Ladies~ Please Recommend Korean Entertainment Stories with Female Leads. I'm Begging You, Ladies~ 好姐姐们～求韩娱女主文，真的求求了，姐姐～

1. 1 情 Love Begins in Korean Showbiz 情起韩娱 Don't Panic, I Can Do Even Better别慌我还能更Urban518k WordsCompleted [Urban] [Korean Showbiz] [One Heroine] That year, I returned to Korea from the United States. That year was also when Korea's golden age of girl groups began. That year, I met someone who made me decide to stay. That year, my quiet life changed. That year, I had no regrets. 1.7kReads8.4Score105Shelves

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   The female lead is Kim Tae-yeon, but the updates are a bit slow.

2. 2 半 Peninsula: Falling for Sha Yu's Daughter 半岛：爱上纱瑜之女 I'm Not Sana's Dream Boy我才不是sana梦男Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [One female lead] [Xue Lun'e] (The protagonist's friends have their own romance.) Xue Yun: “All right, tell me. What made you fall for me?” Cheng Yan: “You're beautiful.” Xue Yun: “So you only like me for my looks?” Cheng Yan: “Uh, let me try that again.” “I fell for your depth and talent.” Xue Yun: “So you think I'm not beautiful, then?” Cheng Yan: “???” 1.7kReads6.5Score107Shelves

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   These two books are highly recommended.

3. 3 重 Reborn: My Charm Is Maxed Out, Yet They Call Me a Scumbag 重生：魅力值拉满，却说我是渣男 Say a Fish说一只鱼Urban1.2M WordsOngoing That year, JYP debuted an incredible solo singer who became a world-class idol superstar in just one short year. From then on, the music scene had an irreplaceable "incubus" who drove countless fans wild with obsession. However, after he spoke out in defense of someone during that controversial incident, he became the target of a nonstop barrage of online abuse. Then came the cliched drama of a fallen star fading into obscurity. But after time set the record straight and the truth came out, fans 16.6kReads8.4Score937Shelves
4. 4 韩 Korean Showbiz: BLACKPINK's First Snow 韩娱：BLACKPINK初雪 Zhou 0v0周0v0Female-Channel Fanfiction581k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ning Qingxue was plagued by illness and died in sorrow. Fortunately, fate gave her a new identity: the fifth member of BLACKPINK, along with a System. As a BLINK, Ning Qingxue was over the moon. What? You can only see my breathtaking beauty? I’m an all-round entertainer, okay? Songwriting, heavenly vocals, all kinds of dance moves: I can do it all with ease. Watch Ning Qingxue make her way to the top in the South Korean entertainment industry. 2.3kReads9.2Score141Shelves

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   ①: The female lead is the fifth member of BP, carrying her past life's music library, writing her own songs, choreographing dances, and even going to Youth With You with Lisa. ③: The playboy female lead, acts in a drama, and changes boyfriends.

