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1. 651 怎 How Could You Mistake Me for the Villain? Then I’ll Truly Take on the Role 怎么误会我是反派？那我真上岗了 Yuan Li原李Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Coming-of-age] [Warning: triple-identity spy ⚠️] [The three identities come after four instances] [Lone Wolf, no male-gaze content] [The protagonist is pursued early on, extreme protagonist stans, back off!] [Fictional setting with a realistic feel] The “Carnival Paradise” arrives and gradually devours the real world in the form of a game. Zhu Yan unexpectedly awakens the talent “Impersonation” and becomes one of the first closed-beta players. He thought he could safely build up his strength, 100kReads9.4Score13.2kShelves

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   Indeed, [sending a heart]

2. 652 颠 I'm the Crazy One, and the Only Mole in the Protagonist's Group? 颠公的我是主角团唯一的卧底？ Qing Fei Mo青霏墨Urban799k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, but it will rise later.) What a shock! After an unexpected transmigration, he finds himself as the biggest early-story villain in a comic! They say this villain is utterly inhuman: sinister, vicious, manipulative with people’s feelings, cunning, cruel, and quick to kill. Most surprising of all, one of the main characters turns out to be the major early-story villain! Taking things as they come, Yun Qi'an sets out to play the whole protagonist group like a fiddle. But w 4kReads7.1Score431Shelves
3. 653 与 Conspire with You to Bring Down an Empire 与君谋，覆江山 Embers and Sheng烬余笙Ancient Romance225k WordsOngoing [Warlord Prince x Arrogant Doctor, Fallen General x Country Girl, Immortal Healer x Loyal Female General, Ensemble Cast] Born into a family of generals, Song Mingyu studied medicine from childhood and never involved herself in court politics. The Song family, which had never meddled in the struggle for power, helped Chu Yiyi ascend the throne, only to be branded corrupt by the court. The family was scattered, and she was left with a cup of poisoned wine as her end. Thrown onto a mass grave like 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Everyone has their shining moments, including the villains. In this ensemble piece, everyone has their own unique personality. I even think the author seemed to enjoy writing the second male lead, while giving the main character slightly less screen time. Anyway, I've fallen in love with the second male lead.

4. 654 乡 A Small-Town Exam Crammer's Guide to Cultivating in an Immortal Sect 乡毋宁小镇做题家仙门修炼指南 Violent Red Bubble暴力红泡泡Fantastical Romance871k WordsOngoing [No romance, strong heroine, ensemble cast, grassroots heroine’s growth, rural girls saving the world] While cramming for exams late into the night, small-town exam ace Jiang Zhu transmigrates into a cultivation world, inhabiting the body of a poor village girl who also happens to be named Jiang Zhu. The Immortal Sect entrance exam is only six months away. Your current assignments are: Intermediate History of the Immortal Sects, Elementary Demon Language, Five Years of Cultivation and Three Year 21.4kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves

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   Why hasn't anyone recommended this book? I was looking for a substitute for it because it's so to my liking, but I couldn't find any. So I had to recommend the original! It's absolutely amazing!

5. 655 六 Survival Across the Six Realms: My Galaxy, Reduced to Fragments 六界求生：我的星河，只剩碎章 Curly-Haired Little Dragon卷毛小龙Two Male Leads396k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast / Cultivation / Slow-Burn Foreshadowing / Long-Arc Plot / Two Male Leads / Multiple Couples / Six Realms / The Aesthetics of Tragedy] [War Engulfs the Six Realms, Only Those Who Defy Fate Survive] Spiritual energy dwindles, and alliances crumble. A coup rocks the Divine Realm, the Demon Lord is assassinated, and the Netherworld is utterly destroyed, its territory and nation erased. Only traces of its past remain, its people wiped out and its throne left without a rightful heir. 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is really good, I highly recommend reading it.

6. 656 早 You Should Have Said So, Everyone Likes Me? 早说啊，原来全都喜欢我？ Eight Tones八音Urban836k WordsOngoing [Light Novel] [Childhood-Friend Love Triangle] [Multiple Female Leads] [Just for Fun] [Everyday Comedy] [Visual Novel] [No Business] Lin Zhou had always thought he and his childhood friend had grown distant long ago. Then one day, a new app called the [Heartthrob App] suddenly appeared on his phone. It let him see the hidden affection and inner thoughts of others at any time [Bai Wanwan: 99+] [Status: Like him, like him, like him, like him, like him, like him, like him, like him, like him. I wan 204.2kReads9.2Score23.4kShelves
7. 657 此 This Sword Has Yet to Be Worn 此剑未佩妥 Li Chi李尺Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Steampunk cultivation] [Ensemble cast] [No CP] [10,086] The senior brother passing by is a transmigrator. The beautiful senior sister comes with a mysterious old master in tow. The junior brother has mind-reading powers. Their classmate is a savior in the making. Xu Huanlu: “...Everyone's using cheats? How am I supposed to compete? Forget it, I'm going home to cry to Master.” Wait, why do you have a cheat too, Master? . Days and nights in a small town, a world between dreams. A young hero's sp 1.3kReads9.1Score120Shelves

