Only Single-Female-Lead Stories, No Harem 单女主进，后宫别来

1. 901 偶 A Chance Encounter and a Shared Rental: The Campus Beauty and I Fall for Each Other 偶遇又合租，我与校花双向奔赴 Ding-Dong Wind Chimes风铃叮咚Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Love That Grows Over Time + Romance + One Female Lead + Authentic College Campus + Friendship] Original title: The Campus Belle Is My Roommate (A step-by-step guide to romance. Come on in if you want to learn how to be romantic!) Gu Yicheng's high school crush got together with his best friend, and when he arrived at college, he was told there was no room for him in the dorms. After running into the campus belle, Liang Yu, three times in a row, he discovered she was his classmate! By a twist of 19.5kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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   They're all really good-looking [heart emoji][heart emoji] and they all have a single female lead.

2. 902 你 Is Your Professor That Fierce Too? 你家教授也凶巴巴的？ Deep Red ouo深红ouoUrban1.4M WordsOngoing [Single heroine] + [Professor] + [Everyday romance] + [Max-level powerhouse] + [Absolutely refuses to work] “Mommy, why does Dad play games all day? One day he’s fishing, the next he’s walking the cat, or else he’s drinking tea and wandering around. How does our family still have so much money?” “Because your dad is an evil capitalist who produces nothing and exploits the workers. If this were the old days, you’d have to throw rotten eggs at him, or watch him swing from a streetlamp after school 19.2kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves
3. 903 熊 Boonie Bears: A Grand Childhood Dream 熊出没之童年大梦 Chasing Dreams in the Sun点阳寻梦Anime Fanfiction682k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted Daily Life + Fantasy Adventures + Crossovers with Movies + Making Up for Regrets] If you enjoy watching Boonie Bears, why not give this novel a try? It’ll make up for the regrets you’ve carried since childhood. Young man, Boonie Bears hasn’t gone anywhere, and your youth is only just beginning. Let’s dream a great dream and return to that afternoon when we sat in front of the TV… 152Reads9.0Score—Shelves
4. 904 被 Forced to Register Our Marriage, the Campus Beauty Senior Keeps Playing Me 被迫领证后，校花学姐反复拿捏我 Drunk on Dreams in Chang'an梦醉长安Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Campus Life] + [One Love Interest] + [No System] + [Sweet Romance] + [Contrasting Ice-Cold Campus Beauty] + [Sweet from Start to Finish] When the girl he had secretly loved for three years said she would date him if he got into the same university as her, Fang Haoyu chose to retake his entrance exams. He spent a whole year studying day and night just to be with her. But when he finally got into the same university, the girl he'd loved from afar suddenly changed her mind! It hurt! It hurt so muc 50kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves

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   [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

5. 905 新 The New Campus Belle Turns Out to Be the Girl Next Door 新生校花竟是邻家妹妹 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Pure romance] + [Unexpected childhood sweetheart] + [No System] + [Not reborn] Jiang Xiang is a third-year student at Hangcheng University. Given his personality, he thinks he'll probably never find a girlfriend, so he's focused entirely on building his career. Mu Zhiyu, a new student this year, earned the highest score among the incoming class. She's a top student who has caught the attention of many teachers. She's beautiful and innocent-looking, and was pursued by many people as soon as s 46.9kReads9.3Score5.2kShelves
6. 906 转 After I Transfer Schools, My Childhood Friend, the Campus Heartthrob, Watches Me Play Innocent 转校后，竹马校草看我装乖 Yun Yun Yan韵韵烟Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Sweet, soft-spoken campus goddess who loves putting on an act X aloof, ruthless school bully who loves putting on an act] [Sweet campus romance, 1v1 + wealthy families + heiress + everyone’s favorite + childhood friends] Jiang Liangjin, the school bully at Lanlin High, has wine-red hair and became the campus heartthrob on his very first day of school thanks to his striking looks. His noble status has all the young masters and heiresses fawning over him. But he’s cold by nature, as if nothing ca 19.6kReads8.9Score4.5kShelves
7. 907 天 The Heavenly Coffin 天棺 Youth Evening News青年晚报Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Because of a joke, my grandmother’s spirit refused to leave after her death and insisted on taking me with her to the grave. Otherwise, my whole family would die. To save my family, I went into the grave with my grandmother... 21.7kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves

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   I personally prefer watching shows with only one female lead.

