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The Left Hand Of Darkness managed to be both groundbreaking and popular.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness

Not disagreeing with any of the sibling comments - but imnho her latest series "Annals of the Western Shore": "Gifts", "Voices" and "Powers" is also worth mentioning.

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