Strong Heroines Created by Male Authors

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The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1)
The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 4,419 ratings
2.
Fire Country (The Country Saga, #1)
Fire Country (The Country Saga, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
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Matilda
Matilda 4.33 avg rating — 1,072,870 ratings
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,059 ratings
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Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches, #2)
Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 127,792 ratings
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Feet of Clay (Discworld, #19; City Watch, #3)
Feet of Clay (Discworld, #19; City Watch, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 90,973 ratings
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Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 61,718 ratings
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The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 118,211 ratings
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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 — 669,475 ratings
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Moon 514: Blaze and the White Griffon
Moon 514: Blaze and the White Griffon 3.98 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 273,170 ratings
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Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
by: Garth Nix
4.17 avg rating — 215,936 ratings
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Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31)
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31) 4.26 avg rating — 83,270 ratings
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,508 ratings
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 897,427 ratings
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Hogfather
Hogfather 4.26 avg rating — 101,285 ratings
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Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 254,897 ratings
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The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5)
The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 78,019 ratings
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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
Uglies (Uglies, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 701,294 ratings
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Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,110 ratings
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The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 231,968 ratings
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 176,376 ratings
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The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 119,403 ratings
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Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 85,077 ratings
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Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 94,193 ratings
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The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1)
The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 20,307 ratings
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The Girl with Ghost Eyes
The Girl with Ghost Eyes 3.86 avg rating — 4,419 ratings
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Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence, #1)
Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 15,297 ratings
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,283 ratings
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Persimmon (Sword of the World, #1)
Persimmon (Sword of the World, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
31.
As You Like It
As You Like It 3.81 avg rating — 87,368 ratings
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Undermountain (The Undermountain Saga #1)
Undermountain (The Undermountain Saga #1) 3.75 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Death of the Spirit (Crossing Death #2)
Death of the Spirit (Crossing Death #2) 4.51 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,275 ratings
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Afterlife (The Undermountain Saga, #2)
Afterlife (The Undermountain Saga, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Starkiller (The Undermountain Saga, #3)
Starkiller (The Undermountain Saga, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Sight (The Sight, #1)
The Sight (The Sight, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 13,930 ratings
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Coraline
Coraline 4.13 avg rating — 760,567 ratings
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,405 ratings
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Death: The High Cost of Living
Death: The High Cost of Living 4.20 avg rating — 41,810 ratings
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The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,715 ratings
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Sasha (A Trial of Blood & Steel, #1)
Sasha (A Trial of Blood & Steel, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,057 ratings
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Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1)
Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 132,894 ratings
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Daughter of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy, #1)
Daughter of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 40,763 ratings
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 558,639 ratings
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Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night 3.96 avg rating — 191,697 ratings
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Lysistrata
Lysistrata 3.87 avg rating — 52,371 ratings
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The Stepsister Scheme (Princess, #1)
The Stepsister Scheme (Princess, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 5,272 ratings
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The Fionavar Tapestry (The Fionavar Tapestry, #1-3)
The Fionavar Tapestry (The Fionavar Tapestry, #1-3) 4.23 avg rating — 7,758 ratings
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The Golem's Eye (Bartimaeus, #2)
The Golem's Eye (Bartimaeus, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 95,945 ratings
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28)
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28) 4.08 avg rating — 51,375 ratings
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The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)
The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 62,184 ratings
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Elantris (Elantris, #1)
Elantris (Elantris, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 329,863 ratings
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The Shadow Throne (The Shadow Campaigns, #2)
The Shadow Throne (The Shadow Campaigns, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 11,628 ratings
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The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 240,824 ratings
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The Summer Dragon (The Evertide, #1)
The Summer Dragon (The Evertide, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 3,225 ratings
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 33,529 ratings
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Don't Be a Hero
Don't Be a Hero 3.95 avg rating — 297 ratings
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Coral Hare: Atomic Agent
Coral Hare: Atomic Agent
by: Clive Lee
4.16 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Twisted Tears
Twisted Tears 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Chainsaw Alice in Wonderland
Chainsaw Alice in Wonderland 3.28 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Ukiyo (Blud, #1)
Ukiyo (Blud, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Killed at the Whim of a Hat (Jimm Juree, #1)
Killed at the Whim of a Hat (Jimm Juree, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,162 ratings
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Sanyel (Sanyel, #1)
Sanyel (Sanyel, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Erica's House: Their Shrunken World
Erica's House: Their Shrunken World 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Swiftshadow (Spies Lie #3)
Swiftshadow (Spies Lie #3)
by: D.S. Kane
4.22 avg rating — 153 ratings
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The Dark Portal (The Deptford Mice, #1)
The Dark Portal (The Deptford Mice, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 2,603 ratings
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Bitches
Bitches 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 21,100 ratings
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Spooks: I Am Grimalkin (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles, #9)
Spooks: I Am Grimalkin (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles, #9) 4.26 avg rating — 10,411 ratings
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Partials (Partials Sequence, #1)
Partials (Partials Sequence, #1)
by: Dan Wells
3.93 avg rating — 59,727 ratings
70.
My African Dream
My African Dream 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Disrupter (Sanyel #2)
Disrupter (Sanyel #2) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Saint Joan
Saint Joan 3.78 avg rating — 9,495 ratings
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A Touch of Honey (Crime and Passion Book 3)
A Touch of Honey (Crime and Passion Book 3) 4.40 avg rating — 5 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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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by: Avi
3.86 avg rating — 87,618 ratings
70.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,766 ratings
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Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1)
Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 174,970 ratings
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The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1)
The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 132,306 ratings
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,769 ratings
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Mariel of Redwall (Redwall, #4)
Mariel of Redwall (Redwall, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29,787 ratings
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A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating — 60,765 ratings
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Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,464 ratings
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Triss (Redwall, #15)
Triss (Redwall, #15) 4.02 avg rating — 13,583 ratings
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Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow #1)
Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow #1) 4.04 avg rating — 59,516 ratings
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Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)
Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 112,366 ratings
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High Rhulain (Redwall, #18)
High Rhulain (Redwall, #18) 4.15 avg rating — 8,941 ratings
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The Phoenix Guards (Khaavren Romances, #1)
The Phoenix Guards (Khaavren Romances, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 5,249 ratings
89.
Queen of Sorcery (The Belgariad #2)
Queen of Sorcery (The Belgariad #2) 4.15 avg rating — 76,166 ratings
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Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 83,270 ratings
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Dragon Avenger (Age of Fire #2)
Dragon Avenger (Age of Fire #2) 4.11 avg rating — 3,434 ratings
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
Neverwhere (London Below, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 555,459 ratings
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Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,463 ratings
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 1,004,546 ratings
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Haywire
Haywire 4.08 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Quest for the Well of Souls (Saga of the Well World, #3)
Quest for the Well of Souls (Saga of the Well World, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 2,547 ratings
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Lethal Code (Lana Elkins #1)
Lethal Code (Lana Elkins #1) 3.80 avg rating — 963 ratings
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Trident Code (Lana Elkins #2)
Trident Code (Lana Elkins #2) 3.93 avg rating — 362 ratings
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The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 82,171 ratings
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