Cunning, Cruel, Possibly Vicious, Self-Serving, Willing to Use Any Means to Get What She Wants 心机深，很坏，可恶毒，利己，任何手段达成目

1. 151 年 Period: A Villain Has to Be Bad, Right? 年代：反派嘛，不坏能叫反派？ Girl, Look This Way菇凉看这边Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted Mu Jin became the great Villain in the book. She was thrilled. Villains do as they please and care only about themselves. That was right up her alley. Besides, if you played your cards right, who said a Villain had to die? A dead Villain isn't a Villain, just cannon fodder! The ones who stay alive and oppose the male and female leads are the real Villains. 4.1kReads8.2Score336Shelves
2. 152 穿 Reborn as the Villainess, I Keep the Male Lead for Myself from the Start 穿成恶毒女配，开局我先圈养男主 Hu Yu蝴俞Ancient Romance170k WordsCompleted Does a girl transmigrated into the role of a villainess have to cling to the male lead to survive? Faced with the male lead, covered in wounds and brutally humiliated, Yu Tai smiled faintly and showed everyone how to sleep with the male lead from the start. Worried about getting caught in a romantic rivalry with the original heroine? She glanced at the demon beast she'd raised like a daughter. Yu Tai sighed. How about meeting the heroine who insists on taking a male form? After her identity as a 10.1kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
3. 153 快 Quick Transmigration: Go Crazy? Who Could Be Crazier Than You? 快穿：疯吧，谁疯的过你啊？ Phoenix's Wild Song凤狂歌Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Female lead has no CP and is crazy, certified by the author as a total nutcase] When a male-oriented novel's rebellious System lands in a female-oriented novel, the volatile Shen Qiong transmigrates into cannon fodder in various small worlds. One word, “Interesting,” is enough to make the male and female leads in countless worlds tremble with fear. After transmigrating as Prince Chen's consort, she immediately raises an army and rebels: “Your Majesty, the execution is complete. We found your ja 2.7kReads8.5Score293Shelves

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   This is the first time I've read such a satisfying story; I can kill whoever I want!

4. 154 染 Claiming You 染指 Ting Bai汀白Modern Romance763k WordsCompleted Ning Zhi has a secret: she loves making aloof, unattainable men go crazy for her, only to abandon them without mercy. When she first meets Zhou Heng, she thinks he’s just another fish in her pond, nothing special. It’s only later that she realizes he’s hard to win over and even harder to get rid of. A seemingly sweet and fragile, secretly scheming little vixen vs. a restrained, composed, untouchable beauty 3kReads7.5Score293Shelves

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   1⃣️The female lead is a scheming woman who enjoys conquering different men, making them crazy for her, and then dumping them. This time, she actually set her sights on her sister's boyfriend. She thought he was like any other fish, but she found that he was hard to catch and hard to get rid of!

5. 155 嘘 Shh, She’s the Girlfriend You Can’t Talk About: A Demon Lover! 嘘，不能说的女朋友：恶魔恋人！ Hidden in the Snow雪上隐Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted ❤️Bring the refined, well-mannered, celibate heir of a prestigious family down from his pedestal! The withdrawn, lovesick girl steals her sister’s top-tier boyfriend! Adapted into the short drama The Lingering Warmth of Ashes, also known as At Night, the Top-Tier Brother Walks Into My Room. The print edition is coming soon! ❤️Sweet, innocent girl with a hidden dark side tempts the aloof heartthrob + both leads are virgins + guiding, daddy-type older-brother husband + intense push and pull + all- 10.7kReads9.2Score1kShelves
6. 156 快 Quick Transmigration: The Scheming Supporting Actress Is Here to Claim the Male Lead 快穿：心机女配在线笑纳男主 A Li Wants to Sleep Early阿离想早睡Fantastical Romance243k WordsCompleted (Complete) (The rating is low because it just started) [Quick transmigration + all male leads are virgins + flirtatious black lotus + most beautiful heroine + rivals fighting over her + a touch of everyone-falls-for-her] System: Host, you’ve been bound to the Black Lotus System. Please win over the male lead. Su Yueyi: Huh? That’s so difficult… Do I have to pay if I break them? System: ? Su Yueyi: They’re going to get broken by me. System: They? Broken? Isn’t there only one male lead? World One 3.7kReads5.4Score174Shelves

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   Is it okay for a scheming woman to rule the world? Here comes a black-lotus, selfish female protagonist.

