While one would think that worm riding chosen ones, planet hopping astronauts, or stargazing astronomers would be composed of all genders, much of the sci-fi canon is about a small subsection of the human genome: a bunch of guys. Looking for sci-fi novels with female protagonists that give the boys a run for their rocket fuel? While sci-fi books with female leads are as significant, and often unfortunately as rare as the next big deep space discovery, these 10 books orbit around women who are quasar bright, neutron star tough, and radiate with the glory of a thousand suns.
