Really Good Lesbian/Feminist Science Fiction
Explore the best lesbian and feminist science fiction books! Discover empowering stories, strong female leads, and groundbreaking LGBTQ+ themes in this curated list of must-read sci-fi novels.
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Accidental Creatures
by Anne Harris
Anne Harris returns with an outstanding look at the near future. Never before has her technological insight been so acute, or her portrayal of sex …
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Hand of Prophecy
by Severna Park
A galaxy whirls in conflict as tyrant slavers prepare to reclaim the frontier planets wrested from them generations ago. Living on one of the forfeited …
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Speaking Dreams
by Severna Park
A tautly-told lesbian science fiction tale of slavery and spiritual freedom, power and resistance, love and destiny.
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A Door Into Ocean
by Joan Slonczewski
The Sharers of Shora are a nation of women on a distant moon in the far future who are pacifists, who are highly advanced in …
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The Slave and The Free
by Suzy McKee Charnas
Walk to the end of the world. Alldera the Messenger is a slave among the Fems, in thrall to men whose own power is waning.
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The Iron Bridge
by David E. Morse
A woman from the 21st century travels back in time to 1773 England to cause the collapse of a bridge under construction. An ecological commune …
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Dark Water's Embrace
by Stephen Leigh
Struggling with rising infertility and infant mortality, repopulation is essential for a group of humans on a distant planet. Anais, a brilliant female doctor with …
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Slow River
by Nicola Griffith
She awoke in an alley to the splash of rain. She was naked, a foot-long gash in her back was still bleeding, and her identity …
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Vigilant
by James Alan Gardner
A member of the Vigil, monitors of government corruption, Faye Smallwood suddenly becomes the target of a sinister and lethal conspiracy threatening to unleash a …