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Date Type Language Title Authors Parent Title Parent Authors Tags
2013-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Halfway Home Linda Nagata     deserted island (1), courage (1), survival (1), female point of view (1), first person point of view (1), bioterrorism (1), airplane crash (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1)
2013-07-13 NOVEL English Necessary Sacrifices Zoe Cannon     young-adult sf (1), dystopia (1), strong female character (1), female main character (1)
2013-09-16 NOVEL English Pigments of My Imagination Angela Kulig     young-adult fantasy (1), urban fantasy (1), strong female character (1), female main character (1), female protagonist (1), reincarnation (1), paranormal romance (1)
2013-05-14 NOVEL English School Spirits Rachel Hawkins     young-adult fantasy (1), misfits (1), ghost hunter family (1), witches (1), ghosts (1), first romance (1), high school (1), mother and daughter (1), female point of view (1), strong female character (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), Mississippi (1), paranormal powers (1)
2013-12-18 SHORTFICTION English The First Unforgivable Thing Zoe Cannon     female main character (1), strong female character (1), dystopia (1), young-adult sf (1), female protagonist (1)
2013-01-00 SHORTFICTION English The Withering Tim Casson     reporter (1), murder (1), strong female character (1), 1891 (1), Wales (1), first person point of view (1), spirit messages (1), spiritual surrogate (1), detective (1), honor killing (1), starcrossed lovers (1), reanimation (1), horror (1)
2013-06-24 CHAPBOOK English Violet Black & the Curse of Camp Coldwater Kevin M. Folliard     young-adult horror (1), young-adult mystery (1), female protagonist (1), female main character (1), strong female character (1)
2012-07-10 NOVEL English Insignia S. J. Kincaid     young-adult sf (1), virtual reality (1), military sf (1), video games (1), war (1), government by corporations (1), AI chip implanted in brain (1), strong female character (1), antiauthoritarian (1), cadets (1), virtual reality avatars (1), remotely piloted spacecraft (1), corporate sponsorship (1), bullying (1), ethics (1), virus (1)
2012-01-03 NOVEL English Raven Cursed Faith Hunter     urban fantasy (1), shapechangers (1), female main character (1), strong female character (1)
2012-10-20 NOVEL English The Torturer's Daughter Zoe Cannon     young-adult sf (1), dystopia (1), female main character (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1)
2011-01-13 CHAPBOOK English The Dead Walk Among the Living, Book 1 Keith Adam Luethke     strong female character (1), female main character (1), female protagonist (1), zombies (1), horror (1), post apocalypse (1)
2010-02-08 NOVEL English Gemini Rising Louann Carroll     paranormal romance (2), urban fantasy (1), science fiction (1), near future (1), genetic engineering (1), Google Books (1), female main character (1), strong female character (1), aliens (1), Nibiru (1), 12th planet (1), 2012 (1)
2009-05-28 NOVEL English Deja Blue Robert W. Walker     Suspense (1), strong female character (1), female main character (1), female protagonist (1), crime (1), murder (1), psychic ability (1), detective (1)
2007-03-00 SHORTFICTION English Graduation Afternoon Stephen King     nuclear bomb (1), doomed romance (1), social class differences (1), public school (1), prep school (1), Connecticut suburbs (1), high school graduation (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1)
2007-03-06 SHORTFICTION English Jade Angel Dena Bain Taylor     time travel (1), military sf (1), strong female character (1), female main character (1), female protagonist (1), military (1), science fiction (1), mars (1)
2007-03-06 SHORTFICTION English The First Cup of Coffee War James H. Cobb     science fiction (1), military sf (1), female protagonist (1), female main character (1), strong female character (1), war (1)
2007-07-00 SHORTFICTION English The Gingerbread Girl Stephen King     horror (1), serial murderer (1), Florida Keys (1), escape (1), homicidal maniac (1), crib death (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), running (1), contemporary (1), drowning (1), pursuit (1)
2006-04-30 NOVEL English A Matter of Degrees Alex Marcoux     mystery (1), reincarnation (1), female main character (1), strong female characters (1), strong female character (1)
2006-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Derelict Geoffrey A. Landis     strong female character (1), hard sf (1), juvenile (1), first person point of view (1), orbital habitats (1), hostilities (1), adolescent risk-taking (1), only humans (1), science fiction (1)
2006-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Incarnation Day Walter Jon Williams     ethics (1), mind-body interface (1), virtuality (1), procreation (1), virtual protagonist (1), first person point of view (1), female protagonist (1), juvenile (1), SF (1), strong female character (1)
