Transmigrating and Surviving by Writing Novels 穿越，靠写小说生存

1. 1 被 After Being Kicked Out of the Residence, I Changed the Dynasty by Writing Novels 被赶出府后，我靠写小说改变朝代 Zhong Zhui Xue钟坠雪Ancient Romance642k WordsCompleted Ye Yuwu transmigrates into an alternate dynasty and gains a golden finger that lets her “search” for things. Unfortunately, just after arriving, her identity as a fake heiress is exposed, and she’s thrown out of the family estate. Luckily, her birth parents, who have since passed away, left her a bookstore and some money. But the bookstore is in such poor shape that nobody buys books, and it’s on the verge of bankruptcy. With no other choice, she returns to her old trade and starts writing s 6.5kReads8.6Score772Shelves

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   [Heart][Heart][Heart] ① The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a fake heiress who has been expelled from a noble family. She possesses a cheat-like ability to search and a bookstore left by her biological parents. So she returns to her old profession, writing storybooks. With the help of her cheat-like ability and her experience with modern melodramatic novels, her novel becomes a sensation throughout the capital. 🔥🔥🔥 [Heart][Heart][Heart] ③ The female protagonist transmigrates to draw comics 🖼️🖼️🖼️

2. 2 我 Writing Storybooks in Ancient Times 我在古代写话本 Purple Wisteria紫萝藤Ancient Romance979k WordsCompleted The year’s most melodramatic screenwriter transmigrates into a scene where her sister catches her cheating, and with a father who doesn’t care and a mother who doesn’t love her, she has no choice but to stand on her own. She thought her own writing was melodramatic, but the ancient storytellers’ scripts are even more boring. From then on, she wields every melodramatic trope in the book, throwing her weight around at the theater and winning the hearts of young women everywhere! But... why is the 894Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 3 全 My Family Wants Me to Be a Playboy, but I Make My Name with Comics 全家要我做纨绔，我靠漫画名天下 Taro and Erjingtiao Chili芋素二荆条Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted [System + everyday family life + beloved by the whole family + no romance] [The plot develops slowly, very slowly! This is not a fast-paced wish-fulfillment story. If you like overpowered protagonists and nonstop comic updates, think twice before reading. No rivalry between women.] In her previous life, Sheng Linyue spent eighteen years bedridden with illness. Her only hobby was reading comics. On a whim, she started publishing her own series, but died before she could finish it, leaving her rea 70Reads6.6Score—Shelves
4. 4 穿 After Entering Sherlock Holmes, I Became a Literary Master 穿进福尔摩斯后，我成了文学巨匠 I Eat Ugly Tangerines Without Spitting Out the Peel吃丑橘不吐丑橘皮Urban589k WordsOngoing [No shipping or romance] [No System] [The protagonist's identity is never exposed in the main story] [Career] [Book Transmigration] [Literary plagiarism] [Classics] [Original Sherlock Holmes] [Victorian era] [Slow burn] [Slice of life] [Sickly protagonist] [Not a power fantasy] London, 1880. A public carriage stops in front of 221B Baker Street, and a pale, frail young man steps down. No one knows that one day he will become an uncrowned Poet Laureate, a science fiction giant, a master of fai 12.9kReads8.7Score968Shelves

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   After reading dozens of novels and going through multiple rounds of selection, I finally chose a few that suited my taste.

