Feminist Science Fiction Books

The books on this list feature strong female protagonists or explore themes that advance our understanding of gender within the framework of extrapolative fiction, in particular science fiction. (Please don't add any fantasy or horror titles.)
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4.31 avg rating — 261,919 ratings
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4.26 avg rating — 145,305 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 13,980 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 18,439 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 16,751 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 131,531 ratings
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3.47 avg rating — 8,818 ratings
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4.35 avg rating — 9,674,430 ratings
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4.35 avg rating — 4,051,995 ratings
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15

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4.23 avg rating — 90 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 116,383 ratings
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17

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4.08 avg rating — 142,626 ratings
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18

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4.15 avg rating — 61,355 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 13,188 ratings
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21

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3.84 avg rating — 703,192 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 4,310,898 ratings
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23

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3.99 avg rating — 5,782 ratings
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24

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3.75 avg rating — 248,417 ratings
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25

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4.13 avg rating — 998,057 ratings
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26

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4.11 avg rating — 3,629,468 ratings
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27

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4.17 avg rating — 177,855 ratings
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28

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3.99 avg rating — 8,935 ratings
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29

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3.90 avg rating — 7,039 ratings
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30

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3.97 avg rating — 1,267,923 ratings
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31

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4.35 avg rating — 26,430 ratings
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32

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3.48 avg rating — 25,197 ratings
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33

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4.47 avg rating — 101 ratings
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34

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4.37 avg rating — 85,675 ratings
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35

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4.32 avg rating — 79,642 ratings
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36

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3.94 avg rating — 13,090 ratings
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37

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4.21 avg rating — 38,735 ratings
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38

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4.29 avg rating — 322,038 ratings
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39

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4.30 avg rating — 48,403 ratings
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40

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3.88 avg rating — 916 ratings
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41

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4.09 avg rating — 2,463 ratings
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42

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3.95 avg rating — 241,957 ratings
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43

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3.87 avg rating — 11,106 ratings
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44

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4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings
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45

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4.41 avg rating — 306,199 ratings
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46

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4.30 avg rating — 30,578 ratings
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47

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3.99 avg rating — 2,395 ratings
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48

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4.33 avg rating — 14,373 ratings
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49

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3.86 avg rating — 1,310 ratings
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50

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3.78 avg rating — 254 ratings
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51

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4.16 avg rating — 2,313 ratings
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52

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4.16 avg rating — 216,625 ratings
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53

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3.85 avg rating — 4,165 ratings
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54

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4.46 avg rating — 6,959 ratings
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55

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4.15 avg rating — 26,035 ratings
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56

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3.91 avg rating — 895 ratings
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57

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4.04 avg rating — 26,330 ratings
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58

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3.94 avg rating — 24,113 ratings
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59

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3.63 avg rating — 325 ratings
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60

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3.80 avg rating — 38,156 ratings
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61

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4.07 avg rating — 39,633 ratings
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62

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4.17 avg rating — 166 ratings
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63

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3.75 avg rating — 11,654 ratings
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64

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3.72 avg rating — 19,662 ratings
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65

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3.95 avg rating — 2,200 ratings
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66

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3.94 avg rating — 353 ratings
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67

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3.84 avg rating — 5,998 ratings
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68

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3.86 avg rating — 2,176 ratings
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69

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3.76 avg rating — 18,048 ratings
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70

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3.75 avg rating — 514 ratings
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71

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4.14 avg rating — 80,717 ratings
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72

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3.94 avg rating — 7,656 ratings
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3.90 avg rating — 16,224 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 27,944 ratings
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75

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3.90 avg rating — 113,555 ratings
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76

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3.76 avg rating — 3,547 ratings
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77

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3.80 avg rating — 382 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 380 ratings
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4.35 avg rating — 85 ratings
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3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings
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81

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3.88 avg rating — 1,726 ratings
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82

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3.97 avg rating — 3,857 ratings
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83

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3.50 avg rating — 98 ratings
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84

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3.71 avg rating — 84,156 ratings
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85

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3.68 avg rating — 29,891 ratings
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86

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3.94 avg rating — 1,344 ratings
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87

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3.80 avg rating — 4,790 ratings
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88

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3.71 avg rating — 221 ratings
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88

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3.82 avg rating — 1,018 ratings
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88

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4.16 avg rating — 92,585 ratings
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91

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3.38 avg rating — 606 ratings
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92

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3.88 avg rating — 42 ratings
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92

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4.23 avg rating — 454,640 ratings
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94

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4.15 avg rating — 150,709 ratings
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95

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3.95 avg rating — 37,164 ratings
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96

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3.94 avg rating — 152,501 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 7,164 ratings
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98

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3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings
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4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 215 ratings
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237 books · 409 voters · list created August 15th, 2009 by Kevis Hendrickson (votes) .
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Deedee 32229 books
40 friends
Ideath 263 books
94 friends
Wendi 1132 books
26 friends
Carolyn 7773 books
106 friends
Wealhtheow 4761 books
693 friends
Manda 434 books
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Max 1156 books
77 friends
Navi 25997 books
1166 friends

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message 1: by John (last edited Aug 17, 2009 04:00AM) (new)

John Burns Why create this list when the other list already exists? Merely to publicise your own work?

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12...

Is there a good reason why i shouldn't delete this entirely superfluous list?


message 2: by Greyweather (new)

Greyweather I was going to say that there's no rule against making redundant lists, but it turns out that there actually is one:

If a "Best Fantasy Books" list [or in this case "Best Feminist Science Fiction" list:] already exists - no need to create another - it will be merged eventually anyways.


message 3: by John (new)

John Burns huh. So how does it get merged? do we librarians have the ability to do tht?


message 4: by Greyweather (last edited Aug 17, 2009 03:35PM) (new)

Greyweather Apparently not.
It was suggested to me that we try the contact us form to request a merge.


message 5: by Teresa (new)

Teresa I would DEFINITELY suggest that Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Herland be added to this list! I don't even read very many "feminist" works, but I can't believe this was left off a feminist sci-fi list!


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads You could add it; it's easy to add books to a Listopia list. (Up at the top of the list, next to "all votes.")


message 7: by [deleted user] (new)

Deleted a bunch of nonfiction and realistic fic though I'm sure I missed some


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