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1. 701 金 The Golden Butterfly's Call 金蝶引 Nian Yunqi廿云起Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Historical Romance] [Metaphysics] [Ghost Hunting] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Overlapping Timelines] [One-on-One Romance] Lin Qiao is the junior-most disciple of Changqing Temple. Born with golden eyes, she can see ghosts and glimpse the past and future. Using golden butterflies as a guide, she seeks out the obsessions of the dead and helps them pass on. When the death calamity awaiting her sixteenth birthday draws near, her master, Xie Canglan, suddenly disappears in Shengjing. Her fir 4.7kReads8.9Score790Shelves
2. 702 胎 Born into the Womb: I Tried to Pretend to Be Ordinary, but Turns Out I Really Can't 胎穿：想假装平凡，结果是真不行 Jin Manduola金蛮多拉Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted When Su Ningning was reborn from the top secret guard into a modern-day baby, the first thing she decided was that she would live an ordinary life. She absolutely would not compete to be the best or stand out from the crowd. But things didn’t seem to be going the way she’d imagined! When Su Ningning started kindergarten, she plucked all the flowers in the apartment complex and gave them to her mother in exchange for an ice cream. Her mother stared at the familiar-looking flowers in silence. Befo 39.8kReads8.6Score6.5kShelves
3. 703 给 After Being Four Big Shots’ Stand-Ins, I Earn a Billion a Year 给四个大佬当替身后，我年薪百亿 Rose Lord玫瑰卿Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No fixed pairing + everyone gets their comeuppance + transmigrated female supporting character + female lead diligently follows the plot but doesn’t get emotionally involved] After dying from a brain hemorrhage, Jiang Nuannuan transmigrated into a book, specifically a chaotic mash-up of melodramatic CEO romances. She got the role of a disposable fake heiress and stand-in, and activated the Hundred-Billion Stand-In System. Jiang Nuannuan: For the sake of making a living, I’ll put up with it! I’l 14.3kReads9.5Score2.4kShelves

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   There are four male protagonists. The author's descriptions of the plot and character portrayals are excellent. I've already finished reading it. Most importantly, it didn't have a bad ending! It didn't have a bad ending! It didn't have a bad ending! I'll say it three times!

4. 704 深 Jade Hidden in the Inner Chambers, Shining with Pearlescent Light 深闺藏玉映珠光 First-Rate Red Chamber一品红楼Ancient Romance516k WordsCompleted [The animated drama adaptation is now available under the title "Jade in the Deep Boudoir, Pearls in the Light". Go check it out if you're interested!] [Marriage Before Love + female lead is neither reborn nor transmigrated + supporting female character transmigrates] [Female lead seems sweet and naive but is actually cool and aloof + male lead seems indifferent but is actually cunning] Xiao Yunzhu was born into a marquis's household, where she should have been cherished and pampered, living a l 29.4kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
5. 705 少 The Young Marshal Rules His Wife: Even If the Forced-Melon's Not Sweet, It Has to Be 少帅霸妻，强扭的瓜不甜也得甜 Chu Diandian初点点Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Traditional household intrigue + revenge on scoundrels + fictional Republic-era setting + coercive pursuit + reborn heroine] Young Marshal Jing Yuanzhao is captivated by Yan Xin’s striking beauty and wants to keep her in a private residence, even though she is already married. “Stay with me for three months, and I’ll give you all the luxury and wealth you want. Your husband’s career will take off, too.” Yan Xin slapped him across the face. After he went to every length to get her, he asked with 28.4kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves

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   It's set in the Republican era!!! The author is truly brilliant, the plot is incredibly tight, I started reading this during a creative block, and it's absolutely fantastic. The male lead is no saint; anyone who dares to touch his pearl will be crippled. The female lead was raised in a wealthy family, she's intelligent and farsighted. It's truly amazing.

