I Just Love Hard-Mode Famine Escapes! Recommendations, Please, No Pocket Dimension 我就喜欢困难模式的逃荒啊！求推荐，不要空间

1. 1 胎 Born into Ancient Times During a Famine, I’m Playing It Safe! 胎穿古代逃荒，很苟！ Su Guo Who Loves Ham Porridge爱吃火腿粥的苏果Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it seems completed novels no longer gain points! [Born into a new life + fleeing famine + wartime chaos + low-profile pocket dimension + farming + small-scale ventures + no handouts + not a power fantasy heroine] No royalty! No high-ranking officials! The heroine isn’t omnipotent. She’s just an ordinary person who transmigrates, with limited life experience, and grows little by little. This is about the hard struggle for survival faced by the poorest farmers. It’s an en 12.3kReads8.8Score808Shelves

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   These books are amazing, especially the first two. In the first one, the female protagonist is separated from her family during a flood. The eight-year-old protagonist, along with her two-year-old sister and two-month-old brother, drifted in the floodwaters for seven days in a bathtub. "Fourth Uncle? Is that Fourth Uncle?" A familiar, childish voice reached Lin Siyong's ears, and he was immediately startled. He turned around abruptly and saw a little girl wearing faded, tattered clothes, her hair disheveled. She carried a small baby on her back, and another little girl, dressed in similarly tattered clothes, stood beside her.

2. 2 逃 Fleeing Famine With a Pocket Dimension: Our Souls Transmigrate to Ancient Times to Build a Business 逃荒有空间，全家魂穿古代搞事业 Wine Cloud酒朵云Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted A quick word of caution from the author: The space golden finger will eventually let the whole family enter, The male and female leads have a ten-year age gap, and this is a long, slow-burn story. Recipe: an ensemble cast and infrastructure-building story, with 60% farming, construction, sweat, and tears; 30% sweet family and romance; and 10% suspenseful political intrigue and corruption. Please leave more comments asking for updates and share your good reviews. Love you all, mwah~ In the third 8kReads8.4Score979Shelves
3. 3 乱 Fleeing Famine in Troubled Times Is No Problem: My Space Can Feed the Whole Family 乱世逃荒不怕，我有空间能养全家 Duo Xinxin多鑫鑫Ancient Romance337k WordsCompleted [A thrilling refugee-escape story, with a heroine who grows stronger, high combat power, a powerful golden finger, a personal space, supernatural abilities, plot-focused, a late-arriving male lead, little romance, an expansive world, imaginative elements, and fantasy. Please skip if this isn’t your thing.] Lin Qiao, a powerhouse with three types of supernatural abilities in the apocalypse, is ambushed by a ninth-rank king cobra and transmigrates in an instant... When she opens her eyes, she’s be 9kReads9.1Score867Shelves
4. 4 农 The Farmhouse Has Treasures: She Leads Her Clan to Flee the Famine 农家有宝，她带领全族逃荒 Hua Jiu画玖Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Farming + Fleeing Famine + 1v1] She was once the beloved Princess of the Dowager Empress, but a treacherous plot framed her and forced her to leap from a cliff known as the Brink of Life and Death. After falling, she never imagined she would become a farm girl and one of the refugees fleeing famine. With drought leaving little water or food, and her clan full of the old, weak, sick, and disabled, she is badly injured but resolutely takes responsibility for their survival. R 2kReads9.0Score243Shelves

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   This book about fleeing famine is great, and it's also very funny. Many times I couldn't stop laughing while reading it, and other people looked at me like I was crazy [facepalm]. The story of fleeing famine is also full of ups and downs. I wish I could finish it in one go.

5. 5 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: Taking Mom and Dad on the Run 全家穿越，带着爸妈去逃荒 Moon Above the Sparse Curtain月上疏帘Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This is a slow-burn, light power fantasy that falls somewhere between male-oriented and female-oriented fiction. No horrible relatives, no mistresses or innocent white lotuses, and no palace or household intrigue. The male lead is a discharged soldier and low-ranking local official. He transmigrates with his wife and son, his in-laws, and his sister-in-law’s family. As soon as they arrive, they have to flee famine. The male lead builds a group from his clan along the way, turning the tables on b 9.9kReads9.1Score788Shelves

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   I've been wanting to recommend this amazing novel for a while now, it's so popular that everyone on Tomato Books knows it! I even got hooked on it because of the title! I was just worried you'd be up all night reading it like me! The whole family travels through time together, and the whole village flees famine together.

