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The English Teacher's Big List of Great Speculative Fiction by Women - Page 2

Some of the very best speculative fiction ( aka SF or Sci-Fi) has been written by women. Here is a highly subjective list ( by a male who has always known women are better) of the best of the best. Note: J. K. Rowling is not included in this list because the Harry Potter series is high fantasy, not SF. That is also why the Earthsea Cycle is missing. James Tiptree, Jr. is here because that is a pseudonym for the late Alice Sheldon.
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Port Eternity (C.J. Cherryh)
Port Eternity
41
C.J. Cherryh
Provenance (Ann Leckie)
Provenance
42
Ann Leckie
Remnant Population (Elizabeth Moon)
Remnant Population
43
Elizabeth Moon
Rocannon's World (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Rocannon's World
44
Ursula K. Le Guin
Rogue Protocol (Martha Wells)
Rogue Protocol
45
Martha Wells
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
46
Emily St.John Mandel
Shades in Shadow (N.K. Jemisin)
Shades in Shadow
47
N.K. Jemisin
Shadow Over Mars (Leigh Brackett)
Shadow Over Mars
48
Leigh Brackett
Star Born (Andre Norton)
Star Born
49
Andre Norton
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
50
Emily St. John Mandel
Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home (James Tiptree Jr)
Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home
51
James Tiptree Jr
The Awakened Kingdom (N.K. Jemisin)
The Awakened Kingdom
52
N.K. Jemisin
The Big Jump (Leigh Brackett)
The Big Jump
53
Leigh Brackett
The Broken Kingdoms (N.K. Jemisin)
The Broken Kingdoms
54
N.K. Jemisin
The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Calculating Stars
55
Mary Robinette Kowal
The City We Became (N K Jemisin)
The City We Became
56
N K Jemisin
The Clone (Theodore L Thomas and Kate Wilhelm)
The Clone
57
Theodore L Thomas and Kate Wilhelm
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Leguin)
The Dispossessed
58
Ursula K. Leguin
The Faded Sun Trilogy (Cherryh)
The Faded Sun Trilogy
59
Cherryh
The Fated Sky (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Fated Sky
60
Mary Robinette Kowal
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
61
Joanna Russ
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
62
N. K. Jemisin
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
63
Margaret Atwood
The Hidden Side of the Moon (Joanna Russ)
The Hidden Side of the Moon
64
Joanna Russ
The Hounds of Skaith (Leigh Brackett)
The Hounds of Skaith
65
Leigh Brackett
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
66
NK Jemisin
The Infinity Box (Kate Wilhelm)
The Infinity Box
67
Kate Wilhelm
The Killer Thing (Kate Wilhelm)
The Killer Thing
68
Kate Wilhelm
The Killing Moon
The Killing Moon
69
The Lady Astronaut of Mars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Lady Astronaut of Mars
70
Mary Robinette Kowal
The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
The Last Man
71
Mary Shelley
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
72
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
73
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
The Long Tomorrow
74
Leigh Brackett
The Martian Contingency (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Martian Contingency
75
Mary Robinette Kowal
The Mushroom Planet Series (Eleanor Cameron)
The Mushroom Planet Series
76
Eleanor Cameron
The Obelisk Gate (N.K. Jemison)
The Obelisk Gate
77
N.K. Jemison
The Patternist Series (Octavia E. Butler)
The Patternist Series
78
Octavia E. Butler
The People Collection (Henderson)
The People Collection
79
Henderson
The People: No Different Flesh (Zenna Henderson)
The People: No Different Flesh
80
Zenna Henderson
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