A Self-Interested Female Lead With a Brain: She Can Be Wicked, and Doesn't Have to Be Too Kind 女主利己主义者，带脑子，可以恶，也不用太善良

1. 451 娘 The Empress Is Charming and Lively, and Wins the Emperor's Heart 娘娘娇媚灵动，惹得皇上心动 Zhuxi Pavilion竹西处Ancient Romance798k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads’ first time + clear-headed heroine focused on living well + doesn’t love the emperor] Xiao Zhaoyuan asked with interest, “What do you usually like to do, my consort?” Cui Qingwan beamed. “I like eating, drinking, and having fun!” Sincerity really is a lethal weapon! Xiao Zhaoyuan couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing. He had never met anyone so genuine. And yet this very genuine woman gradually claimed his heart. But then he realized that she 1.3kReads8.7Score100Shelves

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   The first book is purely about self-interest; no romance, feel free to ship. The second and third are both palace intrigue novels with sophisticated writing styles, leaning towards realistic palace politics.

2. 452 快 Quick Transmigration: Cherish Your Life and Stay Away from Toxic People 快穿：珍爱生命，远离极品 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through historical settings + socially fearless female lead + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + building wealth + turning her life around + no fixed pairing] [The 4th, 7th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st worlds have no romance] [Female lead’s perspective] [Ensemble cast] Also known as: Quick Transmigration: A Carefree Life in Historical Worlds and Quick Transmigration: Treasure Your Life and Stay Away from Toxic People Protagonist: Chang Ning. In each sma 21.8kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
3. 453 小 The Young Educated Youth's Answering System 小知青的答题系统 Frozen Pear Who Loves Cooking for Themself爱上自己做饭的冻梨Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted Zhang Mingyue has a quiz System and follows her clueless second older sister, Zhang Yanyan, to the countryside. The two sisters spend their days watching the locals and enjoying the show. Her golden finger isn't all that powerful, but watching the drama is a lot of fun. 24.7kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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   The female lead is stunningly beautiful and delicate, yet both those who transmigrate and those who are reborn are afraid of her. [Cool]

4. 454 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

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   This book meets the questioner's requirements. Each time, the female protagonist transmigrates into a tragic concubine, then becomes selfish, cunning, and manipulative, lacking morals and sentiments! However, it has only progressed to the third world so far, so it's relatively short. If you don't like this kind of thing, please don't read it.

5. 455 假 Fake Heiress? As Long as You Don't Come Back, I'm the Real One 假千金？只要你回不来我就是真的 Yun Yun云韵Ancient Romance778k WordsOngoing [Reborn + fake heiress + power above all] When Mu Tangxi was fifteen in her previous life, her father suddenly brought home a young woman and declared that she was his real daughter! Mu Tangxi was nothing but the illegitimate daughter of an outside mistress, switched at birth. Her father locked her in her room, but that still couldn't save her from the revenge she had supposedly brought upon herself. Reborn at the age of ten, she carefully planned every move. In her previous life, she had been m 33Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   🌈🍀The female protagonist is reborn. In her previous life, she fell from grace, becoming an illegitimate child instead of a legitimate one, and was cruelly treated by the returning true heiress and her brothers. Reborn, her first priority is to eliminate the true heiress, as she only wants to protect herself. [Heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart]