6. 706 依 Still Madly in Love with You 依旧热恋你 Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut栗子栗子栗栗子Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted When it comes to Nie Wuyou, a top-tier star, the people of Hong Kong City have just one word for her: a pretty face. Some say Nie Wuyou has a sugar daddy. Others say Nie Wuyou is the sugar daddy. Rumors abound, but no one can dig up the truth. One day, a video of Hong Kong City's young master humbly begging to get back together with her went viral, leaving everyone stunned. Netizen 1: “Unbelievable! Nie Wuyou dumped Jiang Qinian!” Netizen 2: “After she dumped him, Jiang Qinian spent three years 4.1kReads8.9Score373Shelves
7. 707 让 You Were Sent to the Factory, and Became the Pride of a Great Nation? 让你进厂，你成了大国荣光？ White-Robed Scholar白衣秀士Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted (No Romance + Scientific Research + Academic Prodigy + System + Period Setting) Ye Anxin wakes up to discover that she has transmigrated to the 1960s. She had planned to take it easy and do as little as possible, but then a System drops from the sky. With a daily sign-in, her intelligence increases by one point. If that's how it is, then she won't hold back. Fully automatic rifles, rocket launchers, turbofan engines, bulletproof vests... These are all well within her reach. Now watch her bring g 4.8kReads8.5Score388Shelves

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   These are some novels that I think are pretty good; I might check them out when I'm looking for something to read.

8. 708 修 Cultivating Immortality: Everyone's Fighting to Snatch the Spirit Plants I Grow 修仙，我种的灵植被疯抢 Salty One Moment, Sweet the Next闲来咸去Fantastical Romance579k WordsOngoing (Just got its rating, and it’ll go up from here) With one blink, Ji He transmigrated from the apocalypse to the cultivation world, becoming Xia He, a disciple of the Lingxiao Sect. She was once the only daughter of an elder and a prodigy blessed by heaven. Now she’s a fake heiress with a ruined core and crippled spiritual meridians. Not only was all her property confiscated, she was also sent to the sect’s outer grounds to grow spiritual plants in the Herb Garden, which was basically a death sen 70.2kReads9.1Score9.9kShelves
9. 709 竹 Childhood Friend, Are You in Love with Me? 竹马校草，你是不是喜欢我 Li Yaya李芽芽Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted On the very first day Xie Xiaoyu transferred to No. 1 High School, she shocked the entire school. She had the nerve to challenge the campus heartthrob, Lu Fang, right off the bat! And not only did Lu Fang not get angry, he did everything she said! Lu Fang was a clean freak, but he let Xie Xiaoyu use his cup. Lu Fang was a man of few words, but he was always following Xie Xiaoyu around, chatting nonstop. It turned out Xie Xiaoyu was Lu Fang’s childhood sweetheart, the girl he’d insisted he would 3.6kReads9.4Score586Shelves
10. 710 七 The Seventies: Reborn, I’m Doted on in Every Way by the Strongest Officer 七零，重生后我被最强军官花样宠 Chu Ningqi楚凝七Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted husband + Space System] Her cousin schemed to land a handsome, wealthy officer with an incredibly powerful family background, hoping to sleep with him and use her body to keep him under her thumb. Gu Xiaoxi was reborn once more. She decisively stopped the handsome, drugged man who had barged into her bathroom... She seized the chance to marry the army’s most promising officer, “General Lu the Devil,” and packed her bags to join 66.4kReads9.2Score9kShelves
11. 711 无 Cast Out for Having No Heir, She Remarries the Emperor Who Could Have No Children and Bears Two in Three Years 无子被休，改嫁绝嗣皇帝三年抱俩 He Bu Shi何不识Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Childbirth + remarrying + face-slapping her ex-husband + an old flame rekindled + devoted husband Zhuang Yanhua became the laughingstock of the entire capital. In the five years since she married into the Duke of Weiguo's household, she had never conceived. But just two months after Wei Tingyu's cousin moved into the residence, she became pregnant with his child. Her sole condition for giving birth was to be made his equal wife. Otherwise, the Wei family would have no heirs. When Zhuang Yanhua r 19.8kReads8.2Score3kShelves
12. 712 天 The Heavenly Dao’s Everyday Life of Creation 天道大人的创世日常 Big Fish Locks the Bear大鱼锁熊Ancient Romance568k WordsCompleted [No CP • No male lead] As the Taixu Realm crumbles, Qing Yan, a newly sentient Chaos spirit, risks everything to protect the last remaining paradise, forcibly tearing a new world out of the void. But this newborn world is only a hundred li across, with scant spiritual energy and only a few birds and beasts. Even cultivators have to roll up their sleeves and work the fields! As the nascent Heavenly Dao of this realm, Qing Yan is worried sick every day. To complete the Great Dao, she plunges in 149Reads8.1Score—Shelves
13. 713 我 My Life After Someone Took Over My Body 我被夺舍后的人生 Mu Yizi Jun木易子君Modern Romance140k WordsCompleted [Secret crush + sweet romance + intense push-and-pull between the leads + delicate heroine and powerful hero] Chen Rui'an was possessed by someone who turned her life into a complete mess: quitting the job at the company she had worked so hard to get into, divorcing her beloved husband, and getting dumped by a rich second-generation heir... By the time she got her body back, all that remained of her once enviable life was a total mess. She thought her life was over and that things could never ge 9.7kReads9.3Score907Shelves