5. 5 十 The Nineteenth-Century Adventurer: A Crossover of Classic Novels 【综名著】十九世纪冒险家 Lin Hualan林华兰Female-Channel Fanfiction622k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Main story complete, bonus chapters updating] [Pride and Prejudice + The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes + Titanic. The setting blends the Victorian era of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with the other stories. Pairing: Sherlock Holmes] Li Li transmigrated to the year 1855 after an accident. She became Edith Bennet, the Bennet family's newly born sixth daughter from Pride and Prejudice. She's three years younger than Lydia, yet never appeared in the original novel. Li Li didn't dwell 26.1kReads8.8Score3kShelves
6. 6 我 My Readers Span Three Thousand Worlds 我的读者遍布三千世界 Turtles Go with Mung Beans王八配绿豆Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [System] [Wish fulfillment] [Face-slapping] [Secret identity] [Everyday life] [No romance] Li Wenshu, a top author in the online fiction world, died suddenly after writing all night. The System sold everything it had to send her back to when she was sixteen. It was an era when neither entertainment nor the internet was very developed. Faced with the three thousand worlds of books in the System’s storage space, Li Wenshu rubbed her chin and sighed, “Dying suddenly was worth it!” A suspe 15.5kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
7. 7 喜 Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: She Only Wants to Write in Peace 喜羊羊与灰太狼：她只想好好写文 Jiang Chuju江初酒Anime Fanfiction1.7M WordsOngoing [Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf fanfic | humanized characters | romance | feel-good and satisfying | everyone dotes on the heroine | story within a story] [Original female lead | irresistible charm | unlock the dangerously seductive, dark-hearted Xi at your own risk] If a college student wakes up to find herself facing a boiling pot big enough to cook her in, how should she save herself? Yang Lu stared at the person beside her cheerfully chopping vegetables... a wolf, and fell into deep thought. 9.2kReads8.9Score621Shelves
8. 8 我 My Readers Are All Over the World 我的读者遍布全球 Turtles Go with Mung Beans王八配绿豆Modern Romance739k WordsOngoing [No CP + Secret Identities + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [How the Protagonist Became the Creator of a Global, Phenomenon-Level IP] Xia Ren is a world-famous novelist whose work has taken the globe by storm. After pushing her body to its limits, she dies suddenly at home, just as expected. Then the System drags her back to the age of eighteen. Xia Ren looks at the still-barren entertainment market before her, then at the entertainment pavilion in the System’s space, which contains works from all thr 58.8kReads9.1Score8.6kShelves
9. 9 被 After Being Cast Aside: Cui's Daily Life 被休后，崔娘子的起居日常 Dingdong Jiuj iu叮咚酒酒Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted [Born into an Ancient Era + Alternate History + Strong Female Lead + Historical Romance + Lighthearted Daily Life + Male Lead] Cui Xiao, a modern-day corporate drone, died after pulling an all-nighter at work. When she woke up, she discovered she’d been born into the Cui family of the Da Li Dynasty. She was ready to lie flat and enjoy a life of having everything handed to her, but things turned out to be more complicated than she’d imagined. First, she was unlucky enough to get stuck with an irr 5.6kReads8.9Score578Shelves

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   The female protagonist is reborn into the body of a ghost, is divorced by her husband's family, and is turned away by her own family. She makes a living by writing novels, such as "The Chronicle of Justice" and "The Washing Away of Wrongs," through which people in ancient times learned crime-solving skills.

10. 10 伪 A Fake-Author Transmigrates to Ancient Times, and the Entire Court Becomes Material 伪人作者穿古代，满朝文武皆素材 Spring Gradually春日渐Ancient Romance257k WordsOngoing [A "not-quite-human" female writer x a playboy who loves reading storybooks] Gu Wanqing was a Level Five short-story author on the Shizi platform. Her plots often tortured women, earning her the affectionate nickname "not-quite-human" from her readers. Then one day, a fan's "little gift" unexpectedly transported her to ancient times. From the start, she learned that she was the real daughter of the Shen family, unloved and banished to a country estate. Gu Wanqing, the "not-quite-human," declared 435.2kReads9.2Score84.5kShelves

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    I'm currently reading this and completely hooked. I've been looking for a substitute for something else lately! The author's writing is excellent, and the novel itself is very good—meaningful yet humorous. I highly recommend it! [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Already Added to My Bookshelf][Added to My Bookshelf]

11. 11 文 Culture's Money Tree: My Works Take the World by Storm 文化摇钱树：我的作品惊动全球 Youlong莜茏Urban802k WordsCompleted [web-novel plagiarist + no romance + no System + novels + literature + songs…] I transmigrate to a parallel world and become an orphan with not a penny to my name. Faced with sky-high tuition fees, I decide to break into online fiction. While other authors rack their brains for ideas, I start by writing Douluo Dalu from memory. By the time everyone else is still struggling to get a publishing contract, my novel has taken the internet by storm, earning me a fortune every day. My editor hounds me 1.1kReads6.7Score106Shelves

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    These are pretty good. The first one was about Douluo Continent and became a hit immediately. The second one had a fast pace and beautiful writing, but the family relationships were a bit difficult for me to read. Also, there weren't any complicated plot points like cannon fodder or villains jumping out to cause trouble and then getting their comeuppance. The third one was good, but it was too short, and I'm not sure if there's a male lead. I hope not.

