A Single Female Lead With Lots of Screen Time, Smart and Never a Burden on the Male Lead 单女主 戏份多 女主聪明不是男主依附累赘

1. 451 最 Even the Weakest Skeleton Wants to Study Magic 最弱骷髅也想努力学习魔法 Si Sisi四肆寺Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Evolution] + [Dungeon] + [Magic] + [Nonhuman Protagonist] + [One Female Lead] + [System] + [Leveling Up] After unexpectedly transmigrating to a magical world, he turns into a battered skeleton on his very first day. Level up, evolve, allocate attribute points. From a low-level skeleton that crumbles at the slightest touch, to a sturdy skeleton, then fusing with a bone dragon's horns to evolve into an elemental skeleton. Level up, fuse, evolve, grow, step by step. Until he becomes the strongest 27.2kReads9.0Score3.4k14d adds
2. 452 逍 The Carefree Imperial Son-in-Law 逍遥驸马爷 Drunk from a Flick of the Finger弹指一壶醉Historical3.0M WordsCompleted (Set in a fictional world, drawing mainly on the Ming and Tang dynasties and the Three Kingdoms era) Qin Feng, a doctor skilled in every field, transmigrates into the body of an unwanted illegitimate son in the Grand Tutor's residence. He only wants to become a secret tycoon in this dynasty and find a chance to establish his own household. Unexpectedly, he becomes a royal son-in-law, entering a sham marriage with a princess. Each gets what they want from the arrangement, and Qin Feng only has hi 21.9kReads8.8Score2.1k14d adds

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   This is probably the type of story you'd like to see [thinking]. The initial development of the relationship was quite lengthy, but it didn't quite establish itself. However, there were reasons why it didn't, and I can accept that. The early stages focused on building the relationship while also providing sweet moments; the interactions were very sweet, and it became even sweeter after the relationship was officially established.

3. 453 至 The Supreme God Arrives: Ruling the Skies Above the City 至尊神临，都市镇苍穹 The Sun's Sheep烈阳的羊Urban2.0M WordsOngoing On a stormy night, a video of university student Lin Yun catching a sniper's bullet with his bare hands sets the internet ablaze, making him the center of attention and a target for all kinds of powerful forces. The local Zhao family makes the first move, but Lin Yun exposes the foundation of their power with a single remark: they have been stealing fortune with an evil formation. He then triggers a backlash from the earth's ley lines, bringing the Zhao family's century-old legacy crashing down 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A pottery jar sealed a poem about cicadas' songs; a thousand years later, it cracked open like butterfly wings.

4. 454 全 Global Lord: Am I the Only One with a Fallen Empire? 全民领主：唯独我是堕落帝国？ World-Destroying Emperor灭世大帝Urban1.1M WordsCompleted This is a cruel age. When the War Game descended, it decreed that every race across countless planes must become a game lord upon reaching adulthood and join the meat grinder of the war between races. Yet Gao Qiang stares at the type of territory he’s been given, lost in thought. [Fallen Empire] [This empire stood at the pinnacle long before any known nation. They once possessed everything. They once knew everything. Until they grew tired of it all, becoming lazy and decadent. But! They are powe 30.5kReads9.0Score2.7k14d adds

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   The last book was written by me. It's a male-oriented novel with a strong female protagonist, but she doesn't steal the spotlight. The plot, character development, romance, and overall theme are all strongly connected to the female lead. (I'll also recommend a few other books that I think are quite good.)

5. 455 魔 His Majesty the Demon King 魔王陛下 Supersonic Bulldozer超音速推土机Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + no System + one female lead + lots of farming + lots and lots of everyday life + really, really lots of everyday life] Summoned here to become a powerless Demon King, with no System and no subordinates, Rhode thinks he’ll just grow crops and drink tea in this desolate backwater, living a carefree and leisurely life. But things never go as planned. As a benevolent Demon King, he welcomes all sorts of people into the Demon King’s castle. They enjoy a happy life filled with putti 10.9kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
6. 456 说 You Said It Was a Battle for All, So What Do You Mean by Setting Up a Monopoly? 说好全民争霸，你搞垄断什么意思 World-Destroying Emperor灭世大帝Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (The print edition has been published under the title The Final Ownership Era) [The Ultimate Owner] [Synopsis: The stars are my candlelight, the orbits my sash, and civilization my game board. It is my mercy that lets all life flourish in my garden, where no one has to measure each breath in money.] Like millions of others, Ling He was unexpectedly pulled into a war game. Outside, countless races watched hungrily. Within, humanity schemed against itself. Some wanted to become emperors, standing 55kReads8.8Score6.4k14d adds
7. 457 布 A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州 Cai Bibi菜比比Historical2.3M WordsCompleted Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye 25.9kReads9.2Score2.7k14d adds