7. 157 心 Book Transmigration: The Scheming Cannon-Fodder's Guide to Rising to the Top 【穿书】心机炮灰上位手册 Lemon Moonfish柠檬月亮鱼Modern Romance158k WordsCompleted The story starts as a 1v4, but each of the four male leads gets an individual 1v1 ending. If anyone wants to read it, I’ll write an alternate 1v4 ending. A University has two campus beauties: the alluring Jian Li and the graceful Bai Qingqing. As luck would have it, they share a dorm room. Poor, helpless Su Yan is caught between them every day, watching them battle it out. A University has four famous features: Shen Yao’s waist, Chu Huaijin’s hands, Li Mo’s legs, and Bai Heng’s lips. These four 5.2kReads9.3Score484Shelves

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   1. The female lead's acting skills are superb, manipulating four high-quality men! She's not the prettiest in the dorm, even possessing a delicate, girl-next-door look, but she uses a little scheming and deliberately created coincidences to make them fall for her step by step!! 2. The female lead pretends to be a reborn canary, using herself as bait to lure others into a massive, chaotic love triangle. The men all have their share of perverted or crazy traits; some genuinely like the female lead, while others are just interested! Everyone has their dark side, even their yandere tendencies.

8. 158 金 A Canary? I'm Just Pretending 金丝雀？我装的 A-A-A-Niu阿阿阿妞Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Everyone’s Favorite Female Lead, Mary Sue + Jealous Suitors and a Battlefield of Love + Multiple Male Leads + Coercive Possession + The Whole Cast Turns Dark, Yandere, and Unhinged] [In short, the heroine pretends to be a reborn canary, using retreat as a way to advance and luring men into becoming her dogs] [Everyone else is clean; Yan Zhiqian isn’t, and he has to die. Yu Dianqiu has held a woman (nothing else happened, no kissing or sex. I said in the comments before that they’d kissed, but I 3.2kReads9.4Score237Shelves
9. 159 不 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼，王府宠妾的内卷日常 Four Crescent Moons四弯月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla 68.4kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves

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   They are cunning, not inherently evil; they utilize everything at their disposal to achieve their goals and strive to improve themselves.

10. 160 末 Apocalypse Snail: A Little Conscience, but Not Much 末世蜗牛：有点良心，但不多 Uncultured, zz有辱斯文zzSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [No System or Superpowers] [Comedy] [Wild Ideas] [Plot Twists] [Light Novel] [Protagonist Fans, Read at Your Own Risk] [Bizarre and Explosive] [Not for the Straight-Laced] One day, snails poured from the sky in place of rain. Anyone bitten turned into a monster, and resources became scarce… You'll see a protagonist group that is selfish and self-serving, lacking in empathy, hypocritical, vindictive, fake do-gooders, arrogant, two-faced, all pretenses, and downright crazy... Every las 9.4kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    This book is truly exceptionally good. The male lead is incredibly vicious, wicked, and cunning. Anyone who enjoys post-apocalyptic stories should check it out. It's not a traditional post-apocalyptic novel. Traditional post-apocalyptic novels usually involve hoarding resources, but in this one, the apocalypse arrives suddenly, and the male lead doesn't hoard anything—he just kills without hesitation. The male lead is selfish, but not in the traditional sense. Traditional selfishness usually involves a sharp tongue and a few sarcastic remarks, but in this book, the male lead's selfishness means killing anyone he doesn't like. How good is this book? So good that I read over 200 chapters in one night! This is Tomato, a novel reading app. If you're a novel reader, you probably know what 200 chapters in one night means. I stayed up from 9 PM the first night until 6 AM the next morning, reading over 200 chapters. When I woke up the next morning, my dark circles were exactly like Qi Xu's!

11. 161 快 Quick Transmigration: The Male Leads All Fall for Me 快穿：男主们都爱上了我 Overworked Burnt Grass Jelly劳累过度烧仙草Modern Romance221k WordsCompleted Yan Jiaojiao is killed by her crazily obsessed ex-boyfriend. As her consciousness fades, she binds herself to a System. The System tells her that if she completes its missions, it can restore her body. [All male leads are pure and devoted; they fall for the female lead at first sight. The female lead is genuinely wicked and spoiled, but the male leads love her no matter how wicked she gets. A brainless wish-fulfillment story full of melodrama. The characters' values do not represent the author's 694Reads6.2Score105Shelves

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    [Cunning + Vicious] Highly Recommended! This transmigration novel is quite unique, with a remarkably compelling villainous female lead. The female protagonist is selfish, vicious, vain, and morally questionable, a far cry from the typical pure and kind heroine. In stories like [The materialistic white moonlight who goes abroad in a domineering CEO novel], the female lead betrays the male lead for her career and money, hypocritically clinging to him; in [The Tyrant and the ultimate green tea bitch of the prime minister's daughter], the female lead uses any means necessary to achieve her goals, cruelly abusing others. This unconventional villainous character breaks the mold, delivering a powerful impact and making it well worth reading.

