Any Novels With Unusual Character Archetypes? I'm Tired of Mainstream Stories 有没有人设冷门的小说，大众的小说都看吐了

1. 1951 吕 The Legend of Lu Hua and Hua Fei 吕华与华飞传说 Tian Huacai天华彩6k WordsCompleted The Legend of Lü Hua and Hua Fei 3Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1952 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 432.1kReads9.4Score41.5kShelves
3. 1953 谁EN Whose Simp of a Male Supporting Character Gets Held and Kissed by the Male Lead? 谁家舔狗男配被男主抱在怀里亲啊 Dreaming of Night Plays夜戏梦Two Male Leads377k WordsCompleted [Irresistible bottom, bittersweet romance, angst first and sweetness later, livestream variety show, a chaotic love polygon, two male leads, both virgins, happy ending] Wen Yanyu, a universally hated supporting character who hounded the male lead relentlessly and dragged himself into a storm of public outrage, suddenly awakens to his own consciousness. The System binds him and sends him off on missions. After countless cycles of torment leave him exhausted in body and mind, Wen Yanyu returns wit 58.5kReads9.5Score7.6kShelves
4. 1954 他 He Travels Between Worlds 他往返于位面彼岸 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse560k WordsCompleted The world as we know it is but a drop in the ocean. There are multiverses, parallel universes, and “intersections” where different worlds overlap. Within countless multiverses lie levels of technology beyond imagination and utterly incredible life forms. Within countless parallel universes live other versions of “us,” whose fates are completely different. A child on the run has acquired an item that lets him travel between different planes. Of course, this is only his first item. Watch him overc 6kReads9.2Score609Shelves

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   These two are essential for any niche read. The first one features a protagonist with ridiculously high intelligence; geniuses always have an eccentric quality. The second one is set in a parallel universe, features a protagonist who grows through development, and is packed with foreshadowing. If you don't like it, you might want to slap me!

5. 1955 综 Variety Show Livestream: Sibling Rivals Fight to the Death at Xuanwu Gate 综艺直播：对抗路兄妹玄武门互砍 Lang Yun浪云Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Showbiz] [Live Variety Show] [Settling Scores on the Spot] [Female Lead Is a Soldier] Qing Lingyue and Qing Lingyun are twins. Qing Lingyue has had one question since she was little: Why is her older brother so stupid? To protect her weakling big brother, Qing Lingyue joins the army. Qing Lingyun has a secret, too. His little sister is a violent maniac who’s been unbeatable since childhood. To pay the medical bills for everyone she hurts, Qing Lingyun becomes a star. Three years later, he’s an 1.4kReads8.4Score186Shelves
6. 1956 暴 The Short-Tempered Prince’s Tearful Little Darling Is Sweet and Adorable 暴躁王爷的小哭包又奶又甜 Nine-Nine Prosperity九九发财Two Male Leads769k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] Su Fuliu, the most popular courtesan at Wangyou House, bends over backward for five hundred taels of gold, hoping to use his “beauty” to conquer Prince Ting, whose notoriously short temper precedes him. He thinks he can handle it, but Prince Ting's unpredictable moods reduce him to a sniveling wreck. “Waaah, Your Highness is so scary! I want to go home, I want to go back to Wangyou House!” “Fine, fine. This prince will try to keep it under control from now on.” And yet, the snive 844Reads9.3Score129Shelves
7. 1957 栖 Princess Qixia 栖霞公主 Golden Lord金公Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted Princess Qixia 2Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 1958 妹 My Sister Stole My Identity, Not Knowing She Was Marrying the General Who Died in Battle in My Place 妹妹抢我身份，却不知是替我嫁给战死的将军 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted My younger sister stole my identity, never knowing she was taking my place in marrying a general who would die in battle. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
9. 1959 唐 The Legend of Tang Xiaoming and Ye Hua 唐小鸣与叶华传说 Tian Huacai天华彩12k WordsCompleted The Legend of Tang Xiaoming and Ye Hua 2Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1960 怨 Bound by a Madman's Grudge 怨骨疯缠 Peerless Scallion a绝世一根葱aTwo Male Leads470k WordsCompleted Publication rights have been signed. Originally titled Grudgebound Bones [Double madness + a truly ghostly male lead + twisted love + forced confinement romance + lovers bound by pure hatred + happy ending] “We're better off hating each other. Never tell me you love me, or I'll kill you.” The two had been inseparable friends at the orphanage, once linking pinkies and promising never to part for the rest of their lives. Then one year, a wealthy couple came to adopt a child. They took a liking to 169.3kReads9.6Score38.2kShelves
11. 1961 开 From the Start, I Revealed the Achievements of Ancient Emperors and Stunned the Emperors 开局曝光古人皇功业，惊呆皇帝们 Trainee001练习生001Historical4.3M WordsOngoing [Historical retrospectives] + [a commoner's view of history] + [spoilers in the comments] + [emperors goofing around] + [A complete run-through of Chinese history from the Yan and Huang emperors, starting with the Shang] Chen Yong was hired to make a series of historical retrospectives. He planned to start with the Shang dynasty. To set his videos apart from the many others, he decided to follow standard historical methodology. Source priority: archaeological artifacts > official histories > 76kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
12. 1962 张 Zhang Xiaojiu's Adventure Journal 张小酒的冒险笔记 Wuye無夜Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [The animated series is now available] Zhang Xiaojiu has died once. In his original world, the Demon Realm overturned the Human Realm, wiping out humanity across the globe. His soul, carrying regrets, transmigrated into the body of a baby born before the catastrophe. This time, he wanted to hide away and survive in peace, but fate set him on the path to saving the world. A white-clad angel wept for him, a fiery policewoman took a blade for him, and a gentle spirit demon faced death for him witho 6.6kReads9.1Score563Shelves

