Recommendations Female protagonist

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  1. arahera

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    Hello, as long as I can remember, I have only liked/enjoyed reading novels with a male protagonist.
    I have tried to read a few novels with a female protagonist, but I was never able to enjoy reading the novel.

    It might be because the novels I tried was bad or something.
    Therefore, if anyone can recommend me a novel(s) with a female protagonist.

    Uhm, if I have to say my requirements for reading a novel; I don't really enjoy a forced relationship, or a relationship where one is dominating the other. I'm not a fan of yuri, nor do I think I would like a harem.

    Are there any novels out there with a female protagonist fitting these requirements of mine?
    If so, I would appreciate it if you could list them.
     
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    Katahane no Riku
    Haunted duke's daughter
    Maid will go on through thick
    Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
    The Girl Who Bore the Flame Ring
    The Girl Who Ate a Death God
    Ame no Hi no Iris

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    Common sense of duke's daughter
    Demon Girl ~Tale of a Lax Demon~
    Stunning Edge
    Doomsday Wonderland
    Kenkyo, Kenjitsu o Motto ni Ikite Orimasu
    Mimizuku to Yoru no Ou
    Love Me Again
     
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    Ok, so I tried to organize each subcategory by which is most suitable for your situation, but it's all based on my opinion, and I limited experience reading male-protag novels, but here goes:
    LN
    I'll Live My Second Life - about a princess dressing up as a guy to go to the military barracks; very funny, but slow plot development
    Swamp Girl! - there's a bit of identity confusion, so it might weird you out, but it's an amazing story
    Eliza - rather dark, but a really good story nonetheless
    Mimizuku to Yoru no Ou - such a great story, definitely try it out
    Dragon Life

    CN
    -historical/xuanhuan/wuxia/xianxia-

    Phoenix Xiaoyao
    Meow Meow Meow
    My Disciple Died Yet Again
    Gentleman Free-Floating Cloud
    Sansheng, Wangchuan Wu Shang
    -modern-

    God's Left Hand - I definitely recommend this if you like gaming
    Memory Lost - mystery novel about police and psychology and stuffs
    Supernatural Girlfriend - mystery novel
    There's also A Smile is Very Charming, any novels by Mo Bao Fei Bao or Ban Li Zi, and the classics like To Be a Virtuous a Wife, Chaos Of Beauty, Gu Fang Bu Zi Shang, but...I definitely don't think you'll be interested unless you ease yourself into the genre.

    Also, the ones mentioned by @Night Ghost are pretty good too, but imo they're a tad slow compared to male-protag novels. Depends on if you read LN or CN normally, because male-protag LN is definitely slower than male-protag CN.

    TLDR; you should probably start with light novels before moving onto more humorous c-novels.
     
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    Let's see...

    CHN:
    Insanely Pampered Wife
    Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss
    1/2 Prince

    JPN:
    Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?
    Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
    I Said Make My Abilities Average!
    Black Healer
    Tensei Reijou wa Shomin no Aji ni Uete Iru
    Yuusha Yori Saikyouna Kuro Kishi
    Evil God Average
    Nigotta Hitomi no Lilianne
    Saving 80,000 Gold in an Another World for Retirement
    I Shall Survive Using Potions!
    The Reincarnated Person Doesn’t Want to Cheat
    The Power of the Saint is All Around
    Arachne
    Wagamama Onna
    Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
    Ascendance of a Bookworm
     
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    Ta daahh
    I recommended
    The rebirth of malicious empress of military lineage

    This novel is very well written, and had a lot of meaning and like poem (you will know when you read this)
    Oh and the schemes!
    The female protagonist is not OP
    But using her past life's experience, she slowly planning everything to pay back her enemies and send them to the door of doom
    Omg and what I really appreciated is the MC really have wit and temper
    I mean she could defeat her enemies using other like playing chess piece LOL

    At first, I have no interest with this novel, but after read this
    I cannot stop my self
    Really recommended! Since there's a lot of male love this novel too
     
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    Ascendance of a Bookworm - Great novel, interesting story, no real romance until later arcs that haven't been translated, and no real harem or anything then. Having read the raws to completion, it's honestly my favorite novel.

    I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated - Might be a good intro to female protagonists. The MC in the sword is technically male, but he's wielded by a girl who's effectively co-protagonist with him. Good fight scenes, pretty good status system. A little slow at the start.

    I Said Make My Abilities Average - Fun adventuring series. No romance, no real yuri.

    Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear - Good adventuring series with no romance. Kind of gets a little repetitive after a while.
     
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    Hi,

    I've read those novels you mentioned and enjoy the same genre and so am writing my own novel "Circumventing Fate" on Wattpad, Please do check it out, you will be pleasantly surprised. Please read, comment and vote!! Thank you


    Synopsis: Lei Xing never expected anything from anyone and only believed and relied on herself to live well and succeed and aimed to enjoy life freely and untethered to anyone...She finally graduated law school and was on her way to truly accomplish her life of success and freedom...to commemorate this milestone, she decided to take a vacation...

    "If I'm going to do it, I have to do in style!"

    ...and so she decided on a cruise and splurged her hard earned money on a luxury line...and then...Where the hell am I?!

    No way! No way! This has to be a dream...I transmigrated?!!

    Okay, at least I'm rich...I can still live happily and freely, it's a golden second opportunity at life and I will live it well!...maybe go traveling, start a business or something...but I am definitely not interested in any royal BS or fights, please keep your scheming lives to yourselves and leave me the hell out of it, NOT INTERESTED!!!

    ***
    "Little chicken, as long as I'm alive you won't die."

    "Nonsense, if anyone is going to cause my death, it would be you!!"

    "Do you really feel nothing after all this time?" He asked as he looked at her with searching eyes, trying to see into her soul...

    "...Who...would..." she mumbled under her breath...
    ***
    "That stupid old man, I'm going to end him when I find him...You better hide well!!"