Are There Any Truly Female-Lead-Free Novels on Tomato? They’re All Flirtation, and I Don’t Want to Read That 番茄有真正的无女主文吗，全是暧昧，不想看暧昧文

1. 301 人 I'm in a Rule Horror Game, and I'm the Chosen Villain 人在规则怪谈，我是天命大反派 Duanmu Kuai Zi端木筷子Mystery284k WordsCompleted [Subverting expectations + horror administrator + creating rules + no romance, no female lead + invincible] Chen Fan woke up inside a rule-based horror scenario and discovered that everyone else had drawn powerful SSS-rank talents. He alone had no talent and no System. And wasn’t this task a little strange? “Kill the Chosen Ones in the scenario? Am I supposed to kill myself?” “Wait, I’m not a Chosen One. I’m the horror administrator?” “So I don’t have a talent or a System, but I do have all kind 6.1kReads9.0Score789Shelves
2. 302 直 I Confessed to a Girl on Livestream, Then Tried to Sell Her a Fountain Pen! 直播向女生表白，推销钢笔！ Novel Cake in the Works小说糕制作中Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Male lead has a mental illness + villain actor + edgy and outrageous + prison-core + cheeky pranks + wild stunts + super satisfying with no angst + one heroine + sweet, sweet, sweet!] Chen Zu transmigrates to a parallel world. [Ding! Congratulations on binding to the Old Six Livestream System!] Chen Zu is on alert. Old Six? Who’s the Old Six? “Wear a prison uniform, put black shackles on all four limbs, then go on ‘Voice of China’ and sing ‘Tears Behind Bars’?” “Show up at a funeral with ten re 2.5kReads8.5Score139Shelves
3. 303 提 I Raise My Employees' Salaries, and You Say I'm Disrupting the Market! 提升员工工资，你说我扰乱市场！ Dong Fenghu东风胡Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The short drama is now online: I raised my employees' wages, and you say I'm disrupting the market] [Business growth, globalization, cross-industry expansion, coming-of-age story] How do you rate the youngest person ever to become the world's richest man on the Forbes list? Economic Times: “The whole world is working for Song Jiang!” Peace Master: “Thank you, Song Jiang, for your contributions to peace. The world has never been more peaceful!” America: “Damn it! China is so despicable! He's usi 52.6kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
4. 304 祖 Ancestor! You're Choosing Consorts? A History Cheat Is Here! 祖宗诶！选妃呢？历史作弊器来喽 Steamed Bun with Red Bean Paste馒头豆沙包Urban1.0M WordsCompleted If you could transmigrate through time and change history, what would you do? "I'd tell the Yongzheng Emperor to stop picking consorts! The West was industrializing at the same time. If he'd worked harder, gotten his act together, and focused more on science, we'd be the ones working four days on, three days off by now!" "If I could transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty, I'd make sure Zhu Qizhen never took the throne. Then maybe the Ming wouldn't have fallen! Long live the Ming for a thousand gener 4.9kReads9.2Score494Shelves

