Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey* 14%, 80 votes
80 votes 14%
80 votes - 14% of all votes
Time Traders by Andre Norton* 6%, 34 votes
34 votes 6%
34 votes - 6% of all votes
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold* 5%, 28 votes
28 votes 5%
28 votes - 5% of all votes
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle* 4%, 25 votes
25 votes 4%
25 votes - 4% of all votes
The Ship Who Sang bt Anna MaCaffrey* 4%, 23 votes
23 votes 4%
23 votes - 4% of all votes
star nomad by lindsay buroker* 4%, 21 vote
21 vote 4%
21 vote - 4% of all votes
Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh* 4%, 21 vote
21 vote 4%
21 vote - 4% of all votes
The left hand of darkness Ursula Le Guin* 3%, 18 votes
18 votes 3%
18 votes - 3% of all votes
Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh* 3%, 18 votes
18 votes 3%
18 votes - 3% of all votes
Darkover series by Marion Zimmer Bradley* 3%, 17 votes
17 votes 3%
17 votes - 3% of all votes
Cadicle Series by A.K. DuBoff* 3%, 17 votes
17 votes 3%
17 votes - 3% of all votes
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 3%, 16 votes
16 votes 3%
16 votes - 3% of all votes
Deryni Series by Katherine Kurtz* 3%, 16 votes
16 votes 3%
16 votes - 3% of all votes
The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin 3%, 15 votes
15 votes 3%
15 votes - 3% of all votes
The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker 2%, 14 votes
14 votes 2%
14 votes - 2% of all votes
anything by Andre Norton; Vorkosigan Sage by Lois McMaster Bujold* 2%, 13 votes
13 votes 2%
13 votes - 2% of all votes
Divergent by Veronica Roth* 2%, 12 votes
12 votes 2%
12 votes - 2% of all votes
Star Man's Son by Norton* 2%, 12 votes
12 votes 2%
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Paksonarrion by Elizabeth Moon* 2%, 12 votes
12 votes 2%
12 votes - 2% of all votes
Kindred by Octavia Butler 2%, 11 votes
11 votes 2%
11 votes - 2% of all votes
The Many-Colored Land (The Saga of Pliocene Exile) by Julian May* 2%, 10 votes
10 votes 2%
10 votes - 2% of all votes
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 2%, 9 votes
9 votes 2%
9 votes - 2% of all votes
The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold* 1%, 8 votes
8 votes 1%
8 votes - 1% of all votes
Amaranthe Series by G.S. Jennsen* 1%, 7 votes
7 votes 1%
7 votes - 1% of all votes
Zero Series by Sara King* 1%, 7 votes
7 votes 1%
7 votes - 1% of all votes
Zero Stone (Uncharted Stars) by Andre Norton* 1%, 7 votes
7 votes 1%
7 votes - 1% of all votes
The Dispossed by Ursala K. LeGuin* 1%, 6 votes
6 votes 1%
6 votes - 1% of all votes
Vatta's War series by Elizabeth Moon* 1%, 6 votes
6 votes 1%
6 votes - 1% of all votes
Anthem by Ayn Rand* 1%, 6 votes
6 votes 1%
6 votes - 1% of all votes
Vorosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold* 1%, 5 votes
5 votes 1%
5 votes - 1% of all votes
Grass by Sheri Tepper* 1%, 5 votes
5 votes 1%
5 votes - 1% of all votes
Farseer Series by Robin Hobb* 1%, 5 votes
5 votes 1%
5 votes - 1% of all votes
Always Coming Home by Ursula K Le Guin* 1%, 4 votes
4 votes 1%
4 votes - 1% of all votes
Dreamsnake by Vonda N McIntyre* 1%, 4 votes
4 votes 1%
4 votes - 1% of all votes
Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh* 1%, 4 votes
4 votes 1%
4 votes - 1% of all votes
Her Instruments Series by M.C.A. Hogarth* 1%, 4 votes
4 votes 1%
4 votes - 1% of all votes
Galactic Millieu by Julian May* 1%, 4 votes
4 votes 1%
4 votes - 1% of all votes
Sirantha Jax series by Ann Aguirre* 1%, 4 votes
4 votes 1%
4 votes - 1% of all votes
The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal* 1%, 4 votes
4 votes 1%
4 votes - 1% of all votes
Floating worlds by Cecilia Holland* 1%, 3 votes
3 votes 1%
3 votes - 1% of all votes
The Star Series by Susan Grant* 1%, 3 votes
3 votes 1%
3 votes - 1% of all votes
Always, Anne McCaffery, and I was pleasantly suprised with Sara Kings, Zero series!* 1%, 3 votes
3 votes 1%
3 votes - 1% of all votes
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon* 1%, 3 votes
3 votes 1%
3 votes - 1% of all votes
Raksura series by Martha Wells* 1%, 3 votes
3 votes 1%
3 votes - 1% of all votes
All of the novels by Octavia Butler but especially the Patternmaster series.* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
