10 Best Female Characters in Literature

Some of literature’s most memorable characters have been women – whether good or bad, strong female protagonists have stuck with us long after we read these books. Here are some of our favorite heroines in literature.

1. Hermione Granger, Harry Potter

How could Hermione not be your #WCW and role model? She kept up with the boys and even excelled past them, most of the time. She was fearless, proud of her nerdiness and fierce, but just as human as the rest of us with her problems.

2. Katniss Everdeen, Hunger Games

Ah, our modern day Xena the Warrior Princess heroine and the narrator of the Hunger Games trilogy who knows her way around a bow and arrow. She was fearless enough to offer to take her sister’s place as female tribute from their district.

3. Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen’s Lizzie Bennet knows what she wants, and she’s not afraid to go get it. Albeit the time she was born into, she’s a strong woman who fights injustices committed against her, and always speaks her mind.

4. Eowyn, Lord of the Rings

“I am no man!” Shouted the beautiful and empowered Eowyn, amongst other memorable lines in that famous speech to a monster who just wounded her uncle. She swung a sword and fought the Lord of the Nazgul – to anyone saying they won’t fight a girl because it’s not fair, we dare them to face up against Eowyn.