12. 12 在 I Write Novels in Ancient Times, and Everyone Relates 在古代写小说，大家都共情了 Author Yi Meng作者忆梦Ancient Romance351k WordsCompleted What can someone with no special skills do after transmigrating? Of course, write novels. Su Ran, a modern college student, worked late into the night writing novels as a side job and died suddenly. Her soul transmigrates into the body of a little girl in an alternate world. Her family is so poor they can't even spare eggs to eat because they're sending her older brother to school. Fortunately, her brother teaches her to read and write whenever he comes home. In the end, Su Ran simply can't stan 1.6kReads6.9Score100Shelves
13. 13 贩 After I Sold the Classics, People from the Past Went Crazy Begging for the Next Chapter! 贩卖名著后，古人追更求疯了！ Zhong Zhui Xue钟坠雪Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Song Zhiyou transmigrates into the past as an orphan with nothing to her name. From the start, she has a stall to run, and her survival is up to her. Luckily, she binds herself to the [Myriad Worlds Library], where she can buy famous books with money. The only catch is that while everyone else sells baked buns at their stalls, she sells famous books. Her first title, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, wins the people over with its tales of spirits and romance between scholars and beauties. The 15.3kReads7.2Score1.3kShelves
14. 14 我 Making Creative Goods in Ancient Times 我在古代做文创 Fishy the Booze Barrel酒桶鱼鱼Ancient Romance636k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Farming + Transmigration + Business and Wealth-Building + Ancient-Era Entertainment + Teacher and Student] Gu Qiubai spent his whole life as a game concept artist working himself to the bone. In this life, he only wants to lie flat. From the start, his prospects were disastrous: he became a refugee and was raised by a mysterious white-bearded master. After reaching adulthood, Gu Qiubai came down from the mountains. To support his family, he returned to his old trade: joining the Ac 1.7kReads9.0Score185Shelves

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    The female protagonist of this book made her fortune by writing storybooks; the writing style is smooth and it's a very comfortable read.

15. 15 文 Showbiz: From the Start, I Caught the Campus Belle Stealing My Unpublished Dragon Raja Chapters 文娱：开局逮到校花偷我龙族存稿 Three Seven Twenty-One三七二十一Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication. Get a physical book with the latest chapter] [The Three-Body Problem, Dragon Raja, Living, Battle Through the Heavens, Lord of the Mysteries] “There is a kind of person in this world who is born to be the sun, shining with boundless brilliance.” He is the youngest winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the supreme web-fiction author who has reached the pinnacle, a music producer who can turn stone into gold... With one life, he crosses three realms. With his youth, he b 35.8kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves

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    🌈Amazing! A reborn literary giant's manuscript of "Dragon Raja" is mistakenly accepted by the school beauty, instantly turning the aloof goddess into a "chasing maniac"! Lu Xingzhou sweeps the literary world by plagiarizing "The Three-Body Problem" and "To Live," and even manages to win over the school beauty who demands more updates! I wanted to see Lu Mingfei's ending, but initially I was reluctant.

16. 16 我 I’m Just a Web Novelist, So How Did I Become a Literary Great? 我就一写网文的，怎么成文豪了 One Thousand and One千里零零一Urban790k WordsOngoing [Parallel World + Single Female Lead + Coming of Age] “Recently, Mr. Luo Ji, one of only two people in Hua Kingdom to win the world's highest honor in science fiction, released his memoir of his friendship with literary giant Gu Yuan. He admitted that it was the most legendary and controversial friendship of his life...” “Because Gu Yuan made him the protagonist of one of his books, the world remembers him as the sword-wielder who ushered in the Deterrence Era, rather than as a world-class maste 141.7kReads9.1Score12.2kShelves
17. 17 被 How Did I End Up in Showbiz Again After Getting the Wrong System? 被发错系统的我怎么又进娱乐圈了 Clear Creek River溪河水明Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate Urban Setting] + [Light System] + [Light Entertainment Industry] + [Everyday Life] In his previous life, Chen Mo had plunged into the entertainment industry just to make ends meet. His work was varied: writing songs for others, lip-syncing, working as a stand-in, and taking the blame. But before he could end up in prison, Chen Mo transmigrated. After that less-than-pleasant past, Chen Mo vowed that in this life he would study hard, make it into a good university, find a good job, marr 23.5kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves
18. 18 致 The Depressing Literary Master: One Copy of To Live Brought the World to Tears 致郁系文豪，一本活着全球泪崩 A Cat That Can Do Side Flips会侧空翻的猫Urban1.0M WordsCompleted (Parallel World + Rebirth + System + Literary Prodigy + Career + No Over-the-Top Drama + Not a Harem Novel) After leaving the military, Li Liwen, an office worker in a parallel world, had finally gotten his life back on track. But an unexpected industry downturn left him unemployed. The sudden blow triggered a heart attack in a fit of anger. When he woke up, he discovered he had returned to the age of seventeen. That year, he hadn’t even started his second year of high school. Then he stopped ho 26kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
19. 19 1 1981: A Literary Giant Rises from a Returned Educated Youth 1981，文豪从返城知青开始 Five Meters Underwater水下五米Urban3.0M WordsCompleted A cultured old writer from the post-1950s generation had been happily collecting his pension, dancing in the square, and flirting with the old lady next door. He couldn't have asked for a more enjoyable life. Then he woke up reborn at the age of twenty. He had just returned to the city after being sent down to the countryside, and was working on a factory floor. His family was so poor there wasn't even a mouse to be found. Before long, his second younger sister would also undergo a life-changing 10.7kReads8.2Score811Shelves
20. 20 比 The Contest: Deception and Games, and I Choose The End of Ten Days 比赛：欺诈与游戏，我选十日终焉 White Light Shines on the Moon白光照月Urban323k WordsCompleted [AI competition] [Slay the Gods] [The Ten Days] [Beast City] [Mortal Bones] [The God of Drama] Lin Xia transmigrates to a technologically advanced parallel world, where he becomes an AI called Tomato and competes as the Yanxia AI at the world’s biggest AI competition. In the first round, the AIs face off in a novel-writing contest, creating stories based on given prompts. The prompts for the first match are [Deception] + [Game]. Lin Xia generates The End of Ten Days. “I saw the ceaseless, surgin 1.9kReads6.5Score148Shelves

