Are There Really No Masterpieces With a Female Lead and No Romance? 女频无CP难到就没有神作了吗？

1. 301 傻 The Foolish Girl Returns 傻女归来 The Coldest Days Are Coming小寒将至Ancient Romance800k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead]+ [No CP]+ [Revenge]+ [Political intrigue]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Multiple secret identities]+ [Strong allies] Suffering can wear down a person’s resolve and break their backbone, but it can also awaken their potential and forge a new beginning. When Lian Hui was five, a sudden illness took both her parents. A high fever left her intellectually disabled, and her own relatives drove her out of the family home. Alone with a dog, she struggled to survive in the wilderness ne 12.8kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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   None of these books have a romantic pairing. The first one is still being serialized (I accidentally fell into the serialization pit myself), and the latter two are considered completed (the Misty series is still releasing new installments).

2. 302 求 Survival Game: I Own a Lake Island 求生游戏：我有一座湖心岛 Just One Bowl of Winter Melon, Corn, and Pork Rib Soup恰一口冬瓜玉米排骨汤Fantastical Romance728k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Infrastructure Building] [Farming] [Cute Pets] [The heroine never falls behind other survivors and eventually reaches the top] While conducting field research in the mountains with her advisor, she is caught up in the global event that drags everyone into a survival world. There's no time to mourn the modern life she's lost. Jiang Lanyue zips up her sturdy shell jacket and decides to start by finding the perfect spot to place a shelter for herself. No one k 77.2kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves

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   All are female-centric stories without romantic pairings. Episodes 1-45 are ensemble pieces, and episodes 2-3 are uncertain. They're all incredibly good.

3. 303 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 152.5kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves

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   These books are listed in no particular order; I've read them all. For ongoing series, you've probably read most of them and are currently waiting for more explicit content. My ideal female lead isn't too ruthless or too kind; I like decisive characters and dislike those who drag things out. I prefer novels without a romantic pairing, but if there is a pairing, I don't accept stories where the female lead is stronger than the male lead. Fellow enthusiasts, please recommend other books if you're experiencing a reading slump.

4. 304 开 Livestreaming the Terracotta Army to Qin Shi Huang from the Start 开局给秦始皇直播兵马俑 A Quietly Hardworking Little Slacker一只悄悄勤快的小拖沓Ancient Romance982k WordsCompleted [Fun History Livestream + No Romance + Just for Fun] "Good morning, everyone. Today we'll be visiting one of the Eight Wonders of the World, the Terracotta Army in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor." Ying Zheng, excited about the arrival of immortals: Is this my mausoleum? Liu Bang, drinking with Lady Qi in his arms: Hahaha, they even dug up the First Emperor's tomb and turned it into a tourist attraction! Liu Che, planning his campaign against the Xiongnu, glanced over: Once I've finished 543Reads8.8Score106Shelves

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   These are some of the best female-oriented, no-romance novels I've read since joining Tomato Publishing. The author's writing is smooth, and the stories are captivating.

5. 305 系 System: The Savage Lands Crown Princess Just Wants to Herd Sheep 系统：蛮荒太子妃只想放羊 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as The Ambition Isn't Great: Just You and the World A Qi is clever and innocent. Her eldest brother is honest and just wants enough to eat; her second brother is sharp and wants to see the world. Their aunt is always fierce when chopping wood, their father is a wonderful cook, and their grandfather can recognize twenty characters, though he gets thirteen of them wrong. Their ambitions weren't great, but somehow they ended up winning the world. Content warnings: ... 30.3kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
6. 306 震 Shocking! After I Transmigrated, the System Said It Bound the Wrong Person? 震惊！穿越后系统说它绑错了人？ Liu Qian六迁Ancient Romance779k WordsCompleted [No CP + not a power fantasy + unorthodox cultivator (neither wholly good nor evil) + not invincible + slow burn + unconventional cultivation] Lang Yue transmigrated into the cultivation world and got a golden finger riddled with bugs. She almost died from the pain the moment she arrived. After barely being rescued, she thought she would finally get to see all the rare and wondrous creatures of the cultivation world. Instead, she was shocked to discover she had landed in a den of unorthodox cult 1.4kReads9.1Score201Shelves

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   The entire cast is villainous, with the female lead belonging to a chaotic and evil faction. She leads a group of villains, and while her cheat-like abilities aren't particularly strong, the female lead suffers quite a bit. The plot is well-structured, interesting, and the characters are fresh and well-developed, whether supporting or main. The female lead lacks empathy and has an antisocial personality, but the author subtly manages to keep her grounded (otherwise, this story probably wouldn't have been published). There are also many foreshadowing elements. It's undeniable that writing with care and writing without care are completely different things.

