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Fantasy Books with Strong FMCs!!
21 items
By
Kylie Kay
Amazing fantasy reads with female main characters who will do ANYTHING to reach their goals! If you have any recommendations, please share them :D
* Most of these are the beginning of a series. Enjoy!
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I flew through this beautiful, mythology-inspired fantasy in 2 days!
Daughter of the Moon Goddess: Celestial Kingdom 1
An adventure with dragons, inspired by mythology, and like nothing I've read before!
When the Moon Hatched: The Moonfall Series 1
A dark fantasy with an fmc set on revenge and witches & demons. I binged this series!
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, 1)
I devoured this gothic fantasy with witches and amazing enemies to lovers
Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth, Book 1
One of my favorite series filled with fae, enemies to loves, schemes, and a ruthless fmc
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, 1)
I'm still not over this slow-burn gothic fantasy, a duology I couldn't put down!
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, 1)
A dystopian fantasy with powers and high-stakes!
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, 1)
A warrior fmc, slow-burn, tension, and ruthless gods
A Fate Inked in Blood: Saga of the Unfated
A dragon-riding academy, grueling trials, found family, and enemies to lovers tension. This book is popular for a reason!
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, 1)
A dark, immortal fantasy of gods and monsters with forced proximity
The Book of Azrael (Gods & Monsters)
This dark series will take you down twists you never expected! I loved watching this fmc grow to believe in her strength
Gild (The Plated Prisoner, 1)
Arranged marriage and high stakes!
The Bridge Kingdom
A girl that fights relentlessly for her freedom
Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts)
A war-torn fantasy with a morally grey fmc facing unthinkable choices
The Poppy War: A Novel (The Poppy War, 1)
A dark academia fantasy with hidden magic and lots of secrets
Legendborn (1) (The Legendborn Cycle)
I love a character who doesn't need to harden to survive. Iris holds onto compassion, love, and belief in change— even when the world is burning
Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment)
A dangerous palace, forbidden power, and a girl who learns she’s capable of far more than survival - a good slow-burn
Spark of the Everflame: Kindred's Curse 1
Ten girls. One crown. And a heroine who didn’t come to play nice—but to win
Trial of the Sun Queen
So much love for soft-spoken girls with fire in their blood, and princes who fall first
This Woven Kingdom
A girl torn between two worlds, a dangerous secret, and a slow-burn romance that could ignite a war
Metal Slinger: Fire & Metal Book One
A powerless fmc fights to survive in a kingdom where ordinaries are exiled -- I am in love with this series
Powerless