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   Perfectly fitting! An ensemble piece! A group of exceptionally talented young people with diverse personalities unexpectedly arrive in a small town! Each has their own purpose, carries their own past, and each could be a protagonist in themselves!! It's both funny and profound! Not mindless! They're all cunning and shrewd, yet they all claim to be good people when they're out in the world!

8. 658 我 I'm a Criminal, Yet They Call Me a Saint 我是罪犯，他们却喊我圣人 Seven-Seven Frozen Rolls七七卷冻Two Female Leads287k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + multiple foreshadowed mysteries + two heroines + two powerful leads + ensemble cast + fictional world] The full story outline is complete, so enjoy without worry. One-on-one, happy ending (Charlatan criminal x drama-queen undercover agent) Waking up to find herself turned into a criminal would be bad enough. But she also has to keep clearing Sin-Expiation instances to reduce the crimes pinned on her? But can someone please tell Xu Mingzhou what happened to her? Why can't she rem 87Reads—Score144Shelves

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   There are explicit and implicit storylines, and each time point has its own main character team.

9. 659 别 Don’t Talk Nonsense! The Savior Isn’t That Kind of Person! 别乱说！救世主才不是那样的人！ Star Ash星灰Modern Romance544k WordsOngoing [No romance + System + esper academy + a world that mistakes the protagonist’s intentions + beautiful yet tragic protagonist + comment threads and forums + everyone’s favorite + pseudo-ensemble cast] Hello, and welcome to another world. This is The Calamity Era. The Calamity Era is an esper manga that became an instant hit thanks to its gorgeous art and unhinged plot. In this series, extras get injured every three steps and die every five, while the main cast is constantly battered and pushed to 13.5kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
10. 660 弟 My Younger Brother Is a Reborn Immortal Emperor, and I’m Somehow the Big Villain 弟弟是重生仙帝，而我竟是大反派 Warm Pomelo西柚温温Eastern Fantasy270k WordsOngoing (The rating just opened, so it'll go up~) This book is also known as The Villain Copies the Protagonist's Golden Finger, and the System Triggers a Ten-Thousandfold Critical Hit. [Villain System + ruthless + invincible + brothers united + no female lead or romance + a touch of ensemble cast] Gu Xiaoyao is the divine son of an immortal clan. His father is the reigning Great Emperor, his mother is the former divine maiden of the Jiang Clan, and a host of sleeping ancestors of unknown strength stand 454Reads8.0Score108Shelves
11. 661 全EN Global Death Exam: Straight from the Execution Grounds to the Test Room 全球死考：刚下刑场你让我去考试 I Love Eating Cat Chips我爱吃猫片哇Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Tactical battles + mild horror + infinite-world adventure] The Deadly College Entrance Exam has arrived, dragging thirty million candidates into hell. The exam questions have been replaced with scenes from horror movies and disasters. Even staying alive is a pipe dream. Pass and earn rewards. Fail and be erased! Ten points earn ten million. One hundred points earn Tyrant genes. One thousand points earn the Apocalypse. Only ??? can make it out of this exam. To investigate, the military “ 1.6MReads9.3Score295.4kShelves
12. 662 在 One Heart for Cultivation Amid the Frantic Flirting of Seven Villains 在七个反派的狂撩下一心修仙 Mountain Demon山魅Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted She transmigrated into a book as cannon fodder, and all the male leads want to win her over and get 100% of her favorability! Luo Qingyan was inexplicably hit on by all kinds of powerful men: a twisted senior brother from the immortal sect, a licentious young master of the demon clan, a gorgeous Peacock King, and the mysterious ruler of the Ghost Realm. They pulled out every trick in the book, leaving her utterly baffled. Luo Qingyan: ??? After thinking it over, she suddenly understood. “Good th 20.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves

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    Just read it! I think it's super good!!! And the author's previous book was also amazing!!!

13. 663 等 The Summer That Never Came, Love Sinking to the Bottom of the Sea 等不到的夏季，爱意沉于海底 I Only Eat Meat at Barbecue烧烤只吃肉Two Female Leads138k WordsOngoing [Dual heroines, a touch of an ensemble cast, everyone is evil] (The pure-love tag can’t be removed after signing, so just pretend it isn’t there.) The slaughter on the battlefield, the person you love dying before your eyes, being chosen for the vampire headquarters as a child, landing a job everyone else dreams of having, only to find it isn’t so easy to hold on to. In the end, everyone will die. But they’re all just kids who have barely come of age. Those who fall in love during war are doomed 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first one is the kind of comedy that's extremely absurd, really hilarious, but not the bizarre kind. The second one is about a group of professors; the female lead is quite pretty, and I feel the world-building is very novel.