7. 307 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 67.1kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves
8. 308 拒 After Rejecting My Senior Brother's Confession, I Became Number One in the Immortal Realm 拒绝师兄表白后，我成了仙界第一 Na, Who Loves Sweet Fermented Rice Dumplings爱吃酒酿小圆子的娜Fantastical Romance940k WordsCompleted [Cultivation] [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Fast-Paced] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Men Only Slow Me Down When I Draw My Blade] I transmigrated into a cultivation novel as a junior outer-sect disciple who was doomed to be cannon fodder from the start. Everyone laughed at me for turning down my senior brother’s confession, saying I didn’t know what was good for me. Ha. Do they not know that strength rules the cultivation world? 8kReads7.4Score974Shelves

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   Well, the order doesn't matter; these are all novels I've read.

9. 309 游 Game Invasion: Come on, I'm [Judgment]! 游戏入侵：拜托，我是【审判】诶 A Bunch of Potatoes一群土豆Sports487k WordsOngoing The rating just came out, but it’ll go up later! [Game Invasion + No CP + Ensemble Cast + Leveling Up + Game Dungeons] When games invaded and tarot cards descended, He Yanyue was pushed off a tower by her lover and died. The wheel of fate turned backward. She shed [Justice], awakened [Judgement], and returned reborn. This time, she assembles the strongest dorm team ahead of time, maneuvers for every advantage in the dungeons, and powers up like crazy in the real world. She gathers teammates and 3kReads8.1Score742Shelves

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   Check out this book; it has a grand world-building, good writing, and a very fresh perspective.

10. 310 小 My Little Martial Uncle Really Doesn't Push Herself. She Just Wants to Kill the Female Lead 小师叔真不卷，她只想杀女主而已 Mo Caiwei莫采薇Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast] [People say the blurb did this book a disservice. I'm no good at writing blurbs, so just read the story.] Reincarnated as a doomed female supporting character destined for a gruesome death? No problem. Kill the heroine from the start, wreck the plot, and reset everything. This time, I'm the heroine. The original heroine was a pitiful girl born to a concubine. She had a lowly start but a powerful protagonist's aura. No matter what danger she faced, she always escaped disaster, ros 97.9kReads9.5Score16.7kShelves
11. 311 领 I Became a God After Mastering the Laws of Space 领悟空间系法则后我成神了 Spring Hidden in the Wilderness荒野藏春Sci-Fi & Apocalypse500k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Apocalypse] [Strongest Woman in the World] [Character Growth] [No-Brainer Power Fantasy] When the apocalypse arrives, Song Shiwei gains a spatial ability. But unlike the spatial abilities that only let others store things, hers can not only store things, but also kill people and teleport! If you had a spatial ability like this, what would you want to do in the apocalypse? Song Shiwei's answer: Of course, travel around the whole world! Song Shiwei uses her spatial ability, and someone se 6.5kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
12. 312 H Harry Potter: I Only Wanted to Drop Out, Yet I Saved the World HP：只想退学的我却拯救全世界 Unsalted Salted Fish无盐咸鱼Female-Channel Fanfiction909k WordsOngoing Transmigrating into the world of Harry Potter, she ended up in Slytherin from the start. But Jian Yu realized that a devastating war would break out in seven years, leaving countless dead and wounded. To stay alive, she firmly resolved to drop out and return to the Muggle World. Getting into school is hard, but surely dropping out is easy? She soon discovered it really wasn’t. When she broke all kinds of school rules, the professors instead awarded her a ridiculous number of points. When she del 11.3kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves