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5. 305 我 I'm an Assassin, So How Did I Debut in a Boy Band? 我一杀手，怎么男团出道了 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban896k WordsOngoing [Showbiz + Comedy + No Female Lead] Zheng Xun: A hitman who trained hard for ten years, ready to save the world, but the System sent him to the wrong channel. Unable to find work, he was discovered by a talent scout and lured into a company with the promise of room and board. Now he's been forced to become an idol. “Can’t a Boy Band Save the World?”, Zheng Xun’s quote Cheng Jie: The male lead of a domineering CEO novel. After ten years of practicing his CEO catchphrases, his career got off to a 19.9kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves
6. 306 别 Drop the Act: You're the Final Boss! 别装了：你才是最终大BOSS Time Bus时光大巴Mystery763k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, and it’ll rise later. Everyone’s welcome to read!) [Horror + Heartwarming] [Madness + Stress Relief] [The Male Lead Isn’t Human] [Live Streaming Is a Means of Infection] Some call me the embodiment of darkness, the ultimate form of despair. Others call me the end of death, an indescribable ruler. But I don’t see myself that way. My name is Gao Ran. I’m an ordinary, upright, kindhearted person who cares about others. When it comes to being human, I can proudly say, “I’m 20.2kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
7. 307 穿 Back to the 1970s as an Educated Youth 穿回70年代当知青 Smiling Little Rapeseed微笑小油菜Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no female lead, slow burn] Beneath the waves of grain lies a struggle for survival deeper than the harvest itself. The land and agriculture need more devoted protection to yield a bumper crop. In this world of cooking smoke rising into the sky, there is a group of silent guardians. They are not gilded clay idols in the halls of power, but farmers bent over the fields, craftsmen working amid roaring flames, and brave souls guarding the frontier. With cracke 30Reads7.1Score—Shelves
8. 308 核 Nuclear Wastewater: I Livestream the Trial of an Entire Island Nation 核污水：我全网直播审判岛国 Meng Sui孟随Urban103k WordsCompleted August 24, 2023 The island nation discharged nuclear wastewater. The sea said nothing, yet it mourned. I, Chen Wanzhou, am an arbiter and the Earth’s spirit master. I wield the universe’s most powerful System: the Merit Points System. Make the island nation drink every last drop of its wastewater! 16Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 309 全 Global: Divine-Level Support, Pledging My Allegiance to the Nation from the Start 全民：神级辅助，开局投效国家 Parentheses Laughing括弧笑笑Urban651k WordsOngoing [No romance, rigorous stats, author calculates attributes using self-written C++ programs and Excel spreadsheets. If you like protagonists who keep a low profile, this isn’t for you! No secrets kept!] A young man inexplicably receives the extraordinary talent Heart of Favor. Any skill he learns undergoes a miraculous transformation. He chooses to offer himself to the country and stand alongside it! [Silk of the Wind: Unraveled] Floats above the target, granting immunity to damage and control! Ad 14.2kReads9.4Score936Shelves
10. 310 谁 Who Dragged Him In Here? He's Fiercer Than a Ghost! 谁把他拉进来的，他比鬼还凶啊！ Lone Shadow Beneath the Moon对月孤影Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Three years ago, darkness engulfed the entire world. All electrical facilities stopped working, phones lost their signal, and not a speck of light remained anywhere on Blue Star. Many people thought the end of the world had arrived! The darkness lasted for three full days before it receded. After that, everyone over the age of sixteen around the globe was randomly selected and forced to enter another world. A world of terrifying instances! Those selected were called Travelers by the world of ter 11.2kReads7.2Score992Shelves
11. 311 汉 Chinese Is Easy? I Made Thousands of Foreigners Cry During My Exam! 汉语简单？千万老外被我考哭了！ Water Water Fish水水鱼Urban184k WordsOngoing [Comedy + System + Empress + city life early on, spiritual qi revival later + sweet romance + tooth-achingly sweet] On Chinese is a show that sets out to prove whether Chinese is difficult to learn. When foreigners confidently declared that Chinese was the easiest language to learn, Luo Yuntian, reborn before the spiritual qi revival and determined to bind himself to the future Empress, stepped up and started asking questions. Just a few questions were enough to leave the foreigners completely d 34Reads8.5Score—Shelves
12. 312 进 Evolution: I Turned into a Polar Bear 进化：我变成了北极熊 Little Crayon小小蜡笔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted All because he made a funny face at a polar bear at Ocean Kingdom. Bai Yang transmigrates... And turns into a polar bear. A three-month-old cub, no less! Luckily, he activates the Strongest Evolution System! Starting as a cub, he evolves until he becomes a giant polar bear over five meters tall, ruling the entire Arctic. He thinks that's the end of it! Then a group of chosen sons and daughters of heaven arrive, and spiritual qi revival sweeps the globe! He emerges from the Arctic ice fields as a 291Reads8.4Score117Shelves
13. 313 神 I’m a God-Tier Support, Roaming Everywhere with the Nation at My Back 神级辅助到处浪，背靠国家不要慌 Gong Zhang Third Master弓长三爷Sports3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Rousing + Funny + Pledges Allegiance to the Nation + Main Character Is Purely Support + Cathartic!!] Song Feng transmigrates to Blue Star, where games have become reality, and awakens the one-of-a-kind hidden class: Support Master. But it’s mocked as a “freeloader class”: ❌ Can’t specialize into a subclass! ❌ Skills are spread across the board, but none can be mastered! ❌ Attack power is even worse than an ordinary person’s! Until he activates the [God-Tier Support System], 1.4kReads8.8Score170Shelves
14. 314 无EN Infinite Rewinds: Everyone Thinks I'm a Big Shot 无限回档：所有人都以为我是大佬 What's Wrong with Money?钱有什么不好Mystery414k WordsCompleted [Adapted into a comic drama] [Audiobook narrated by a real person available] [Infinite Flow + Livestream Survival + Death Rewind + Half-Dihua] [No CP] [The story contains a lot of on-screen comment barrages] After Xu Xi died from overwork, he transmigrated to another world invaded by a survival game. He even discovered that he could rewind time after dying. By using this ability to escape danger time and again and successfully clear each instance, he unexpectedly became a top expert in the eyes 190.6kReads9.4Score20.8kShelves