8. 908 从 Starting with Daydreams 从空想开始 You Can't See the Fine Rain on Your Clothes细雨沾衣看不见Urban303k WordsOngoing Beneath the shadows cast by the neon lights of a city that never sleeps, amid the fantasies and hopes of countless people, the "Phantom Realm" quietly appeared in the real world. The Phantom Realm is an all-powerful System, a realm ruled by the Primordial God where people can travel between worlds. As a Phantom Realm player, you can witness the customs of countless otherworlds, obtain unimaginable riches, and wield the power to destroy heaven and earth... The Phantom Realm gives idealists hope o 1.1kReads9.1Score102Shelves

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   Single female lead, both leads are strong. They live together and hide their identities from each other, later recognizing each other (there's no clichéd plot where they barely recognize each other, no unnecessary filler chapters). Good read, recommended! [Thumbs up]

9. 909 傲 My Proud Little Childhood Friend Is Sweet and Clingy, and She’s Sneaking Glances at Me Again 傲娇小青梅甜又黏，又在偷看我了 Spicy Rabbit Head with a Little Sugar麻辣兔头加点糖Urban1.7M WordsCompleted "Childhood Sweethearts + One Heroine + Mutual Pining + Everyday Life + No System or Golden Finger + Healing and Redemption" "A new book from a veteran author, quality guaranteed!" Yan Shu had a childhood sweetheart, the kind who'd been at odds with him ever since they were little. In kindergarten, he gave the girls in class strawberry milk. She went home and cried to his parents that he'd stolen hers. In elementary school, he traded Christmas cards with his deskmate. She turned around and angril 59.6kReads9.5Score6.2kShelves

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   Single female lead? Yes! Yes, bro! There are definitely more than one pure romance novel with a single female lead like this... Feel free to add more! ξ( ✿>◡❛)

10. 910 刚 We Just Divorced Our Childhood Friends, So How Did We Both Get Reborn? 刚和青梅离婚，怎么就一起重生了 Dui Ze Listening to the Rain兑泽听雨Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Both Leads Reborn + Pure Romance + One Female Lead + Everyday Life] Who said childhood sweethearts would be happy if they got married? Lin Bai wanted nothing more than to take the divorce papers he had just received and slap that person across the face with them! But before he could protect his childhood sweetheart and ex-wife, he was reborn ten years in the past. At eighteen, he still had his whole life ahead of him. Lin Bai swore that this time he would never let Su Yunxi, the girl next door, 15.9kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves
11. 911 诡 The Ghostly Bank: I Shorted the Heavenly Dao 诡道银行：我做空了天道 Little Little Black Cat小小小黑猫Eastern Fantasy297k WordsOngoing The Heavenly Dao is not a set of rules. It is a debt. The moment any living being is born, the Heavenly Dao forces a loan of “innate energy” on them, saddling them with interest they can never repay. While others painstakingly cultivate martial arts and die the moment they encounter a supernatural entity, Qin Chen opens a “Rules Exchange,” breaking supernatural entities down into loans, bonds, and insurance, then selling them to martial artists. Can't win? I'll lend you a rule that guarantees 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend a book by a new author, but the female lead is very beautiful and the premise is quite interesting.

12. 912 神 Divine Emperor Daddy 神帝奶爸 Picking Up Time with a Silent Pen拾光笔默Urban2.5M WordsCompleted The merciless God Emperor Yun Mo wields the heaven-defying divine artifact, the Mount Yanfu Residence Painting, in the Boundless Realm… One thousand years: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Tribulation Crossing, then ascending to the Boundless Spirit Realm. Two thousand years: Void Refinement, Body Integration, Great Ascension, then ascending to the Boundless Immortal Realm. Three thousand years: True Immortal, Golden Immortal, Dao Ancestor, 5.6kReads8.9Score687Shelves
13. 913 狗 Dog Food: The Female CEO Keeps Wanting to Date Me! 狗粮：女总裁老惦记和我谈恋爱！ Eight Bags of Candy糖送八袋Urban183k WordsCompleted [One heroine + sweet everyday romance + tooth-achingly sweet] Gu Chen is reborn. In his previous life, he was a business tycoon who had no interest whatsoever in money or women. In this life, he plans to be nothing more than a lazy slacker. But an unbelievably adorable young CEO keeps testing his limits, hot and cold!… Ye Wan'an: “Oh~ Your bike’s broken? Then I’ll take you home~” Gu Chen: “…I clearly saw you take my chain off…” “Hehe~ We’re home. Pay the fare, and you can do it with a kiss right 2kReads8.7Score299Shelves
14. 914 天 Oh My! The Goddess Secretly Had Three Adorable Daughters with Me 天！女神偷偷给我生了三个乖女儿 Cream Puff Baby泡芙宝宝Urban666k WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet Romance] [System] [Maximum Sweetness] [Devoted Dad] [One Female Lead] [Everyday Life] His girlfriend took the wrong phone, and Ji Mingxuan accidentally discovered she was cheating. He got drunk out of despair, only to wake up in the home of a beautiful teacher! But the more he looked at her, the more she resembled the gorgeous woman he'd met at a bar a year ago! Wait, where did these three adorable kids come from? Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've been bound to the Super Dad Syste 2.7kReads9.0Score264Shelves