12. 162 明 Brazenly 明目张胆 Jie Jie Keeps Silent解解不语Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted Wen Yan is the most notorious illegitimate daughter in Haicheng. Everyone says she’s daring, but no one expected her to be bold enough to set her sights on Zhou Yuncheng, the newly minted fiancé of the powerful Shu family. That man is aloof and untouchable, a god who could never be defiled. Wen Yan only wants to drag him down from his pedestal, keep him by her side, and make him hers. She wants him to lose control, to beg her for mercy. A possessive, abstinent male lead vs. a pitiful, lovesick y 413Reads8.4Score177Shelves

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    The female lead is really wicked; she almost tortured the male lead to death.

13. 163 薄 Master Bo, Your Wife’s Gone Off to Fight With a Club Again 薄爷，太太她又提棍去干架了 I'm Really a Bad Student我真的是学渣Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a Book + Revenge + Mind Reading + Hot-Tempered Villainess + Taking Down Scumbags + Male Lead Devoted to Her] Liu Hua has transmigrated into a book! It’s a sweet romance about an overbearing CEO and a naive, sweet heroine who runs away while pregnant. Liu Hua becomes a tragic supporting character who is bullied by everyone to bring the leads closer, only to be hacked into a bloody pulp by a lunatic who runs out into the road at the end. Liu Hua throws personal decency out the 181Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist exudes a kind of madness, as if she doesn't want to live anymore, with the attitude of "either you die or we both perish."

14. 164 清 The Poor, Wicked Girl's Daily Dog-Training Routine 清贫恶女训狗日常 Beautiful Girl Ya Ya美女子牙牙Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [Poor but wicked heroine + dog-training antics + a battlefield of competing men + everyone’s dream girl + master manipulator + Mary Sue] Good women earn a good reputation. Bad women get everything. How would you define a wicked woman? At first, Su Ying thought it meant being crazy and ambitious, having a heart that would stop at nothing to achieve its goals beneath a polished, glamorous, and false exterior. She kept that side of herself hidden, doing everything she could to play the sweet, helpf 1kReads8.7Score109Shelves

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    The female protagonists are all ruthless and selfish in achieving their goals.

15. 165 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I'm a Heartbreaker, So What? 重生八零，我是渣女我怕谁 One Cat, One Leaf一猫一叶Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to the 1980s] [Cunning Bad Girl] [Powerful Men Bow to Love] [Everyone's Favorite] [Men Are All Stepping Stones] [Ageless Youth Golden Finger] Power and money are a woman's best tonics, a real boost... Zhao Wenwen, a minor celebrity who got her start as an internet influencer, is a polished, self-serving opportunist who moves between men. By a twist of fate, her soul transmigrates to the 1980s. Reborn, she seizes the tailwind of the times and launches her entrepreneurial journey. 264Reads8.9Score—Shelves
16. 166 财 The Wicked Heiress 财阀恶女 Zhang Shihu张狮虎Modern Romance102k WordsCompleted Set in South Korea's chaebol world and an elite school. The chaebol heiress Yoo Bona, pure and innocent on the surface but wicked through and through, was reborn. She had been outmatched in her previous life, and had no one to blame for it. But with the advantage of getting a head start this time, she decided to have some fun. 2.3kReads8.4Score178Shelves

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    A South Korean conglomerate! A prestigious private school! The female lead is cunning, resourceful, independent, and decisive. She uses others to do her dirty work, controls the entire situation, eliminates her illegitimate children and their scumbag father, obtains shares in the conglomerate, carves out her own path, and finally takes control of her own destiny!

17. 167 致 The Deadly Beauty Trap: A Top-Tier Green Tea Takes Down the Powerful 致命美人计：顶级绿茶杀穿权贵圈 Gion of Flame City烈焰城的祗园Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Selfish, calculating femme fatale with a sweet exterior + a face and figure that are second to none + seduction + schemes + multiple men] Shen Mingyue grew up in a remote mountain village. As a child, she watched her parents and relatives get beaten to a pulp, only to find that there was no one she could turn to for help. This glimpse of society's dark side taught her early on just how cold the rules of the world could be. Whoever holds power gets to decide what is right! To make sure no one co 106.3kReads8.9Score6.6kShelves

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    I highly recommend this book! It's super good! The female lead is cunning and manipulative, feigning weakness while using all sorts of schemes to climb the social ladder step by step, utilizing every resource she can, and she's also incredibly hardworking. Ahhh! 😍😍