14. 664 漫 Comic Readers Always Think the Host Is the Villain 漫画读者总以为宿主他是反派 Is There Any Risk of Not Dying?有没有不死的风险Modern Romance333k WordsOngoing (No CP, no CP, no CP. He added this tag himself. This isn't romance, it's not romance, it's no CP, no CP. And it's not about transmigrating into a book, either. It's a school story with special abilities.) Just sitting at home when a System drops out of the sky. System: The world you live in is fake. You're just an insignificant cannon-fodder character. Wen Jinyu: Oh, okay. System: Could you at least show me some respect? Wen Jinyu: No. Later, the comic's readers were screaming wildly on the 6.9kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
15. 665 我 At the Beginning of My Life 我生之初 Little He Doesn't Make Thunder小禾不打雷Ancient Romance466k WordsOngoing No money, no power, no influence An undocumented nobody + a destitute orphan girl + an amnesiac + teleportation Huh? How did teleportation get in there? No idea. I've lost my memory, so how would I remember all that... Searching for my memories... Run into a wrongful accusation while attending a wedding feast? Don't worry, watch her work. Your best friend is about to be left with nothing? Don't worry, watch her work. Your pursuer's entire family is about to be wiped out? Don't worry, watch her 2.9kReads—Score100Shelves

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    Honey, check out this book! 🔥 It's so addictive! An amnesiac orphan girl is unexpectedly adopted by a wealthy family and possesses a special ability: she can see through everyone's fate and misfortune at a glance. [Kiss emoji]

16. 666 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score310.6kShelves
17. 667 穿 Transmigrating into a Chaotic Age, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation Through Robbery 穿乱世，疯癫公主她靠抢劫建国了 Turning Ink into Ink点墨成墨Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + Struggle for Supremacy + Chaotic Era + Powerful Female Lead + Fleeing Famine + Infrastructure Building + No Romantic Pairing + Portable Space] Original title: Transmigrating Through Chaotic Times, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation by Robbing Others When Jiang Jin awoke, she discovered that she had become a princess of a fallen kingdom and was being sent to Liang City to become a plaything for the barbarian Jiao Liang. She thought about it and decided it would be better for others 149.6kReads9.5Score18.7kShelves

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    I like the first book

18. 668 身 Does a Comic’s Background Character Like Me Have to Save the World Too? 身为漫画路人的我也要拯救世界吗 Seven Desk Lamps七盏台灯Modern Romance329k WordsOngoing The rating just opened, so it might be a little low [Absolutely no CP] [Female-oriented] (I didn't add the tags) [Ensemble cast] [There are all kinds of wild pairings in the bullet comments, but there really is no CP] [If this isn't your thing, don't read] [Friendship only!! The boys look out for each other] [Happy ending, or I'll start over] Jian Qi is an ordinary person. An extremely, extremely, extremely ordinary person. Well, not entirely ordinary, since ordinary people don't have luck as st 28.4kReads8.9Score6.8kShelves
19. 669 系 System Tasks Too Hard? The Nation Says, “Leave It to Me” 系统任务太难？国家：放着我来 Super Blow-Bubble Bubble Gum超级吹宝泡泡糖Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Signed for print publication] [An unconventional story about turning in a System, focusing on the protagonist's growth and the country reaching out to him in return] Good news! I've got a System! Bad news! The System seems to have a bug and keeps trying to kill me! Faced with a System devoted to erasing its Host, Li Ce made a decision that went against his ancestors' wishes. He turned the System over to the country! P.S. The author has only posted on Dianzi. It's a great book, but I'm not very 2.3MReads9.2Score380.9kShelves
20. 670 误 She Stumbled Into a School for Nobles, but All She Wants Is to Make Money! 误入贵族学校，她只想搞钱！ Grape Milk Tea with Pearls芝芝葡萄加珍珠Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Sweet group-adored romance, a story of redemption, also known as: The Heroine Only Wants to Make Money] Santoria is a private aristocratic academy attended by the children of wealthy merchants, scholarly families, and politicians. While students at ordinary schools bury themselves in problem sets, hoping to get into a good college, these young masters and young ladies must learn how to expand their networks and uphold their families’ reputations. Power, money, connections, and resources are top 26.3kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves

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    Please go see it! Every character is so vivid and clear-headed. The female lead has incredibly strong moral values. When she's bullied, the team helps her in their own ways, and she even pats their hands to comfort them when they're losing their temper. Go see it, it's really good! 👍👍👍

