Dark, Divine, Defiant Women

Female protagonists (or antagonists) who bring a burning rage, iron will, or anything they damn well please to the plot.

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created by arsonic

last updated February, 2026

16 books

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The Contortionist (Harrow Faire, #1)

Kathryn Ann Kingsley

Hungerstone

Kat Dunn

An Education in Malice

S.T. Gibson

The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3)

Anne Rice

The Unseelie Prince (Maze of Shadows, #1)

Kathryn Ann Kingsley

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Desperate Measures (Wicked Villains, #1)

Katee Robert

Lothaire (Immortals After Dark, #11)

Kresley Cole

No Exit

Taylor Adams

Circe

Madeline Miller

The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)

Holly Black

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

Brom Brom

Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts, #1)

Carissa Broadbent

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)

Stieg Larsson

Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)

Sarah J. Maas

A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)

S.T. Gibson

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Series books where you should read in order (even if #1 is not the book listed): • The Contortionist • The Queen of the Damned • Daughter of No Worlds • The Queen of Nothing • The Unseelie Prince • The Girl Who Played with Fire • Queen of Shadows

Series books where it does not matter if you read only that book: • Lothaire • Desperate Measures • An Education in Malice • A Dowry of Blood

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