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1. 101 我 I'm Already the Big Sister-in-Law of the Main Cast, So Why Are You Still Kneeling? 我都成主角团大嫂了，你还跪什么 Yu Buyan鱼不言Modern Romance801k WordsOngoing Good news: Ye Rong is a minor character who doesn’t even have a number in a secret-identity novel, and she’s awakened. Bad news: She’s an idiot when it comes to love. Thinking about how she’ll someday kneel before her husband and the vicious female lead, begging the woman to love her husband, Ye Rong stabs them both without hesitation, planning to go to prison to escape the plot. By a twist of fate, she ends up rescuing the real heiress from her predicament, and a powerful man comes to bail her 446Reads7.8Score100Shelves

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   The female lead has a wonderful personality and is extremely protective of her own (especially the original female lead). She doesn't speak ill of the original male and female leads, and her romantic partner is actually the original female lead's brother.

2. 102 穿 Book Transmigration: The Rise of an Unremarkable Extra 穿书：路人甲的进阶之旅 Fourteen O'Clock十四时Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted [A gloomy girl forced to put on a show x a gentle boy with a sharp tongue on the surface] [One-on-one sweet romance, school life, youth, ridiculous comedy, doting romance, heartwarming] What’s it like to become a random extra in a story about top students? Sang Yu found out firsthand. In this story where everyone is a top student, Sang Yu has to get first place or die. How can she come out on top? First, she has to become the hardest-working student in school, claim the title of top student, the 2.4kReads9.1Score216Shelves

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   💥Passerby A Novel🥳 Sang Yu transmigrated into a minor character in a novel, barely three hundred words long. The transmigration agency's task for her was to become the top student in her grade, or face punishment. To complete the task, she studied desperately. Although her entrance exam scores were at the bottom, she was fortunate to have a group of top students to help her, and her family also hired a top-notch tutor.🤓

3. 103 在 A Beta Boy Working in Another World 在异世界打工的Beta少年 Mountains and Rivers Send Their Regards山河寄君Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration / Working Through Different Worlds / Everyone's Favorite / No CP / The One They Never Forgot] After binding with a System, Ye Sui becomes a worker sent to different planes. He earns money while experiencing the customs and culture of each world. But he never expected to get swept up in a whirlwind of romance and become the one everyone holds dear. World One: Working as a shop assistant in a magical world (complete) World Two: Working as an inn server in a cultivation world 1.6kReads9.1Score204Shelves

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   They are all very beautiful

4. 104 穿 I Got Trapped in a Cliché Novel, and This Office Drone Has to Take the Road Less Traveled 穿到套路文，社畜被迫走小众赛道 Fish Lying on the Beach瘫在沙滩的鱼Two Male Leads261k WordsCompleted 57Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   The story features two male characters who are overworked office workers who transmigrate into a series of novels to complete missions. They are so insignificant that they don't even know their mission targets and have to find ways to get close to them. In terms of romance, one of them is instantly smitten by a powerful figure, and their relationship develops gradually, like a frog being slowly boiled in water, until they finally get together.

5. 105 快 The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 65.4kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
6. 106 娱 The Background Extra in Showbiz Is Slacking Off Again Today 娱圈路人甲今天也在开摆 A Watermelon in the Flower Field花田一只猹Modern Romance742k WordsCompleted [Listen up: the heroine is a pure-blooded gossip-loving fun-seeker, with no CP] Zhao Wen'an accidentally discovers that she’s living inside an entertainment-industry novel starring the girl group LIFE. In the novel, LIFE is the kind of fiery, determined protagonist who fights her way through every obstacle to become a top-tier star group that stays popular for years. The good news: Zhao Wen'an is in the group!!! The bad news: she’s not the one who gets famous. She’s the group’s parasite, forever 6kReads9.0Score470Shelves

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   🌟🌟A mysterious spirit transmigrated into a book, becoming the classmate of the male lead's most popular and unassuming character—an NPC described in less than 500 words throughout the entire book. This unassuming character's resolve was to stay out of the plot, focus on studying as a student, and diligently complete their duties as the host. But how did the plot unfold, and suddenly the male lead was coming towards me?