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    This is not simple.

15. 915 校 Campus Belle, Stop Chasing Me. You're Not Worth My Devotion 校花别追了，爷的深情你不配 Watermelon with a Durian Flavor榴莲味的西瓜Urban2.9M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Campus Belle] [School Life] [One Female Lead] [Top Student] In a cemetery, a girl drinks a mouthful of paraquat and, clutching a cold gravestone, falls asleep forever. Only then does Ye Lin realize who he should have protected all along. He regrets being a simp, giving everything and ending up with nothing. Not only did he lose his life, he also neglected the quiet girl who had been worth protecting for a lifetime. Filled with regret and sorrow, Ye Lin is reborn in his senior year of h 81.8kReads9.1Score9.6kShelves

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    The first one is highly recommended; it's a true single-female-lead novel (the female lead is yandere, and even the male lead is afraid to approach her). The second one is also very good; highly recommended for fans of pure romance! [Laughs][laughs][laughs]

16. 916 重 Reborn in 1985: After Prison, I Rebuild a Business Empire 重生85：出狱后，重塑商业帝国 I Raised Lots of Cats我养了很多喵Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [1980s setting + realism + romance + business + political intrigue] The year 1985 marked a turning point in economic reform, as an extraordinary era began to unfold. Lin Mochi is lucky enough to return to this age of abundant opportunity, but fate seems to be playing a cruel joke: he is reborn in the body of a recently released convict. In the face of everyone’s disdain and misunderstanding, he always responds with a smile. You can’t explain ice to a summer insect. Who could possibly understand 2.5kReads9.0Score168Shelves
17. 917 重 Reborn in 1980: I Give My Pregnant Wife a Better Life 重生80，给怀孕媳妇过上好日子 Snow Drifting Through the Bamboo Grove竹里飘雪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Urban rebirth + a scumbag turning over a new leaf + doting on his wife + navigating the business world + ruling it all “Chen Tong, you ruled the business world with an iron fist in this life. Do you have any regrets?” As he lay on his deathbed, a voice as beautiful as music came from somewhere... 5.1kReads8.9Score342Shelves
18. 918 超 So Sweet: From the Start, the Gorgeous Campus Belle Is Coming on to Me! 超甜：开局被绝美校花强撩！ Xue Yaoyao雪夭夭Urban335k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 104Reads8.2Score—Shelves
19. 919 道 The Dao of the Heavens: Towering Above All Worlds 道极天之雄峙诸天 Ye Fei Ye叶非叶Eastern Fantasy256k WordsCompleted [Story-Driven + Comedy + Daily Life + One Female Lead + Pets + Invincible Heroine] In a fantasy world, hunted by every race, I, Ye Chen, need only one thought to shatter mountains, churn seas, and destroy gods... Forget it! Wife, save me! After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Ye Chen went into the mountains to hunt and unexpectedly found himself a sweet little wife. He planned to farm, get rich, and grow old with his wife and children. He never imagined his wife would turn out to be an Empres 549Reads8.8Score—Shelves
20. 920 重 Reborn: My Golden Age, 1988 重生：我的黄金年代1988 A Pig's Big Dream猪的理想大Urban2.3M WordsCompleted Some people call the years from 1985 to 2000 the golden age, the best of times. The tide of economic growth came rolling in, and fortunes were made one after another. Zhong Yuanchao, who had spent his previous life working in education, returned to 1988 and found himself in a run-down civil affairs bureau, with divorce papers right before him. Standing once more at a crossroads of fate, he decisively chose to cut his losses while he still could! Now free again, Zhong Yuanchao wanted to do just t 27kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
21. 921 暴 The Tyrant's Little Temptress Is Wild and Irresistible 暴君的小妖精又撩又野 Qiao Yiqian乔亦浅Ancient Romance403k WordsCompleted [Search the leads' names to find the short drama] [Both leads are chaste + equally powerful, one-to-one romance. Enjoy] The slave she had once humiliated and tormented has ascended the throne. He pins her against a chaise longue, gently tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. The delicate chain around her ankle jingles softly, its chill seeping into the dark of night. “Your Highness, do you know that from the very first moment I saw you, I… No, this slave wanted to see you in such a helpless, w 7.4kReads9.2Score894Shelves
22. 922 求 Rejected 99 Times for Proposing, I Get Aggressively Pursued by the Aloof Campus Belle 求婚99次被拒，高冷校花强撩我 Big Boss, Cute Girl大佬萌妹Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Campus beauty + sweet romance + System + urban wish-fulfillment] After Jiang Muye was rejected 99 times while proposing to the campus beauty, he received the Anti-Freeloading System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host! You've gained +99 Charisma and a reward of ten million yuan!” Everyone at school was waiting for Jiang Muye to propose to his fiancee for the hundredth time. Instead, she showed up wearing a ring and proposed to him. “Jiang Muye, I'll bring a 300,000-yuan dowry and a Maserati. All you 8.6kReads9.0Score874Shelves
23. 923 我 My Beautiful Master and I 我和我的绝美师娘 The World Is Mine天涯是我Eastern Fantasy504k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Everyone Misreads Everything] [Scheming Old Fox] [Devoted Couple] [Two Powerful Leads] [Imagination Runs Wild] Chen Chang'an transmigrates into the cultivation world and discovers that his master cultivates the Heartless Dao, abandoning his master's wife by a frigid pool and ignoring her completely. How can he stand for that? The Great Filial Son System activates! [Mission: Your master's wife has been poisoned to the bone and is in grave danger. Host, enter immediately and ful 110Reads6.5Score120Shelves

