Please recommend me literally any book written by a female author
I’ve just realized that I’ve only ever read two sci-fi books by a female author (The Left Hand of Darkness and Sea of Tranquility), and want to fill out that blind spot. I’m open to any book at all, of any sub genre of sci-fi, but if you want to be more specific here are some of my favorite books:
The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer. Not sure if these count as sci-fi but they’re definitely adjacent.
Dune Series by Frank Herbert. My favorite of these are Messiah and God Emperor, but I really enjoyed the first four in general. The last two I could take or leave.
Exhalation and Stories of your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. My two favorite books I’ve ever read.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Again, not sure if this counts as sci-fi but it has a few sci-fi elements in it. I’ve loved all of her books that I’ve read, still haven’t gotten around to her pre Station Eleven work.
Thank you all in advance!
Edit: overwhelmed by the amount of responses. Thank you all! I have several years of reading just in these comments.