Badass female leads: Decent reads

I'm finding that a lot of shoujo isekai mangas with the tag "strong female lead" or "smart female lead" doesn't always feature strong female leads and got tired of the letdown. This is a list of female leads that I think are actually strong female leads. This list features works of badass FL that I think are decent. I have another one where the FL are also badass where I think the story is better: 
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I’m the Male Lead’s Girl Friend

 9.0(1033 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): RYU HEON, Kakon
Genre(s): Fantasy / Webtoons / Romance / Shoujo

This falls under the trope of protagonist is reincarnated as the villainess of a book or game. Since the protg was reincarnated as "Louise Sweeney" before any damage was done or ill reputation has occurred, she was able to revamp the character's specs and is a studious and decent person who easily catches people's positive attention.
It's okay. It's follows the pretty standard trope, so if this is your thing, you'll probably like it.

10 08,2022

The Justice of Villainous Woman

 9.1(253 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Sola,Min , redice
Genre(s): Webtoons / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance

Female lead reincarnates as "Chartiana Altizer Cailon", a duke's daughter who was chosen to enter contest to become empress. She starts at a disadvantage since the male lead doesn't like the actual Charti, but the protag wins him over with her new personality and knowledge from current day Korea. She's not a fighter and her battles are won with wit.

10 08,2022

The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion

 9.6(541 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Milcha,Golae
Genre(s): Webtoons / Shoujo / Comedy / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance / Historical

Female lead is reincarnated as a person who was killed off by her husband. She seeks help from a duke to side-step that fate using her "knowledge of the novel" as a bargaining chip. I honestly don't remember if she was strong, but at the very least, she isn't weak-willed.

10 08,2022

Doctor Elise

 9.5(395 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Mini,Yuin
Genre(s): Webtoons / Fantasy / Romance
10 08,2022

I Became the Tyrant's Secretary

 9.3(253 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Lee in-hye,Gio
Genre(s): Webtoons / Romance / Shoujo / Fantasy

It's fun to read about a cool and unflappable female lead. But as good as she seems to be at her job, she falls under the same protagonist spell of being absolutely clueless about the male lead's feelings no matter how blatant he makes it, which is a little annoying at times.

10 08,2022

A Wife's Sweet Revenge

 8.9(193 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Mana,Jyun
Genre(s): Webtoons / Josei / Drama

Revenge story. Asshole ex-husband tricks female lead into donating her liver to his mom and then dumps her right after. I have trouble understanding some of the female lead's life choices and her revenge plot has a lot of holes in it, but I'm so invested to see how the asshole family to torn down so I'll keep reading.

11 08,2022

The Princess's Double Life

 9.3(1047 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): 고은채,쌍필
Genre(s): Webtoons / Shoujo / Drama / Fantasy /

Dumb duke as brawns and clever swindler as brains. Male lead wants female lead to help him become king. Female is smart and badass, but the story itself is pretty bland.

11 08,2022

The Predator's Fiancée

 9.1(986 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Lisabel, jyulli,Jackpot
Genre(s): Webtoons / Josei / Fantasy / Historical / Romance

Elisha died and came back to a time before a bunch of bad things happen to her. In her determination to change her fate, she chases after Lucerne, who is the duke's illegitimate grandson to save her. She strikes a deal with him to help him become duke, he marries her, and then go off on their little adventures.
She seems decently smart and compassionate...

11 08,2022

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