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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books
  • First Book:
    December 1972
  • Latest Book:
    May 2018
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Book List in Order: 16 titles





  • A new kind of sci-fi heroine, the tough-as-nails Alyx, is introduced in this Nebula Award finalist that Poul Anderson called an “extraordinary” novel.   Set in a semi-utopian world, Joanna Russ’s groundbreaking debut novel is the story of ...



  • This Nebula Award"nominated “work of awesome originality” (Robert Silverberg) is a mind-blowing exploration of telepathy and power on an Earth-like planet.   Earthman Jai Vedh was on a star voyage when his ship blew up, leaving him strande...



  • ENTER THE WORLD OF TRANSMUTATIONS -- MENTAL AND ELEMENTAL, ALCHEMICAL AND ACADEMIC NIGHT AND THE LOVES OF JOE DICOSTANZO by Samuel R. Delany When a young man living in an abandoned castle discovers he has strange and wonderful powers, he's delig...








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    A radical novel of love, gender, and being seen for who you are from the groundbreaking author of The Female Man.   Meet Esther, an English professor. Since her divorce more than a decade ago, she has lived in a kind of limbo -- a sexless, cold,...



  • Four alternate selves from radically different realities come together in this “dazzling” and “trailblazing work” (The Washington Post).   Widely acknowledged as Joanna Russ’s masterpiece, The Female Man is the suspenseful, surprising,...









  • A time-traveling heroine vows to rescue a subjugated girl from a fundamentalist society by any means necessary in this “extraordinary novel” (Marge Piercy).   Rebelling against her repressive 1950s upbringing in a sexist America, Irene Waski...



  • A multi-dimensional explosion hurls the starship's few passengers across the galaxies and onto an uncharted barren tundra. With no technical skills and scant supplies, the survivors face a bleak end in an alien world. One brave woman holds the daring...



  • In 1959, at the age of 22, Joanna Russ published her first science fiction story, Nor Custom Stale, in The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy. In the forty-five years since, Russ has continued to write some of the most popular, creative, and imp...



  • One woman resists the demands of her fellow stranded survivors on an inhospitable planet in this “elegant and electric . . . tour-de-force” (Samuel R. Delany).   In this stunning and boldly imagined novel, an explosion leaves the p...



Award-Winning Books by Joanna Russ

The Female Man
2002 Spectrum Award -- Hall of Fame


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Joanna Russ has published 16 books.

Joanna Russ does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, We Who Are About To . . ., was published in May 2018.

The first book by Joanna Russ, New Dimensions II, was published in December 1972.

No. Joanna Russ does not write books in series.