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    It's a super good show. After being possessed, the female lead, Rui'an, discovers she's divorced from her husband of seven years, Fang Ze. Everything is in chaos. After being rejected by her ex-husband when he tries to get back together, she returns to her hometown and meets Cheng Xu, her high school classmate who has a crush on her. Rui'an has feelings for him, but she knows that seven years of feelings can't be easily forgotten. So, upon learning that Fang Ze is getting married, she focuses all her attention on preparing for graduate school...

14. 714 笨 The Foolish Beauty Was Doted on by a Mad Prince After Her Substitute Marriage 笨蛋美人替嫁后被疯批王爷宠上天 Mo Qi Jun莫栖君Ancient Romance666k WordsCompleted [The short drama adaptation of With You, We Journey Beneath the Bright Moon is now open for reservations. Original novel of the Spring Hues series of animated dramas; print edition signed] [Swapped bridal identities + marriage for good fortune + love after marriage] [An adorably clueless beauty who charms people without realizing it VS a double-standard, mad prince] Qiao Yun fell and injured her head as a child. Her father showed her no affection, her stepmother had no love for her, and she beca 57.5kReads9.1Score5.2kShelves
15. 715 阴 The Dark and Dashing Senior Sister Has the Cultivation World Going Crazy 阴暗师姐她超帅，修真界全疯了 Cheng Ya乘芽Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted [Publication pending] [No romance + ensemble cast + strong female lead + sect life + everyone’s a little crazy] [The main cast are unhinged and shameless. The heroine is fiercely independent, loyal, and more than a little mad] Xie Qing transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting character and finds herself struggling to survive in a sect full of slackers. Who wants to pick a fight with the heroine? Xie Qing will set the whole cultivation world straight. She encourages her world-weary 37kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves
16. 716 拿 You’re Mine! After We Register Our Marriage, I Can Make My Soldier Husband Do Whatever I Want 拿捏！领证后，兵哥哥随便我作妖 Build a House起房子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted As soon as Lu Jiao'er transmigrated, someone framed her and pushed her into the water. A passing soldier rescued her, and then her whole family latched onto him. Left with no choice, he agreed to marry Lu Jiao'er, but there was no wedding, no one to accompany her, and she was sent to his family on her own. At least she was marrying a soldier. Lu Jiao'er didn't mind whether he loved her or not. After all, he had tried to do a good deed and got his whole future tangled up in the bargain. Still, sh 5.8kReads8.7Score630Shelves
17. 717 真 The Real Heiress Enlists 真千金她从军了 Du Ruoyu Nie杜若羽涅Modern Romance728k WordsOngoing [Female-oriented + military + strong heroine + no romance + personal growth + super strength] Qi Jinyue died! She died on the stark white bed of a psychiatric hospital. Blood soaked the sheets, and a rusty pair of scissors was still clutched in her hand. Then Qi Jinyue came back to life! In a funeral hall with white mourning banners fluttering, the faces of her adoptive parents replayed through her mind, frame by frame. She was still a pitiful girl with no one to rely on!! The wheels kept turnin 115kReads9.0Score12.3kShelves

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    After being reborn, the female protagonist chooses to join the army. Before enlisting, she beats up everyone who offended her. Three months into her service, she is unfortunately kidnapped by a mob boss and taken to Myanmar, where she begins her undercover career. She is a strong female protagonist with no romantic partner. She possesses superhuman strength and is a true or false heiress.