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    With no female lead and a rollback effect, the value of 248 is still rising.

15. 315 一 One-Person Documentary: From the Start, Rescuing a Giant Panda Cub 一人纪录片：开局救助大熊猫幼崽 Sakura with a Bob丸子头小樱Urban667k WordsOngoing [Illustrated throughout] Chu Ze transmigrates to a parallel world where the ecological environment has deteriorated, and awakens the Mysterious Places Exploration System. From the start, he heads to the mysterious Shennongjia, the backbone of Central China, to film a documentary, only to have an adorable panda cub latch onto him! After successfully rescuing an injured little panda, he embarks on an extraordinary journey of natural exploration known to few. Unknown Realms, Legends of the Far Nort 15.5kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
16. 316 穿EN Transmigrated as an Old Grandfather, I Begin a Life of Taking It Easy 穿越成老爷爷，开启躺平人生 Parachute Loves Slacking Off降落伞爱摸鱼Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Everyday life + lighthearted and witty + no female lead + no angst + king of playing it safe + no System + farming] My name is Lin Yu. I transmigrated as a remnant soul inside a ring. A System? A quest? A workaholic? Not a chance. I live by one rule: keep a low profile and sleep. Until the ring bonded with an innocent young man. When he was about to venture into a secret realm, I said, “Disciple, this place reeks of danger. Go home and sleep.” When he wanted to compete for a magical treasure, 12.9kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves

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    The male protagonists in these novels are all high-quality characters by Tomato (the author), each one single, with friends, family, and lifelong companions—they don't even have a romantic interest. Feel free to jump in and trust me! [Thumbs up]

17. 317 转 Reincarnated as a Divine Tree, I’m Building a Yin Soldier Clan 转生神树，我打造阴兵家族 Mu Feng Feng木风峰Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast + System + Clan Saga + No Female Lead + The Protagonist Isn’t Human!] Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is injured! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is on the brink of death! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people just passed away! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree. We can’t let the body get cold on the way! Reincarnated as a frail locust tree, Ji Yang only wanted to bask in the sun, 101.1kReads8.8Score11.6kShelves

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    The male protagonists in these novels are all high-quality characters by Tomato (the author). Each one is single, has friends, family, and lifelong companions, but none of them have a romantic interest. Feel free to jump in and trust me! 👍

18. 318 谢 I’m a Grade-Schooler, and I’ve Become a Culinary God! 谢邀，我，小学生，已成厨神！ Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Gourmet]+ [Slice of Life]+ [No Romance]+ [Heartwarming]+ [Healing]+ [Comedy] “The only thing an elementary school student should be doing is studying hard... But I think Master Fang going to school is neglecting his proper work.” “I’ve finally made it to the front of the line... Master Fang, can we put your homework aside for a bit? Could you fry me some rice first?” “You think I’m waiting outside the elementary school to pick up my own kid? I’m actually here to pick up Master Fang after schoo 24.5kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves

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    The first book features a protagonist who is currently in elementary school, primarily focused on cooking; a kid like him wouldn't be involved in any romantic relationships. The second book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into a male character; since it's a female-to-male transmigration, there's even less possibility of romantic relationships with other women. He's purely focused on his career, and it's true the protagonist has health problems; everyone's afraid he'll suddenly die.