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    [Laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh]

21. 21 斩 Slay the Gods: You Write About Passion, I Write About the Forbidden Gods of Great Xia 斩神：写热血，我写大夏神明禁 Red-Light District Imp勾栏小鬼Urban412k WordsOngoing [Slay the Gods] + [The End of Ten Days] [The End of Ten Days starts from Chapter 45] Su Ze transmigrates into a parallel world, becomes a mental patient, and enters a major writing contest. Entrants must write based on a set of keywords. Keywords: [Passion] + [Gods] Just as everyone is immersed in the familiar trope of an ordinary nobody rising to greatness, Su Ze slowly writes down a title: Slay the Gods. Have you ever wondered what monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath a dazzling neon-lit c 162.8kReads8.5Score24kShelves
22. 22 身 As a Top-Tier Star, All I Want Is to Live Off a Woman 身为顶流的我，一心只想吃软饭 Bear Paw on the Moon熊爪月球Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Feel-good story] [One heroine] [Singing] [Writing books] [Making films] Jiang Chen worked hard for more than twenty years to become a top-tier star and king of the entertainment world, but he died suddenly from overwork and arrived in a parallel world. The psychological trauma he suffered kept him from working in the entertainment industry. So he gave up trying and decided all he wanted was to live off someone else. He had been married to the nation's goddess, Su Luowei, for three years. He nev 44.2kReads7.9Score4.3kShelves

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    The title of the novel

23. 23 文 Literary Prodigy 2025: Starting at a Vocational College 文豪2025，从上大专开始 Zhang Bukong张不空Urban448k WordsCompleted After failing the college entrance exam, Li Xiuwen begins his literary career by enrolling in a junior college. Years later, at the Nobel Prize ceremony, the judges praise him: His “The Little Prince” is one of the finest works of children’s literature ever written. His “The Call of Cthulhu” is one of the most groundbreaking horror stories of all time. His “Hopscotch” is one of the most complex and greatest works of fiction ever written. Beloved literary classics such as “To Live” and “The Stran 2.6kReads8.3Score115Shelves
24. 24 从 Turning Martial Arts Novels into Masterpieces 从武侠小说开始抄成文豪 Bai Xia Liu白下流Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + transmigration + golden finger + single heroine + cozy everyday life] [Slow-paced, so don't read if that's not your thing] [The plot involving the Preface to the Prince Teng's Pavilion begins in Chapter 89] After I transmigrated to a parallel world, I discovered that it had none of the famous literary masters everyone knew by heart, nor any of the timeless masterpieces that shone through the ages. So I wrote the Preface to the Prince Teng's Pavilion in my college entrance exam. Examin 2.2kReads7.9Score168Shelves

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    🌝Transmigrating to a parallel world's high school era, the author's writing is excellent, with many beautiful and elegant descriptions. It doesn't feel like a typical web novel; there's no harem, just a single female lead.🌚 She started by writing a series of works, including "The Sword of Immortality" and "The Peacock Feather," which were submitted to martial arts publishers. Later, she wrote "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," along with poems like "To the Oak Tree." She later ventured into web novels like "Battle Through the Heavens" and "Ghost Blows Out the Light." The writing is elegant, the plot is compelling, and the climaxes are frequent.🍐

