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Female Protagonist

Based on tag: female protagonist

pwaites's List62 LibraryThing1,525

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1

by Robin McKinley

5,637 members

243 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 72

4 Members: macha, amberwitch, merrystar, pwaites

2

by Cherie Priest

3,701 members

217 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 144

3 Members: sturlington, pwaites, ahef1963

3

by Terry Pratchett

12,477 members

189 reviews

4

Global Rank 79

5 Members: merrystar, pwaites, kceccato, ahef1963, el_len

4

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley

7,736 members

654 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 50

6 Members: chgstrom, pwaites, Cindy1954, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

5

Dealing with Dragons

by Patricia C. Wrede

5,736 members

147 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 130

4 Members: merrystar, pwaites, kceccato, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,779 members

258 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 118

4 Members: merrystar, pwaites, kceccato, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Golem's Eye

by Jonathan Stroud

5,956 members

114 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 383

Member: pwaites

8

by Daniel O'Malley

2,967 members

206 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 227

2 Members: pwaites, kara.shamy

9

2,002 members

29 reviews

4

Global Rank 409

Member: pwaites

10

by Markus Zusak

44,759 members

2,121 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 56

7 Members: KimarieBee, roby72, sturlington, pwaites, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Brandy1411

11

by Scott Westerfeld

5,580 members

348 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 284

2 Members: pwaites, kceccato

12

The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

14,108 members

400 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 36

9 Members: aulsmith, krisnelson, merrystar, sturlington, pwaites, Cindy1954, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963

13

Mistborn: The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

12,673 members

437 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 112

4 Members: Cecrow, pwaites, zjakkelien, kceccato

14

Monstrous Regiment

by Terry Pratchett

9,382 members

131 reviews

4

Global Rank 135

4 Members: pwaites, kceccato, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

by Autumn Cornwell

303 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 443

Member: pwaites

16

The Last Unicorn

by Peter S. Beagle

7,510 members

191 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 152

4 Members: merrystar, pwaites, kceccato, ManWithAnAgenda

17

by Cornelia Funke

17,959 members

517 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 182

3 Members: pwaites, ahef1963, blondiej

18

So You Want to be a Wizard

3,311 members

66 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 237

2 Members: aulsmith, pwaites

19

by Ilona Andrews

2,522 members

136 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 460

Member: pwaites

20

by Ilona Andrews

4,135 members

237 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 263

2 Members: pwaites, Brandy1411

21

Three Parts Dead

by Max Gladstone

1,415 members

88 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 175

3 Members: pwaites, zjakkelien, kceccato

22

by Terry Pratchett

11,286 members

157 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 97

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, pwaites, kceccato

23

10,765 members

343 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 53

7 Members: macha, hipdeep, merrystar, pwaites, kceccato, el_len, HChilcat

24

by Cherie Priest

610 members

56 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 479

Member: pwaites

25

The Hero and the Crown

by Robin McKinley

6,385 members

117 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 34

8 Members: macha, amberwitch, Cecrow, merrystar, pwaites, kceccato, el_len, HChilcat

26

by Ilona Andrews

1,115 members

85 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 277

2 Members: pwaites, Brandy1411

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by Connie Willis

7,957 members

374 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 87

6 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, pwaites, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

28

by Rachel Hartman

3,802 members

260 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 60

6 Members: amberwitch, merrystar, pwaites, zjakkelien, kceccato, kara.shamy

29

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

by Cherie Priest

767 members

34 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 351

2 Members: sturlington, pwaites

30

by Terry Pratchett

10,249 members

126 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 377

3 Members: merrystar, pwaites, kceccato,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : This has a male protagonist.
merrystar: Susan is a female protagonist

31

by Terry Pratchett

10,144 members

139 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 101

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

32

by Shannon Hale

4,281 members

180 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 500

Member: pwaites

33

by Gail Carson Levine

13,262 members

400 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 209

3 Members: pwaites, kceccato, ManWithAnAgenda

34

The Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde

15,651 members

601 reviews

4

Global Rank 30

11 Members: macha, varielle, AnnaClaire, Cecrow, merrystar, pwaites, kceccato, cej1027, gypsysmom, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

35

In the Time of the Butterflies

by Julia Alvarez

4,465 members

103 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 510

Member: pwaites

36

by Scott Westerfeld

14,009 members

658 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 94

5 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, pwaites, cej1027, ahef1963

37

The Privilege of the Sword

by Ellen Kushner

1,481 members

64 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 123

4 Members: macha, aulsmith, merrystar, pwaites

38

The Emperor's Soul

by Brandon Sanderson

1,866 members

103 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 521

Member: pwaites

39

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

12,211 members

440 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 55

7 Members: merrystar, pwaites, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len, HChilcat, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Lords and Ladies

by Terry Pratchett

9,711 members

125 reviews

4

Global Rank 168

4 Members: merrystar, pwaites, kceccato, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

6,869 members

252 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 340

2 Members: pwaites, kceccato

42

9,602 members

293 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 357

2 Members: pwaites, ahef1963

43

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

42,212 members

1,137 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 4

20 Members: AnnaClaire, Cecrow, roby72, sturlington, pwaites, alsocass, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, bytheseabchcmbr, gypsysmom, lily1958, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, Brandy1411, blondiej

44

House of Many Ways

by Diana Wynne Jones

3,104 members

88 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 213

3 Members: merrystar, pwaites, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Adoration of Jenna Fox

by Mary E. Pearson

2,944 members

270 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 544

Member: pwaites

46

5,748 members

203 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 121

3 Members: KimarieBee, pwaites, blondiej

47

Princess Academy

by Shannon Hale

6,603 members

194 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 331

2 Members: merrystar, pwaites

48

Skulduggery Pleasant

3,060 members

133 reviews

4

Global Rank 555

Member: pwaites

49

Summers at Castle Auburn

by Sharon Shinn

1,230 members

34 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 334

2 Members: merrystar, pwaites

50

Into the Land of the Unicorns

by Bruce Coville

1,709 members

25 reviews

4

Global Rank 562

Member: pwaites

51

Singing the Dogstar Blues

by Alison Goodman

290 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 569

Member: pwaites

52

School's Out Forever

by James Patterson

5,746 members

85 reviews

4

Global Rank 570

Member: pwaites

53

6,572 members

372 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 572

Member: pwaites

54

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

by Gregory Maguire

28,823 members

650 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 86

6 Members: aulsmith, sturlington, pwaites, gypsysmom, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

55

Troubled Waters

by Sharon Shinn

590 members

33 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 338

2 Members: merrystar, pwaites

56

1,862 members

160 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 584

Member: pwaites

57

by Robin McKinley

1,676 members

80 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 346

2 Members: merrystar, pwaites

58

by R. J. Anderson

519 members

74 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 593

Member: pwaites

59

by Hillary Jordan

1,647 members

172 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 358

2 Members: sturlington, pwaites

60

by Robin McKinley

6,145 members

137 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 66

6 Members: macha, amberwitch, merrystar, pwaites, kceccato, Brandy1411

61

by Vivian Vande Velde

1,241 members

31 reviews

4

Global Rank 305

2 Members: pwaites, ManWithAnAgenda

62

by Marissa Meyer

11,636 members

830 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 316

2 Members: pwaites, Brandy1411

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