Thread: Name some good novels where the heroen rescues the hero? Or other novels with heroenic women? - Yahoo! Answers

Try the Sarah Conner Chronicles

I haven't read too many too be honest. I have a watched a number of movies with this particular setup though. And Chris is clueless.

War and peace. I am named after the heroine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Pea…

Tanya Huff is a fantasy author who write novels with good strong female characters. I particularly like her Keeper Chronicles, with feature Claire Hanson, a woman with supernatural powers, who frequently saves the day. The first book in the series, Summon the Keeper, is particularly good. Her 'Blood' series which features private detective Vicky Nelson is another good series with a strong female cnetral character, the first...

I'd recommend Tamora Pierce too; very strong female leads, especially for a medieval fantasy. Let's see... Dresden Files by Jim Butcher; adult, technically. But not much of adult content, as such. Beautifully written, to boot... but Murphy's only a second character. Still, she's pretty strong. Terry Pratchett, yes. I think someone forgot to mention Angua of the watch. ....can't think of anything at...

YA to adult, please. It's for an all adult book club, though, so feel free to name some books with sexual content. (Not req.) Also some good monster books where the woman saves the day (not buffy the vampire slayer) (...or maybe for a change, a book where SHE is the vampire and her her boyfriend is the human) Please don't name any books that make all men look like monsters. The books should be about powerful women, but they...

Tamora Pierce's "Song of the Lioness" quartet. More of a young-adult book, really, but shows a strong female character who must figure out how to be both a woman and a knight. Men are depicted as friends and lovers, although the villain is male. Any book by Tamora Pierce, pretty much. The rest of her books have strong female characters as well.