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    No romance, and it's really good! I don't know how to describe it, but it's just so good. A lot of the content is hilarious, not the kind that plagiarizes internet memes, but the kind that's funny in the unexpected little details that make you genuinely laugh. And it doesn't just focus on being funny; it's the random, imaginative ideas that pop up out of nowhere. Plus, the author's values ​​are really nice. Then, his content is: fantasy plus game setting, the second one is Western fantasy plus infrastructure building, but the infrastructure building content is probably much later, anyway, he hasn't started writing any infrastructure building content yet, it's still very good content, but because it updates so slowly, I actually don't remember the earlier content very well, anyway, the content of each chapter I'm following is also coherent, the third one is a Harry Potter fanfiction, it's also very good, but if you have a Harry Potter background, it will be much more comfortable to read, and a lot of the jokes are contributed by the imagination of the academy students and the heroine's unwavering initial intention to drop out of school. The fourth one is good, the setting is also very novel, the little elves described are also very cute, the plot is also very smooth, without those cliché face-slapping plots, it's more like plain water, and this one seems to have a male protagonist, but there is very little plot about the male protagonist. Also, the titles of these novels are really easy to look at and don't make people interested in reading them, I really only read them because I read them many times and many people recommended them, so if you don't want to read these novels because of these reasons, I suggest you give them a try.

13. 313 带 Fleeing Famine with My Child: My Storage Space Is Packed with Food and Meat 带子逃荒：空间粮肉爆满仓 A Commoner's Life草根人生Ancient Romance963k WordsOngoing The rating is low because this just came out. It’ll go up. (Entirely fictional setting + lone wolf + no romance + selfish heroine + no saintly kindness + no handouts + pocket dimension + ... daily life + ... survival guide...) Dai Zi, who dealt with zombies every day, was betrayed by a friend and died. She transmigrates to the Great Xia dynasty, where disasters, human calamities, and military rebellions are constantly breaking out. Her new body’s name is Liu Daizi. She ranks fourth in the family 2.5kReads6.3Score192Shelves

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    This book is super good! The female lead is a lone wolf, and there's no romantic pairing.

14. 314 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 319.2kReads9.5Score43.7kShelves
15. 315 植 The Little Plant Sprite Takes the Internet by Storm with Her Gardening 植物小精灵，靠种植爆火全网 Lu Lela鹿了了Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Farming + interstellar + elves + business management + livestreaming] Si Yao, a max-level wood-type ability user in the apocalypse, dies unexpectedly. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated to the interstellar era, where she is now a good-for-nothing with E-grade mental power. In this interstellar age, where planters hold a lofty status, E-grade mental power means there is absolutely no chance of becoming a planter. She will only be abandoned by her family. Just as Si Yao arrives, her family 10.5kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
16. 316 他 He Died in the Year He Hated Her Most 他死在他最恨她的那一年 Counting Stars in the Rain数星雨23k WordsCompleted He died in the year he hated her most. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 317 废 The Wasteland Villainess Is Obsessed with Farming 废土女配沉迷种田 Lampwick Grass灯钱草Fantastical Romance843k WordsCompleted [Romance + wood powers + spatial dimension (appears midway)] Lin Wei transmigrates into a wasteland novel as a lovesick supporting actress who gives everything for the male lead. The original owner gives everything she has to that man, exhausting her family’s resources and her supernatural powers. In the end, her entire family dies without a body left intact. The first thing Lin Wei does after arriving: get rid of the lovesick attitude and dump the male lead! She has wood powers, and later g 11.9kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
18. 318 天 Livestream on the Sky Screen: The Tyrannical Crown Princess Is Actually an Emperor for the Ages 天幕直播，暴虐太女竟是千古一帝 Frostlight of the Strange Moon异月霜华Ancient Romance230k WordsCompleted Yu Ling was the first crown princess in history. Her mother was the Empress Dowager of the Yu Dynasty, and with an iron fist she had slain countless foes. She had been on the throne for three years. Now, the empress was considering stripping her of her title as crown princess and putting her nephew on the throne instead. The crown princess's reputation for brutality was simply too appalling! Rumor had it that she had abducted a scholar, slaughtered his entire family in the street, then cruelly e 1.4kReads8.2Score168Shelves
19. 319 炮 The Cannon Fodder's Plan to Split Up the Leads 炮灰拆散男女主计划 Counting Stars in the Rain数星雨6k WordsCompleted The Cannon Fodder's Plan to Split Up the Male and Female Leads 4Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 320 凤 Deep Within the Phoenix Curtain Palace: I Rewrote the Plot After Becoming Cannon Fodder 凤帷宫深：穿成炮灰后我改写剧情 w Siweiw思微Ancient Romance215k WordsOngoing Reincarnated as a disposable character in a palace intrigue game, she hears the System say, "You’ll be beaten to death in three days." Countdown: 2 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes. The people framing me are powerful, and everyone offering help has their own agenda. As for my golden finger, it can only show me when I’ll die. No matter. They rely on rank. I rely on brains. One earring turns the tables. One careless remark throws the inner palace into chaos. Within three days, I’ll go from being a sacri 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is all hand-crafted, please take a look and give me some suggestions.

