The Mistressworks of SF

Yet another big-list-of-books meme, and once again I'm picking it up from James Nicoll. This particular list was an attempt to create a canon of great books by female writers (one book each) of science fiction -- both the "one book per writer" and the "science fiction" have proven to be grounds for interesting discussions elsewhere -- in response to a line of books with a masculine version of the title which turned out to be very boy-centric.

As usual, the rules are: set titles in bold if you've read them and in italics if you own it but haven't read it yet. It is also allowable to bold a series if you've read all of it.

• 1 Frankenstein, Mary Shelley (1818)
• 2 Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1915)
• 3 Orlando, Virginia Woolf (1928) 
• 4 Lest Ye Die, Cicely Hamilton (1928)
• 5 Swastika Night, Katherine Burdekin (1937) 
• (6 Wrong Side of the Moon, Francis Leslie Ashton (1951), removed because Francis Leslie Ashton is a man)
• 7 The Sword of Rhiannon, Leigh Brackett (1953)
• 8 Pilgrimage: The Book of the People, Zenna Henderson (1961)
• 9 Memoirs of a Spacewoman, Naomi Mitchison (1962)
• 10 Witch World, Andre Norton (1963)
• 11 Sunburst, Phyllis Gotlieb (1964)
• 12 Jirel of Joiry, CL Moore (1969)
• 13 Heroes and Villains, Angela Carter (1969)
• 14 Ten Thousand Light Years From Home, James Tiptree Jr (1973) -- I've read a number of Tiptree stories, though not all of this particular collection
• 15 The Dispossessed, Ursula K Le Guin (1974)
• 16 Walk to the End of the World, Suzy McKee Charnas (1974)  
• 17 The Female Man, Joanna Russ (1975)
• 18 Missing Man, Katherine MacLean (1975)
• 19 Arslan, MJ Engh (1976)
• 20 Floating Worlds, Cecelia Holland (1976)
• 21 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, Kate Wilhelm (1976)
• 22 Islands, Marta Randall (1976)
• 23 Dreamsnake, Vonda N McIntyre (1978)
• 24 False Dawn, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1978)
• 25 Shikasta [Canopus in Argos: Archives], Doris Lessing (1979)
• 26 Kindred, Octavia Butler (1979)
• 27 Benefits, Zoe Fairbairns (1979)
• 28 The Snow Queen, Joan D Vinge (1980)
• 29 The Silent City, Élisabeth Vonarburg (1981)
• 30 The Silver Metal Lover, Tanith Lee (1981)
• 31 The Many-Coloured Land [Saga of the Exiles], Julian May (1981)
• 32 Darkchild [Daughters of the Sunstone], Sydney J van Scyoc (1982)
• 33 The Crystal Singer, Anne McCaffrey (1982) -- I've read probably two dozen McCaffrey books, including most of the Pern series, but not this one
• 34 Native Tongue, Suzette Haden Elgin (1984)
• 35 The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood (1985)
• 36 Jerusalem Fire, RM Meluch (1985)
• 37 Children of Anthi, Jay D Blakeney (1985) 
• 38 The Dream Years, Lisa Goldstein (1985)
• 39 Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind, Sarah Lefanu & Jen Green (1985)
• 40 Queen of the States, Josephine Saxton (1986)
• 41 The Wave and the Flame [Lear's Daughters], Marjorie Bradley Kellogg (1986)
• 42 The Journal of Nicholas the American, Leigh Kennedy (1986)
• 43 A Door into Ocean, Joan Slonczewski (1986)
• 44 Angel at Apogee, SN Lewitt (1987)
• 45 In Conquest Born, CS Friedman (1987)
• 46 Pennterra, Judith Moffett (1987)
• 47 Kairos, Gwyneth Jones (1988)
• 48 Cyteen, CJ Cherryh (1988)
• 49 Unquenchable Fire, Rachel Pollack (1988) -- This is a wonderful, wonderful book that more people should read. And I imagine many people would say the same about all of the books on this list that I haven't read or considered.
• 50 The City, Not Long After, Pat Murphy (1988)
• 51 The Steerswoman [Steerswoman series], Rosemary Kirstein (1989)
• 52 The Third Eagle, RA MacAvoy (1989)
• 53 Grass, Sheri S Tepper (1989)
• 54 Heritage of Flight, Susan Shwartz (1989)
• 55 Falcon, Emma Bull (1989)
• 56 The Archivist, Gill Alderman (1989)
• 57 Winterlong [Winterlong trilogy], Elizabeth Hand (1990)
• 58 A Gift Upon the Shore, MK Wren (1990)
• 59 Red Spider, White Web, Misha (1990) -- I was looking for this book for ages, primarily because SF Age thought it was the greatest cyberpunk novel of all time (they thought that for possibly as long as a year), but never actually got a copy or read it.
• 60 Polar City Blues, Katharine Kerr (1990)
• 61 Body of Glass (AKA He, She and It), Marge Piercy (1991)
• 62 Sarah Canary, Karen Joy Fowler (1991)
• 63 Beggars in Spain [Sleepless trilogy], Nancy Kress (1991) -- I would not recommend reading the whole trilogy, which goes off on a succession of annoying tangents, but the first book is excellent.
• 64 A Woman of the Iron People, Eleanor Arnason (1991)
• 65 Hermetech, Storm Constantine (1991)
• 66 China Mountain Zhang, Maureen F McHugh (1992)
• 67 Fools, Pat Cadigan (1992)
• 68 Correspondence, Sue Thomas (1992)
• 69 Lost Futures, Lisa Tuttle (1992)
• 70 Doomsday Book, Connie Willis (1992)
• 71 Ammonite, Nicola Griffith (1993)
• 72 The Holder of the World, Bharati Mukherjee (1993)
• 73 Queen City Jazz, Kathleen Ann Goonan (1994)
• 74 Happy Policeman, Patricia Anthony (1994)
• 75 Shadow Man, Melissa Scott (1995)
• 76 Legacies, Alison Sinclair (1995)
• 77 Primary Inversion [Skolian Saga], Catherine Asaro (1995)
• 78 Alien Influences, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (1995)
• 79 The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell (1996)
• 80 Memory [Vorkosigan series], Lois McMaster Bujold (1996)
• 81 Remnant Population, Elizabeth Moon (1996)
• 82 Looking for the Mahdi, N Lee Wood (1996)
• 83 An Exchange of Hostages [Jurisdiction series], Susan R Matthews (1997)
• 84 Fool’s War, Sarah Zettel (1997)
• 85 Black Wine, Candas Jane Dorsey (1997)
• 86 Halfway Human, Carolyn Ives Gilman (1998)
• 87 Vast, Linda Nagata (1998)
• 88 Hand of Prophecy, Severna Park (1998)
• 89 Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson (1998)
• 90 Dreaming in Smoke, Tricia Sullivan (1999)
• 91 Ash: A Secret History, Mary Gentle (2000)

As I expected, I'm not as well-read in this area as I'd like to be. (And, these days, I'm tending to read mostly the writers I already like, which doesn't help the matter.) Having a list certainly helps
 so, thanks to Ian Sales for sparking this discussion.