Parable of the sower / Lists

Differing from traditional portrayals of female characters.

Science fiction, fantasy, and otherwise unreal fiction I've read. Also including authors I've read more than one book/story from whose work tends to fall in this category.
I am choosing titles that tend more towards the "weird" - for example, I'm a big fan of Kazuo Ishiguro, but I think that Never Let Me Go isn't strange enough for this list, despite the sci-fi conceit.
Another favorite author of mine is Shirley Jackson. Many of her stories have a creepy edge, but so far I'm only including The Sundial and The Haunting of Hill House because they are the novels that lean most towards the supernatural.

Books I've read that show the varied face of the United States.

Science and Technology

A list of the Octavia Butler books the New York Public Library recommend for getting started with the author.

Notable and remarkable works

My current favorite reads! Most are by black authors and are either Sci-Fi or Fantasy