6. 456 综 Film and TV Crossover: A Guide to Villainesses Swapping Bodies 综影视：恶毒女配互穿指南 Shen Tu神涂Female-Channel Fanfiction689k WordsOngoing [Not a power fantasy, so don't read if that's not your thing. This is mainly a crossover between film and TV dramas, with original content. All the women are villains: they get revenge for every grudge, have their own principles and ideas, and aren't evil without reason. The golden finger isn't very powerful, and this isn't about smashing everything with a golden finger. It's not a power fantasy, not a power fantasy, not a power fantasy. Don't be fooled by the title. Don't be fooled by the title 1.4kReads8.4Score—Shelves
7. 457 穿 After She Transmigrated, the Heroine Disguised Herself as a White Lotus and Went on a Killing Spree 穿越后女主她伪装白莲花杀疯了 Seven Four One七四一Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No CP + no morals + no limits. A triple-no product. Slow burn.] Li Ke transmigrates. She hears that the original owner was a quiet little flower: obedient and well-behaved since childhood, soft-spoken, kind, and gentle. She always believed that if she tried hard enough, the people around her would eventually treat her well. Li Ke blinks. Kind and gentle? Me? Well, I suppose it’s not a bad persona. After secretly killing everyone who gave her a hard time, Li Ke is pleased to discover that, s 2.5kReads8.6Score272Shelves
8. 458 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86.4kReads9.6Score11.3kShelves
9. 459 震 Shocking Apocalypse! The Max-Level Villainess Is Forced to Rise 震惊末世！满级恶女被迫崛起 Qi Jian栖见Sci-Fi & Apocalypse574k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + an absurdly powerful golden finger + spatial storage + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + monster fighting + female-led romance (important)] Wear the pinkest dress and throw the wildest punches. Watch this violent sweetheart tear the apocalypse apart. After finally completing her mission, Ming Ting retires smoothly from the Space-Time Administration. She takes her life savings and picks a world she’s never visited to enjoy her retirement. She never expected that a 339Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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   Pure evil girl! Egoist! 👑First book [Transmigration + Super powerful cheat + Space + Hoarding + Infrastructure + Monster Fighting + Female Dominator (Key Point)] [Heart] Wearing the pinkest dress and fighting the wildest battles, a violent sweet girl tears apart the apocalypse. ԅ(¯ㅂ¯ԅ) The male lead is handsome, strong, and tragic, a white-cut black sesame dumpling; the female lead is heartless and emotionless, rejects sainthood, and is an egoist. [Kiss] The female lead is lazy in the early stages, but rises up later. [Heart] 👑Second book: See how Lin Jiaojiao lives happily in various eras and worlds, no fixed CP [Kiss] The author's writing is superb, I like the female lead's personality, clear-headed and rational, and a refined egoist. It's rare to see some alternative historical novels, so it's quite good (≧∇≦*) [Heart]

10. 460 后 The Villainess in the Harem Starts with Empresses in the Palace 后宫恶女从甄嬛传开始 Chang Rong常容Female-Channel Fanfiction3.5M WordsCompleted [Complete] [A new book is underway, still starting with An Lingrong] Self-interest + villainess + Qing palace + palace intrigue + reborn + wish fulfillment + going mad + wild imagination + plot analysis + crossing between TV worlds Supporting characters, cannon fodder, empresses, maids, eunuchs, and palace maids from Empresses in the Palace are reborn or transmigrate into TV dramas Content warning: [This story portrays Zhen Huan negatively. She is almost always a villain here, so proceed with ca 10.4kReads8.2Score448Shelves

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    Self-interested, with high IQ

11. 461 给 A Noble Title for a Concubine? The Heroine of This Baby-Raising Novel Has Been Sterilized! 给妾请诰命？生子文女主绝育了！ Miss Rice Soup米汤小姐Ancient Romance235k WordsCompleted Lou Yun’an transmigrates into two books at once. Her in-laws belong to a historical boys’ love story, while she and Liang Qianyu are the leads of a childbirth novel, a tale about a woman blessed with fertility redeeming a man who cannot have children. Eighteen kids, one after another, just like that! But Liang Qianyu has not only a long-lost love, but also a whole courtyard full of concubines. The very first thing he does after returning with military honors is petition to grant his concubine an 2.2kReads8.6Score172Shelves