5. 5 惊 A Dance Like a Bird in Flight 【娱乐圈】惊鸿一舞 Sweet Wine Ball甜酒丸子Modern Romance158k WordsCompleted [This book is entirely fictional] The first time he saw her, she danced with breathtaking grace, as lovely as a swimming dragon. He could never forget her. What people call fate was really careful planning, laid long in advance. When Gu Pianpian first met him, she thought he was far too flashy. They were not cut from the same cloth, and she doubted they could ever become close. When she saw him again, Gu Pianpian felt that if she let him slip away, she would never meet anyone else who amazed her 685Reads7.2Score—Shelves
6. 6 韩 The Korean Entertainment Nobody Turns Out to Be a Seductive Siren 韩娱小透明竟是风情万种 Tan Yanyu覃烟雨Female-Channel Fanfiction424k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the sixth member of the girl group Red Velvet, she was practically invisible in the group. But she fought her way to the top in Korea's cutthroat girl-group scene and became an undisputed top-tier star. She also dated practically every Korean male idol, each of them the type to cry and beg her not to break up with them afterward. 849Reads6.4Score—Shelves
7. 7 韩 Korean Showbiz: The Golden Age 韩娱：黄金年代 Water Rock Sugar水冰糖Modern Romance479k WordsOngoing [Women’s fiction: showbiz + women’s growth + self-interest] Li Jingya unexpectedly comes to Seoul to study, only to be discovered by a talent scout in her very first month. Just like that, she takes her first step into the dazzling, chaotic world of showbiz. [Reader’s notes: 1. The heroine is not a pure, kind, and beautiful character. She has room to grow. 2. A slow-paced feel-good romance, not a wish-fulfillment story. 3. The heroine does not become an idol because it is her dream, but she is p 110Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 火 Taking the World by Storm! Red Rose Was Born to Be an Idol 火遍全球！红玫瑰她天生爱豆 Soy Milk and Fried Dough Stick z豆浆油条zModern Romance944k WordsCompleted [00s star making her way in Korean entertainment + ambitious female lead + no romance + born to be an idol + no System and no rebirth + forum posts] At eleven, Zhang Ruowei dreamed of standing onstage because she loved an idol. She trained hard in a foreign land, and the lights on that stage would shine for you. Starting out as a trainee, then debuting in a girl group, leading the group to the top, then going global as a solo artist, a top-tier ACE, a genius producer, a stunning beauty, a fa 6.8kReads8.8Score501Shelves
9. 9 矮 Before the Short-Lived Era: PRODUCE 48 矮前时代：PRODUCE48 Make Hard Work a Habit让努力成习惯Female-Channel Fanfiction957k WordsOngoing [Slow Burn] [Korean Showbiz] [IZ*ONE] Xu Guanwei woke up to find she had transmigrated to 2018 in a parallel world and was competing in the wildly popular global audition show PRODUCE 48. To return to her original world, Xu Guanwei matches wits with the System and battles the other trainees in a fierce competition, ultimately gaining countless close friends and precious memories. 749Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The story is set in a parallel world and tells the tale of IZ*ONE's audition before their debut. The female lead is the younger sister of SEVENTEEN member Xu Minghao and the elementary school classmate of (G) i-dle member Song Yuqi.

10. 10 快 K-Pop Quick Transmigration: A Sea of Stars 快穿韩娱之星辰大海 Du Ruo ya杜若yaFemale-Channel Fanfiction531k WordsCompleted Pei Lina, stage name Lina World One She debuted and won first place just 20 days later, becoming the strongest female solo artist and the woman most popular with male celebrities. With her fair, delicate face, perfectly curvaceous figure, and long, straight black hair, she was graceful and ethereal when still, yet alluring and commanding when in motion. After training at YG for three years without getting the chance to debut, she went straight to debuting with DSP instead. Despite being such a p 613Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is a K-pop quick transmigration novel; the second book has a female lead who debuts as the center in a Korean talent show; the third book has a female lead who transmigrates and becomes the tenth member of TWICE, dating Kim Taehyung; the fourth book has a female lead who is also the tenth member of TWICE, a producer, and an all-around ace. The male lead is Jeon Jungkook.