18. 718 前 I Went to the Military District to Get Divorced, but the Disciplined Officer Kissed Me Until I Cried 前往军区离婚，被禁欲军官亲哭了 I'm Drifting Deep in the Sea我在深飘飘Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + bright, beautiful medical student VS. cold, abstinent frontier officer] Lin Shurong transmigrates. Born into the 1960s, she becomes the only girl born into the family in three generations, the apple of everyone’s eye. Her life goes smoothly, until her marriage takes an unexpected turn! Her 98-year-old grandfather likes the man’s circumstances, family background, and status, so he forces her to marry him, insisting she be matched with an officer. For two years of marriage, t 57kReads8.3Score6.3kShelves
19. 719 蛇 Wrapped in a Serpent's Bones, Kissed by a Sweet Peach 蛇骨绕，吻娇桃 Shui Chunshu水春树Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted Zhou Tingyan was a top warship magnate, devastatingly handsome and utterly untouchable. With three coils of cold snake bones wrapped around his wrist, he was devoid of desire and emotion. Nothing in the world could catch his eye. Wen Qinyi was as fair and delicate as ice and jade, a graceful young maiden. Like a little fairy who had only just taken human form. - As it happened, her uncle was busy lately, and she accidentally ended up on Zhou Tingyan's private island. Her uncle was frantic, 27kReads9.4Score4kShelves

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    1. Savor the details slowly, it's really good. If you're interested, please follow me. 2. The main theme is officialdom, but overall it's quite good. 3. I read it a long time ago, but from what I remember, it was delicious with a touch of humor. 4. I just finished reading "The High-Ranking Official Kneels for Love," it was so satisfying (it's nearing the finale). 5. It has two male leads, quite similar to one I read before, but it's still very good. The bottom is a wife-like character; if you like that kind of thing, you can check it out.

20. 720 兄 Bro, You Smell So Good: Surviving Day to Day at an All-Boys' School 兄弟你好香，在男校的苟活日常 Zi Qing Bo子青伯Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Original title: Bro, You Smell So Good: Surviving Day to Day at a Boys' School. Lighthearted comedy and everyday life + girl disguised as a boy + boys' school + friendship (well, actually, it got censored.) Xu Hao woke up one morning to find her world turned upside down. She's a girl, so why did she end up in a boy's body?! Luckily, one crucial feature is missing!!!! What now? Better keep her head down. 5.1kReads9.1Score468Shelves

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    This definitely deserves a spot on the list! The female lead is a transmigrator—a soul transmigrator. Before transmigrating, her original body was male, but after she transmigrated, she became female, and her appearance gradually became feminine. The key issue is that she's currently attending an all-boys school. So let's watch the drama unfold between her and her roommates!

21. 721 我 I’m Devoted to Cultivation, but the Nation Wants Me to Grow Vegetables 我一心修仙，国家爸爸却要我种菜 Nan Siyin南司音Modern Romance954k WordsOngoing [Rating just released, expected to rise] [Beloved by all + selling vegetables + livestreaming + wish fulfillment + real and fake heiresses + light national elements + ensemble cast + romance + twins] Jiang Wan comes from the cultivation world and is reborn as the wicked fake heiress of a wealthy family, cast out of her home with two babies of unknown paternity in her belly. Her fiancé despises and abandons her. Her adoptive parents disown her. The real heiress even tries to frame her for theft. 40.5kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
22. 722 尽 Unleash Yourself 尽情撒野 Mi Xiaoxi咪小汐Modern Romance214k WordsCompleted [Second Chance at Love + Reunion After Years Apart + Sweet Youthful Romance + Bad-Boy Handsome, Sly and Cunning + Happy Ending + Both Leads Are Each Other's First] [A Truly Free-Spirited Romantic Who Loves Deeply x A Pretend Good Girl Who's Pure and Clingy] At Jinghe High School, everyone knew Xu Shihuan was Pei Yan's rule and bottom line. No one expected them to suddenly break up. Four years later, when they met again, Pei Yan treated Xu Shihuan like a stranger. The next time they crossed paths 10.1kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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    "I personally captured your nightmare and dispelled your nightmares." - Xu Shihuan. "From now on, your life will be smooth sailing, free from any shadows."