19. 319 全 Everyone Is an Evil Immortal!!! 全员恶仙！！！ There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte 211.3kReads9.0Score20.2kShelves
20. 320 满 A Max-Level Metaphysics Expert's Daily Fortune-Telling Livestream 满级玄学大佬的直播算命日常 Tian Nanxing Nan天南星南Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + livestreaming + metaphysics expert + feng shui secrets + ghost hunting + immortal cultivation] After failing to ascend, the head of the Divination Sect transmigrates into the body of a small owner of a paper effigy shop. To cultivate the Great Dao anew and ascend once more, this top-tier metaphysics expert begins livestreaming his daily fortune-telling sessions. Reading faces, telling fortunes, locating dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, reading feng shui: this half-immo 29.5kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
21. 321 我 I Expose Secrets with My Skills, and the Whole Internet Thinks I'm a Police Officer! 我靠技能爆料，全网说我是警察！ Chang Hong长虹Urban433k WordsCompleted 911Reads8.6Score102Shelves
22. 322 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves
23. 323 不 Wait, Have You Ever Worked at a Legitimate Company? 不是？你去过正规公司吗？ Fallen into the Abyss陨归墟Urban615k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] + [Daily Life] + [Misunderstood as a Mastermind] + [Business] + [No Supernatural Elements] (The main story focuses on business and companies. Su Bubai starts a business in the gaming industry, then gradually expands into other fields. So far, these include smart home devices, sanitary pads, basketball, sports brands, smartphones, and food delivery.) Su Bubai transmigrates to a capitalist world where practically everyone is a slave. The people at the bottom have grown used to fle 1.5kReads7.5Score100Shelves
24. 324 灵EN Spirit Stone Immortal Clan 灵石仙族 Writing Nonsense一通乱写Eastern Fantasy4.0M WordsOngoing (The animated series is now available, and the first print edition is on sale. Its title is "Blackstone: Bloodline Awakening". Search for it on any platform.) (All six volumes are complete. There’s plenty to read, so dig in!) [Family saga + ensemble cast + no System + not saintly + slow burn + the protagonist is a stone + behind-the-scenes machinations + no female lead] Volume 1: Winds Rise over Song Mountain (complete) Volume 2: Clash of the Origin Condensation Realm (complete) Volume 3: Riding 60.7kReads9.1Score5.7kShelves
25. 325 给 A Little Taste of Chinese Cuisine to Spice Up Food Wars! 给食戟之灵来点小小的中餐震撼 Zhongxi仲系Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing [Food Wars! fanfic + No romance + Serious cooking + Lighthearted] Shen Mo, a somewhat well-known Chinese chef, transmigrates by accident. In this world, it seems that cooking skills can determine just about everything? I’ll try to keep all the recipes grounded in reality, and describe the cooking process in fairly complete detail. This is a free platform, after all, so feel free to use them as recipes if you like. If not, you can just skip those parts. 3.7kReads9.3Score258Shelves
26. 326 直 Livestream Auctioning Wanted Criminals: You Call This Selling Products? 直播甩卖通缉犯，你管这叫带货？ Strolling in the Night Breeze漫步夜风Urban146k WordsCompleted Lin Chen quits the police force. He only meant to become a livestreamer who teaches people about the law, but unexpectedly activates a livestream sales System. [Order confirmed. Target: A-rank wanted criminal.] [Sell A-rank wanted criminal, reward: 1,000 Crime Points] Lin Chen: “Come on over, take a look! Freshly caught serial killer, on a huge livestream discount!” At first, viewers think Lin Chen is playing a prank. But as police departments across the country start paying attention to him, ev 6.3kReads8.1Score934Shelves
27. 327 修 Cultivation: Starting as a Slave 修真：从奴隶开始 Awake in a Haze梦醒迷离Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted [Longevity + master of staying under the radar] Chen Xin obtains a cultivation modification tool. All he wants is to become an invincible cultivator devoted to pursuing immortality, but a mistaken choice of starter pack leaves him stuck with ten lifetimes of slave origins. A hundred years of effort across ten lifetimes as a slave is not even one ten-thousandth of what those gifted prodigies possess from birth, but Chen Xin will never give up on the path to immortality. “Being born poor is no dis 18.5kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
