The most popular female protagonist books of 2020

These books have a woman or a girl at the center. She may be a warrior, a detective, a scientist, a queen or someone getting through an ordinary week. Whatever the genre, the story is hers. The heroines are of every kind. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

See also Fantasy with a female lead

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Piece of My Heart
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Piece of My Heart

Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke

2020 · 2021 edition

416 pages

The Split
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The Split

Sharon Bolton

Published 2020

382 pages

Hot to Trot
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Hot to Trot

M. C. Beaton, R.W. Green

2020 · 2021 edition

272 pages

Still Life
Cover of Still Life

Still Life

Val McDermid

2020 · 2021 edition

528 pages

Texas Outlaw
Cover of Texas Outlaw

Texas Outlaw

James Patterson

2020 · 2021 edition

448 pages

Hanging Falls
Cover of Hanging Falls

Hanging Falls

Margaret Mizushima

2020 · 2021 edition

351 pages