Books·Posted on Mar 23, 201529 Awesome Books With Strong Female ProtagonistsCelebrate National Women's History Month with these 29 great books.by Jarry LeeBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2. Dealing With Dragons (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles series) by Patricia C. Wrede 3. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 4. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 5. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 6. The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner 7. Caucasia by Danzy Senna 8. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine 9. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow 11. Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness series) by Tamora Pierce 12. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 13. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 14. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 15. Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye 16. Hild by Nicola Griffith 17. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 18. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl 19. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 20. Coraline by Neil Gaiman 21. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende 22. Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García 23. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 24. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 25. Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan 26. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 27. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh 28. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez 29. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante There are countless books out there with awesome female protagonists — tell us in the comments below about your favorites! Want book recommendations in your inbox every week? Sign up for the BuzzFeed Books newsletter!