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    This is a must-read! It gets better and better as you read on. It's full of detail, hilarious, and the male and female leads are very devoted to each other. There's no messy ambiguity or angst in the romance. Plus, there are some novel cultivation techniques. It was truly amazing to read.

24. 924 星 Honkai: Star Rail: Kafka Crosses Over into the Real World 星穹铁道：卡芙卡反穿到现实 Dream Valley A梦谷AUrban575k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance / Daily life / Reverse transmigration / Music / Angst] Gu Cheng is an ordinary digital illustrator. Honkai: Star Rail is his only way to unwind. Until one day... He opens the door and finds Kafka curled up in the corner. [The story is set in an alternate universe and is not connected to any existing world.] [Mostly sweet daily life, with some angst along the way, but no tragic ending.] [If you can’t handle the angst in this book, don’t read it, or skip those parts. I’ll be 3.7kReads9.5Score391Shelves

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    The best fanfiction, but the female lead is Carol.

25. 925 校 The Campus Belle Overheard My Thoughts, and I Caught Her 校花偷听我心声，被我发现了 Flirty Little Tomato风骚小番茄Urban709k WordsCompleted Shen Fan was reborn into his college years. It was the first day he would sit beside Xia Qingxue, the campus beauty. With a System at his disposal and memories of his previous life, Shen Fan watched Xia Qingxue walk over and thought to himself, [Since I’ve been reborn, I absolutely won’t let this chance with Xia Qingxue slip away in this life.] Xia Qingxue: Who? Who’s talking? Shen Fan immediately noticed that Xia Qingxue looked a little strange, as if she could hear his thoughts. So he gave a m 586Reads8.7Score105Shelves
26. 926 女 My Daughter Took Her Life on the Tracks After Falling into Depression. I Was Reborn to Make Amends 女儿抑郁卧轨，我重生赎罪 Coke Every Day天天可乐Urban4.1M WordsCompleted Guo Fan lived in abject poverty, leading a life of drunken debauchery like one of the Sanhe day laborers. His life revolved around alcohol and cigarettes. This unfit father nevertheless had a daughter, Guo Xiaohan, who excelled both academically and in character. But growing up without a father's love, Guo Xiaohan developed severe depression. Then, one midsummer day, she skipped school and jumped from the train platform. “Dad, thank you for taking care of me for these fifteen years. Your unfilia 31.9kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
27. 927 校 School Beauty, Don't Cry. You Don't Deserve My Devotion 校花别哭了，我的深情你不配 Short-Tempered Little Pumpkin暴躁小南瓜Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [A good horse doesn't return to old pastures + one heroine + not a BL story] [A light reborn romance with no System or golden finger, just an ordinary, everyday love story. Don't read if that's not your thing.] (Originally titled “Campus Belle, Don't Cry. You Don't Deserve My Devotion.” Note: The campus belle gets more page time early on, and the heroine appears a little late. The sweeter romantic scenes come in the middle and later portions. Please skip if that bothers you.) Everyone knew Gu Ch 14.3kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
28. 928 重 Reborn, I Soared to Success with My Little Sidekick 重生后，被小跟班带飞 Ningni柠妮Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [A reserved heroine who seems quiet by comparison ✖️ a confident, lively hero who's a master of arguing] A hilarious, sweet cultivation romance about a love that spans past and present lives! In her previous life, Ye Moli misjudged people and did all the work so others could reap the rewards. Her own foolishness got her killed. In this life, Ye Moli only wants to cultivate and save her pitiful little sidekick! Why has her little sidekick become such a genius? If he stays up all night reading boo 5kReads9.3Score632Shelves