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   Watching only the female lead

8. 458 鹿 Deer Soul Jade: Seven Kills, Shaking Light, Bound for Eternal Tribulation 鹿魂玉：七杀摇光赴永劫 Thick Skin厚实表皮Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Scheming Demon King] [Cold and Aloof Immortal Maiden] [Traditional Xianxia] [Plot-Focused] [Pure Romance] [Love and Kill] Jiang Yanling, king of all demons and monsters, has slaughtered countless lives. Du Yaoguang, a cold and aloof prodigy of the righteous path, lost her master at Jiang Yanling's hands. · A thousand years ago, after Chiyou's defeat, he nursed his hatred and made his descendants into sacrifices, preparing a heavenly calamity that would sweep across the world and purge all life. 3kReads9.2Score31014d adds

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   Single female lead, no harem. The female lead is a turning point in the male lead's life. Both are strong, and their relationship is a love-hate one. [Note]

9. 459 我 I Was Bullying the Campus Belle When My Transmigrated Daughter Showed Up Calling Her Mom 我正欺负校花，女儿穿越上门叫妈 Frost Moonfall霜月落Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Single heroine + children before romance + sweet pampering] He's a college freshman, but his System for turning his life around arrived more than a decade too early. [At thirty-five, you still can't escape the ravages of time. You lose your job, and the pressure makes you fly into a rage for no reason, picking fights with your wife and scaring your child into tears. After each outburst, your wife and child carefully clean up the shards of glass you've smashed.] [Earn forgiveness from your two p 7.2kReads8.9Score59214d adds

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   Say thank you! [Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss]

10. 460 双 Paralyzed Legs? I Control Time and Am Invincible! 双腿瘫痪？我掌控时间无敌于世！ Ninety-Nine Thirty-Three九九三三Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Otherworld leveling game, Reborn, reader-approved: the further you read, the better it gets] God said, "I love to devour people. Those who do not worship me are heretics, and heretics must be redeemed!" Wang Shikong, who commands a supreme treasure that controls time, is reborn on the day his legs were broken in an accident. The beautiful CEO responsible for the accident decides, despite her family's objections, to take responsibility for him. She marries him, brings him home, and promises 13.9kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
11. 461 从 A Talisman Master’s Life, Beginning as a Nobody 从小白开始的符师生活 Su Aishuai苏艾帅Eastern Fantasy585k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [No System] A thousand readers have a thousand different Hamlets, so naturally, everyone sees something different when they look at a “talisman.” Most ordinary people see nothing but chaotic, nonsensical lines. Those with a talent for the Way of Talismans can look past the disorderly strokes, see images, and grasp the meaning encoded in them. But Xie Hui doesn't see any images. All he sees is a blank sheet of paper covered in math, physics, chemistry, and biology. 89Reads8.7Score—14d adds
12. 462 疯 She's Gone Mad! The Female Demon I Wrote Has Escaped From the Book 疯了！笔下女魔头从书里跑出来了 Why Not Be Free何必逍遥Urban1.3M WordsCompleted A bizarre story with one female lead. Yeah, it's just weird. The nine stars align once in a thousand years, and it's said that a miracle will happen. Su Yan, a writer, originally thought this so-called miracle wouldn't have anything to do with him. But who could have guessed that the number one female demon in his story would transmigrate out of the book! 2.5kReads8.8Score30514d adds

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    This is definitely an underrated gem of a book.