18. 168 快 Quick Transmigration: I Was Reborn as a Villain and Somehow Bound to a Childbearing System 快穿：穿成反派后竟绑定生子系统 Cat's Eye Stone猫睛石Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + breathtaking beauty + no fixed CP + multiple worlds + childbirth System + semi-immersive master of deception + wish fulfillment] After being bedridden for eight years, Zhu Baishao still died one autumn. But the instant she died, she transmigrated. Not only did she become a villainous cannon-fodder character, she also got bound to a childbirth System. By completing missions in each world, she can earn points and use the System’s shop to buy anything she can imagine, whethe 26.2kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    This book is good.

19. 169 步 Step by Step: The Scheming Woman's Guide to a Comeback 步步为营，心机女逆袭指南 Brushing the Mountain's Shade拂山阴Modern Romance331k WordsOngoing Reborn: A Scheming Woman's Rise to the Top Ye Yu is a girl from the bottom of society. She's no delicate poppy, but a black-hearted lotus blooming from the mud. Everything she does is for herself. After being reborn, she resolves to become someone important. She schemes her way up, hoping to win the man at the top of the “pyramid” and become a rich man's wife. For someone with “nothing at all,” it's a shortcut to the top. But little by little, she realizes that instead of marrying into wealth, s 224Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    This is incredibly cunning.

20. 170 综 Film and TV Crossover: Love Is Said to Bring Nine Sorrows Out of Ten 综影视：听闻爱情十有九悲 Yao Xiao'er姚小二儿Female-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing They say love brings sorrow nine times out of ten. Will you be my one and only sweetness? 2.7kReads6.4Score103Shelves

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    This book! Just focus on the world of Dark Glory Yeonjin; the others don't seem very good.

21. 171 强 Forced Love: The Dragon Empress’s Captivating Prisoner 强制爱：恶龙女帝的绝色囚宠 Emperor of the Dark Nether, Jiang Xixi玄幽魔帝姜兮兮Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted [Female-dominant world + coercive possession + obsessive ownership + yandere empress + forced love + woman abuses man + woman pampers man + pursuit of her husband + male protagonist’s perspective + fated push and pull + gender-bender] Evil Dragon Empress × Beautiful Captive Everyone knows Xuan Sugui is the evil dragon of Longque, the one person nobody dares provoke. She is devastatingly beautiful, and just as cruel. Her golden eyes lower, and countless bones turn to ash. Her dragon’s might press 19kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves

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    Fans of GB should definitely check this out! The possessive and domineering Empress forcibly imprisons a handsome young man from an enemy nation, who relentlessly resists, fueled by hatred. The tension is palpable, and the author's writing is excellent.

22. 172 变 Perverted President Gu Keeps Biting Me, I Want to Run Off With Him and Steal a Kiss 变态顾总又咬我，好想拐走亲一口 Bai Wuzi百无子Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted Two-faced, hypocritical woman X calm, deranged, twisted man [Both virgins + sweet romance + flirtation + push and pull] Ji Xinghui discovered she was the vicious fake heiress in a rebirth novel. She and the second male lead, Gu Xian, were a pair of scumbags who teamed up to ruin the original heroine's reputation, leaving her to die in bitter resentment. Then the reborn heroine would return to humiliate them and take revenge. When Ji Xinghui awakened to the plot, the original heroine hadn't been 8.4kReads9.0Score835Shelves

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    Super good! [Admiring][Admiring][Admiring] The female lead is wicked, really wicked, and the male lead is just as wicked. I'm on her side! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

23. 173 致 Deadly Quick Transmigration: The Vicious Female Supporting Character Always Crashes and Burns 致命快穿：恶毒女配她总是在翻车 Flying Fish Is No Fish飞鱼非鱼Ancient Romance490k WordsCompleted [A nontraditional take on a villainess's comeback story. Read with caution if that's not your thing. The male lead is not normal: he's a deranged, darkened obsessive!] [This is NOT a story about a strong female lead!!] [Quick Transmigration]+ [Yandere]+ [Corruption]+ [Everyone's Favorite]+ [No Romance]+ [Love at First Sight]+ [Angst] The heroine is Wei Jiaojiao. She was once bound to a villainess-role-playing System, serving as a mere backdrop for all the beloved white-moonlight heroines across 2.4kReads8.9Score127Shelves

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    There are enough books of all kinds to read.

