The Exile and the Sorcerer by Jane Fletcher (at least the first chunk is in a matriarchy, the later bit is in a society where power is organized around magical ability and gender is an afterthought)
There was also a trilogy, I think, in which women took power after a nuclear war and men become the second class, used for menial labour and referred to as “muckies”. I cannot remember what it was called.
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*A Brother’s Price* by Wen Spenser
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The power by Naomi Alderman
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The Bel Dame Apocrypha series by Kameron Hurley.
An interesting case is Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. It’s set in a hegemonic culture where only female pronouns are used, governed by an absolute ruler who I infer is a woman but it’s deliberately ambiguous.
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*The Female Man* by Joanna Russ (1975)
*Woman World* by Aminder Dhaliwal (2018)
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The black jewels series by Anne Bishop
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Yeah ‘the power’ is on the top of my lists. Had to sit and think about that one for a while afterward.
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Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It’s a skosh on the naïve side, but lovely.
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The Baru Cormorant series. It’s not a matriarchy, but gender stereotypes are different and women are assumed to be more logical and rational than men, and better at eg. navigation.
Melanie Rawn’s Exiles Trilogy is probably more in line with what you’re looking for – it’s about a matriarchal society where men are second-class citizens and are required to cover their bodies and hair.
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The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Indranan War series by KB Wagers
The Exile and the Sorcerer by Jane Fletcher (at least the first chunk is in a matriarchy, the later bit is in a society where power is organized around magical ability and gender is an afterthought)
* [The Power ](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29751398-the-power)by Naomi Alderman
* [The Gate to Women’s Country](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104344.The_Gate_to_Women_s_Country) by Sheri S. Tepper
There was also a trilogy, I think, in which women took power after a nuclear war and men become the second class, used for menial labour and referred to as “muckies”. I cannot remember what it was called.
*A Brother’s Price* by Wen Spenser
The power by Naomi Alderman
The Bel Dame Apocrypha series by Kameron Hurley.
An interesting case is Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. It’s set in a hegemonic culture where only female pronouns are used, governed by an absolute ruler who I infer is a woman but it’s deliberately ambiguous.
*The Female Man* by Joanna Russ (1975)
*Woman World* by Aminder Dhaliwal (2018)
The black jewels series by Anne Bishop
Yeah ‘the power’ is on the top of my lists. Had to sit and think about that one for a while afterward.
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It’s a skosh on the naïve side, but lovely.
The Baru Cormorant series. It’s not a matriarchy, but gender stereotypes are different and women are assumed to be more logical and rational than men, and better at eg. navigation.
Melanie Rawn’s Exiles Trilogy is probably more in line with what you’re looking for – it’s about a matriarchal society where men are second-class citizens and are required to cover their bodies and hair.