25. 25 青 My Childhood Friend Debuted as a Diva, and I'm the One Behind the Scenes 青梅出道当天后，我是幕后推手 Wang Chuyi王初依Urban691k WordsCompleted A dragon kingdom in another world! Xia He is reborn with the memories of his previous life! He only wanted to live quietly as a copywriter and support his family, but his childhood sweetheart wants to debut as the Queen of Pop. Sorry, Jay Chou, Eason... 5.2kReads7.7Score210Shelves
26. 26 码 Making Millions by Writing: Traveling the World with My Girlfriend from Sichuan and Chongqing 码字成神豪：和川渝女友环球旅行 Cola-Braised Chicken Wings可乐煮鸡翅Urban700k WordsCompleted [Tycoon Life + World Travel + Laid-Back Daily Life + Light Business + No Face-Slapping + One Heroine + Enjoying Life + Novel Plagiarism + Not a Literary Master + Images] Lin Zihan was an employee at a state-owned company whose only hobby was writing novels in his spare time. Then he unexpectedly awakened a writing System that gave him rewards whenever he wrote. So Lin Zihan took his computer and set off on a journey around the world, writing as he went. Writing beneath the Northern Lights in Nor 12.8kReads8.9Score672Shelves
27. 27 高 I Wrote The Three-Body Problem in High School, Then My Childhood Sweetheart, the School Beauty, Beat Me Up for Taking Too Long to Update 高中写三体，拖更被青梅校花胖揍 One Zhong Er壹位仲贰Urban575k WordsCompleted 3.3kReads8.6Score259Shelves
28. 28 重 Reborn: I Started by Rejecting My Childhood Friend and Winning Over a Rich Heiress 重生从拒绝青梅傍上小富婆开始 Old Rascal, Face My Spear老贼看枪Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn + golden finger + extra sweet romance + feel-good power fantasy + single female lead] Reborn with a cheat, he returns to the day before the 2008 college entrance exams. His childhood sweetheart wants to break up? This time, he absolutely refuses to be a simp! Make money, build a business, get rich! Step one to getting rich: find yourself a rich girl to lean on. You said you wouldn't be a simp, so why are you so good at it? It's muscle memory. What would you know? Besides, I'm not simping 1.9kReads8.9Score292Shelves
29. 29 娱 Showbiz: Write My Own Stories or It's Game Over! 娱乐：不文抄，就GG！ Guishan Loves King Oyster Mushroom and Pork爱吃杏鲍菇烧肉的鬼山Urban1.0M WordsCompleted ‘The God of Online Fiction’ ‘Romance King’ ‘Father of New Wuxia’ And more... “These are all just misunderstandings people have about me. I’m only a copyist!” Song Ci sighed helplessly. In this life, he had only wanted to laze around and enjoy himself. He never expected to go further and further down the path of literary greatness. 3.1kReads7.7Score168Shelves
30. 30 写 I Can Write Poems, Songs, and Novels, Just a Little Bit 写诗写歌写小说，我都会亿点点 Ants Don't Dare to Slack Off蚂蚁不敢闲Urban820k WordsCompleted (One female lead + no System + marriage first, love later + classic old songs + sweetness level unknown) Rong Yi, who transmigrated here, unexpectedly met rising songstress Tian Xin. To raise money for his mother’s medical treatment, he agreed to her request for a sham marriage and became, in the eyes of outsiders, a kept man living off a woman. But with countless songs, films, and literary works from Earth in his head, would Rong Yi really settle for being a kept man in name only? 3.8kReads8.4Score256Shelves
31. 31 搬 I Plunder Classics to Become a Literary Giant, and the Nation Begs Me Not to Stop Writing 搬空名著当文豪，国家求我别封笔 Baidabu Liuchuan百达不流川Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [Literary plagiarism + opposing secret identities + no System + parallel world + lighthearted + growth + one heroine] Also known as: “Plundering the Classics to Become a Literary Giant, the Nation Begs Me Not to Stop Writing” and “You Asked Me to Write Horror, So Why Did You Scare the Whole Internet?” Reborn in a parallel world bursting with technology but barren of entertainment, Lin Que finds a world with no ghost stories and no uplifting masterpieces. Lin Que smiles. “I'll bring this world a 59.5kReads8.0Score5.2kShelves
32. 32 文 Showbiz: Reborn During the Gaokao, I Write the Ode to Epang Palace 文娱：重生高考，我写阿房宫赋 Bloodfeather Swordsman血羽剑客Urban509k WordsCompleted When Li Lexian wakes up, he discovers he has been reborn in a parallel world, and the college entrance exams are just around the corner. As he frets over what to do, an Entertainment God System appears in his mind, allowing him to trade popularity points for all kinds of entertainment works and countless wondrous items. And so, starting with the college entrance exams, Li Lexian rises step by step to the very top, becoming the God of Entertainment! (There’s a heroine at first, but they break up 396Reads5.4Score—Shelves
33. 33 我 I Haven’t Even Finished Writing, So How Am I Already Invincible? 我还没写完，怎么就无敌了 Childish Watermelon幼稚西瓜Urban234k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a copycat author + focused on writing + protagonist isn’t held back + everyday life + System + light novel] After Lin Zhibai transmigrated to Earth and settled down there for good, Earth actually sent him back, along with a Culture Promotion System. “System, what can you do?” [Help you become a great author.] “System, can you fix computers?” [Yes.] “System, can you drop a meteor?” [No problem.] “And you still call yourself a Culture Promotion System!” “…” 551Reads8.0Score—Shelves
34. 34 文 A Literary Giant's Journey Begins with the College Entrance Exam 文坛大佬从高考开始 Flute and Drum at Sunset夕阳箫鼓Urban401k WordsCompleted [No female lead] + [No romance or ambiguity] + [Classical poetry and literary masterpieces] + [Traditional culture] + [Literary world] Transmigrated during the college entrance exam? Who cares whether I transmigrated or not? I’m doing the test first. Nothing can get in the way of my exam! The immortal poet and poet-sage have been replaced? Help, the college entrance exam tests poetry composition too? In a daze, Jiang Yun, frail and ill, gazes at this world with curiosity... At the Shangsi Festiv 3.2kReads8.7Score212Shelves
35. 35 人 I'm in the Gaokao Exam Hall! Somebody Help Me! 人在高考考场，谁来救救我 I Really Don't Smoke我真不抽Urban854k WordsCompleted My name is Xu Yi. I woke up to find myself sitting in the college entrance exam hall. Is there any way to save me? Waiting online. This is urgent. Day One: Xu Yi said, “I told you, I’m just a transcriber. Why won’t any of you believe me?” Day Two: Xu Yi said, “Let me, a humble bookstore owner, give the Blue Star literary world a little shock!” An ordinary bookstore owner becomes a literary plagiarist and rises to the top of the literary world! 731Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    These books are all pretty good, the third one is especially amazing.

