Pulse (A Chess Team Adventure) by Jeremy Robinson

The Chess Team is a team of special forces soldiers that only take the most challenging missions, which in the books have a supernatural twist to them. The only female team member is Queen, who is basically described as looking like a heavyweight bodybuilder that prefers to kill in hand to hand combat. She's prominently featured, which makes this book very worthwhile.

Instinct (A Chess Team Adventure) by Jeremy Robinson

In the sequel, Queen is featured and if anything is more of a bad ass. She spends half the book running around the jungle topless in a quest for vengeance. What's disappointing is that the only physical description the author gives us are of her abs and breasts. It's as if somebody told him to back off and make the character more marketable.

A bunch of Jeremy Robinson books.

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Just a quick follow up - Jeremy Robinson has written two more Chess Team novels plus a series of novelettes featuring each team member individually, and the role of Queen has shrunk as other female leads have been introduced. Even in her own novelette, Queen's physique is no longer even described or hinted at. While I'd still recommend the books for fans of the adventure genre, if you're looking for muscular women, don't bother reading past Pulse.

For muscular woman in excellent classics - The Beast Within from the la bete humaine series of Emile Zola features  a gorgeously strong and muscular female who is a major character.

The main character in Ken Follet's Third Twin is also strong and has muscular arms

There is a sadistic executioner in Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell-- Mrs. Fothergill.
She kills a captured British spy with her bare hands- he tries to fight back but she is overwhelming-- breaks his arms and then strangles him-- a very hot scene!

R. Crumb gets my vote

Here's one

Memoirs of a Time Traveler Paperback
by Doug Molitor

A wild, amazonian tourist from the future drags a young archaeologist of today on a chase through time, from ancient Atlantis to a nightmare future, from 1776 to Golden Age Hollywood, tracking down the man who's rewriting history. Romantic comedy meets sci-fi with sword-swinging adventure. "You couldn't ask for a finer guide to the future - or the past - than Doug Molitor. Having so thoroughly enjoyed his 'Memoirs of a Time Traveler,' the next book I read is, without a doubt going to be his 'Memoirs of a Time Traveler' again." - Larry Gelbart (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, TV's M*A*S*H, Tootsie.) “For Pete’s sake, do not wait for the inevitable Major Motion Picture! See Doug Molitor’s ‘Memoirs of a Time Traveler’ NOW, as it was meant to be seen: on that giant screen between your ears!” - Randall William Cook Writer, Director, and Oscar™-winning Visual Effects Artist (The Lord of the Rings)

The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch

Has two amazon sisters, that are muscular gladiators of sorts. They play personal henchmen to one of the antagonists in the book.
They are not main characters but they do play small parts through out the book.

I remember clearly that there was another thread about this, where I pointed out that there was a specific book in the Star Wars expanded universe novel series where Princess Leia was shown to be quite fit, even a little bit muscular, and very strong dragging an unconscious male body behind her and in that sequence, it said that she didn't need to use the force to do it because her training with her master Saba Sebatyne had made her body that strong. There was also a later part in the same book that highlighted a female Captain in the Imperial/Galactic Navy that was also very strong and muscular, which showed through her tight uniform.

The book is Tempest by Troy Denning.

Salka Valka by Nobel Prize Winner Halldor Laxness. Salka Valka was a woman who was stronger than most men.

I was very disappointed when I saw the film- back in the late 60's.
the book is quite graphic- and I have to say, that one scene really moved me when I stumbled upon it in the book. I still remember it, all these years later.
The fellow she kills never has a chance against her.

In the first or 2nd book by tucker max he talks about one of his friends banging a Canadian FBB who could bench press more than his friend could.

in the book Liberty by Stephen Coots one of the secondary characters is married to a muscle and strength models and love thinking and showing her off 

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I remember clearly that there was another thread about this, where I pointed out that there was a specific book in the Star Wars expanded universe novel series where Princess Leia was shown to be quite fit, even a little bit muscular, and very strong dragging an unconscious male body behind her and in that sequence, it said that she didn't need to use the force to do it because her training with her master Saba Sebatyne had made her body that strong. There was also a later part in the same book that highlighted a female Captain in the Imperial/Galactic Navy that was also very strong and muscular, which showed through her tight uniform.

The book is Tempest by Troy Denning.

In the book Sphere.  A female researcher is called Mother Nature with muscles.  She really built and enjoy showing off her muscles and strength during the novel. 

I've wasted a lot of my time looking for books with muscular women, with very little success. Closest I ever got were some various books in vampire/werewolf and sci-fi genre.

In some of the Anita Blake novels there are some muscular women (including Anita Herself who is very strong for a woman her size)

From sci-fi I immediately think about Honor Harrington, who belongs to genetically enhanced group of people. She is big and strong but they don't really describe her strength and muscularity all that much unfortunately. She mostly battles using her ship.

Here's one

Memoirs of a Time Traveler Paperback
by Doug Molitor

A wild, amazonian tourist from the future drags a young archaeologist of today on a chase through time, from ancient Atlantis to a nightmare future, from 1776 to Golden Age Hollywood, tracking down the man who's rewriting history. Romantic comedy meets sci-fi with sword-swinging adventure. "You couldn't ask for a finer guide to the future - or the past - than Doug Molitor. Having so thoroughly enjoyed his 'Memoirs of a Time Traveler,' the next book I read is, without a doubt going to be his 'Memoirs of a Time Traveler' again." - Larry Gelbart (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, TV's M*A*S*H, Tootsie.) “For Pete’s sake, do not wait for the inevitable Major Motion Picture! See Doug Molitor’s ‘Memoirs of a Time Traveler’ NOW, as it was meant to be seen: on that giant screen between your ears!” - Randall William Cook Writer, Director, and Oscar™-winning Visual Effects Artist (The Lord of the Rings)

I bought it on Amazon...It's a good book, a very well written story and I think Doug Molitor is one of us