strong female main characters (YA)

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,596,567 ratings
2.
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 476,697 ratings
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,012,731 ratings
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,594,522 ratings
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Fire (Graceling Realm, #2)
Fire (Graceling Realm, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 192,471 ratings
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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 673,587 ratings
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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,128,815 ratings
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Demon Kissed (Demon Kissed, #1)
Demon Kissed (Demon Kissed, #1)
by: H.M. Ward
3.82 avg rating — 4,748 ratings
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Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)
Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 143,349 ratings
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Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, #1)
Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 99,180 ratings
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The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1)
The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 217,496 ratings
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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1)
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 192,530 ratings
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The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2)
The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 117,477 ratings
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The Reckoning (Darkest Powers, #3)
The Reckoning (Darkest Powers, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 118,452 ratings
15.
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7) 4.73 avg rating — 299,557 ratings
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City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, #4)
City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 631,946 ratings
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,217 ratings
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Cursed (Demon Kissed, #2)
Cursed (Demon Kissed, #2)
by: H.M. Ward
4.03 avg rating — 1,895 ratings
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Torn (Demon Kissed, #3)
Torn (Demon Kissed, #3)
by: H.M. Ward
4.07 avg rating — 1,431 ratings
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Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls, #4)
Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 69,063 ratings
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Strange Angels (Strange Angels, #1)
Strange Angels (Strange Angels, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 41,371 ratings
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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 1,832,906 ratings
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Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1)
Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 165,837 ratings
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Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2)
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 93,219 ratings
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Violet (The Endwar Series, #1)
Violet (The Endwar Series, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings
26.
Portrait of a Protégé (Portraits, #2)
Portrait of a Protégé (Portraits, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Portrait of a Girl Running (Portraits, #1)
Portrait of a Girl Running (Portraits, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Uncharted: Story for a Shipwright
Uncharted: Story for a Shipwright 3.97 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
by: Susan Ee
4.10 avg rating — 197,244 ratings
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Blood Warrior (The Alexa Montgomery Saga, #1)
Blood Warrior (The Alexa Montgomery Saga, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 4,015 ratings
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A Million Suns (Across the Universe, #2)
A Million Suns (Across the Universe, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 54,957 ratings
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Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls, #3)
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 74,136 ratings
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Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1)
Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 119,083 ratings
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 866,495 ratings
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Blood Will Tell (Warriors of Ankh, #1)
Blood Will Tell (Warriors of Ankh, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 6,167 ratings
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Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 215,738 ratings
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Coral Hare: Atomic Agent
Coral Hare: Atomic Agent
by: Clive Lee
4.16 avg rating — 50 ratings
35.
First Test (Protector of the Small, #1)
First Test (Protector of the Small, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 62,905 ratings
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The River Way Home: The Adventures of the Cowboy, the Indian, and the Amazon Queen
The River Way Home: The Adventures of the Cowboy, the Indian, and the Amazon Queen 4.27 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Matefinder (Matefinder, #1)
Matefinder (Matefinder, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 14,936 ratings
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Interlands
Interlands 3.67 avg rating — 90 ratings
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The Dark Portal (The Deptford Mice, #1)
The Dark Portal (The Deptford Mice, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 2,604 ratings
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Captivate (Submerged Sun, #1)
Captivate (Submerged Sun, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
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The Eaters: Book One: Origin
The Eaters: Book One: Origin 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings
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A Leaf of Faith (Messengers and Thieves Book 2)
A Leaf of Faith (Messengers and Thieves Book 2) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Released (Agents of Evil, #1)
Released (Agents of Evil, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 909 ratings
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Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)
Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 23,071 ratings
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Endangered (Ape Quartet #1)
Endangered (Ape Quartet #1) 4.04 avg rating — 6,139 ratings
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Denizens (Interlands, #2)
Denizens (Interlands, #2) 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Crystal Prison (The Deptford Mice, #2)
The Crystal Prison (The Deptford Mice, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 1,339 ratings
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Impulse (Submerged Sun, #2)
Impulse (Submerged Sun, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 609 ratings
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The Eaters: Book Two: Return
The Eaters: Book Two: Return 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
46.
