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1. 151 死 After Faking My Death, I Became the Male Protagonist's White Moonlight 死遁后我成了男主白月光 Jiang Qing You江清柚Two Male Leads457k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + mutually devoted + 1v1 + crossing the line with one's superior] [The bottom is an unconventional heartthrob, with a strong found-family vibe] Originally titled After Faking My Death, I Became the Male Lead's White Moonlight Song Lianzhou transmigrated into a power-progression story about a domineering male lead. The original character was the sect's elegant, powerful eldest senior brother. But he lost to an outer-sect disciple, the male lead Ye Xisheng, at the cultivation world's 3.6kReads9.1Score637Shelves
2. 152 大 Great Tang: He Returns with a Thousand Years of Malice to Fight Again at the Eastern Palace 大唐：他携千年戾气再战东宫 I'll Awaken You with the Rest of My Life我用余生唤醒你Historical2.5M WordsCompleted In the eighteenth year of the Zhenguan era, he drinks poisoned wine. When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to the third year of Zhenguan. His father is stroking his head and saying, “Gaoming, you are the crown prince I’m proudest of.” His whole body turns cold as he remembers the misery of being sentenced to death in the future. In this life, he decides to be a crown prince who no longer longs for his father’s love. In his previous life, he was Aye, the Father Emperor. In this life, he 287Reads7.0Score105Shelves
3. 153 什 What Do You Mean, Dragon-Aura Hero? He’s Clearly My Dog 什么龙傲天男主，明明是我的狗啊 Jiang Qing You江清柚Two Male Leads305k WordsCompleted [A spoiled, sharp-tongued, domineering, willful, hot-tempered little cat of a bottom × A quiet, capable fighter, honest, fiercely protective, loyal-dog top] [Two male leads + bottom's POV + happy ending + both virgins + one-sided crush + dog-training romance + a touch of harem vibes] Everyone knows that the Prince of Xiangyang's estate is home to Jiang Shuoxue, a bad-tempered young heir who is not long for this world. Aside from his congenital illness, Jiang Shuoxue, who was doted on and indulge 2.9kReads—Score758Shelves
4. 154 身 As the Most Popular Senior Brother, I Just Want to Clock Out 身为万人迷大师兄的我只想下班 Sleepy Potato Chip Butterfly眠眠薯条蝶Eastern Fantasy265k WordsOngoing Lu Fengmian transmigrates and gets bound to the Max-Level Senior Brother System. He thinks he's about to enter a supreme-protagonist power fantasy, but the System's goal is actually to become the perfect senior brother to the entire sect?! - Everyone in the sect knows that Senior Brother Lu Fengmian is the very model of perfection. His cultivation is unfathomably deep, he treats others with gentle courtesy, and he is fair and selfless. He's the sect leader's favorite, the light of his fellow dis 66.3kReads9.1Score8.4kShelves
5. 155 癫EN What the Heck! Everyone Around Me Is Completely Nuts! 癫！孤身边全是神经病！ Wen Yuan Party文元党Ancient Romance764k WordsCompleted Born a crown prince, Qi Yuanzuo was convinced that he was the only normal person in the imperial family. Little did he know what the Crown Prince looked like to outsiders: At seven, he shot a tiger and won nine hundred kilometers of territory in the Qilian Mountains. At thirteen, he cut through the great clans of Jiangnan and personally orchestrated the Case of the Ninety-Seven Mourning Robes, stepping over piles of corpses to claim the throne. At fifteen, he gambled on the Qilian Mountains once 54.4kReads9.5Score7kShelves
6. 156 贞 Zhenguan: I Put My Teacher in a Sack from the Start, and Li Yuan Praised Me 贞观：开局套老师麻袋李渊夸我善 A Fairy in the Northern Darkness北冥有仙儿Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Everyday life + brotherly harmony + “a loving father and filial sons” + a happy ending for the whole Li family) He transmigrates and becomes Li Shimin’s third son, Li Ke. To avoid repeating the tragic fate of his previous life, he decides to reform Li Chengqian and Li Tai. He also starts a business to lay the groundwork for his future life as a spoiled playboy. But what if Li Shimin gets jealous and tries to muscle in on his business? Li Ke: I have two formidable figures backing me, the Retired 4.9kReads7.3Score269Shelves
7. 157 贤 The Worthy Consort Is Still Taking It Easy Today 贤妃今天也在咸鱼 Misty Clear Melody渺渺清音Ancient Romance625k WordsCompleted In the harem of Emperor Chenyuan of the Great Jin, there is a dignified and gentle empress, a charming and lovely Noble Consort, a peerlessly beautiful Consort Li, and a clever, kindhearted Consort Hui. Talented women abound, and the competition is fierce. Han Shuyi looks left and right, but can't find a niche for herself as Worthy Consort. Oh, well. Competing for favor now and then while choosing to lie flat the rest of the time: that's the real truth of life in the harem. * As emperor, Meng Ti 21.7kReads8.2Score2kShelves
8. 158 野 Wild History Led Me Astray 野史误我 Lazy and Radiant懒灿灿Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [Dark, coercive romance with angst. Not for you if you dislike that.] [The rating just came out!] A cool, ethereal young imperial preceptor VS a possessive, calculating emperor who always stays one step ahead A transmigrated imperial preceptor uses unofficial histories to give the emperor spoilers and help him secure his throne, but ends up spoiling himself right into the emperor’s bed. Shen Tangsong, a top medical student, transmigrates into the body of Shen Tansong, a charlatan imperial precep 5.6kReads9.0Score604Shelves
9. 159 黑 Locked-Room Warning! The Charismatic Villain Is Actually Me 黑屋警告！万人迷反派竟是我自己 Mint-Flavored Ribbit薄荷味的咕呱Two Male Leads276k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + fake death escape + unhinged snake-like master] One day, Xie Huai transmigrated into a book. In tears, he was just about to diligently complete his missions, get close to his target, and steer the runaway plot back on course. Who could have guessed the story had already become a complete mess? Xie Huai spread his hands and put them on his hips. “Heh. I’m done. I’m out of here.” But who could have guessed that his usually aloof master would come after him to kill him? 14.2kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
10. 160 开 From the Start, They Sacrificed Me to Heaven. In the End, I Took Power 开局被祭天，结局我掌权 Big Shuttle大梭子Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted (The first fifteen chapters mostly recount memories from her past life.) Wei Yingshan was born a princess of the imperial family, but an accident left her stranded in the wilderness. She was brought back to the palace when she was thirteen. When she was seventeen, rebel troops laid siege to the city and demanded that a princess of the Wei clan surrender with her hands bound and a jade disc in her mouth. Her birth mother couldn't bear to subject the elder sister and younger brother she'd raised f 76kReads9.3Score11.1kShelves
11. 161 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves