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    This novel features a single female lead and is quite funny; the male lead is always causing trouble or on his way to cause trouble. From ancient times to the present, I've always been the one tricking others; no one has ever been able to trick me. [Cool]

29. 929 回 Back to 1981: It All Started With Phoenix Bicycles 回到81：倒腾凤凰牌自行车开始 Brother Shui水哥Urban2.1M WordsCompleted New novel: [Back to 1976: My Years as the King of Night Soil!] [Reborn and transmigrated + one female lead + no saintly behavior + decisive and ruthless + inspirational] Back in 1982, he transmigrates into the body of a recently released convict. His family is dirt poor, his father has a disabled right leg, his little sister is still young, and his eldest sister is being forced to marry a cripple because of the family’s debts... From the start, it’s practically hell mode! Watch Chen Bei use his 6.8kReads7.9Score479Shelves
30. 930 鬼EN Demon Slayer: How to Raise a Meal Hashira 鬼灭之刃：饭柱的养成手册 Lu Wants a Sesame Seed陆要芝麻粒Anime Fanfiction491k WordsCompleted After Haruto went through hell to complete his demon swordsman training, he headed to Mount Fujikasane to take part in the selection. Suddenly, a line of comments floated before his eyes: What a handsome guy. Too bad he's going to die in the next second. Moments later, the Hand Demon hidden on Mount Fujikasane pierced his heart, and he bought the farm. When he found himself back on Mount Fujikasane, Haruto thought it had all been a dream. Then another line of comments flashed before his eyes: Th 15.8kReads9.7Score1.8kShelves

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    Absolutely a single female lead story, 2, 3, and 8 are sweet romance novels by the same author. 6 Is a Demon Slayer masterpiece with only Shinobu Kocho as the female lead.

31. 931 八 An Eight-Year-Old Girl Shows Up at My Door, and Her Mom Is the School Beauty 八岁萝莉找上门，孩子她妈是校花 On the Lilac Branch丁香枝上Urban341k WordsCompleted [Urban Everyday Life] + [Sweet Romance] + [School Days] + [One Heroine] + [Romantic Comedy] + [Life with a Child] “Dad!” “I finally found you!” Xu Yan comes across an eight-year-old girl who stubbornly yet sweetly calls him Dad the very first time they meet. But he doesn’t even have a girlfriend. How could he have a daughter this old? It’s only when the little girl pulls out a family photo that Xu Yan has no choice but to accept the truth. She really does seem to be my daughter, and she’s transm 26.2kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves

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    🔥🔥🔥A Feast for Single Female Leads [Laughing] 🎉First Book: Daughter Reborn, Fresh Perspective [Attention] 🎉Second Book: You Think It's a Web Novel? Actually, It's the Author's Autobiography [Facepalm][Crying] 🎉Third and Fourth Books: Two Recommended Books with Shen Youchu-Style Female Leads, Quiet, Soft, and Adorable! [Almost Crying][Sending Heart] 🎉Fifth Book: She Pretends to be a Good Girl and He Pretends to be a School Bully [Laughing and Crying] 🎉Sixth Book: A Xianxia (fantasy) Single Female Lead, Ye Lai's New Work! Currently Following [Learned][Masterpiece] 🎉Seventh Book: A Supernatural Single Female Lead [Cool] 🎉Eighth Book: A Supernatural Single Female Lead [Petrified]

