Submitting covers from Tamora Pierce’s series Song of the Lioness-amazing author, and most of the covers don’t do it justice.

tapestry. I love it.
new edition of the book. Sorry, largest one I could find.
and looky! In the newest cover, she even has short hair!

(I love this cover, because the character doesn’t grow her hair out past her shoudlers ever. I’ll forgive the rest of the inacuracies on the cover just for that and the look on her face)
I especially love some of the Woman Who Rides Like a Man covers, too:


although she doesn’t quite seem to be dressed for the heat here, her hair is pulled back. (Yay!)

mysssstic. showing off the magical aspect this book in particular is about, I think.
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Note the knight is not wearing ‘boob-armour’.
My friend Peta Hewitt’s interpretation of her WoW Dwarf’s armor. Petite and powerful!

Thalia, Guardian of Thraben from Magic: The Gathering (Wizards of the Coast) by Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss
Sif from Thor (the film) has a pretty good outfit

Phiona from Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume. Both VP1 and CotP have lot of women in actual armor.