11. 11 舞 [Girl Group Audition] The Three-Minute Stage Witch 【女团选秀】舞台上的三分钟魔女 Confused Sweet Potato迷糊的红薯Modern Romance269k WordsOngoing (The heroine sticks to her own code, knows how to charm fans and work the crowd, and loves spoiling her fans, but has no idea how to fall in love.) By a stroke of luck, Han Yue signs with an agency and heads to Country K to compete in a survival show. The agency paves the way for the K-group contestants, then the show suddenly changes the song for the initial evaluation? We’ll let our skills do the talking! The production team interferes with the rankings, and Han Yue loses the teammate who foug —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 韩 Korean Showbiz: I Top the Trending Searches from My Girl Group Debut 韩娱：从女团出道开始霸榜热搜 Leading Lady Unit One大女主一号机Modern Romance601k WordsOngoing [Girl Group + Transmigration + K-Pop + Group Darling] Zheng Shuwen had never paid attention to the entertainment industry. Then one morning, she woke up as a little girl in a certain entertainment powerhouse. In this country, a third of the population were idols, another third were trainees, and the final third were fans. Zheng Shuwen felt completely out of place. Idols? Zheng Shuwen honestly couldn't care less. But the moment she saw Kim Taehyung online, she felt something awaken in her mind. T 10.7kReads7.3Score717Shelves
13. 13 在 Korean Showbiz: Life Pretending to Be Cute in a Girl Group Full of Energy 【韩娱】在元气女团装可爱的生活 Edelweiss Melts雪绒花融化Modern Romance620k WordsCompleted Blurb: A spin-off born from a wild idea. A story about a girl weighed down by a painful past and naturally unsmiling, voted into stardom by a crowd of jokesters, as she grows while living in a bright and adorable girl group. Reader’s guide: 1. The original tenth member of TWICE, the group’s producer, and an all-around ace. 2. The male lead is BTS’s seventh member. The story also features other boy groups and girl groups. 3. The author likes a good laugh and will include some rather mean jokes. 4 2.4kReads8.9Score161Shelves
14. 14 玫 Roses and Camellias [Korean Showbiz] 玫瑰与山茶【韩娱】 Yi Yan Zhizhi一衍之之Female-Channel Fanfiction443k WordsCompleted [Unrelated to reality! Entirely fictional! This is not meant to reflect on any person, issue, or matter! Please do not read it that way! Please check the content warnings first.] [I'm very sorry that some of your paragraph comments were lost while I was revising the story. I'll screenshot the comments and repost them under the relevant sections so everyone can look back at them. My apologies to all the dear readers who left comments. TT.] Quan Zhilong always remembers Gu Zhi. That day, she wore 1.9kReads9.2Score154Shelves

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    Highly recommended, highly recommended! I've watched it countless times.

15. 15 半 Peninsula: Protecting Our Girls' Generation 半岛：保护我方少女时代 Lu Yangyangyang陆央央央Two Female Leads540k WordsOngoing GL, dual female leads, slow burn. A quick-transmigration powerhouse at max level returns to Earth. With a prestigious family background and a wealth of experience and skills, why does she choose to debut in the peninsula, the "birthplace of the universe"? Haha, just kidding. In plain language: this is a story about making up for regrets, watching over young women as they grow, accompanying them on their journeys, and witnessing them mature step by step. The heroine isn't an overpowered king, nor 710Reads8.4Score—Shelves
16. 16 快 After Returning from Quick Transmigration, I Started with a Girl Group 快穿回来后从女团开始 Here Comes Old Sun俺老孙来啦Modern Romance697k WordsOngoing After going through countless hardships, Na Yue finally makes it back to her original world and begins her life in a girl group. This story involves writing and copying works, but it's not the heroine doing the copying. The author simply couldn't come up with good works, so real-life works are referenced. The setting is partially fictionalized, and the timeline is muddled, so don't try to match it to reality. As for the CP, all I can say is there won't be one during her idol years. 956Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 韩 K-Pop’s Leading Lady at JYP 韩娱JYP一姐 Yinyin a因因aModern Romance432k WordsOngoing Female lead: Lu Qinxue, stage name Snow (feel-good story × no-brainer fun!!!) A beauty that takes all of South Korea by storm, a genius face, fashion’s darling, and a walking clothes hanger. She makes her own songs (by borrowing heavily from other people’s, so don’t read if that bothers you), and can sing, dance, and rap. She’ll write songs for BigBang, T-ara, Girls’ Generation... Of course she’ll write for groups under the same agency. No male lead, just girls getting close to girls. From 2011 397Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 半 Peninsula: Dream 半岛：梦 The Lady Who Can't Sleep睡不着女士Two Female Leads1.2M WordsCompleted GL, female protagonist, fictional setting. Please don’t relate it to the real world, thank you. This is Part One. Part Two is currently being serialized on the author’s page. [K-pop + everyone’s favorite + multiple pairings + female protagonist + GL + ...] Like it or not? From second to fifth generation, I want it all. Music-producing genius singer x (to be decided) Pairings are open. The author doesn’t know much about Korea, so research enthusiasts, please don’t read. The song timeline is all o 23Reads8.2Score—Shelves
19. 19 韩 The Prologue to a Dream in Korean Showbiz 韩娱之梦的序章 The Lady Who Can't Sleep睡不着女士Two Female Leads430k WordsOngoing Back then, Shen Yuqing thought the peninsula was just a temporary stopover. She never expected it to become her own little corner of the world. You said she would leave, but year after year, she stayed. Someone asked her, what does the peninsula have to offer? It has Golden Puppy, a flirtatious older sister, first love Yoona, gentle Xiao Pei... Oh right, and a green tea... The peninsula’s national flag is right here. What more could you want? “Oh, I’d still like the second through fifth generati 384Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 韩 K-Pop: The Tenth Member of Girls’ Generation 韩娱之少女时代第十人 Lemon Soda柠檬苏打水Two Female Leads898k WordsCompleted Shen Nanshu was reborn. In her previous life, she was an idol who had just won the Triple Crown Best Actress award. The moment she received the trophy, she suddenly died. She was reborn in the body of a little girl. She had planned to quietly live out her life, but fate’s wheel began turning once more. With a female lead who brings light to the SM flower garden, everyone will be safe and sound in this life, and everyone will get a happy ending. 726Reads6.4Score—Shelves
21. 21 权 G-Dragon: Pick Me or Lee Soo-hyuk! 权志龙：选我还是李洙赫！ Meow Meow A Qian喵喵阿钳Female-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsOngoing The moment Kwon Ji-yong saw Kang Ha-ran holding Lee Soo-hyuk’s hand, his heart burst into flames. What an adorable girl. From that day on, the joy of gaining a good buddy was overshadowed by jealousy toward Lee Soo-hyuk, which wound around his heart like a vine. Lee Soo-hyuk, his lifelong nemesis. Kang Ha-ran couldn’t understand why Kwon Ji-yong, who was always clinging to her and pinching her cheeks, kept following her around to ask the same question: “Ha-ran~ If you had to pick your favorite 3.3kReads8.5Score295Shelves

