The Girl Who Spotted Another Title Trend

Does your summer read have a cover Girl? I’ve noticed quite a few hit grownup books have female protagonists — and familiar-sounding titles.

The Girls Who Started It All:

The Girls Who Followed Their Lead:

  And let’s not forget this Girl. Many of these Girls star in psychological thrillers — not to mention similar color schemes! — but this Girl is striking out on her own.

(Trisha — The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon — and Melanie — The Girl with All the Gifts — are the only two of these female protagonists who are still girls, but I guess The Woman Who… just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Also: the patriarchy.) Now a new generation of Girls is coming up in books for children and teens.

Here’s The Girl I Remember from the Eighties (Who Recently Got a Makeover):

 The Girl Who Really Kicked It Off for Kids’ Books:

There are Girls headlining YA novels…

…intermediate novels…

…and even picture books.

Makes sense to me that girls and women would be confronting villains and bullies, time-traveling, doing magic, and generally kicking ass and taking names in books across a range of genres and intended audiences. After all, you know what Queen Bey says about who runs the world.

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