There’s been much discussion lately about New York Times SF reviewer Dave Itzkoff’s top ten list–which was criticized for, among other things, being made up entirely of white men: no women or people of color on the list.

So, that leads me to my questions:

(1) What are your top ten SF/Fantasy books (novels, collections, etc.) written by women?

(2) What are your top ten SF/Fantasy books (novels, collections, etc.) written by people of color?

It’s unclear whether Itzkoff was including fantasy in his list, or excluding it on purpose, but for the purposes of my question, let’s say fantasy is okay to include. (I’d say he probably *was* including fantasy–since I’d assume most if not all of the Mieville stories in Looking for Jake are fantasy [I haven’t read it yet].)