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    Mixed-race beauty ACE, super charming rapper Jiang Xialan and G-Dragon 🙋 Childhood sweetheart romance

22. 22 绿 The Green Tea Streamer Is Everyone's Favorite, and Her Big Spenders Are Enchanted 绿茶主播万人迷，大哥们神魂颠倒 Qiqi Says There Should Be Light七七说要有光Modern Romance552k WordsCompleted [A scheming, flirtatious beauty with a sweet, calculating charm + wealthy, handsome top donors] (Complete, with occasional bonus chapters) Yu Shuangshuang, a green-tea villainess who had been cycling through quick-transmigration worlds, finally got the chance to come back to life. The price was fulfilling the original owner's wish: becoming a top-tier livestreamer and earning enough to pay off her debts. Yu Shuangshuang: “Livestreaming? Sounds fun.” Step by step, she used her beauty and talents 12.8kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves

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    This book is definitely worth it.

23. 23 偶 Idol Formula: Coasting to Stardom in Korean Entertainment 偶像方程式：韩娱躺赢成巨星 Code Name: Astronaut代号宇航员Female-Channel Fanfiction449k WordsOngoing Lin Xingchen is an 18-year-old Chinese orphan whose striking looks catch the attention of a Korean talent scout. She joins Cube Entertainment as a trainee. On her second day in Korea, the “Superstar Easy-Mode System” unexpectedly activates in her mind. She does not need to complete tasks: the System automatically improves her singing, dancing, language skills, acting, musical abilities, and songwriting, while her experience points grow each day. The System has just one requirement: “Enjoy your l 18Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 开 From the Start, I Joined the Girl Group: I’m the Sixth and Youngest Member 开局加入女娃：我是忙内第六人 Shanhai Zhaoyao山海昭瑶Female-Channel Fanfiction373k WordsCompleted When she wakes up, Lin Nuannuan, an ordinary office worker aged twenty-eight, is stunned. Not only has she gone back to the vibrant age of eighteen, she’s also become Yukino Haruna, a Japanese-Korean-Chinese trainee struggling to make it in South Korea and China, on the verge of elimination! Does her body come with an innate singing and dancing talent buff? Have her language skills suddenly maxed out? Before she can even process this surreal reality, a contract sends her straight into the future 1.4kReads8.4Score101Shelves
25. 25 从 From Girl Group Underdog to the World's Top-Tier Star 从女团逆袭到世界顶流 Class Soul-Gathering Accountant年级聚魂会计Female-Channel Fanfiction363k WordsCompleted [Alternate-universe K-pop / forum format / evenly matched leads, 1v1 / no System] Two powerhouses reach the top | A career-driven dream team | She is BLACKPINK's hidden fifth member, Li Muzi Becky, the group's only Chinese maknae. A stunning, wild beauty with striking wolf-like features, sharply defined bones, and vivid, fierce features. Her rebellious, icy gaze radiates an imposing aura that keeps strangers at a distance. She is K-pop's one-of-a-kind, inimitable queen of wild beauty. Onstage, 54Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 韩 Korean Showbiz: A Perfectly Cheat-Enabled Life 韩娱：完美开挂人生 Zi Yue Dongzhi子月冬至Female-Channel Fanfiction651k WordsCompleted A Korean entertainment RPF with Na Jaemin as the love interest, focused on SM family love. The story is fictional. Please don’t read it as a reflection of the actual celebrities, and don’t take the novel’s events as true. Kim So-min is the eldest daughter of a chaebol family on the peninsula, a top-tier beauty with wealth to match. Her life has been easy from the moment she was born. After getting a System, she becomes an even more perfect winner at life. To get the most out of her System, s 2.1kReads8.5Score145Shelves