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    Smart and good-looking

12. 462 穿 Put on Your Secret Identity! The Cannon-Fodder Young Intellectual Has a Powerful System 穿上马甲！炮灰小知青手握大系统 Distant Stars遥星辰Modern Romance492k WordsCompleted The pampered young heiress has money and power to spare, but after being reborn, she finds herself a pitiful girl forced to move to the countryside, despised by her wicked stepmother and bullied by her stepsister. Can she put up with that? Absolutely not. So, on the night before she leaves for the countryside, she reports her own father. Money? She takes it all. Clothes? All packed. Bedding? Gone. Kitchen? Cleared out. Furniture? Taken too. She doesn’t leave so much as a hair behind. After swag 3.8kReads9.1Score357Shelves
13. 463 穿 Transmigrated as the Cannon Fodder True Heiress, I Go Crazy at the Drop of a Hat 穿成炮灰真千金，一言不合就发疯 Chubby Girl肥妞妞Modern Romance472k WordsCompleted The rating has just come in, but it’ll rise later. "The Real and Fake Heiress Switched in a Pig-Butchering Scam, Making a Fortune in 1960s Hong Kong", also known as "Transmigrated as the Doomed Real Heiress, She Goes Wild at the Drop of a Hat" Yang Heqing transmigrates into a book. She doesn’t know what happens next and doesn’t want to go home and farm. A handsome military officer, Wen Zeyang, suddenly proposes to her. She can follow the army, so she agrees without a second thought. But the long 694Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    This line of work is considered quite wicked and ruthless.

14. 464 快 A Scheming Beauty's Quick Transmigration 快穿之心机美人 Pretty Girl Wants to Get Rich靓女要发财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Scheming beauty + seduction by a green-tea temptress + love-triangle hell + no moral boundaries + non-virgin heroine] Qingtang belongs to a realm beyond the Six Realms, and survives by devouring love and hate. Once she has absorbed the overwhelming resentment, she will fulfill the women’s wishes. 1: Steal the love of the men in an army-compound romance 2: Steal her roommate’s fiancé’s love 3: Steal the love of the arrogant heiress’s older brother 4: Steal the love of the twin heroine’s younger 15.4kReads8.2Score983Shelves

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    💥I'm currently following this book! It's so good! The female lead is a complete schemer, a seemingly innocent but actually wicked woman. She's incredibly beautiful, the handsome male lead's first love and the apple of his eye. She's the scheming sister-in-law of a young marshal in the Republic of China era, and the seemingly innocent cousin of the crown prince. She's also super good at being charming and coquettish.

15. 465 女 The Female Lead Is So Cute, and Every Time She Quick Transmigrates, She Lies Flat 女主她好可爱，每次快穿火速躺平 One Ton of Cola一吨可乐Modern Romance612k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + pocket dimension + strong female lead, feel-good power fantasy + historical eras + stockpiling + leveling up + living to a ripe old age + multiple worlds] Zhu Yue had a dream. When she woke up, she discovered she'd been bound to a quick transmigration System. Every month, she has to travel to a different world and complete a mission. She's the aloof little fairy in a historical-era story, the top-tier beauty with a pure yet alluring vibe in an entertainment-industry novel 2.1kReads8.0Score101Shelves

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    The female protagonist is a sophisticated egoist who cares most about herself.