2006-10-03 SHORTFICTION English Lucy and the Crypt Casanova Minda Webber     vampires (1), female main character (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), paranormal mystery (1), murder (1), paranormal romance (1)
2006-12-01 NOVEL English PSI: Blue Robert W. Walker     strong female character (1), female main character (1), female protagonist (1), detective (1), murder (1), psychic ability (1), Suspense (1), crime (1)
2006-08-00 SHORTFICTION English The Mars Girl Joe Haldeman     alien disease (1), xenophobia (1), contact with aliens (1), Mars colony (1), juvenile protagonist (1), first person point of view (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), hard sf (1)
2005-10-00 NOVEL English Runner William C. Dietz     intrigue (1), paranormal mental powers (1), courier (1), genetic engineering (1), collapsed galactic civilization (1), religion (1), artificial intelligence (1), reincarnation (1), interstellar travel (1), Strong juvenile character (1), strong female character (1), religious leaders (1)
2004-10-00 NOVEL English Curious Notions Harry Turtledove     Young Adult (1), San Francisco (1), alternate worlds (1), science fiction (1), strong female character (1), alternate history (1)
2004-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Shiva in Shadow Nancy Kress     murder (1), treachery (1), psychology (1), exploration (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), multiple points of view (1), uploaded personalities (1), Galactic core (1), first person point of view (1)
2004-09-00 SHORTFICTION English The Third Party David Moles     lost human colony (1), interstellar civilizations (1), strong female character (1), economics (1), only humans (1), interstellar travel (1), preindustrial civilization (1)
2001-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story Michael Hague     female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), ireland (1), folktale (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), ghost (1), battle of wits (1), murder (1), treasure (1), happy ending (1)
2001-04-00 NOVEL English Passage Connie Willis     science fiction (1), near-death experience (1), out of body experience (1), Denver (1), Alzheimer’s disease (1), disasters (1), death (1), titanic (1), hospital (1), afterlife (1), strong female character (1)
2001-00-00 NOVEL English The Five Paths Michael Thomas Ford     wicca (1), strong female character (1), juvenile fantasy (1), urban fantasy (1)
1999-05-00 NOVEL English Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson     undersea cables (1), Turing (1), cryptography (1), families (1), world war ii (1), Philippines (1), gold (1), romance (1), strong female character (1), mining (1), Ronald Reagan (1), Douglas MacArthur (1), submarines (1), internet (1), nanotechnology (1), POWs (1), tech startups (1), entrepreneurs (1), computer security (1), hackers (1), Unix (1), jungle warfare (1), death (1), Manila (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1), cryptology (1)
1999-09-00 NOVEL English Household Gods Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove     dentists (1), sculpture (1), nudity (1), divorce (1), justice (1), cruelty (1), prostitution (1), funeral (1), childbirth (1), parasites (1), sex (1), barbarian invasion (1), alcohol (1), food (1), epidemic (1), time travel (1), Physicians (1), religion (1), Roman Empire (1), rape (1), out-of-body experience (1), Los Angeles (1), Austria (1), feminism (1), smell (1), tavern (1), gods (1), slavery (1), strong female character (1)
1999-00-00 COVERART English The Folk Keeper Leonid Gore     fantasy (1), selkies (1), first person point of view (1), female protagonist (1), juvenile protagonist (1), strong female character (1)
1998-04-00 NOVEL English The Gemini Man: His Time Is Now Richard Steinberg     cold war (1), psychologist (1), psychopath (1), strong female character (1), contemporary (1), ubermensch (1), Germany (1), escape (1), military (1)
1998-02-00 SHORTFICTION English The Time of Her Life Nancy Springer     contemporary (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), fantasy (1), Time (1), marital discord (1)
1997-02-00 NOVEL English Fall Through the Sky Jennifer Dimarco     science fiction (1), dystopia (1), female protagonist (1), female main characters (1), strong female character (1)
1997-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Mona Lisa Warren Lapine     painting (1), vampires (1), female main character (1), strong female character (1)
1997-01-00 NOVEL English Sole Survivor Dean R. Koontz     suicide (1), psychological possession (1), widower (1), bereaved parent (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), strong female character (1), father (1), plane crash (1), evil institutions (1), human genetic engineering (1), paranormal powers (1), young girl (1), god (1), into-tv miniseries (1)
1997-01-01 NOVEL English Storm Front Jim Butcher     dark fantasy (1), mystery (1), urban fantasy (1), into-tv (1), strong female character (1), contemporary (1), Chicago (1), private eye (1), first person point of view (1), mystical Underworld (1), illegal drugs (1), murder (1), vengeance (1), sorcery (1), vampires (1)
