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I need help! Books with badass female leads please??

I need help! Books with badass female leads please??

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Cecil

SoC duology by Leigh Bardugo

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Christopher

All things Grisha is simply amazing

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Cecil

Yes but Alina wasn’t that badass as it seems, instead I loved Nina and Inej (Queens)

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Abby

Children of Blood and Bone

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Jasmine

Throne of glass, hunger games, of fire and stars, children of blood and bone

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KimQuestion author

Read all of them except children of blood and bone! Adding now to my cart

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Randi

And I Darken! Lada is like brutal badass lol

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KimQuestion author

I loooove Kiersten White! Thanks!!

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Cara

Chronicles of Kaya by Charlotte McConaughey ???

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Bianca

The one i told you!!! Night Prince series by jeaniene frost

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Erika

Disruption by Jessica Shirvington
Warcross bu Marie Lu

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Angela

Tamora Pierce, song of the Lioness Quartet, The Beka Cooper trilogy and tricksters duology. Michelle Sagara’s chronicles of Elantra series

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Christopher

Kate Daniels series, Mercy Thompson series, The Hollows series, Alex Craft series

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Stacey

All these! Any Ilona Andrews

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Beth

Kate Daniels is such a bad ass!! Love that series!

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Kelly

Uncommon World series by Alisha Klapheke, Darkest Drae series by Raye Wagner and Kelly St. Clare, Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf

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Stacey

Anything by Seanan McGuire!

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Tahrea

Everything by Tamora Pierce.

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Tiki

The Reapers by Ali Winters

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Kate

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Embla

Vampire Academy

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Kaitlin

Sky in the Deep.

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Aneta

Throne of glass, Nevernight. 🙂

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Sage

An Ember in the Ashes, The Cruel Prince and the Delirium series are all good!!

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Lauren

I second the An Ember in the Ashes series. I also suggest Alwyn Hamilton’s Rebel of the Sands trilogy.

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Lauren

And I darken series by Kiersten White, the Hunger Games trilogy, and Warcross by Marie Lu are also good.

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Jessica

Pretty much most books by Tamora Pierce. Especially any that are in the Tortall Universe.

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Mai

Another voice for Ember in the Ashes, it’s fantastic <3

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Mara

The clan of the cave bear by Jean auel

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Iffah

Hi! I would suggest the Beka Cooper series by Tamora Pierce, and also by the same author, the Daughter of the Lioness series – Trickster’s Choice and Trickster’s Queen. My absolute favourites

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Brooke

Graceling series by Kristen cashore, white tiger series by Kylie chan moon called by partrica Briggs the ancient future by traci Harding

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Brooke

The falconer by Elizabeth may

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Crystal

Anything Tamora Perice and the green rider series.

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Dorothy

Phoenix Descending? **shameless plug** 😉

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Harriet

Throne of Glass, an ember in the ashes, wonder woman: warbringer, sabriel, caraval

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Suzaan

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Hannah

The Steampunk Chronicles by Kady Cross

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Jessica

Hunger games. Divergent. Young elites. Grishaverse series. Carve the mark series.

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Iris

The Poppy War by R.F. Luang and obviously Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

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Alba

The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera
Catwoman Soulstealer by Sarah J Maas
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

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Pamela

Anita Blake Series by Laurell k Hamilton!!

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Angela

Definitely not young adult in the later books though!

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Pamela

Oh sorry not that far into it them. I haven’t hit any of that yet. My apologies

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Agnieszka

The Lunar Chronicles, Six of Crows

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Darcee

Miss mabel’s school for girls… Book 1 of the network series by Katie Cross and Flame by Katie Cross.

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Desy

Throne of Glass

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Lina

Secondborn series! Only the first two are out though

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Felicity

Poison study by maria v snyder and the black magician trilogy by trudi canavan

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Alisha

Rebel of the Sands, The Valiant, Sky In The Deep, Daughter of the Pirate King.

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Ashley

I’m sure I’ve read more but these are some of my Favorites

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Ashley

Oh fever Crumb too

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Elida

The Alice in Zombieland series. I’m only on book two but they are still really good. Also any of Marissa Meyer’s books, or Veronica Roth’s

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Amanda

ADSOM, has several main characters but one is a super badass female

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Danielle

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black!!! Jude is like my favorite heroine!!!

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Harmina

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff. Mia Corvere is definitely badass!

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Joslynne

Throne of glass. Or a court of thorns and roses.

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Shay

I second this!!! ????

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Megan

Third…I’m currently in the middle of the Throne of Glass Series ?

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Shay

@Megan i finished both series. I’m lost and don’t know what to read. Right now I’m reading Children of Blood and Bone

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Megan

Yea it’s hard when you finish a series so good that not much else will compete

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Shay

Well I’m only starting but so far the COBAB is interesting.

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Mya

And I darken-kiersten white

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Kat

Throne Of Glass and A Court Of Thorns And Roses. You won’t regret it

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Caitlyn

Throne of glass, children of blood and bone

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Lauren

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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Mara

Six of Crows–I think Inej and Nina count

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Paiton

Darn, I’m still working on my memoirs , in the mean time Partials by Dan Wells is a pretty good book 😉

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Megan

Yasmine Galenorns Otherworld Series revolves around three sisters all gifted paranormally..amazing series

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Laura

Almost every YA Fantasy haha

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Ale

Illuminae Files

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Brandy

The Last Namsara

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Angel

Duel of Fire by @Jordan, Dragon School by Sarah K. L. Wilson, Waters of Salt and Sin by @Alisha

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Yi

Graceling by kristin cashore

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Hayley

I have the first book and I keep meaning to read it.

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Yi

Hayley Morgan you should! There is a second book but it isn’t as good…still read it though, it might just be me 🙂

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Marine

The Shadow Queen and The Wish Granter by CJ Redwine <3

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Sofia

Throne of glass

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Margo

Hourglass
The selection
Red queen

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Hayley

I don’t know if I would say bad a**, but I love how passionate and expressive the main ladies are in Vampire Kisses and Eyes Like Stars. Trylle,Tithe, and ACOTAR series on the other hand fit the description for sure.

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Milly

Vampire academy if you haven’t already read it

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Steph

Nevernight chronicles, the last namsara, ACOTAR, Throne of Glass

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Simča

Throne of Glass
Catwoman: Soulstealer

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Christopher

Niobe: She is Life as well as Niobe: She is Death is actually a comic book series but I highly recommend it. Niobe is a badass!

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Anne

Throne of glass

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