Best Female Lead Characters

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,305 ratings
2.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,550 ratings
3.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,198 ratings
4.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,600 ratings
5.
A Story of Yesterday
A Story of Yesterday 4.53 avg rating — 16,471 ratings
6.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,970 ratings
7.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,194 ratings
8.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,738 ratings
9.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,819 ratings
10.
Matilda
Matilda 4.33 avg rating — 1,072,612 ratings
11.
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,157 ratings
12.
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 673,529 ratings
13.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,904 ratings
14.
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 476,655 ratings
15.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,535 ratings
16.
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,128,438 ratings
17.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,262,908 ratings
18.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,580 ratings
19.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,842 ratings
20.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 949,978 ratings
21.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,728 ratings
22.
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 206,929 ratings
23.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,131,924 ratings
24.
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 135,446 ratings
25.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,958,953 ratings
26.
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 215,703 ratings
27.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,113 ratings
28.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,043 ratings
29.
Poison Study (Study, #1)
Poison Study (Study, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 174,066 ratings
30.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,284 ratings
31.
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 231,960 ratings
32.
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 211,199 ratings
33.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,874 ratings
34.
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,012,846 ratings
35.
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 426,722 ratings
36.
Coraline
Coraline 4.13 avg rating — 760,464 ratings
37.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,740 ratings
38.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,690 ratings
39.
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) 4.28 avg rating — 694,062 ratings
40.
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 578,132 ratings
41.
Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1)
Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 132,852 ratings
42.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,047 ratings
43.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,182 ratings
44.
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 — 669,409 ratings
45.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,125,486 ratings
46.
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
by: Garth Nix
4.17 avg rating — 215,923 ratings
47.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,993,906 ratings
48.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,501 ratings
49.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,137 ratings
50.
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,295 ratings
51.
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 421,415 ratings
52.
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 225,104 ratings
53.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,446 ratings
54.
Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1)
Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 163,179 ratings
55.
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 556,204 ratings
56.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,428 ratings
57.
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 573,250 ratings
58.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,417 ratings
59.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,647 ratings
60.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,788 ratings
61.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,546 ratings
62.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,024 ratings
63.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond 4.02 avg rating — 157,954 ratings
64.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 254,879 ratings
65.
Marked (House of Night, #1)
Marked (House of Night, #1)
by: P.C. Cast
3.82 avg rating — 517,819 ratings
66.
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 152,235 ratings
67.
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 83,225 ratings
68.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,354 ratings
69.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,388 ratings
70.
Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows, #1)
Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 128,579 ratings
71.
The Blue Sword (Damar, #1)
The Blue Sword (Damar, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,463 ratings
72.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,750 ratings
73.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,490 ratings
74.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,934 ratings
75.
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 93,516 ratings
76.
A Little Princess
A Little Princess 4.23 avg rating — 320,497 ratings
77.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,777 ratings
78.
The Secret Magdalene
The Secret Magdalene 4.14 avg rating — 4,706 ratings
79.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,712 ratings
80.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,447 ratings
81.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,537 ratings
82.
Bitten (Otherworld, #1)
Bitten (Otherworld, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 105,141 ratings
83.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,564 ratings
84.
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,051 ratings
85.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,768 ratings
86.
The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1)
The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 82,502 ratings
87.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,375 ratings
88.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,592,989 ratings
89.
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 896,987 ratings
90.
Darkfever (Fever, #1)
Darkfever (Fever, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 188,246 ratings
91.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,024 ratings
92.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 278,674 ratings
93.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,889 ratings
94.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,956 ratings
95.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 765,827 ratings
96.
The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9) 4.36 avg rating — 156,355 ratings
97.
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 69,721 ratings
98.
Sunshine
Sunshine 3.84 avg rating — 43,831 ratings
99.
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) 4.09 avg rating — 508,922 ratings
100.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,643 ratings
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