published 2006, avg rating 4.13 — published 2017, avg rating 3.82 — published 2015, avg rating 4.26 — published 1995, avg rating 3.96 — published 2015, avg rating 4.05 — 2,237,433 ratings — 76,010 ratings — 901 ratings — 897,885 ratings — 349,901 ratings — 1,322,664 ratings — published 2016, avg rating 3.86 — “Door folded her arms, and stood taller, putting her head back, raising her pointed chin. published 2017, avg rating 4.10 — 21,166 ratings — 15 movies with strong female protagonists to watch with your kids. published 2012, avg rating 4.61 — published 2013, avg rating 3.90 — 4,200 ratings — The following list will get anybody—boy, girl, youngster, adult—itching to … 399,845 ratings — 21,817 ratings — 856,984 ratings — published 2007, avg rating 4.42 — published 2012, avg rating 4.12 — 354,375 ratings — 73,121 ratings — 49,404 ratings — 103,394 ratings — 2,977 ratings — 327,278 ratings — 172,347 ratings — published 2014, avg rating 4.54 — Books blog Books 10 inspiring female writers you need to read As a response to Gay Talese’s failure to name any inspirational female writers , … published 2008, avg rating 4.33 — 0 people liked it, A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2), A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1), A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3), Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook), The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1), Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1), Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1), City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1), Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1), The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1), Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2), The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1), The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2), Best Paranormal Romance/Paranormal Fiction For Adults [1]. published 2011, avg rating 4.19 — 606,745 ratings — published 2019, avg rating 4.15 — To All the Boys I've Loved Before book. When the strong yet lowly maid, Edna, is to be married to Duke Eli instead of the noble daughter he expected, things become complicated. 6,135 ratings — 2,013 ratings — published 2014, avg rating 3.62 — published 2005, avg rating 4.27 — 335,914 ratings — published 2006, avg rating 3.93 — 23,377 ratings — published 2020, avg rating 3.89 — published 2019, avg rating 3.84 — (shelved 106 times as strong-female-lead) avg rating 4.32 — 6,587,576 ratings — published 2008 Want to Read saving… B&N Exclusives Baby Boutique The Best Books of 2020 Black Vocies Everyone's Talking About Kids' Book Awards STEAM/STEM Books & Toys Age 0 - 2 Years 3 - 5 Years 6 - 8 Years 9 - 12 Years published 2013, avg rating 4.10 — Error rating book. 18,856 ratings — 47,540 ratings — In so many books and TV shows I consumed later, the "it" girl assumed her position because she was manipulative, or a … 1,669,714 ratings — published 2015, avg rating 4.13 — Her shirtsleeves don't quite extend to her wrists; after a growth spurt last summer, her debate clothes don't fit as well as she thought. 10,273 ratings — Her father even calls her his son, and she would rather be a professional writer and live with her sisters forever than get married and have to leave them. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. M y new mystery novel, The Last Place You Look, centres on female private investigator Roxane Weary as she re-investigates a 15-year-old murder … 1,754,349 ratings — 8,095 ratings — published 2013, avg rating 4.11 — published 2018, avg rating 4.00 — 173,152 ratings — published 2017, avg rating 4.39 — 160,292 ratings — 111,457 ratings — published 2017, avg rating 3.89 — 249,154 ratings — published 2013, avg rating 4.02 — 320,720 ratings — published 2018, avg rating 4.26 — The Female Lead is an educational charity created by loyalty and data entrepreneur, Edwina Dunn. 42,296 ratings — published 1995, avg rating 3.99 — 398,348 ratings — 3,708,735 ratings — It turns out each is hiding secrets from the other that would turn the kingdom on its head if they were to spill out. Here are 27 female authors who rule sci-fi and fantasy right now. 2,508 ratings — published 2004, avg rating 4.12 — 5,980 ratings — 427,437 ratings — Charlotte Holmes is the typical English rose: beautiful, fashionable, and entirely charming. ... Anne's impulsiveness and enthusiasm lead … Welcome back. Sales: 800 million books sold Clout: Best-selling author alive and 8th best selling writer of all time Yes, you read that right, 800 MILLION copies sold. published 1985, avg rating 4.44 — published 2012, avg rating 4.07 — 184,029 ratings — published 2017, avg rating 4.11 — This list is subjective for sure, and only comprised of characters I have read and would read with my children. 433,443 ratings — published 2016, avg rating 4.40 — published 2015, avg rating 4.01 — I am surrounded by amazing women and I want to see them in the books I read with my kids. 6,592,358 ratings — published 2012, To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1), The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1), Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1), P.S. published 2013, avg rating 4.12 — She feels as if she's playing dress-up.”, avg rating 4.14 — 2,402 ratings — She looked less like a ragged street-pixie; more like someone used to getting her own way.”, “She was stupid and lonely. published 2014, avg rating 3.88 — I need you, don't leave me, you're all I have... ~Isadore”, avg rating 4.32 — 20,896 ratings — 551,166 ratings — Refresh and try again. 