Women called "Girl" on the cover

Books about women over 18 that are not about their childhoods. These women do not have their names on the cover. They are a "Girl."

Updated March 7, 2023
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Bachelor girl : a novel
Alkemade, Kim van
Paper Book
NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Bachelor Girl plunges the reader deep into life during the Jazz Age...and the revealing of other secrets and confessions will keep readers up all night looking for answers." --Booklist, starred review From the...
The Berlin girl
Robotham, Mandy
Paper Book
***A USA Today Bestseller.*** The heart-wrenching and unforgettable tale of a world on the brink of war from the internationally bestselling author of The German Midwife. Berlin, 1938: It's the height of summer,...
Big girl pill
Williamson, KD
Paper Book
Maya Davis is done hiding. It's left her empty and out of touch with her family. Now she's a young woman on a mission: getting rid of residual feelings for her former best friend from college. Her plan is to put herself through a wringer by being in Nina's upcoming wedding and burning away...
Brown-eyed girl
Stewart, Mariah
Paper Book
NOTHING IS AS IT APPEARS...IN THIS TWISTING NOVEL FROM THE NATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DEAD EVEN A fashion magazine features editor, Leah McDevitt is haunted by the memory of her cherished younger sister, Melissa, who vanished years ago. Missy, whose extraordinary eyes -- one...
Dead girl in 2A
Wilson, Carter (Novelist)
Paper Book
From USA Today bestselling author Carter Wilson comes a psychological thriller about forgotten strangers, dark pasts, and a secret so big it just might destroy everything. They meet on a plane, but nothing about this situation is coincidental... This flight will take them somewhere they...
An earl, the girl, and a toddler
Riley, Vanessa
Paper Book
OMag.com & Bibliolifestyle Most Anticipated Romances of the Year PopSugar Best Romances of April Publishers Weekly Top 10 Romances of Spring ELLE Canada Summer's Best Romances A witty and moving...
The final girl support group
Hendrix, Grady
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER VOTED GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD BEST HORROR NOVEL OF 2021 A Good Morning America Buzz Pick "The horror master...puts his unique spin on slasher movie tropes."-USA Today A can't-miss summer...
Fly girl a memoir
Hood, Ann, 1956-
Paper Book
An entertaining and fascinating memoir of "gifted storyteller" (People) Ann Hood's adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and...
The French girl
Elliott, Lexie
Paper Book
I Know What You Did Last Summer meets the French countryside in this exhilarating psychological suspense novel about a woman trapped by the bonds of friendship--perfect for fans of The Widow and The Woman in Cabin 10. One of ...
Galway girl
Bruen, Ken
Paper Book
Jack Taylor has never quite been able get his life together, but now he has truly hit rock bottom. Still reeling from a violent family tragedy, Taylor is busy drowning his grief in Jameson and uppers, as usual, when a high-profile officer in the local Garda is murdered. After another Guard is...
The girl before
Delaney, JP
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In the tradition of The Girl on the Train, The Woman in Cabin 10, and Gone Girl comes an enthralling psychological thriller that spins one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity,...
The girl from Summer Hill
Deveraux, Jude
Paper Book
The first novel of New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux's breathtaking new series set in Summer Hill, a small town where love takes center stage against the backdrop of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice   Enter Elizabeth Bennet. Chef Casey...
The girl from the garden
Foroutan, Parnaz
Paper Book
An extraordinary new writer makes her literary debut with this suspenseful novel of desire, obsession, power and vulnerability, in which a crisis of inheritance leads to the downfall of a wealthy family of Persian Jews in early twentieth-century Iran. For all his wealth and success, Asher...
Girl in disguise
Macallister, Greer
Paper Book
From the USA Today Bestselling author of The Magician's Lie "Macallister is becoming a leading voice in strong, female-driven historical fiction. Exciting, frightening, and unspeakably moving..."--Erika Robuck, bestselling author of Hemingways's Girl For the first daring female...
The girl in his shadow a novel
Blake, Audrey, active 2020
Paper Book
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "An exquisitely detailed journey through the harrowing field of medicine in mid-19th century London."--Tracey Enerson Wood, USA Today bestselling author of The Engineer's Wife and The War Nurse An unforgettable historical fiction novel about one woman who...
The girl in the castle
Montefiore, Santa, 1970-
Paper Book
Previously published as The Girl in the Castle Ireland. The early twentieth century. Two girls on the cusp of womanhood. A nation on the brink of war. Read their story -- and see why JOJO Moyes says that "Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore."  Born...
The girl in Times Square
Simons, Paullina
Paper Book
International bestselling author Paullina Simons delivers a riveting novel about a young woman whose search for her missing friend turns into a life-shattering odyssey. The truth will change her forever. Living in bustling New York City, Lily Quinn has plenty of distractions and is...
The girl of his dreams
Leon, Donna
Paper Book
When a friend of Commissario Guido Brunetti's brother, a priest recently returned from years of missionary work in Africa, calls on him with a request, Brunetti suspects the man has hidden motives. An American-style Christian group has begun meeting in private homes in the city, and it's...
Girl waits with gun
Stewart, Amy
Paper Book
From theNew York Timesbest-selling author ofThe Drunken Botanistcomes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs. Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men,...
The girl who lived twice
Lagercrantz, David
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Lisbeth Salander must face the most important battle of her life, and will finally put her past to rest in this Milliennium series thriller that will "leave Salander's legion of followers clamoring for more" (The Wall Street Journal). Mikael Blomkvist...
Girl with a pearl earring
Chevalier, Tracy
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of A Single Thread and At the Edge of the Orchard Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth Tracy Chevalier transports...
The girl with braided hair
Coel, Margaret, 1937-
Paper Book
In 1973, Liz Plenty Horses was accused of betraying the militant American Indian Movement, known as AIM, to the FBI after the death of one of their members. She went into hiding with her baby daughter, never to be seen again. Now, a skeleton with a bullet hole in the back of the skull has been...