27. 27 C CUBE Kid CUBE小孩 Heng Ling蘅凌Urban450k WordsCompleted In South Korea in 2020, a little girl went to audition at Cube as a trainee. She was an orphan who had grown up in an orphanage. By chance, she saw Cube's new girl group, (G)I-DLE, and fell inexplicably in love with them at first sight. From then on, she worked hard, spending her free time learning to sing, dance, and speak Korean. At last, she made it to Cube. Those were all the memories of the person whose life she had taken over. "That's right, I've transmigrated. Sounds ridiculous, doesn't i 700Reads8.6Score141Shelves
28. 28 g (G)I-DLE: Blooming All the Way gidle，一路生花 Heng Ling蘅凌Male-Channel Fanfiction756k WordsCompleted After an accident, Ning Bingbing transmigrated to Blue Star, a parallel world, into the body of a girl who was also named Ning Bingbing. Since she loved K-pop, she auditioned for Cube, got accepted, and joined (G)I-DLE to make her own way. (I only got into the group after SuSu left, so the protagonist will take her place in (G)I-DLE. SuSu will still appear as a solo singer and have a close friendship with the girls. If you can’t accept that, there’s nothing I can do. I was worried I wouldn’t por 876Reads8.8Score104Shelves
29. 29 快 A Quick-Transmigration Powerhouse Settles Down in Korean Showbiz and Finds a Husband 快穿大佬韩娱养老找老公 Ci Guo Huarui次国花蕊Female-Channel Fanfiction60k WordsCompleted After completing perfect missions through 99 lifetimes of quick transmigration, the System graciously let me choose any world to retire in. I immediately picked the Korean entertainment world: I could spend my retirement following my favorite stars and find a husband on the side. I had just transmigrated into a member of a floundering girl group at a tiny agency when I used the skills I’d accumulated over 99 lifetimes to take over the trending searches. Every member of the top-tier star boy band 186Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 少 The Golden Maknae of Girls' Generation 少女时代的黄金小忙内 Help the Little Bear Dye Its Fur帮小熊染色Female-Channel Fanfiction244k WordsOngoing This story follows the heroine’s journey of growth. Heroine: A Korean office worker. She debuted as a child actress, then joined Girls’ Generation as the youngest member. She was known alongside Seohyun as one of the group’s two maknaes. Because of her schedule and age, she only participated in the group’s sweet-concept songs early on, but joined in on everything later. Born in 1995. Couple: First love, Jeon Jungkook (during his trainee days and early debut). Undecided: EXO? NCT? Or will she reu 532Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 星 Dancing Beneath the Stars 星河映舞 A Cat by the Roadside路边的一只猫Female-Channel Fanfiction303k WordsCompleted [Author's note: My last novel ended very abruptly, so I'm starting a new one. This story is entirely fictional. The closest it comes to real life is probably that I really did love his music. If anything seems unreasonable, don't worry about it. Just toss it to the back of your mind, haha.] “An awakened relic, his songs echo the spirit of the times.” At 26, Yan Qing was a leading dancer in classical dance and the youngest professor at the Beijing Dance Academy. So low-key she didn't even have so 777Reads8.0Score—Shelves
32. 32 心 The Wish-Granting Machine 心愿达成机 I'm Not Craving You, You Are我不馋你馋Female-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + career-driven female lead + entertainment industry + romance] Quick transmigration through Korean entertainment, fulfilling different wishes and experiencing different lives! The heroine’s careers include actress, idol, singer, producer, rapper, dating-show contestant, director, writer... World One: Lee Juk Hyuk (Chapters 1–35, complete) World Two: Kwon Ji Yong (complete) World Three: Oh Se Hun (complete) World Four: Min Yun Gi (complete) World Five: Cha In Woo (complete) 2.3kReads8.8Score139Shelves

