100 underrated SFF books by authors using she/her pronouns

Before we headed off to WorldCon, Lucy asked our twitter followers to suggest a book written by a woman for some great free merch. Not only did we get some brilliant single recommendations, we also received an incredible list of 100 underrated books!

This list was so good we thought we should share. If your reading list is looking a touch anaemic, never fear, we’ve got you covered! While we might argue with the ‘underrated’ category on a few of these, they are great suggestions nonetheless. The list is beautifully diverse – spanning hundreds of years and including authors from across the globe.

If you enjoy this list, please say a huge thank you to Kris of Cloaked Creators (and read the blog, of course!) and be sure to follow them on twitter @hammard_1987.

1. The Rift by Nina Allan
2. What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
3. Company Town by Madeline Ashby
4. The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
5. Fortune’s Pawn by Rachel Bach
6. Crashcourse by Wilhemina Baird
7. H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker
8. Borderline by Mishell Baker
9. Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
10. Cold Forged Flame by Marie Brennan
11. War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
12. Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan
13. Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy
14. The Rule of Luck by Catherine Cerveny
15. Walk to the End of the World by Suzy McKee Charnas
16. The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho
17. Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman
18. Coexist by Julia Crane
19. Moondial by Helen Cresswell
20. Daughter of the Drow by Elaine Cunningham
21. Dreadnought by April Daniels
22. The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
23. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
24. Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys
25. Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma
26. The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan
27. Chlorophyll & Gasoline by S.J. Flemming
28. The Drowning Eyes by Emily Foster
29. Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler
30. Lais of Marie de France
31. The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
32. Trafalgar by Angelica Gorodischer
33. Moonshine by Jasmine Gower
34. Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin
35. The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
36. Pilgrimage: The Book of the People by Zenna Henderson
37. The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
38. Sultana’s Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
39. Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta
40. The Dream-Quest of Vellit Boe by Kij Johnson
41. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
42. Bold as Love by Gwyneth Jones
43. Brightness Falls from the Air by James Tiptree Jr.
44. Thorn by Intisar Khanani
45. Food of the Gods by Cassandra Khaw
46. Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan
47. An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King
48. Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
49. Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
50. Yesterday’s Kin by Nancy Kress
51. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
52. The Leopard Mask by Kaoru Kurimoto
53. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
54. Children of the Dust by Louise Lawrence
55. Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta by Doris Lessing
56. Supernova by Dewi ‘Dee’ Lestari
57. Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
58. The Mummy! by Jane C. Loudon
59. Warcross by Marie Lu
60. Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn
61. The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas
62. The Ship who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
63. China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
64. The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
65. No Woman Born by C.L. Moore
66. Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
67. Hav by Jan Morris
68. Star Man’s Son by Andre Norton
69. Thus were their Faces by Silvina Ocampo
70. Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
71. Infomocracy by Malka Older
72. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
73. Everything Belongs to the Future by Laurie Penny
74. Witchmark by C.L. Polk
75. Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack
76. Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn
77. Waters of Versailles by Kelly Robson
78. The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner
79. The Adventures of Alyx by Joanna Russ
80. Tomoe Gozen by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
81. A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
82. The Shore of Women by Pamela Sargent
83. Queen of the States by Josephine Saxton
84. The House of Discarded Dreams by Ekaterina Sedia
85. Everfair by Nisi Shawl
86. Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh
87. Of Sorrow and Such by Angela Slatter
88. A Door into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski
89. The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark
90. The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
91. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
92. Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
93. Paris Adrift by E.J. Swift
94. Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
95. Anamchara: Beginnings by Nisha Vyas-Myall
96. Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
97. The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
98. Orlando by Virginia Woolf
99. Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia Wrede
100. A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright

Apologies for any typos – 100 books is a lot to type out! Thanks again to Kris for the recommendations. I don’t know about you, but my TBR pile just groaned…