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[coraa]

I have a reason for this inquiry, which will be explained in the fullness of time!

I'm looking for suggestions of books with unreliable narrators where the narrator is female (besides Larbalestier's Liar, which I've already got in mind). I'd prefer speculative or historical fiction, but if you have a great example from another genre, by all means share it.

Secondarily, I'd love suggestions of books prominently featuring female liars (or con artists) regardless of whether they're unreliable narrators. Again, speculative or historical fiction preferred, but great examples from other genres would be useful too.

The books don't necessarily have to be good, for what it's worth.

(rachelmanija and sartorias and I tried to think of examples in the car, but with limited success.)

Comments

[green_knight]

Can't think of unreliable narrators (but then again, I hate unreliable narrators and bounce off them badly). Juliet McKenna jemck has written a sequence of books with a female gambler/thief/con artist as protagonist - starting with The Thief's Gamble. They are utterly excellent anyway.

[meaghan_bullock]

Ah, yes! Livak is a very entertaining narrator. I found the latter 4 books to be not as good as the first (a problem I also had with Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince books, in which the first book is much better than the successive five but oh how I love that first book). However, the worldbuilding is pretty universally excellent in that series.

[green_knight]

I never liked the rest as much as the first, but I recently reread them, and I appreciated them much more. The shift beween first and third POV no longer disturbed me, and I really *love* that it has a strong relationship that does not form a Romance subplot - they negotiate their relationship without artificial barriers and it's so refreshing to read.