32. 932 重 Reborn as the Peerless Imperial Physician 重生之无双国医 Three-Inch Willow-Leaf Knife三寸柳叶刀Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [What I owed you in my past life, I’ll repay a thousandfold in this one!] (Rebirth + miracle doctor + remorse + devoted husband + one female lead + strengthening the nation through medicine + great wealth + no System + introductions to common illnesses!) Jiang Chu was branded a disgraceful doctor, a worthless quack despised by the medical community and the world. Carrying the regret of his wife’s suicide and his unparalleled medical skills, he was reborn on that very day, twenty years in the pas 5kReads8.8Score440Shelves
33. 933 我 After I Raised the Cutest Girlfriend, the Campus Belle Burst Into Tears 我养成超可爱女友后，校花急哭了 Little Soft Candy小能软糖Urban1.3M WordsOngoing “I don't like you... I reject you!” Jiang Che's confession was rejected, he did poorly on the college entrance exam, and his life took a nosedive... After an accident, he was reborn at eighteen, on the eve of the college entrance exam. This time, Jiang Che decided he wouldn't be a lovesick doormat anymore. But after Jiang Che left, Su Rongyin, the childhood friend and school beauty who had rejected his confession, came chasing after him. “Jiang Che, why are you ignoring me?” “Jiang Che, can't we 53.9kReads9.5Score5kShelves
34. 934 他 He’s Really Not Mean! I’m Really Not Bad! 他真不凶！我真不乖！ Haha, I'm Nothing at All哈哈啥也不是Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted [A school bully who pretends to be a bad student, and her childhood friend ✖️ a well-behaved girl who pretends to be sweet but has incredible fighting skills] [School life + childhood friends + mutual secret crushes + goofy, hilarious, sweet romance] That school bully is my childhood friend. Everyone's afraid of him. But he's really not scary... I'm a well-behaved, top student, the classic kid every parent wishes they had. Only he knows I'm faking it... The two of them get caught at an internet 5.4kReads9.3Score854Shelves
35. 935 破 Crime Solving: My Sweet, Innocent Boss Wants to Arrest Me Every Day 破案：清纯女上司每天都想逮捕我 Spicy Rabbit Head with a Little Sugar麻辣兔头加点糖Mystery754k WordsCompleted [A Not-So-Serious Traditional System Story (The System Barely Appears and Might Be Fake...) + Mystery and Crime Solving (Sort Of) + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Nontraditional Fluff + Slow-Building Plot + Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet] [This is a romance story! This is a romance story! This is a romance story! Important things must be said three times!] [As usual, the cases start in Chapter Four. I’m no good at writing blurbs (the opening is pretty bad too, haha), so please read 50 chapters. If 6.9kReads9.3Score674Shelves
36. 936 兽 Beast Power Conversion: Invincible with My SSS-Rank Wife 兽能转化：带着SSS级老婆无敌 My Name Is Fangcun我叫方寸Urban5.1M WordsCompleted [Now published in print. [Sweet romance + one heroine + female emperor] [The myriad races awaken] [Divine seals awaken] [Beneath the Gods' Forbidden Domain, all gods must be silent] The myriad races awaken, and monstrous beasts run rampant. Su Liang, who had awakened a worthless B-rank divine seal, is reborn in the past and gains the ability to convert beast powers. He dotes on the future female emperor before she can grow into her power, treating 143.1kReads8.8Score16.8kShelves
37. 937 怪 Monster Armament 怪物武装 The Fox on a Swing荡秋千的狐狸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [A coming-of-age story, one heroine, plot-focused, neither brainless nor overly complicated. Combat, characters, and emotional development are this book’s strengths (the author says so, so go easy if you disagree, thanks). The apocalypse atmosphere is lighter early on, but the story hits its stride in the middle and later sections.] In the future, monsters from another world run rampant, and the apocalypse draws near. With current technology, these monsters cannot be eliminated. The only way is 773Reads8.7Score111Shelves

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    Single female lead, post-apocalyptic story, alien invasion. The female lead is a genius with an S-class armor, Fallen Angel. The male lead is a loser; they both take the Monster Warrior exam, but the female lead passes on her first try, while the male lead takes it seven times. The female lead is one of the best Monster Warriors, already a captain. The male lead also has an S-class armor, Undead. In the end, the male and female leads are childhood sweethearts and live across the hall from each other. This single female lead book is really good; I'm reading it myself. Anything from Pikachu is guaranteed to be a masterpiece.