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    A masterpiece whose name alone would be a mistake!

13. 1963 养 After Taking in a Beautiful Wife, the Celibate Man Fell for Her 养了漂亮老婆后，禁欲的他沦陷啦 Blondie the Lop-Eared Bunny with Tiny Feet黄毛小脚立耳兔Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance, old flames rekindled, flash marriage, love after marriage, sweet and doting, age gap, both are each other's first and only, earthy romance, bottom's perspective] [Pitiful, soft, tearful beauty bottom VS aloof, fatherly big-shot top] On the surface: Uncle Mo fell in love with the little bunny at first sight × In reality: Uncle Mo deliberately seduced the little bunny √ Mo Yu, a thirty-three-year-old confirmed bachelor, decided he wanted to marry Bai Yun the first time he saw h 12kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
14. 1964 青 Childhood Sweethearts Part Ways 青梅竹马两相尽 Golden Lord金公Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted Childhood Sweethearts, Now Worlds Apart 4Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1965 我 After I Was Ordered to Divorce, My Ex-Husband Regretted It 我奉旨和离后，前夫悔不当初 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance36k WordsCompleted After I received the imperial decree to divorce, my ex-husband regretted it too late. 10kReads—Score203Shelves
16. 1966 华 The Legend of Hua Xiang and Ling Zifei 华翔与灵子飞传说 Tian Huacai天华彩15k WordsCompleted The Legend of Huaxiang and Lingzi Fei —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1967 救 Help! What Do I Do After Accidentally Flirting with the Main God?! 救命！不小心撩到主神怎么办？！ Gentle Ripples on Cold Water寒水微澜Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + two male leads + underdog reversal + bottom + one-on-one romance + mutual firsts] The Supreme God got catfished in an online romance! And the other person ran away on the way to meet him! Enraged, the Supreme God issued a top-level wanted notice, determined to bring back the wife who had suddenly disappeared. … Xie Yaochen, who had already hidden in a small world to carry out a mission, blinked innocently. “Dating? Never done that.” “Online romance scam? No idea.” “Top-l 71.5kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
18. 1968 穿 Transmigrating into a Chaotic Age, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation Through Robbery 穿乱世，疯癫公主她靠抢劫建国了 Turning Ink into Ink点墨成墨Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + Struggle for Supremacy + Chaotic Era + Powerful Female Lead + Fleeing Famine + Infrastructure Building + No Romantic Pairing + Portable Space] Original title: Transmigrating Through Chaotic Times, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation by Robbing Others When Jiang Jin awoke, she discovered that she had become a princess of a fallen kingdom and was being sent to Liang City to become a plaything for the barbarian Jiao Liang. She thought about it and decided it would be better for others 149.6kReads9.5Score18.7kShelves
19. 1969 悟 I Awakened the First Sword of the Passionate Dao, So I'll Strike Down My Dao Companion First 悟多情道第一剑，先砍我道侣 Those Days of Picking Corn那些扒苞米的日子Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + no romance + everyone is ridiculously goofy] [What! The original female lead actually got into a fight with the original male lead for me!] [The days the original female lead and I racked our brains to kill the original male lead] [The days my senior brothers, junior brothers, and sisters and I threw our weight around in the cultivation world] [The entire cultivation world loves me] Jiang Wen transmigrated into the book as the contract partner of the arrogant male lead. The He 1.5kReads8.9Score212Shelves