13. 463 觉 The Awakening Era: Beginning with a Primordial Spirit Treasure 觉醒纪元：从鸿蒙灵宝开始 A Fat Guy Who Really Wants to Slim Down一心想变瘦的胖子Urban299k WordsOngoing [Distinctive characters] [One female lead] [Urban high martial arts] [Youth series] [Written by loyal readers of Flower Demon, Commoner, and God Eater] [Special Ability University] This is an age when anyone might awaken a personal “spirit treasure.” In this new tide, years of diligent study are no longer the only road to success. Some people drift through life in obscurity until inspiration strikes one day and a radiant spirit treasure rises from their palms, piercing the ordinary. Overnight, t —Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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    Urban martial arts, single female lead with a lot of screen time

14. 464 S Stellaris Stellaris【群星】 Just Call Me Little Gray就叫我小灰Anime Fanfiction600k WordsOngoing In the year 2200, humanity finally puts an end to thousands of years of endless warfare and turns its gaze toward the vast cosmos. Even now, the universe remains shrouded in mystery to humankind. Just as humanity begins to lose its way, a mysterious being intervenes in secret and takes the lead in guiding humanity’s exploration of the stars... A corrupt and incompetent Earth Federation leadership, advanced civilizations lying in wait, swarms of catastrophic insects blotting out the sky, ghostly 28Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 465 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 266.5kReads9.5Score22k14d adds
16. 466 一 A Century in a Dream, and I Became a Daoist Celestial Master 一梦百年，我成为了道家天师 Invincible Under Heaven望天无敌手Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Fortune-Telling + Medicine + Traditional Martial Arts + Invincible + One Heroine + Humor + No Cultivation + Not High-Martial] Chen Haoyu was hit by a car while saving a girl and ended up in the hospital. After lying unconscious for a hundred days, he received the legacy of the Carefree Taoist from a thousand years ago in a dream and became a Taoist Celestial Master of his generation. “How can your medical skills be so incredible?” “Sorry, I used the Zhu You healing arts!” “You can tell fortunes 167.8kReads9.1Score15.7k14d adds
17. 467 群 Stellaris: From the United Earth to Emperor of the Stars 群星：从地联到星海帝皇 Fireflies at Night夜夜晚萤Anime Fanfiction766k WordsCompleted (If you see an abstract cover or title, it’s just a terrible experiment with multiple titles.) Title: Stellaris: From the Earth Federation to the Galactic Emperor Pure Stellaris, with an ordinary Stellaris player as the protagonist. The story ties many parts of the original game together and gives them a reasonable explanation, including fleet battles, raising leaders, federations, ascension, crises, and starfish in cans. (The author has played Stellaris for two thousand hours.) From the start: 1.2kReads8.7Score14314d adds
18. 468 老 I’m Done Holding Back in the Apocalypse. If You Don’t Like It, Let’s Fight 老娘在末世不装了，看不惯就干吧 Lord Loves Snow恋雪君Sci-Fi & Apocalypse270k WordsCompleted [Alien heroine, top-tier powers, strictly business, male lead, not an arrogant overpowered hero, a major who puts herself on the line for the people.] [Both leads are cool and distant, putting country and family before romance. Guaranteed face-slapping of scumbags, with a little warmth.] The apocalypse has arrived. What does that have to do with aliens?! The heroine Bai Ting, blessed by a god-tier civilization, uses her infinite-reset rebirth ability to return to different points in time and sp 367Reads9.0Score10014d adds

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    The female protagonist is an alien deity with an AI system, possesses dual superpowers in a sci-fi setting, is reborn from near death, has high combat strength, is decisive and ruthless without being a saint, is based in a Military base, and has multiple storylines.

19. 469 骷 Skeleton Evolution: Starting as a Goddess's Summon 骷髅进化:从被女神召唤开始 Stillness, Solitude, and Loneliness静孤与寞Sports2.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Cheng is reborn in a game world as a skeleton summoned by a beautiful female player using a skeleton summoning spell. A skeleton like this is even more disposable than cannon fodder! Luckily, he has an Infinite Evolution System! Skeleton evolution, Skeleton Dragon General, Death Tyrant, Undead Overlord! From then on, the game world has a god-tier skeleton who makes players and NPCs alike wail in despair. “Holy crap! Why can that skeleton change its weapon at will, and why are its attack an 16.8kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds
20. 470 群 Among the Stars: I Met a Hidden-Edition Bionic Girl 群星：我遇到了隐藏款仿生女孩 Ding Chun丁醇Sci-Fi & Apocalypse241k WordsOngoing [One Heroine | Romance | Sci-Fi Apocalypse | No Harem | Not a Power Fantasy] Countless civilizations have turned to stardust amid the flames of war. The Human Federation and other interstellar powers have long since fallen into evil. No one knows that the key to this crisis sweeping across the sea of stars lies with an abandoned domestic service robot. While all of humanity fears and hunts down anomalous machines, only Li Xun, a storm relief worker who has devoted himself to the stars, buys the 11Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 471 苟 Cultivating in Secret by the Side of a Powerful Woman 苟在女大佬身边偷偷修炼 Tea Speaks Without Words茶语无声Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted Mortal cultivation, mortal cultivation, mortal cultivation, one female lead, no System, no harem, no brainless decisions Su Ping transmigrates to a cultivation world carrying a small bronze cauldron. The immense power of heaven and earth that accompanies his transmigration happens to save a female sect master who is being hunted. Su Ping becomes the female sect master's antidote, and in turn joins her sect as an outer disciple, embarking on the path of cultivation. The road to immortality is ful 11.7kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds

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    This is it... The male lead's cultivation level is relatively low at the beginning, and their relationship is mostly limited to occasional physical intimacy. The later parts are incredibly sweet. The female lead appears strong to outsiders, but she's a complete damsel in distress in front of the male lead. When they go out to fight, she's fiercely protective of her husband/wife, a mixed doubles act that makes them practically invincible in the lower realms...

22. 472 我 I Live a Comfortable Life in a Fantasy World 我在奇幻世界活得很安逸 A Billion Stray Cats亿只流浪猫Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing [Mage, slice of life, academic research, magic theory, half food story, male-oriented, one female lead, detailed otherworld survival, slow burn, extensive setting and character descriptions.] (If any of the above are dealbreakers for you, it's best not to read this, or you may find it uncomfortable.) Graduate student Liang Xia wakes up after dying suddenly during an experiment and inexplicably reincarnates as a dying stray child in another world. Magic dazzles here and magical beasts roam ever 34.8kReads8.8Score4.1k14d adds

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    This one's good, single female lead, lots of slice-of-life scenes.

23. 473 失 Amnesiac, but My Wife Is Max Level and Max Affection 失忆，但老婆满级满好感 Old Sugar LT老糖LTUrban448k WordsOngoing “I won’t go. I’ll never leave you.” “That’s okay. You can lean on me.” “You can be weak, you can be afraid, and you can want someone by your side. There’s no shame in any of that.” “I know you’re used to carrying everything on your own, used to wrapping yourself up like a hedgehog.” “But Lin Ziyan, you don’t have to be so strong. At least not with me.” “I know.” Shen Mianxue rose onto her tiptoes and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead. “I know it all.” “Lin Ziyan, remember one thing.” “ 19Reads8.5Score—14d adds

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    However, the male lead is a bit of a burden (after all, his mentality has regressed to that of a young adult).

24. 474 异 Anotherworldly Invasion: My Campus Belle Girlfriend Goes on a Killing Spree 异界入侵，我的校花女友杀疯了 Cloudy Skies Turning Clear阴天转晴Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Spiritual Qi Revival]+ [Slightly Overpowered]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Campus Belle]+ [One Female Lead]+ [A Power Couple] (New author, new book. If it's not your thing, please go easy on me...) When dragons roar in the skies! When demon beasts lay claim to the mountains and rivers! When the ocean becomes a forbidden zone! When disaster strikes, where can we turn? In Year 199 of the Dragon Calendar, another dimension invaded, and countless demons and monsters poured out 2.1kReads8.1Score15614d adds

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    The male and female leads are both incredibly powerful, with the female lead protecting the male lead – a satisfying and exhilarating story. The male and female leads are very memorable and well-developed.

25. 475 什 What Demoness? She's Clearly My Precious Little Darling 什么女魔头，明明就是我的哈基米 Zhuge Zhuifeng诸葛追风Male-Channel Fanfiction349k WordsCompleted [One Heroine + Transmigrate + Mutual Healing + Devoted to the Demoness + Sweet Romance and Everyday Life + Ensemble Cast + Healing Childhood Regrets] On my first day after transmigrating into Hua Wuque, the System dropped one line and disappeared: “Save Jiang Yuyan, or be erased.” Me: “??? The demoness who slaughtered her way through the whole show? Could you at least tell me how to save her???” Fine. I'll just have to grit my teeth and do it. When she was tricked by traffickers, I rescued her. 184Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Try this, Jiang Yuyan knows, right? She directly became the heroine of this book!