21. 671 侯 The Marquis's Estate Honors Class 侯府重点班 Passion Fruit百香果果Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Marquis’s Elite Class is now available [adorable children + parenting + doting in-laws + lighthearted + healing] Xu Wan becomes a widow the moment she marries into the family. All she wants is to keep her head down and enjoy the freedom of being a marquis’s wife. But on the very day she arrives, her stepson, a notorious little menace throughout the capital, gives her two nasty surprises in a row. Xu Wan grabs a knife and charges out, making a name for herself across the 61.1kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
22. 672 假 Falsely Innocent, Truly Wild: The White Moonlight Becomes the Yellow Moonlight 假纯情，真浪荡，白月光成黄月光 Two Taels of Leisure二两闲Two Male Leads314k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + older man/younger man + light ensemble cast + fussy, green-tea schemer 1] Gorgeous, shameless senior disciple top × aloof, cold, illiterate bottom Biandai was the organization’s second-best assassin, always outdone by his senior, Wen Zhe. His senior was a refined scoundrel, a beast in fine clothes. Biandai dreamed of getting on top of him. But just as Biandai fought to catch up, his senior suddenly died. Unwilling to accept it without seeing the body, Biandai spent half a year 6.9kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
23. 673 文 Text-Based Wuxia: From the Start, a Nighttime Meeting with the Gang Leader's Wife at a Ruined Temple 文字武侠：开局破庙夜会帮主夫人 I Want to Go Out to Sea我想下海Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Text-based game] [Affects reality] [High Martial] [No female lead, multiple women] Chen Xuan accidentally came across a text-based "game" called Martial Arts. To his surprise, this seemingly unremarkable little game was terrifyingly realistic. Even more astonishing, it could affect reality. He also awakened a special talent: at the cost of reducing his own attributes to zero, he could see the triggers for every hidden encounter quest in the game! [Triggered Mortal-grade hidden encounter: "Years 1.4MReads9.3Score170.5kShelves
24. 674 不 You Like Dogs, Don't You? Well, Now You Can Be One, So Why Are You Complaining? 不是喜欢狗？真给你当又不乐意 Jiang Qingsi江清汜Two Male Leads269k WordsCompleted [Male-Male Romance + Two Strong Leads + Mutual Firsts + Urban Fantasy + Younger Top + Master and Servant + Crossing the Line + Consensual] [Gloomy, Devoted Mad Dog Top 1 × Ruthless, Cold-Blooded Power Bottom 0] “You said you like obedient dogs, so I’ll be your best-behaved puppy.” Good dog × Master Chu Yu transmigrated into a book. The good news: he was the leader of an organization, with everything he could ever want at his fingertips. The bad news: he was a villainous boss who would be taken d 59kReads9.2Score13.9kShelves
25. 675 我 I Was Banned for Life, Not Retired 我只是被终身禁赛了，不是退役了 Yellow Springs Falcon黄泉隼Sports3.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [Competition] [High-Octane] [The King Returns] [Nontraditional Sports] [Not Esports] [Ensemble Cast] [Not Mindless] He was once the “Magician,” unbeatable on the field. A three-time world champion, he was permanently banned after a match-fixing scandal, reduced to a “banned competitor” burdened by crushing debts and a dark secret. To protect his family, he buried his glory and his blade alike. He bowed to life in a dilapidated tuning shop, building high walls of money and indifferenc 46.3kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves

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    This is an ensemble piece somewhere between fighting games and esports. The male protagonist becomes a gentle madman due to family reasons, possessing an almost obsessive fascination with Total War. The other players also each have their own serious illnesses. There are multiple female protagonist storylines, but it's not a harem story.

26. 676 坑 The More I Screw People Over, the Stronger I Get: My Shameless Path to Immortality 坑人则强：我的缺德修仙路 Me and the Birdman by the River我与江边鸟人Urban406k WordsCompleted [Urban Cultivation + System + Ensemble Cast] "Who keeps hyping up urban cultivation? Everyone's working themselves to death, and I'm getting crushed." "At least I cultivate while idle." Jiang Yun transmigrates into a modern cultivation world where technology and cultivation coexist, becoming a minor passerby in a novel. With no connections, no strength, and an utterly ordinary face, he does have one saving grace: he's bound to the "Shamelessness Points System." As long as he can swindle someone 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban cultivation combined with transmigration into a book, becoming brothers with the original protagonist.