7. 107 炮 The Sacrificial Supporting Character Gets Confessed to by the Protagonist Squad Again 炮灰助攻又被主角团告白了 Primordial Immortal Beast洪荒仙兽Two Male Leads3.1M WordsOngoing [Two male leads + protagonist is the pursued one + cultivation + straight-man heartthrob adored by all + transmigrate into a book + ensemble cast] Xie Yunhe transmigrates into a book. The System tells him to play matchmaker and help the universally adored Long Aotian find a cultivation partner. To keep him from being charmed by the protagonist's group and getting distracted from his matchmaking duties, it kindly installs a face-blurring System for him. From then on, beauties surround him, but he 34.1kReads9.3Score3kShelves
8. 108 穿 Reborn as the Wicked Heiress's Cannon Fodder Lackey 穿成恶毒千金的炮灰狗腿子 Wen Gugu温菇咕Modern Romance848k WordsCompleted [Sunny, cheerful, money-loving cannon fodder girl × cold System at first, warm and doting villain later] [An optimistic ray of sunshine saves characters from old-school tragic romances, changes everyone’s bad endings, and turns cannon fodder into the apple of everyone’s eye] (Everyday-life pacing + main plot. Not a power fantasy with a strong female lead. Characters controlled by the plot will awaken. If you think this is a redemption story, please take note!) Su Xingyu transmigrates into an old 2.9kReads9.2Score323Shelves

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   Read these two books if you're interested.

9. 109 我 The Fall Guy at the Noble Academy 我在贵族学院当炮灰 NG a Hundred TimesNG一百遍Modern Romance750k WordsOngoing [A fictional world, fantasy romance. Everything is made up; any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. No harmful content!] [Everyone’s favorite + pampered female side character + transmigrate into a book + campus + gods + past and present lives] Song Qingqing cherishes her life and can’t stand pain. After eighteen years of being doted on and spoiled, she wakes up to find she’s transmigrated into a novel about an elite academy, as a cannon-fodder character doomed to a truly 2.9kReads8.6Score230Shelves
10. 110 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Lead Just Wants to Farm and Take It Easy 快穿：女配只想种田摸鱼 Poor Sanqi!贫穷的三七呀！Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Content warnings: A slow-burn, cozy everyday story + the heroine’s personal growth + a dark male lead (a bed-warming little tool) + the author reads every comment and likes to jot them down in a little notebook. (The story is complete.) At the start, the lousy System told Liu Mian: This System is begging you to keep your head down and be a background character. Just farm a little and eat a little. Once we’ve filled out our work reports, we can collect our pay. Liu Mian, a devoted couch potato, t 3.5kReads8.9Score251Shelves

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    The second book really features minor characters, no romantic pairings, and each world has a slight ensemble cast.

11. 111 请 Please Don’t Give the Extra Any More Screen Time 请勿给路人甲加戏 Chubby Kuodu DuDu胖阔杜杜Urban163k WordsCompleted “He was just passing through.” Then he stayed. A quiet wage earner gets caught up in a power struggle between big shots. He can't talk, so he just grits his teeth and bears it. Someone comes by every day, bringing food and sitting with him. The art book gets thumbed through again and again, and eventually they really do go to the seaside. He was used to being alone, but then he got used to someone coming by. —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 穿 After Becoming the Bystander Villainess Bullied at a Noble Academy 穿成贵族学院被霸凌的路人女配后 Cherry Cherry, Yeah车厘厘子呀Modern Romance200k WordsOngoing [Rivalry for the Male Lead + Noble Academy F4 + Taming Them Like Dogs + Transmigrate into a Book] Wan Kexin transmigrates into the novel The Daily Life of a Beloved Girl at an Elite Academy, becoming a nameless background character. In the original story, the heroine's fan club bullied her, and she died at the foot of a wall while trying to escape the academy. This time, Wan Kexin is determined to rewrite the fate of a background character. Bullied by the group that supports the original heroine 1kReads—Score100Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into a book and becomes an ordinary passerby in a prestigious academy.

