If you can’t tell from my reviews and tone, I love love love books with a strong female lead. This is probably the longest list I have, since basically every book I love tends to have this aspect. Never forget that strength comes in a variety of shapes, sizes and forms!

Graphic novels

• Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O’Neill

Series

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Little Women #1)
• The Edge series by Ilona Andrews
• Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews
• Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
• Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong
• Sisterhood series by Ann Brashares
• Alpha & Omega series by Patricia Briggs
• Mercedes Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
• Mercy-verse by Patricia Briggs
• Sianim series by Patricia Briggs
• Holly & Andrew series by Rachel Caine
• Steampunk Chronicles by Kady Cross
• The Latter-Day Olympians series by Lucienne Diver
• The Dead, the Damned, and the Forgotten by Jocelynn Drake (Dark Days #0.6)
• Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost
• Gene of Isis by Traci Harding (The Mystique Trilogy #1)
• The Hollows series by Kim Harrison
• Jane Yellowrock series by Faith Hunter
• Stormwalker series by Allyson James
• Charley Davidson by Darynda Jones
• Heralds of Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey
• His Fair Assassin series by Robin LaFevers
• Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
• Shades of Fury series by Kasey MacKenzie
• Cin Craven series by Jenna Maclaine
• The French Gift by Kirsty Manning
• Faery Bargains series by Melissa Marr
• Guns for the Dead by Melissa Marr (Graveminder #1.6)
• InCryptid series by Seanan McGuire
• The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
• Beka Cooper series by Tamora Pierce
• Protector of the Small Quartet by Tamora Pierce
• Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce
• Trickster series by Tamora Pierce
• Lost by Tamora Pierce (a story of Tortall)
• Tortall: A Spy’s Guide by Tamora Pierce (Tortall Companion)
• Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs
• Dante Valentine series by Lilith Saintcrow
• SPI Files series by Lisa Shearin
• Guild Hunter series by Nalini Singh
• Anna Strong Chronicles by Jeanne C. Stein
• Crown of Rowan by Kim Wilkins (Blood and Gold #0.5)

Short story collections

• Unbound by Kim Harrison, Melissa Marr, Jeaniene Frost, Vicki Pettersson & Jocelyn Drake
• Kicking It edited by Faith Hunter & Kalayna Price
• Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection by Tamora Pierce
• Huntress by Christine Warren, Marjorie M. Liu, Caitlin Kittredge & Jenna Maclaine

Standalones – Novels

• Company Town by Madeline Ashby
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Falling Pomegranate Seeds by Wendy J. Dunn
• Circe by Madeline Miller
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
• This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps
• Gogo Mama by Sally Sara
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Wild by Cheryl Strayed
• The Mapmaker’s Wife by Robert Whitaker
• I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Standalones – Novellas

• Six by Marjorie M. Liu

Standalones – Short stories

• Madam Damnable’s Sewing Circle by Elizabeth Bear
• Stolen Goods by Shannon K. Butcher
• To Follow the Waves by Amal El-Mohtar
• In Lieu of a Thank You by Gwynne Garfinkle
• Compeer by Roberta Gellis
• Ghostwriting by Traci Harding
• Machine Maid by Margo Lanagan
• Huntress by Tamora Pierce
• Plain Magic by Tamora Pierce
• Testing by Tamora Pierce
• Time of Proving by Tamora Pierce