27. 677 全 Global Divide: Follow Me for Good Food, Warm Clothes, and Plenty to Drink 全球分割：跟着我吃饱穿暖又喝好 He Muzong菏木宗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse314k WordsOngoing [Global Survival + Territory Expansion + 1v1 True Love + Good Luck Buff] Blue Star was suddenly divided into a grid, and all of humanity was thrown into a two-person survival game. From the start, each person was paired with a stranger and given a floating territory measuring 9 by 9 meters and a bed that needed repairs. Above them, waves of beasts surged; below them stretched an endless drop. Lian Chengzhou awakened the only good luck buff and card-draw ability on the entire server. His loot box 1.4kReads—Score205Shelves

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    A rare gem in the survival genre! Many survival stories involve teamwork as a mere formality, but this one is different. The dungeon design inherently requires teamwork; the absence of any one member makes completion extremely difficult. The team members have distinct personalities, experiencing both conflict and support. In the harsh post-apocalyptic environment, this warmth of camaraderie is exceptionally touching.

28. 678 在 Playing the Black Moonlight in a Painful Hong Kong Novel 在疼痛香江文学里当黑月光 residueModern Romance189k WordsCompleted Ensemble cast!!! A hodgepodge of eight couples, ship them however you like. The blurb is about the previous generation, whose story is full of messy, realistic drama! It's only the first eight chapters, so please don't let that put you off. The previous generation's tempestuous love and bitter hatred make it easier to understand how complicated things are for this generation: they want to love but can't, and want to let go but can't. Female lead: Ren Ruyi. Male lead: Xin Xia. If you want to read 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Eight couples, short and concise, reading it felt like being caught in a humid summer rain. It was a bit depressing, leaving me feeling a bit down afterward.

29. 679 咬EN Take a Bite of the Horror Boss—Pfft, He's Lovesick! 咬一口惊悚BOSS，呸恋爱脑！ Rice-Loving Dumpling爱干饭的团子Two Male Leads709k WordsCompleted [The physical edition of Meeting You is now available on all platforms!] [Two male leads + exhilarating infinite-flow story + lovers turned rivals + BOSS seme + mad uke + two powerful, devoted partners, 1v1] Three years ago, Stairway to Heaven suddenly appeared. Groups of people were dragged into an escape game and forced to livestream, enduring the audience's arbitrary whims and overwhelming abuse. Yu Qing had soft, long hair, an innocent face, and big, watery eyes. When the old ghost woman bef 27.4kReads9.6Score5.2kShelves
30. 680 D I'm D-Rank, So Why Are All These S-Ranks After Me? D级的我被一群S级盯上怎么办 Shei Zhi Dao誰枝道Two Male Leads834k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Fake Death + Superpowers + Ensemble Cast + Younger Man × Older Man + Both Pure and Powerful + Happy Ending] (No secondary couples) Zhou Qiwang × Shen Zhi Tsundere, perceptive, fiercely possessive top × sunny, unlucky, sarcastic bottom [Break character, and you’ll be erased immediately!] D-rank players are no different from ordinary people, but Shen Zhi... can copy anyone’s skills and paste them onto his own status screen. What kind of absurdly powerful skill is that?! After read 8.4kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
31. 681 乖 Be a Good Little Girl and Become Everyone's Darling 乖乖做好万人迷 Grow Rich壮大钱Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted A noble academy where everyone dotes on cats + a love-triangle battlefield: The eldest daughter of the Jing family wakes up to discover she is merely a cowardly, vicious cannon-fodder character in a story about a strong female lead... The spoiled little cat suddenly becomes reserved to save her own life (not really). She doesn’t even want to extend her claws and scratch anyone (also not really). Later, she discovers that even if she scratches someone, she won’t be punished, and gradually goes ba 12kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    This book is a must-read. The female lead is incredibly charming. She'll naturally snuggle into her brother's lap and bury her head in his neck. Don't let this fool you into thinking it's not a group story; it features many, many other characters, such as Song Shishi, Xiao Ming, the female lead, and Sheng Ran.

32. 682 我 Me, a Lucky Talisman Cultivator, Saving the Random Bystander 我，符修锦鲤，拯救路人甲 Tu Wan兔宛Fantastical Romance371k WordsCompleted [Everyday life + not a strong heroine] [Bright, confident talisman cultivator heroine × well-rounded ordinary male lead] Bad news: I transmigrated into a book! Good news: It’s the book I wrote myself. Worse news: After the System assigned me a mission to save supporting characters destined to die, it just left me to fend for myself! I have no golden finger. My only advantage is knowing the plot. A little rescue mission? Easy! But during the rescue, an extra latched onto me. He’s unlucky, sham 48.5kReads9.2Score16.4kShelves

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    These two books are truly the best cultivation novels I've ever read. The first one features a male protagonist who is a sunny, kind young man. He's kind to others not because he likes them, but because he's a genuinely good person—a high-quality male lead. The female lead also loves him deeply. But what's most captivating is the ensemble cast. The second book is about seven people who achieved first place that year; why did all these promising young people suffer so much?