16. 466 快 Quick Transmigration: The Selfish Supporting Female Character Becomes Everyone’s Favorite 快穿之女配自私自利后成了万人迷 October Sky 1111十月天1111Modern Romance221k WordsOngoing Ziji, also known as Self, is the embodiment of selfishness, yet she must help women find their own lives. But her unparalleled beauty draws the covetous attention of others. 1. A Divorced Woman in the 1970s 30Reads6.2Score—Shelves
17. 467 快 Quick Transmigration: The Seductive Dodder Vine's Conquest Handbook 快穿之娇媚菟丝子攻略手册 Green Seedling青色的禾苗Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Stunning Heroine + Sweet Romance + Seducing Powerful Men + Immersive + No Moral Standards] Qing He, a dodder vine who has cultivated for a thousand years, faces her final lightning tribulation, but her frail true form leaves her unable to survive it. As she lies on the brink of death, a snow ferret carrying a heavenly book comes to her with a System: “To survive the tribulation, you must win over the fated men of three thousand small worlds and share their fortune through 19.3kReads8.1Score917Shelves
18. 468 综 Film and TV Crossover: When the Jinx Gained the Power to Read Minds 综影视：当乌鸦嘴有了读心术 Queen Chuchu女王楚楚Female-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted Completed. For details about the world, see the author's notes. 340Reads8.7Score—Shelves
19. 469 甄 Zhen Huan Reborn: I Want to Be Empress 甄嬛重生之我要当皇后 Call Little Fish呼叫小鱼儿Ancient Romance478k WordsCompleted Warning!!! The overall story is similar to following the old path again, but things will change at crucial moments, creating a butterfly effect. An Lingrong never enters the palace and becomes fabulously wealthy; Fang Chunyi is promoted and has a daughter; Zhen Huan has children of both sexes and rises to the throne as empress; Nian Shilan fakes her death and leaves the palace. Huan Bi marries a military officer; Shen Meizhuang and Wen Shichu stay together for life. [In her previous life, Zhen H —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 470 六 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress Works Herself to the Bone and Outshines the Lucky Female Lead 六零，对照组女配卷死锦鲤女主 Moonless Young Master无月公子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + comedy + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + troublemaker heroine + face-slapping + satisfying read + goofy humor + romance] A chaotic, hilarious career story, not a formulaic one. The heroine is cunning, scheming, unhinged, and becomes an official. It’s hell mode from the start: the original host was beaten to death by her awful grandmother, and less than two minutes after transmigrating, she was kicked into the hospital by her awful father. Cheng Miaomiao opens and close 64.9kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves

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    Highly recommended! A thrilling novel where the female protagonist embarks on a political career. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

21. 471 综 Film and TV Crossover: Qing Wu's Diary of Scheming Conquests 综影视：青芜的心机攻略日记 Wang Xiyin望汐音Female-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted [The female lead transmigrates into TV dramas or novels to seduce the original male lead, sometimes with multiple male partners. No moral compass.] I recommend starting further in. The early chapters were poorly written because I was a beginner. Qingwu was the world's first succubus. She had lived for thousands of years and seen every side of human life, and had grown bored of it all. Then one day, something called the System came to her and asked her to help their System world acquire energy. Q 5.4kReads6.8Score133Shelves
22. 472 女 The Heroine Is Wicked and Everyone’s Favorite 女主她恶毒且万人迷 Poor Strongman贫穷大力士Ancient Romance805k WordsCompleted ★ Villainess-style heroine, heroine-focused, episodic stories ★ All the heroines are self-serving, not paragons of goodness. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The stories, roughly: World One: The vicious fake heiress who charms everyone Set in ancient times, this is the story of a fake heiress who charms everyone and eventually becomes empress dowager. World Two: The vicious princess who charms everyone A story about a princess, a great general, and a grand tutor. World Three: Supernatural 1.3kReads8.7Score105Shelves
23. 473 快 Quick Transmigration: Living for Myself in a Period Novel 快穿之在年代文里做自己 Love Rainy Days Most最爱下雨天Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted (A few things to know: 1. Some stories have romance, and some don’t. 2. In some worlds, she visits the black market, and her golden finger keeps getting more powerful. 3. In some worlds, she serves her country and turns herself in. 4. The heroine is an ordinary person who grows over time and has principles. This isn’t a power fantasy about an unstoppable female lead mowing everyone down.) Synopsis: Ye Xiaoxiao is a struggling web-novel author. She’s either reading novels or on her way to writin 16.8kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
24. 474 美 A Beauty's Journey Through the Apocalypse 美人的末日之旅 Yang Xi羊喜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse885k WordsCompleted The protagonist is a shameless scoundrel with no principles or self-respect: selfish, greedy, and terrified of dying. She uses other people’s feelings and has no genuine affection for anyone. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. Don’t blame the author. The protagonist is responsible for her own actions; they don’t reflect the author’s values. A college student who lives off her parents accidentally binds herself to a Doomsday Travel System and has to survive in one apocalypse after another. But 3.1kReads8.8Score334Shelves
25. 475 缅 Back from Northern Myanmar, the Madam Seizes Power Without a Gun 缅北归来，夫人她夺权不用枪 R744Modern Romance641k WordsCompleted [Female Lead's Growth + Ruthless and Decisive + Multiple Male Leads, Not 1v1, Not Pure] After being abducted, Ruan Qinghe became Yong Ge's pawn in order to survive. Fortunately, Ruan Qinghe met Xu Yu, the man she loved. Unfortunately, Xu Yu was the person Yong Ge wanted to deal with. Even worse, Xu Yu was only interested in her face. Xu Yu used every means at his disposal to keep Ruan Qinghe by his side, and she thought he was a man worth entrusting her life to. It wasn't until she was in a car 790Reads9.3Score112Shelves