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Handler, David, 1952-
Paper Book
One-hit-wonder author turned ghostwriter and amateur sleuth Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag and his persnickety basset hound Lulu are back for their first appearance in twenty years.... The year is 1992. Clinton is on the road to the white house, Kurt Cobain fever has taken over America...
The girl with the dragon tattoo
Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004
Paper Book
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME * #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander: "Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman...
The girl you left behind
Moyes, Jojo, 1969-
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, a sweeping bestseller of love and loss, deftly weaving two journeys from World War I France to present day London. Paris, World War I. Sophie...
Girl, wash your face stop believing the lies about who you are so you can become who you were meant to be
Hollis, Rachel (Event planner)
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don't have a clue If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that's a lie. If you have ever said any of these things to yourself . . . ...
Gone girl
Flynn, Gillian, 1971-
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The "mercilessly entertaining" (Vanity Fair) instant classic "about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships" (Lev Grossman, Time "One of the Best Books of the...
Honey girl
Rogers, Morgan
Paper Book
Named Most Anticipated of 2021 by Oprah Magazine * Marie Claire * Ms. Magazine * E! * Parade Magazine * Buzzfeed * Cosmo * The Rumpus * GoodReads * Autostraddle * Brit & Co * Refinery29 * Betches * BookRiot and others! A...
How to build a girl
Moran, Caitlin
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture starring Beanie Feldstein! The New York Times bestselling author hailed as "the UK's answer to Tina Fey, Chelsea Handler, and Lena Dunham all rolled into one" (Marie Claire) makes her fiction debut with a hilarious yet deeply moving coming of age novel. ...
Hurricane girl a novel
Dermansky, Marcy, 1969-
Paper Book
A propulsive and daring new novel by the author of Very Nice about a woman on the run from catastrophe, searching for love, home, a swimming pool, and for someone who can perhaps stop the bleeding from her head. "The novel surprises us by blending visceral horror with laugh...
The it girl
Ware, Ruth
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the "claustrophobic spine-tingler" (People) One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend's murder...
Last girl ghosted
Unger, Lisa, 1970-
Paper Book
"A five-alarm fire of a situation...the surprises keep coming." --The New York Times   Secrets, obsession and vengeance converge in this riveting thriller about an online dating match turned deadly cat-and-mouse game, from the New York Times bestselling author of...
Luckiest girl alive
Knoll, Jessica
Paper Book
***AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER*** Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will thrill at "the perfect page-turner to start your summer" (People, Book of the Week): Luckiest Girl Alive-described by Reese Witherspoon as "one...
Metro girl
Evanovich, Janet.
Paper Book
A spectacular new novel, complete with high stakes, hot nights, murder and graft--not to mention car chases, car races, car explosions, and car--well, you get the idea Alexandra Barnaby got the brains in her family. The little gray cells certainly bypassed Barney's younger brother, Wild...
Mystery girl
Gordon, David, 1967-
Paper Book
When Sam Kornberg's wife, Lala, walks out on him, he's an unemployed used-book store clerk and failed experimental novelist with a broken heart. Desperate to win her back, he takes a job as assistant detective to the enigmatic Solar Lonsky, a private eye who might be an eccentric and morbid genius...
The new girl
Walker, Harriet, 1985-
Paper Book
"This debut thriller reads like The Devil Wears Prada meets Single White Female. I couldn't put it down."--Catherine Steadman, author of Something in the Water and Mr. Nobody She's borrowed your life. But what if she...
Pizza girl
Frazier, Jean Kyoung
Paper Book
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST * An audacious and wryly funny coming-of-age story about a pregnant pizza delivery girl who becomes obsessed with one of her customers. Eighteen years old, pregnant, and working as a pizza delivery girl in suburban Los Angeles, our...
Poster girl
Roth, Veronica
Paper Book
"Poster Girl is a captivating story full of twists and turns--and no easy answers. I couldn't put this book down." --Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of Girl, Forgotten  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth, a...
The quiet girl
Kosa, S. F.
Paper Book
A captivating tour de force untangling trauma, memory, and the justice we serve when everyone else has turned a blind eye. Good girls keep quiet. But quiet girls can't stay silent forever-and the consequences are sure to make some noise. When Alex arrives in Provincetown to patch...
Razor girl
Hiaasen, Carl
Paper Book
The new full-tilt, unstoppably hilarious and entertaining novel from the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Bad Monkey When Lane Coolman's car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but...
This girl
Hoover, Colleen
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover's bestselling Slammed series comes to its gripping conclusion. There are two sides to every love story. Now hear Will's. Layken and Will's love has managed...
The trapped girl
Dugoni, Robert
Paper Book
In this #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, Tracy Crosswhite must first identify the victim to catch the killer. When a woman's body is discovered submerged in a crab pot in the chilly waters of Puget Sound, Detective Tracy Crosswhite finds herself with a tough case to...
Weather girl
Solomon, Rachel Lynn
Paper Book
Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job as a TV meteorologist. Her boss, legendary Seattle weatherwoman Torrance Hale, is too distracted by her tempestuous relationship with her ex-husband, the station's news director, to give Ari the...
The wedding girl
Wickham, Madeleine, 1969-
Paper Book
At the age of eighteen, in that first golden Oxford summer, Milly was up for anything. Rupert and his American lover, Allan, were an important part of her new, exciting life, so when Rupert suggested to her that she and Allan should get married to keep Allan in the country, Milly didn...
The windup girl
Bacigalupi, Paolo.
Paper Book
Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko. Emiko is the Windup Girl, a...

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