23. 723 我 I'm Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What's Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? 我都癌症晚期了，疯一点怎么了 Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted Original title: I’m Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What’s Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? Lin Qian, hailed as the most eligible young lady in the capital, was gentle, refined, elegant, and proper. She could read at three, write poetry at five, was exceptionally well-read, and excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Everyone who met her praised her without end. Lin Qian had been raised from childhood on the principle: “At home, obey your father; after marriage, obey your 21.1kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    A completely different angle, so beautiful! [Laughing][laughing] Perfect for those going through a creative block!

24. 724 生 After Giving Birth, the Cold and Aloof Demon Emperor Begs Me to Stroke His Tail 生崽后，清冷妖皇哭求我摸他尾巴 Big Tangerine, Big Fortune大橘大利Fantastical Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof seductress VS domineering female demon] The female demon Chu Qun was reborn. A thousand years had passed, yet her legends still covered the continent. The Saint of the Pill, the world-destroying Marquis Chu Yi, the sword-forging patriarch... They were all her secret identities! In her previous life, her siblings betrayed her. She was torn apart by chariots, and her soul was sealed beneath the abyss. This time, she returned in triumph, slaying prodigies, killing her enemies, and supp 39.3kReads9.6Score5.6kShelves
25. 725 京 A Guide to Rising to Power as a Madam in the Capital Circle 京圈夫人上位指南 A Little Butt一只屁屁Modern Romance658k WordsCompleted [Powerful leads who dote on each other × intense push and pull × power as the bride price × masterful guide and lover × older, devoted, fatherly man] he, dual-C romance in an alternate setting [romance × strategy] The day Chen Nuo got together with Fang Jingxiu, people in Beijing’s social circles laughed at her. They said the daughter of a small-time building materials merchant from Yongzhou was nothing but a pretty plaything in the hands of a powerful man. But no one knew... That the aloof, asc 47.3kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves
26. 726 八 The 1980s: I Had a Flash Marriage with a Hooligan Husband, and He Spoils Me Rotten 八零之闪婚混混老公，被宠麻了 Light Drizzle Feifei微微雨霏Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted (Faithful to each other + devoted husband + everyday life + comedy + marriage before love) (No transmigration or rebirth. The heroine is not a strong-willed type. Read at your own discretion.) The hero is a street punk, while the heroine is the village beauty. To raise enough money for her father’s surgery, Su Nianxue took the initiative and asked Gu Yanbai to marry her. Gu Yanbai was a notorious loafer in all the surrounding villages. Nobody was willing to marry their daughter to him. Then one 8.6kReads8.7Score570Shelves

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    ✨✨Gu Yanbai, a notorious scoundrel in the surrounding villages, no one wanted to marry their daughter to him. Unexpectedly, one day, the prettiest girl from the neighboring village came to his door saying she wanted to marry him.🍒🍒 He hesitated for half a second, but since she'd offered herself up, why be polite? Later, the scoundrel who was rarely home, often staying for weeks at a time, suddenly started coming home every day. Gu Yanbai: If I don't come back soon, I won't even be able to get in the door. Later still, the girl's belly grew bigger and bigger…

27. 727 重 Reborn, I Turn Myself In with the Stolen Goods 重生后带着赃物去自首 Fallen Butterfly, Fragrance Gone落蝶别香Mystery522k WordsCompleted No System No female lead No supernatural powers No cultivation No spiritual qi revival No transformation What will Lu Feng, reborn as a Labrador with human-level intelligence, do to return to the investigative work he once loved? 3.2kReads9.2Score323Shelves
28. 728 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 33.4kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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    Oh my god, you wouldn't believe it! This book cost tens of dollars elsewhere, but it's free on Tomato Bookstore! Go check it out!

