Fiction/Novels with Female Protagonists That Aren't About Love or Romance

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Dragonsinger (Harper Hall, #2)
Dragonsinger (Harper Hall, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 48,275 ratings
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First Test (Protector of the Small, #1)
First Test (Protector of the Small, #1) 4.25 avg rating β€” 62,897 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 β€” 273,171 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,205 ratings
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 3.71 avg rating β€” 125,618 ratings
105.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating β€” 197,140 ratings
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Saint Joan
Saint Joan 3.78 avg rating β€” 9,494 ratings
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Blind Descent (Anna Pigeon, #6)
Blind Descent (Anna Pigeon, #6) 4.05 avg rating β€” 11,367 ratings
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Son (The Giver, #4)
Son (The Giver, #4) 3.99 avg rating β€” 111,327 ratings
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Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating β€” 208,686 ratings
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The Girl with No Face (The Daoshi Chronicles, #2)
The Girl with No Face (The Daoshi Chronicles, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 748 ratings
112.
A Question of Sanity
A Question of Sanity 4.24 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
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Leverage
Leverage 4.29 avg rating β€” 110 ratings
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Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene
Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene 4.79 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
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Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,684 ratings
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Nowhere Boulevard
Nowhere Boulevard 4.50 avg rating β€” 103 ratings
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This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1)
This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 109,908 ratings
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Momo
Momo 4.34 avg rating β€” 91,791 ratings
119.
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe 3.86 avg rating β€” 4,874 ratings
120.
The Women's Room
The Women's Room 3.99 avg rating β€” 9,269 ratings
120.
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 420,044 ratings
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We Are Not Ourselves
We Are Not Ourselves 3.73 avg rating β€” 30,046 ratings
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The Deed of Paksenarrion (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1-3)
The Deed of Paksenarrion (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1-3) 4.33 avg rating β€” 13,973 ratings
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State of Wonder
State of Wonder 3.90 avg rating β€” 197,562 ratings
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The Glass-Blowers
The Glass-Blowers 3.71 avg rating β€” 3,046 ratings
125.
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 48,419 ratings
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The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2)
The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2) 3.96 avg rating β€” 13,657 ratings
128.
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution 3.97 avg rating β€” 22,304 ratings
129.
Suite Française
Suite Française 3.86 avg rating — 77,016 ratings
130.
Native Tongue (Native Tongue, #1)
Native Tongue (Native Tongue, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,580 ratings
130.
Through Wolf's Eyes (Firekeeper Saga, #1)
Through Wolf's Eyes (Firekeeper Saga, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 7,147 ratings
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True Grit
True Grit 4.17 avg rating β€” 68,484 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 β€” 135,449 ratings
132.
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,676,259 ratings
135.
The Sight (The Sight, #1)
The Sight (The Sight, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 13,930 ratings
136.
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 169,161 ratings
137.
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 77,759 ratings
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Lucky Us
Lucky Us
by: Amy Bloom
3.22 avg rating β€” 17,902 ratings
139.
X (Kinsey Millhone, #24)
X (Kinsey Millhone, #24) 3.92 avg rating β€” 37,173 ratings
140.
A Doll's House
A Doll's House 3.77 avg rating β€” 159,025 ratings
141.
Kingdom of Ashes (Nightfall, #1)
Kingdom of Ashes (Nightfall, #1)
by: Elena May
3.91 avg rating β€” 836 ratings
142.
Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating β€” 16,064 ratings
143.
High Country (Anna Pigeon, #12)
High Country (Anna Pigeon, #12) 3.92 avg rating β€” 9,368 ratings
144.
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2) 3.82 avg rating β€” 204,964 ratings
144.
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #10)
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #10) 4.13 avg rating β€” 23,777 ratings
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Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3) 4.26 avg rating β€” 83,267 ratings
146.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 317,173 ratings
148.
Clariel (Abhorsen, #4)
Clariel (Abhorsen, #4)
by: Garth Nix
3.88 avg rating β€” 29,880 ratings
149.
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) 4.49 avg rating β€” 897,368 ratings
150.
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating β€” 348,515 ratings
151.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating β€” 288,109 ratings
152.
Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs, #9)
Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs, #9) 4.04 avg rating β€” 24,713 ratings
153.
Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638
Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638 3.71 avg rating β€” 3,741 ratings
154.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating β€” 128,894 ratings
155.
