I found atomic habits to be very comprehensive and helpful with being productive and I want books as useful .

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I'm looking for books or book series centering a friend group where there is a main couple (mf or mm) but they still have chemistry with everyone in the friend group. I want it to be implied that they've all messed around with each other and/or that overtime it becomes a polyamorous relationship. Basically a book centering an "incestuous" friend group. It doesn't have to happen right away, for example, the first book could be about the main couple getting together. I just want to see obvious chemistry among the whole friend group. Some books I enjoyed but weren't what I was expecting are; The Boys of App 13 (l thought they all would've at least had a one night stand);
Hidden Scars (I don't know why | thought there would be a foursome); The Atlas Six (I was convinced something was gonna happen between Tristan and Callum); and Three Doors (I was so disappointed that there was ff scenes but no mm, sucking doesn't count).
(Side note, it's not a hard no but I'd prefer it if the girls) isn't submissive at all)
Also, I'll also take books in which there's a love triangle and they fight over the girl but eventually can't tell the difference between hate/love. It can be fmm or mm, ex: if the Twilight books ended the right way.

tl;dr Basically, I am looking for classic English language fantasy novels (or fantasy adjacent) with strong, young (or youngish) female protagonists aimed at older children or young adults (think 7-12, although ideally in the middle of that range) for an extremely precocious 5 year old girl.

I would also be grateful for recommendations to classic myths, folk tales, epic poems, etc. with strong female protagonists - pretty much any culture is potentially fine. Persian or Iranian or Jewish or Norse or British or Baltic would be especially cherished, however.

I have been getting my daughter into fantasy novels.

She loves all the ones I have read to her so far (Hobbit, Narnia septet, Peter Pan, a few others, and we are in the middle of Weirdstone of Brisangamen - we read her the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe when she was 3 and she was obsessed with it, and we had to read it a second time before we went on to the next book). My wife and I are really into fantasy and science-fiction (and we are obsessed with Lord of the Rings), and we have an extensive collection, but a lot of it (most of it) is probably not exactly appropriate for our daughter given her age (more on this below).

My daughter also likes history and poetry (she really likes Horatius at the Bridge, adores Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends, Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and some random Yeats).

My wife and I are planning to read her many more of the classics. However, a lot of them lack female protagonists (and some lack female characters of any meaningful importance).

Important context: Regarding age, my daughter is just over five (5) years old but highly intelligent and extremely precocious (her first words at 5 months old, talking in sentences by about 13 months, counting objects at 14 months and then making arguments about why they should become hers - she is and always has been extremely legalistic).

Talking to her is like talking to a much older child (think like a smart 10 year old, maybe 11) until she either has a meltdown about something or the subject is something that requires a level of life experience or maturity and then we are abruptly reminded of how old she actually is. Complexity of plot and language and ideas is less of an issue than the maturity of certain themes, or things which require life experience/real life exposure to understand.

Two Lord of the Rings based examples: My wife and I taught her to play "20 questions" on a road trip in August of this year, which she picked up almost instantly. When she correctly guessed the answer and it was her turn to make us guess, the answer that she made us guess was "the Silmarils" (the three gems wrought by Feanor containing the pure light of the Two Trees of Valinor) - which is pretty good considering that we have not yet read to her either Lord of the Rings or the Silmarillion (despite her repeated pleas - we do not think she is ready for either just yet, and the pacing may be a bit slow, although we might try Fellowship of the Ring early next year).

When she was 4 and I read her the Hobbit, she also guessed as soon as Bilbo found the ring in Riddles in the Dark, without hints or help from me, that the ring Bilbo was the One Ring (I was shocked, and initially tempted to deny it, but did not and asked her how she guessed it - it was based on the rhyme from LOTR that I had told her and my answers to her questions on the subject before we even read the Hobbit).

So books intended for 7-12 years old are probably fine and about the sweet spot.

For further clarity, she is ok with the concept of death (which, for a number of reasons, she unfortunately understood before she was 3 years old), as long as it does not occur to the protagonist. She had been very worried through the Hobbit as to whether Bilbo would die, despite repeated assurances that he would not. When Thorin, Fili, and Kili died in the Hobbit she was very upset, but was able to handle it.

Romance and kisses are fine, but her mother and I are not ok exposing her to more adult concepts at present through books (sex, let alone SA, even if only implied, is not ok). Also, I am not sure how best to express this, but basically, I do not want a repeat of when granddad showed her the 1954 Peter Pan film with Mary Martin (without running it by us first) and she was pretending to be Tiger Lily and singing some of the songs in public (which portray First Nations in a way that shows the film's age....).

This past weekend, I got her a book (sort of a graphic novel, but not really?) of 5 minute stories about Wonder Woman, which she loved and sleeps with (favourite stuffie under one arm, Wonder Woman book under the other).

She likes villains often, although my wife is not sure that we should encourage that - I suspect that this may also just be another example of her trying to get a rise out of people rather than actually admiring villains (my daughter looks like a Disney princess and has the personality of a hyper-extroverted internet troll).

So an anti-heroine might be ok, depending on the other themes in the book.

I would really appreciate book recommendations for fantasy novels (or science fiction, but I think she is more attuned to fantasy) in the English language that:

(1) Feature a strong, young (or youngish) female protagonist. She could be the sole or lead protagonist, or part of a group (but if part of a group, should be a critical part of the group).

(2) Are classic. By this, I mean works that have stood some sort of test of time - ideally at least 35 years old. Older is generally better.

(3) Are intended for ages 7-12 (maybe a bit older).

(4) The main protagonist (or at least the female one, if there is more than one) does not die.

(5) Is the equivalent of PG in most categories. In other words, mild mature themes are fine. Violence is ok, but should not be too graphic. Death is ok. Bad language should be infrequent or mild or both. No or minimal sexual references or innuendo. Romance and kissing is fine.

(6) Both my wife and I have a positive bias towards British authors.

Any tropes are fine, please give me recs!

My idea of "good prose" is Madeline Miller's Circe

It popped up as an advertisement on Pinterest and I usually ignore these especially when there is a potential AI cover, but I clicked it and found it has 0 customers. I tried looking at reviews none existed. It actually sounds really good, I’m hoping it’s not AI written but when I typed it in the search bar literally nothing came up…Like it didn’t exist at all. Not even Amazon popped up with it and I clicked a direct link from Pinterest that took me to an Amazon site. So idk. Maybe my phones just weird buuut has anyone else heard of this series or read it? I’d love to hear your take!

I have photos of it but can’t post those here unfortunately