Books that are the beginnings of book series:
* Catherine Asaro - Primary Inversion
* Lindsay Buroker - The Rogue Prince
* Sharon Lee, Steve Miller - Crystal Soldier
* Marissa Meyer - The Lunar Chronicles
* Anne McCaffrey - Dragonflight
* Ann Leckie - Ancilliary Justice
* Cixin Liu - The Three Body Problem
* Becky Chambers - The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet
Follow
Single books:
Jacqueline Koyanagi - Ascension
Melissa Scott - Night Sky Mine
C. J. Cherryh - The Pride Of Chanur
C. J. Cherryh - The Faded Sun Trilogy
Yoon Ha Lee - Ninefox Gambit
Aliette de Bodard - Scattered Among Strange Worlds
Aliette de Bodard - The Citadel Of Weeping Pearls
Aliette de Bodard - On A Red Station, Drifting
Authors who have many many interesting books:
Octavia Butler
James Tiptree
Ursula K. Le Guin