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    🌈I'm experiencing different lives in K-pop!! ⭐️Quick transmigration + entertainment industry!! 🍎World 1: Lee Joo-hyuk; World 2: Kwon Ji-yong; World 3: Oh Se-hun; World 4: Min Yoon-gi; World 5: Cha In-woo

33. 33 从 A Revenge Romance That Begins with an Idol 从爱豆做起的复仇罗曼史 Lu Jia Wonton鹿佳馄饨Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Soapy drama + Strong female lead + Mary Sue fiction + Revenge] [Nine parts pretense, one part sincerity] Xu Zhiyue was an utterly ordinary orphan with neither looks nor connections. She was so forgettable that even the classmates who bullied her could barely remember her name or face. Her quiet life was suddenly turned upside down. First, she was expelled from school, then kicked out of the orphanage. With nowhere to turn for help, she had no choice but to risk everything and go alone to South 2.3kReads9.1Score247Shelves

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    Both books are quite realistic, but the female lead in the second book isn't initially very likable.

34. 34 鱼 Fish Leaping Through the Flowers: Showbiz 鱼跃在花间【娱乐圈】 I Love Drinking Milk Most最喜欢喝牛奶Modern Romance491k WordsCompleted A little girl who had never left her county town was lucky enough to receive a System that could change her fate. The System told her, “I'll help you.” But Liu Huijia had always known that the only person who could help her was herself. This isn't a conventional wish-fulfillment story, and it starts off a little slowly. According to readers, the big changes don't come until Chapter 30~) The heroine grows over time, so please give her lots of love o(╥﹏╥)o Liu Huijia, a girl raised in a small town 507Reads8.4Score—Shelves
35. 35 阴 A Gloomy Female Ghost Debuts in Korean Showbiz 阴湿女鬼在韩娱出道了 A Little Bit Crazy亿点发癫Two Female Leads100k WordsOngoing Strong female lead / genuine female ghost / supernatural mysteries / System / K-pop / fun-loving troublemaker / no fixed pairing / some forum-style posts and dark humor Shu Wei is a good ghost with strong morals and firm principles. Kindhearted and always happy to help, she never scares anyone. She hangs from trees to point lost people in the right direction, helps gym guys relax their muscles, washes long-haired girls' hair in the bathroom, hides in mirrors to warn pretty girls when their eyeli 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The second book features a ghost-like female lead, which is very appealing.

36. 36 摆 Korean Showbiz: The Slacker Girl Group Is Forced to Work 【韩娱】摆烂女团被迫营业 Little Fish Bait小鱼饵Female-Channel Fanfiction56k WordsOngoing [Girl group / group darling / universally adored / entertainment industry] Warning: The group-darling, universally adored setup means there are many male leads. If you can’t handle ambiguous relationships, please don’t read on. (Sorry!) To make a splash, P Entertainment carefully selected seven Chinese members to form a girl group. At first, they were only meant to go through the motions. The company was small, and competition among fourth-generation girl groups was fierce. The girls themselves 47Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 韩 Korean Showbiz: The Heiress Becomes an Idol Everyone Loves 韩娱：豪门千金成为万人迷爱豆 Orange Peel Tea gugu橘子皮泡水guguModern Romance153k WordsOngoing [Korean Entertainment, K-pop, with fictional elements and forum posts | Beloved by all, irresistible to everyone + outstanding musical talent + all-rounder + career-focused | Mainly LE SSERAFIM (LE SSERAFIM) + HYBE groups] In early 2023, less than a year after their debut, the girl group LE SSERAFIM was about to welcome an all-round Chinese green card holder, setting off a huge commotion in the K-pop world. Online platforms were abuzz with controversy, but within days, a string of preview videos —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 半 Peninsula: Reborn as the Captain of the Empress's Team 半岛：重生成为女帝队长 Meng Yi Bing梦一病Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing Male fan: Guli Manli, you’re an idol! How can you treat your fans like this? gul: Sorry, I have other sisters. You can go like them instead! (Female fans are so much cuter. Why are all my fans guys?) JYP: GULI, what about the songs you promised me? It’s been ages. Please take care of a dried-up old man like me, whose inspiration has run out! gul: Come on, it’s only been a month and you’re already nagging! Your girl group just debuted. Let’s wait until they get criticized, I mean, have some time 580Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Super good, a K-pop romance novel [kiss][adoration]