20. 1970 夫 After My Husband Passed the Exams, He Courted a Princess, But I’m the Real Heiress 夫君高中后攀附郡主，可我才是真千金啊 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted After my husband passed the imperial exams, he cozied up to the county princess. But I’m the real daughter! 271Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 1971 华 The Legend of Hua Fei and Hua Xiaoyao 华飞与华逍遥传说 Tian Huacai天华彩12k WordsCompleted The Legend of Hua Fei and Hua Xiaoyao 99Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 1972 西EN Journey to the West: Master Wants to Tell Another Story 西游：师父又要讲故事了 Hermit Xia Mu夏木山人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Type]: Journey to the West / historical Xuanzang / retracing the Journey to the West / Buddhist cultivation / not the Primordial World / only a great calamity setting / no conspiracy-driven plot. Guanyin Bodhisattva had been having a terrible headache lately. A great calamity was about to begin, and the Buddha had ordered him to find a Pilgrim and bring him to the Western Heaven to undertake the Journey to the West. Everything had originally been arranged. But this Pilgrim seemed a little stran 128.2kReads9.3Score13.3kShelves
23. 1973 去 To Hell with the Real and Fake Heiresses, She's Humanity's Top Ace 去你的真假千金，她是人族首席 Revive a Little Angel复活一只小天使Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Spiritual qi revival + modern cultivation + female lead + ensemble cast) (HE, no rumors) Wen Chen was the Su family's real daughter, missing for seventeen years. She skipped school by climbing over the wall and gave up on the college entrance exam. After the Su family brought her back to the capital, they thought she was too uncouth to show off and refused to acknowledge her identity. The Huo family bullied her with their influence. The Lu family, to whom she had been betrothed since childhood, 120.4kReads9.2Score14.4kShelves
24. 1974 我 I'm Trapped in a Death Loop. Who Is the Real Killer? 我陷入了死亡循环，真凶究竟是谁？ Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月13k WordsCompleted I'm Trapped in a Death Loop. Who Is the Real Killer? 166Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 1975 碧 The Jade Wave Immortal Lake 碧波仙湖 Tian Huacai天华彩13k WordsCompleted The Emerald Lake of Immortals 21Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1976 你 Please Don’t Hold Me Anymore 你别抱我了 Chestnut Puree栗子泥Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted Everyone in Nancheng knows that Pei Yanshi is not someone to provoke. The Pei family dominates the business world through sheer force, and everyone wants to make a connection. But Pei Yanshi is moody, obsessive, and vicious. There's not a trace of warmth around him, and not a single heiress dares approach. Yu Youjiang is the sole exception. She acts spoiled and willful around him, calls him by his first name, and makes a scene whenever she pleases. Strangely enough, this powerful man is happy to 19kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves

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    The first book features a spoiled and willful female lead who is betrothed to the male lead since childhood. It's later discovered she's a fake heiress, but the male lead, despite prioritizing profit, still loves her and wants to marry her. The second book features a villainous supporting female lead in a sweet romance novel. The plot progresses to her disfigurement and limp, forcing her to live alone, shunning everyone she knows. The male lead, a reborn supporting character, comes to her rescue. The third book, judging from its title, is clearly unusual. The fourth book features a female lead who can use witchcraft and is socially awkward. The male lead is her sugar daddy but respects her and serves her in every way.