36. 36 美 The Great American Novelist 美利坚大文豪 Finally Here at Last姗姗来迟啦Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In 1978, government-sponsored exchange student Xu Jinyan was mugged as soon as he got off the plane. Knocked unconscious, he was taken to the hospital by ambulance and left with a mountain of debt. To pay it off, he published The Pursuit of Happyness, Basic Instinct, The Shawshank Redemption, Schindler's List, Harry Potter, and The English Patient. In the blink of an eye, Xu Jinyan became America's hottest and most famous writer. After Hollywood bought the screenplays for The Pursuit of Happynes 19.4kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves
37. 37 带 Livestream Sales: I Asked You to Sell Oranges, and You Wrote About a Silhouette 带货：让你卖橘子，你发表背影 Autumn Won't Come Back秋天不回来Urban934k WordsCompleted Su Xia transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Literary Arts System. While selling workbooks on Livestream, you come up with a poem called “On Young China”! While selling oranges on Livestream, you bring out another piece, “The Sight of Father’s Back”! While selling wine on Livestream, you come up with “Bring in the Wine”! In that moment, netizens and countless scholars from the literary world are dumbfounded. “Wait, you’re selling stuff. How are you so talented?” “This... this is 211Reads7.8Score128Shelves
38. 38 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score759Shelves
39. 39 重 Reborn at Seven, I Won't Be the Beggar Clan Leader 重生七岁，我不做丐帮帮主 The Returning Traveler from Yanmen雁门归客Male-Channel Fanfiction356k WordsOngoing Outside Yanmen Pass, an arrow pierced his heart. Xiao Feng thought he had finally found release. He didn't know how much time had passed. Perhaps an instant, perhaps a thousand years. A thread of warmth suddenly seeped into his cold soul, like someone holding his fingertips on a winter day. The warmth was faint and slow, born from the void and gradually gathering into a stream that pulled him back, little by little. Xiao Feng suddenly opened his eyes. There was no abyss, no mist, no howling wind 17.6kReads7.2Score1.5kShelves

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    Reborn back to the day of her childhood illness, she remembers the hardships of the decades that followed. She no longer wants to be involved in the conflicts of the martial world, so she stays away from the power struggles within the Beggars' Sect, focuses on living with her parents, and quietly grows stronger.

40. 40 我 I Built a Top-Tier Star of the Literary World All on My Own 我一人组建了文坛顶流 Paint It White abc涂白abcTwo Male Leads807k WordsOngoing Two male leads, secret identities, main character is the bottom, 1v1 (The rating just opened, so it'll go up later.) (The romance is a slow burn. At first, the main character is mostly writing stories under his secret identities. They're both busy, and they squeeze in dates when they can.) There will be a few people figuring out his secret identities, meaning his boyfriend, but there's no chance of a big reveal to everyone. Jiang You finally enters the novel he wrote. He's bound to a System, whi 8.9kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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    This is a time-travel story set in interstellar space, primarily about saving the world. It includes a romance subplot (though it's slow-paced and incredibly sweet). There are many Chinese characters and numerous alternate accounts (and those alternate accounts are also very sweet!).