26. 476 绑 Bound to My Master: My Filial Devotion Went Bad from the Start 绑定师尊，开局我的孝心变质了 Deep in the Forest, a Divine Deer Appears林深见神鹿Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (One heroine + System + master and disciple + transmigration in the body + possessiveness through the roof) One chance encounter while rescuing someone sends Su Ci bodily into the Mystic Realm, where he awakens the Powerful One System. As long as he completes his missions, he can dominate the immortal world and become The Outcast, second only to one and above all others. He understands all that. But why has the System bound itself to his master? Little by little, he watches his usually aloof mas 16.6kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
27. 477 谁 Who Says My Demon Lord Is Cold and Aloof! 谁说我家魔尊高冷的！ Moonlight Reminds Me of Home明月思故乡Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [One heroine + aloof master + plenty of sweetness, no angst] Chu Ning died young in his previous life. By some stroke of fortune, Heaven gave him a chance to be reborn. Through a twist of fate, he became the disciple of the most stunning Demon Venerable in the world! After transmigrating into the cultivation world, Chu Ning wanted nothing more than eternal life. But before long, he noticed that his master's gaze was becoming increasingly strange. Their feelings, too, were gradually changing... U 22.1kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
28. 478 第 The Ninth Empire 第九帝国 Honored Guest of the Qing Tower清楼贵客Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [Alternate Empire + War Among a Hundred Races + Supernatural Powers + Battles Across Different Worlds + Hunter Guilds + Slow-Burn Opening + Ensemble Cast + Both Thrills and Heartbreak] God gave life to all things and created the world. As God lay dying, humanity betrayed the divine, seized greed and wisdom, and founded an empire. The successor inherited the gods' power, swore to destroy the world, and founded the Church. From then on, the Empire and the Church waged war for ten thousand years. T 166.9kReads9.4Score15.4k14d adds

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    Single female lead, and she's smart 🥰🥰

29. 479 纨 The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命，重生主母杀疯了 Folded in the Mist折雾里Ancient Romance905k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they 57.6kReads9.2Score7.6k14d adds

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    The writing is absolutely superb! As a seasoned bookworm, I can reliably tell you that these two books are definitely worth reading with your brain engaged. The plots are interesting, and the writing is exquisite. Just read them, you won't be able to say a word once you start! [Kissing emojis]

30. 480 玄 Xuanhuan: Even the Empress's Master Has Been Reborn!? 玄幻：女帝师尊竟也重生了！？ Wang Xiaofeng王小疯Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Fantasy / one heroine / System / both reborn / slightly obsessive heroine / devoted couple / lots of daily life / partly feel-good / tons of heroine scenes!] Wang Chen had spent a thousand years in the world of cultivation and had even awakened a System. But just when he thought he was invincible as a Great Emperor, thousands of Chosen of Fortune joined forces and mercilessly killed him! The image that appeared most often before Wang Chen’s eyes as he died was that of his peerlessly beautiful m 87.7kReads9.2Score10.5k14d adds

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    There's no cliché plot of a wife being kidnapped and the protagonist searching for her. The female lead has a significant role, not a burden, and it's a slice-of-life cultivation novel focusing solely on her, and she's incredibly intelligent! The second book features a female lead who's extremely jealous, which is very interesting.

31. 481 酒 The Wine Sword Immortal: A God-Tier Brewer Who Slays the Heavenly Gate While Drunk! 酒剑仙：神级酿酒师，醉斩天门！ Where Did the God of Wealth Go?财神去哪了Urban739k WordsOngoing The Heavenly Gate descended, spiritual qi revival began, and exotic beasts appeared. The young Wang Xianxian unexpectedly awakened a mundane vocation: [Brewer]. At the brink of despair, he comprehended the Way of Wine and awakened the vocation [Wine Sword Immortal]. From then on, Wang Xianxian began his path to strength: brewing wine, drinking wine, and getting drunk. Years later, the Wine Sword Immortal stood atop the Heavenly Gate. He gazed at the demons filling the skies. With a flick of his 5.8kReads9.3Score47714d adds

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    Single female lead, and she's intelligent. [Admiration][Admiration]

32. 482 说 You Said We’d Keep Things Innocent! Now You’ve Married the Demoness 说好清清白白！你把女魔尊娶回家 This Humble One Is a High God不才在下本上神Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (Slice of life) (One female lead) Su Chen transmigrates into the body of the Demon Emperor’s furnace cauldron. Every day is worse than death, and all he wants is to escape. So he joins forces with Fang Nan, a reincarnated empress who has been imprisoned, and they successfully break out. He latches onto her for protection and, whenever he gets the chance, curses the Demon Emperor, her sworn enemy. “That she-demon must be hideous. Ugly inside and out, with a heart as small as a needle’s eye!” 13.3kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds

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    Six pure romance novels featuring a single female lead, and the heroines aren't brainless! Worth reading! 👀🌿

33. 483 一 One Sword, One Flask, One Universe 一剑一酒一乾坤 Guan关Eastern Fantasy5.5M WordsOngoing [Swordsmanship + Wine Immortal + Fantasy Xianxia + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Humanity’s Survival] A year ago, the boy watched his father shoulder his sword, slay demons, and save humanity, never to return. A year later, the boy arrives at Qingyun with only a sword and a jug of wine. Shunned by all, he is confined to the peach blossom grove. The sword his father called the “Sword of Protection” stands in the most prominent place in the Qingyun Sect, yet the world calls it the “Sword of Sham 72.9kReads9.3Score6.8k14d adds
34. 484 杀 Kill That Immortal 杀死那个神仙 An Old Non一只老非Mystery761k WordsOngoing Warning: The male lead kills the female lead from the start! If that bothers you, turn left! [This really is a very fun novel] [It’s really not that scary] [Trust me] The world says that immortals are noble, compassionate, and kind, that they stand above all things. So kill that immortal!!! 1.3kReads9.3Score10114d adds

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    The male lead is very smart, and the female lead is even smarter. Neither of them is a burden. It's a good book with both the male and female leads' perspectives!

35. 485 侦 Detective, Innocence, and the Future 侦探，天真与未来 North Star Butterfly北星蝴蝶Mystery175k WordsCompleted “You, be my assistant!” A girl calling herself Rochitar appears before him. When the logic of deduction falls apart and the mind evolves into fists, is this an awakening or a descent? Forged over 1,660 days, seventy souls blaze through nine volumes of epic. From the depths of mystery to a frenzy of supernatural powers, a new-generation tale of superpowered battles begins! 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It features a single female lead with a decent amount of screen time; there's even a chapter dedicated to her.

36. 486 离 Ridiculous! You Want Cuddles Every Day, and You Call Yourself an Ice-Cold Empress? 离谱，天天要抱抱，还冰山女帝？ Mo Zhuzi墨竹子Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Female emperor + she pursues him + sweet romance + one heroine + an utterly adorable heroine] Abandoned as a pawn by the Demon Sect, Nie Chen goes alone to deliver a declaration of war to the Qingyue Female Emperor. He thinks he is as good as dead, but his System awakens and turns the declaration of war into a love letter! Nie Chen’s heart sinks. “I swear, I didn’t do this!” As soon as he says it, the aloof and haughty Qingyue Female Emperor blushes, her autumn eyes full of tender emotion. “The 12.5kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds

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    They're all single-female lead dramas. If it's not a single-female lead drama, I'll help you find a knife [cool].

37. 487 说 We Agreed to Go to a Junior College Together, So How Did You End Up at a 211 University? 说好一起大专，怎么你上211了 A Piece of Mango Pit一片芒果核Urban4.4M WordsOngoing When life hit the reset button, Chen Jing returned to 2009 and found himself standing once more at a crossroads. The memories of his past life were still vivid, a life of failure that had followed him all the way to the end. Now Heaven had given Chen Jing another chance to choose. On one side was a friend who dragged him down; on the other was his childhood sweetheart, utterly disappointed in him but still hoping he would change. This time, Chen Jing wouldn’t choose wrong. In this life, he would 17kReads7.6Score1.5k14d adds

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    Single female lead, male lead achieves both wealth and romance, female lead is naive yet intelligent, both are quick-witted. Initially focused on career due to high school, later shifting towards romance, the story becomes increasingly sweet, sweet but not cloying. You'll definitely find it different from other romance novels.