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    I won't say much about the first novel by a new author, but the other books have some novel content and are worth trying.

12. 162 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.2kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves
13. 163 一 Confessions of a Mentally Ill Person 一个精神病人的自述 Multiply by Two乘二Mystery169k WordsCompleted Sometimes I wonder what I am, what the world is, and what my existence means to it. Am I an NPC? Or just a virus that doesn't matter? A virus, yes. I feel like I've caught some kind of virus, or maybe I've always been one. My name is Zhang Shun. I'm an ordinary person, and on an ordinary day, I suddenly saw things no one else could see... 1.5kReads9.3Score376Shelves
14. 164 全 Everyone Begged the Female General to Return, but She Crowned Herself Queen 全员跪求女将回朝，她却自立为王 Clear Water, Clear Tone 1, A Long Lingering Note水清音1清音悠长Ancient Romance316k WordsOngoing In her previous life, Shen Ciyao, the loyal daughter of a family of women generals who defended the empire, was repaid with a cup of poisoned wine from the treacherous emperor. Reborn at fifteen, she smashed a jade pendant in front of everyone at the palace banquet and called off their engagement: “I’m not worthy of the empress’s throne!” Since her devotion had been betrayed, she would cut off his sources of wealth and take his empire. She founded the Phoenix Pavilion, gathering extraordinary wo —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended, female-centric drama.

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