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. 101 穿 I Became a Foresight-Blessed Girl and Led the Village Against Natural Disasters 穿成预知女，她带领全村抗天灾 May There Be Fish in the Fifth Month五越有鱼Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Ancient-era disasters: transmigration + family doting + foresight + spirit spring + infrastructure building] Xiang Ci was sprinting across campus when she took a hard fall. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the body of Xiao Ci, a thirteen-year-old girl in a mountain village. That night, she began having one nightmare after another. Every dream showed a world of fire and water, killing and looting, rivers of blood, and unimaginable terror. Only after her dreams came true did X 1.6kReads8.2Score128Shelves

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   They didn't flee famine but faced natural disasters; they didn't have a special ability but had a cheat code. The cheat code wasn't particularly powerful, so it was barely plausible, since without it, the male and female protagonists' family would have been wiped out hundreds of times over.

2. 102 逃 Fleeing Famine: My Four Perfect Children, Their Mother’s a Killer 逃荒：满级四宝，娘亲杀疯了 Nan Xing Writes Stories南星写故事Ancient Romance364k WordsOngoing Three years of drought have left the land strewn with corpses. Lin Wanqing, a modern expert in both agricultural science and combat, transmigrates into the body of a widow who starved to death in ancient times, with four burdensome children thrown in for good measure. The eldest is a reborn young marquis, already a schemer at eight, armed with memories of his past life and determined to expose corrupt officials. The second was born with the ability to read minds, so the schemes of their awful r —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The four characters each possess unique abilities but also carry their own traumas—the eldest was killed by his stepmother in his past life, the third starved to death in his arms during the apocalypse, the second can hear everyone's innermost thoughts except his own, and the fourth's good fortune comes at the cost of others' suffering. The story is a mix of sweet and heart-wrenching moments, satisfying and tearful, offering a rich emotional experience. #BookRecommendation #EmotionalExperience #ShortDrama

3. 103 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates, Farms With Pocket Space, Stocks Up on Food, and Flees Famine 全家穿越，带空间种田屯粮又逃荒 Little Red Sack红色的小麻袋Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [The whole family transmigrates + Farming and business + Pocket space + Family favorite + Fleeing famine amid war] Qin Xian Ning and her family of three were heading home for Lunar New Year when they were struck by lightning and sent to an ancient borderland where exiles were banished! And now she had two older brothers who doted on their little sister! Sold by her grandmother right from the start? Luckily, her parents had transmigrated along with her! Cut off from the family and left destitute 2.2kReads8.8Score214Shelves
4. 104 古 Fleeing Famine in Ancient Times Amid Unending Disasters 古代逃荒之天灾不断 Fat Cat, Skinny Cat猫肥肥猫瘦瘦Ancient Romance277k WordsCompleted (Fleeing famine + drought + locust plague + epidemic + extreme cold...) No CP, no male lead. The golden finger is small, almost negligible. Su Xiaoxiao really wanted to curse the heavens. She had finally saved enough to buy a house, only to get into a car accident. When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated to an era where survival was hard, natural disasters never stopped, and wars raged everywhere. Watch as an ordinary farm girl leads her family safely through natural and human-mad 3.1kReads8.5Score255Shelves

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   🍒A true famine relief and farming story, no romance or romantic subplots, no picking up princes, generals, or nobles. From beginning to end, it's all about escaping famine, which is totally my cup of tea!!!

5. 105 乱 Fleeing Through a Chaotic Age 乱世逃难 Ou Jiu偶就Ancient Romance401k WordsCompleted Fu Wen’s soul transmigrated into a chaotic age, and a little pocket dimension came with her. With war raging and refugees scattered in every direction, she and her childhood sweetheart, Li Baisheng, fled together. They dodged pursuers, fought through famine, sheltered the old, the weak, women, and children, and endured a life of endless wandering. When the fighting finally ceased, they settled in Yan territory and opened up wasteland for farming. In a world left in ruins, they carved out a safe 5.5kReads8.6Score378Shelves

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   A loving couple + one skilled in kung fu, the other in medicine + completed.

6. 106 琼 Above the Jade Clouds 琼云上 One Look at a Clear Heart澄心一顾Ancient Romance651k WordsCompleted [Building wealth + historical family drama + equally strong leads who help each other thrive] Yun Ling transmigrates and becomes the eldest granddaughter of the deputy director of the Imperial Medical Office in the Eastern Rui Kingdom. She barely gets to enjoy her carefree life before her entire family is convicted and sent back to their ancestral home. They become destitute villagers with no money, no house, and no land, shunned by everyone around them. What can she do? Work hard and earn money 682Reads8.9Score106Shelves

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   Both of these books don't have any cheat codes, spatial abilities, or systems; the female protagonists rely on their own efforts to overcome their predicaments...