38. 488 梦 Dreaming Back to Han and Tang: Loulan 梦回汉唐之楼兰 Years Gone By, Yaner流年妍儿Ancient Romance412k WordsCompleted Lu Xiaogui, who worked herself to death pulling overtime, opens her eyes to find herself as Xiao Gui, the "wicked woman" of Loulan, atop a sacrificial altar! A blade hangs over her neck as a hundred thousand troops from Qiuci clamor for her blood sacrifice! The System (King's Seal) warns coldly: "Freeze all one hundred thousand enemy troops at once and build a monument of their bodies! Otherwise, you will be erased!" To stay alive, office drone Lu Xiaogui unleashes her ultimate move through tear —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The Highlights of False Evil ⭕ Category: Visual Battle · Episodic Thriller · Short Video Clips ⭕ Characters: Queen of Chaos × Kucha Witch Suicide Squad ⭕ Plot: Chapter 33: Conferring Godhood! Lava Giants Attack the City, She Sneers and Changes Course to the Blood River: "This is called plumbing repair, understand?" The Enemy Country Calls Her a Demon, But Turns Around and Sees Her Freezing Women and Children! Adil Kneels and Trembles, Asking: "You... Are Atoneing for Your Sins?!" ⭕ Background: The Jingjue Curse Erupts, Star Core Illusion Lures and Kills: "Take His Life, and You Will Gain Divine Power!" 📖 Book Status: Ongoing ❄️ Three Chapters a Breakthrough | High-Energy Face-Slapping Continues

39. 489 一 A Smile That Captivates the City: The All-Round Expert 一笑倾城之全能高手 Two Red Beans两颗红豆Anime Fanfiction408k WordsCompleted Ling Feng is a professional esports player who dies in a car accident. His soul transmigrates to the world of Love O2O, where he becomes a top-tier player of A Chinese Ghost Story and takes Wei Wei the Relaxed as his disciple. Under Ling Feng’s guidance, Bei Weiwei grows from a novice player into the number-one female player on A Chinese Ghost Story’s combat power rankings. To win first place in the National Couples Tournament, the two end their teacher-disciple relationship and become a couple 1.7kReads8.2Score12114d adds
40. 490 狗 Mind-Reading Dog Food: My Adorable Wife Is Fierce and Sweet 狗粮心声：超可爱老婆又凶又甜 Candy Is Super Sweet糖果齁甜鸭Urban506k WordsCompleted [The cover girl is the heroine herself] [Yang Chen, enter your 2008 rebirth wish list] Wish One: [Drain the pretty Su Luoli’s secret stash] Wish Two: [Make tons and tons of money and buy Su Luoli out of the Su family] Wish Three: [Well, I hope I get a System to help me make money. I just want to slack off] That’s all!! 29.9kReads9.4Score2.9k14d adds
41. 491 灵 After the Spiritual Qi Revival, I Became Invincible the Moment My Vacation Started 灵气复苏之刚休假就无敌了 Spring Equinox春分Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [spiritual qi revival + System + Invincible + War + One Female Lead + Daily Life + Livestreaming] A great transformation is underway in the Pinghai World: spiritual qi revival. The Great Xia Empire of Dongzhou, one of the Twelve Continents, is making urgent preparations, but its commander has taken a vacation. [Ding dong! Congratulations, you’ve received 10 Awakening Pills.] [Ding dong! Congratulations, you’ve received a supreme immortal-grade weapon.] [Ding dong! Congratulations, you’ve receive 2.1kReads8.3Score13314d adds

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    The first book is very sweet with a single female lead and a lot of screen time, but the female lead is a bit naive. The rest of the stories are also quite good (all of them have a single female lead, the first one is the sweetest, the others are just average).

42. 492 我 My Cool and Aloof Neighbor, the Campus Beauty 我的清冷校花邻居 Mr. Benevolent Crow慈鸦先生Urban7.2M WordsOngoing [Youth · Everyday Life · Slow-Paced · Heartwarming · One Heroine · School] This book is also known as "Who Is the Immortal in the Moon?" Who is the immortal in the moon? Sleeves raised lightly, apart from the mortal world. They say the mortal world is full of splendid years: a pair of butterflies dancing gracefully. A cool and aloof childhood sweetheart, An elegant heiress, A handsome brother who would risk his life for him... Chen Yifei is about to start university, but he has no idea what kind 10.1kReads9.1Score81714d adds
43. 493 落 Stranded in Ancient South Asia, I Fight My Way Ten Thousand Miles East 落难古代南亚，杀穿万里东归 Mengdong Er Biao蒙东二彪Eastern Fantasy612k WordsOngoing 216Reads—Score—14d adds

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    That's a perfect match. The female lead is intelligent and has amazing leg skills, and she has a lot of screen time. Many people have been kicked and stomped on by her, but only the male lead got to enjoy it; everyone else died.