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    Currently following a story featuring high intelligence, self-interest, ruthlessness in achieving goals, and a lack of romantic infatuation; the protagonist grows gradually. Multiple male leads.

26. 476 穿 Transmigrating into Dream of the Red Chamber as the Widow Li Wan 穿越红楼之寡妇李纨 Li XingzhouLIXINGZ李行舟LIXINGZFemale-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing [Dream of the Red Chamber + widow + greedy + self-serving + ruthless + slacker + hoarding] On the first day after becoming Li Wan, I realized something: So what if I’m destined to be a widow? I’ll save every penny and become the richest woman in the Jia household! The Jia household is doomed to fall anyway, so I might as well start grabbing what I can! And so Double my allowance? Collect rent from the land? Buy a mansion? Easy! I’ll do my best to fleece the Jia household! Wang Xifeng scolded me 1.4kReads8.9Score100Shelves

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    The female lead is definitely intelligent, but incredibly stingy. She has a love interest early on, but later becomes a widow without one.

27. 477 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

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    I was absolutely in love with this type of thing for a while.

28. 478 我 I, the Substitute Villainess, Took Down Four Scumbag Male Leads 我，替身女配，反杀了四个狗男主 Qi Mu其木Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Harem of admirers / groveling exes / love rivals / face-slapping, scum-trashing wish fulfillment] [Toxic woman fiction, a crazy beauty, an emotionless heroine who loves no one and treats life as a game] Su Manshu transmigrates into the role of a supporting female character in an old-fashioned domineering CEO body-double novel. She is about to suffer both physical and emotional abuse before being cruelly abandoned! CEO No. 1: Worth trillions, he throws her five million in breakup money and tells 7.3kReads9.2Score783Shelves

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    Look more at our heroine [shy] (>y<) 🔥1️⃣ Purely selfish! Yu Yu, who only wants to become stronger ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ, wields the Devouring skill and embarks on the path of cultivation?! All obstacles are cleared away! [Heavy punch] Nothing can stop our Yu Yu from becoming stronger [eating melon] 🔥2️⃣ Man Shu, my darling! Everything was planned by herself [understood], the original owner was abused both physically and mentally, Man Shu directly tore up the script! She ran off with the CEO's savings and love, and got engaged to the empire's overlord in full view of everyone.

29. 479 快 Quick Transmigration: They All Say They Volunteered to Dig Wild Vegetables 快穿：都说他们自愿挖野菜的 Little Bear Likes It小熊喜欢Modern Romance227k WordsCompleted [Don’t read this! Don’t read this! I can’t delete it, and there’s nothing I can do. This book really is awful, even I don’t want to read it. Please don’t waste your time opening it!] 34Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The female lead was only doing this to complete the mission.