7. 107 晕 Good Grief, the Little One I Picked Up Keeps Trying to Overstep His Place 晕，捡来的小崽子天天想以下犯上 Ying Shuwang应舒望Ancient Romance737k WordsCompleted [General's illegitimate daughter VS legitimate prince] [Both leads are devoted to each other + younger male lead + raising him + healing + redemption + sweet romance] On the very first day after transmigrating, Yun Zhao killed the biological father who had murdered the original owner. The original owner's mother told her that Ma Dagou, that beast, wasn't her real father. She was the descendant of a loyal family, and she should go to the capital to find her true father. Using traditional craft te 897Reads8.8Score132Shelves

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   No special abilities, no system, relying entirely on her own skills—both are female-centric novels. In the first one, her family was so poor they couldn't even afford steamed buns, but she later became wealthy through intangible cultural heritage skills and even had a younger boyfriend. The second one begins with a divorce, her independent business venture, and her ability to single-handedly reverse the situation where her family was universally condemned.

8. 108 和 After Our Divorce, My Former General Husband Begged Me to Give Us Another Chance 和离后，前夫将军求着我破镜重圆 Ying Shuwang应舒望Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No pocket dimension + no System + groveling pursuit + both leads are each other's first and only] When Bai Su woke up, she found herself in the body of a treacherous minister's concubine-born daughter. Her husband despised her, and her mother-in-law was even trying to arrange a concubine for him. Bai Su went to find Zhao Yun. “I want a divorce!” Zhao Yun looked up. “What did you say? Say that again.” Bai Su stared straight at him. “I. Want. A. Divorce!” Her husband sneered. “I haven't even sett 24.7kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
9. 109 国 The Duchess Is Busy Supporting Her Family After Confiscation and Exile 国公夫人她，抄家流放养家忙 Hydrangea绣球儿Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Tang Yue has transmigrated! Feeling the fine clothes on her body, she thinks she’s finally escaped the miserable life of an overworked wage slave and can start living like a rich lady, ordering servants around. But before she can celebrate, she discovers that life as a rich lady isn’t easy. At home, her husband’s family sneers at her and gives her the cold shoulder. Outside the home, her greedy relatives suck her dry. The original owner had been miserable, caught between the two sides. Could thi 3.5kReads8.6Score359Shelves
10. 110 猎 The Hunter's Clever Wife 猎户的巧娘子 Add a Little Sugar to the Rice米饭加点糖Ancient Romance551k WordsCompleted Sometimes, knowing how to do something doesn't mean you have to show it off. Only those who lack confidence pile on external trappings. No matter how much you flaunt, it's just adding legs to a snake! People who come here aren't trying to pass the imperial exams and become scholars. They just want to find a woman who understands them. If all you chase is the romance between a talented scholar and a beautiful woman, you may find that you can't get it even when you're old and past your prime. Just 766Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    A famine relief story without any cheat codes, super good!

11. 111 开 From the Start, a Gang of Beggar Girls: Then They Took Over Half the Street 开局一群女叫花，后来占了半条街 Chubby 84肥嘟嘟84Ancient Romance352k WordsCompleted [Pure historical romance + no transmigration or rebirth + no golden finger + the struggle of a low-born woman in ancient times] Amid natural disasters and war, twelve-year-old Su Yunqiao’s father was conscripted into the army, and her mother died of illness. She set out alone as a refugee. Clever but never reckless, she escaped human traffickers with a cunning plan and disguised herself to keep a low profile and avoid trouble. Along the way, she joined up with two orphan girls, Shen Yuelan and X 2Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    I've read a few books on Tomato, and this one is indeed quite good; I personally think it's worth reading.

12. 112 乱 Fleeing Famine in Chaotic Times, I Have a Space Full of Supplies and Grain 乱世逃荒，我有空间物资粮满仓 The Dog Who Keeps Its Head Down苟着的狗Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Farming + Flight from Famine + Stockpiling in a Personal Space + Adorable Child] The moment Lin Yinan opened her eyes, she had become a fifteen-year-old girl in ancient times. Before she could even react, a foreign army slaughtered the city. Her mother was on the brink of death, and her little brother was about to be thrown into a pot. In a world torn apart by war, where people could barely survive, the journey to flee meant facing refugees and bandits, as well as disasters fro 4.1kReads8.8Score365Shelves

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    Both of these are good, I recommend them.

