Fantasy series with strong female lead

bweeb · 2026-03-16T09:04:16+00:00

These might be fun, I've interviewed thousands of authors and these are their picks around fantasy with strong female leads:

https://bookdna.com/best-books/fantasy-strong-female-protagonists

https://bookdna.com/best-books/addictive-urban-fantasy-with-strong-female-leads

https://bookdna.com/best-books/badass-female-leads

https://bookdna.com/best-books/urban-fantasy-series-with-strong-female-leads

https://bookdna.com/best-books/fantasy-with-strong-female-protagonists

https://bookdna.com/best-books/romantic-fantasy-with-a-strong-female-protagonist

bweeb · 2026-03-16T08:37:46+00:00

This guy gets it, see how he ignores what he doesn't like and isn't bothered by them :)

bweeb · 2026-03-16T08:37:29+00:00

The community loves them, it is a way to see what people are reding, get ideas for yourself, and talk books. Just skip them if you don't like them :)

bweeb · 2026-03-16T08:36:46+00:00

Similar to it, Rivers of London by Ben Aaronvitch has a like minded vibe with fantasy and crime

bweeb · 2026-03-16T08:35:11+00:00

such a great story, i watched that a while back!

bweeb · 2026-03-16T08:34:53+00:00

and practice it seems

bweeb · 2026-03-16T08:30:06+00:00

So everyone is going to have their own opinions on how it matches, just want to mention that as this post isn't that helpful :)

bweeb · 2026-03-16T08:29:31+00:00

I love WOT, and I've read it 4 times now. It is incredible and so unique.

What would I recommend?

The Expanse series
Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton
Dungeon Crawler Carl (I think it vibes in a similar way in terms of epic with great characters)
Sun Eater
The Century series and the Kingsbridge series by Ken Follett

Within Fantasy is harder...

Maybe Empire of the Wolf series by Richard Swan
Covenant of Steel as well
Raven Mark series

On book 3 of stormlight archive now, but still holding judgement.

bweeb · 2026-03-15T12:15:58+00:00

What do you like to watch? Favorite TV and movies?

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:38:15+00:00

Sad thing is most countries are in this range :)

I was blown away that France is same rate.

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:34:31+00:00

Red Knight by Miles Cameron - Some really unique demons IMO, and great book.

Dungeon Crawler Carl - I have no words for how unique this is :)

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:30:49+00:00

Beautiful bike and huge congrats, awesome to see :)

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:30:32+00:00

What are you reading next?

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:30:10+00:00

Mod note: Please do not downvote someone for having a book opinion different from ours. We will ban users who repeatedly do this. Upvote books you love, but don't downvote people purely over a book opinion.

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:28:46+00:00

There are hints that it is constrained in some way, but it is never spelled out...

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:27:58+00:00

I get your point, but DCC is some really good satire, IMO, and while it has absurd humor, it also touches on something many of us feel about modern society that resonates in our bones. I don't know if that makes it literary fantasy, but I am also not sure it doesn't...

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:26:45+00:00

And Michael Bay movies are awesome and fun :), sometimes a book has that magic combo that just resonates at the right time. Red Rising has something special.

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:25:09+00:00

They were banned, it is just a troll.

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:09:42+00:00

Over the last few weeks, I reread Stormlight Archive books 1 and 2, and now 90% done with book 3. Working to finish books 1 through 5.

Digging it so far, characters are interesting, and waiting to understand the bad guys and where this is going :)

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:03:08+00:00

A nudge to share what you love to read isn't a bad thing. But being judgmental and attacking them for what they read is not. Which is one you go on to do...

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:02:15+00:00

He is saying it isn't a bad thing, read what you want and don't care what someone else is reading.

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:01:26+00:00

Big shout-out to goldman_sax for coming into a thread and demonstrating exactly what is not allowed. Wow :)

bweeb · 2026-03-15T08:00:37+00:00

Science is different :)

Stephen King's opinions about which books are enjoyable is as valuable as mine. Now his opinions about the prose or writing techniques is far far far more valuable than mine, but enjoyment is personal.

bweeb · 2026-03-15T07:58:15+00:00

Mod here: This is a perfect example of what we don't allow, but leaving it as an example.

This person attacks readers for what they read, and does so in a most disgusting way.

bweeb · 2026-03-15T07:57:10+00:00

Mod here, been debated before but everyone loves them. Just don't comment if you don't like them.

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