39. 39 韩 K-Pop: Blackpink Shines Bright 韩娱BlackPink星光灿烂 Beiming Muye北冥沐也Two Female Leads347k WordsCompleted What would happen if BlackPink had one more member to protect them? Would they go further and do even better? JISOO: You're the safe harbor I can rely on. JENNIE: Let's reach the top together. ROSÉ: Thank you for being there as I pursued my dream. LISA: I want to go home with you. P.S. This may include Korean entertainment and K-pop figures. I'm not very familiar with them, so please forgive me. There won't be many boy group characters. The author is a fickle fan of Korean entertainment who like 444Reads7.0Score—Shelves
40. 40 兔 Busy Bunny 兔忙 LoveMinariTwo Female Leads156k WordsOngoing A 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! 250Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 娱 A Genius Girl in Showbiz 娱乐之天才少女 A Whale's Fall Nourishes All Things鲸落养万物Female-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsOngoing (This is my first time writing a novel, so there are quite a few rough spots. If you have a low tolerance for flaws, definitely don't read it.) A Korean entertainment novel. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip it. The female lead has a System and is powerful, invincible, and capable of anything, but she's very laid-back. She worked herself to the bone in another world, but in this one, she just wants to live like a person and refuses to be a corporate drone. A BLACKPINK fanfiction. The f 997Reads7.4Score—Shelves
42. 42 韩 Korean Showbiz: I Accidentally Became a Superstar 韩娱：不小心成了巨星 A Whale's Fall Nourishes All Things鲸落养万物Female-Channel Fanfiction634k WordsOngoing She transmigrates into Blackpink as its fifth member, leader, and producer. Xu Zhiyou had planned to make a name for herself through talent. She worked hard and studied for over a decade, only to discover that a pretty face was what really mattered. So she decides to stop trying. Xu Zhiyou: “We’re teammates. Stop trying to get your hands on me.” Park Chaeyoung: “You just met me and you’re already making a grand show of bowing? No need to be so formal. We’re family, hahaha!” Kim Jisoo: “Come here 767Reads7.1Score—Shelves
43. 43 韩 Reborn in K-Pop: A Dazzling Road to Stardom 韩娱重生星途璀璨 A Little Round One一个圆圆啊Modern Romance133k WordsOngoing The heroine, Nan Zhi, is reborn in 2013. In her previous life, she was a trainee at a small company but never managed to debut. This time, she’s decided to train at YG and make her debut with BLACKPINK. My writing isn’t great, and some of the girl groups’ timelines may not line up, so just go with it. I don’t even know yet whether there’ll be a male lead. I’ll figure that out later. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 i ITZY: A Surprise Debut That Makes Me a Top-Tier Star itzy：空降一击成顶流 Zhen Guandong镇关东Female-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted Focused on ITZY and Korean entertainment: girl groups, no male lead, Chinese protagonist, everyday interactions, attention spread evenly among the cast, career development, and not a power fantasy. A sixth member suddenly joins, in a parallel world. A friendly warning: the first few chapters may be a little hard to stomach, but everything goes smoothly afterward. If you can't handle those plot points, feel free to move on. Don't force yourself to read, then get upset and leave a bad review. The 205Reads7.1Score—Shelves
45. 45 b Blackpink: Born to Shine blackpink向阳而生 Lin, Not Lin, But Pear林不是蔺是梨Female-Channel Fanfiction238k WordsOngoing Gu Xi is a girl from mainland China chasing her dream in South Korea, the land of idol factories. There, she meets four like-minded girls, and together they pursue their dreams and rise to the top. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 顶 The Making of a Superstar 顶级偶像养成史 Ailsa-SlytherinFemale-Channel Fanfiction965k WordsOngoing Serious synopsis: As S.M.'s publicly recognized strongest ace trainee, Lu Xuan is determined to give her all and be the best at everything, from singing and dancing to her looks and figure. She wants to prove herself, and to make her older brother proud, too. 1.2kReads6.6Score—Shelves
47. 47 韩 Korean Showbiz: From Fried Chicken Shop Server to Global Top-Tier Star 韩娱：从炸鸡店服务生到全球顶流 Work Hard, Get Rich, Retire Early努力赚钱提前退休Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate-universe Korean entertainment industry + timeline may be adjusted + slow-paced + heroine's growth + weak golden finger + male lead is Dragon Brother in the main story + very long novel + basically no villains] The little fox Kwon Youlan failed her tribulation after taking it slowly, then was reborn in the body of a lonely orphan girl in Korea. She discovered that being liked by others gave her faith power she could cultivate. What was she waiting for? She was going to debut, so let's 4.9kReads8.6Score435Shelves
48. 48 韩 Korean Showbiz: Aespa's Dazzling Stardom 韩娱：aespa星光璀璨 Grow Your Own Flowers种自己的花Female-Channel Fanfiction147k WordsOngoing Zhang Yishu got into the company and successfully debuted based on her looks alone. No matter what she did, everyone only cared about her face. She'd been called a pretty face with no talent so many times she could count them by the hundreds, if not the thousands. Can't dance? Her older brother is a dance prodigy. Can't sing? She'll just keep practicing with a vocal coach. Then one day, netizens suddenly realized that the so-called pretty-face girl had become a talented performer, and her acting 427Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This book is about Aespa.