13. 113 贞 The Reclaimer of the Zhenguan Era 贞观开荒人 A Bountiful Harvest for a Prosperous Year五谷丰登庆丰年Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Su Ying, an overworked wage slave, dies suddenly after working overtime for days on end. She transmigrates to the second year of the Zhenguan era in the Tang Dynasty, becoming Su Ying, the eldest daughter of Su Bucheng, the Chang'an County Magistrate exiled to Lingnan. Lingnan is a wild frontier, surrounded by mountains where fierce beasts roam. Her family has no money at all, only a few meager rations and seeds to keep them alive. How will they survive? They won’t sit around waiting for help. T 1.4kReads8.3Score137Shelves
14. 114 惊 What?! I Became an Old Widow and Must Flee the Famine with My Whole Family 惊！穿成老寡妇，拖家带口去逃荒 Fish Noodles鱼面Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Famine Escape + Inventory Space + Infrastructure Building + Adorable Kids + No Romance] Song Jiao transmigrates and instantly finds herself promoted to grandmother, a widowed old woman fleeing famine with her whole family in tow. But after risking her life to save someone, she earns a merit space: a three-story supermarket stocked with food, drinks, clothes, and all kinds of necessities. She'll never have to go hungry on the road again. The catch is that each section of the space has to be unlo 541Reads8.7Score101Shelves
15. 115 我 I’m Seventy, and I Still Have to Lead the Whole Village to Flee the Famine 我都七十了，还要拉扯全村去逃荒 A Tree Named Funing一颗叫福宁的树Ancient Romance938k WordsOngoing [Natural Disaster] [Flight from Famine] [System] [No Male Lead] [Ensemble Cast] Jiang Yinduo was bitten by a venomous insect. When she opened her eyes, she had become a seventy-year-old woman in the Great Qian Dynasty who shared her name. The good news was that her husband was dead and her mother-in-law was gone. She had leaped straight to the top of the food chain, skipped forty years of hardship, and achieved the dream most cherished by the people of her country: a house full of children and g 3.4kReads8.3Score330Shelves

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    Starting at seventy years old is very difficult.

16. 116 鸡 A Useless Pocket Dimension: Transmigrate Through Famine Without Fleeing 鸡肋空间，穿越灾年不逃荒 A Fine Gentleman Comes from the Fields陌上玉人来Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing Rookie police officer Lu Yuanyuan has transmigrated in the strangest way! What? You want to know how? I don't want to talk about it. Let's just say I got struck by lightning! I really want to curse the heavens! But... Rumble! Crack... All right, all right, I'll shut up! You're the heavens, so you're the boss! So I've transmigrated. I'll just have to make the best of it! But other people who transmigrate get a System or a pocket dimension, or become empresses, princesses, or rich young ladies. Wh 1.4kReads9.0Score164Shelves

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    The female lead is incredibly cool and skilled in martial arts at a young age. She leads her family to her martial arts-savvy maternal grandfather, fleeing famine and gathering a host of disciples and followers along the way. The plot is exciting and tightly woven. Definitely worth reading.

17. 117 我 My Doomsday Home 我的末日家园 Xie Aw'u谢阿无Sci-Fi & Apocalypse221k WordsCompleted Freelancer Lin Shu has a strained relationship with her mother, so she moves out and spends all her savings on a small villa on the outskirts of the city. A devoted fan of apocalypse novels, she decides to build her own apocalypse paradise. Little does she know that just after she finishes, the apocalypse really begins. This story has no System, no pocket dimension, no zombies, no one reborn, no foreknowledge, and probably no romance either. It follows ordinary people struggling to survive in an 993Reads8.9Score103Shelves

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    A real struggle for survival for ordinary people. No spatial abilities, no superpowers, no precognition. Go check it out! It's truly unique.

18. 118 逃 The Refugee Farm Girl Picks Up a Brutal Prince and Bursts into Tears 逃荒农女：捡到残暴王爷她哭了 Little Ice Pear冰梨崽崽Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance, escape-from-famine setting, devoted couple) Jing Li, a doomsday queen, transmigrates into a book set during a famine. On the road fleeing the famine, she works hard to build a better life with her mother and younger brother. At first it’s just her family, then it’s the whole village. Later, their group grows larger and larger, and along the way they even pick up a handsome, delicate scholar. Then they discover that the scholar is only pretending to be weak! Jing Li regrets i 5.1kReads9.0Score659Shelves

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    🌹①This is the most exhilarating famine escape story I've ever read, bar none. This isn't an advertisement; once you start reading, you're hooked. The writing is witty, the characters are vivid, and both the main and supporting characters are lively. The famine escape is incredibly satisfying…

19. 119 落 After Settling In, They Got 26 Mu of Land 落户后，他们有了26亩地 One Thousand Six Hundred千六百Ancient Romance271k WordsCompleted He went from refugee to beggar, with no one but himself. As long as he stayed alive, that was enough. Once he had people to care about, he wanted to live a little longer. He seized his chance and successfully registered as a resident. What more was there to think about? He'd live harder, like a proper person. One night, Li Qingshu, now responsible for supporting his family, broke down sobbing again. He cried because he was a little tree bent double beneath the weight. His Brother Shitou started 1.4kReads8.7Score120Shelves

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    Ordinary people fleeing famine don't have any great skills; they rely entirely on caution and unity.

20. 120 带 I Led the Whole Village to Flee the Famine, with a Shopping Mall at My Fingertips 带着全村去逃荒，手握商城心不慌 Sugar Pudding糖布丁Ancient Romance601k WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good fiction + trading shop + marriage first, love later + sweet romance + adorable kids] Song An'an, a food blogger with tens of millions of followers, opens her eyes and finds herself in ancient times as a young bride in a farming family. In a year of famine, her whole family is starving and lightheaded. The little ones at home are crying to be fed, while her awful elders keep finding ways to make her life miserable. Drought, floods, plague, and war arrive one after another. Li 129Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    This one is on hard mode, starting with drought, floods, plague, refugee riots, and looting. It's a constant escape. It's quite well-written; you might want to check it out.

