Examples of Male Authors Writing Terrible Female Protagonists

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Paper Towns
Paper Towns 3.70 avg rating — 1,465,111 ratings
2.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,716,023 ratings
3.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,279 ratings
4.
Time Enough for Love
Time Enough for Love 3.97 avg rating — 36,721 ratings
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Holy Bible: New International Version
Holy Bible: New International Version
by: Anonymous
4.62 avg rating — 94,543 ratings
6.
An Abundance of Katherines
An Abundance of Katherines 3.51 avg rating — 545,304 ratings
7.
Friday
Friday 3.85 avg rating — 30,144 ratings
8.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,576 ratings
9.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,232 ratings
10.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,994 ratings
11.
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 474,652 ratings
11.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,981 ratings
13.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,822 ratings
14.
The Leopard
The Leopard 4.01 avg rating — 44,216 ratings
15.
Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me 3.94 avg rating — 8,418 ratings
16.
Slave Girl of Gor (Gor, #11)
Slave Girl of Gor (Gor, #11) 3.36 avg rating — 1,102 ratings
17.
American Gods
American Gods 4.10 avg rating — 978,807 ratings
18.
She’s Come Undone
She’s Come Undone 3.91 avg rating — 357,246 ratings
19.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,896 ratings
20.
Extraordinary
Extraordinary 3.46 avg rating — 395 ratings
20.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days 3.95 avg rating — 274,963 ratings
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The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,676 ratings
23.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold 3.97 avg rating — 224,425 ratings
24.
The Pale King
The Pale King 3.97 avg rating — 19,430 ratings
25.
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage 4.15 avg rating — 60,343 ratings
26.
The Sunday Philosophy Club (Isabel Dalhousie, #1)
The Sunday Philosophy Club (Isabel Dalhousie, #1) 3.36 avg rating — 25,522 ratings
26.
Podkayne of Mars
Podkayne of Mars 3.67 avg rating — 9,434 ratings
26.
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 87,060 ratings
26.
Unsinkable
Unsinkable
by: Dan James
3.09 avg rating — 43 ratings
26.
The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)
The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 155,521 ratings
26.
The Woman on the Stairs
The Woman on the Stairs 3.22 avg rating — 3,754 ratings
26.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,176 ratings
26.
Freehold (Freehold #1)
Freehold (Freehold #1) 4.03 avg rating — 4,312 ratings
26.
Der nasse Fisch (Gereon Rath, #1)
Der nasse Fisch (Gereon Rath, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 8,871 ratings
26.
The Isles of Unwisdom
The Isles of Unwisdom 3.53 avg rating — 132 ratings
26.
The Topeka School
The Topeka School 3.51 avg rating — 27,643 ratings
26.
Embers & Echoes (Wildefire, #2)
Embers & Echoes (Wildefire, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 2,088 ratings
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) 4.52 avg rating — 1,051,230 ratings
39.
The Biomass Revolution (The Tisaian Chronicles #1)
The Biomass Revolution (The Tisaian Chronicles #1) 3.63 avg rating — 441 ratings
39.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,549 ratings
39.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North 4.03 avg rating — 60,927 ratings
39.
De donkere kamer van Damokles
De donkere kamer van Damokles 3.80 avg rating — 14,062 ratings
39.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,477 ratings
39.
Amelia
Amelia 3.55 avg rating — 909 ratings
39.
Gantz/1
Gantz/1 3.92 avg rating — 9,302 ratings
39.
Afterglow (Wildefire, #3)
Afterglow (Wildefire, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 1,221 ratings
47.
Lights Out By Half Fast
Lights Out By Half Fast 4.14 avg rating — 1,979 ratings
47.
Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)
Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 91,507 ratings
47.
Kebra Nagast
Kebra Nagast
by: Anonymous
3.97 avg rating — 317 ratings
47.
Peter Pan
Peter Pan 4.03 avg rating — 366,959 ratings
47.
La Petite Femelle
La Petite Femelle 4.25 avg rating — 441 ratings
47.
Battle Royale, Vol. 01 (Battle Royale, #1)
Battle Royale, Vol. 01 (Battle Royale, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,410 ratings
47.
Wildefire (Wildefire, #1)
Wildefire (Wildefire, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 8,455 ratings
47.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 4.25 avg rating — 809,841 ratings
55.
In Case of Emergency
In Case of Emergency 3.63 avg rating — 385 ratings
55.
Stardust
Stardust 4.10 avg rating — 476,218 ratings
57.
World Made by Hand (World Made by Hand #1)
World Made by Hand (World Made by Hand #1) 3.69 avg rating — 7,474 ratings
57.
Perrault's Fairy Tales
Perrault's Fairy Tales 4.10 avg rating — 15,027 ratings
57.
Hex (Robert Grim #1)
Hex (Robert Grim #1) 3.72 avg rating — 45,739 ratings
57.
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) 4.18 avg rating — 20,497 ratings
61.
Zach Carter, Zombie Killer
Zach Carter, Zombie Killer 2.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
61.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,958 ratings
63.
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon 4.23 avg rating — 115,697 ratings
63.
The Thibaults
The Thibaults 4.31 avg rating — 899 ratings
65.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 3.75 avg rating — 34,037 ratings
66.
Girl Parts
Girl Parts 3.04 avg rating — 1,786 ratings
66.
Esther's Inheritance
Esther's Inheritance 3.71 avg rating — 5,039 ratings
68.
The Blue Fairy Book
The Blue Fairy Book 4.05 avg rating — 10,216 ratings
68.
Casanova in Bolzano
Casanova in Bolzano 3.54 avg rating — 1,814 ratings
70.
The Red Fairy Book
The Red Fairy Book 4.13 avg rating — 3,573 ratings
70.
Ma mère
Ma mère 3.46 avg rating — 590 ratings
72.
The Green Fairy Book
The Green Fairy Book 4.16 avg rating — 2,751 ratings
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Asylum
Asylum 3.96 avg rating — 38,474 ratings
74.
The Pink Fairy Book
The Pink Fairy Book 4.08 avg rating — 1,773 ratings
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The Violet Fairy Book
The Violet Fairy Book 4.11 avg rating — 1,536 ratings
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The Lilac Fairy Book
The Lilac Fairy Book 4.08 avg rating — 1,304 ratings
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The Orange Fairy Book
The Orange Fairy Book 4.16 avg rating — 1,478 ratings
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The Brown Fairy Book
The Brown Fairy Book 4.08 avg rating — 1,306 ratings
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The Olive Fairy Book
The Olive Fairy Book 4.15 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
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The Grey Fairy Book
The Grey Fairy Book 4.04 avg rating — 1,244 ratings
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The Crimson Fairy Book
The Crimson Fairy Book 4.12 avg rating — 1,253 ratings