Female


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
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)
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,737 books — 1,590 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
1,467 books — 3,119 voters

Grim by M.K. EidemRal's Woman by Laurann DohnerVenomous by Penelope FletcherThe Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee SmithClaimed by Evangeline Anderson
Alien & Earth Woman Romance/Erotica
1,009 books — 1,004 voters
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie KinsellaConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaThe Undomestic Goddess by Sophie KinsellaTwenties Girl by Sophie KinsellaRemember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Have You Read This Chick-lit?
968 books — 1,076 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Female Lead Characters
4,944 books — 6,352 voters

Michael Bassey Johnson
“ Young girls are like helpless children in the hands of amorous men, whatever is said to them is true and whatever manipulation on their bodies seems like love to them, sooner or later, they come back to their senses, but the scars are not dead inasmuch as her spoiler lives. ”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Scars Of Beauty

Rick Riordan
“ A steely look of anger flared in my mother’s eyes, and I thought, just maybe, I was leaving her in good hands after all. Her own. ”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

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