Science Fiction about Strong Women
Explore top science fiction books featuring strong female protagonists. Discover empowering stories of resilience, leadership, and adventure in these must-read novels for fans of bold women in futuristic worlds.
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Enchantress from the Stars
by Sylvia Engdahl
Three civilizations from different planets in widely varying stages of development clash in what could be either a mutually disastrous or beneficial encounter.
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Trading in Danger
by Elizabeth Moon
Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father's only child to buck tradition by choosing a military career …
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Chanur's Homecoming
by C. J. Cherryh
The epic conclusion to the Hugo Award-nominated saga begins as alien entities called "humans" send their first exploration ship into Compact space, disrupting the seven …
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In Conquest Born
by C.S. Friedman
In Conquest Born is the monumental science fiction epic that received unprecedented acclaim—and launched C.S. Friedman's phenomenal career. A sweeping story of two interstellar civilizations—locked …
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Dragonflight
by Anne McCaffrey
On the beautiful planet Pern, land holders and craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs, their only protection from the dreaded, life-threatening …
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Venus of Dreams
by Pamela Sargent
Iris Angharads, a determined, independent woman, sets herself one massive goal: to make the poison-filled atmosphere of Venus hospitable to humans. She works day and …
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Dreamsnake
by Vonda N. McIntyre
Back in print, McIntyre's tender and compassionate adventure story--a Hugo and Nebula Award-winner and a New York Times bestseller. In a far-future, post-holocaust Earth, a …
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The Ship Who Sang
by Anne McCaffrey
Helva had been born human, but only her brain had been saved—saved to be schooled, programmed, and implanted into the sleek titanium body of an …
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Friday
by Robert Anson Heinlein
"AS JOYOUS TO READ AS IT IS PROVOCATIVE . . . Friday is all woman . . . She is as strong and resourceful and …
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The Host
by Stephenie Meyer
A member of a species that takes over the minds of human bodies, Wanderer is unable to disregard his host's love for a man in …
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My Dream of Stars
by Anousheh Ansari
In her heartwarming and empowering memoir, space pioneer Anousheh Ansari tells the story of her childhood in Iran and her family's exodus to America after …