27. 1977 穿 Book Transmigration: The Apocalypse Nobody Gets Tangled Up With the Male Lead! 穿书：末世小透明被男主缠上了！ Even Egg Tarts Need to Study蛋挞也要学习Sci-Fi & Apocalypse562k WordsCompleted [Space-wielding lightning girl with a sweet-cool vibe VS fire-wielding clone user, cocky and sharp-tongued] Apocalypse zombies + supernatural powers + transmigration into a book + two pure leads + team adventure + sweet romance Shi Ran, a girl with a terminal illness, transmigrates into a minor character in an apocalypse novel. So what's the point of transmigrating into a story that has nothing whatsoever to do with her? Shi Ran: Turns out I'm not out of options. I still have one last option: de 38.4kReads9.0Score4.8kShelves
28. 1978 竹 My Childhood Friend and Bestie Turned Down a Top Firm’s Offer for Me, So I Got Them Both Fired 竹马和闺蜜替我拒了巨头offer，我反手让他们被开除 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月10k WordsCompleted My Childhood Friend and Bestie Turned Down a Top Company’s Offer for Me, So I Got Them Fired Instead 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
29. 1979 云 The Tale of Yun Yao 云遥传 Tian Huacai天华彩Male-Channel Fanfiction35k WordsCompleted The Tale of Yun Yao 113Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 1980 大 The Young Lady Charges Into a Talent Show and Somehow Becomes the Only Big Sister 大小姐勇闯选秀节目竟成唯一的姐 Zhujing竹京Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The Nation's Daughter · Contrast · No Male Lead · Friendship and Careers Above All · Passionate Ensemble Cast · Gen Z Takes On the Workplace · Sunny Personality · All-Round ACE] Child star Yun Xiao was nominated for Best Actress at fifteen. Her father is an award-winning actor, her mother a pop diva, and now she's joining a talent competition? Netizens joked: The real heiress has arrived! Before the show premiered: Netizens: She's definitely an imperial favorite, the crown princess! After the s 1.9kReads9.3Score242Shelves
31. 1981 逃 Escape from Rose Island 逃离蔷薇岛 ClaudeModern Romance101k WordsCompleted One day, Qi Qianchun suddenly discovers that he’s living in a sweet romance novel. Unfortunately, he isn’t the male lead, and the person he loves is the wicked supporting woman who’s deeply in love with the male lead. The plot is about to reach the point where she exits the story. At last, Qi Qianchun finds her in a dessert shop in Nancheng. She stands alone at the counter, lost in thought. Unlike her usual flamboyant self, she’s wearing a mask that hides her face and holding a cane… Have you, l 2kReads9.0Score175Shelves
32. 1982 重 Reborn, I Took All of the Zhao Family’s Fortune 重生后，我夺了赵家全部家产 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Took All of the Zhao Family's Property 1kReads—Score—Shelves
33. 1983 云 Yunhua's Time Travel 云华时空穿梭 Tian Huacai天华彩Male-Channel Fanfiction18k WordsCompleted Yunhua's Journey Through Time and Space 59Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 1984 吟 Song of the Marsh 吟泽 Ling Xiu铃岫Ancient Romance718k WordsCompleted (Originally titled The Aloof Divine Fox Might Be a Yandere) [Aloof, lovesick divine fox who separates his god and demon forms x mischievous demon goddess; 1v1, both virgins, happy ending] (Main focus: plot and romance) Three hundred years after the war between gods and demons, the God Realm was sealed away and the Demon Realm fell into decline. Among the disciples who came to study at the foremost mountain of the Immortal Realm was a mischievous young woman whose two spiritual veins had been sea 7.9kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
35. 1985 穿 Book Transmigration: The Mad Demon Venerable Begs Me to Love Him One More Time 穿书：疯批魔尊求我再爱他一次 Summer and Winter and夏与冬与Ancient Romance428k WordsCompleted [Face-slapping the sect + crazy male lead + adorable child + mutually faithful romance + heroine’s personal growth] Jiang Miaomiao transmigrates into a book and, from the start, is forced to risk her life to save her junior sister… They say that dual cultivation with someone who has inherited the Moon Goddess’s bloodline makes you immune to all poisons and lets your cultivation advance by leaps and bounds. To survive, she pretends to admire the great demon and deliberately gets close to him. But 960Reads9.1Score101Shelves

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    The female lead transmigrates into a book, and the male lead is a demon lord; moreover, the male lead can get pregnant and give birth. The female lead is a character who grows and develops, while the male lead is truly beautiful, powerful, and tragically pitiful. I absolutely love the child the male lead has! 😍😍😍😍