21. 121 大 Here We Come, Northeast China! 大东北我们来了！ Starlight Isn't Brilliant星光不灿烂Ancient Romance281k WordsCompleted Liu Sheng'an and her family of three inexplicably transmigrated to a dynasty that never existed in history. No pocket dimension, no System. Fine, we'll make a living through our own efforts. A big, warm, close-knit family, farming and doing business, living in peace: that sounds good enough. But the good times don't last. A severe drought arrives, the water runs out, and the fields can no longer be planted. Then floods strike the south. No problem, we'll head to the Northeast. Come on, everyone, 976Reads9.0Score109Shelves

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    The first book tells the story of a family of three who transmigrate to an unfamiliar dynasty. Without any special abilities or systems, they rely on their skills to farm and do business. However, a drought strikes, and floods occur in the south. They then encourage their fellow villagers to join them in fleeing to the northeast. The second book, without any transmigration system or space, follows a beggar leading a group of children as they escape famine and floods. They first try to cultivate land by the sea, but due to an accident, they eventually settle in the north with their younger siblings.

22. 122 逃 Fleeing Famine: She Picks Up a Wolfish Husband and Settles Down to Farm and Raise a Child 逃荒路上：捡个狼夫君种田生崽 Ink-Dyed Green Wound Tears墨染圊殇泪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Raising a child + slow burn + sweet romance + feel-good power fantasy In her previous life, Kan Tingnan was an all-capable queen in another world, yearning for a family but never finding one. When she opened her eyes again, her soul had entered the body of a girl with the same name in a famine-ravaged era. As she faced being eaten alive, she saw her parents and younger brother desperately protecting her. Her frozen heart felt a warmth she hadn't known in years, and she decided to help them survi 2.1kReads9.2Score295Shelves

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    This book fits the bill: the female protagonist transmigrates without any special abilities, relying entirely on her skills to lead her family in clearing land, farming, and building a village. She encounters a male protagonist raised by wolves in the mountains; the female protagonist is strong and unpretentious, the plot is engaging, and it's a recommended read if you're looking for something to read.

23. 123 开 Fleeing Famine from the Start, I Keep a Low Profile and Become a Powerful Figure in Troubled Times 开局逃荒，苟在乱世做权贵 When Young, I Didn't Know Leopards Were So Great年少不知豹豹好Historical504k WordsCompleted Lin Rui, who’d gone back to his hometown to loaf around, transmigrates into a chaotic era: warlords fight for power, foreign tribes invade, the emperor is weak, and the people are displaced. The foreign cavalry is about to reach the capital, and the emperor and officials have already fled. Unfortunately, Lin Rui has transmigrated into a poor commoner, with barely a copper to his name. Fortunately, his mansion has come along too. Its functions are stingy and pretty useless, but at least it keeps 10.3kReads8.6Score780Shelves

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    The first book was very good; it was written so realistically and so heavily about the journey of fleeing famine. The second book was written by a very good author and was very heartwarming.

24. 124 我 My Whole Family Transmigrated into the Great Famine, and We Were Completely Bewildered 我全家穿到大逃荒现场表示很懵 Umbrella Senna伞房决明Ancient Romance291k WordsCompleted "Farming + Infrastructure Building + Fleeing Famine + No Romance + Pocket Dimension, Plot-Focused, Family Bonds" Other people’s transmigration stories either have them born into wealth and luxury or wandering the martial world with a sword, living life on their own terms. How come our old Ye family’s story has turned into a refugee camp full of beggars fleeing disaster?! Twenty-two-year-old eternal maiden Ms. Ye Zi, her face full of despair, pleaded: Before we fall apart, could you at least let 158Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    No romance, just family escaping famine and building infrastructure. No fighting against villains, just focusing on survival in a chaotic world. The protagonist's family works hard to develop and expand their village, without relying on imperial power or clichéd backstory tropes. A good read for those looking for something to read! [Heart emojis]

25. 125 农 A Stepmother’s Struggle in the Countryside: Make a Fortune and Save My Benefactor 农门继女奋斗路，挣钱暴富救恩公 Flying A Ba A Ba飞翔的阿吧阿吧Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted It took Xia Xiang four years to go from Cheng Cheng to Yin Xiaxiang! For those four years, she searched endlessly for a way back. Unfortunately, fate was against her. She exhausted herself and ended up covered in wounds, yet got nowhere. She accepted her fate and thought she would simply settle down and live as a farmer’s daughter. But life is unpredictable. Her stepfather was suddenly involved in an accident, and a severe drought struck, leaving the rice paddies with no hope of a harvest. To ma 19.9kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves

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    You absolutely must read these two! I also love the "hard mode" genre, and I bought them because I like them. The first book, a truly challenging read, is incredibly difficult to finish, full of twists and turns, not a straightforward narrative. The female lead's path is different from other survival stories, making it quite novel. There are almost no truly evil characters; the female lead naturally gets herself involved. The second book, currently being serialized, is very engaging. The female lead is decisive and ruthless, and the "hard mode" murder mystery/battle royale elements are quite rich. You should add it to your bookshelf first. This one is truly amazing! After finishing it and discovering it was still being serialized, I was completely hooked. After all, it's a murder mystery, there's always suspense and mystery—who wouldn't want to know the answer?