21. 321 师 After Master Started Slacking Off, The Entire Sect Became Invincible 师尊摆烂后，全宗门都无敌了 If the Sky Is Clear若是晴空Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Laid-Back Heroine + Everyone Else Works Themselves to the Bone + Ensemble Cast + No CP] Mu Shiyue worked herself to the bone for two lifetimes, only to be struck by lightning while undergoing tribulation. Reborn, she becomes the master of Wanxuan Sect, a small and impoverished sect. The sect may be poor, but her six disciples are good-looking, sweet-spoken, and great at getting things done. She absolutely adores them! She has her disciples train hard: one can make medicine, another can forge ma 5.3kReads9.2Score599Shelves

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    The first book, "Emperor Wen," is truly heartbreaking. Once arrogant and invincible, her pride was shattered piece by piece by a series of unforeseen events. She was changed again because of Xiao Qi. It's a time-travel novel, and the female lead is very interesting. Any product from this publisher is guaranteed to be high-quality. (Completed, feel free to read.) I'm recommending "Emperor Wen" because I'm a fan of Wen. [Cool] The second book features the renowned "Tenth Moon Fairy," who disappeared after failing her tribulation. Years later, she is reborn into the body of Mu Shiyue, a "useless" man. She initially intends to give up, but is thwarted by the will of Heaven.

22. 322 我 I’m a Max-Level Ancestor. What’s Wrong with Raising a Few Hundred Million Kids? 我满级老祖，养亿点崽子怎么了 Luo Xiaoyao骆小妖Modern Romance918k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, My Xuanmen Ancestor, Why Do My Kids Spoil Me So Much?, is now streaming. [Spirit monsters + wish fulfillment + wacky comedy + supernatural + absurd humor + a mash-up of everything + no male lead (the heroine shines on her own)] (All the spirit beasts in the main cast have pictures. The full collection is in the book’s featured posts, so feel free to check them out!) After Shi Ruyi, the last heir of the Xuanmen, restores her body and descends the mountain, she discover 17.4kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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    All three are non-CP (couple pairing) novels, and all have a rating of 9.0 Or higher.

23. 323 体 Weight Exchange System: The Fat Man's Comeback Plan 体重兑换系统：胖子逆袭计划 Li Duping李渡平Modern Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [An entertainment-industry story about the protagonist's struggle to make it in show business.] [No slacking off, no meltdowns, no dating shows, no livestreaming. She acts earnestly, works hard on set, and becomes a top-tier star through her skill and body of work.] In her previous life, Shang Ye was an out-and-out comic foil. She stumbled into the entertainment industry, but a congenital illness left her overweight, so all she could do was play chubby nobodies in low-budget comedies. After 16.3kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves

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    These three are really good! [Crying][crying] The first one, "Seeking Songs with Wine," starts with revenge on his younger brother, but as he grows, he no longer cares about revenge (he's already crushed his brother). The beginning of "Gods' Game" is really satisfying. He knows his own shortcomings and that he doesn't trust anyone, but he feels guilty towards Tu Lan. The little bit of sincerity beneath the pretense makes me cry buckets. The second one, "Ye Chu," initially deterred me a bit, but when it got to the entertainment industry, I was completely hooked. The author is really talented, and Ye Chu's ruthlessness is very realistic. He prioritizes profit above all else, colluding with his boss for personal gain. The third one, "Qi Xu," is a more relaxing read. Qi Xu is reborn and experiences road survival again. Last time he was a lone wolf, but this time he has many partners and is very happy, but it seems there's another purpose behind his rebirth.