24. 174 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Calamity's Conquest 综影视之祸水攻略 Ling Shijiu零施酒Female-Channel Fanfiction450k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + playful role-playing + no fixed pairing + Mary Sue] (The story is complete. The immersive storytelling begins with the second world. To drive the plot forward, everyone will be portrayed negatively❗) There is a Time-Space Administration that corrects storylines, and naturally there is also a Collapse Department dedicated to ruining them. The two have always been enemies. Gong Mingzhu, renowned as a temptress, has retired from the Collapse Department. In her spare time, she 7.6kReads8.7Score268Shelves

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    This is a new book, no rating yet, but it's incredibly good. It's a "femme fatale" story. In the first world, Hongli knows the female lead is scheming and vicious, yet he still loves her, a conscious descent into depravity. [Admiration][Admiration] In the second world, since Liu Qi can't give the female lead the favor she wants, she'll seduce his father, Liu Heng. [Smirk][Sending heart]

25. 175 女 The Villainess Is Wicked and Everyone’s Dream Girl 2 女主她恶毒且万人迷2 Poor Strongman贫穷大力士Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.5kReads8.7Score117Shelves
26. 176 快 Quick Transmigration: Everyone Loves the Villainess 快穿：人人都爱恶毒女配 Moon Over Xizhou西洲月Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted Synopsis: A universally adored heroine, with all the feel-good satisfaction of a wish-fulfillment story In a school setting, she is a spoiled, willful, and wicked young heiress… In a melodramatic setting, she is the heiress who was switched at birth × the wealthy male lead who was taken away In an ancient setting, she is the empress forced onto the throne × the empress's consort who guards her realm / the bewitching noble consort who uses witchcraft to bear the empress's children In an apocalyp 1.4kReads8.8Score100Shelves
27. 177 快 Quick Transmigration: The Vicious Supporting Actress Just Wants to Survive 快穿之恶毒女配只想苟活 Embers Scatter on a Cold Night寒夜烬散Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Tyrants, yanderes, sweet romance, intensely seductive] Ruan Ruan is delicate and soft, born with a special charm that makes her prone to running into all kinds of obsessive stalkers who have turned evil. After she was careless enough to be followed and imprisoned, her congenital heart disease flared up again, and she died on the way to the hospital. After her death, the System chose her to travel to one world after another and live out the lives of doomed supporting female characters in their p 5.3kReads9.3Score361Shelves
28. 178 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 57.5kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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    The female lead is very cunning; everything she does is paving the way for her own future.

29. 179 恶 The Villainess Becomes the Legitimate Daughter: I'm Just Pretending, Don't Get Too Attached 恶女成嫡：我装的，你们别太爱了 Peach Blossoms Reflected in Wine桃花映酒Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted (Print edition goes on sale at 7 p.m. on September 19 / Several short animated adaptations are now streaming) [Wicked Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Total Control + “Training Dogs” Romance + Male Rivals in a Shura Field + Exes Begging for Her Back + Face-Slapping and Scumbag Punishment] [The heroine is a true villainess: a stunning, calculating temptress who never hesitates to manipulate others] Jiang Chuji, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was an ill-fated girl sent to a t 59.7kReads9.4Score8kShelves

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    A villainous girl transmigrates into a book! She controls everything! A scheming white lotus! She plots her way to the top! The female lead is stunningly beautiful, a master of disguise and acting; a single tear can break someone's heart. She's incredibly charming, charming everyone around her, seducing every male lead until they're all drooling over her. Moreover, she's clear-headed and capable, deeply understanding men's nature, and she treats them like dogs – so satisfying! There are many male leads, each one incredibly good. There's the Duke of Shu, who knows her true colors yet remains swayed and falls for her, stubbornly claiming he's not jealous but turning into a sour lemon in his own eyes. He's very restrained when kissing her and even teaches her how to protect herself; the Ninth Prince, who sees her as the only white moonlight in his bleak life, striving to provide for her, knowing her inner turmoil yet still devotedly protecting her; the aloof and distant Crown Prince, who only bows down to her… It's all so irresistible!

30. 180 坏 The Bad Girl Is Soft and Sensual, and She’s an Expert at Taming Stubborn Men 坏女人身娇体酥，专治嘴硬 A Little Sweetness in Her Dimples梨涡有点甜甜Ancient Romance543k WordsCompleted 5.7kReads8.9Score421Shelves

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    I recommend these two female leads; they're intelligent, cunning, and ruthless.