44. 494 娘 My Wife Trains in Martial Arts While I Cultivate Immortality 娘子练武我修仙 Qi Qi Ai柒柒唉Eastern Fantasy546k WordsOngoing [Xuanhuan] [Sweet romance] [One heroine] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Transmigration] [Everyday life] [Lighthearted] Qin Yi transmigrates and is reborn in a low-martial world. With the help of the mysterious black tower in his sea of consciousness, he becomes a cultivator and lives a peaceful, leisurely life in Yuzhou City. Then, eighteen years later, his breathtakingly beautiful fiancée, Lin Qingyao, arrives in Yuzhou City with her dowry and takes the initiative to ask him to marry her. After the we 2.5kReads8.9Score13114d adds
45. 495 我 My Landlord Is a Pop Idol 我的房东是偶像歌手 131313Urban3.2M WordsCompleted Gu Zhinan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an online novelist. Could his beautiful landlady really be a washed-up idol singer? One day, she leaves her guitar in the living room... "I can't write songs. I'm just a novelist. I was only messing around." That is, until his landlady is left stunned by the song Gu Zhinan wrote. "Didn't you say you couldn't write songs?" "I know a little, I know a little." 52.4kReads9.2Score5.8k14d adds
46. 496 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
47. 497 来 My Miserable Life in Arknights 来到明日方舟的悲惨生活 Hidden Liquor潜酒Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [Female lead: FrostNova. Plot-focused; readers unfamiliar with the source material may enjoy the story less.] The joy of transmigrating gives way to the struggle to survive. The snow rabbit is everything to him. The spark of Reunion becomes a prairie fire, until it sweeps across all of Terra; until a Mobile City of the Infected appears; until she becomes queen; until the suppressant is invented; until... He doesn’t know that he has changed everything. Perhaps, in the future, when traveling throu 5.4kReads9.5Score56614d adds

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    1. A nationwide seafaring survival journey begins, and Yang Yi acquires the ghost ship "Nightmare," surrounded by elemental damage, making his path to survival fraught with difficulties. 2. In a post-apocalyptic world, An Mu Ning unexpectedly develops a sweet relationship with his nemesis, the female lead. She gradually "nurturing" him, and the two overcome hardships together. 3. Tian Shuo travels to the world of Terra and fights to ensure the survival of Snow Rabbit (Frostnova), enduring hardships without wavering from his original intention.

48. 498 穿EN Transmigrated into a Women's Novel: Don't Be Afraid, Master, I'll Carry 穿书女频：师尊别怕，我来c Little Orange from the Mountain City山城小橙子Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [One Female Lead + Female Master and Male Disciple + Gentle White-Haired Master + A Scheming Disciple Who Is an Expert at Pretending + Underhanded Tactics + Ruthless] What? The gentle, white-haired master is actually a yandere? Qin Chuan fell asleep and woke up in another world, turned into a toddler. The moment he arrived, a demon cultivator was trying to eat a child, and he was that child. Luckily, a white-haired immortal maiden suddenly appeared and saved him. He fell in love with her at firs 4.3kReads8.3Score39914d adds
49. 499 从 I’ve Loved You Since I Was Three 从三岁起，我就喜欢你 Not a Gentle Breeze不做清风Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [One female lead] [Slice of life] [Romance-focused] People on the internet are always reminiscing about their childhood. Chen Bing, a young man from a small town and one of them, discovered after his death that he had returned to the same town, twenty-four years earlier, to the day he was born. In 2000, at the start of the twenty-first century, Jay Chou released his debut album. By 2002, his career was taking off. After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, home computers began appearing in cities l 10.8kReads9.2Score97914d adds
50. 500 虐 Get a Room! The Ice-Cold Campus Belle Keeps Pinning Me Against the Wall 虐狗啦！高冷校花又双叒壁咚我了 Spicy Rabbit Head with a Little Sugar麻辣兔头加点糖Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Romance and everyday life + one heroine + (supposedly) aloof, stunning goddess + super sweet + gap moe + a mix of wholesome and spicy + living off his wife while still acting tough (not really) + mutual devotion + both reborn + raising each other] [A sweet romance, a sweet romance, a sweet romance! Important things must be said three times.] [A slow-burn plot~ Hehehe] [I can't write a good blurb, so please head straight to the story.] What does it feel like to discover that the person you had 21.6kReads9.5Score2.6k14d adds

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