1996-01-00 SHORTFICTION English Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale A. C. Crispin     star wars (1), Yarla (1), dancing girl (1), desert (1), krayt dragon (1), sacrifice (1), romance (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), Doallyn (1)
1996-01-00 SHORTFICTION English Sleight of Hand: The Tale of Mara Jade Timothy Zahn     Luke Skywalker (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), assassin (1), secret agent (1), Emperor Palpatine (1), Jabba the Hutt (1), star wars (1), Mara Jade (1)
1995-02-00 NOVEL English Demon Knight Randall Boyll     novelization (1), horror (1), demons (1), strong female character (1), female main character (1)
1995-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Little Dog Gone Linda Evans     first person point of view (1), artificial intelligence point of view (1), genetic engineering (1), dog (1), strong female character (1), war with aliens (1), interstellar war (1)
1995-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Siblings Warren Lapine     first contact (1), interstellar travel (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), telepathy (1), childhood abuse (1), miscommunication (1)
1995-00-00 NOVEL English Spirit Seeker Joan Lowery Nixon     strong female character (1), female main character (1), psychic (1), juvenile mystery (1), murder (1)
1994-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Ancestral Voices S. M. Stirling     bolo (1), war machine (1), human sacrifice (1), pre-Columbian society (1), AI (1), volcanos (1), Central America (1), Lost Company (1), postapocalypse (1), strong female character (1)
1994-11-00 NOVEL English Fires of Aggar Chris Anne Wolfe     fantasy (1), lesbian (1), adventure (1), strong female character (1), female main characters (1), female protagonist (1)
1994-06-00 NOVEL English Insomnia Stephen King     horror (2), supernatural creatures (1), mass murder (1), elderly protagonist (1), contemporary (1), Maine (1), strong female character (1), energy vampire (1), alternate universe (1), dark tower (1), auras (1), elderly romance (1), abortion argument (1), battered wives (1), sleep maintenance insomnia (1), hyperreality (1), into-movie (1)
1994-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Legacy Todd McCaffrey     AI point of view (1), war between humans and aliens (1), war machine (1), pacifist society (1), sacrifice (1), nanotechnology (1), strong female character (1), bolo (1)
1994-11-00 SHORTFICTION English Sir Kendrick's Lady Shariann Lewitt     medieval planet (1), war machine (1), bolo (1), first person point of view (1), interstellar criminals (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), juvenile protagonist (1), AI (1)
1994-11-00 SHORTFICTION English The Murphosensor Bomb Karen Wehrstein     bolo (1), software virus (1), AI emotion (1), strong female character (1), treachery (1), female protagonist (1), war between humans and aliens (1), war machines (1), AI point of view (1), computer virus (1), artificial intelligence (1)
1993-06-00 NOVEL English Escape to the Wind Jennifer Dimarco     science fiction (1), dystopia (1), female protagonist (1), female main characters (1), strong female character (1)
1993-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Lost Legion S. M. Stirling     military sf (2), war (1), Latin America (1), revolutionaries (1), strong female character (1), artificial intelligence (1), hard sf (1), guerrillas (1)
1993-10-00 NOVEL English Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler     science fiction (2), 2020s (1), women (1), racism (1), post-apocalyptic (1), Fundamentalism (1), dystopian (1), apocalyptic (1), African American (1), Abuse (1), california (1), Capitalism (1), climate change (1), black protagonist (1), migrants (1), empath (1), Southern California (1), societal collapse (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), first person point of view (1), death (1), loss (1), slavery (1), philosophy (1), god (1), change (1), spirituality (1), community (1)
1993-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Calligraphy Lesson Joyce Harrington     first person point of view (1), strong female character (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), radio DJ (1), twist ending (1), crazy former spouse (1)
1993-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Valentine Ed Gorman and Rex Miller     contemporary (1), strong female character (1), homicide detective (1), vigilante killer (1), romance (1), Suspense (1)
1992-07-00 NOVEL English Doomsday Book Connie Willis     3-award-winner (1), time travel (1), Kurd Laßwitz Award: Best Foreign Novel (1), historian (1), epidemic (1), science fiction (1), strong female character (1), england (1), medieval (1), near future (1), humouros (1)
