InCryptid by Seanan McGuire. *Discount Armageddon*, the first book, has a dragon girl; the series as a whole has rotating main characters, but there are a lot of badass girls, badasses who look like girls but are actually basically wasps, wizards, and much, much more.
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Circe…
Bit on the mythological side.. but amazing
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*Sabriel, Lirael,* and *Abhorsen* by Garth Nix
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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. Originally a standalone, now with a prequel, epic doorstopper fantasy mostly centred on badass female characters. With dragons.
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There was a similar request on the other sub yesterday. I’m going to copy pasta my answer. Junkyard Cats and skyward are sci-fi though.
I enjoyed all of these and they all have women protagonists. A few were written by men, I’ve put an M after those.
– Red Sister (M)
– Ship of Magic
– Junkyard Cats
– Skyward (YA, M)
– City of Brass
– Best Served Cold (M)
– Sword of Kaigen
– Morgan is My Name
– Circe
– Golem and the Jinni
– A Natural History of Dragons
– The Poppy War
– Children of Blood and Bone
Jade City is a multiple POV book with both genders, and was written by Fonda Lee.
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The Locked Tomb series by Tasmyn Muir.
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*The Jasmine Throne* by Tasha Suri (first book in a trilogy)
I also second *The Priory of the Orange Tree*!
ketita on
*Seraphina* is a good book about a dragon girl
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Fourth Wing (incomplete series 2 books so far).
Mistborn Trilogy.
Scholomance (very badass girl).
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The second book of the Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula LeGuin, called The Tombs of Atuan — it connects with 1 and 3, but it’s a standalone narrative
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Ninefox gambit trilogy, Yoon Ha lee
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The liveship traders trilogy by Robin Hobb.
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The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula Le Guin (one of my all time favourite novels)
Graceling, Kristen Cashore (read this years ago but remember loving it)
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Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne is a cute cozy fantasy
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The Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jeminsin
InCryptid by Seanan McGuire. *Discount Armageddon*, the first book, has a dragon girl; the series as a whole has rotating main characters, but there are a lot of badass girls, badasses who look like girls but are actually basically wasps, wizards, and much, much more.
Circe…
Bit on the mythological side.. but amazing
*Sabriel, Lirael,* and *Abhorsen* by Garth Nix
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. Originally a standalone, now with a prequel, epic doorstopper fantasy mostly centred on badass female characters. With dragons.
There was a similar request on the other sub yesterday. I’m going to copy pasta my answer. Junkyard Cats and skyward are sci-fi though.
I enjoyed all of these and they all have women protagonists. A few were written by men, I’ve put an M after those.
– Red Sister (M)
– Ship of Magic
– Junkyard Cats
– Skyward (YA, M)
– City of Brass
– Best Served Cold (M)
– Sword of Kaigen
– Morgan is My Name
– Circe
– Golem and the Jinni
– A Natural History of Dragons
– The Poppy War
– Children of Blood and Bone
Jade City is a multiple POV book with both genders, and was written by Fonda Lee.
The Locked Tomb series by Tasmyn Muir.
*The Jasmine Throne* by Tasha Suri (first book in a trilogy)
I also second *The Priory of the Orange Tree*!
*Seraphina* is a good book about a dragon girl
Fourth Wing (incomplete series 2 books so far).
Mistborn Trilogy.
Scholomance (very badass girl).
The second book of the Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula LeGuin, called The Tombs of Atuan — it connects with 1 and 3, but it’s a standalone narrative
Ninefox gambit trilogy, Yoon Ha lee
The liveship traders trilogy by Robin Hobb.
The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula Le Guin (one of my all time favourite novels)
Graceling, Kristen Cashore (read this years ago but remember loving it)
Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne is a cute cozy fantasy
The burning kingdom series by Tasha suri
A Crown for Cold Silver