33. 683 特 The Special Forces Soldier’s Dearest Sweetheart! 特种兵的心尖小甜宠！ I Have an Umbrella for Wind and Rain刮风下雨我有伞Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing “Wen Chu, twenty-one, unemployed. Hobbies: drinking, clubbing, and finding male escorts.” Wen Chu introduced herself with a perfectly ‘serious’ expression. “Si Ting, twenty-four.” Si Ting’s eyes darkened slightly as he introduced himself just as seriously. When they finished, they both looked at their respective butlers. Su Pin and Lu An exchanged glances. That’s it????? “Old Su, does this count as a blind date?” Lu An asked quietly. “Isn’t a blind date supposed to involve introducing you 51.4kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves

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    This story about a group of special forces soldiers is really fun, the story is very interesting, there are many characters but it's very easy to remember.

34. 684 无 Infinite Flow: It’s Normal to Fall in Love with Myself, Right? 无限流：跟自己谈个恋爱很正常吧 Two Taels of Leisure二两闲Two Male Leads354k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + narcissistic romance + strong leads + infinite flow + a touch of ensemble cast + 1v1 + livestream] Ning Shuo was dragged into a horror murder-mystery System. A clown wearing a brightly painted mask grinned at him. [Choose a code name for yourself.] Ning Shuo thought for a moment. “Ning the Half-Immortal.” The viewers wondered what kind of ridiculous name that was. Was he planning to bluff all those ghosts in a horror game? Then, during the livestream, they saw Ning Shuo mutteri 14.3kReads9.5Score2.9kShelves
35. 685 我 I'm Making a Living Across the Myriad Worlds as a Powerful Backer 我在万界打工当靠山 Pitch-Black Yellow乌漆嘛黑的黄Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no romantic pairings, no flirting + A worker with powerful backers + Semi-behind-the-scenes + Slow burn + Ensemble cast?] (Everyone, please note: this is genuinely slow-paced, not quick transmigration. Each world is a long one.) Following the laws of transmigration, Gu Wunian arrives in an unfamiliar world after being hit by a car while sleeping at home, and gets bound to a lazy System. In an imperial world, he is the emperor's guardian spirit, and the world changes beyond recog 2kReads7.0Score275Shelves

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    It should be considered...

36. 686 废 The Good-for-Nothing Princess Awakens: Her Time-Traveling Best Friend Helps Her Become Empress 废柴公主觉醒：跨时空闺蜜带称帝 Who Wants Peanuts谁要吃花生Ancient Romance791k WordsOngoing [Multiple Male Leads / Romantic Tension / Love Rivals / Political Intrigue / Growth] The princess incurs numerous romantic debts while pursuing her ambitions. The imperial physician, her secret guard, a mysterious merchant, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review... one after another, they all fall for her. [The Male Leads' Lines] Wen Yu (the aloof imperial physician): "It's not that I don't want to. I think of you every moment, cherish you every instant, savor the memories every day, and 21.3kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves

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    At first, I wasn't particularly impressed, but the more I watched, the more I liked it; it has a strong staying power.

37. 687 六 The Six Realms Have No Boundaries: This Time, Fate Is Mine to Decide! 六界无界：这一次，命不由天！ Qiao Xiaoshui乔小水Fantastical Romance488k WordsOngoing [Newly Rated] [Xianxia Ensemble] + [Beautiful, Tragic, and Powerful Cast] + [Wildly Intertwined Couples] + [Plot-Driven] + [Turning the Tables Against All Odds] The Six Realms have always been ranked, with the strong reigning supreme. That’s only natural. The six young people chosen by the Heavenly Dao said, “Bullshit!” The Heavenly Dao sent them across the Six Realms to seek six fragments and save all living beings. They said, “Sure!” And while they’re at it, they’ll defy fate and turn the en 1.4kReads6.7Score278Shelves

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    Fantasy RPG ensemble novels👇 are all adventure stories featuring handsome men and beautiful women! Different continents, different plots, fast pace, and fresh storylines. The main characters are always bickering and having a great time. Highly recommended!

38. 688 自 Ever Since I Got a Mental Illness, I’ve Been Feeling Much Better 自从得了精神病，整个人都精神了 Barbecue Salted Fish Knight碳烤咸鱼骑士Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + eerie happenings + multiple personalities + comedy + slow burn + everyday life] A red moon appears, and contamination descends. Most people in the world become mentally ill, carrying mental contamination. Xiao Liang is a mentally ill man who has been contaminated but hasn't gone mad. He uses his dissociative identities to beat eerie creatures, and moonlights as a one-stop murder-and-body-disposal service. Only when a god dies beneath his own iron shovel does he realize that he 14.6kReads9.1Score3.4kShelves

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    They're all great; I finally found these few gems after browsing through this bookshelf (though the later parts about the mythical beasts are a bit off).