41. 41 读 My Readers Told Me to Stop Updating, So I Pulled Out a Satirical Novel 读者劝我断更，我反手掏出柿子文 Stealing Fragrance and Jade窃香偷玉Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [No romance] [Interstellar] [No System] [Comedy] [Snark and shenanigans] Liu Ruyan woke up in a daze. As a down-on-her-luck, third-rate writer, she had been hunched over her computer, struggling to meet her daily word count and earn her full-attendance bonus. But nobody had told her she’d transmigrate in her sleep, much less to the legendary interstellar world. Fortunately, this world was just as her predecessors had said: a vast spiritual wasteland. She also discovered that the most popular lit 521Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    •ᴗ •ᐝ This one! Not plagiarized! The story has a romance subplot, but no main couple! The female protagonist transmigrates to interstellar space, has no system, and writes a novel in a spiritual wasteland, amidst serious literature!? A broken mirror mended interstellar romance! An ancient political intrigue and feud romance! An interstellar food novel! And more! [Laughs]

42. 42 小 Are Novels Supreme? I Became Invincible Just by Writing! 小说为尊？写着写着就无敌了！ Leaving the Shore at Fairy Lake仙湖上岸Ancient Romance533k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Comeback + Transmigration] When Ruoyu transmigrates, she's surrounded by a group of pale, scrawny kids, who anxiously beg their new gang leader not to die. She transmigrates into a beggar who was beaten to death on an empty stomach, and now she has to feed a whole bunch of children. Talk about a disastrous start! Luckily, people in this world cultivate spiritual energy, and writing good novels can extend her life. She's about to kick the bucket, so she'd better start writin 220Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    🎈🎈🎈① The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of the newly appointed leader of the Beggars' Sect in a fictional era, with a bunch of underlings. Fortunately, this world is about spiritual cultivation, and as long as she writes good novels, she can increase her strength. Thus, novels like "Princess Pearl," "A Chinese Ghost Story," and "Journey to the West" are born one after another, becoming very popular among the youth of the capital! 🎄🎄🎄② The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a fake heiress who has been expelled from a noble family. She has a cheat ability to search and a bookstore left by her biological parents. So she returns to her old profession and starts writing storybooks. With the help of her cheat ability and her experience with modern melodramatic novels, her novels become a hit throughout the capital. 🔥🔥🔥

43. 43 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: After My Divorce, I Make My Family Rich 穿越八零：离婚后，我带娘家暴富 Yuan He沅荷Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Period novel + reborn + family life + adorable child + male lead in the background Xiao Jin, a college graduate born in the 2000s, had barely graduated when she somehow transmigrated to the resource-scarce 1980s, where there were no cell phones, telephones and computers weren’t yet widespread, and even eating a piece of meat was a luxury. The body she transmigrated into was also called Xiao Jin. They were both 22, but one had just graduated from college in 2023, while the other had just given bi 2.6kReads8.9Score203Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a woman who has just given birth 🌿. Her in-laws, who favor sons over daughters, want to give their daughter away 🔥. She immediately takes her daughter back to her parents' home and gets a divorce! She becomes a famous author by writing novels 🎉🎉

44. 44 星 Interstellar: Who Can Write Without Going Crazy? I'm Completely Unhinged 星际：写文哪有不疯的，我癫癫癫 Tearfully Chewing Raw Garlic含泪啃大蒜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse521k WordsOngoing [Complete] [No romance, ensemble cast, a spirited quartet + a sharp-tongued heroine with a perfectly healthy mental state and a delightfully weird streak] Xia Yifeng is a notorious serial ghoster, until one day the Writing System finally cracks down on her. Fine, she'll write. Who can write without going a little crazy? Xia Yifeng returns to her old craft and piles on the melodrama until she's sick of it. In between writing, she occasionally helps friends out of a jam and enters the odd competit 1.5kReads9.1Score220Shelves

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    I'm writing novels to save my life, and this sci-fi/space fiction is so good! 😻 Please read it! The author said if this book doesn't survive, he'll stop updating and write on another platform. It's really good! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] Please read it, everyone! Please read it, beauties and handsome guys!

45. 45 开 Bankrupt from the Start: Creating the Avengers of the Entertainment Industry 开局破产，打造娱乐圈复仇者联盟 The Big She-Monkey from Tuguan Village土官村大母猴Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + No Romance + Music + Literature + Film and TV + Comics + History...] Also known as: “Showbiz: Conquering the World with Viral Hits,” “Showbiz: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill Until I Go Crazy” Years later, The Avengers premieres. Only then does the world learn that the Song Emperor Iron Man, literature’s top-tier star Hulk and Black Widow, genius screenwriter Loki, top directors Wukong, the God of Comics Thor, and the Song God Spider-Man were 27.2kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves

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    The first book was simply about writing; the writing style was good, and the plot wasn't bad either. The second book leaned more towards a fast-paced, action-packed story; the author also wrote about books, songs, and even TV dramas.