36. 1986 漂 Pretty Fools Were Born to Be Spoiled by Their Husbands 漂亮蠢货天生就是要被老公宠坏的 De Wan德万Two Male Leads303k WordsCompleted Original title: Pretty Idiots Are Born to Be Their Husband's... [Reincarnated Shou + Awakening Gong + Romantic, Supernatural Mystery + Ages 27/19 + Heights 193/176 + Both Inexperienced + Semi-Period Setting] Stupid, “vicious,” bitter-melon sweetie shou X frustrated, scheming, dirty-talking, bad-dog, fatherly gong Gong's perspective: Zhou Gangxun has a dream in which his wife is the vicious shou in a novel, while he is the novel's villainous gong. His wife is only with him to latch onto a rich s 71.7kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves
37. 1987 男 My Boyfriend Is Begging for Me Back, but I'm Not the Heroine 男友追妻火葬场，女主不是我 A Little White Poplar一颗小白杨Modern Romance271k WordsCompleted Fang Yao was born into a wealthy family. She was strikingly beautiful, and had all the temperamental traits you’d expect of a rich young lady and a beauty. Thanks to her looks, figure, and privileged background, she had a boyfriend who was always willing to indulge her. Before meeting her, Gu Nanxu was unruly and hard to tame. After they started dating, she bossed him around like a dog. The Gu family held power and influence in Beicheng. As the only son of the Gu family, Gu Nanxu was set to inhe 29Reads5.5Score—Shelves
38. 1988 云 The Strange Events of Yunjing 云京诡异事件 Tian Huacai天华彩7k WordsCompleted Strange Incidents in Yunjing 30Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 1989 流 The Rogue Son-in-Law: The Empress's Courtier 流氓赘婿：女帝裙下臣 Handsome Young Man俊俏少年Historical3.4M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a fictional world, I became a lowly live-in son-in-law. I’d planned to drink tea, fish, flirt with women, listen to opera, and enjoy a laid-back life, but... “Husband, help me!” “Dear son-in-law, help me!” “Young master, help me!” “Beloved minister, help me!” Fine, I guess I won’t be able to relax. It’s up to me to protect this realm. So Zhou Yuan investigates major cases, reforms the bureaucracy, suppresses rebellions, opens sea routes, and expands the frontier... He t 31.5kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves

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    The Path of a Leatherworker

40. 1990 月 The Moon Pierces the Bones 月入骨 Seven Thousand Years柒千岁Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted [Gentle, socially anxious beauty who commands Gu VS domineering, scheming CEO sugar daddy] The Fu family of Nanzhou stood at the pinnacle of high society. A privileged man kept a woman by his side, her classically elegant, gentle features making her a rare beauty. Fu Che didn't know that when this gentle woman asked him to keep her, she wasn't asking for the usual financial support. She wanted to be sustained by his blood. When the time came for them to part ways, Ning Xiyue drew a firm line bet 1.8kReads9.2Score156Shelves
41. 1991 高 High Martial Arts City: I Cultivate by Scamming Rich CEOs 高武都市：我靠薅霸总羊毛修仙 Yao Ling夭翎Urban376k WordsOngoing [No Harem + No System + No Female Lead + No Pairing + Plot-Driven + Comedic Ensemble Cast + Power Fantasy About Transmigrating Into a Book] Xiao Mohan, who transmigrated into the cultivation world as its chosen hero, then transmigrates into a melodramatic CEO novel. He beats up the greasy CEO in broad daylight, with his combat power MAX overpowering the CEO's money power MAX. He forces the CEO to hire him as a bodyguard. He expects to punch his way through corporate warfare and kick his way thro 84Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It looks great, I'll try it.

42. 1992 青 Qingyun and Jiange 青云与剑阁 Tian Huacai天华彩7k WordsCompleted Qingyun and the Sword Pavilion 90Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 1993 快 Happy Exam Week 快乐考试周 Fu Ma覆马Mystery837k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication; personalized bookplate campaign underway in the book's fan community. The published title is Happy Exam Week] - An exam? The kind where your head explodes if you fail~ Boom! - A group of people are forced to take one bizarre weeklong exam after another. They enter the settings depicted in the exam questions and answer them with their bodies, battling with both brains and brawn. They will die if they fail, come in last place, fail to hand in their papers within the 8.8kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    This character is really niche, and the plot is very creative. I can't find a comparable one on Tomato.