6. 6 大 The Strong Widow and Her Children of Every Shape and Size Flee the Famine 大力寡妇与高矮胖瘦的儿女在逃荒 Ximen Qizi西门七仔Ancient Romance4.7M WordsOngoing [No romance + widow + butcher + the whole village flees famine + farming + space + building wealth] Some people are killed by cars, others by people jumping from buildings, but Cheng Guqing is crushed to death by grain in a granary! Then she transmigrates. She wakes up as a 45-year-old widow, 180 centimeters tall and weighing 200 jin, whose husband has just died and who’s astonishingly strong. She goes straight from being an unmarried older woman to a grandmother, gaining a pile of children, in- 13.7kReads8.8Score810Shelves
7. 7 败 Spoiler System: Complete the Task and Get a Furnace Physique as a Bonus? 败家系统：完成后附赠炉鼎体质？ If It Were a Love Song若情歌Fantastical Romance188k WordsOngoing [Adored by Everyone, Sweet and Soft Girl | Male Rivals Competing | 1vN] Yang Wan transmigrates into a book and becomes bound to a Spendthrift System. With no choice in the matter, she squanders her fortune just to stay alive and protect the people she loves. But she is born with a bewitching beauty that leaves everyone around her spellbound. The refined, noble chancellor longs to share her bed, the wandering physician gives her all his tenderness, the obsessive assassin drags her into his arms, 9.9kReads—Score897Shelves

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   In their struggle to win back their daughter-in-law, the third wife sent the second wife to prison and forced the first wife to leave. The fourth wife, unaware that she had fallen for her daughter-in-law, continued to gossip about the family. By the time the fifth wife met her daughter-in-law, she had already given birth. [Heart emoji]

8. 8 古 A Family's Daily Life in Exile in Ancient Times 古代全家流放日常 The Cute Young Master of Liangzhou凉州州的萌少Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Complete. Read with confidence. [No transmigration + No rebirth + No golden finger + Childhood Sweethearts + Skilled Young Doctor vs. Pure-Hearted, Love-Struck Young Shopkeeper] As a distant branch of a distant branch of the Qin family in the capital, and a concubine-born daughter of a concubine-born daughter, Qin Yue thought she could at least rely on the Qin family's influence to get through life. But instead of benefiting from their protection, her family was dragged down with them and demote 3.2kReads8.3Score422Shelves

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   I just finished reading this book; the author's writing is excellent. It's the first time I've read such a heartwarming story. It's a truly heartwarming story with no extreme characters and no contrived plots. The story begins with a difficult exile, and the family of three is enslaved by their parents, friends, and a merchant. The mother cooks for the prefect, the father works in the shop, and the five-year-old girl learns medicine from the prefect. The story follows the family's efforts to improve their lives and escape slavery through their wisdom. Throughout the book, the couples are harmonious, and the siblings and brothers from the opposite sex are closer than family.

9. 9 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Exiled with My Metal Powers 穿书后，我带着金属异能去流放 Daydreaming Little Tangyuan发呆的小汤圆Ancient Romance361k WordsCompleted [Complete] Transmigrating into a book × Exile × Food × Farming × Strong heroine × Golden finger × Light ensemble cast I’m doomed! Everyone else transmigrates with a spatial ability, but how did I end up transmigrating with a metal ability??? Bai Zhi transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder wife of the male lead’s older brother in a male-oriented novel. In the original story, the cannon-fodder wife runs off with all the money belonging to the male lead and his brother during their ex 2.3kReads8.4Score191Shelves

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   It's incredibly good, with a fresh and high-quality premise. The prince was already badly demoted, right? No, it gets even worse—just days after his demotion, he was exiled?! And in the dead of winter?! Okay, that's a sad story. "But there's something even sadder. You, yes, you. You are the newlywed wife of that incredibly miserable prince."

10. 10 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book: Escape from Famine 穿书之逃荒记 Xiao Baorong小宝绒Ancient Romance488k WordsCompleted Note: No romantic pairing The setup: Chu Yanting, a notoriously bad writer whose novel was left unfinished, transmigrates into her own story as the unfortunate heroine who dies in childbirth. According to the plot, she has 30 days left to live. With disasters striking one after another and war breaking out, she has to care for a family of elderly people, children, and women. Yet the transmigration god only gives her a miniature pocket dimension measuring 0.1 square meters… Request: Please give t 3.6kReads9.2Score319Shelves

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    These are two good famine relief novels I've read. The first one has a few plot devices (like a cheat code) and not much of a famine relief story. The second one is exceptionally good; the writing is excellent and the plot is rich. It was almost finished, but unfortunately, the author stopped updating. Those who don't care about the ending can check it out.

11. 11 我 Alone on the Run from Famine in Ancient Times 我在古代独自逃荒 Pepper Salt Qingli椒盐清璃Ancient Romance383k WordsOngoing (No romance) After surviving for three years in the apocalypse, Xiang Rong transmigrates into a disaster-ridden ancient era and has no choice but to flee from famine. She endures drought, extreme heat, and plague. At long last, she finds a place to settle down and enjoys a brief stretch of peace, only for floods, snowstorms, and warfare to follow one after another. She has no choice but to flee once more. 4.6kReads9.1Score360Shelves
12. 12 农 The Farm Girl Has a Space, and She Thrives on the Road to Escape 农女有空间，逃荒路上一路浪 The Heat of Sweet and Sour Fish Cake甜不辣的辣Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted New book: The Apocalypse Brings Natural Disasters, and the Strong Girl Braves the Wilderness Alone. Xia Ning was sold off by her cruel grandparents. Unable to bear it any longer, she tried to kill herself by hitting her head against a wall, and Xia Ning from another world transmigrated into her body. After learning that she had transmigrated into a book, Xia Ning was despairing when she realized what lay ahead. Cold waves, droughts, epidemics, floods, earthquakes... On 2.3kReads8.4Score237Shelves

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    A must-read for anyone experiencing a reading slump! Highly recommended! A story about escaping famine and natural disasters while farming, and the female lead isn't a saint!

