Strong Female Characters Created by Men

1.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,420 ratings
2.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,569 ratings
3.
Why Not-World
Why Not-World 4.25 avg rating — 63 ratings
4.
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 578,172 ratings
5.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 254,892 ratings
6.
Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne 3.94 avg rating — 166,124 ratings
7.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 669,466 ratings
8.
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone 3.86 avg rating — 38,156 ratings
9.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,221 ratings
10.
As You Like It
As You Like It 3.81 avg rating — 87,366 ratings
11.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night 3.96 avg rating — 191,693 ratings
12.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,094 ratings
13.
The Collector
The Collector 3.97 avg rating — 89,276 ratings
14.
Mirror Mirror
Mirror Mirror 3.29 avg rating — 31,889 ratings
15.
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister 3.54 avg rating — 61,940 ratings
16.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 4.06 avg rating — 63,548 ratings
17.
I Am My Own Wife
I Am My Own Wife 3.92 avg rating — 2,767 ratings
18.
Antigone
Antigone
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,464 ratings
18.
A Doll's House
A Doll's House 3.77 avg rating — 159,025 ratings
20.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Tess of the d'Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,808 ratings
21.
Doubt, a Parable
Doubt, a Parable 4.10 avg rating — 20,963 ratings
22.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,866 ratings
22.
Chainsaw Alice in Wonderland
Chainsaw Alice in Wonderland 3.28 avg rating — 25 ratings
22.
Sanyel (Sanyel, #1)
Sanyel (Sanyel, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
22.
Erica's House: Their Shrunken World
Erica's House: Their Shrunken World 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
22.
The Dark Portal (The Deptford Mice, #1)
The Dark Portal (The Deptford Mice, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 2,603 ratings
22.
Silent Fear
Silent Fear 4.20 avg rating — 265 ratings
22.
The Student (Nicole Lacroix #1)
The Student (Nicole Lacroix #1) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
22.
Bitches
Bitches 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
22.
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold 4.20 avg rating — 77,515 ratings
22.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 76,360 ratings
32.
Woman in the Mirror
Woman in the Mirror 3.52 avg rating — 64 ratings
32.
The Oaken Throne (The Deptford Histories, #2)
The Oaken Throne (The Deptford Histories, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 603 ratings
32.
The 'Lovely' Old Dears
The 'Lovely' Old Dears 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
32.
The Me Too Girl
The Me Too Girl 4.20 avg rating — 35 ratings
36.
The Reapers are the Angels (Reapers, #1)
The Reapers are the Angels (Reapers, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 12,473 ratings
36.
Mademoiselle Chanel
Mademoiselle Chanel 4.10 avg rating — 12,469 ratings
36.
Mariel of Redwall (Redwall, #4)
Mariel of Redwall (Redwall, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29,787 ratings
39.
Blackbirds (Miriam Black, #1)
Blackbirds (Miriam Black, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 9,746 ratings
39.
Bell of the Desert: A Novel
Bell of the Desert: A Novel
by: Alan Gold
3.99 avg rating — 299 ratings
39.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,178 ratings
39.
Triss (Redwall, #15)
Triss (Redwall, #15) 4.02 avg rating — 13,582 ratings
43.
This House Is Haunted
This House Is Haunted 3.62 avg rating — 15,983 ratings
44.
Dragon House (Center Point Platinum Reader's Circle
Dragon House (Center Point Platinum Reader's Circle 3.90 avg rating — 1,052 ratings
45.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,723 ratings
46.
Midwives
Midwives really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 162,272 ratings
47.
Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 251,991 ratings
47.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating — 60,761 ratings
49.
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,243 ratings
49.
The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna
The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna 4.29 avg rating — 8,746 ratings
51.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,340 ratings
51.
Requiem for a Wren
Requiem for a Wren 4.07 avg rating — 2,545 ratings
53.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating — 84,057 ratings
53.
The American Adventuress
The American Adventuress 4.08 avg rating — 2,087 ratings
55.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,299 ratings
56.
Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46,895 ratings
57.
Proof
Proof really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,954 ratings
58.
The King and I
The King and I 4.24 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
59.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds 3.80 avg rating — 5,502 ratings
60.
The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson 3.81 avg rating — 10,039 ratings
61.
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias 4.27 avg rating — 17,755 ratings
62.
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters 3.71 avg rating — 23,697 ratings
63.
Salomé
Salomé 3.71 avg rating — 20,197 ratings
64.
The Lover
The Lover 3.84 avg rating — 561 ratings
65.
BOSTON MARRIAGE.
BOSTON MARRIAGE. 3.48 avg rating — 389 ratings
66.
The Curious Savage
The Curious Savage 4.14 avg rating — 524 ratings
67.
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 1,809,229 ratings
68.
Reckless
Reckless 3.70 avg rating — 194 ratings
69.
Kimberly Akimbo
Kimberly Akimbo 4.03 avg rating — 410 ratings
70.
Fuddy Meers
Fuddy Meers 3.83 avg rating — 596 ratings
71.
The Countess
The Countess 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings
72.
Becky's New Car
Becky's New Car 3.71 avg rating — 102 ratings
73.
Tape
Tape 3.62 avg rating — 159 ratings
74.
Serena
Serena
by: Ron Rash
3.55 avg rating — 36,784 ratings
75.
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells 3.51 avg rating — 13,822 ratings
76.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,646 ratings
77.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,640 ratings
78.
Silk
Silk 3.85 avg rating — 70,165 ratings