Fire & Blood
George R. R. Martin
2018 · 2022 edition
737 pages
The most popular female protagonist books
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.
See also Fantasy with a female lead
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Four to Score
Janet Evanovich
1990 · 2018 edition
311 pages
The Missing Half
Ashley Flowers, Alex Kiester
Published 2025
400 pages
False Witness
Karin Slaughter
Published 2021
440 pages
How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin
2024 · 2025 edition
384 pages
Hot Six
Janet Evanovich
2000 · 2013 edition
338 pages
The Eyre Affair
Jasper Fforde
2001 · 2026 edition
432 pages
High Five
Janet Evanovich
1990 · 2013 edition
354 pages
The Body in the Library (Marple)
Agatha Christie
1970 · 2022 edition
224 pages
Seven Up
Janet Evanovich
2001 · 2015 edition
384 pages
Zero Days
Ruth Ware
2023 · 2025 edition
480 pages
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
Elle Cosimano
Published 2022
357 pages
Hard Eight
Janet Evanovich
2001 · 2003 edition
326 pages
Girl, Forgotten
Karin Slaughter
2020 · 2023 edition
400 pages
2nd Chance
James Patterson, Andrew Gross
2002 · 2013 edition
432 pages
To the Nines
Janet Evanovich
Published 2003
312 pages
The Maid's Diary
Loreth Anne White
2019 · 2023 edition
369 pages
Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear
2003 · 2024 edition
352 pages
Homecoming
Kate Morton
1973 · 2026 edition
560 pages
When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole
2020 · 2022 edition
368 pages
Cruel and Unusual
Patricia Cornwell
1993 · 2027 edition
368 pages
Eleven on Top
Janet Evanovich
2001 · 2005 edition
310 pages
Ten Big Ones
Janet Evanovich
2004 · 2005 edition
384 pages
Deadlocked
Charlaine Harris
2012 · 2013 edition
325 pages