38. 938 末 Apocalypse: The Strongest Legion 末世之最强军团 I Promise You a Thousand Rivers and Mountains许你万水千山Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, he never expected the apocalypse to arrive, turning eighty percent of humanity into zombies. Even all kinds of legendary monsters and demons have descended. What... killing them earns all sorts of cards? And among those cards, Legion Cards reign supreme. “You have a legion of legendary swordsmen? You slaughter zombies like dogs? Jian Chen, show them the might of a sword immortal.” “You have a ninja legion, and it's incredibly powerful? Heh... How dare me 2.9kReads8.2Score271Shelves

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    The apocalypse has arrived. The female protagonist is an angel named Yan, summoned by the male protagonist. She is very powerful in the early stages and helps him. Later, she returns to his universe, which the protagonist then goes to find. This is the Super God Universe.

39. 939 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves
40. 940 闭 After a Thousand Years in Seclusion, How Did My Senior Sister Who Had a Crush on Me Become an Emperor? 闭关千年，暗恋我的师姐咋成帝了 It's Xiu, Not Qiu是咻不是秋Eastern Fantasy269k WordsCompleted A thousand years ago, the transmigrator Jiang Hao gained a System. Not long after acquiring it, he began cultivating in seclusion. But what he never could have imagined was that he would remain in seclusion for over a thousand years. A thousand years later, everything had changed. The once-small sect had become a renowned powerhouse. The senior sister who had once secretly loved him had become an Emperor Realm powerhouse at the peak of the world, as well as the sect master. Faced with all this, 1.9kReads6.5Score134Shelves

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    You've come to the right person.

41. 941 神 Beyond the Gods, Beyond All Words 神上无释 A Bowl of Rice一顿米饭Urban221k WordsOngoing After his treacherous boss sets him up, the glamorous boss’s wife only draws closer. Wu Shi turns around and returns to the military, escorted all the way by an ultra-luxurious private jet. He takes on dangerous overseas missions, crushing every enemy who dares to do evil along the way… Who could possibly scare Wu Shi? Wu Shi plucks down lightning and lets it coil around him, turning it into blazing battle spirit; he gathers thunder to guard his heart, then swings his sword through the air, nimb 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Eastern urban fantasy, invincible protagonist, single female lead Wen Yan

42. 942 开 Married from the Start, My Wife and I Cultivate Together to Prove the Dao 开局成亲，我与娘子双修证道 Chen Lixi宸鵹汐Urban257k WordsOngoing [Married from the Start + One Female Lead + Spiritual Qi Revival + Cultivation + Sweet Romance] In an age when spiritual qi was sealed away, Xu Yang was born with the Sun God Physique. His unusual golden eyes made others see him as a freak, and after one family member after another suffered accidents, they came to regard him as a bringer of bad luck. After his parents died, his relatives seized his family’s property and sent him to an orphanage. There, his strange eyes made him a target of const 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Single female lead, invincible protagonist, fast-paced gameplay.

43. 943 穿 I Transmigrated as the Villain, and Turned the Male Lead into a Girl 穿越成反派，男主被我爆改成女生 Qianyuan Qian乾元乾Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Villain + One Heroine + System] Su Qing is delighted to transmigrate into a fantasy world. But when he discovers that he's actually the villain who stole the protagonist's beloved, he falls into despair. He wants to change his fate, but who could have expected the Villain System to show up and issue missions he can't refuse? With no other choice, he does his best to complete the System's missions. But then something unexpected happens. During one mission, he and the protagonist fall off a cliff 21.3kReads8.3Score3.2kShelves

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    Fantasy with a single female lead, no harem or ambiguous relationships.

