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Fantasy novels with a female protagonist

Description: Please recommend your favorite fantasy novels with a solo female protagonist or a female point of view character who is a major character in an ensemble cast.

Rank Title Author Added

1

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

36,197 members

742 reviews

4.1

7 Members: merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, Dilara86, ahef1963, alvaret, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

12,237 members

440 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

21,957 members

423 reviews

3.9

6 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Monstrous Regiment

by Terry Pratchett

9,389 members

131 reviews

4

5 Members: aulsmith, souloftherose, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

by Kate Forsyth

624 members

44 reviews

4

4 Members: inge87, KimarieBee, souloftherose, haverksh

6

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,782 members

258 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

A Hat Full of Sky

by Terry Pratchett

8,138 members

143 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Terry Pratchett

8,146 members

167 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

I Shall Wear Midnight

by Terry Pratchett

4,844 members

164 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Terry Pratchett

10,154 members

139 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

by Gregory Maguire

28,859 members

650 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Tombs of Atuan

by Ursula K. Le Guin

8,941 members

163 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Golden City

by J. Kathleen Cheney

179 members

10 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, haverksh

14

Sheepfarmer's Daughter

by Elizabeth Moon

1,500 members

47 reviews

3.9

3 Members: souloftherose, alvaret, ManWithAnAgenda

15

10,786 members

345 reviews

4.2

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, souloftherose

16

The Privilege of the Sword

by Ellen Kushner

1,482 members

64 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, haverksh

17

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

by N. K. Jemisin

4,163 members

290 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, souloftherose, Dilara86

18

Daughter of the Empire

by Raymond E. Feist

3,713 members

67 reviews

4.1

3 Members: KimarieBee, merrystar, souloftherose

19

5,755 members

203 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: KimarieBee, aulsmith

20

Paladin of Souls

by Lois McMaster Bujold

3,686 members

111 reviews

4.2

3 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, souloftherose

21

The Shepherd's Crown

by Terry Pratchett

2,678 members

116 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Gail Carriger

5,762 members

526 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, souloftherose

23

by Terry Pratchett

14,423 members

254 reviews

3.8

3 Members: souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Fire and Hemlock

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,135 members

59 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

25

Lords and Ladies

by Terry Pratchett

9,714 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by Terry Pratchett

12,491 members

189 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963

27

1,948 members

73 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

28

by Jacqueline Carey

6,990 members

238 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Kiddboyblue, ManWithAnAgenda

29

7,312 members

142 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, souloftherose

30

Touch Not the Cat

by Mary Stewart

1,546 members

32 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, ahef1963

31

by Terry Pratchett

11,295 members

157 reviews

4.1

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

32

by Guy Gavriel Kay

5,030 members

144 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

33

738 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington

34

The Perilous Gard

by Elizabeth Marie Pope

1,596 members

42 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

35

6,683 members

129 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, souloftherose

36

by Elizabeth Bear

681 members

32 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aulsmith, sturlington

37

Rhapsody: Child of Blood

by Elizabeth Haydon

2,213 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: Kiddboyblue

38

Blessings of the Firebird's Light: The Firebird's Blessings Saga: Book 1 (Volume 1)

by Rose S. King

2 members

1 review

5

Member: rosesking

39

Alanna: The First Adventure

by Tamora Pierce

7,526 members

192 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, souloftherose

40

The Hero and the Crown

by Robin McKinley

6,392 members

117 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, souloftherose

41

by Robin McKinley

6,153 members

137 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, souloftherose

42

In the Hand of the Goddess

by Tamora Pierce

5,720 members

65 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, souloftherose

43

by Rachel Hartman

3,809 members

260 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, souloftherose

44

War for the Oaks

2,666 members

99 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, souloftherose

45

Mistborn: The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

12,717 members

438 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Kiddboyblue

46

by Kristen Britain

3,305 members

76 reviews

3.9

Member: Kiddboyblue

47

Still She Wished for Company

by Margaret Irwin

73 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: inge87

48

by Jennifer Fallon

1,018 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Kiddboyblue

49

Daughters of the Storm

238 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: KimarieBee

50

Best Served Cold

by Joe Abercrombie

2,871 members

93 reviews

4

Member: Kiddboyblue

51

A Turn of Light

by Julie E. Czerneda

251 members

11 reviews

3.8

Member: inge87

52

by Jacqueline Carey

1,369 members

45 reviews

4

Member: Kiddboyblue

53

1,804 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

54

by Sheri S. Tepper

1,612 members

31 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, souloftherose,merrystar

55

A Woman of the Iron People

by Eleanor Arnason

265 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: Dilara86

56

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter

by Astrid Lindgren

2,394 members

44 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: alvaret,merrystar
Explanations: merrystar : I love Ronia, but this is not a fantasy novel

57

by Kristin Cashore

10,730 members

581 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

58

6,418 members

391 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

59

by Kristin Cashore

5,690 members

298 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

60

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

by Tamora Pierce

5,439 members

60 reviews

4

Member: souloftherose

61

by Kristin Cashore

3,617 members

209 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

62

by Robin McKinley

5,642 members

243 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

63

Sorcery and Cecelia, or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

by Patricia C. Wrede

3,246 members

135 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

64

The Lions of al-Rassan

by Guy Gavriel Kay

3,190 members

103 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar

65

by Patricia A. McKillip

1,651 members

43 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

66

by Meredith Ann Pierce

1,285 members

31 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

67

Summers at Castle Auburn

by Sharon Shinn

1,229 members

34 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

68

The China Garden

508 members

17 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

69

General Winston's Daughter

by Sharon Shinn

251 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: merrystar

70

by Sharon Shinn

218 members

13 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: merrystar

71

A Natural History of Dragons

by Marie Brennan

2,593 members

135 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

72

by Brandon Sanderson

4,519 members

179 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

73

A Traveller in Time

by Alison Uttley

618 members

22 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

74

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

by Patricia A. McKillip

2,827 members

62 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

75

Something Rich and Strange

by Patricia A. McKillip

359 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

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Started: souloftherose
September 2015
Type: Numbered and unnumbered

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