[womble]

The Mona Lisa & Demon Princess series by Sunny
Princess from Hell by Eve Langlais

Tamora Pierce quartets
Robin McKinley's Damar series (Hero & The Crown, The Blue Sword)
Vampire Academy
Sookie Stackhouse series
Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
Jennifer Roberson's Tiger & Del series
Anita Blake series
Sherwood Smith's Crown Duel
Sabriel/Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix
The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley
Summers At Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Tanya Huff's Blood series
Robin Hobb's trilogies, specifically the FitzChivalry and Liveship trilogies

Great thread!

[RavenT]

The Walker Papers series by C.E. Murphy
Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison
Nocturne City series by Caitlin Kitteridge
Black London series by Caitlin Kitteridge
Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs
Alex Craft series by Kalayna Price

and if you like mysteries
Tess Monaghan series by Laura Lippman
Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters
Kate Shugak series by Dana Stabenow
Anna Pidgeon series by Nevada Barr

[RavenT]

I love that series!

I definitely recommend The Parasol Protectorate Series by Gail Carriger, the first book in the series is Soulless.
Feel free to check out my review of Soulless HERE. I've read the first two and is starting the 3rd soon and Alexia is a funny and awesome heroine.

You should try the Kindle store's category of fantasies. They have got a great collection of fantasy stories and cartoons etc.

Honestly I was getting sick too of all the wee weak lassies and strong powerful He-men who save the heroin routine was getting quiet tiresome. Best author in my opinion who makes the heroine strong is Shelly Laurenston / G.A Aiken <3 <3 I just love them and am quiet innspired by them

Other must read authors with strong + powerful female lead Jeaniene Frost, NOT ALLOWED, Gena Showalter, Thea Harrison... but these authors are not so bad either Nora Roberts, Nalini Singh etc

Definitely, just from the top of my head:

Katsa (Graceling)
Saba (Blood Red Road)
Eona (Eon/Eona)

Katniss everdeen (Hunger Games). If you haven't read the trilogy yet, you won't be disappointed.

I totally agree..she kicks-ass!

on the sci-fi side, Warriors Wings by Evan Currie

i just picked these up and love them


Shaedes of Gray (Shaede Assassin, #1)
The Shadow Reader (McKenzie Lewis, #1)

You can check out the Intwine series(3 books are released and the fourth is due in december).I have read the first and looking forward to read the remaining.Its a awesome book about young Juliette Greenmoss discovering the secrets and dangerous life of Seth Morrison, who happens to be visiting Earth from the other side of the galaxy.By the time the overwhelming details of Seth's world unfold and it's dangers fall upon Juliette, it's too late -- she's already in love and there's no turning back!

[jonytep]

How did nobody talk about Divergent by Veronica Roth?! Tris kicks ass as well, man. AND she is not flawless, which makes her an even more interesting character. She doesn't always make the right decisions but is strong to overcome them. She has help from her friends and those she loves.

Now, one less known would be "Legends of Muirwood" by Jeff Wheeler. Lia is also a great female character. Also strong and also with faults.

Good reading!

A Kingdom of Dreams or Whitney, My Love - romance novels by Judith McNaught. Both with headstrong and witty heroines,

All heroines from Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong ( Bitten, Stolen...)
Hawkmistress by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

The Glass Books of Dream-Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist (Celeste Temple)
The Eight-Katherine Neville
The Flanders Panel-Arturo Perez Reverte
The Twelve-Justin Cronin (recomended to read The Passage first)
Impulse-Steven Gould (but recomended to read first Jumper,then Reflex from the same author)