The Princes’ Game series by M.C.A. Hogarth* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
Brightness Falls From The Air by James Tiptree Jr.* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
The Female Man by Joanna Russ* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
Foreigner Series by C.J. Cherryh* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S Tepper* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
The Akata series by Nnedi Okorafor* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
Beggars in Spain* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
The Martian* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
Planetfall Series by Emma Newman* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
Survival: Species Imperative #1 by Julie E. Czerneda* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
Rocannon's World by Ursula K LeGuin* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
Imperial Radch series by Ann Leckie* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
The Diadem novels by Jo Clayton* 0%, 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes - 0% of all votes
Beggars in Spain Trilogy by Nancy Kress* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
The Key by Pauline Baird Jones* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
KORD BY Cara Bristol* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
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The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
Bloodchild by Octavia Butler* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
The diving universe series by Kristine Katherine Rusch* 0%, 1 vote
1 vote
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I’ve been reading SciFi since before I saw the film of The Day Of The Triffids on BBC TV, back in the mid-1960s. I’ve read 6 of the 11 books listed, and consider Cyteen and Dragonflight to be the best two books. Judging by title alone, not content nor cover art, I’d go for Cyteen for its SciFi overtones of Cyborg Teenagerism!
I was only able to nominate one entry. I would add a couple others if I could:
The Left Hand of God by Ursula K. Leguin
Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
Also someone probably can name a “best” title by one of these authors:
Marion Zimmer Bradley (I know she’s great but I only read a small amount of her work years ago)
Andre Norton (It’s been too long ago for me to name a favorite or “best” title)
C. L. Moore
… and others. But apparently I could only nominate one title (which was Anne McCaffrey’s first Dragonrider novel).
I loved the Pern series, but think it is more fantasy than scifi
I have read Antidote by R.A.STEFFAN finished it one day now about to read the second one when it comes out, I wish I coadd more aurthors
Sheri Tepper’s books should be in the line-up. She has a very feminist and ecological bend. I have read many and my favorite is The Gate to Women’s Country.
*Sigh*
Let’s start with the obvious: “The Martian” is by Andy Weir, who is of the male persuasion.
Next, since the title of the article is “What Are the Best Sci-Fi Titles Written by Women?” let’s remove the fantasy titles (nothing wrong with them, but they should be in another post):
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Farseer Series by Robin Hobb
Deryni Series by Katherine Kurtz
The Akata series by Nnedi Okorafor
Raksura series by Martha Wells
Now remove the duplicates: “Beggars in Spain” is subsumed under “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress (who knew?); combine the Octavia Butler nominations, the Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan nominations, and the Anne McCaffrey nominations.
Spell everything right, so it at looks as if we’re actually trying, and now there will be a nice, neat list, with plenty of space for other worthy nominations, such as:
“Gibbon’s Decline and Fall” by Sheri S. Tepper
“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood (how is this one not already on the list??)
“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins (ditto)
“The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger
“A Door into Ocean” by Joan Slonczewski
“Synners” by Pat Cadigan
Any of the Oxford time travel novels by Connie Willis, or her “Bellwether”
“Midnight Robber” by Nalo Hopkinson
“The Lathe of Heaven” by Ursula K. Le Guin