26. 126 安 Finding Refuge in the Mountains, Reclaiming Land and Stockpiling Supplies 安居深山避乱世，开荒种田囤物资 Chen Zizi尘子子Ancient Romance589k WordsCompleted [Romance included, but the story takes center stage. The relationship develops slowly and steadily. An ordinary person transmigrates, no golden finger, not a saintly heroine, and a character who grows over time] [Foraging in the mountains + hunting and farming + everyday food] Xia Qingyue transmigrates by accident into a remote mountain wilderness and settles in a sinkhole. She never expected war and natural disasters to follow one after another. To survive, she starts farming and raising livest 5.2kReads8.7Score347Shelves

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    It's so good! There are no special abilities or superpowers; it's just about hunting and farming in the mountains. The female lead is smart, knows her own limitations, isn't arrogant, and is very hardworking.

27. 127 空 Pocket Dimension: The Farmer's Daughter Splits from the Family, but There's Meat to Eat on the Run from Famine 空间：农女分家，逃荒路上有肉吃 Xiao Xiao Qi潇潇柒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A full audiobook version is now available. [Entirely fictional setting + fleeing famine on her own + selfish heroine + no saintly behavior + minds her own business + spatial storage + no romance + everyday life] [Note: At the start, the heroine doesn't know she'll have to flee famine, so her first priority is making money. Please don't use an all-knowing perspective to ask why she's making money instead of stockpiling food. Thanks for understanding! Wishing all you readers great fortune, everlas 11.2kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Decisive and ruthless! Not a saint.

28. 128 全EN The Whole Family Is Insanely Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 全家偷听我心声杀疯了，我负责吃奶 Xia Shengsheng夏声声Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted The Red Fruit short drama adaptation of My Whole Family Hears My Thoughts: Fu Bao Chaochao is now open for reservations! Please show it lots of support and give it a follow! [Whole-family mind reading + cannon fodder + beloved by the whole family + powerful figure transmigrates into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good story] Lu Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book. She became a cannon-fodder character who was drowned at birth, while the heroine stole her identity. The heroine turned 14.9kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves

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    This book is absolutely fantastic! I waited for it to finish updating and read it all in one go. It's so good I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended!

29. 129 猎 A Hunter Protects His Wife: A Refugee Convoy Carves a Bloody Path Through the Warring World 猎户护妻：乱世逃难车队杀出血路 Together Through the Years婉娩相依Ancient Romance690k WordsOngoing [Surviving in a Chaotic Era + Nation-Building and Farming + Ambitious Warlord + Devoted Husband + Contest for Supremacy + Rags-to-Riches Comeback + No System + No Transmigration + No Rebirth + Male POV + Devoted to Each Other + Fictional Setting] A great drought brings chaos, and the land is strewn with the dead from hunger. Qin Hu has only six men and three carts. While others flee famine and await death, he builds high walls, forges fine steel, reclaims wasteland, and trains elite troops. In 7.2kReads8.8Score543Shelves

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    Unfortunately, it's still being serialized.

30. 130 异 A Powerful Outsider on the Road to Escape the Famine 异世大佬，逃荒在路上 Yi Zhi You Lan一致幽兰Ancient Romance612k WordsCompleted Cheng Jin, a cold-blooded assassin who transmigrated from another world, must figure out how to survive with the Cheng family in an ancient rural village. When foreign invaders arrive to kill, burn, rob, and pillage, she leads the whole village on a desperate flight. Along the way, she crosses towering mountains, ventures into dense forests, fights wolf packs, falls in love, and deals with a few despicable characters. This assassin’s quiet little life is the envy of everyone around her... 521Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist leads a village of people on a journey to escape famine.

31. 131 孤 An Orphan Girl’s Life in Exile 孤女的流放日常 Jasmine Astragalus Cream茉莉黄芪霜Ancient Romance359k WordsCompleted A modern-day foodie has her soul transported into the body of an orphan girl exiled to the northern frontier. What? She can't marry someone with registered status? No one in her family can take the imperial exams for three generations? She can't buy farmland or property? She can't even have savings? With all those restrictions stacked against her, watch this orphan find a way through, level up and beat one challenge after another, and carve out a satisfying little life in a place notorious for i 695Reads7.7Score100Shelves

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    A modern-day foodie is transmigrated into the body of an orphaned girl exiled to the northern frontier. She is forbidden from marrying into a family of low social standing, from buying land, and from possessing more than five taels of silver. Furthermore, her family is barred from taking the imperial examinations for three generations. "According to the laws of this dynasty, exiled criminals are considered of low social status and are therefore forbidden from taking the imperial examinations, becoming officials, buying land, or marrying into families of low social standing. Therefore, you, young lady, can only be a concubine, not a wife!" Under these heavily restricted conditions, watch as the orphaned girl breaks free and lives a contented life in this dreaded and harsh land of exile!

