It's a fantasy but kinda like scifi. Some reviewers called it "an ode to the scientific method." I read 3 books in 2 days.
I already read Will McIntosh's Love Minus Eighty, the novel that grew out of the Hugo-nominated short story, very enjoyable.
I loved the recent scifi I read, Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie and God's War by Kameron Hurley (and the 2 sequels), and vN by Madeline Ashby (and its sequel).
What is some other recent scifi by women authors I can read?