30. 480 反 Every Villain Has Their Own Merits, and the Princess Never Takes a Day Off 反派各有千秋，公主全年无休 One Night in Three Rivers三川一夜Ancient Romance848k WordsOngoing A strong, ambitious female lead and her countless male consorts [Strong Female Lead + Multiple Male Leads (loyal shadow guard / beautiful but tragic / beastman / masochistic admirer / eunuch / aloof beauty / madman)] A gender-bender story. Check the chapter comments for details about the heroine’s particular traits. No man will be stronger than the heroine or ever lord it over her. She won’t be so lovesick that she dies for romance, and she knows how to get things done. All the men are loyal pup 2kReads9.4Score231Shelves
31. 481 赴 An Appointment for a Beautiful Night 赴良宵 Leader of the Cute Cult萌教教主Ancient Romance780k WordsCompleted After her country fell, she, the former dynasty's demon consort, begged the new emperor to grant her death. Instead, the new emperor clamped a hand around her chin and let out a sinister laugh. “You can't escape me, Fan Lingzhi.” A ruthless tyrant X a demon consort who brought a nation to ruin 172Reads8.4Score—Shelves
32. 482 厄 Infinite: The Bad Luck Game 【无限】厄运游戏 User044用户044Mystery288k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead + Infinite-Worlds + No Romance + Mind Games] One evening, Ji Feihai suddenly lost consciousness while out for a walk. When she woke again, she had already been dragged into a bizarre game. According to the rules, only one of the eight players could survive. As the eight players faced off, would she show even the slightest mercy when forced to choose between her own life and the lives of others? Could she make it through one perilous or terrifying game after another? And faced 557Reads9.2Score159Shelves

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    That perfectly matches the title. It's really quite good.

33. 483 反 The Villainess Kills with Her Beauty 反派她以美貌杀人 Shattered Starlight夜空碎光Ancient Romance355k WordsCompleted (The heroine is a true villain. If you prefer morally upright characters, read with caution.) She was the villain of a book, but she never knew it. But what did that matter? Her beloved was dead. How could those responsible for his death be allowed to live? She toyed with the world in the palm of her hand, laying schemes within schemes and concealing deadly intent at every turn. Her gentle nature and ethereal beauty were both weapons, and no one could stand in the way of her revenge. The person 4.1kReads9.4Score479Shelves
34. 484 我 I’m an Agent 我是经纪人 Use Your Brain When Reading Fiction看小说也要带脑子Modern Romance841k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [The System is not a golden finger, not a golden finger!] [No romance + entertainment industry + talent manager] [Plot-focused + no formulas] [A strong female lead who grows over time] The summer she was fourteen, that man hacked that woman to death and was sent to prison. Ye Chang Qing thought she had finally gained her freedom, but she never expected predatory lenders to come after her from every direction, right alongside it. She worked odd jobs, sold her blood, 8.8kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves
35. 485 恶 The Wicked Woman Binds a Stepmother System, and the Whole Family Breaks Down in Tears 恶妇绑定后娘系统，全家哭唧唧 Moon Creek, Joyful Xi月溪悦兮Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [Period setting, livestreaming System, satisfying story with a heroine who never puts up with mistreatment, self-interested female lead, family life] Her husband died saving the factory from a fire. When Xia Yiyun received the news, she went into premature labor from grief, and then, for no apparent reason, she got a System. The System wanted her to become a universally praised stepmother. At first, she refused, but the System pestered her every day, so she agreed. Later, she got a good look at 27Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a wicked stepmother who doesn't change at all; she's the kind of wicked stepmother with a great reputation who reaps all the benefits—even her mother-in-law is afraid of her! Of course, the female lead does have some principles, and her own child is also shrewd and has a fierce spirit. It's super entertaining!

36. 486 穿 Transmigrated Into the Nineties: The Villainous Big Shots Are All My Kids 穿书九零：反派大佬们都是我的崽 Mr. Zixu Wuyou子虚乌有君Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 201.5kReads9.4Score26.2kShelves
37. 487 女 The Female Supporting Character Is Everyone's Favorite 女配是个万人迷 Qing Keqing轻可轻Modern Romance461k WordsOngoing [Everyone’s Favorite + Mary Sue + Everyone Has a One-Sided Crush + The Heroine Still Isn’t Swayed in the Ending or Bonus Chapters] Synopsis: A story about how I thought I was the vicious supporting female character in a Mary Sue novel, but it turned out I was the one everyone adored. My perfect fiancé, the cold and domineering school bully, my scheming little brother with a sweet facade, my gentle older brother, the sunny upperclassman... They all like me. Great. I like myself too. [Here come t 5.9kReads9.4Score438Shelves

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    Her strength stems from the establishment of a solid "internal evaluation system." External praise and criticism are like passing storms, unable to shake her deeply rooted sense of self-worth.

