YA Books With Awesome Female Characters

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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 2,188,106 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,150 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,063,810 ratings
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Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3) 4.55 avg rating — 470,135 ratings
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Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1)
Cracked (Soul Eaters, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 6,519 ratings
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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
by: Susan Ee
4.10 avg rating — 197,230 ratings
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,792 ratings
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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 673,540 ratings
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Legend (Legend, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)
by: Marie Lu
4.15 avg rating — 556,115 ratings
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Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 381,933 ratings
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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,128,548 ratings
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The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,429 ratings
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,090 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) 4.50 avg rating — 3,690,907 ratings
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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 866,399 ratings
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The Three Privileges
The Three Privileges 4.38 avg rating — 90 ratings
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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
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Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 578,208 ratings
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City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 1,003,326 ratings
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,673,877 ratings
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Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
by: Garth Nix
4.17 avg rating — 215,925 ratings
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The Cavalier (Heroes of the Empire, #1)
The Cavalier (Heroes of the Empire, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 353 ratings
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City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 981,170 ratings
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 3,874,380 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,677 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) 4.58 avg rating — 3,563,262 ratings
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City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6)
City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) 4.38 avg rating — 408,872 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 4,349,021 ratings
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The Becalmer
The Becalmer 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 184,552 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) 4.57 avg rating — 4,069,317 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) 4.62 avg rating — 4,009,304 ratings
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 992,875 ratings
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Matilda
Matilda 4.33 avg rating — 1,072,733 ratings
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,923 ratings
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,383 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 4,677,360 ratings
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Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 1,133,590 ratings
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 426,782 ratings
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,945 ratings
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The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 83,322 ratings
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Prodigy (Legend, #2)
Prodigy (Legend, #2)
by: Marie Lu
4.22 avg rating — 277,326 ratings
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Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 631,712 ratings
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,501 ratings
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 1,596,113 ratings
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A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,351 ratings
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Succubus
Succubus 4.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Obsidian (Lux, #1)
Obsidian (Lux, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 293,257 ratings
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Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
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The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind
The Daughter of Kurdland: A Life Dedicated to Humankind 4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings
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Cruel Beauty
Cruel Beauty 3.64 avg rating — 93,215 ratings
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 1,103,586 ratings
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Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,149,634 ratings
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The Aureate Spectacles
The Aureate Spectacles 3.87 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 421,423 ratings
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Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,065,506 ratings
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City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, #4)
City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 631,883 ratings
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The One (The Selection, #3)
The One (The Selection, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 758,147 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,811 ratings
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Dawn Among the Stars
Dawn Among the Stars 4.46 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Seton Girls
Seton Girls 3.96 avg rating — 346 ratings
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City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5)
City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5) 4.21 avg rating — 559,227 ratings
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Opal (Lux, #3)
Opal (Lux, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 157,320 ratings
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Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3)
Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3) 4.71 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by: Avi
3.86 avg rating — 87,619 ratings
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Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4) 4.41 avg rating — 304,200 ratings
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Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 89,427 ratings
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Nothing But Sky
Nothing But Sky 3.95 avg rating — 325 ratings
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First Year (The Black Mage, #1)
First Year (The Black Mage, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 23,034 ratings
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Firebolt (The Dragonian, #1)
Firebolt (The Dragonian, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 10,553 ratings
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Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2)
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2) 4.74 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)
Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 58,213 ratings
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The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story 3.96 avg rating — 16,713 ratings
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Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1)
Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 240,881 ratings
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 3,336,492 ratings
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Granted
Granted 4.22 avg rating — 123 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 Vampire Hunters: Book One of The Vampire Hunters Trilogy
The Vampire Hunters: Book One of The Vampire Hunters Trilogy 4.29 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Forbidden
Forbidden 3.96 avg rating — 75,395 ratings
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Lioness Rampant (Song of the Lioness, #4)
Lioness Rampant (Song of the Lioness, #4) 4.28 avg rating — 92,634 ratings
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The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 82,846 ratings
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 225,105 ratings
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Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 476,665 ratings
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Realms of the Gods (Warrior Unbound, #2)
Realms of the Gods (Warrior Unbound, #2)
by: C.M. Kane
4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Immortal Girl5
Immortal Girl5 2.69 avg rating — 48 ratings
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The Girl from Jakarta
The Girl from Jakarta 3.59 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Blood Water Paint
Blood Water Paint 4.15 avg rating — 9,751 ratings
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Julian Fox, The Dream Guardian (Julian Fox, #1)
Julian Fox, The Dream Guardian (Julian Fox, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Island of the Gods (Warrior Unbound, #1)
Island of the Gods (Warrior Unbound, #1)
by: C.M. Kane
4.49 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Fat Girl on a Plane
Fat Girl on a Plane 3.58 avg rating — 1,708 ratings
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Vampyrnomicon (The Vampire Hunters Trilogy Book 2)
Vampyrnomicon (The Vampire Hunters Trilogy Book 2) 4.46 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Romanov
Romanov 3.77 avg rating — 15,642 ratings
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City of Skies (The Viking Assassin #1)
City of Skies (The Viking Assassin #1) 3.88 avg rating — 798 ratings
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City of Vikings (The Viking Assassin #2)
City of Vikings (The Viking Assassin #2) 4.28 avg rating — 264 ratings
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The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1)
The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1)
by: Marie Lu
3.86 avg rating — 141,616 ratings
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Half-Blood (Covenant, #1)
Half-Blood (Covenant, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 118,593 ratings
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Dragonsinger (Harper Hall, #2)
Dragonsinger (Harper Hall, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 48,272 ratings
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Wild Magic (Immortals, #1)
Wild Magic (Immortals, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 82,314 ratings
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Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7) 4.73 avg rating — 299,534 ratings
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Where She Went (If I Stay, #2)
Where She Went (If I Stay, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 303,301 ratings
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