Best Female Heroine Books (or books centered around girls)

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,656 ratings
2.
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 421,426 ratings
3.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,942 ratings
4.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,235 ratings
5.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,072 ratings
6.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,185 ratings
7.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,809 ratings
8.
Uglies (Uglies, #1)
Uglies (Uglies, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 701,283 ratings
9.
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 225,106 ratings
10.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,689 ratings
11.
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,128,604 ratings
12.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,876 ratings
13.
Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1)
Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 120,864 ratings
14.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond 4.02 avg rating — 157,962 ratings
15.
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 476,671 ratings
16.
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 132,388 ratings
17.
The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)
The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 147,429 ratings
18.
Pretties (Uglies, #2)
Pretties (Uglies, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 277,002 ratings
19.
Specials (Uglies, #3)
Specials (Uglies, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 201,877 ratings
20.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,647 ratings
21.
Walk Two Moons
Walk Two Moons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 172,177 ratings
22.
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 281,978 ratings
23.
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 673,550 ratings
24.
Just Listen
Just Listen 4.05 avg rating — 249,761 ratings
25.
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 — 192,528 ratings
26.
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 69,730 ratings
27.
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 231,965 ratings
28.
Angelfire (Angelfire, #1)
Angelfire (Angelfire, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 29,962 ratings
29.
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic 4.03 avg rating — 61,489 ratings
30.
The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1)
The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) 4.03 avg rating — 175,709 ratings
31.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,103 ratings
32.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,143 ratings
33.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,057 ratings
34.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,799 ratings
35.
White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,346 ratings
36.
Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)
Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 48,722 ratings
37.
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate, #1)
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 21,504 ratings
38.
Green Rider (Green Rider, #1)
Green Rider (Green Rider, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 40,219 ratings
39.
Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters, #2)
Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 33,726 ratings
40.
Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1)
Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 165,834 ratings
41.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,639 ratings
42.
This Lullaby
This Lullaby 4.01 avg rating — 180,448 ratings
43.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,127 ratings
44.
The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3)
The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 73,024 ratings
45.
Intrinsical (The Yara Silva Trilogy, #1)
Intrinsical (The Yara Silva Trilogy, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 2,247 ratings
46.
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2)
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 93,214 ratings
47.
Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters, #3)
Child of the Prophecy (Sevenwaters, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 24,424 ratings
48.
Lock and Key
Lock and Key 3.99 avg rating — 151,943 ratings
49.
A Little Princess
A Little Princess 4.23 avg rating — 320,507 ratings
50.
Dreamland
Dreamland 3.90 avg rating — 83,650 ratings
51.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,198 ratings
52.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,099 ratings
53.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,209 ratings
54.
Dairy Queen (Dairy Queen, #1)
Dairy Queen (Dairy Queen, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 28,311 ratings
55.
Fire (Graceling Realm, #2)
Fire (Graceling Realm, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 192,465 ratings
56.
Extras (Uglies, #4)
Extras (Uglies, #4) 3.59 avg rating — 126,122 ratings
57.
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 93,519 ratings
58.
Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)
Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 67,602 ratings
59.
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself 3.96 avg rating — 15,528 ratings
60.
Running Out of Time (Out of Time #1)
Running Out of Time (Out of Time #1) 3.99 avg rating — 28,230 ratings
60.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,959 ratings
62.
Uprising
Uprising 4.19 avg rating — 9,666 ratings
63.
Turnabout
Turnabout 3.74 avg rating — 7,088 ratings
64.
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 378,088 ratings
64.
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 1,596,159 ratings
66.
Someone Like You
Someone Like You 3.92 avg rating — 105,533 ratings
67.
The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2)
The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 117,471 ratings
68.
Deenie
Deenie 3.79 avg rating — 17,740 ratings
69.
Book of a Thousand Days
Book of a Thousand Days 3.97 avg rating — 56,014 ratings
70.
Kristy and the Snobs (The Baby-Sitters Club, #11)
Kristy and the Snobs (The Baby-Sitters Club, #11) 3.78 avg rating — 4,785 ratings
71.
Mary Anne Saves the Day (The Baby-Sitters Club, #4)
Mary Anne Saves the Day (The Baby-Sitters Club, #4) 3.85 avg rating — 9,041 ratings
72.
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 60,965 ratings
73.
Just Ella (The Palace Chronicles, #1)
Just Ella (The Palace Chronicles, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 34,874 ratings
74.
Ada: Legend of a Healer
Ada: Legend of a Healer 3.92 avg rating — 182 ratings
75.
The Sword of Sighs (The Age of the Flame, #1)
The Sword of Sighs (The Age of the Flame, #1) 3.38 avg rating — 376 ratings
75.
The Girl with No Face (The Daoshi Chronicles, #2)
The Girl with No Face (The Daoshi Chronicles, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 747 ratings
77.
The Girl with Ghost Eyes
The Girl with Ghost Eyes 3.86 avg rating — 4,419 ratings
78.
Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)
Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1) 3.71 avg rating — 11,394 ratings
79.
So Far from the Bamboo Grove
So Far from the Bamboo Grove 4.01 avg rating — 3,690 ratings
80.
Claim to Fame
Claim to Fame 3.52 avg rating — 2,397 ratings
80.
Endless Knight (The Arcana Chronicles, #2)
Endless Knight (The Arcana Chronicles, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 25,536 ratings
82.
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place 3.82 avg rating — 4,916 ratings
83.
Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)
Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 735,767 ratings
84.
The Truth About Forever
The Truth About Forever 4.12 avg rating — 225,610 ratings
85.
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 2,188,503 ratings
86.
Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)
Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 493,487 ratings
87.
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 955,701 ratings
87.
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 135,450 ratings
89.
Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2)
Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 63,848 ratings
90.
Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)
Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 368,740 ratings
90.
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1)
Summer of My German Soldier (Summer of My German Soldier, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 17,689 ratings
90.
Marked (House of Night, #1)
Marked (House of Night, #1)
by: P.C. Cast
3.82 avg rating — 517,842 ratings
93.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,382 ratings
94.
Thirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood, and Red Dice (Thirst, #1)
Thirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood, and Red Dice (Thirst, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 36,679 ratings
95.
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by: Jenny Han
3.75 avg rating — 1,007,056 ratings
96.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,511 ratings
97.
Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627
Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627 3.87 avg rating — 4,890 ratings
98.
Shooting the Moon
Shooting the Moon 3.75 avg rating — 3,858 ratings
99.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,929 ratings
100.
The Nature of Jade
The Nature of Jade 3.84 avg rating — 11,471 ratings
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