31. 181 心 The Scheming Beauty's Conquest Notes 心机美人的攻略手札 Drink a Little Less Milk Tea少喝1点奶茶Ancient Romance582k WordsCompleted Jiang Fu swore from a young age that she would climb the social ladder and marry into a powerful family. She was willing to use any means necessary. On the eve of the Jiang family’s legitimate daughter’s wedding, the groom’s side was rocked by a scandal of epic proportions. Jiang Ruyue, who had been pampered all her life, immediately refused to marry him. So the Jiang family secretly brought back Jiang Fu, the concubine-born daughter who had been raised far away. The Jiang family looked down on 4.8kReads9.3Score612Shelves

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    Both female leads are intelligent, ruthless, and charming—not just plain dry bastards, but lovable in their wickedness.

32. 182 下 After Coming Down the Mountain, the Little Zombie Is Gorgeous and Badass 下山后，小僵尸她又美又飒 Celestial Star Candy天星糖Ancient Romance467k WordsCompleted [Heartbreaker + Irresistible to Everyone + Seduction] What is a zombie? Answer: A zombie is stiff all over, with bulging eyes, dark skin, arms held straight out, and a pair of sharp fangs at the corners of its mouth. It moves by hopping around. That’s a zombie! Wrong! That’s just a low-level zombie without intelligence. Su Yueyao! As the new generation’s zombie spokesperson, she’s leading the way into a new era for zombies. She would never be like those low-level zombies, who know nothing —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These books all feature scheming, wicked women with a touch of yandere tendencies; the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth books, especially those with the "charming and irresistible" element, are particularly good.

33. 183 被 Wrongfully Married, I Stabbed My Husband to Death and Became Famous 被错嫁后，我捅死夫君名扬天下了 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance646k WordsCompleted [No Romance] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Taking Down Scumbags] + [Villainess] After transmigrating, Li Shu became a pitiful woman who had been married off to the wrong man. Her deranged husband had just beaten her to death. Her mother-in-law said, “My son has no flaws except that he hits people. Can’t you just put up with it?!” The man said, “I wanted to marry A Ning, but I’m not good enough for her, so let’s just settle down and live our lives together!” Even her own father kept his head down and i 16.2kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
34. 184 她 Her Love Pond 她的鱼塘 The Lying Salted Fish咸鱼在躺Modern Romance471k WordsCompleted She’s naturally flirtatious, but she won’t admit defeat. Lin Yin is only a hired gaming companion, and the money is just for acting. So why is everyone taking it so seriously? The client who hired her to torment a scumbag: “Hey, could we make our pretend relationship real?” The top player she bumps into by chance: “I need a Yao.” The self-righteous CEO: “Let’s come up with a domineering CEO script.” Her boss, hailed as a genius: “This show still needs a leading lady.” The protagonist seems like 2Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 185 快 Quick Transmigration: Seducing My Way to the Top 快穿之勾引上位 Fatty Loves Lamb肥肥爱吃羊Ancient Romance451k WordsCompleted [Delicate beauty + calculated seduction + scheming green tea + stealing someone’s love + interconnected stories] There are always delicate, innocent beauties in this world. They are the incarnations of spirits, naive and ignorant when they first enter the mortal realm, yet irresistibly captivating. Every glance and smile can ensnare the heart and soul. To survive in this world, they act helpless and cling to the most powerful men like parasitic vines. Even if those men already belong to someone 14.6kReads8.9Score715Shelves

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    🍎The male lead has someone else in his heart! The female lead is scheming, plotting step by step just to rise to power and live a good life! 1️⃣After three years of marriage, the Crown Prince's wife still can't win his heart, until the Crown Prince meets Linglan, who descends to the mortal world. Linglan sets her sights on the Crown Prince~ So what if he has someone else in his heart? √She will lead him to power!

36. 186 死 Death Game: The Beauty Is Deceiving the World 死亡游戏：美人她欺诈世界 Yi Xiao已晓Mystery688k WordsOngoing [The author’s note at the end of Chapter 1 contains content warnings. Please remember to read it, thank you.] [The author’s brain doesn’t work right. The first instance is deliberately obscure, which means players can’t clear it. If you don’t understand it, feel free to skip straight to the second instance. The overall tone of this story is: secret identities, a heroine adored by everyone, an airheaded goofball, and hilarious love-triangle drama. (I already put that in the blurb, so if you still 7kReads9.2Score709Shelves
37. 187 纯 The Pure-Hate Junior Sister Only Goes Crazy, She Never Seeks Redemption 纯恨小师妹只发疯不洗白 Round Pear Pear Pear圆梨梨梨Ancient Romance29k WordsOngoing [Pure villainess, no moral compass + second-generation cultivator + anti-System + pretending to cultivate immortality but really cultivating demonic power + dog training] Chao Yao is the most privileged second-generation cultivator in the cultivation world. She is born stunningly beautiful, but arrogant and domineering, with resources showered upon her. The one catch is that she’s useless at cultivation. It isn’t until she meets the Son of Heaven’s Mandate, the “male lead,” and the “female lead” 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is so good! It's a cultivation novel, purely about hating evil women without any redemption. The female lead has a powerful background, being a second-generation cultivator. She encounters the male lead, a chosen one of heaven, and a female lead with a system, only to discover she's a villain. It perfectly embodies the standard villain archetype, and incidentally, it also trains dogs and torments men.