13. 13 大 After Three Years of Drought, I Arrive Just in Time to Flee Famine 大旱三年，穿过来就逃荒 Luonan Qing洛南轻Ancient Romance525k WordsCompleted The animated comic is out, and there's also a full-cast audio version. There's bound to be one you like~ [Fleeing famine + various natural disasters + transmigration + space + no CP] Ye Qing accidentally transmigrates into ancient times as Ye Qing, a peasant girl. The original host was tormented to death by her vicious stepmother while the entire village watched coldly. Just then, after three years of severe drought, the entire village of Liuye Zhuang flees from famine, leaving the original host 10.8kReads7.9Score746Shelves

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    Everyone should check this out!!! The author's descriptions are absolutely amazing!

14. 14 断 1,219 Days Without Food 断粮1219天 Always Flying Solo总是单飞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing #Hardcore Apocalypse #Protecting His Daughter #Wasteland Ensemble #Disaster Mystery On his way home from work, Shi Lei, an office director at a private tutoring school, received a broadcast warning that an unidentified celestial body was about to strike Earth’s crust. Disaster was imminent. The impact tore the world apart, and geomagnetic storms soon swept across the globe. Power grids burned out, communications failed completely, and deadly diseases spread unchecked through the ruins. Survivors 1.4kReads—Score153Shelves

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    This book is all about realism!!! It's super good. I rarely tip authors, but I tipped this one 10 yuan! It's not much, but it's enough for my breakfast, which shows how well the author writes. It's a story that blends oppression with hope, which is great. The author's writing style is unique.

15. 15 考 After Passing the Provincial Examination, I Took My Entire Clan to Flee the Famine! 考上举人后，我携全族去逃荒！ Once Again, My Ginseng再次我的人参Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Male lead transmigrates + farming + natural and man-made disasters + stockpiling supplies + fleeing famine While out sketching in the wilderness, college student Lin Cheng unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar in ancient times. With an entire family counting on him, he grits his teeth and studies hard, finally passing the provincial examination and becoming a minor official. At last, it looks like he can lie flat and enjoy life! But then disaster after disaster strikes, refu 8.8kReads7.8Score684Shelves

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    Try these two books, they're both quite interesting.

16. 16 穿 Transmigrate into the Beast World: The Great Migration 穿越兽世之大迁徙 Nanmen Maojiu'er南门猫氿儿Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Beast World migration + Farming + System busywork + Development + A little romance Yun Shu gets into a car accident and transmigrates into the body of a girl in the Beast World who has the same name. What is this, the ancient Beast World?! Is it going to be full of cavemen? Transmigrating to an ancient dynasty would've been fine too~ That would still be better than becoming an ape-like ancestor in the history of evolution!!! Well, I'm here now, so I've got to find a way to survive~ She has barel 1.1kReads7.5Score100Shelves
17. 17 穿 Transmigrated to a Chaotic Era: Fleeing Famine, Farming, and Becoming a Grain Tycoon 穿越乱世之逃荒种田大粮商 Cheng Siyuan橙思源Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Alternate world, no pocket dimension or System, fleeing famine, farming, no romance for now.] “Have you heard? That fool from the Zhou family is cured!” “Really? She's been a fool for eight years, and now she's better? Looks like that old monk was right when he said she was blessed. Maybe that was true after all!” Zhou Guo was born into a farming family in another world and spent eight muddled years there. As soon as she comes to her senses, half the sky falls in on her family. The family's onl 12.2kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves

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    I highly recommend this. It's about an 8-year-old forced to flee famine; the characters' emotions are very delicate, and it's a very realistic story about fleeing famine.

18. 18 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: The Eldest Daughter of the Farmhouse Keeps the Family Fed 逃荒种田，农门长姐养家忙 Clouds Above the Clouds云上之云Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This story has no space, is not a feel-good power fantasy, and its famine-flight scenes are adapted from historical accounts of ordinary people fleeing famine in different periods. The heroine is only eight years old, so escaping with her whole family in tow is very hard, incredibly hard. If you’re looking for a feel-good power fantasy, please move on. Don’t read to the end, decide the main characters have suffered too much, feel bad, and then leave a negative review. Writing is hard, so please 33.9kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves

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    I highly recommend the first and third ones. They don't have any cheat codes or special effects; they are the best of the best in the genre of famine relief novels!