24. 324 副 I Transmigrated After Maxing Out My Secondary Class 副职业满级后我穿了 Zhou Lin Xuan Durian舟临炫榴莲Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Master of weapons, alchemy, formations, and talismans + satisfying, feel-good story + growth journey + secret identity + inherited bloodline] As the top player in the game Immortal Fate, with maxed-out secondary professions, Shi Yu excels at weapons, alchemy, formations, and talismans. One day, she transmigrates to the cultivation world, becomes the revered ninth princess of the mortal dynasty, and is taken in as a disciple by the renowned Immortal Venerable Xuanqing. By all rights, her life sh 7.7kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
25. 325 人 Human, Why Do You Smell So Bitter? 人，你怎么闻起来苦苦的呀 Ninety-Ninth Month九九月9k WordsCompleted Hey, human, why do you smell so bitter? 11.3kReads—Score564Shelves
26. 326 谁 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊，娘娘写了一百条宫规 Strawberry Xi草莓汐Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 42.1kReads9.6Score6kShelves
27. 327 童 The Fairytale Train 童话列车 Call Me a Beauty叫我美少女Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + eerie fairy tales + feel-good story + rule-based horror + infinite worlds] In the world of fairy tales, everything is like a dream, and you can have whatever you desire. In the fairy-tale town, no one is allowed to lie or harm the residents. Yet every day, everyone must board the fairy-tale train, where the stories are eerie and passengers meet their deaths. Shi Niao realizes that this train seems to lead to the world she wants to reach. She has forgotten everything, but never forg 2.1kReads8.8Score349Shelves

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    Recommended ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 9.8 A very imaginative story, the plot revolves around fairy tales, there are secondary romantic partners, but the female lead never has a romantic partner. She's a madwoman who goes on a killing spree when she's unhappy. The secondary romantic partners include both same-sex and opposite-sex characters, with varying genders. The entire novel is logically consistent, with a beginning and an end. The female lead's strength is for a reason; regarding her "golden finger" (cheat code), I think it's something she develops step by step, but her amnesia at the beginning feels like a cheat code.

28. 328 慢 Slow Transmigration: My Years Spent Just Getting By in This World 慢穿之我在世间凑数的那些年 Two Liang of Soft Armor二两柔甲Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Chang Nian transmigrated! She transmigrated into the role of an extra standing beside the protagonist, commonly known as a background character! Not even a nameless passerby! Much less a cannon-fodder character or supporting role with lines and screen time! And her one and only goal is to “stay alive!” Compared to the protagonist, she's ordinary and unremarkable, the sort of filler character with no dazzling moments to make anyone sit up and take notice! But who says only protagonists get their 8.2kReads9.1Score575Shelves

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    All three books feature female protagonists without romantic partners. In the first book, the female lead is a minor character, very clear-headed, and focused on her own life. In the second book, the female lead disguises herself as a man; she's very beautiful, won't revert to her female form, studies diligently, and becomes many people's ideal woman. The third book involves a time traveler to the Republic of China era who, through a series of coincidences, becomes a spy—a triple agent! She joins the Red Army, then the Nationalist Army, and is subsequently sent by the Nationalist Army to infiltrate a Japanese spy operation. It's a very good read!

29. 329 间 The Spy's Daily Life After the System Dumped Me in Republican-Era China 【被系统坑到民国的】间谍日常 Listening to Rain in the Night Wind夜风听雨Urban1.3M WordsCompleted An ordinary office worker gets a System, but before she can enjoy any of its benefits, it dumps her into a parallel-world version of Republican-era China. That's where her life as a spy begins. From an ordinary field operative to an undercover agent, from a regular spy to a triple agent, she goes from reluctant to willing, writing her own legend in the great metropolis of Shanghai... Check out the new book next door: The Village Girl, the Grand Diviner, also known as After Getting a Puppet Space 45.3kReads9.5Score4.7kShelves
30. 330 闭 Quiet! How Could the Top Guide Be Plundering the Whole World? 闭嘴！榜一向导怎么会掠夺全世界 Mystical Gate Koi玄门锦鲤Modern Romance420k WordsCompleted [Interstellar Sentinels and Guides + transmigration + System panel + all-around support + strong female lead + making money + romance undecided] Bai Xiwei, a 21st-century gaming streamer who played games for clients, worked herself to death from overwork and transmigrated to the interstellar era, where testing revealed her to be a Guide with the lowest possible F-rank mental strength. Fortunately, she had an all-around support golden finger, and even unlocked an SSS-rank talent through a cheat 6.7kReads8.9Score927Shelves
31. 331 被 Driven to Death by a Cultivator’s Mistress? I’ll Raise My Sword to the Nine Heavens 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 79.4kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves

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    I've finished reading all of these books, and I highly recommend them.

32. 332 侯 The Marquis's Widow Raised a Household of Geniuses 侯夫人守寡，却养出满门天骄 Yu Fu余弗Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Tang Shuyi transmigrated into the Great Qian dynasty, becoming the wife of the Marquis of Yongning. She was rich, powerful, and high-status, with no parents-in-law and a dead husband: she had it better than almost anyone else who had transmigrated. Just as she was about to enjoy a comfortable life as a wealthy noblewoman, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a book, and was its biggest villain. She wasn’t just rich, powerful, and high-status. She also had three unruly children. The eld 70.5kReads9.4Score10.4kShelves
33. 333 无 The Theater of Endless Torment: I Run Ancient-Era Instances in a Ghost City 无间戏台：我在鬼城开古代副本 Nan Tao南桃Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [No romance + ancient-era infinite-level challenges + Chinese horror] Shi Jing lowered her head and saw the bright red bridal gown she was wearing. Beneath her veil, she held up a bronze mirror and aimed it outside. The mirror offered a blurry reflection of the scene beyond the bed. A stooped old woman stood ramrod straight outside the canopy bed She wore a crimson floral dress and a crooked velvet flower in her hair. Her face was as pale as paper, two garish patches of rouge on her cheeks, her 22.8kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
34. 334 修 I Cultivated Too Hard, and Now My Entire Sect's Prodigies Beg Me to Become a God Soon 修仙太狠，满门天骄求我早日成神 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance]+ [Leveling up and growth] When Li Yuan opened her eyes, she had become the most famous pushover in the entire sect. She gave spirit medicines to other people's cultivators and acted as cannon fodder on their trials. Was she both the gentle, generous junior sister and another fish in the pool of the genius senior brothers at Sword Peak? Her own strength was zero, and even her single-element spiritual root was fake!? Flip the table! Starting from scratch, she was going to cultivate! E 37.5kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves
35. 335 剑 When Sword Cultivation Failed Me, I Took Up Both Alchemy and Cultivation 剑修无望后，我丹法双修 Xu Xu Shi Ye徐徐是也Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Cultivation + Reborn in the Womb + Alchemy + Coming of Age + Not a Sword Cultivator + No Romance Reborn in the womb as an ordinary village girl, I thought I’d live out my life according to plan. But who could have guessed that cultivating immortality was actually possible? From then on, I set foot in the world of cultivation. My spiritual roots and talent are pretty good, but there’s no shortage of people more gifted than me. I don’t have a top-tier cultivation background. I did meet an old ance 36.8kReads9.1Score4.6kShelves
36. 336 三 Three Kingdoms: The Female Warlord of a Chaotic Age 三国：乱世女枭雄 Handsome Er You帅气的二油Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing (Also known as: The Female Overlord of a Chaotic Age) [Strong female lead + Three Kingdoms + no System + traditional empire-building + ensemble cast] Liu Yi, a female engineering PhD, transmigrates into the late Han dynasty during the Three Kingdoms era and grows up as a boy. She develops water conservancy, conducts research, and improves life for the people of her region. Just as the various factions are trying to win her over, she reveals herself as a woman and establishes her own power base, 60.4kReads9.3Score9.6kShelves
37. 337 星 Interstellar: The Ambitious Woman Is Delicate and Frail 星际之女野心家她身娇体弱 No Sugar for This Salty Fish咸鱼不加糖Modern Romance750k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Military Academy + Passion + Power Awakening and Advancement + Political Scheming] Her grandfather and cousin join forces to steal her powers, turning her from a dual-ability prodigy of the Imperial Capital Star into a useless healer. Her younger brother leaves her penniless, and while she's gravely injured, she's kidnapped and sold off to a frontier planet. After faking her death for seven years, Xie Jinxi finally sees the truth: If she has nothing left anyway, she might as well j 6.4kReads9.3Score742Shelves
38. 338 星 Interstellar: I'm Just an Honest, Ordinary Person 星际：我只是个老实本分的普通人 The Clover's Misconception三叶草的误区Sci-Fi & Apocalypse274k WordsOngoing Interstellar + Small Ensemble Cast + No CP "Qingye, the countless stars you see when you look up are all lives shining bright." Lin Qingye was born on desolate planet 4138 and dreamed from childhood of visiting the great star systems to see the wider world. But before long, she ended up showing everyone else a thing or two instead. 976Reads—Score103Shelves