38. 188 快 Quick Transmigration White Moonlight: The Male Lead Has Been Bullied into Madness Again 快穿白月光：男主又被虐疯了 Liuye Qing柳叶轻Modern Romance613k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + corruption + yandere + the white moonlight] In novels, there’s a type of scheming white moonlight who acts aloof while stringing the male lead along in the beginning, then clings to him and courts disaster in every way later on, only to be abandoned and punished by him in the end. Jian Yin’s mission is to play this kind of white moonlight. She follows the plot diligently, so why do the male leads all turn dark and forcibly claim her once they see her for the evil person s 3kReads8.7Score177Shelves
39. 189 快 Quick Transmigration: The Beautiful Villainess's Happy Life 快穿：貌美女反派的幸福生活 Mr. Zhao@小赵先生@Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + pure-white jasmine + no fixed CP + masterful acting + contrast + the female lead is no good person] Jiaojiao has no idea what bad karma she accumulated. After gaining sentience and cultivating diligently for three hundred years, she finally took human form. Unexpectedly, for no reason at all, heavenly lightning struck her that very day, and Jiaojiao nearly perished without a trace. At the last possible moment, she grabbed a passing little System with her bare hands and na 9.1kReads8.1Score722Shelves
40. 190 归 The Return 归来 Yu Lili御梨梨Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted At the age of ten, Qin Zhi took credit for her older sister’s achievement. From then on, she became the apple of Pei Jiyan’s eye. He was the heir to the immensely powerful Pei family. Pei Jiyan spoiled her rotten. Watching her sister’s face fall, Qin Zhi pressed her lips together and smiled. Anything her sister liked, she would take for herself. * The year Qin Zhi went abroad, Young Master Pei, usually so untouchably proud, sat in a wheelchair with reddened eyes, clutching the hem of her skirt. 10.2kReads8.9Score755Shelves
41. 191 快 Quick Transmigration: The Alluring Concubine's Rules of Survival and Plunder 快穿之妾室妖娆，生存掠夺守则 Yan Fei Loves Braised Pork爱吃甏肉的焱妃Ancient Romance2.8M WordsOngoing A note about the content: not every story is about concubines. Some also take place in modern times. These tragic concubines want to survive, and to do that, they have to fight and seize what they can. Jiang Chunxi transmigrates into the bodies of these concubines to complete her missions. Morality means nothing to her; all that matters is getting the job done. So what if her methods are underhanded and shameless? Concubine in the Duke's mansion: She secretly gets together with the heir under th 19.4kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
42. 192 女 Quick Transmigration: The Heroine Is a Top-Tier Heartbreaker 【快穿】女主她是顶级渣女 The Sea Is Vast, Let the Fish Leap, Leap, Leap海阔凭鱼跃跃跃Modern Romance221k WordsCompleted [Reading guide] The heroine is a true villainess: she has no morals and no conscience. In every world, she strolls through a crowd of admirers without letting any of them get close. World One: A Blacklisted Star’s Masterclass in Keeping Everyone Happy After transmigrating into a vase-like star mocked by the entire internet, Sheng Mingyue keeps three men on the hook at once. The top-tier star gets drunk over her late at night, the film emperor saves himself for her, and the CEO spends a fortune o 319Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🍋🍋①The female lead appears bright and lively on the surface, but is actually a sophisticated egoist. As a child, she took credit for her older sister's achievements, making the male lead dote on her. In the end, she broke up with him without hesitation. Later, when she learned that her sister was going to get engaged to the male lead, she came back to √ seduce him...

