The Power, Naomi Alderman offers a dark and fascinating look at a world where the traditional male-female

Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age series was a fun, darkly funny, feminist story about a retiring female

worries about her orphaned state, her cold relationship with her sister, her lack of autonomy as a female

Christian White's The Wife and the Widow offers two intersecting storylines centering around female protagonists

Sevigny The ideal female botanist, described in a letter between department heads, was attractive, mannerly

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#2) by Sherry Thomas Book two of Thomas's Lady Sherlock series offers a robust dual mystery, clever female

Victoria is the last surviving female in a family of difficult men, living on a rural Colorado peach

clear the high stakes of Williams’s enormous secret in this story, which is based on the life of a real female Bird's Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen is based on the story of an actual female Buffalo Soldier, Cathy

She offers uncomfortably vivid details of prison life, sea voyage, male-female power structures, the

Miller allows the frequently dreaded and bemoaned middle-aged shifts and changes to lead her female characters

Miller allows the frequently dreaded and bemoaned middle-aged shifts and changes to lead her female characters

Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of

Bodyguard by Katherine Center Katherine Center's newest light fiction offers an irresistible premise--a female

Historical fiction set in the West also lends itself to stories of strong female characters in a time

Tough female protagonist? Check. Rural librarian? Check.

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn This fun, darkly funny, feminist story about a retiring female

A Big Ship is a space heist book with lots of action, strong female characters driving the plot, and

Kline offers uncomfortably vivid details of prison life, sea voyage, male-female power structures, the

Rees has written other books that look fantastic: Pirates!

Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always complicated

take long for them to realize that Art has been kissing a boy and that Gwen has a crush on the only female

I loved the Ottoman Empire setting, the strong female main protagonist, and the complications and sometimes

But Divya is too busy crafting strong female main protagonists (complete with working mother guilt, which

But I appreciated the dark humor and strength Blakemore allows the formidable female characters in the

It digs into avenues for female empowerment within the frustrating constraints of the time, laying out

Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of

But things quickly take a turn as pirates and other dangers threaten the makeshift family on the Wayfarer

a Queen by Sarah Bird Bird's Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen is based on the story of a real-life female

Naomi Alderman offers a dark and fascinating look at a world where the traditional male-female and old-young

Yet I'm also fascinated by the optimistic explorer spirit--and I do love reading about strong female

I loved the Ottoman Empire setting, the strong female main protagonist, and the complications and sometimes

I loved the strong female protagonists and their fire and grit and growth.

of well-known fairy tales, some visible racial diversity in its illustrations, and it features young female

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reimagining of a rigid faith, marriage/child/parental/educational expectations for women, adventure, strong female

black-and-white point of view and lack of social subtlety are presented as affected by her condition of mild fetal

reimagining of a rigid faith, marriage/child/parental/educational expectations for women, adventure, strong female