Where the Garden Begins (Messengers and Thieves #1)
Where the Garden Begins (Messengers and Thieves #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle, #2)
Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18,592 ratings
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Shadowfell (Shadowfell, #1)
Shadowfell (Shadowfell, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 14,698 ratings
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The Final Reckoning (The Deptford Mice, #3)
The Final Reckoning (The Deptford Mice, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
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Fairytales for Wilde Girls
Fairytales for Wilde Girls 4.19 avg rating — 1,172 ratings
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Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2)
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 134,270 ratings
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Bane (Vampire Apocalypse, #1)
Bane (Vampire Apocalypse, #1)
by: H.M. Ward
3.96 avg rating — 902 ratings
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Come a Stranger (Tillerman Cycle, #5)
Come a Stranger (Tillerman Cycle, #5) 3.90 avg rating — 2,164 ratings
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Seer of Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #5)
Seer of Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 12,115 ratings
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The Oaken Throne (The Deptford Histories, #2)
The Oaken Throne (The Deptford Histories, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 603 ratings
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That Stranger Next Door
That Stranger Next Door 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Satan's Stone (Demon Kissed, #4)
Satan's Stone (Demon Kissed, #4)
by: H.M. Ward
4.16 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
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Seventeen Against the Dealer (Tillerman Cycle, #7)
Seventeen Against the Dealer (Tillerman Cycle, #7) 3.80 avg rating — 2,201 ratings
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Heart's Blood
Heart's Blood 4.09 avg rating — 17,565 ratings
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Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Mara, Daughter of the Nile 4.25 avg rating — 13,375 ratings
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Monstrous Beauty
Monstrous Beauty 3.64 avg rating — 5,259 ratings
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Blood Past (Warriors of Ankh, #2)
Blood Past (Warriors of Ankh, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 4,420 ratings
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Tiger Eyes
Tiger Eyes 3.92 avg rating — 18,741 ratings
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Fated (Soul Seekers, #1)
Fated (Soul Seekers, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 18,563 ratings
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Heir to Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #4)
Heir to Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #4) 4.24 avg rating — 15,995 ratings
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A Rose for the ANZAC Boys
A Rose for the ANZAC Boys 4.03 avg rating — 2,224 ratings
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Captivate (Need, #2)
Captivate (Need, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 40,022 ratings
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Deenie
Deenie 3.79 avg rating — 17,744 ratings
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Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters, #3)
Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 24,426 ratings
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Flora's War
Flora's War 3.79 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Luckiest Girl
The Luckiest Girl 3.93 avg rating — 3,397 ratings
78.
Flame of Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #6)
Flame of Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #6) 4.17 avg rating — 8,844 ratings
78.
My Father's War
My Father's War 3.77 avg rating — 96 ratings
81.
Passion (Fallen, #3)
Passion (Fallen, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 175,261 ratings
81.
Fifteen
Fifteen 3.96 avg rating — 5,300 ratings
81.
Raven Flight (Shadowfell, #2)
Raven Flight (Shadowfell, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 7,674 ratings
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Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1)
Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 36,702 ratings
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Dead Is So Last Year (Dead Is, #3)
Dead Is So Last Year (Dead Is, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 6,567 ratings
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Jean and Johnny
Jean and Johnny 3.77 avg rating — 1,694 ratings
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Prickle Moon
Prickle Moon 4.10 avg rating — 582 ratings
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Princess of Glass (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #2)
Princess of Glass (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 22,929 ratings
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The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 419,344 ratings
89.
Daughters of Eve
Daughters of Eve 3.62 avg rating — 4,167 ratings
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Necessary Sacrifices (Internal Defense #2)
Necessary Sacrifices (Internal Defense #2) 4.12 avg rating — 135 ratings
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Princess of the Silver Woods (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #3)
Princess of the Silver Woods (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 13,690 ratings
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The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 920,006 ratings
93.
I Woke Up in Love This Morning
I Woke Up in Love This Morning 3.73 avg rating — 77 ratings
93.
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow 3.99 avg rating — 22,530 ratings
96.
Wake (Watersong, #1)
Wake (Watersong, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 25,457 ratings
97.
Pink Smog (Weetzie Bat, #0)
Pink Smog (Weetzie Bat, #0) 3.75 avg rating — 1,394 ratings
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Into That Forest
Into That Forest 3.82 avg rating — 1,660 ratings
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Lost Voices (Lost Voices, #1)
Lost Voices (Lost Voices, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 7,213 ratings
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Falling to Ash (Moth, #1)
Falling to Ash (Moth, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 569 ratings
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