38. 488 小 The Little Palace Maid's Thoughts Were Read 小宫女被读心了 Jiang Xiaoshi江小十Ancient Romance254k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the 15kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
39. 489 穿 Reborn as the Heroine of an Angsty Novel, I Went Crazy and Became Everyone's Favorite 穿成虐文女主我靠发疯成了万人迷 Southwest Kui Ba西南魁拔Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Villainous heroine + male-magnet heroine + multiple men competing for one woman + male leads are inexperienced + satisfying revenge + flirtatious heroine + no putting up with mistreatment] Slow-paced! After playing video games for twenty hours straight, Tao Zhi transmigrated. She became the abused heroine of a melodramatic novel, imprisoned, tortured, miscarrying, and cheated on. Looking at the thousand-square-meter estate, with its private chef, doctor, bodyguards, florist, pastry chef, and ma 4.1kReads8.7Score703Shelves
40. 490 我 I Was a Phoenix Man's Nanny in the 1970s 我在七零年代给凤凰男当保姆 Mo Chu Xishan墨初西山Modern Romance489k WordsCompleted [Growth-oriented heroine + everyone gets a golden finger except the heroine + everyone tries to keep the couple apart + the hero saves himself and wins his wife back] The heroine’s version Phoenix men and mama’s boys: either label would get any man in the modern world despised. After transmigrating to the 1970s, Lin Shu chose to work as a nanny rather than marry a fool. When she learned that her employer, Zhou Changhui, was both a phoenix man and a mama’s boy, she secretly looked down on him. 113Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 491 偏 The Obsessive Big Shot's Flirtatious Darling Has Turned Dark Again 偏执大佬的小撩精又黑化了 Mu Yao沐杳Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted “I want to lock you away somewhere you’ll never see anyone but me, for the rest of our lives.” Everyone knew that the Jiang family’s powerful patriarch owned the entire capital. The only thing Bai Ruanuan could never become, no matter how long he tried, was his. After dying tragically in both her lives, Bai Ruanuan was reborn and spent every day keeping her secret identity under wraps while teaching the scumbags a lesson. Young Master Jiang, meanwhile, was busy chasing his wife and locking her u 2.5kReads8.8Score191Shelves
42. 492 七 A 1970s Book's Cannon-Fodder Background Character's Everyday Life 七零穿书炮灰路人甲的日常 Bu Kaka布卡卡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + transmigrate + pocket dimension + everyday family life + making a fortune + watching the drama unfold As a modern-day corporate drone who’d given up on life, Xu Jianian woke from her lunch break and found herself completely dumbfounded. Looking at the old-fashioned green train before her, she wondered, Where on earth have I ended up? After figuring things out, she learned she’d transmigrated into a period novel, and she was a cannon-fodder character wh 21.4kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves
43. 493 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Zombie Queen Stockpiles a Trillion Supplies and Reigns Supreme 末世重生：尸王她囤千亿物资君临 Toast to the Sea of Stars酌星海Sci-Fi & Apocalypse203k WordsCompleted Also known as "After the Apocalypse, the Young Lady Kills 90 Percent of Humanity" + Selfish and Self-Serving + Evil Heroine with a Twisted Moral Compass + Mass Murder of Innocents The heroine takes her mother's surname. The reason she is the sole heir to the family fortune is her mother. In this book, women alone inherit their family fortunes, not just the heroine but also the secondary heroines and female extras, each the sole heir to her own family's estate. (Any uncles, brothers, and other s 165Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    She kills without hesitation, like slaughtering pigs! In this apocalyptic power struggle, all beings are merely pawns in the heroine's game. This alluring yet ruthless female protagonist is purely self-serving, single-mindedly focused on ruling the world, loving only herself, and valuing power and profit above all else!