19. 19 抄 Before the Confiscation, the Physician Consort Emptied the Enemy's Storehouse and Fled the Famine 抄家前，医妃搬空敌人库房去逃荒 Wait for a Rabbit by Guarding a Pig守猪待兔Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted [Portable Space + Miracle Doctor + Strong Heroine + Power Fantasy + Building Wealth + Exile and Famine] (Short drama: The Medical Consort Cleans Out the Storehouse and Flees the Famine) From the start, she transmigrated into a novel as the wicked female supporting character. After just one day as a princess consort, she was facing confiscation of her home and exile? Jiang Wan sneered and swiftly cleaned out her enemies’ storehouses. Her scumbag father wanted to disown her and cut ties? The princ 18.2kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    Chapter 1 Confiscating Property and Exile? "What do we do? The Prince's mansion is about to be confiscated, and we might be exiled too." "The Prince has been summoned to the palace and hasn't returned yet. What can we servants do?" "But exile means death! Our Prince won a battle, and yet he ends up having his property confiscated..." Jiang Wan opened her eyes in confusion and saw two little girls in green clothes rushing out of the room. Outside, it was noisy and chaotic, like someone was smashing things. This scene... Felt strangely like a scene from an ancient drama. But she, with her supernatural abilities, had already died while on a mission. Could this be the underworld? Jiang Wan's head was buzzing. Memories that weren't hers flooded her mind, stinging her brain, but she came to two conclusions. First, she had transmigrated, transmigrated into the body of a villainous female supporting character in a book who married through underhanded means. Secondly, she was about to face a terrible fate. On the second day of her marriage, she would be exiled along with her husband's family. The original owner of this body had used every means to end up like this; she was probably driven to her death by anger. Without time to process all the information, Jiang Wan abruptly stood up. Being exiled was quite a...

20. 20 天 Fleeing Disaster: Our Whole Family Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Survive 天灾逃荒：全家穿到古代求生存 One Meal a Week一周一饭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romantic pairing + farming + infrastructure development + exile + famine migration, a pure plot-driven novel] Ji Xingran never imagined that simply climbing a mountain would result in their family of three transmigrating. They even transmigrated into a group of exiles headed toward a bitterly cold land. Fortunately, all three family members' backpacks became spatial storage, and Ji Xingran also gained special survival skill points that allowed them to predict the weather, gather wild fruit, 13.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    ⭐1. Constantly fleeing famine, war, and natural disasters, the female lead has no cheat codes; it's a true female lead story.⭐2. Exile + Famine: A family of three transmigrates into an exile group. The family works together to lead their people and struggle to survive on the road to escape famine!

21. 21 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
22. 22 穿 Transmigrate to Ancient Times: Fleeing Famine and Farming 穿越古代逃荒种田 Peanut Stalk花生秧Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The novel is complete] [Transmigration + no inventory space + no special powers + slow burn] Luo Xiaoran, who died in the apocalypse, transmigrates to ancient times and opens her eyes in the middle of a great refugee exodus. Surrounded by countless displaced people who look like zombies, she manages to escape with the companions she meets along the way. She plans to settle in a small mountain village, farm, cook delicious food, and lie flat. But somehow, trouble keeps finding her... Luo Xiaoran 107Reads7.3Score—Shelves
23. 23 乞 A Beggar Fleeing Famine: Just Stay Alive 乞丐逃荒，不死就行 Fish Who Talks Too Much鱼多嘴Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A little beggar on the streets of Sanxi Town, known by the nickname Bamboo Viper. For the first ten years or so, he barely managed to scrape by. When floods struck the Two Huai regions, he somehow survived and, for reasons he couldn't explain, fled the disaster with a string of little ones in tow. He took in children, learned to fish, and cleared land to farm. A beggar makes mistakes, is fiercely protective of his own, and tries his best to become a good older brother. The siblings go from havin 5.4kReads9.3Score651Shelves

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    If you dislike famine escape novels with overpowered plot devices, this is for you! The siblings are not related by blood and rely on each other for warmth during their escape from famine. There are no plot devices, the logic is sound throughout, and this is the only famine escape novel I could read from beginning to end.

24. 24 丫 Little Tao the Maid's Escape from Famine in a Chaotic Era 丫鬟小桃乱世逃荒记 Running in October十月在奔跑Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted When Xiaotao was six, her parents sold her to a broker for one mu of land. In the filthy broker’s den, she seized every chance to learn skills that would help her survive, while never losing her kind heart. When disaster struck, she fled thousands of miles from home and turned her life around through sheer perseverance. From a refugee girl to a successful scholar’s wife, she changed the fate of women at the bottom of society with her own hands! (Not a transmigration story, not a rebirth story, 17kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
25. 25 天 The Apocalyptic Disaster: A Farm Girl Fends for Herself on the Run 天灾末世：农家孤女独自逃荒 Three-String Qianji三弦牵机Ancient Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Space + Natural disasters + Apocalypse + Turbulent times + Fleeing famine + No romance + Strongwoman + Lone wolf] Su Xia spent years struggling to survive in the apocalypse before a meteorite struck her. In an instant, she transmigrated to a turbulent era plagued by natural disasters. There had been no rain for a long time, and every household in the village was struggling to make ends meet. Her father worked himself to death, her mother remarried, and her granny made her work without letting h 13.7kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
26. 26 开 Exiled from the Start, I Become the Beloved Darling of Evil Valley 开局流放，我在恶人谷当团宠 Yin Man茵漫Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine, pairing with Bai Yu] She was a test subject at a secret underground research facility in the twenty-first century, designation Zero. She could retrieve objects from thin air and had no empathy. One day, she was reborn and transmigrated to an ancient farming household. A natural disaster struck right after she was born, and her whole family was exiled when she was barely a month old. Everyone around her said she was a harbinger of disaster. Grandma Su let out a cold laugh, hoist 18.8kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves

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    Collection of Famine Escape Novels: High Scores and Reviews... 1. Excellent writing style, humorous and witty, attractive female lead, intelligent, logical, and with broad knowledge. My favorite aspect of this book is the lack of toxic characters; everyone is quite united during the famine escape. 2. A female-centric novel with vivid character portrayals and a heartwarming storyline. The female lead is an experimental subject from a secret underground research institute in the 21st century, designated 0, capable of conjuring objects out of thin air and lacking empathy. Reborn into an ancient farming family, she faces a natural disaster at birth and is exiled by her entire family just a month after birth. The entire story is coherent and engaging, humorous and witty. Recommended. 3. Time travel + famine escape + stockpiling + farming + opening a martial arts school + working as a (escort agency) + supporting a family. Gu Jin, a successor of Bajiquan (Eight Extremities Fist), travels with her family during a famine escape after time travel. The female lead is brave and resourceful, protecting her family in a chaotic world. A very realistic depiction of a post-apocalyptic escape, with the family supporting each other and never abandoning one another. The logic is rigorous, the thinking meticulous, and it's a masterpiece. 4. The story begins with a famine escape, with the entire village united and traveling together. It's a satisfying read, featuring a strong and cool female lead with a straightforward personality, efficient actions, and a knack for action. She knows how to use hidden weapons (pebbles), possesses medical skills, and isn't mindless. The plot is fast-paced and doesn't drag. There's also a male lead. 5. The entire story avoids endless battles, making it a light and enjoyable read. The depiction of family and romantic relationships is realistic and immersive, with the first part being particularly engaging. 6. A satisfying famine escape story with a strong female lead who grows through her growth. She has high combat skills, a powerful cheat ability (space ability, superpowers), and is plot-driven. The male lead appears later, and there's less romance. The world-building is vast, with some fantastical elements. If you're sensitive to these, please skip this. The interactions between the female lead, her brother, and the villagers during their escape are vividly portrayed. 7. No space, no system, no romantic pairing. The female lead transmigrates into the body of a villainous aunt who abuses the protagonist in a male-oriented novel. She decisively sets the male lead free. This story depicts the everyday lives of a group of farmers struggling for survival at the bottom of society. The story of a group of refugees who, instead of fleeing the famine with the rest of the village due to war, took their sons, daughters-in-law, and a neighboring family to the mountains to cultivate the land and escape the wasteland.

27. 27 穿 I Transmigrated to a World with Few Women, and My Husband Dotes on Me and Knows How to Flirt 穿越男多女少，我那夫君又宠又撩 Immortal Under the Moon无仙月下Ancient Romance544k WordsCompleted Modern girl Ji Yao nods off and transmigrates to ancient times, landing in a living hell from the start. It is the night that marauding refugees burn, kill, and loot their way through her village. Fortunately, she and Li Jian survive, along with two neighbor boys, Li Wen and Li Wu. The four rely on one another and flee to a remote mountain valley to live in seclusion. Li Jian is both cultured and skilled in martial arts, and there is more to him than meets the eye. Step by step, he plans a futur 5.8kReads8.6Score387Shelves

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    After the village was massacred, the three older brothers took the female protagonist to hide in a deep mountain valley to live a secluded life. They hunted, gathered herbs, cleared land, and farmed, and their lives got better and better. There was no cheat code or spatial ability involved.

28. 28 下 The Sewers: A Scrap-Picking Life for Plastic Siblings 下水道：塑料兄妹的捡破烂人生 Little Mistress Is Blessed小主超有福Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Not a wish-fulfillment story: ordinary people struggling to survive in extreme conditions, young ones helping one another, and tiny glimmers of hope amid hardship A slow-burn survival story about the everyday struggle to stay alive in the sewers On the surface, the gambling city glitters in gold all night long. Neon weaves an endless night where revelry never stops. Fine dining is whisked away as soon as it reaches the silver platter. A tomahawk steak with barely a few cuts taken from it is toss 19.5kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves

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    This isn't a famine relief story; the protagonist in the first book was still struggling to escape poverty in chapter 600. The second book is also quite good, with a bit of a heartthrob vibe.

29. 29 将 The General's Abandoned Daughter Flees the Famine with Her Adorable Child 将门弃女：拖着萌宝去逃荒 Jin Huohuo锦火火Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted New title: “Plane-Space Adventures: I Crossed Over with a Light Sniper Rifle.” It’s another strong female lead farming story: gentle and heartwarming at first, then wildly satisfying later on. Meng Qingluo, a special forces ace, is blasted into the sky by a villain’s bomb while rescuing hostages. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself in ancient times, in the body o 14.9kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
30. 30 修 A Cultivation Golden Finger? Use It and You Die [Transmigration] 修仙金手指？敢用你就死【穿越】 The Motherland's Rare Flora祖国的奇花异草Two Male Leads553k WordsOngoing Dark, morally twisted chaos + cultivation and growth starting in infancy + clever protagonist + unconventional, realistic survival.▌A small ensemble cast, family, friendship, and romance, raising a child, the protagonist's mother is alive, and the protagonist becomes irresistible to everyone later on. A parasitic Dao seed takes human form inside the protagonist. It looks just like him, but is inhumanly wicked, with tentacles. ⑴ The world is a farm, and you're the pig sprinkling seasoning on yo 14.5kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
31. 31 说 We Agreed to Flee the Famine Together, So Why Do You Want to Marry Me? 说好的搭伙逃荒，你居然想娶我？ Eight-O'Clock Commuter早八人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Song Qing had done reasonably well in school and had a happy family. All she wanted was to find a stable job after graduation, coast through life, and wait for death. Who could have guessed she would inexplicably transmigrate onto a refugee trail and begin a life that was the complete opposite? She couldn’t even start a fire, and now she had to face starving refugees who would eat people and a drought so severe that there weren’t even any wild vegetables to be found. What could she do with a dis 17.8kReads8.0Score2.5kShelves

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    It's been a really tough journey, one problem after another. Even though the protagonist makes mistakes, I think that makes it more realistic. I wonder when it will all end and I'll finally have a stable life.

