Female Lead Fantasy

Updated March 24, 2026
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A tempest of tea
Faizal, Hafsah
Paper Book
*An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller* "Brewed to perfection." --Rebecca Ross, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals Now available in a deluxe paperback edition with gorgeous stenciled edges, Hafsah Faizal's deliciously...
Into the sunken city
Thiru, Dinesh
Paper Book
"Steal-your-breath adventure." --Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles Perfect for fans of Fable and House of Salt and Sorrows, this spectacular YA fantasy adventure is like nothing else, featuring a vividly imagined dystopian world, a...
Star daughter
Thakrar, Shveta
Paper Book
*Chosen as a 2020 Kids' Indie Next pick * A Locus Reading List recommendation * An Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist* "Shveta Thakrar's prose is as beautiful as starlight."--New York Times bestselling author Holly Black This gorgeously imagined YA debut blends shades of Neil...
A broken blade
Blair, Melissa
Paper Book
The BookTok sensation from debut author Melissa Blair--now with exclusive bonus content!   "Gripping and fierce. This is much-needed fantasy with its fangs honed sharp by the power of resistance. Melissa Blair has built a tremendous world."--Chloe Gong, #1 New...
The adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi : a novel
Chakraborty, S. A.
Paper Book
"A thrilling, transportative adventure that is everything promised--Chakraborty's storytelling is fantasy at its best." -- R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and The Poppy War "An exhilarating, propulsive adventure, stitched from the threads of real history, Amina's...
Fate breaker
Aveyard, Victoria
Paper Book
"A true fantasy masterpiece." --Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author Since Victoria Aveyard launched the instant #1 New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker, the series has taken readers by storm. Now the finale is here to continue this epic...
Tress of the emerald sea
Sanderson, Brandon
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a rollicking, riveting tale set in the Cosmere universe--a standalone adventure perfect for fans of The Princess Bride. The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Schwab, V. E.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestseller * #1 USA Today bestseller * #1 National Indie bestseller * #1 IndieNext List, June 2025 * 2025 Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fantasy A genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger from V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York...
Hall of smoke.
Long, H. M.
Paper Book
Epic fantasy featuring warrior priestesses and fickle gods at war, for readers of Brian Staveley's Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne. Hessa is an Eangi: a warrior priestess of the Goddess of War, with the power to turn an enemy's bones to dust with a scream. Banished for disobeying her goddess's...
Emily Wilde's encyclopaedia of faeries
Fawcett, Heather
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north in this "incredibly fun journey through fae lands and dark magic" (NPR), the start of a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series. "A darkly gorgeous...
A study in drowning
Reid, Ava
Paper Book
An instant Indie and #1 New York Times bestseller! "Achingly atmospheric and beautifully sharp, A Study in Drowning will draw you in from the first page." --Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls Bestselling author Ava Reid makes her YA debut in this dark...
The cautious traveller's guide to the Wastelands
Brooks, Sarah
Paper Book
* INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a STUNNING HISTORICAL FANTASY set on a grand express train, about a group of passengers on a dangerous journey across a MAGICAL LANDSCAPE "BREATHTAKING...Abounding...
Skyshade
Aster, Alex
Paper Book
THREE MILLION SERIES COPIES SOLD! The pulse-pounding third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster Love kills kingdoms... ...
Her majesty's royal coven : a novel
Dawson, Juno
Paper Book
"Superb and almost unbearably charming, Her Majesty's Royal Coven... expertly launches an exciting new trilogy." --The New York Times Book Review   "Talk about a gut punch of a novel. ...A provocative exploration of intersectional feminism,...
What the river knows : a novel
Ibañez, Isabel (Novelist)
Paper Book
The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in What the River Knows, Isabel Ibañez's lush, immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt and filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race. Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera...
The atlas six
Blake, Olivie
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Vulture Best Fantasy Novel of 2022 A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee The much-acclaimed viral sensation from Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six--now newly revised and...
The absinthe underground
Pacton, Jamie
Paper Book
An INSTANT National Bestseller! This lavish and decadent sapphic friends-to-lovers romantasy will leave fans of Moulin Rouge and Divine Rivals utterly enchanted! "A romantic and thrilling story of ambition, magic, and peril."--Publishers...
This woven kingdom
Mafi, Tahereh
Paper Book
New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller from the acclaimed author of the Shatter Me series! Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people--Tahereh Mafi's first in an epic romantasy series inspired by Persian mythology. To...
Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet
Morris, Molly
Paper Book
Every ten years in the strange little town of Lennon, California, one person is chosen to return from the dead... Wilson Moss entered the town's top-secret contest in the hopes of resurrecting her ex-best friend Annie LeBlanc, but that doesn't mean she thought she'd actually...
The serpent & the wings of night : a Crowns of Nyaxia novel
Broadbent, Carissa
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller This new hardcover edition of the bestselling The Serpent & the Wings of Night features new case art, and a detailed map! The Hunger Games meets vampires in this heart-wrenching,...
Beneath These Cursed Stars
Ryan, Lexi
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Lexi Ryan brings us the first book in a new romantic fantasy set in the enchanting world of These Hollow Vows. When a human princess armed with death's kiss allies with a fae shifter on the run, their mission to assassinate an evil king collides...

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