29. 729 显 What's Wrong with Being an Attention Seeker? Go Ahead, Try Cutting Me! 显眼包怎么了，有本事你砍我啊 Give Me a Little Star给我一颗小星星Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Female-led, no romance, transmigrated, pure power fantasy, fake System, no past life] She somehow transmigrates into a cultivation world. The good news: she’s back to age fifteen and has a golden finger. It looks like she’s about to reach the pinnacle of life! The bad news: her golden finger is a cultivation-world upgrade mashup of Pinduoduo and Beauty Cam: the Show-Off System. [Invite an opponent to take one more chop and you can level up!] [Take three more chops in total to unlock the “Bright 29.3kReads9.2Score4.3kShelves
30. 730 这 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 84.2kReads9.5Score8.3kShelves
31. 731 贵 The Merciless Imperial Consort, the Tyrant Who Hands Her the Knife 贵妃娘娘心狠手辣，暴君他递刀 Late Summer, Not Yet Over夏末未余Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted [Both leads faithful and powerful + one true pairing + male lead has concubines + dotes on her exclusively from the start + a little palace intrigue and political scheming + System plays a minor role + fast-paced + no brainless tropes + no over-the-top drama + happy ending] [Brutal, calculating tyrant + absolutely rational, breathtakingly beautiful consort] Ye Xiyin has traveled through three thousand worlds and finally reaches the world of her last mission. Then the System tells her to sell her 2.3kReads9.1Score265Shelves
32. 732 八 After Their Eighties Marriage Pact, the Research Genius Refuses to Divorce 八零协议结婚后科研大佬不肯离了 Come on, Rabbit!兔子加油Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later] [Slow Burn] [Daily Life] [Gourmet] [Pocket Dimension with Spirit Spring] [Devoted Couple] A cold, brooding research genius X an upbeat ray of sunshine The heroine will grow more and more beautiful, and the hero’s injured leg will heal. Song Yuelan transmigrates to 1984 and becomes the least favored of the family’s two younger children. She is so frail and thin that a gust of wind could blow her away, and she barely stands out in a crowd. She takes her elder sister’s 3.3kReads7.8Score295Shelves
33. 733 占 Claiming a Wife 占妻 Red Bull Sweet Potato红牛地瓜Two Male Leads344k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [A/B/O angst + fatherly type + Enigma and Alpha + dramatic twists + mistress takes the wife’s place + double ending, 1v1 + later pursuit of his husband] Chen Shu is an S3-level Alpha. He has a contractual husband, Sheng Beiqing, who is also an Alpha. Sheng Beiqing died seven days ago. Chen Shu didn't attend the funeral, and rumors have long circulated in the capital that their marriage was already over in all but name. On the seventh night after Sheng Beiqing's death, Chen 31.8kReads9.1Score5.4kShelves
34. 734 不 Oh No! The Scheming Beauty Has Fallen Into a Period Novel 不好！钓系心机美人穿年代文了 Peaceful Years年安岁Modern Romance370k WordsOngoing Tags: 1970s, sweet romance, one-on-one. The heroine is a peerlessly delicate beauty, and the hero dotes on her without limits. International award-winning actress Su Mo finds herself inside a period novel, as a disposable passerby who jumps into a river and dies in the very first chapter. She wakes up at death's door, with a pack of awful relatives waiting to arrange a ghost marriage for her as soon as she dies. Su Mo... With wolves ahead and tigers behind, isn't her only option to go stir up tr 20.3kReads7.0Score2kShelves

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    This is an exquisite masterpiece!

35. 735 替 I Steal the Male Lead's Luck for My Brother, and He Won't Stop Kissing Me! 替哥哥吸男主气运，被疯狂缠吻！ Extra Shot Iced Americano满萃冰美式Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted [Mutually Devoted Couple] [Silly, Sweet Romance] [Noble Academy] [The Strongest, Wooden Girl X The World-Weary, Mad Ice Prince] Tang Mi suspects her brother is possessed. He's been plagued by bad luck, and insists he's bound to some bizarre System. To stay alive, he has to absorb the male lead's luck. Her brother, barely alive: "We need to get... physically close." Huh? What? Tang Mi: "Whose luck do I absorb?" He looks utterly despondent. "The Crown Prince, Shang Que." Tang Mi falls silent. Mayb 81.3kReads9.2Score18.7kShelves

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    This book is really good! I've been suffering from a reading slump for almost two months, and I finally found something I wanted to read. The female lead is incredibly strong, adorable, and has a personality that's like a little sun. From the male lead's perspective, every time the female lead arrives, it's like "true love has arrived!" I was so excited throughout the whole thing. The male lead is also a bit pitiful, but it's okay, your strong side is here! I especially love the relationship between the female lead and her brother; it's like family, and it gives off a very warm feeling. It's like, "You're my family, so I unconditionally side with you." I love this kind of thing; it warms my heart!

