A list of First books in Fantasy series (or standalones) published in 1980s-2000s written by female authors.
created by leanbot
last updated January, 2026
The Bone Doll's Twin (The TamĂr Triad, #1)
Lynn Flewelling
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
Tamora Pierce
Silk Roads and Shadows
Susan Shwartz
The Magicians' Guild (Black Magician Trilogy, #1)
Trudi Canavan
The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)
Robin McKinley
The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1)
Megan Whalen Turner
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Jacqueline Carey
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
Naomi Novik
Sorcerer's Son
Phyllis Eisenstein
Ring of Lightning (Dance of the Rings, #1)
Jane S. Fancher
The Hound and the Falcon (The Hound and the Falcon, #1-3)
Judith Tarr
White Mare's Daughter (Epona, #3)
Ars Magica
Dreamsnake
Vonda N. McIntyre
The Goblin Mirror
C.J. Cherryh
The Dreamstone (Arafel, #1)
Fortress in the Eye of Time (Fortress, #1)
Prospero's Children (Fern Capel)
Jan Siegel
The Greenstone Grail (Sangreal, #1)
Amanda Hemingway
Sword-Dancer (Tiger and Del, #1)
Jennifer Roberson
Shapechangers (Chronicles of the Cheysuli, #1)
The Brazen Gambit (Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas, #1)
Lynn Abbey
Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
Margaret Weis
Dragon's Winter
Elizabeth A. Lynn
Swordspoint (Riverside, #1)
Ellen Kushner
War for the Oaks
Emma Bull
The Last of the Renshai (Renshai Trilogy, #1)
Mickey Zucker Reichert
Tea with the Black Dragon (Black Dragon, #1)
R.A. MacAvoy
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Well-Favored Man: The Tale of the Sorcerer's Nephew (Argylle #1)
Elizabeth Willey
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