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 36,713 ratings
156.
The Borrowers (The Borrowers, #1)
The Borrowers (The Borrowers, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 100,183 ratings
156.
Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12; Witches, #3)
Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12; Witches, #3) 4.25 avg rating β€” 95,933 ratings
158.
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) 4.21 avg rating β€” 299,213 ratings
159.
Twisted
Twisted 3.83 avg rating β€” 191 ratings
159.
Collide (Collide #1)
Collide (Collide #1) 3.54 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
159.
The Kurdish Bike
The Kurdish Bike 3.90 avg rating β€” 3,551 ratings
159.
Disbelief (Emily Graham #3)
Disbelief (Emily Graham #3) 4.57 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
159.
The Seed Keeper
The Seed Keeper 4.27 avg rating β€” 21,561 ratings
164.
Beyond a Thousand Words: A Novel
Beyond a Thousand Words: A Novel really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
165.
Torn (Collide Trilogy, #2)
Torn (Collide Trilogy, #2) 4.47 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
165.
Solitaire
Solitaire 3.92 avg rating β€” 138,489 ratings
167.
The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1)
The Last Dragonslayer (The Last Dragonslayer, #1) 3.88 avg rating β€” 22,856 ratings
167.
Sweetgirl
Sweetgirl 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,125 ratings
169.
Radio Silence
Radio Silence 4.18 avg rating β€” 125,618 ratings
169.
The Animators
The Animators 3.97 avg rating β€” 12,395 ratings
169.
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1) 4.16 avg rating β€” 61,718 ratings
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Double Identity
Double Identity 4.01 avg rating β€” 16,898 ratings
172.
Nimona
Nimona 4.18 avg rating β€” 181,636 ratings
172.
The Shamer's Daughter (The Shamer Chronicles, #1)
The Shamer's Daughter (The Shamer Chronicles, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 10,600 ratings
175.
Girl at War
Girl at War 4.02 avg rating β€” 33,175 ratings
175.
Swamplandia!
Swamplandia! 3.28 avg rating β€” 59,346 ratings
175.
Illuminations
Illuminations 3.99 avg rating β€” 4,851 ratings
178.
Geek Love
Geek Love 3.95 avg rating β€” 71,406 ratings
178.
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1)
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1) 3.77 avg rating β€” 33,313 ratings
180.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating β€” 45,882 ratings
180.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,810 ratings
180.
Black Unicorn (Unicorn, #1)
Black Unicorn (Unicorn, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 4,315 ratings
180.
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) 4.36 avg rating β€” 189,467 ratings
184.
I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots
I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots 4.10 avg rating β€” 699 ratings
184.
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen 3.95 avg rating β€” 22,339 ratings
186.
Just Another Kid
Just Another Kid 4.23 avg rating β€” 5,977 ratings
186.
Full Fathom Five (Craft Sequence, #3)
Full Fathom Five (Craft Sequence, #3) 4.12 avg rating β€” 5,054 ratings
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The Eight (The Eight, #1)
The Eight (The Eight, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 45,357 ratings
189.
Teemestarin kirja
Teemestarin kirja 3.65 avg rating β€” 9,991 ratings
189.
Ghost World
Ghost World 3.82 avg rating β€” 78,780 ratings
189.
Anywhere But Here (Mayan Stevenson, #1)
Anywhere But Here (Mayan Stevenson, #1) 3.56 avg rating β€” 3,244 ratings
189.
The Library at Mount Char
The Library at Mount Char 4.07 avg rating β€” 72,421 ratings
189.
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 120,816 ratings
194.
In This House of Brede
In This House of Brede 4.36 avg rating β€” 6,626 ratings
194.
The Little Friend
The Little Friend 3.48 avg rating β€” 79,051 ratings
196.
Maresi (Punaisen luostarin kronikoita #1)
Maresi (Punaisen luostarin kronikoita #1) 3.76 avg rating β€” 8,354 ratings
196.
Night's Slow Poison (Imperial Radch, #0.5)
Night's Slow Poison (Imperial Radch, #0.5) 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,350 ratings
196.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 27,079 ratings
196.
In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4)
In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4) 4.16 avg rating β€” 36,374 ratings
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The Firework-Maker's Daughter
The Firework-Maker's Daughter 3.70 avg rating β€” 4,967 ratings
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