43. 193 欲 Flowers Bloom from Desire's Bones 欲骨生花 He He Wuhui Zi合禾无卉子Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted The second book in the Good Silence series. The heroine is the most beautiful. She has a Tomie-like constitution, there's no main couple, and there are tons of male supporting characters. She's an extremely popular, irresistible heroine. The prose and style are elaborate, so read at your own discretion. The author won't abandon the story, and updates are generally regular. Warning: After the heroine gets out of the locked room, the book goes off the rails. It has no beginning or end, just an ope 18Reads6.9Score—Shelves
44. 194 快 Quick Transmigration: The Alluring Concubine Captivates Hearts and Rises to Principal Wife 快穿：妾室妖媚，撩欲惑心晋主母 Song Shilu宋时鹿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through palace and household intrigue, a wholly ancient-world heroine, a villainess focused solely on her mission, the Matriarch System, breathtaking beauty, a naturally seductive allure, a scheming green-tea vixen, not a sweet romance] Everyone says, “Beauty is a sin.” Liu Fuyin, daughter of a wealthy merchant, is stunningly beautiful and enchantingly seductive. Before she even comes of age, she’s a beauty capable of bringing kingdoms to their knees, and everyone wants to 12.3kReads8.8Score759Shelves
45. 195 反 The Villainous Young Lady Is Still Working Hard to Do Evil Today 反派大小姐今天也在努力作恶 Pei Nanzhu裴南烛Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Sweet Romance + One-on-One, Both Pure] A haughty, domineering heiress who’s impossibly beautiful ✖️ a sinister, unhinged, refined scoundrel of a villain Pei Zhiyan was once a hundred-year-old bird, a long-tailed tit from the north. Reborn one day, she transmigrated into a vintage-rich-family novel and became the sickly fiancée who was barely mentioned, existing only to highlight the villain’s twisted nature. Luckily, according to the story, she would eventually earn t 10.3kReads9.2Score892Shelves

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    The female lead's wickedness carries a bird-like innocence and cruelty. She thoughtfully prepares a dessert version of drugging her rival, and when framing her half-sister, she doesn't forget to pour hot tea on her skirt. Most striking is her clear, innocent eyes after each act of evil, making one wonder if it's genuine wickedness or just a natural, dark side.

46. 196 渣 100 Ways to Deal with a Scumbag Tycoon 渣大佬的100种方法 Little Prickly Flower小丫么小刺花Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The nation’s most notorious playboy rich kid keeps clutching a wooden token even when he’s drunk. The world champion in swimming’s freestyle Grand Slam threatens to withdraw from competitions rather than take off his token. A top-tier star is accused of acting like a diva for not letting fans touch his token… Later, some curious people piece together the clues and discover that all these tokens come from the same person. And she’s a woman. The world is stunned! 280Reads9.0Score—Shelves
47. 197 快 Quick Transmigration: The Universally Disliked Fight to Become the No. 1 Fan Favorite 快穿：万人嫌争做人气角色No1 Han yuu寒yuuAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi 42.7kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
48. 198 黑 The Black Lotus Villainess Tears Apart the Original Novel 黑莲花女配手撕原著 Mountains Stop, Mountains Roam山止山行Ancient Romance402k WordsOngoing At first, she’s a fake goody-goody. Later, she’s brazen and ruthless. She wears the pinkest clothes and strikes the cruelest blows: a femme fatale. You think she’s a gentle, harmless peony, but she turns out to be a deadly peach blossom. Don’t ask. She’s just putting on an act. Ensemble cast, court intrigue, investigations, poison and medicine, no System, no golden finger Song Xuan discovers she’s a supporting character in a book. She is the heroine’s source of suffering, the catalyst for the 25Reads8.2Score106Shelves

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    This is a female protagonist with a seemingly innocent but actually cunning nature. It's a non-system ensemble drama with intrigue, crime-solving, and a super engaging and satisfying villainous character! The writing is excellent; the following excerpt perfectly captures the heroine's beauty and charisma, subtly stirring up trouble! Don't worry about the rating; the series went on hiatus after the initial rating was released, but updates resumed this year.

49. 199 攻 Winning Over the Young Lord of Miaojiang 攻略苗疆少主 Running Peach奔跑的桃子Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted Chu He transmigrates into a book. [The villain will kill the male lead, cripple the female lead, and then commit suicide out of hatred for the world. This world is about to collapse, and your mission is to save it.] The lousy System vanishes after assigning the mission. Before Chu He can even figure out what to do, she is kidnapped to Miaojiang, where she becomes the perfect mother Gu for the medicine people to cultivate their Gu. Medicine people aren’t human and have no memories of their past. 140.2kReads9.4Score14.6kShelves
50. 200 妖 The Bewitching Fox Demon 妖艳狐妖 Purple Baby's Breath紫色满天星Modern Romance251k WordsCompleted Her name is Su Yan, the only anomaly in the modern world. She isn't human, but a fox spirit with peerless beauty, endless loneliness, and an immortal, indestructible body. She is the last of her kind. She once felt lonely because she was the only anomaly left and wanted to die, but no matter what she did, she couldn't. All she could do was go on living, bored and alone. Her peerless beauty meant she never lacked admirers... 33Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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