32. 132 惊 Thriller: You Were Told to Escape, but You Became an NPC 惊悚：让你去逃生，你成了NPC Butterfly in the Rain雨中的蝶Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted [Horror Game + Choices + Comedy + Irreverent + Building a Personal Power Base] Ten years ago, the horror game descended upon Blue Star. As the protagonist, Lin Qi was inevitably dragged into the horror game too. While everyone else struggled to survive, he made choices. At the Death Restaurant, everyone else was careful not to anger the customers. Lin Qi had already become the restaurant owner. At the Ghostly Cemetery, others searched for clues and for the missing Grave No. 7. Lin Qi simply 13.7kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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    Someone with an IQ below 180 absolutely couldn't write such a good piece of writing; my CPU must have burned out [facepalm]. After reading it, I felt like my brain grew exponentially; it was like watching a suspenseful movie, the plot twists almost gave me a back injury.

33. 133 荒 Abandoned in a Famine, I Turn Around and Build a Hidden Utopia 荒年被弃，反手打造世外桃源 Tu Liao荼廖Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No CP, Natural and Man-Made Disasters, No Golden Finger, Just Started Getting Ratings] Shen Qingsui had barely transmigrated when she became a young widow, abandoned by the entire village in a year of famine. Behind her were a frail mother-in-law and a little child. Ahead lay certain death. She picked up a woodcutter's ax and gave a cold laugh. "Fine, I'll take on these 'burdens'!" Later, the people who had abandoned her regretted it bitterly. Every "burden" she'd saved along the way became a c 4.1kReads8.0Score553Shelves
34. 134 开 War Strikes from the Start, No Golden Finger, So I Have to Fight My Way Through 开局兵祸，没有金手指只能硬杀 Reading Indoors屋里看书Ancient Romance355k WordsOngoing (War + drought + earthquakes + epidemics + extreme cold...) No romance, no System, no pocket dimension, no golden finger, no princes, and no saintly heroine. The most realistic and difficult refugee flight in ancient times! Yang Le, a modern woman and a graduate of the armed police academy, transmigrates to an unknown era in a fictional setting. The story begins amid border wars, forcing her to flee with her family to survive. How will she kill the northern barbarian soldiers and save her family 488Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    All characters are realistically portrayed, depicting the most authentic famine escape. It's a pure, no-cheat-feature story, no systems or spatial abilities; it's about ordinary people escaping famine—there are no absolutely good or bad characters. The writing is excellent.

35. 135 逃 I Have Endless Supplies in My Spatial Storage on the Road to Escape the Famine 逃荒路上我有空间物资用不完 The Moon Is Halfway There月未半半Sci-Fi & Apocalypse313k WordsCompleted Stockpiling supplies + fleeing famine + spatial storage + transmigration The space contains weapons and ammunition From fleeing famine to becoming an emperor, watch a person reborn and transmigrated from the post-apocalyptic world rise to power in another realm, where modern weapons dominate a kingdom. Firearms and artillery clash with cold weapons. He pulls out a knife, and you whip out a gun? He's got more men, so you use a cannon? Everyone here has to march to war, and you've got a Humvee to 627Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Whether it looks good or not, you'll know once you see it.

36. 136 你 You Take the Imperial Exams, I Farm: A Paper-Thin Couple Braving the Famine 你科举我种田，塑料夫妻闯荒年 Bai Jiuhuan白久欢Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + food + pocket dimension + stockpiling grain + fleeing famine + business + sweet romance + everyday life] After Jiang Qingyue’s soul is mistakenly taken, she receives the ultimate transmigration starter pack. She thought she’d get to live a cheat-powered life, railing against heaven, earth, and everything in between. Instead, she transmigrates into the body of a fat, lazy, greedy, slippery woman and marries a man who hates her to the bone. Song Yan died unjustly in his previous life an 48.9kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves

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    Exile through the Belt and Road.

37. 137 流 Pregnant in Exile, Then Divided from Her Family? The Father Is Unknown, but the Mother Grows Stronger 流放怀孕被分家？父不详，母越强 Ink-Stained Thousand Books墨染千书Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted Adapted into short dramas and animated dramas of the same name. Live-action short drama: Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields: I Raise the Kids and Feed the Whole Family Meat Every Meal Animated dramas: Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields; Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields: Hot Springs Emerge in the Frozen North [Starting from Nothing] [No System or Pocket Dimension] [Streetwise Commerce] [Everyday Family Life] [Raising Kids] Cool, beautiful woman vs. strong but goofy young man (not actually stupid) I wake u 16.9kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
38. 138 逃 Alone on the Road to Escape Famine 逃荒路上无亲人 Wo Gong窝工Ancient Romance510k WordsCompleted Black frost crushed the wheat fields and froze the Su family's bonds of kinship. Su Yan guarded the coarse porcelain bowl her mother had left behind and the young sparrow, fighting desperately to protect the last of the seed grain through the famine. But she could not hold back the greed of her Third Aunt Zhao Guifen's family. They came to seize their food, stole the seed grain she had hidden, took over the heated kang, and snatched away the lifesaving herbs. In the face of hunger, blood ties b 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🔥🔥🔥When kinship crumbles in the face of hunger, Su Yan, clutching a rough porcelain bowl, forms a new family with the orphans she has adopted. The most striking aspect of this work is its portrayal of human nature—those moments when people turn against each other over half a piece of malt candy are more suffocating than natural disasters.

