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The English Teacher's Big List of Great Speculative Fiction by Women - Page 3

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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The Relentless Moon (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Relentless Moon
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Mary Robinette Kowal
The Road to Roswell (Connie Willis)
The Road to Roswell
82
Connie Willis
The Shadowed Sun (N.K. Jemison)
The Shadowed Sun
83
N.K. Jemison
The Spare Man (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Spare Man
84
Mary Robinette Kowal
The Speed of Dark (Elizabeth Moon)
The Speed of Dark
85
Elizabeth Moon
The Starry Rift (James Tiptree, Jr.)
The Starry Rift
86
James Tiptree, Jr.
The Stars Are Ours (Andre Norton)
The Stars Are Ours
87
Andre Norton
The Stone Sky (N. K. Jemisin)
The Stone Sky
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N. K. Jemisin
The Sword of Rhiannon (Leigh Brackett)
The Sword of Rhiannon
89
Leigh Brackett
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
90
Margaret Atwood
The Time Traders (Andre Norton)
The Time Traders
91
Andre Norton
The Word for World Is Forest (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Word for World Is Forest
92
Ursula K. Le Guin
The World We Make (N. K. Jemisin)
The World We Make
93
N. K. Jemisin
The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood)
The Year of the Flood
94
Margaret Atwood
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis)
To Say Nothing of the Dog
95
Connie Willis
Up the Walls of the World (James Tiptree Jr)
Up the Walls of the World
96
James Tiptree Jr
Warm Worlds and Otherwise (James Tiptree, Jr.)
Warm Worlds and Otherwise
97
James Tiptree, Jr.
We Who Are About To... (Joanna Russ)
We Who Are About To...
98
Joanna Russ
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Wilhelm)
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
99
Wilhelm
Xenogenesis (Series) (Octavia E. Butler)
Xenogenesis (Series)
100
Octavia E. Butler
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