Teen Books With Strong Female Characters
Fiction
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Hate U Give by Amber Smith
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Fantasy/Science Fiction
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
The Wicked King by Holly Black
A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Legend by Marie Lu
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Skyward (Skyward, Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson
Scythe (Scythe, Book 1) by Neal Shusterman
Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Slayer by Kiersten White
Historical Fiction
Artifice by Sharon Cameron
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Mystery/Thriller
I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
Truly Devious (Truly Devious, Book 1) by Maureen Johnson
Graphic Novels
Lumberjanes by ND Stevenson
Nimona by ND Stevenson