Comment by bwb
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.
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...
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.