) vampires (2,558) YA (6,348) young adult (9,780)

Verdana Standard Verdana Small The Lorax System Standard System Large Georgia Large Text Atkinson

This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.