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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

[janni.livejournal.com]

Holly Black's White Cat doesn't have a female narrator, but the women are as unreliable as the men.

OH--Sean Stewart's MOCKINGBIRD! (It's arguably subtle and not plot-changing, but still.)

I think of Liza in Bones as unreliable, but she's not lying, she's just wrong, which isn't the same. Ditto Tirnay in Secret of the Three Treasures, who reinterprets everything she sees through an adventurer's lens. I tend toward first person especially when a protag sees the world in an inaccurate sort of way.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I don't recall the narrator in Mockingbird being unreliable - how so?

[janni.livejournal.com]

At the end she tells us she couldn't possibly be telling this story, not being much of a storyteller, and that her mother's spirit helped her. Doesn't change the story itself, but I was struck by it.