44. 944 渡 A Tribulation-Stage Cultivator Gets Contracted by a Bratty Girl from Another World! 渡劫期的我被嚣张雌小鬼契约了！ Lin HubaI林狐白Urban285k WordsOngoing (The rating just opened, so it’ll go up later) [Bratty Loli] [Sharp-Tongued Cutie] [Secret Yandere] [Mutual Devotion] [Pampered Romance] [Lighthearted Comedy] [No Angst] Jun Shaobai was originally an Earthling. He was hit by a hundred-ton truck on the road and sent to the cultivation world. After finally cultivating to the Tribulation Transcendence stage and preparing to ascend, a mysterious force dragged him to Blue Star, where he became Li Xiaoxiao’s spirit companion. Despite being only half a 195Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    Single female lead has various types

45. 945 仙 After the Immortal Emperor Was Reborn, I Turned Her into a Beautiful Girl 仙帝重生后，被我反派变成美少女 Mu Ling Sheng Yuan木灵生鸢Eastern Fantasy126k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist + One Female Lead + System] After an accident, Ye Liangchen transmigrates into a novel about an Immortal Emperor being reborn, a book he had read before. He even becomes a cannon-fodder villain who won't survive past chapter three. Just as he thinks he's doomed, the Villain System arrives. To survive the protagonist, he starts taking on villain missions, and his relationship with the protagonist grows more hostile by the day. But everything changes after an accident. In an “ 5Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 946 反 As the Villain, I Ended Up Marrying the Female Lead 反派的我，最终迎娶了女主 Qianyuan Qian乾元乾Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Single Female Lead] [System] [Book Transmigration] [Slice of Life] After transmigrating into a novel where the heroine gets relentlessly tormented early on before becoming ridiculously powerful and invincible, Su Qing finds himself as the first minor villain she faces, one who meets a particularly gruesome end. He starts sweating a little. Still, he has a System, so he figures he can at least put up a fight. Without realizing just how serious the situation is, Su Qing looks down at the heroine 2.8kReads7.7Score150Shelves
47. 947 我 My Little Punk Girlfriend 我的精神小妹女友 Chubby Bear胖熊吖Urban2.0M WordsOngoing The rating just came out. It'll go up later, so don't let it scare you away! [Modern Daily Life + Youthful Romance + One Heroine + Sweet Romance + 1v1 + Campus Belle] In his previous life, Jiang Ran was a notorious simp. He gave Lin Weiwei everything, donating a kidney, buying her a house, and emptying his savings, only to be rewarded with betrayal, humiliation, a child he was tricked into raising, and the destruction of his family. Only on the verge of death did he learn from Lin Weiwei's diary 46.6kReads8.6Score5.5kShelves
48. 948 我 My Pure-White Lover 我的纯白色恋人 Snow Loving Snow on a Snowy Day雪天恋雪Urban596k WordsCompleted [One Heroine] [No System] [Youthful Campus Romance] [Healing] Bai Youxue was as white as snow from head to toe, just like her name. She had albinism. People had looked down on her since childhood, treating her like a strange outsider. Amid the insults and scorn, she grew insecure and gradually stopped holding her head up. In time, she got used to it, learning to live cautiously at school on her own. In the noisy, bustling city, she... was like snow fallen on the road: out of place and cold. Unti 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban romance novels featuring single female protagonists. (The first and twelfth books, one with no female lead and the other with a lower score, are both very good. Please ignore the multiple female lead tag in the second book. Both are rebirth novels from 2014 and 2015.)

49. 949 分 After the Breakup, I Picked Up a Sweet, Airheaded Girlfriend 分手后，捡到憨憨小女友 Skeleton Minion骷髅小兵Urban501k WordsCompleted [Romantic Everyday Life] [Pure Love] [Healing] [Light Novel] [Slice of Life] What’s it like to find a girl with legs straight out of a manga? What’s it like to sweet-talk a cute airhead into becoming your girlfriend? You have to squeeze her legs before bed… Kisses when you wake up… A piggyback ride whenever you go out… A hug whenever she’s feeling down… From then on, life is nothing but sunny days. Nothing but sweetness… Diabetics, look away! The sweetness level goes from three out of ten, to fi 8.6kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
50. 950 离 On the Day We Divorced, I Heard My Iceberg Wife's Thoughts 离婚当天，我听到冰山老婆的心声 The Breeze Is Crisp清风凛然Urban350k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will rise, so don't be scared away] [Inner thoughts] [Light novel] [Sweet romance] [One heroine] I'm an electrical engineer who's been targeted by my boss so badly I'm about to lose my job. My wife is the richest woman in Modu, and everyone calls me a kept man. I thought I'd married an icy CEO and that we'd fall in love after the wedding. But one day, after we were married, I accidentally caught my wife hurriedly hiding a framed photo. That was when I realized she h 155Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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