200,460 ratings — 785 ratings — published 2017, avg rating 3.70 — published 2019, avg rating 4.14 — 267,042 ratings — published 2018, avg rating 3.74 — So if you look for excellent characterization and astute psychological evaluation in your crime books, Mina's your girl. published 2012, avg rating 3.80 — 3,116 ratings — Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels 3,541 books — 18,441 voters Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction 162,952 ratings — published 2019, avg rating 3.80 — For women looking or someone to look up to, though, it can be a bit harder to find a quality series. published 2009, avg rating 4.23 — published 2019, avg rating 3.70 — published 2015, avg rating 4.13 — 74,495 ratings — 21,247 ratings — published 2010, avg rating 4.29 — 179,592 ratings — So desperate to be touched and loved with a good love. published 2006, avg rating 4.04 — 83,348 ratings — 17,158 ratings — I love strong female characters because they mirror the girls and women in my own life. 84,404 ratings — 3,019,113 ratings — published 2008, avg rating 4.20 — ). Ruan Jiu Jiu transmigrated into a rebirth novel, in which the female lead in her past life had an unattainable love, a white moonlight. 229,992 ratings — published 2012, avg rating 4.31 — 371,981 ratings — I tried adding only good or better horror movies, with the lead giving a great performance. published 2017, avg rating 3.95 — updated Apr 04, 2013 03:57PM — In order to compile this list, I asked two YA writer friends of mine, Molly Backes (The Princesses of Iowa) and James Klise (Love Drugged; also a school librarian) to help me with some suggestions. 6,267 ratings — 87,874 ratings — 32,930 ratings — Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. 2,615,853 ratings — 0 people liked it, 10 chapters — published 2017, avg rating 3.80 — published 2009, avg rating 4.20 — The following is a list of female action heroes and villains who appear in action films, television shows, comic books, and video games and who are "thrust into a series of challenges requiring physical feats, extended fights, extensive stunts and frenetic chases.". published 2012, avg rating 3.57 — published 2017, avg rating 3.90 — I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2), Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback), These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1), The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali (Hardcover), Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist, #1), The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan (Hardcover), I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1), The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1), It's Not Like It's a Secret (Kindle Edition), The Astonishing Color of After (Hardcover), The Epic Crush of Genie Lo (The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, #1), When Dimple Met Rishi (Dimple and Rishi, #1), China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians, #2), Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #3), The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2), The Suffering (The Girl from the Well, #2), Of Metal and Wishes (Of Metal and Wishes, #1), Books by Asian Authors with Asian People on the Cover, Suggestion Sunday: 10 Diverse Children's Books. Children’s books have long been a vehicle for showing kids who and what they can be. published 2005, avg rating 4.04 — published 2014, avg rating 3.88 — 6,101 ratings — published 2015, avg rating 3.44 — 267,473 ratings — The truth is there are more and more female-centric light novels releasing all the time. 363,013 ratings — 192,805 ratings — If you think "girl books" are just about princesses, romance, gossipy schoolgirls, and vampires, think again. 715,750 ratings — published 2017, avg rating 4.05 — 6,599 ratings — And it has its revisionist credentials intact, boasting a strong female lead and a slightly more nuanced portrayal of Native Americans (as in, there are good ones and bad ones! 75,687 ratings — published 2019, avg rating 3.70 — Josephine "Jo" March (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott): Jo has a strong personality that can get her in trouble...especially as a woman. published 2019, avg rating 4.03 — published 1983, avg rating 4.26 — published 2019, avg rating 3.84 — published 2009, avg rating 4.37 — Cinder by Marissa Meyer. When there's rescuing to be done, Jo leads the charge (and chops off all her hair in the process) — this is one feisty female protagonist who earns her battle scars in the name of family. published 2018, avg rating 4.15 — Djuna Barnes' novel is a prime example of 20th century modernist writing, and she was one of Paris' original bohemians, yet somehow her name and novels … published 2018, avg rating 3.67 — 3,948 ratings — published 2008, avg rating 4.22 — 2,433,521 ratings — In the novel, the white moonlight Cheng Jun was a hollow character with a pretty face but zero accomplishments, and with his cold personality was like a frigid beauty; an empty flower vase. If you've been looking for a great, newish work of queer literature, look no further. It is based on the novel of the same name. 645,036 ratings — 326,031 ratings — Lists about: Girls Who Kick Ass, Working Up a Sweat: Female Athletes in Romance Novels , Warrior Girls, Historical y.a. 1,528,462 ratings — published 2007, avg rating 4.09 — published 2010, avg rating 3.49 — 215,256 ratings — published 2018, avg rating 4.11 — updated Jun 04, 2017 07:48AM — published 2016, avg rating 4.27 — 7,942 ratings — 217,069 ratings — 9,466 ratings — 715,750 ratings — published 2019, avg rating 4.21 — Children’s media and books are packed with gender stereotypes: princesses waiting for Prince Charming, fairies dressed in pink and sparkles and heroic characters that are … 8,254 ratings — published 2014, avg rating 3.93 — published 2019, avg rating 4.03 — 2,771 ratings — published 1997, avg rating 4.02 — published 2015, avg rating 3.75 — ... 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