10) Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor presented us with Binti, a young Himba girl who has the opportunity of a lifetime: to enroll in the esteemed Oomza University in her novella that won both Hugo and Nebula awards. Notwithstanding her family's reservations, Binti is a strong contender to go on this intergalactic voyage because of her aptitude for astrolabes and her gift for mathematics. But everything changes when the Medusae, which resemble jellyfish, invade Binti's spaceship, and she is the only one left alive. With only five days to get to her objective, Binti is now left to fight for herself aboard a ship full of the creatures who killed her crew.
Edited by Anshika Jain