32. 32 逃 Abandoned During the Flight from Famine, I Chose to Lie Flat 逃荒被丢下，我选择躺平 Lu Miti陆米蒂Ancient Romance863k WordsOngoing [Farming / Heartwarming / Family Life / Building Wealth / Slow-Paced / Everyday Life / Pocket Dimension / Not a Power Fantasy / Farming / Traditional Gender Roles] After transmigrating from a car accident into a fictional dynasty, she wakes up to discover that she may be fleeing a famine. She pretends to be asleep and listens in, learning that her family is on the run. Because the original owner had been seriously ill for a long time without getting better, her grandparents and uncle had taken a 44Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    These are two of the better ones I've watched recently. I'm currently watching the first one. I finished the second one in one go. The second one doesn't have any special settings or anything else, so it's a bit slow-paced. At the beginning, only the mother and aunt are with the female lead. Later, she meets her father and two younger brothers. Well, maybe she's just lucky. She also has a precognitive dream, but it doesn't happen very often. The female lead and her friends have only been reborn for about ten days; they only know that a mob will come, and they don't know what happens after that. Besides being reborn, the female lead also awakened her past life memories, which are her modern memories. I'm just not sure if this counts as a difficult mode of escape from famine.

33. 33 抄 Before the Confiscation, I Awakened Superpowers, Emptied the Enemy’s Stores, and Set Out to Build a New Home 抄家前，觉醒异能搬空敌人去基建 Vegetarian, Munching on Radishes吃素啃萝卜Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted Before the family is raided and exiled, Ji Ningran awakens memories of her past life and gains access to her spatial realm. And she isn’t the only one: her parents and older brother also remember their past lives and skills. In his previous life, her father was a metal-element esper in the apocalypse. Her mother was a cultivator with a lightning spirit root. Only her older brother was the weakest. He was just an ordinary man who had been reborn. Her brother tells her that in their previous life, 663Reads8.4Score166Shelves
34. 34 灵 Spirit Spring Space: Reincarnated as the Disabled Chief Secretary's Vicious Wife 灵泉空间，穿成残疾首辅恶毒原配 The Beloved Fish团宠鱼Ancient Romance665k WordsCompleted (Publication deal signed) [Flight from famine + pocket dimension + medicine + farming + imperial exams + one-on-one, both leads devoted only to each other] Song Jin transmigrated into a book, becoming the selfish, unbelievably stupid and malicious female supporting character. From the start, she was plunged into a mini ice age and forced to flee with her whole family. In the book, the original Song Jin not only abandoned her disabled husband and ran off on her own when disaster struck, she also 14.6kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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    This is a sweet and romantic 1v1 story where both characters are virgins. It features the thrill of fleeing famine, the heartwarming daily life of farming, and the inspiring story of a character's rise to power through the imperial examinations. If you enjoy elements like time travel, spatial abilities, adorable children, and transmigrating into a book, this book will take you on a journey from despair to the pinnacle of success! Don't be fooled by the title—it's a great read!

35. 35 穿 I Transmigrated and Picked Up a Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Husband 穿越捡来的相公五岁半 The Wind Goes Whoosh大风呼呼的Ancient Romance206k WordsCompleted Everyone in the capital knows that the influential Grand Secretary married the older sister who raised him from childhood to repay her kindness, becoming a thoroughly henpecked husband. They say Qin Zhao’s wife is jealous, never lets him take a concubine, and won’t let him go out drinking with courtesans. They say Qin Zhao has a miserable life at home, worse than death. Cao Xi spat out a melon seed shell. They don’t know what they’re talking about. That clingy little pest is practically attached 9.2kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a child and finds the male protagonist. The two rely on each other for survival during a famine, and their feelings for each other develop naturally. They build their lives from scratch, making for a very vivid and heartwarming story.

36. 36 穿 Transmigrated to a Famine Year, the Fake Heiress Fights Her Way Back 穿荒年，假千金她杀回来了 Dream Eater喰梦者Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Historical transmigration | Strong heroine, political intrigue | Fleeing famine and farming “Good news: I transmigrated into the body of a rich young lady. Bad news: I opened my eyes just as bandits were planning to make me their emergency rations!” The moment Song Yu opened her eyes, she found herself in the body of the Shen family's fake heiress in the Great Ye, whose secret identity had been exposed. The original owner had behaved atrociously, so her parents sent her back to the countryside t 13.8kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves

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    It looks pretty good so far, but there are still relatively few available.