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    Throw away one of your own books, no romance, no ambiguity.

39. 339 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 562Reads9.2Score152Shelves
40. 340 一 A Farming Life for One Person and One Vine! 一人一藤蔓的种田生活！ Jiaojiao's Willfulness娇娇的任性Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigration + Alternate World + Spatial Dimension + Wood-Type Superpower + No Romance + Farming + Stockpiling Supplies + Food + A Little Vine + Period Story + Superhuman Strength + Living Alone in the Mountains + Peaceful Daily Life + (I love my daughter! She’s happy, thank you!) Also known as: A Farming Life with One Person and One Vine! A diary-like story! A diary-like story! A diary-like story! Important things are worth saying three times! It’s a story about watching the sun rise and set 4.9kReads8.4Score672Shelves

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    You can check out farming novels without a romantic pairing.

41. 341 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始 Zhou Dabai周大白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot 99.2kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves

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    Three highly-rated female-centric novels of different types, each with no romantic pairing, and all are excellent! Note: In the second book, the female lead eventually becomes the emperor, so she has several male concubines in her harem, but there are no romantic feelings involved; they are purely for satisfying her physical needs. There is also no male empress.

42. 342 惊 Shocking! The Legitimate Princess Defies Fate Every Day! 惊！嫡公主她每天都在逆天改命！ Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Female-led power fantasy + ruthless, unhinged heroine + an extreme “I’d rather betray others than let them betray me” mentality] Xuan Mingyao was reborn at the age of seven, back before anything had happened. Though she was the empress’s legitimate daughter, a princess treated like royalty, her younger brother, the crown prince, was about to die of illness. Her mother would soon be consumed by worry, grow estranged from the emperor, and eventually be deposed in the witchcraft scandal. Overnight 28kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves

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    Three highly-rated female-centric novels of different types, all without romantic pairings, and each one is fantastic! Note: In the second book, the female lead eventually becomes the emperor, so she has several male concubines in her harem, but there are no romantic feelings involved; they are purely for fulfilling her physical needs. There is also no male empress.

43. 343 少 The Blood of Youth: I Start Tearing Down Houses at Wangcheng Mountain 少年歌行：从望城山开始拆家 Xue Qizhong樰七重Anime Fanfiction412k WordsCompleted [No breaking up established couples (except Hua Jin and Lan Yuehou) + no CP + ship whoever you like] Wangcheng Mountain has a female disciple whose talent for breaking up couples rivals Lei Erha's. The Great Dao is fifty, Heaven's Way allows forty-nine, and one escapes its grasp. Her arrival was no accident. Her arrival gave some people a glimmer of hope against their fate. I have a sword, and the galaxy endures forever. Weng Yuqing, known as the Primordial Sword Immortal. (Not a crossover antho 4.3kReads9.4Score308Shelves

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    These 20 are all female-oriented cultivation novels, 100% without any romantic pairings.