28. 328 人 In America, Eastern Cuisine Takes Over New York 人在鹰酱，东方美食占领纽约 Moonlit Longing月相思Urban1.0M WordsCompleted “No one in this country understands jianbing guozi better than I do!” The New York Times’ Mr. Dong column On bustling Fifth Avenue, the line stretches as far as the eye can see. Cut in line, and you could find yourself in a street shootout within minutes. Stinky tofu takes over Wall Street, crawfish conquer Silicon Valley, and the scent of luosifen fills the air all over Manhattan. The giant screens in Times Square play a nonstop reel of mysterious Eastern magical cuisine. Americans don’t e 5.9kReads9.3Score725Shelves
29. 329 开 Picking Up Trash from the Start, Then Getting Mobbed After Taming Beasts 开局捡垃圾，御兽后我直接被疯抢 One Hundred and Seventy Thousand一十七万Urban983k WordsOngoing [Beast Taming + Interstellar + Evolution + Competitions + Showing Off + No Female Lead] Song Shao transmigrated to a beast-taming world and became a high school student working three jobs from the start! You think he's unlucky? No, not at all. His spirit beasts are willing to duel just to form a contract with him! Rare spirit beasts are happy to humble themselves for him! Even god-tier spirit beasts show up with their fortunes in tow, eager to join him! Want to know Song Shao's secret? Song Shao 3.4kReads9.0Score288Shelves
30. 330 这 The Martial World Got Weird Because of Me 这个江湖因我而变得奇怪 What Kind of Trash Did I Write?写的什么垃圾Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted System: [100% chance of being caught barehanded when someone strikes with a blade] Protagonist: I have a sword that makes immortals kneel. System: [Cures all poisons. Condition: eat something foul.] Protagonist: Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill, with my secret blend of seasonings. At the northern border, an army of one hundred thousand barbarians invades. A swordsman climbs onto the city wall and swings his sword at the vast army. The hundred thousand soldiers kneel as if in awe of the gods. The 22.6kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
31. 331 开 From the Start, I Became a Zoo Director, and All My Animals Became Spirits 开局成园长，我的动物们都成精了 Young Master Yi Chen逸辰公子Urban2.4M WordsOngoing Programmer Liu Chu accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and activates an animal park management System, beginning a legendary life. Ding! Limited-time additions to the System store: “Four red-crowned cranes” (national first-class protected animals) “A pair of giant panda cubs” (national-treasure-level cuteness) “Three Northeast tiger cubs” (rare ferocious beasts) Even more surprising, the System also throws in “Animal Communication Pills” and “Top-Grade Architectural Blueprints”! On a 274Reads7.1Score104Shelves
32. 332 我EN Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣 Ye Tiannan夜天南Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the 123.2kReads9.2Score14.7kShelves
33. 333 给 I Took a Few Animal Photos, So How Did I End Up Shocking the World? 给动物摄个影，咋就惊动全球了？ I Hate It When I Start Typing一码字就烦Urban438k WordsCompleted [Nature + Wildlife + Scenic Mountains and Rivers + No Romance + Livestream + Everyday Life] Su Ran was an animal photographer in his previous life. After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world with a development history similar to Earth’s, he gains the Nature’s Wonders Photography System. All he has to do is complete the photography missions issued by the System according to its instructions and requirements, and he’ll receive generous rewards! Without hesitation, Su Ran sets off for Ja 574Reads8.0Score—Shelves
34. 334 鬼 Genius Lawyer: I Persuaded Someone to Surrender, and They Sent Me a Banner? 鬼才律师：劝人自首还被送锦旗？ Zuo You Jiang Nan左柚姜楠Urban2.9M WordsOngoing The renowned lawyer Zhou Yun became the young lawyer Zhou Yun. Thanks to his godlike case-solving logic, netizens called him a legal genius. A married scumbag seduces a woman, then refuses to take responsibility when she gets pregnant. The police won't even do anything. What should she do? Have them turn themselves in for the joint crime of bigamy. The police will definitely take the case, and with a confession and a pregnancy, there's a good chance the charges will be dropped. A cook who has wo 131.5kReads9.3Score14.9kShelves
35. 335 高 High Martial: Who Still Plays with Fire? I Want to Play with Lightning! 高武：现在谁还玩火啊我要玩雷！ Run, There's Poison Gas!快跑毒Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Genius] [Multiple Superpowers] [Mutant Beasts] [Demons] [Myriad Races] [Lightning Superpower from the Start] [Humanity Doesn’t Fight Among Itself, It’s More United Than Ever!] [No Heroine, No Harem, No Romantic Subplots, So Don’t Make Things Up.] (The opening pace is a little slow, so please bear with it.) (The audiobook is out, so enjoy without worry.) After an accident, Ji Churen transmigrated to a high-martial world where everyone could awaken superpowers. Mutant beasts invaded, demons ran r 36.1kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves

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    I swear on my life: This story has no female lead, no romantic pairing, and no ambiguous relationships. It's a pure, unadulterated enjoyment from beginning to end. [Sending a heart]

36. 336 穿 A Book Transmigrator's Male Lead's Sidekick Awakens a Tipping System 穿书男配跟班，觉醒打赏系统 Li Buru李不如Urban1.0M WordsCompleted No female lead + brotherhood + System progression + spiritual qi revival I transmigrated into a book. I became the cannon-fodder lackey of a villainous male supporting character. Of lackey A, B, C, D, E, G, and so on... I was G. I also awakened a ridiculously bad tipping System. The more my big brother tips, the higher the tip value, and the more powerful the treasures I can exchange for. The System told me to win over the male lead, so I kicked it away and turned to cling to the villainous supp 3.5kReads8.3Score376Shelves

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    These are all super good novels without a female lead!!! Especially the first one, "Big Brother Development System," which is basically devoid of love and affection. Don't be fooled by the fact that the last one is labeled as having only one female lead; in fact, the female lead never appears until the end of the book, so you can read it without worry (they probably wanted to include a female lead but didn't).

37. 337 穿EN Reborn as the Firstborn of a Concubine: My Legitimate Brother Is an Immortal Emperor! 穿越庶长兄：嫡弟竟是仙帝转世！ Tonight, I'll Bask in the Moonlight今晚晒月亮Xianxia1.5M WordsOngoing [Signed for print publication | Brothers standing shoulder to shoulder, no romance, lighthearted and funny with a touch of ensemble cast, satisfying and never groveling, both brothers become top-tier powerhouses later on] After transmigrating, Yun Qing became the eldest son born of a concubine in one of the cultivation world's most powerful families. The good news: He possessed a Chaos Dao Embryo and an ancient double pupil. He could seize the sun and pluck the stars, with a boundless path to im 190.4kReads9.6Score15.3kShelves

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    [Thumbs up] I transmigrated into the body of a concubine's eldest son, and my Immortal Emperor brother insists on spoiling me! Yun Huang: A concubine's son must kneel before the Emperor and not look up at me. Yun Qing: (Quickly bows) I will kneel down to pay my respects. Yun Huang: No need for formalities, just stand and answer me. Yun Qing: This plot is wrong, aren't you the one who hates concubine's sons the most? Yun Huang: (Speaks in public) Seeing my elder brother is like seeing me in person. Yun Qing: You said you hated concubine's sons, how come you've suddenly become a brother-obsessed brother? Yun Qing: Anyone who dares to touch him must first ask me, his elder brother!

38. 338 高 High Martial: Run! He's Using a Sniper Rifle 高武：快跑，他玩狙的 Have You Eaten Tonight?今晚你吃了吗Urban546k WordsOngoing [A female supporting character, but no female lead; no romance pairings, just sniping through a high-martial-arts world!] "Within three feet, my sword is the law!" "But Lu Jin's sniper rifle has a range of 880,000 meters." "Beyond seven steps, my fists are fast. Within seven steps, they're both fast and accurate. How do you plan to fight me?" "But Lu Jin's sniper rifle has a range of 880,000 meters." In a high-martial-arts world, Lu Jin awakened the talent for modern weaponry: the Barrett. Thus 9.6kReads8.6Score702Shelves
39. 339 规 Rule Horror: I’m the Final Villain in This Horror Story 规则怪谈：我，恐怖里的最终反派 Autumn Wind Enters Dreams秋风入梦Mystery306k WordsCompleted The supernatural returned, and rulebound horror descended upon the world. Lin Mu was chosen by chance and brought to this perilous world of urban legends. He thought he was just like most of the other players. If he failed to solve the mystery within the allotted time, his mind would descend into chaos, and he would become one of them. Until today: [Rulebound horror has finally begun!] [Wait! This handsome guy looks kind of familiar. Holy crap, isn't he the final villain who created the urban le 1.5kReads8.5Score139Shelves

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    I also enjoy reading novels without a female lead. I'll drop any novel with ambiguous relationships or lewd jokes. My bookshelf is full of novels without a female lead, but I haven't finished or even started many of them, so I'm not sure what to expect. These are the ones I've finished—no female lead and no ambiguous relationships. My favorite is the one about the prophet, but the author hasn't updated in a long time.