36. 736 重 Reborn in the Third Year of Marriage 重生到结婚的第三年 Little Peach.小小桃.Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted Married life + baby Capital tycoon from Jiugang × glamorous heiress While her husband was alive, Jiang Ruo thought he was rigid and controlling, ruthless and cold, and viciously brutal in everything he did. A car accident took his life. But after he died, Jiang Ruo couldn't sleep. Night after night, she remembered the good in him: his tall figure, and the care he had shown her as her husband. On the tenth anniversary of his death, Jiang Ruo was unexpectedly reborn in the third year of their marr 370.6kReads9.2Score57.9kShelves

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    They're all sweet and beautiful.

37. 737 他 His Gentle Seduction 他轻诱 Jie Jie芥婕Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted #A short drama adaptation under the same title is now streaming# [Love after marriage + he has been plotting this for years + slice of life + warm and sweet romance + the second male lead gets the girl] With her wedding day approaching, Jiang Nuanzhu runs into her fiancé at the hospital with his ex-girlfriend, whom he broke up with six years ago, as she undergoes a prenatal checkup. He claims he's only helping a widowed mother and her child. Jiang Nuanzhu refuses to raise someone else's child an 18.3kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    They're all incredibly good, number one! Enough said, just look at how long I've been reading them! [Kissing emojis]

38. 738 穿 Reborn as the Little Cousin of the Real Heiress 穿成真千金的小族妹 The Hippo Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的小河马Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted [The animated series is now available!] You can submit adaptation requests at the bottom right of the novel-reading screen! [Though set in a period piece, this is actually a fictional world, so don’t overthink it. One important reminder: there is a romantic pairing!] [A friendly reminder: Don’t read this novel while putting your child to bed or in public. Your kid might wake up laughing or shaking with laughter. According to readers, some have spat water, tea, and cola, while others have sprayed 48.5kReads9.2Score6.5kShelves
39. 739 万 What If Uncle Is Platonic Toward the Fake Heiress? 万一小叔对假千金是柏拉图呢？ Ye Buhong叶不鸿Modern Romance451k WordsCompleted (The untouchable beauty falls from her pedestal + deliberate seduction + seven-year age gap + uncle) [Scheming, well-behaved fake heiress × powerful political heavyweight] Song Ci had a dream. In it, she was a fake heiress who had been switched at birth, while her fiancé's beloved, a poor but brilliant country girl, was the real heiress. Later, her fiancé teamed up with the real heiress, exposed Song Ci's identity, and sent her to a psychiatric hospital. Unable to bear the humiliation, she slit 197.4kReads9.4Score39.5kShelves

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    Saves you from your reading slump, it's super good!

40. 740 回 Back Twenty Years, I Became a Ghost 回到二十年前，我成了阿飘 Yin Man茵漫Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted Huo Qingcheng was a notorious criminal who once shocked the nation. He made his fortune in the underworld and amassed billions, only to orchestrate a shocking murder after achieving success, then take his own life with a gunshot. The incident rocked the country. After graduating from university, Ning Wan became a rookie editor and was assigned to polish a report about the case. While researching Huo Qingcheng, she kept having strange dreams. She would find herself back twenty years earlier, a 8.4kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
41. 741 确 A Love That’s Real 确有情 The Sixteenth Night既望Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted [Part Two Has Been Updated] Yang Huiqing spent many years abroad. The first thing she did after returning home was insist on marrying Ji Qinglin. Just how little did the two of them know each other? They didn't meet until the day of their wedding photoshoot, and neither of them even had the other's contact information. She had assumed that in this marriage of convenience, forged for the benefit of their families, they would at most treat each other with polite respect. But who could have guessed 11.6kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
42. 742 京 Snow Still Falls Over the Capital 京雪未央 Lu Xi卢西Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted Everyone told Lin Shu that Shen Yanqing, a powerful man from the highest echelons of Beijing society, had loved too many people to ever stay for anyone. But clear-eyed even as she sank deeper, she still boarded this colossal ship, and he gradually drew her into Beijing's upper circles. He said, "It's nice to stay in Beijing. That way, you'll be close to me." But in the end, he personally sent her to America. 5.3kReads9.0Score730Shelves
43. 743 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves

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    These three books are exceptionally good! I've read over 2000 books and 1600 hours of reading, so please trust my judgment! I believe almost everyone knows the second one!!! The third one is also quite good; those who like period dramas should definitely check it out!

