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

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Rank Title Author Added

1

by Mary Shelley

42,965 members

714 reviews

3.8

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

2

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,753 members

963 reviews

4

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

3

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

12,323 members

439 reviews

½ 4.3

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

4

by Connie Willis

7,999 members

376 reviews

4.1

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

5

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

8,232 members

426 reviews

4.1

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

6

by Cherie Priest

3,716 members

220 reviews

½ 3.6

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

7

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

134,624 members

2,065 reviews

½ 4.3

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

8

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

42,668 members

1,149 reviews

4.1

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

9

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

10,780 members

268 reviews

4.1

4 Members: ansate, sturlington, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

27,084 members

779 reviews

3.9

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

11

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

8,201 members

239 reviews

4.1

4 Members: ansate, sturlington, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Ancillary Justice

6,003 members

367 reviews

4

3 Members: ansate, sturlington, Dilara86

13

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

64,888 members

3,496 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: ansate, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende

14,011 members

247 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, ansate, merrystar

15

Arrows of the Queen

by Mercedes Lackey

3,958 members

69 reviews

4

3 Members: ansate, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

16

The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

16,422 members

300 reviews

4.1

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

17

Alanna: The First Adventure

by Tamora Pierce

7,582 members

193 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

18

by Anne McCaffrey

9,122 members

181 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ansate, merrystar, ahef1963

19

by Gail Carriger

5,815 members

526 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, ansate, merrystar

20

2,199 members

57 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: ansate, sturlington, Dilara86

21

by Cornelia Funke

18,347 members

522 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ansate, merrystar, ahef1963

22

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

18,658 members

1,269 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ansate, sturlington, ahef1963

23

by Emily St. John Mandel

11,845 members

786 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ansate, sturlington, ahef1963

24

by Robin McKinley

5,659 members

243 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

25

2,955 members

253 reviews

4

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

26

A Stranger in Olondria

by Sofia Samatar

745 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ansate, Dilara86

27

War for the Oaks

2,671 members

99 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

28

Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta

by Doris Lessing

1,333 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ansate, Dilara86

29

by Suzette Haden Elgin

1,129 members

30 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ansate, Dilara86

30

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,552 members

149 reviews

4

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

31

by Ellen Kushner

2,573 members

93 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

32

by Meredith Ann Pierce

1,295 members

31 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

33

by Helen Oyeyemi

1,040 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ansate, Dilara86

34

Brown Girl in the Ring

by Nalo Hopkinson

1,190 members

53 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

35

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

by Patricia A. McKillip

2,840 members

63 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, merrystar

36

China Mountain Zhang

by Maureen F. McHugh

1,373 members

43 reviews

4

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

37

The Crystal Cave

by Mary Stewart

5,878 members

111 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, ahef1963

38

Dead Until Dark

by Charlaine Harris

15,826 members

597 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ansate, ahef1963

39

by Jacqueline Carey

7,030 members

238 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

by Aimee Bender

3,423 members

275 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ansate, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Megan Whalen Turner

5,234 members

212 reviews

4

2 Members: ansate, ManWithAnAgenda

42

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

by James Tiptree Jr.

1,252 members

38 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

43

The Alchemy of Stone

by Ekaterina Sedia

639 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ansate

44

by Joan D. Vinge

2,334 members

52 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

45

by Mary Doria Russell

7,750 members

407 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

46

The Speed of Dark

by Elizabeth Moon

2,234 members

108 reviews

4

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

47

by Karen Russell

3,614 members

238 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

48

Who Fears Death

by Nnedi Okorafor

2,226 members

108 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

49

Woman on the Edge of Time

by Marge Piercy

2,587 members

52 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ansate, sturlington

50

Ancient, Ancient: Short Fiction

by Kiini Ibura Salaam

103 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ansate

51

The Antelope Wife

by Louise Erdrich

881 members

19 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

52

2,181 members

185 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ansate

53

Assassin's Apprentice

12,614 members

287 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

54

The Pyramid Waltz

by Barbara Ann Wright

79 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: ansate

55

686 members

11 reviews

4.2

Member: ansate

56

The Blazing World and Other Writings

by Margaret Cavendish

491 members

5 reviews

3.2

Member: ansate

57

by Michelle Sagara

1,757 members

57 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

58

Chorus of Mushrooms

182 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

59

by Marissa Meyer

11,840 members

834 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

60

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

by Laini Taylor

6,637 members

541 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

61

Daughter of the Blood

3,340 members

91 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

62

Daughter of the Forest

by Juliet Marillier

4,348 members

134 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ansate

63

by Catherynne M. Valente

1,691 members

77 reviews

4

Member: ansate

64

The Devil's Arithmetic

4,429 members

123 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

65

Dragon Sword and Wind Child

by Noriko Ogiwara

263 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

66

An Ember in the Ashes

5,122 members

215 reviews

4

Member: ansate

67

The Etched City

by K. J. Bishop

949 members

35 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

68

Flesh and Spirit

685 members

33 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

69

The Ghost Bride

by Yangsze Choo

1,607 members

103 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ansate

70

by Kristin Cashore

10,843 members

584 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

71

by Nicola Griffith

1,585 members

96 reviews

4

Member: ansate

72

His Majesty's Dragon

8,103 members

372 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

73

The House on the Lagoon

by Rosario Ferré

353 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ansate

74

by Sabrina Vourvoulias

120 members

20 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

75

The Island of Eternal Love

by Daína Chaviano

179 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ansate

76

by Elizabeth Bear

732 members

53 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

77

The Killing Moon

by N. K. Jemisin

1,775 members

100 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

78

Luck in the Shadows

by Lynn Flewelling

2,486 members

63 reviews

4.1

Member: ansate

79

Magic for Beginners

2,377 members

101 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

80

The Mirror Empire

by Kameron Hurley

803 members

48 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ansate

81

Moving the Mountain

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

41 members

2 reviews

3

Member: ansate

82

The Selected Stories of Merce Rodoreda

by Mercè Rodoreda

63 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

83

My Soul to Keep

by Tananarive Due

706 members

27 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

84

The Queen of the Tearling

by Erika Johansen

2,906 members

171 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

85

by Maggie Stiefvater

6,158 members

400 reviews

4

Member: ansate

86

The Red: First Light

by Linda Nagata

380 members

22 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ansate

87

Redemption in Indigo

642 members

46 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

88

Rosemary and Rue

by Seanan McGuire

2,820 members

158 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ansate

89

246 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ansate

90

The Second Mango

by Shira Glassman

97 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

91

Shards of Honor

by Lois McMaster Bujold

3,300 members

143 reviews

4

Member: ansate

92

Slave to Sensation

by Nalini Singh

1,953 members

106 reviews

4

Member: ansate

93

So Far from God

by Ana Castillo

678 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

94

Sorcerer to the Crown

1,743 members

109 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

95

Spirits of the Ordinary: A Tale of Casas Grandes

by Kathleen Alcal

90 members

1 review

4

Member: ansate

96

997 members

18 reviews

3.8

Member: ansate

97

Wicked as They Come

by Delilah S. Dawson

356 members

35 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ansate

98

The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories

by Vandana Singh

104 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

99

The Wrath and the Dawn

by Renée Ahdieh

2,995 members

147 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate

100

The Hearing Trumpet

by Leonora Carrington

1,123 members

42 reviews

3.9

Member: ansate,

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