40. 340 独 Living Alone in the Greater Khingan Range, I Get My Home Raided by a Golden Tabby from the Start 独居兴安岭，开局竟被金渐层偷家 Hun Xiaohun魂小魂Urban1.4M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Qi becomes a proud but lonely forest ranger with the help of a System. Lin Qi originally thinks he'll spend the rest of his life in comfort in the Greater Khingan Mountains. He'll drink tea, read the paper, and occasionally go hunting, fishing, farming, and raising poultry. Life couldn't get any better. But before Lin Qi can even step into the cabin where he'll be living, a wild Amur tiger having difficulty giving birth takes over his home! Seeing th 1.8kReads7.5Score153Shelves
41. 341 冰 The Ice-Cold Giant Fish 冰冰巨鱼 Uncontrollable Cloud失控云Sports3.2M WordsCompleted [No System + no heroine + a touch of golden finger + farming + raising and developing + slow-burn survival + not a saint, but still compassionate] All of humanity transmigrates to a strange ocean world, where they must survive inside the stomach of a giant fish called the Illusory Leviathan. Humans must help the Illusory Leviathan clear harmful creatures from its stomach. In return, the Illusory Leviathan finds supply crates for them and helps them develop. The creatures in this ocean world are 45.3kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
42. 342 我 My Days Running a Shop Across the Heavens 我在诸天开黑店的日子 Falling Leaves in Xiaoxiang叶落潇湘Eastern Fantasy407k WordsCompleted [Invincible Protagonist] [the Myriad Worlds] [Patchwork Novel] [Behind-the-Scenes] By a twist of fate, I transmigrated to a Cultivation world and got bound to a Main God Space. Should I summon reincarnators to invade the Myriad Worlds? Or summon reincarnators to destroy the world? Liu Shao says all that fighting is too dangerous. He’d rather do a little business across the Myriad Worlds and skim some profits from them. And so, the Cultivation world’s first online shopping platform is built. Then 2.3kReads8.7Score133Shelves
43. 343 阳 Getting Roasted in the Living World, My Fans in the Underworld Help Me Get Even 阳间被喷，阴间粉丝帮我找场子 Rehab Expert复健达人Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Funny and lighthearted + playing a ghost + scaring people and ghosts alike + horror livestream + no female lead + top-tier star of the underworld + reverse brainwashing + misunderstandings + ghostly illusions] Shen Si is an obscure actor who loves performing but has mediocre acting skills. In other people’s eyes, he’s a strange, awkward speaker with stiff limbs who crawls faster than he runs. One day, he receives a script and enters a supernatural film set. Here, his awkwardness is because he’s 14.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves
44. 344 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Male Supporting Character Awakens 快穿之当男配觉醒之后 Chu Zhi Wenmo楚之文墨Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Male lead, quick transmigration, no romance] This is not a traditional power fantasy. The focus is on completing missions. The protagonist is very powerful, but he doesn't pick fights with the world, and there are almost no face-slapping moments. Shi Qing was so devoted to cultivation that his senior brother tossed him into the quick transmigration bureau to complete missions, supposedly to help him relax. He was assigned to the male supporting character division, where he grants the wishes of 22.2kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves

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    Trust me, everyone, these are absolutely fantastic! None of them on my bookshelf have any romantic subplots or female lead scenes. Most are lighthearted and fun, no drama involved. The only exception is one of my favorite ensemble novels, which has been taken down. (Using this emoji again...)