37. 37 重 Reborn in 1942: While Others Flee on Tree Bark, I Eat Stewed Meat 重生42逃荒别人吃树皮我吃炖肉 Getting Up in the Morning to Eat Spinach早上起来吃菠菜Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine] [Reborn] [Pocket dimension] [Decisive and ruthless] [Killing Japanese invaders] [Killing people and looting their bodies] [Multiple heroines, no single female lead] Ma Tian was a hitman who had only recently entered the profession when his fixer set him up. He was sent to assassinate a Southeast Asian general, only to discover it was a trap. At the last moment, he detonated the explosives in his hands, taking his enemies down with him. He transmigrated into the body of Su Chen, 29.3kReads7.1Score1.4kShelves

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    The beginning is tragic, a story of fleeing famine, with a male protagonist who kills Japanese soldiers and traitors. He's decisive and ruthless, neither doting on his sister nor any other woman; he's all about women, but no female lead. He doesn't falter at the sight of women, doesn't become irrational, and doesn't shy away from them. He's a breath of fresh air. The male protagonist has a ruthless and ambitious nature; he kills anyone who gets in his way. If his sister becomes an obstacle, he'll even kill her to prove his worth. If you like stories about fleeing famine and a female-killing heroine, this is a good book, highly recommended!

38. 38 天 Natural Disasters and the Apocalypse: An Adopted Bride's Daily Life in Ancient Times 天灾末世：童养媳的古代生存日常 Zheng Huaixi郑怀夕Ancient Romance3.2M WordsOngoing Adapted as a comic and an audio drama with a live cast [Ancient-era disasters + fleeing famine + spatial storage + no helping the poor + a touch of ensemble cast + farming] A few things to know before reading: 1. An ordinary person transmigrates and faces hard-mode survival while fleeing from a series of disasters. Her golden finger isn’t much, just spatial storage. 2. The journey is full of danger and excitement, and the story is long, nearly 500 chapters. (If you love famine-escape stories, co 22kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves

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    This is a truly difficult escape from famine. The female lead has a special ability, but it's still tough. The male lead is a bit mentally challenged, though his fighting skills are decent. Unlike some books that are too overpowered, this one is about a couple struggling to escape famine together.

39. 39 穿 Transmigrating to Ancient Times Amid Natural Disasters 穿到古代遇天灾 Teletubby Without an Antenna没有天线的天线宝宝Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance, Modern Woman in Ancient Times] [Stockpiling × Fleeing Disaster × Making Money] What do you do when you transmigrate to ancient times and disaster strikes? The paper windows tear with a poke, the doors fall over when pushed, the thatched roof blows away in the wind. What do you do with no food or cloth? She has a pocket dimension, so she decides to take it easy and live one day at a time. She finds herself a bodyguard who turns into a wolf at midnight, the kind that really ho 1.9kReads8.9Score125Shelves

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    I highly recommend the first three books. I've been a bookworm for ten years. All three have smooth writing and tight plots. The first two have a cheat code, but the third doesn't.

40. 40 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: Enjoying Gossip and Shows Through the Famine 穿越六零，吃瓜看戏度荒年 Tomatoes Love Green爱吃绿的西红柿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period drama + fleeing famine + pocket dimension) Gu Xiaolan wakes up to find that her whole family has transmigrated to the 1960s. Oh, dear! They could hardly be more distraught. In this unusual era, even with a pocket dimension, you have to keep your head down; if you want meat, you have to sneak it; if you have skills, you have to hide them. Whatever you do, don't get carried away. Stay calm! Watch the drama unfold, enjoy some face-slapping and scumbag-bashing... No, wait, that's not it. The 2.9kReads8.6Score213Shelves

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    The story begins with the family preparing to flee famine. They share a common space, which might be somewhat useful at the start, but its primary purpose is for conversation and emotional connection. Overall, the book has a somewhat ensemble cast feel.

41. 41 带 I Transmigrated to an Era of Famine and War with a Few Acres of Land 带着几亩地，穿越到饥荒战乱年代 A Simple Life平淡生活Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Alternate history + spatial powers + fleeing famine and war + fighting for the throne + decisive and ruthless + a little palace intrigue) Ye Yutong has transmigrated! She's landed in a novel once written by her college roommate, set in an unknown dynasty during a time of famine and war. In the original story, the heroine is her cousin, while Ye Yutong is the wicked supporting character who competes with her for the male lead. Not only does she get thoroughly humiliated, her family is dragged do 21.6kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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    Fleeing from famine, war, strong male and female leads, and the struggle for power. The female protagonist, Ye Yutong, transmigrates into a novel written by her college roommate, during a time of famine and war. In this world, she becomes the vicious supporting character who competes with the reborn female lead for a man. Faced with three years of famine and ten years of war, Ye Yutong decides to use her special ability to survive with her family in the deep mountains. However, she unexpectedly discovers that her supposedly auspicious husband is actually the former crown prince who was dethroned. After learning the truth, Ye Yutong decides to help him reclaim his throne. [^0^]

