I am looking for fiction books that have females as the main characters.?

Question

I want ones without a lot of sex or violence. Unfortunately that eliminates most chick lit and mysteries.To give you an idea of what I am looking for, the authors I enjoy are Earlen Fowler, Dorothy Gilman,Penelope Stokes,Richard Paul Evans, Peter Mayle, and Ann Tatlcock. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

The Nanny Diaries and Citizen Girl by Emma Mc Laughen

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

Answer 2

The Belgariad and Malorian series by David Eddings has several strong female characters, a Sorceress, a military queen, and a strong diplomatic queen. You could start with Polgara the Sorceress which is the story of the sorceress.

The Earth's Children's series by Jane Auel has a strong female protagonist some sex, but very tasteful, and Ms. Auel does extensive research to make her stories of this early woman very real.

Marion Zimmer Bradly wrote some wonderful books about the Camelot Legend but from the female perspective. The Mists of Avalon and Lady of Avalon are both very good.

And two women writers you may like are Joyce Carol Oats, [Foxfire ] and Margaret Atwood, [The Handmaids Tale] both write wonderful books with female lead characters.

Enjoy!

Answer 3

I love Dorothy Gilman!! Hope you've read Incident at Badyama and Tightrope Walker. Those are my favorites of the non-Pollifax books.

Try the Aunt Dimity books by Atherton (light mysteries with a ghost), the Master Quilter books by Jennifer Chiaviani, Mignon Ebert's Angel books, Susan Wittig Albert's China Bayles, Margaret Maron's Judge Deborah Knott mysteries, and the delightful No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. The first one is my least favorite: if I'd read it first, I might not have read the others, but fortunately I started with the second one. They are best read in order (except for the first.

happy reading!!

Answer 4

Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters, (the same person), has a ton of mystery/suspense novels with female protaganists to her name. Many of them under the Michaels name have a supernatural twist to them, most turn out to be fake; Peters is more straight mystery, with a long series featuring the family of Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody.
Laurie King has written both a series set in the twenties with a female apprentice to Sherlock Holmes, and a modern series set in San Francisco featuring a lesbian homicide detective. She also has a few stand-alone mystery/suspense novels that are excellent. The modern series necessarily has a little more violence in it, but neither has a lot of sex.
Josephine Tey wrote 8 excellent mysteries before dying in 1950; The Daughter of Time is one that I know was reprinted recently. Due to the time period, the police detective who shows in each is male, but there are fine, intelligent, strong women in the forefront of each novel.
One other tip; if you are looking for books without much sex or violence, they are very likely to be shelved as young adult or teen books, solely for that reason. Take a stroll through that section of your library or book store and you will probably find some gems.

Answer 5

How about The Golden Compass, maybe some violence, Maximum Ride,again some violence but not like brutal sadistic style, more like sef-defence, A Wrinkle in Time,NO VIOLENCE! The Leap, really cool.

Answer 6

King Fortis the Brave, despite it's name, has two very strong female lead characters - Aimee and Gillian. No sex (though there is definitely something there between Gillian and Rodney) and very little violence it's full of adventure, humor and action. A must read for everyone!

Answer 7

If you like mysteries, go to following website of detective series fiction, which includes both male & female characters:

http://hobbspublib.leaco.net/book_series_mystery_titles.htm

Three I am familiar with are Sue Grafton's Kinsey Mahone, Karen Kijewski's Kat Colorado & Agatha Christie's Miss Jane Marple.

Answer 8

properly, Nami and Robin from One Piece. Nami notably. lots of battling Sounen women human beings are particularly relatively stable. besides the undeniable fact that, i'm guessing which you're extra into Shoujo? Teru from Dengeki Daisy has extra of a backbone... Mrs. Angel is a korean Manhwa, however the MC is large. Manhwa via Hwang Mi Ri often have extra aggressive women human beings... 0.5 Prince is another one... i might furnish Dengeki Daisy a try first. Teru is slightly airheaded often besides the undeniable fact that she's fairly humorous and does understand discover out the thank you to sense for herself. She additionally knows a thank you to adhere it to her SO and is not any longer afraid to circulate after whoever needs going after. It turns right into a extra secret type manga, so it relatively is now no longer all gushy, thank goodness.

Answer 9

Well, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants has 4 main female characters...and 4 books with them.

Answer 10

I just read a knitting mystery by Mary Kruger - no sex or violence.
Also just read one by Jo Dereske entitled: Miss Zukas and the Library Murders.