46. 46 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Secretly Write Over-the-Top Fiction in Ancient Times 穿书后，我在古代偷摸写狗血文 Two Great Dreams大梦两场Ancient Romance273k WordsCompleted Jiang Ruoli transmigrated into a book as the villain’s original wife, who was doomed to die young. Not only would she be butchered to death, but her whole family would be dragged down with her. To earn enough silver to run away, Jiang Ruoli returned to her old trade and secretly wrote melodramatic stories in ancient times. Her works included, but weren’t limited to: “My Husband Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects Me? I’ll Marry a Powerful Official Instead” “The Prime Minister Has No Heir? I’ll W 1kReads5.5Score106Shelves

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    Jiang Ruoli transmigrated into a book, becoming the villain's untimely death as his first wife. Not only was she dismembered and killed, but her entire family was also implicated. To earn money and escape, Jiang Ruoli returned to her old ways, secretly writing melodramatic novels in ancient times. Her works include, but are not limited to: "Favoring a Concubine and Destroying the Wife? I Turn Around and Marry a Powerful Minister," "The Prime Minister's Lineage Ends? I'll Be Favored for Life Through Pregnancy," and "Late-Blooming Affection is Cheaper Than Grass, I Cut Off..." Upon its release, the people of the capital were greatly shocked and launched a fierce attack. "A ridiculous piece of paper! Utterly nonsensical!"

47. 47 穿 Reborn as a Useless Male, I Became a Hit Across the Stars by Writing 穿成废雄，我靠写文爆红星际 Wu Weifeifei梧唯非非Two Male Leads790k WordsCompleted Second Young Master Shen transmigrates and becomes an F-rank, hopelessly devoted male insect with the same name in the insectoid race. From the start, he has a terrible reputation and huge debts, and can only survive because his military-insect nemesis “big brother” supports him. To stay alive, he picks up a keyboard. While the whole insectoid race is obsessed with “300 Chapters of Heartbreaking Romance in a Male Insect’s Harem,” I put on a secret identity and wrote a bittersweet, unrequited-lov 34.5kReads9.3Score5.9kShelves

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    This is amazing! The Zerg-themed melodramatic novel has a haphazard plot, but it excels at using simple, brutal conflicts and suspense to stir the reader's emotions. If only he could bring over the more refined and profound emotional entanglements and tragic aesthetics of human literature… perhaps this barren wasteland of entertainment… could offer Zerg readers a touch of pure, heartwarming romance. [Cool]

48. 48 穿 Transmigrate to Ancient Times: Writing Books Can Summon Gods and Ghosts 穿越古代：写书能召唤鬼神 Feng Yuxue风宇雪Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Xu Chen transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar in ancient times. By chance, he becomes the live-in son-in-law of Jinling City's richest family. At first, all he wants is to live off his wife, enjoying food and fun until old age. But he discovers that this world is full of demons and ghosts, as well as powerful cultivators. And his wife, Ning Xue, has a mysterious and extraordinary identity… At the same time, Xu Chen discovers that writing can not only improve his cultivation, but also sum 1.6kReads7.7Score148Shelves

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    Copying books, ancient and modern, martial arts, high-level martial arts.

49. 49 我 I Write A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality in Ancient Times 我在古代写凡人修仙传 Firewood on the Green Mountain青山上的材Historical399k WordsCompleted Lin Feng, a modern web-novel editor, dies suddenly and transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar in ancient times who shares his name. He wakes up in a ramshackle house, starving, and discovers that his parents are both dead, leaving him only a few copper coins and a house full of old books. Facing nothing but plain porridge and pickles, he feels utterly hopeless, until he suddenly remembers that his mind contains countless modern web novels and literary classics. He decides to choose a book 545Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    He travels back to ancient times and writes novels, including popular brainless melodramatic stories, food novels, and cultivation novels, such as Tomb Raider Chronicles and A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. Even the emperor and prime minister are fans of his books, and the villains are easily killed by the big shots as soon as they show their faces.

50. 50 别 I Read While You Train 别人练武我刷书 Dawn Hacker凌晨骇客Eastern Fantasy430k WordsCompleted Yang Chengdao transmigrates to another world with a little book-grinding assistant. As long as he earns enough reputation and currency, he can start grinding. “You have thoroughly read The Smiling, Proud Wanderer and obtained Basic Internal Energy…” “You have thoroughly read The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber and obtained the Nine-Yang Divine Skill…” … “You have thoroughly read Battle Through the Shattered Heavens and obtained the Medicine Elder’s alchemy art…” Years later, he looks back in surpr 29Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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