45. 345 末 Opening a Shop in the Apocalypse: The Owner Is Powerful but Keeps a Low Profile 末世开店，店主很强却过分低调 Qian Mo Ya浅沫呀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse919k WordsOngoing [Shopkeeping + Apocalypse + No female lead + Relaxed daily life + Business-focused + Ensemble cast, with stories told through many characters and little from the male lead's perspective, since he only runs a shop. This novel is entirely fictional.] After binding to the System, Qin Mo began traveling to different worlds to open shops. This time, he has arrived in the Apocalypse. The Apocalypse strikes, and within just half a month countless people have died. Everyone is desperate for food and a 8.1kReads8.7Score481Shelves

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    In the first book, the woman tried to seduce the protagonist but was beaten to a pulp before she could even finish her sentence. In the second book, the woman was brutally murdered because she tried to flirt with the protagonist and caused him to lose a game. In the third book, the protagonist is a stone that cannot take human form and only directs from behind the scenes. In the fourth book, the protagonist never approaches humans.

46. 346 我 I'm a Supernatural Being, but Humanity Is Even More Sinister 我是诡异，全球人类却比我还阴 Rehab Expert复健达人Mystery271k WordsCompleted [Misunderstandings + Coincidental Mix-Ups + Mistaken Impressions + Truly Eerie Male Lead + A Ghost Playing Human + Humans More Sinister Than Ghosts + No Female Lead] Shen Ming was a ghost. When he discovered that he was the only ghost in the world, he couldn't stay calm... To find the ghosts hiding among the living, he became an actor and learned how to blend naturally into human society. One day, he was delighted to discover that some living people were surrounded by a strange black mist! Ce 4.7kReads8.4Score638Shelves
47. 347 不 Come On, I Was Already Invincible Before This Horror Game Even Started! 不会吧，我都无敌了，恐怖游戏才来？ Old Pumpkin老南瓜Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing “Three years, then another three years. Ten years have passed. System, I’m already invincible. Where’s that horror game you promised me?” Lin Chen came to this world ten years ago, and the horror game managed to avoid him for nine of them. But it couldn’t avoid him forever. Lin Chen entered the horror game, a game with a 99% death rate, and turned it into a speedrun. 5.9kReads8.5Score545Shelves
48. 348 高 High Martial: One Million in Debt, I Simulate My Way to Godhood 高武：欠债百万，我靠模拟成神 Life Is but a Dream 4751浮生若梦4751Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [High-martial world]+ [Simulator]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Invincible, sweeping all opposition]+ [All-knowing and all-powerful] After transmigrating into a high-martial world, Li Ang found himself burdened with a million in loan-shark debt from the start. If he couldn't pay it back within three days, the Black Gold Merchant Guild would dismantle his body and take his corneas, heart, and bone marrow to settle the debt! Just as he despaired, the Life Simulator activated! [Simulation complete. Ch 80.7kReads8.1Score10.4kShelves

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    No female protagonist, balanced male-female ratio, no ambiguity, even I, a woman, find it comfortable to read. Most are ensemble pieces, and these are the ones I've finished reading and am currently following!

49. 349 集 Wielding the Strongest Superpowers, I Sweep Through the Apocalypse 集最强异能于一身横扫末世 Starry Dream and Fated Romance星梦辰缘Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.4M WordsCompleted [Zombie apocalypse · No System · No rebirth · One heroine · Squad growth · Ensemble cast · Strong protagonist · Decisive and ruthless] The apocalypse arrives, and staying alive becomes the greatest challenge. Scarce supplies, zombies everywhere, terrifying mutated beasts, and… human nature under the apocalypse all turn survival into a nightmare. Shaoguang → Kaiyang → Yuheng → Tianquan → Tianji → Tianxuan → Tianshu → Yinyuan → Dongming Lighting up each star grants an ability. Everyone else gets a 146.4kReads9.0Score12.6kShelves
50. 350 转EN Job Class: Boss – The Nation’s Geniuses Work for Me 转职老板，全国天才替我打工 Mo Congwen莫从文Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Global Class Change] [Cooperating with the Nation] [Ensemble Cast] [New Classes] What’s it like to be a boss in a world where everyone changes classes? Yi Tian transmigrates to a world of Global Class Change on the day of the class change ceremony. In this era, the ceremony isn’t a celebration, but a gamble. Class awakenings are entirely random. Some good-for-nothings rise to the top overnight, while even geniuses can plunge into the abyss. And Yi Tian awakens the class [Boss]! Recruit employe 63.6kReads8.9Score8kShelves

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