42. 42 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: My Golden Finger Is a Trash Can 逃荒种田：我的金手指是个垃圾桶 Zhu You1竹由1Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + fleeing famine + building something from nothing + a touch of ensemble cast) (The early story is about fleeing famine, the later story about farming. A slice-of-life tale of family and village affairs, with a romantic pairing that shows up further in.) On an utterly ordinary day, Fang Li went out to throw away the trash, only to be struck dead by some thoughtless idiot dropping something from a height. When she woke up, she had become a six-year-old girl with the same name as h 31.4kReads8.3Score4.8kShelves
43. 43 林 Lin Daya’s Road to Escape the Famine 林大丫的逃荒路 Three-Horned Dinosaur Who Loves Grass爱吃草的三角龙Ancient Romance381k WordsCompleted [Fleeing Famine + Drought + Earthquake + Plague + Military Conscription] No Romance The female lead’s golden finger is a portable space with a capacity of just one cubic meter. She’ll have to rely on her companions and family throughout the entire journey to escape famine. Lin Nianchun was a graduate student in the twenty-first century. While visiting the director at the orphanage where she’d grown up, she was involved in a car accident. She thought that was the end of her life, and that she’d d 5.2kReads8.3Score454Shelves

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    These survival novels are all set to extremely difficult conditions! Hell mode! [Smirk] I love reading stories where the protagonist doesn't have a huge cheat code and relies on their own abilities to obtain supplies! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

44. 44 穿 Transmigrated into a Famine-Escape Novel: I Snatched the Heroine’s Space from the Start 穿进逃荒文：开局截胡女主空间 Egrets in the Deep Woods林深见鹭Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Flight from Famine + Spatial Storage + Farming + No Romance] Lin Ruolan never expected that complaining too much while reading novels on Yangshijie would get her tossed into a famine-escape story as an old widow. Lin Ruolan was delighted. An old widow? Perfect. No giving birth or waiting on a husband, no cleaning up after children or raising them. She was straight to the top of the food chain. What a life! As for the heroine, her daughter-in-law, who never got along with her, L 9kReads7.0Score833Shelves
45. 45 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 108.1kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves

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    I've been following these four books recently, and I genuinely think they're very well written! There are no special abilities, no cheat codes, no magical springs… It's all about overcoming difficulties and strategizing, relying either on your own strength or your expertise and talent. It's simple, realistic, and unexaggerated.

46. 46 别 Come On, Surely the Whole Family Didn't Transmigrate 别闹，不会真有全家穿越这种事吧 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The Xia family had been looking forward to their self-driving trip along the eastern coast for ages. They never expected a typhoon to sweep all four of them back a thousand years. When they opened their eyes, the people were still the same four, but... the era was completely different! Come on! How can a whole family transmigrate together? Even worse, as soon as they arrived, they found themselves facing poor harvests and one disaster after another. Fleeing? No way. They were just following the 16.6kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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    Here are a few audiobooks I've read; they're great for listening to when you're bored. These are mostly older titles, as there aren't many good ones available now.

47. 47 惹 Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo 262.1kReads9.7Score30.8kShelves
48. 48 全 Our Whole Family Transmigrates Before the Exile, So We Empty the Heroine’s Storehouse 全家穿越到流放前，搬空女主库房 Zhi Ang Zhang芝昂张Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Exile, Disasters, and Fleeing for Survival] [Pocket Dimension] [Mismatched System] [Comedy] [Everyone's Favorite] [Sweet Romance] [Face-Slapping the Scum] The family of three, Liu Qingyu, transmigrated into a book, becoming a minor cannon-fodder family in a story about exile. As soon as they arrived, they got a one-stop experience package: their home confiscated, thrown into prison, then exiled. And on the way, they would have to endure natural disasters like droughts 6.8kReads9.0Score901Shelves
49. 49 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 85.9kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves

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    This is a slow-paced, farming-themed novel where the protagonist's "golden finger" is the knowledge in her brain. The story begins with her fleeing war to the mountains, where she suffers from hunger, cold, and lack of shelter. The female protagonist, driven by a strong sense of justice, works diligently to benefit the community while simultaneously raising money. This includes teaching villagers modern agricultural techniques to increase yields, producing traditional Chinese medicine powders and tablets for easier access, building factories to lead villagers to prosperity, and establishing schools to educate them. The rural governance is reminiscent of collectivism in rural areas during the 1970s and 80s. Later, given the opportunity to go to the city, she chooses to remain in the village as its head. The premise is that the female protagonist transmigrates into a male-oriented novel as the deceased aunt of the male protagonist, leaving only herself and her second son. The male protagonist doesn't appear much in the novel, only at the beginning and end. Both male and female characters have their good and bad sides, making it an ensemble piece. It's not cliché. My favorite character is the wild boar the female protagonist saves; its full name is Peppa Pig, and its nickname is Pork Belly [laughing]. Their interactions are so sweet [crying].

50. 50 乱 In a Chaotic Age of Famine: Your Shameless Navigation System Is at Your Service 乱世荒年：缺德导航为您服务 Joy In This World人间有欢喜Ancient Romance317k WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine] + [a shameless navigation System] + [lighthearted, no angst] + [heartwarming] Warning: The heroine is no saint. Readers with strict moral standards, stay away. Yang Wan followed her shameless navigation app the wrong way, took a wrong turn while climbing a mountain, and fell to her death. She was reborn as a little village girl who had thrown herself into a well. The girl had been deceived by a scholar, who took her heart and money before running off. In a fit of anger, she jump 25.3kReads8.8Score3.6kShelves

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    I quite like this one, the navigation is so cheesy haha ​​😃 The characters are so three-dimensional.

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