1992-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Eyeball Vectors Hal Clement     strong female character (1), interstellar travel (1), tide-locked planet (1), alien-human cooperation (1), harsh climate (1), aquatic expedition (1), trapped explorers (1), ingenuity (1), electrical noise (1)
1992-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Fighting Words Janet Kagan     hard sf (1), aliens (1), diplomacy (1), interstellar travel (1), strong female character (1), cats (1), alien psychology (1), religious prejudice (1)
1991-09-00 SHORTFICTION English Mama Gone Jane Yolen     love (1), family (1), vampire (1), strong female character (1), juvenile protagonist (1), female protagonist (1), first person point of view (1), fantasy (1)
1991-00-00 NOVEL English Shadows of Aggar Chris Anne Wolfe     fantasy (1), lesbian (1), adventure (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), female main characters (1)
1990-04-00 SHORTFICTION English Different Kinds of Dead Ed Gorman     horror (1), boring life (1), ghost (1), ghost hitchhiker (1), murder (1), contemporary (1), blizzard (1), revenge (1), strong female character (1)
1990-10-00 SHORTFICTION English Jeremiah Jessica Amanda Salmonson     detective (1), strong female character (1), female main character (1), female protagonist (1), ghost (1), haunted house (1), Christmas (1)
1989-11-00 NOVEL English Lyonesse: Madouc Jack Vance     fantasy (1), high fantasy (1), Changelings (1), fairies (1), wizards (1), war (1), map (1), tsunami (1), quest (1), strong female character (1)
1989-06-00 NOVEL English The Fortress of the Pearl Michael Moorcock     high fantasy (1), enchanted sword (1), soul taking (1), dream adventures (1), quest (1), nomads (1), corrupt plutocracy (1), addiction (1), strong female character (1), sorcery (1)
1988-00-00 NOVEL English Silver Tower Dale Brown     naval battle (1), daughter (1), father (1), Iran (1), USSR (1), US Space Station (1), US Navy (1), space battle (1), contemporary (1), space plane (1), space laser weapon (1), strong female character (1), romance (1)
1987-07-00 NOVEL English Tatja Grimm's World Vernor Vinge     Fix up (1), science fiction (1), strong female character (1), astronomy (1), slavery (1)
1987-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Bride's Wisdom Peninnah Schram     Judaic (1), folktale (1), widowhood (1), love (1), Wedding night (1), Angel of death (1), strong female character (1), Death on wedding day (1)
1987-06-00 NOVEL English Trail of the Seahawks Ron Fortier and Ardath Mayhar     future America (1), America (1), future (1), monkeys (1), revenge (1), strong female character (1), pirates (1), adventure (1), female protagonist (1), post apocalypse (1), science fiction (1), Maine (1), wilderness (1)
1987-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Zohara Peninnah Schram     Judaic (1), folktale (1), Evil stepfather (1), Prosthetic limbs (1), Hostile in-laws (1), Prophet Elijah (1), Magical jewels (1), strong female character (1), justice (1)
1986-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Hatrack River Orson Scott Card     juvenile protagonist (1), female protagonist (1), second sight (1), childbirth (1), flood (1), strong female character (1), new england (1), fantasy (1), 1800s (1), alternate history (1), Seventh son (1)
1985-10-00 NOVEL English Contact Carl Sagan     science fiction (2), first contact (1), into-movie (1), hard sf (1), strong female character (1), higher intelligence (1), interstellar travel (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), radio astronomy (1)
1984-08-00 SHORTFICTION English The Murthe Jack Vance     sex change (1), strong female character (1), magicians (1), far future (1), fantasy (1), time travel (1)
1983-03-00 NOVEL English Orion Shall Rise Poul Anderson     romance (1), heroic sacrifices (1), feudalism (1), industrialism (1), Gaeans (1), betrayal (1), friendship (1), intrigue (1), international politics (1), national politics (1), hard sf (1), strong female character (1), postapocalyptic (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), Project Orion (1), solar aerostat (1), pacific islands nation (1), aerostat (1)
1982-02-00 NOVEL English Special Deliverance Clifford D. Simak     new england (1), strong female character (1), professor (1), contemporary (1), parallel worlds (1), robot (1), quest (1), aliens (1)
1982-08-00 SHORTFICTION English The Breathing Method Stephen King     horror (1), Christmas (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), story within a story (1), first person point of view (1), unwed pregnancy (1), strong female character (1), social club (1), uncanny setting (1)
1980-00-00 SHORTFICTION English Ginungagap Michael Swanwick     female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), aliens (1), black holes (1), interstellar travel (1), interspecies communication (1), cat (1), suspicion (1), human duplication (1), identity (1), cats (1)
1980-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Unicorn Tapestry Suzy McKee Charnas     strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), vampire (1), psychoanalyst (1), predator (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1), fantasy (1)
