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Fantastic Female-Led Fiction!

This is a quick list of fifty books with a female lead - multi-genre, adult and YA. How many of these books have you read?
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
1
Toni Morrison
The Bone Shard Daughter (Andrea Stewart)
The Bone Shard Daughter
2
Andrea Stewart
Book Lovers (Emily Henry)
Book Lovers
3
Emily Henry
Circe (Madeleine Miller)
Circe
4
Madeleine Miller
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
5
Alice Walker
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
6
Torrey Peters
Dial a for Aunties (Jesse Q. Sutanto)
Dial a for Aunties
7
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Dread Nation (Justina Ireland)
Dread Nation
8
Justina Ireland
Each of Us a Desert (Mark Oshiro)
Each of Us a Desert
9
Mark Oshiro
Early Morning Riser (Katherine Heiny)
Early Morning Riser
10
Katherine Heiny
The Echo Wife (Sarah Gailey)
The Echo Wife
11
Sarah Gailey
Elatsoe (Darcie Little Badger)
Elatsoe
12
Darcie Little Badger
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
13
N. K. Jemisin
Firekeeper's Daughter (Angeline Boulley)
Firekeeper's Daughter
14
Angeline Boulley
Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)
Gideon the Ninth
15
Tamsyn Muir
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
16
Bernardine Evaristo
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
17
Margaret Atwood
The Henna Wars (Adiba Jaigirdar)
The Henna Wars
18
Adiba Jaigirdar
Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Juno Dawson)
Her Majesty's Royal Coven
19
Juno Dawson
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
20
Suzanne Collins
The Island Home (Libby Page)
The Island Home
21
Libby Page
The Jasmine Throne (Tasha Suri)
The Jasmine Throne
22
Tasha Suri
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
23
Cho Nam-Joo
Let's Talk About Love (Claire Kann)
Let's Talk About Love
24
Claire Kann
The Library of the Dead (T. L. Huchu)
The Library of the Dead
25
T. L. Huchu
A Master of Djinn (P. Djeli Clark)
A Master of Djinn
26
P. Djeli Clark
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer (Janelle Monae)
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
27
Janelle Monae
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic
28
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
29
Oyinkan Braithwaite
A Narrow Door (Joanne Harris)
A Narrow Door
30
Joanne Harris
A Natural History of Dragons (Marie Brennan)
A Natural History of Dragons
31
Marie Brennan
A Net for Small Fishes (Lucy Jago)
A Net for Small Fishes
32
Lucy Jago
Not Your Sidekick (C. B. Lee)
Not Your Sidekick
33
C. B. Lee
Of Women and Salt (Gabriela Garcia)
Of Women and Salt
34
Gabriela Garcia
Plain Bad Heroines (Emily M. Danforth)
Plain Bad Heroines
35
Emily M. Danforth
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Queenie
36
Candice Carty-Williams
Sabriel (Garth Nix)
Sabriel
37
Garth Nix
Such a Fun Age (Kiley Reid)
Such a Fun Age
38
Kiley Reid
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Alix E. Harrow)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
39
Alix E. Harrow
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
40
Amal El-Mohtar
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