39. 139 海 Survival at Sea: Farm Dungeons and Save the World 海上求生：猛刷副本，拯救世界 Zilan Is Still Writing子兰还在码字Female-Channel Fanfiction159k WordsOngoing [Survival + Light Infinite-Flow Elements + Dungeons + System + Magic] Also known as: “Surviving at Sea: How Is an Ordinary Person Supposed to Save the World?” When Jiang Yuexin woke up, she discovered that everyone on Earth had been pulled into a brutal survival game. She drew the sea-survival scenario and carefully tried to stay alive, only to discover that this world had more than strange skills. It even had magic, flowing patterns, and professions with their own systems. Dungeons of all kinds —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really good. It depicts the behavior of various people in a post-apocalyptic world, and the survival strategies are very realistic. It feels like ordinary people could survive in this world. There are also many interesting settings, such as magic. The female lead doesn't have any special abilities. Some parts are quite funny. It's a very promising slow-burn novel. Everyone should add it to their bookshelves and stock up on it.

40. 140 穿 Transmigrate and Flee the Famine, Bringing the Whole Family's Country-Style Feast into the Mountains 穿越逃荒，全家带着农村大席进山 Tomatoes Love Green爱吃绿的西红柿Ancient Romance384k WordsCompleted "Fleeing Famine, Farming, Transmigration, Spatial Realm" "This Is No Peach Blossom Utopia, and This Is No Story of One Family Thriving Alone" Shen Yuying and her family transmigrated into a novel as a cannon-fodder foil family, abandoned by others while fleeing famine and forced to take refuge in the mountains. Thankfully, their belongings came with them, but those supplies wouldn't last long. If they wanted to survive, they'd have to work hard! 511Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Refugees and farmers

41. 141 深 Reclaiming the Wilderness: Chun Zhi the Widow's Farming Life 深山开荒，寡妇春枝种田记 Chen Jia Weishuang沉葭微霜Ancient Romance374k WordsCompleted [Mountain farming, no romance, family life, business and fortune-building, raising children, a slow and steady pace] Gu Chunzhi falls out with her in-laws, putting an end to years of swallowing her grievances. Holding eight-year-old Xiao An by the hand and leading three-year-old Niuniu with the other, the woman her in-laws considered a burden turns and walks into the barren mountains behind the village. She has no golden finger, no influential benefactors, only a hoe, a woodcutter's axe, a few s 750Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    Starting from scratch as a refugee, slowly building a base—not exaggerated, well-written.

42. 142 穿 Transmigrate into a Book and Get Exiled: Go Ahead, Tell Me You’re Not Impressed 穿书流放，姐就问你们服不服 Mama Little Flower Loves Meat爱吃肉的小花妈妈Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted (Transmigrate into a book, exile, dimensional space, fleeing famine) Qiao Zhao transmigrates into a book as a minor cannon-fodder character whose ending is to die with an arrow through her heart. There’s no way she’s going to let that happen! With a beauty’s face and a curvy figure, she holds a scalpel in her hand and asks the hero and heroine: are you scared yet? 2kReads9.0Score117Shelves
43. 143 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: A Country Girl's Struggle to Support Her Family 逃荒种田，农家女娃养家忙 Blue Fox蓝狐狸Ancient Romance257k WordsCompleted Fleeing famine in the early stages, farming and gathering herbs later on. Mingyue dies in a car accident and transmigrates just as a drought strikes. Her gentle mother says, “Xiaoyue, eat this poached egg.” Her father looks at her expectantly too. “Come on, eat up. You'll need the strength for the journey.” Her doting older brother brings it to her lips. Touched by the love of her parents and brother, she feels her heart stir. A young man gazes at her with deep affection in his handsome eyes. “Y 1.2kReads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The arduous journey of fleeing famine was initially fraught with hardship; people initially subsisted on grass roots and tree bark, but later, step by step, they gradually began to eat steamed buns, dumplings, and millet porridge.

44. 144 末 Doomsday Survival: The Zombie Tide Surges 末日生存： 尸潮涌动 Fatty Yuan缘胖子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Survival + zombies + no System + no saintly protagonist + no harem + no female lead] In 2044, a global catastrophe struck. With zombies running rampant, Han Shuo had no choice but to take up his Tang sword and join the fight! In this apocalypse, watch Han Shuo struggle to survive, one step at a time. Note: This is not a purely bleak story. The protagonist is cold-hearted, but he does not kill indiscriminately! It tells the story of an ordinary man who relies on his wits, awareness, and resource 22.3kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    [Exploration] The journey of a group of beggars fleeing famine is fraught with difficulties, full of antique charm, and deeply analyzes human nature. [Reflection] In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, the struggles of fleeing famine, food, shelter, and travel... Are all things I've read and completed.

