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* The rose from ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The book turns a tsundere flower into a commentary on the pain that love can cause so hauntingly beautiful that it will [[Up to Eleven|literally drive you insane.]] The book is thematically based on some of the hardest times in the [[Truth in Television|author's life,]] and it has several messages which reduce you to tears [[Fridge Brilliance|days after you read it.]] It's short. [[Gushing About Shows You Like|Seriously, go read it.]]

* Ce'Nedra from David Eddings' ''[[Belgariad]]'' is apparently generally regarded by Japanese readers as one of the clearest Western examples of the trope.

* Aviendha from ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' is extremely rude to Rand {{spoiler|before they have sex in book 5, but she slowly softens towards the end.}}

** About half the women in the Wheel of Time series are tsunderes, and to varying degrees. To whit: Nynaeve starts out a major type A but marriage softens her to a B; Min isn't; Elayne isn't, although Rand probably thinks she is due to mixed signals in a [[Never Live It Down|couple of letters]]; Moiraine isn't; Egwene is usually a [[Plucky Girl]] but turns into a raging type A in the second half of volume 12, especially when confronted with her [[Love Interest]]; Siuane is a type A, but that's to be expected from a [[Spicy Latina|Spanish]] [[Iron Lady]]; Faile, despite [[The Scrappy|her rep]], is just a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] trying to keep her husband away from [[The Vamp|Bere]][[Alpha Bitch|lain]]. Oddly, the most pure example (up to and including the classic "this doesn't mean I like you" line) is the often overlooked Tuon.

* Aravis Tharkeena from [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]'s ''[[Narnia|The Horse and His Boy]]''. Her Tsundere-ness is lampshaded at the end of the book, when it's mentioned that {{spoiler|she and Shasta/Prince Cor got married because they were so used to their [[Slap Slap Kiss]] that they wanted to be comfier while fighting and then making out.}}

* Pregnant o'rants in the ''[[Dragon Keeper Chronicles]]'' are like this.

* Annabeth from ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' is a typical tsundere character.

* Heleth, from the ''[[Col Sec Trilogy]]'', is a [[The Napoleon|compact, quick-tempered]] [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]] who's always bickering with or getting needled by the resident [[Keet]] (when she's not bickering with someone ''else''). Every so often, you get the impression that she ''doesn't'' outright ''hate'' him.

* In ''[[Twilight Dragon]]'', Keaira Aleshire fits this trope to a T, and she doesn't just act this way towards her crush.

* Karrin Murphy in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' keeps calling Harry names, even beats him to a pulp on a few occasions, but mellows at the moment's notice whenever he hurts himself badly or saves her life (again). Pointing that out to her, however, is likely to earn you another beating.

* Dedicate Rosethorn from the ''[[Circle of Magic]]'' series is this with a hint of [[Kuudere]]. A particularly cute example can be found in Sandry's Book when after terrifying the [[Nakama|four children]] for the first half of the book, Briar hugs her and she blushes.

** Tris is certainly a fledgling Tsundere as well.

* Sophie from the French novel ''Les Malheurs de Sophie'' seems to fit to this trope. She uses to fight with her cousin Paul, but also really loves him.

* Yvaine from Neil Gaiman's novel, ''[[Stardust (novel)|Stardust]]''.

* Tenar from the ''[[Earthsea Trilogy]]'', at least in ''The Tombs of Atuan''. By the time we see her again two books later, in ''Tehanu'', she seems to have grown out of it.

* Bridget Jones from ''[[Bridget Jones|Bridget Jones's Dairy]]'' is type A thanks to the way she expresses herself in her diary (being annoyed.) She, however, is lovestruck with [[Romantic False Lead|Daniel Cleaver]] even though she's being sarcastic to him at times.

* Marcia Overstrand in ''[[Septimus Heap]]''. While normally being easily irritable and bossy, she can become very caring at times of trouble.

 

* Princess Eilonwy from [[Lloyd Alexander]]'s ''[[Prydain Chronicles|The Chronicles of Prydain]]'' says "Taran, I'm not speaking to you" about five times a novel, and as the last line of at least the first three.

* In the [[Night World]] book ''Daughters of Darkness'', Mary-Lynnette is dere dere, but when Ash is around her automatic reaction {{spoiler|at first}} is to kick him in the shins. Doesn't help that he's sexist and [[Fantastic Racism|speciesist]].

** Teenager Lily Evans seems to be interpreted this way by the fans, especially in [[Jerk Jock|James Potter's]] presence.

* Arguably, Luke Skywalker becomes a Type B Tsundere in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' novels.

* Mel from ''Crown Duel'' is a type B to such an extent that {{spoiler|Shevraeth}} has to resort to wooing her through anonymous letters.

* Leafpool from the ''[[Warriors Series]]'' became a Type B tsundere over time. She was originally, while an apprentice, a very meek and soft-spoken individual with a calm air and controlled profile, much different from both her mother Sandstorm and sister Squirrelflight. As she got older, Leafpool became more bossy and ill-tempered, becoming a full-blown Type B Tsundere in The Power of Three (Ironically, Squirrelflight had mellowed over time and Leafpool had unmellowed over time.) Though Leafpool is still usually very gentle and kind, her temper flaring up every now and then, but still not as bad as Squirrelflight. She is both a romantic and non-romantic example. Leafpool was annoyed by her former mate Crowfeather's prickly attitude and harsh words, but realized that she actually loved Crowfeather when he confess his love to her after saving her in Starlight, though there relationship didn't last long, since it was forbidden for a medicine cat to have a mate, especially a mate from a different Clan. Despite this, Leafpool contines to love Crowfeather. The non-romantic example of this is her relationship with her son Jayfeather. Leafpool loves her son dearly and has never hated him, though she often got into many arguments with him, since her son had inherited Crowfeather's rudeness and ill-tempered nature. This was especially seen when Jayfeather was her apprentice and how her patience would always be a short fuse because of his uncooperating, bold personality. Leafpool though is very protective of Jayfeather and her other two kits (Lionblaze, Hollyleaf), her motherly love clear.

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* Susana Cabeza de Vaca from ''[[Mount Dragon]]''. Replace ''baka'' with ''pendejo'' and ''hijo de puta'', make her dark-skinned and smart, and you have a Mexican tsundere!

* Averted and Lampshaded in Another Note, the prequel novel to [[Death Note]], as Naomi Misora warns herself against becoming a tsundere.

* Shira in [[The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio]]. As there is a heroine like this in several of Lloyd Alexander's other novels, one gets the impression that he has something of a [[Author Appeal|fondness for this trope]].

* Adorah Belle Dearheart in ''Discworld''. When first met, she is angry and embittered after her father was hounded into poverty and early death and her brother murdered. Her attitude is of anger and forcing the rest of the world to keep its distance. She emphasises this with her work with golems, the robots of the Disc. (Any comparable anime heroines?) She gradually and very reluctantly falls for Moist von Lipwig, despite giving him plenty of snarls and no encouragement at all. But she saves his life in a pub brawl...