44. 494 我 The Little Brother-in-Law I Raised Became a Powerful Official 我养大的小叔子，竟成了一代权臣 Zi Qing Bo子青伯Ancient Romance556k WordsCompleted Cheng Li opened her eyes and found herself transported to an unfamiliar dynasty, where she had become a young widow. She couldn't do a day's work and knew nothing about farming. Her survival skills were practically nonexistent. She'd planned to lie flat and rely on her younger brother-in-law, but she was so beautiful that men of all kinds kept coveting her... 2.9kReads8.9Score248Shelves

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    [Send a Heart] The Wicked Woman Remains Unrepentant [Shy] Genre: Female-oriented [Warning] The female lead is a wicked woman who holds grudges. After transmigrating to ancient times and living a previous life, she is reborn and starts planning for herself very early on. Everyone loves her, but she only loves herself. [Send a Heart] Many Troubles at the Widow's Door [Shy] Genre: Female-oriented [Warning] The female lead takes over the young male lead as soon as she transmigrates, becoming his nominal stepmother. Then her dead husband quickly disappears, and several male leads come and go, all loving the female lead. However, our female lead only loves herself and her stepson.

45. 495 末EN Surviving the Apocalypse: Stock Up on Food and Weapons 末世降临不要慌，先囤粮食后囤枪 Black-and-White Octopus黑白色章鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse rebirth + stockpiling supplies + space + no romance + infrastructure building + ruthless heroine] Jiang You never dreamed that she would evade the zombies’ claws only to be betrayed by the very family she had protected. Years later, she destroyed the research center where she’d been imprisoned. Everyone who betrayed her? Dead! The base that turned against her? Wiped out! Who waits until the next life to get revenge?! With her revenge complete, Jiang You ran out of her supernatu 59.5kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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    The female lead in this book is really smart; she knows what she wants, is a bit crazy but not a saint [admiration][admiration][admiration]. I highly recommend this book.

46. 496 小 The Little Maid and the Embroidered Uniform Guard 小丫鬟和锦衣卫 I Don't Want to Be a Salted Fish我不要咸鱼Ancient Romance580k WordsCompleted Xia Chu’s whole family are hereditary servants of a marquis’s household. If nothing changes, her descendants will be servants there too. So she has always had a goal: she doesn’t want to spend her whole life as a maid. She wants to buy her freedom, acquire a house and land, and become a little rich woman in ancient times. It’s an ambitious goal, so for now she can only start out as the young lady’s personal cook. But the brocade-clad guard chief next door insists on making advances toward her. W 3.3kReads8.4Score318Shelves
47. 497 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 151.8kReads9.6Score19.7kShelves

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    ✨Clear-headed, self-serving female protagonists! These are all! ✨My personal favorite is the fifth book! Not only is she self-serving, but she's also insanely crazy (with principles and reasons). In her past life, her body was taken over by the host brought by the system! In this life, she directly retains her body and even directly attacks the system's lair!

48. 498 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Cannon-Fodder Female Supporting Character in the 1960s Rejects Having Many Children 穿书六零之炮灰女配拒绝多子 Wang Baishi's Pen王百石的笔Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Military Marriage] [Reborn] [Everyday Family Life] [Raising a Child] Xu Nuo transmigrates and marries a soldier. She thinks she'll spend the rest of her life like this, but just half a month after arriving in this era, she's told she's become a widow. Xu Nuo is close to tears! She can't believe her husband is dead, so she plans to go to his unit and find out how he died. But before she can go, a wave of hostility from the people around her hits her without warning, leaving her 928Reads7.0Score102Shelves
49. 499 快 Quick Transmigration: Starting by Staying Away from the Plot 快穿：从远离剧情开始 Moonflower No. 1月见一号Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Original title: The Quick-Transmigration Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Doesn’t Follow the Plot [Quick transmigration + fictional worlds + some stories conclude in one chapter + varied lengths + doesn’t follow the original plot + absolutely no helping the poor + all male leads are virgins + personal space] [No fixed couple, but the male leads must be pure] The cannon-fodder female characters in the plot suddenly awaken. After growing a brain, Luo Yang refuses to follow the sucker’s script anymore. Sh 18.9kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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    I really like it and highly recommend it.

50. 500 全 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 Holding Hands by the Fire执手烟火Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 181.5kReads9.5Score23.4kShelves

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