So Anne Leckie's books have only been picked once by someone for their 3 favorite reads (a small number of votes). You can try that here:
https://shepherd.com/bboy/2025
We don't know the authors' genders or anything like that. Maybe you searched the entire website and then ended up on a book recommendation list? What is the URL you are at?
We have about 12,000 author-created book recommendation lists; they are deeply personal and may include gender.
I have no idea, I clicked on the search icon at the top, then typed "translation state" and then opened the first result. It didn't look like a handpicked list, I assumed I was getting the algorithmic recommendation.
If I'd seen a page titled "Susan's List of favorite female scifi authors" or something like that, it would be fine. But the page didn't look like I was on a handpicked list, there was not much to differentiate it from other pages.
We don't know the authors' genders or anything like that. Maybe you searched the entire website and then ended up on a book recommendation list? What is the URL you are at?
We have about 12,000 author-created book recommendation lists; they are deeply personal and may include gender.
For example, Ryan Southwick did a list on the best sci-fi books that broke the mold: https://shepherd.com/best-books/science-fiction-that-broke-t...