1979-06-00 NOVEL English Alien Alan Dean Foster     novelization (1), movie novelization (1), science fiction (1), horror (1), first contact (1), alien (1), android (1), female main character (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), space opera (1), interstellar travel (1)
1979-10-00 SHORTFICTION English Sentences of Death John Brunner     palace intrigue (1), vengeance (1), wizard (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), sword and sorcery (1)
1979-11-00 NOVEL English The Whirligig of Time Lloyd Biggle, Jr.     science fiction (1), mystery (1), aliens (1), interstellar travel (1), peace (1), religion (1), teleportation (1), matter transmission (1), subway (1), fungi (1), food (1), vengeance (1), strong female character (1), immigration (1), Refugees (1)
1977-03-00 NOVEL English Diadem from the Stars Jo Clayton     strong female character (1)
1976-06-00 COLLECTION English Alyx Joanna Russ     strong female character (1), science fiction (1)
1975-06-00 NOVEL English The Birthgrave Tanith Lee     masks (1), science fiction (1), psychic ability (1), volcanoes (1), coming of age (1), strong female character (1), slavery (1), epidemic (1), female protagonist (1)
1973-00-00 NOVEL English A Wind in the Door Madeleine L'Engle     young-adult fantasy (1), female protagonist (1), humanoids (1), good and evil (1), child prodigy (1), telepathy (1), disease (1), cherubim (1), mitochondria (1), love (1), teachers (1), strong female character (1), adolescent protagonists (1), contemporary (1), family (1)
1973-10-00 SHORTFICTION English Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand Vonda N. McIntyre     snakes (1), healer (1), strong female character (1), female protagonist (1), tribal (1), nonindustrial (1), science fiction (1), animal Coaches (1), post-apocalyptic (1)
1972-00-00 SHORTFICTION English The Mathematical Princess Robert Nye     King Cole (1), love (1), strong female character (1), opposites attract (1), princess (1), shepherd (1)
1968-11-00 NOVEL English The Underpeople Cordwainer Smith     human-animal hybrids (1), strong female character (1), telepathy (1), far future (1), science fiction (1), Miami (1), Florida (1), civil rights (1)
1967-01-00 SHORTFICTION English The Food Farm Kit Reed     science fiction (1), obesity (1), strong female character (1), revenge (1)
1967-10-00 SHORTFICTION English Weyr Search Anne McCaffrey     science fiction (1), strong female character (1), telepathy (1), dragons (1), coming of age (1)
1966-00-00 SHORTFICTION English How Beautiful with Banners James Blish     saturn (1), Titan (1), cold (1), xenobiology (1), genetic engineering (1), strong female character (1)
1966-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Ship Who Killed Anne McCaffrey     science fiction (1), strong female character (1), cyborg (1), brainship (1), interstellar travel (1)
1965-02-00 SHORTFICTION English On the Storm Planet Cordwainer Smith     weather control (1), longevity (1), storms (1), strong female character (1), far future (1), telepathy (1), science fiction (1), human-animal hybrids (1), turtles (1)
1965-08-00 SHORTFICTION English Sleep No More James H. Schmitz     telepaths (1), alien animals (1), mysterious conspiracy (1), strong female character (1), teleportation (1), female protagonist (1)
1963-07-00 SHORTFICTION English Down to the Worlds of Men Alexei Panshin     Merril09 (1), generation ship (1), first person point of view (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), rite of passage (1), agrarian planet (1), xenophobia (1), population control (1)
1962-04-00 SHORTFICTION English To Lift a Ship Kit Reed     strong female character (1), telekinetic flight (1), contemporary (1), love (1), betrayal (1), telepathy (1)
1961-12-00 SHORTFICTION English Satisfaction Guaranteed Joy Leache     leprechauns (1), sexism (1), strong female character (1), middle management (1), humor (1), economics (1), alien species (1), Galactic Federation (1), marketing (1), shoemaking (1), alien culture (1)
1960-02-00 SHORTFICTION English The Sound-Sweep J. G. Ballard     science fiction (1), music (1), near future (1), diva (1), opera (1), ultrasonic music (1), noise residue (1), mutism (1), narcissism (1), strong female character (1), show business (1), betrayal (1), fantasy (1), revenge (1), Exploitation (1)
1958-10-00 SHORTFICTION English The Vicious Delinquents Mark Reinsberg     interplanetary adventure (1), crime (1), science fiction (1), female main character (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1)
1958-01-00 SHORTFICTION English Unwillingly to School Pauline Ashwell     Merril04 (1), science fiction (1), first person point of view (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), dyslexia (1), interstellar travel (1), farming (1), mining (1), university (1), sociological research (1), humorous (1), education (1)
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