Not Your Average Female Protagonist

1.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,692 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 — 1,080,042 ratings
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,114 ratings
4.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,318 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 — 3,378,714 ratings
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,918 ratings
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Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,252 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,890 ratings
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Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
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The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,581 ratings
11.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,095 ratings
12.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,716 ratings
13.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,716,200 ratings
14.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,281 ratings
15.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,855 ratings
16.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,472 ratings
17.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,275 ratings
18.
Paper Towns
Paper Towns 3.70 avg rating — 1,465,254 ratings
19.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 969,030 ratings
20.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 3.87 avg rating — 592,749 ratings
21.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 765,925 ratings
22.
Washington Square
Washington Square 3.70 avg rating — 25,047 ratings
23.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,882 ratings
24.
Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1)
Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 22,115 ratings
25.
Franny and Zooey
Franny and Zooey 3.96 avg rating — 235,181 ratings
25.
Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects 4.01 avg rating — 1,179,523 ratings
27.
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating — 208,699 ratings
28.
A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce #3)
A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce #3) 4.05 avg rating — 46,248 ratings
29.
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2)
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 58,096 ratings
30.
Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5)
Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5) 4.16 avg rating — 39,424 ratings
31.
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6) 4.18 avg rating — 32,843 ratings
32.
The Prussian Dispatch (Sophie Rathenau’s Vienna Mysteries Book 1)
The Prussian Dispatch (Sophie Rathenau’s Vienna Mysteries Book 1) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
33.
Fairytales for Wilde Girls
Fairytales for Wilde Girls 4.19 avg rating — 1,172 ratings
34.
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
The Diaries of Adam and Eve 3.85 avg rating — 18,629 ratings
35.
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8)
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) 4.55 avg rating — 137,544 ratings
35.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,127,144 ratings
37.
Daisy Miller
Daisy Miller 3.37 avg rating — 36,991 ratings
38.
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4) 4.35 avg rating — 264,762 ratings
39.
Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems
Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems 3.97 avg rating — 349 ratings
40.
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 — 176,384 ratings
41.
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 68,880 ratings
42.
Demelza (Poldark, #2)
Demelza (Poldark, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 18,464 ratings
43.
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce, #4)
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce, #4) 4.09 avg rating — 37,991 ratings
44.
The Last Runaway
The Last Runaway 3.85 avg rating — 38,632 ratings
45.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 172,389 ratings
46.
Remarkable Creatures
Remarkable Creatures 3.89 avg rating — 54,494 ratings
47.
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 1,809,438 ratings
48.
The Shadowy Horses
The Shadowy Horses 3.97 avg rating — 22,309 ratings
49.
The Last Anniversary
The Last Anniversary 3.78 avg rating — 162,983 ratings
50.
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution 3.97 avg rating — 22,306 ratings
51.
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7)
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce, #7) 3.97 avg rating — 29,032 ratings
52.
Slammerkin
Slammerkin 3.75 avg rating — 17,131 ratings
53.
Spirit of Steamboat (Walt Longmire, #9.1)
Spirit of Steamboat (Walt Longmire, #9.1) 4.28 avg rating — 9,827 ratings
54.
A Desperate Fortune (Mary & Hugh, #1)
A Desperate Fortune (Mary & Hugh, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 18,432 ratings
55.
The Passenger
The Passenger
by: Lisa Lutz
3.72 avg rating — 45,294 ratings
56.
The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1)
The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 26,298 ratings
56.
Weeks in Naviras
Weeks in Naviras 3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings
56.
The Ice Queen
The Ice Queen 3.58 avg rating — 21,510 ratings
56.
The Dark Portal (The Deptford Mice, #1)
The Dark Portal (The Deptford Mice, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 2,604 ratings
56.
Loose Gravel
Loose Gravel 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
56.
Kezia's Crucifixion
Kezia's Crucifixion 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
56.
Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
63.
Sarah (Women of Genesis, #1)
Sarah (Women of Genesis, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 12,136 ratings
63.
A Disturbed Girl's Guide to Curing Boredom
A Disturbed Girl's Guide to Curing Boredom 3.71 avg rating — 168 ratings
63.
To Die For
To Die For 3.73 avg rating — 2,071 ratings
63.
The Crystal Prison (The Deptford Mice, #2)
The Crystal Prison (The Deptford Mice, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 1,339 ratings
63.
In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin, and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter
In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin, and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Interrupter 4.19 avg rating — 201 ratings
68.
Lusty Wind for Carolina (Carolina Chronicles, #3)
Lusty Wind for Carolina (Carolina Chronicles, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 56 ratings
68.
A Disturbed Girl's Redemption
A Disturbed Girl's Redemption 4.49 avg rating — 53 ratings
68.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 3.80 avg rating — 195,823 ratings
68.
Wideacre (Wideacre, #1)
Wideacre (Wideacre, #1) 3.36 avg rating — 26,579 ratings
68.
The Final Reckoning (The Deptford Mice, #3)
The Final Reckoning (The Deptford Mice, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
73.
Any Taint of Vice (Kate Shugak, #19.5)
Any Taint of Vice (Kate Shugak, #19.5) 4.20 avg rating — 581 ratings
73.
A Disturbed Girl Implodes
A Disturbed Girl Implodes 4.40 avg rating — 55 ratings
73.
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 Last Unicorn
The Last Unicorn 4.16 avg rating — 119,416 ratings
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Captivate (Submerged Sun, #1)
Captivate (Submerged Sun, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
78.
Weetzie Bat (Weetzie Bat, #1)
Weetzie Bat (Weetzie Bat, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 14,965 ratings
78.
Dark Places
Dark Places 3.94 avg rating — 816,173 ratings
78.
Impulse (Submerged Sun, #2)
Impulse (Submerged Sun, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 609 ratings
81.
The Passion of Artemisia
The Passion of Artemisia 3.91 avg rating — 19,784 ratings
81.
Enemies at Home (Flavia Albia, #2)
Enemies at Home (Flavia Albia, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 2,514 ratings
83.
The Ides of April (Flavia Albia, #1)
The Ides of April (Flavia Albia, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 3,806 ratings
84.
The Girl is Trouble (The Girl is Murder, #2)
The Girl is Trouble (The Girl is Murder, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 648 ratings
84.
Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating — 16,065 ratings
86.
Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1)
Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 43,000 ratings
86.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,445 ratings
86.
The Girl Is Murder (The Girl is Murder, #1)
The Girl Is Murder (The Girl is Murder, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 1,877 ratings
86.
Bell of the Desert: A Novel
Bell of the Desert: A Novel
by: Alan Gold
3.99 avg rating — 299 ratings
90.
The Ruby Brooch (Celtic Brooch #1)
The Ruby Brooch (Celtic Brooch #1) 4.13 avg rating — 6,373 ratings
91.
The Amalgamist
The Amalgamist 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings
91.
Mademoiselle Chanel
Mademoiselle Chanel 4.10 avg rating — 12,469 ratings
93.
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating — 38,270 ratings
93.
Jassy
Jassy 4.01 avg rating — 354 ratings
93.
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces 3.95 avg rating — 11,451 ratings
93.
Moon at Nine
Moon at Nine 3.88 avg rating — 1,188 ratings
97.
Afternoon of an Autocrat
Afternoon of an Autocrat 4.08 avg rating — 228 ratings
97.
Hexenhaus
Hexenhaus 3.97 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Promising Azra
Promising Azra 4.14 avg rating — 198 ratings
100.
Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1)
Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 25,750 ratings
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