#135 in Young adult
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
- 256
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Woman Who Rides Like a Man” slows the Lioness quartet down, and the third book is better for the room it gives its capable, flawed heroine. Newly knighted, Alanna spends most of it among the Bazhir of the desert, with a romantic dilemma added to the fighting. Some readers feel the Bazhir are portrayed as crude and uncivilised, and object to it.
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About the book
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the third in a series of four books, The Song of the Lioness. It details the knighthood of Alanna of Trebond as she lives in the Bazhir desert after becoming a knight.
Reading order · The Song of the Lioness
Full order & progress →- Alanna: The First AdventureStart here
8.28.2 / 10 - In the Hand of the Goddess
8.18.1 / 10 - The Woman Who Rides Like a ManThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - Lioness Rampant
8.18.1 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 227 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 25 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 202 | 89% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Woman Who Rides Like a Man for?
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 256 pages — shorter than 97% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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