49. 49 B BP’s Wuli All-Rounder Maknae BP之wuli全能忙内 Mo Mo Mo Ran墨墨墨苒Female-Channel Fanfiction164k WordsOngoing [An alternate setting] [Many original ideas] [Korean entertainment, BLACKPINK] [No romance, no male lead] “What kind of person do you think Ye Moran is?” Jennie: “Ranran is the little sister I can dote on whenever I want~” JISOO: “Ranran will always be our maknae! Our all-rounder maknae!” ROSE: “She has lots of delicious food! Mashita~” LISA: “My very best little sister!” What kind of transformation will the little heiress with autism undergo after joining YG and meeting four older sisters who c 127Reads6.6Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    🍅Feeling a book drought? Don't worry, have a spicy snack to calm down! ① No romance, no male lead. Just ask yourself, what's it like when a rich and beautiful girl decides to become an idol? At first glance, they all seem composed, but after spending time together, it's all an illusion. She's just the smallest one, so why does everyone ask her for everything? It's so annoying! [Kiss] ②The protagonist of this book is also the darling of the group. Her past life was incredibly unfortunate. She always longed for freedom, but it seemed so far away. She wanted to travel and see the world, but unfortunately, she never had the chance. Perhaps her misfortune gave her a chance to experience it all, and the freedom she desired is now within her grasp! [Kiss] Find Bai Bai to read, you deserve it! Follow me after you finish reading! [Kiss]

50. 50 韩 Korean Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star’s Comeback, Going Viral After Debut! 韩娱顶流逆袭，出道后全网爆红！ Hua Xiaodai婳小呆Female-Channel Fanfiction98k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + System + Korean Entertainment + Wish Fulfillment] [All-Round Charismatic Female Idol × Sweet Puppy Top-Tier Star Boyfriend] In her previous life, Quan Youmi was just an ordinary fan of BLACKPINK. After finally getting on a plane to see their concert, she opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into a trainee, with the goal of becoming a member of BLACKPINK. She is her teammates’ emotional anchor, the queen of stage charisma, and a bewitching siren reborn. She’s creating 215Reads6.9Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The first book is with Kim Taehyung, and the second is with Jeon Jungkook; I personally like them both.

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