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Crossroads and the Himalayan Crystals (Crossroads, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale
The Bell Jar
Pride and Prejudice
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Wuthering Heights
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
To the Lighthouse
Circe
Jane Eyre
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
A Room of One’s Own
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Fun Home by Alison BechdelHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshNo Normal by G. Willow WilsonAnya's Ghost by Vera BrosgolThrough the Woods by E.M. Carroll
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,496 books — 1,370 voters
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaSomething Borrowed by Emily GiffinBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCan You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Best chicklit
778 books — 1,061 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,443 books — 3,103 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsVampire Academy by Richelle MeadGraceling by Kristin CashoreDivergent by Veronica RothCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Strong Heroine Series
1,642 books — 2,098 voters

Graceling by Kristin CashoreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasAlanna by Tamora PiercePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,856 books — 19,121 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonWasted by Marya HornbacherUnbearable Lightness by Portia de RossiJust Listen by Sarah DessenThin by Lauren Greenfield
Best Eating Disorder Books
522 books — 1,002 voters

Shannon L. Alder
It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise them correctly, It takes a warrior to show them how to change the world.
Shannon L. Alder

I didn't want to be the woman who gave herself over willingly to the first man to notice her. I didn't want to be the stupid girl in every novel who loved without question and entered relationships that didn't make sense. ...more
Destinee Hardwick, Wishing on Raining Stars

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