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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The baddest girl on the planet
Frese, Heather, 1974-
Paper Book
WINNER of the LEE SMITH NOVEL PRIZE "This sun-and-salt-kissed coming-of-age story reads like a wry, honest chat with a close friend."--Jaclyn Fulwood, Shelf Awareness Evie Austin, native of Hatteras Island, North Carolina and baddest girl on the planet, has...
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 blue,...
An earl, the girl, and a toddler
Riley, Vanessa
Paper Book
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 between
Strømme, Lisa
Paper Book
"...this well-crafted novel which explores the nature of obsessive love and the possible inspiration for The Scream." -- Publishers Weekly  In this breathtaking literary novel, an innocent maid discovers the power of obsession when she is caught between two lovers in an illicit affair...
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...
Girl gone viral : a novel
Rai, Alisha
Paper Book
In Alisha Rai's second novel in her Modern Love series, a reclusive investor goes viral, shoving her into the world's spotlight--and into the arms of the bodyguard she's been pining for... OMG! Wouldn't it be adorable if he's her soulmate??? I don't see any wedding...
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
The girl of his dreams
Leon, Donna
Paper Book
Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries have won legions of fans for their evocative portraits of Venetian life. In her novels, food, family, art, history, and local politics play as central a role as an unsolved crime. In The Girl of His Dreams when a friend of Brunetti...
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 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...
How to build a girl
Moran, Caitlin 1975-
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. ...
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
This #1 New York Times bestseller from Janet Evanovich moves into the fast lane with a thrilling, high-octane misadventure with high stakes, hot nights, cold-blooded murder, sunken treasure, a woman with a chassis built for speed, and one very good, very sexy NASCAR driver who's along for the...
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...
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...
Spooky little girl
Notaro, Laurie
Paper Book
Death is what happens while you're busy making other plans. Coming home from a Hawaiian vacation with her best girlfriends, Lucy Fisher is stunned to find everything she owns tossed out on her front lawn, the locks changed, and her fiance's phone disconnected-plus she's just lost her...
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
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 untangle. Before they can identify the killer, Tracy and her colleagues on the Seattle PD's Violent Crimes Section must figure out who the...
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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