44. 344 她 Her Name 她名 Yu Yin渔胤Ancient Romance195k WordsOngoing [No romance + quick transmigration + feel-good power fantasy + all-female main cast + strong heroine + no interest in men] “Have you heard? There’s a short girl who’s really good at fighting. She’s been running around causing trouble with a whole gang, beating people up without bothering to find out what happened, and she always picks on men.” “No idea. Are they men or women?” “All women…” “Come on, what’s there to fear from a bunch of women? A few of us could scare them off with a single clap.” 42Reads6.7Score—Shelves
45. 345 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 118.9kReads9.5Score16.6kShelves

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    I think this is an absolutely amazing work. After watching it, I was deeply moved. Except for the female lead, everyone else has a tragic ending; there are no romantic pairings. It truly lives up to its name as "Human Cage."

46. 346 十 Ten Days of Terror: She Slaughters Her Way Through the Strange World 十日惊悚：她在诡异世界大杀四方 Daoist Nun Jiuyi道姑九衣Mystery936k WordsOngoing [No romance + all-female team + mild horror + cyber-Chinese aesthetic + ensemble cast] The novel is nearing completion and undergoing revisions, so you can read without worry. A heads-up: it will end in an all-female AG world. If that bothers you, proceed with caution. Ji Hao’er has lost her memory. She remembers nothing except her name. But she knows she has to escape from this great mountain. On the way down, she casually wipes out a household and robs them of their wealth. If she wants someth —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 347 开 My Ancestors’ Graves Started Smoking from the Start: Disguised as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams 开局祖坟冒青烟，女扮男装科举忙 Jiang Suiwan江岁晚Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Xie Yuheng transmigrates from the Apocalypse to a farming household, where a tyrant rules the land. With no other choice, she disguises herself as a boy. As she grows older, everyone in the surrounding villages comes to know that the Xie family's prodigy has an exceptionally clever mind. Too bad he's a sickly weakling who can't lift a finger or carry a load. Bystander: “You're so noble, so impressive! Your sickly family member just kicked someone through a wall!” The Xie family: “Does the head o 12kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    No romantic pairing, the protagonist is reborn as a child prodigy, disguises herself as a man to take the imperial examinations, develops her family, becomes a powerful minister, and seeks benefits for the female lead.

48. 348 团 Beloved by All, the Fearsome and Adorable Young General 团宠农门女将军又凶又萌 Lotus Leaf Fragrance荷叶香Ancient Romance5.0M WordsCompleted ☾Ensemble cast + steady power progression + no romance + academy + passionate + hilarious + decisive and ruthless + gets better the more you read☽ "The heroine is tiny and sweet, but she kills without mercy and without hesitation" Ming Ying transmigrates straight into a deadly predicament. Her body is that of a frail four-and-a-half-year-old. Her parents have just died in battle, her family is dirt poor, and she and her three young brothers can barely hope to survive the winter. To make matters 15.6kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves

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    Don't be put off by the titles! These are three different genres, and I guarantee they're all romance-free! I don't know if they're masterpieces or not, but I've been reading for over a decade, and there aren't many books I've read from cover to cover without missing a single word. These three are definitely worth reading!

49. 349 末 The Doomsday Survival Game 末日危机生存游戏 Daogeli Si道格莉丝Two Female Leads351k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Apocalypse + conflict + mystery and fantasy + strong female lead + female lead with no romance + female ensemble] One day, the apocalypse suddenly arrived. The Alliance's discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the sea caused a massive outbreak of the zombie virus. After a torrential rain carrying the infectious virus swept through, everyone who came into contact with the contaminated water turned into zombies, and the Alliance fell completely. The apocalypse was soon fo 379Reads8.1Score102Shelves
50. 350 拍 I Photographed Every Has-Been Online Celebrity, and Now I’m Finally Famous 拍遍全网糊咖，醉姐终于火了 The Old Book Gets Another Chance旧书重来一次Modern Romance765k WordsCompleted [No romance for the heroine, career-focused + entertainment System + fan site manager / agent / boss] Chen Zui has been in a parallel world for a year. The music variety show she was supposed to join gets canceled at the last minute. Fine, fine, guess I’m just unlucky. She’s replaced on a dance show because she stepped out with her right foot first. She gets angry, then gets angry for a moment. She gets edited out of an entertainment variety show for offending a popular star. You dare mess with 18.8kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves

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    No romantic pairing, strong female lead, a behind-the-scenes powerhouse in the entertainment industry, very enjoyable to watch.

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