13. 113 被 The Beloved Surrounded by Psychopaths 被疯批包围的万人迷 Juan Feng卷枫Two Male Leads106k WordsOngoing It's similar to A Beauty's N Ways to Seduce a Lovesick Fool. Give it a try if you like that kind of story. My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There is a passerby A dimension

14. 114 召 Things Like Summoning 召唤之类的 I'll Let Everyone Have the Money钱我让大家Eastern Fantasy165k WordsOngoing [Contract Summoning]+ [Battle Beast Evolution]+ [And a succubus!] Li Yichuan is a wage slave. One day, on his way to work, he encounters a strange heavy fog and transmigrates. What's this? A summoning tome? I'll take it! What's this? An invincible battle beast? I'll take it! What's this? A gorgeous succubus? I'll take her! What kind of sparks will Li Yichuan set off in this other world? 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A fantastic time-travel story about a corporate slave, incredibly imaginative!

15. 115 快 Quick Transmigration: A Guide to the Passerby's Wishes 快穿：路人甲的愿望指南 Bursting Lemon爆浆柠檬Modern Romance944k WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration] [golden finger] [self-interest] [alternate setting] [no romance] [games] [Period] [ancient times] [modern times] Su Ning was unexpectedly recruited by the Infinite Quick Transmigration Bureau. Only at the end did she discover that the position she was supposed to take was under the name “Su Ningning.” But Su Ning couldn’t return to reality. The Quick Transmigration Bureau then sent her to its “drudgery” department, the “Background Character A” division, where she became an 173Reads8.3Score—Shelves
16. 116 美 N Ways for a Beauty to Seduce a Creep 美人勾引痴汉的N种方式 Juan Feng卷枫Two Male Leads42k WordsOngoing [A collection of standalone stories, immersive quick transmigration, short stories] 1. Insecure, timid guy x gloomy, obsessive, aloof beauty Li Xia thinks his cousin, Sheng Heng, doesn't like him much. He's timid by nature, so whenever he sees Sheng Heng, he does his best to avoid him. But then one day, he gets exposed, and Sheng Heng's true nature turns out to be terrifying… 2. Fake sacrificial lamb, real everyone-loves-him type x the school's F4 Mu Shuang, a patient at a modern psychiatric —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Passerby A, both books have Passerby A.

17. 117 完 Oh No! I've Really Become a Couple-Splitter! 完蛋！这下真成拆cp的了！ Juan Feng卷枫Two Male Leads19k WordsOngoing Gu Zhou died, transmigrated again, and was forced to bind himself to a System. The usual deal: accept the System's missions, and you can get rich and go home. Like everyone else, Gu Zhou agreed. But he soon regretted it. Unlike other people's awesome Systems, his was a bit of a bastard. It was a CP-breaking System!!! —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 看 After Seeing the Comments, the Cool Beauty Has the F4 Wrapped Around Her Finger 看见弹幕后清冷美人钓系拿捏F4 Gu Yuque古玉阙Two Male Leads528k WordsOngoing [Dual male leads + sweet on the outside, dark within + secret identities + adored-by-all love interest + elite academy + romantic rivalry + speech bubbles + F4 rivalry later on, no secondary couples.] A year after a transmigrator took over Ling Wu’s body, he awakened a speech-bubble System and discovered that he was a cannon-fodder male supporting character in a Mary Sue comic. After he burned a cigarette scar into the villain’s collarbone, he saw the comments: “Could the male supporting charac 1.1kReads9.5Score161Shelves

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    Even cannon fodder is considered a passerby, right? This book is super good.

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