44. 744 模 I Simulated Crimes a Hundred Thousand Times and Somehow Became a Top Detective 模拟犯罪十万次，我竟成王牌神探 Chilly Early Autumn初秋微寒Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Crime Investigation + Crime + Invincible + All-Rounder + Hardcore Detective] A killer capable of committing the perfect crime must also be a master detective. Su Ming should have become the perfect criminal, but instead he aced the entrance exam for the criminal investigation team and chose to stand on the front line of the fight against crime. He has pored over tens of thousands of case files and scrutinized hundreds of millions of cases. In his eyes, every crime is riddled with laughably obvi 79kReads9.1Score7.4kShelves
45. 745 离 On the Night of the Divorce, My Obsessive Husband Wants to Be the Third Wheel 离婚当夜，偏执老公要当三 Sichuan Pepper Wine and Star Anise Cake花椒酒与八角糕Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted [Sweet little mute × humble (green tea ✅) dark, obsessive male ghost] Stealing someone else's partner · Secret love comes true · Marriage first, love later · SC · HE · She regains her voice later The Xu family found the biological daughter they'd lost many years ago, and their adopted daughter, Xu Sui, plunged into misery overnight. Her fiancé announced, “Xu Sui? She's mute. I'm just having a little fun with her.” After her engagement was called off, she met her ex-fiancé's older brother, Huo Yi 74.4kReads8.9Score9.8kShelves

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46. 746 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 97.4kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves
47. 747 那 Then Let Me Cheer You Up 那我哄哄你 Jin Huanhuan尽欢欢Modern Romance270k WordsCompleted {A flamboyant, unruly rich young master x A stunning, refined heiress} {Marriage first, love later + Two wealthy families + A long road to winning back his wife + Both leads are chaste} Everyone knows that Second Young Master Cheng is arrogant and untamable, flamboyant and reckless, with a haughty, cold-hearted streak. He’s notorious for being impossible to deal with, and no matter how well-behaved the Xu family’s daughter is, she won’t be able to tame this wild horse. The public’s verdict on t 8.3kReads9.0Score715Shelves

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    My absolute top number!! [Admiration][Admiration]

48. 748 小 Little Cannon Fodder [Quick Transmigration] 小炮灰【快穿】 Mom of Zhao Gouqu赵沟渠妈妈Modern Romance993k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration | ordinary-looking girl adored by everyone] A chronicle of a fishpond owner: Yuan Jing is utterly ordinary and has no redeeming qualities. She’s just a pitiful little piece of cannon fodder, desperate for other people to like her but with no special advantages to help her. So she can only hide behind the internet to deceive people, use force and manipulation, pester them relentlessly, and threaten them... Then, once she gets what she wants, she plans to run. The men she d 25.7kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    Every story in this book is profound and thought-provoking. The little girl has her own unique personality, and the male leads are all distinctive. It's truly a wonderful read! 🥰

49. 749 京 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 Midsummer Rain仲夏雨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 182.5kReads9.6Score28.3kShelves

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    This is amazing! This is incredible! I've read so many books, and this one has such a fresh and original theme that it completely took my breath away. The author's writing is superb, the female lead is incredibly smart, and there's not a single cliché plot. Trust me! Go read it!

50. 750 咬 Bite the Scales 咬鳞 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads708k WordsCompleted [Pink little mermaid x high-ranking commander] [Gentle, cunning, and devoted x resilient, ferocious, and cruel little darling + corruption + melodrama + sweet and angsty romance + 1v1 + devoted couple, happy ending] Xing Nan is a rare pink mermaid, so rare that everyone covets him. Everything around him is dangerous. The first person he meets after escaping from the laboratory is Pei Wenyang. He begs Pei Wenyang to save him. Pei Wenyang is the gentlest human he's ever met. He dries Xing Nan's 19.2kReads9.6Score3kShelves

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    You can always trust Teacher Zhouzhou

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