44. 1994 妖 The Fox Demon Scholar: Beginning With the Journey to the Capital for the Exam 妖狐书生：从进京赶考开始 Qi Shi Niu气食牛Eastern Fantasy234k WordsOngoing Transmigrated into the body of an orphan raised in a brothel. From the start, he receives the [Fox Enchantress] destiny. By fulfilling the top courtesan’s lingering wish, he defies fate and becomes a Confucian prodigy. Su Bai is forced to travel to the capital to sit the imperial examination. In the end, he can only say helplessly: “I really don’t want to bring ruin to the country and its people!” This book is also known as "I’m a Sturdy Eight-Foot-Tall Man, So What’s with This Fate of a Seducti 567Reads8.1Score104Shelves
45. 1995 蜀 The Legend of Shushan 蜀山传说 Tian Huacai天华彩14k WordsCompleted The Legend of Shu Mountain 54Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 1996 被 After My Spiritual Root Was Stolen, the Villainous Group Took Me In 被挖灵根后，我被反派团捡走了 Flowers on Stage台上花Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate-into-a-book body double + no romance + satisfying growth story + sect regrets too late] After transmigrating into a book, Sang Yao learns she's a disposable stand-in in a story about the unattainable ideal beauty. The ideal beauty is adored by everyone; Sang Yao is hated by everyone. The ideal beauty has countless admirers; Sang Yao has countless people hunting her. The ideal beauty is sweet and gentle; Sang Yao is just herself. To make matters worse, as soon as she transmigrated i 27.2kReads8.7Score4.4kShelves

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    A story of a sect leader facing a gruesome fate and a transmigration into a novel with a body double! The righteous hypocrite discards her like trash, while the villains protect her. It's high-energy throughout, and the heroine's growth is incredibly compelling.

47. 1997 女 Disguised as a Man, She Became One of the Gentle F4 女扮男装，她成了温柔F4 Qianshan Yan千山彦Modern Romance370k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’ll keep rising.) Shen Qingyue transmigrates into a book, landing in an old-school Mary Sue campus romance. Here, you’ll meet F1, an uninhibited young master who’s flamboyant and arrogant. F2, a playboy who flits from flower to flower without ever getting caught up with anyone. F3, a distant, aloof heartthrob as ethereal as an immortal. F4, a gentle young master who’s approachable and refined. There’s also the kind, resilient, sweet-natured heroine, along with the 6.9kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    I don't know if this F4 type counts. The last time I read a book like this was in junior high school.

48. 1998 科 Imperial Exams: I Slack Off from the Start, Only to Be Humiliated by My Reborn Half-Brother? 科举：开局摆烂被重生庶弟打脸？ Golden Broth Beef Rice Noodles金汤肥牛米线丫Historical305k WordsCompleted (Imperial exams + transmigration vs. rebirth + legitimate and illegitimate heirs vying for power + political intrigue + no System + no romance) After transmigrating, Li He has just one plan for his life, summed up in eight characters: Don’t compete, don’t fight, just lie low. But his illegitimate younger brother, Li Heng, gradually eats away at his position. He wins over their father, befriends the powerful, and publicly sets Li He up and humiliates him at a poetry gathering. Everyone thinks the 93Reads—Score127Shelves
49. 1999 魔 The Demon Dragon and Diancang 魔龙与点苍 Tian Huacai天华彩6k WordsCompleted The Demon Dragon and Diancang 5Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 2000 亲 Reborn Mom Forces the Villainous Family to Go Straight 亲妈重生，反派一家被迫从良 Four Four Five Nine肆肆伍玖Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted [Rebirth | Redemption | Happy ending] A car accident sent Yu Sheng straight ten years into the future. From the start, her eldest son nearly sent her to the afterlife by pressing a knife to her throat! At this point in time, her husband, Pei Yexing, ranked first in the country in wealth and net worth. After his wife died, he became a madman whose very name struck fear into people's hearts. Her eldest son, Pei Yu, was a college sophomore starting his own business, ruthless in his methods. Her sec 4.8kReads7.9Score356Shelves

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    🌈🌈🌸After retiring, the genius skiing queen Xue Zhien lives alone, but is entangled with the morbid Qi. He approaches her under the pretext of volunteering, and while she says she is "grateful," she actually has selfish motives and has him completely under her control. Even when he asks "why are we together," she manages to make him break down. The "morbid entanglement" is written as a crazy and sweet mutual manipulation.

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