45. 145 带 I Brought a Modern Pharmacy to a Year of Famine 带着现代药店穿到荒年 Orca虎鲸Ancient Romance540k WordsCompleted [Both leads are virgins, one-on-one romance + medical skills + redeeming the hero + says one thing but means another] Dong Chiyu owns a modern pharmacy that treats every kind of ailment: sprains and bruises, insomnia and troubled dreams, cuts and sword wounds, problems with the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. If you dare to get sick, I'll dare to treat you! Gu Yuan, looking utterly despondent, comes to her. “Treat me.” Chiyu puts on a mysterious air. “Your illness won't be easy to trea 1.3kReads9.0Score206Shelves

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    I can't believe no one has read the first book! 📖 The female protagonist was a doctor before she transmigrated, and right from the start, she's nearly killed by thugs. She meets a melancholic male protagonist and, with her silver tongue, manages to get him to save her. She has a stepmother and a large family, but no truly unpleasant relatives. War and famine in this era are enough to kill most people; watch how the female protagonist survives. This book will make you laugh and cry. I've already recommended it; please follow my page for more book recommendations! 🤡

46. 146 穿 Transmigrated as a Burden, I Can Both Run a Business and Farm 穿成拖油瓶，经商种田两不误 Blue Fox蓝狐狸Ancient Romance505k WordsCompleted She transmigrates into the body of a pitiful girl who was strangled to death by her own father. Fortunately, her mother risks her life to protect her. Her maternal relatives take them in, but the sight of their home with nothing in it is heartbreaking. Jing Shu grits her teeth and gets to work: she builds a house, starts a business, and rolls up her sleeves to lead the whole family. Just as they’ve managed to save a little money, a handsome young man abducts her to the mountains. Jing Shu’s eyes 795Reads8.2Score—Shelves
47. 147 开 From the Start, Fleeing Famine, I Picked Up a Villain and Put Him to Work Farming the Wilderness 开局逃荒，捡个反派赶山种田开荒 Wanwan Won't Be Too Late晚晚不会太晚Ancient Romance262k WordsCompleted No System + no pocket dimension + ensemble cast + lighthearted comedy + romance + slow burn + flight from famine + gathering wild mountain produce for free + farming + villains + redemption From the start, Sang Yan nearly kicks the bucket, so all she can do is cling to life. She gathers wild mountain produce and sells it. Then she repays the kindness of those who saved her. Along the way, she takes on a clueless little brother and a poor soul who barely says a word. Who knew bullies would keep c 9Reads5.8Score—Shelves
48. 148 开 From the Start, I Go Hungry for Three Days Straight, Then Make a Fortune Everyone Envies 开局三天饿九顿，发家致富招人馋 Blue Fox蓝狐狸Ancient Romance583k WordsCompleted Liu Siyu wakes up to discover that she has transmigrated. Above her is a sharp-tongued stepmother, below her a brother as thin as a skeleton, and around them are three shabby thatched huts. With barely enough food to last from one meal to the next, she raises an eyebrow, rolls up her sleeves, and gets to work. What? That wicked old wolf of a step-grandmother wants to sell her to an old man as a good-luck bride? How can she put up with that? She grabs a kitchen knife and starts swinging... The vi 935Reads8.7Score—Shelves
49. 149 流 Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家 Xia Zhizi夏栀子Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan is incredibly unlucky to get into a car accident, but she's also lucky: she and her mother, Yin Huaixi, transmigrate to the same dynasty and are still mother and daughter. As soon as they arrive, they learn that her mother's family has been exiled for life to an island, where they're forbidden to leave. What?! The place of exile is just like Hainan Island?! Jiang Wan's mouth waters so much that she starts to cry. She picks up her old beachcombing skills and brings all kinds of seafood 9.5kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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    This book has no cheat codes or spatial abilities. The mother and daughter are exiled to Hainan after time-traveling at the beginning, and they make a fortune by selling oyster oil.

50. 150 深 Fleeing Into the Deep Mountains, the Whole Family Clears Land and Gets Rich Through Farming! 深山逃难，全家开荒种田致富忙！ The Du Tree on the Hill, Its Leaves Lush and Green其杕之杜其叶菁菁Ancient Romance394k WordsCompleted [Farming + Super-Powered Heroine + Metaphysics + Feel-Good Story] Su Nianwei transmigrates into a time of war and chaos, and thinks things have gone poorly from the start. Worse still, she has a frail, pregnant mother above her and four younger siblings below her, all growing like weeds. Their family has been cruelly abandoned by their relatives. Are they really supposed to stay behind and wait to die? Su Nianwei chuckles. As if she would let herself die! As the eldest daughter and the family's 957Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists both transmigrate into the other world. The female protagonist has explosive combat power, no spatial ability or system, and strong moral principles. It's a great read and highly recommended!

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