39. 689 你 You’re a Chosen One? Funny, I Used to Be One Too 你是龙傲天？好巧，我以前也是 Jiang Dao将道Two Male Leads631k WordsCompleted A retired Dragon-Aotian cultivator of the Heartless Path actually finds a young Dragon-Aotian who transmigrated into the modern world after being run over by a spirit-powered carriage? [Two Male Leads + Younger Partner + Ancient-to-Modern Transmigration + Slightly Chuunibyou + Deadpan Comedy + Mutual First Love + Equally Matched + A Touch of Ensemble Cast] Leng Daocheng used to be a Dragon-Aotian, though he might as well have been a Dragon-Aotian of the world. Armed with the Dragon-Aotian templa 16.4kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves

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    These two books! These two books! They are absolutely amazing!!!

40. 690 月 The Moon Once Raced Toward You 月亮曾经奔你而来 SisssiModern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Reborn + ensemble cast + secret crush becomes open love + two top students] Jiang Zhao loved Luo Yan, but Luo Yan didn’t know. He was the moon, forever beyond her reach. Just knowing they lived in the same world gave her the courage to embrace it. But when Jiang Zhao returned to the country, she received the news of Luo Yan’s death. While she knew nothing, the moon came crashing down. Luo Yan met a girl. She was timid yet brave, fragile yet resilient, rude yet kind. His heart was barren and de 12kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    Just finished watching it. The ensemble cast on campus was really good; everyone was the protagonist of their own story. [Heart emojis]

41. 691 未 The Unchosen Phoenix Returns 未择凤归 Guai Zhi Shuang Guai乖之双乖Two Female Leads321k WordsOngoing She was born as a sacrifice, fashioned to be tortured to death by the Heavenly Way. Yet she fought to survive, crying out, "I am not a sacrifice." Twenty years of hatred between master and disciple conceal a sea of despairing love and hate, born of the previous generation's karmic ties. She must hate her, to deceive the Heavenly Way and protect the blade in her arms, destined to break. Nine lineages, nine disciples, nine utterly different paths to death. One dies in the very year she most want 971Reads—Score101Shelves

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    It's absolutely gorgeous! [Eating popcorn emoji][eating popcorn emoji]

42. 692 万 The Beloved War God: The Five Realms in Her Palm 万人迷战神：五洲尽在她掌心 Qiao Xiaoshui乔小水Ancient Romance643k WordsCompleted [A hexagonally talented female war god, both mature and sweet] x [A devoted, intensely loving Memory Seeker who is reserved but sharp-tongued] She was once the strongest war god in Flower Spirit Continent, so powerful that one person could awe all four continents. But after a single calculated scheme, she lost all her fighting strength, had her identity hidden, became a target, and was reduced to a cripple. Everyone wanted to trample her, but to their surprise, they all ended up on her side M 93Reads8.2Score—Shelves
43. 693 宜 After Yixiu Was Reborn, Why Is the Big Fat Orange Crying? 宜修重生后，大胖橘怎么哭了 Jiang Mimi’s Owner姜咪咪的主人Female-Channel Fanfiction950k WordsOngoing [Empresses in the Palace Fanfiction] [Yixiu Reborn] [Saving Her Son] [Revenge] [Harem Intrigue] [Mother-Son Bond] [Villainess Power Fantasy] [The Emperor's Long Road to Winning Her Back] Yixiu died. She died in Jingren Palace, after the words, "May we never meet again, in life or death." Only as she lay dying did she understand. All her life, she had hated Rouze, Zhen Huan, and those who stole the emperor's favor, yet she had forgotten to hate the man who had truly taken everything from her. 2.7kReads8.1Score132Shelves

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    New author recommending a book! Please recommend it, urge me to update, listen to it, and comment! It's currently in the recommendation period, with 10,000-20,000 words updated daily, no breaks! After her rebirth, Yixiu is no longer love-struck and will never harm children again. Rouze won't be portrayed as a purely evil woman; she makes mistakes, and naivety is no excuse for hurting others. The sisters will still fight and struggle, but it's Yinzhen who truly pushes them towards tragedy. All the women and Yinzhen will ultimately suffer a tragic ending, going from affection to mutual loathing. Zhen Huan, Chun Yuan, and Yinzhen will all meet tragic ends. [Heart]

44. 694 不 No Way! This Demonic Cultivator Is Way Too Righteous! 不是吧？这魔修过于正义！ Sour Orange橘子酸酸Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + No female lead + Invincible hero + Fast-paced + Gets better the more you read + Characters aren’t one-dimensional] (Every character has their own distinctive personality.) Yan Qing transmigrates into a popular action anime called Martial Arts Across the Nine Heavens. Identity: The top prodigy of the Demon Sect. Original ending: He acts like a lovesick puppy, gives his rival his spiritual root, and gets humiliated to death. Faced with such a cannon-fodder ending, Yan Qing is furi 22.3kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves

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    So good! 😭😭 I finished it all in just a few hours, it's so good! Qing'er, the departure of an old friend is like a moist rain. 🌧️

45. 695 无 Infinite Game: Don't Rush, I'll Fool You After I Fool Them 无限游戏：别急，骗完你的骗你的 Come Get Rich来发财Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted (Please read the content warnings below before starting.) [No CP] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Game] [Lone Wolf in the Early Stages] [Welcome to the Infinite Fun Game. Fail three times, and you will die.] While other players slaughtered their way through the game with all kinds of attack skills, Yun Cen, a newcomer from Blue Star, stared at her innate skill and fell into deep thought: [Huh? You can hear me?] What was this lousy skill even good for, besides listening to toilets complain about const 58.8kReads9.0Score10.1kShelves

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    These are pretty good.

46. 696 神 The Godspawn Game: I Use Annihilation to Toy with the Heavens! 神孽游戏，我以寂灭为台戏诸天！ Dragon-Riding Rabbit御龙兔Urban334k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Apocalypse + Ensemble Cast + Unhinged Characters + Lovecraftian Elements + Slow Start, Strong Finish + Decisive and Ruthless + Sigma Male] That day, two worlds converged. Blue Star and a wasteland world crashed together. The Divine Calamity Game descended, dungeons spread across the sky, and the apocalypse swept over every inch of land like a locust plague. Humanity became lowly vermin in this deadly game. The military collapsed, the holy maiden of the Sacred Order Church knelt and 129Reads8.2Score101Shelves

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    A good ensemble piece; the characters are all very distinctive.

47. 697 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 531.2kReads9.3Score86.4kShelves
48. 698 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Original Wife of a Mad Power-Hungry Minister 穿成疯批权臣的炮灰原配 Bright Lantern灯旺旺Ancient Romance707k WordsCompleted [Farming + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance] Witty, scheming girl vs. lovesick, obsessive powerbroker Xin Yueying transmigrates into a book, landing in an old-fashioned, preachy novel as the wicked wife of the deranged, obsessive second male lead. Shen Qingqi is the novel’s deranged, villainous male character. Born into a family of famed generals, he was imprisoned alongside the Shen family after his father offended powerful nobles. He suffered terribly in prison and was left with crippl 30.9kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves

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    Don't let the title fool you, this is an incredibly, incredibly, incredibly ensemble piece!!! Every single character is so well-developed. I highly recommend it, and the characters of the lame horse and Aunt Xia are absolutely adorable.

49. 699 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Had a Whirlwind Marriage with the Villainous Big Shot 穿书后我和反派大佬闪婚了 Taro Paste Without Crispy Boba芋泥不加脆啵啵Two Male Leads712k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + both leads are romantically inexperienced + wealthy families + a touch of ensemble cast + sweet romance + older man] [Cold and ruthless on the surface, but obsessive and devoted underneath: the villainous tycoon pursues the other lead VS a seemingly obedient and quiet transmigrated cannon-fodder character who is actually clear-headed and rational] Shen Qingxian transmigrates into a book. He becomes the abandoned illegitimate son of a family, sent from the start to act as an und 35kReads9.3Score6.2kShelves

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    It's a sweet and sour read, the author's writing is excellent, there are many foreshadowing elements and the author provides corresponding explanations. The story of the main characters in their past lives is so touching that it made me cry [crying]. I don't recommend reading the past life chapters at night, otherwise it's easy to have trouble sleeping (I've experienced this myself). It's really, really, really good! [Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater] [Added to bookshelf]

50. 700 从 From This Moment On, I Conquer the Sea of Stars! 从现在开始征服星程大海！ A White Dove Carries a Spring Branch白鸽衔春枝Fantastical Romance237k WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration | Teamwork | Feel-Good | Strong Female Lead | System] During her lunch break, Gu Yunning is busy working through physics problems when, without warning, all her classmates are swept into a survival dungeon. Clear a dungeon and earn the chance to travel across ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, and roam the vast reaches of the stars and seas. From sun-scorched golden beaches to snow-covered peaks, from cold, oppressive cities of steel to ancient lands overrun with m 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author's new book, only updated for forty-odd days, already has sixty or seventy chapters! It's incredibly good, with a novel setting and rich content. It's a slow-paced time-travel novel, and the author clearly put a lot of effort into it. Every day is filled with so many events, it feels like you're actually living each day. It's a very comfortable read, like a warm, comforting steamed bun.

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