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1. 151 弃 The Cast-Off Daughter Takes Charge, Her Wealth Leaves the Villainous Relatives Green with Envy 弃女当家，富贵让极品羡慕不来 A Jug of Wandering Wine on the Night Shift夜班一壶漂泊酒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Jinxiu transmigrated into a farming family. Her scumbag father took another wife, and her mother was cast out. With an injured older brother, a young younger brother, a frail mother, and a younger sister in tow, Song Jinxiu set up a household of her own. With a pocket dimension at her disposal, she struck it rich overnight, had grand ambitions, rallied her clan, and transformed their fortunes. But a golden-scaled carp is no ordinary creature: once it meets the wind and clouds, it becomes a 3.6kReads8.9Score587Shelves

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   They're all similar types, and they're all very beautiful.

2. 152 恶 The Vicious Big Sister Runs the Household: With Thick Enough Skin, There's Meat at Every Meal 恶姐当家：只要脸皮厚顿顿都吃肉 I Don't Have Any Money Anyway反正我没钱Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted With dual powers at her command and no shortage of food and drink, this must be Zhou Sisi's consolation prize after her teammates blew her up in the apocalypse! Being reborn as a fiery-tempered farm girl suits her just fine. She doesn't have to pretend to be anyone else, and it's the best feeling ever. From the start, it's the usual story: the heavens decide to rain, and her mother decides to remarry. No stopping them, though she never planned to. Her mother can get married if she wants, but she 23.6kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves
3. 153 穿 I Became Fat, Poor, and Ugly, but with the System, I Farmed My Way to Success 穿成胖穷丑后，我带系统种田逆袭 Muzi Yuyu木子鱼鱼Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted [Farming + adorable baby + System + transmigration + wish fulfillment + building wealth + steady progress] Shen Ning was ugly, fat, poor, and painfully shy. After saving enough money, she finally worked up the courage to get plastic surgery, but an accident occurred. Her soul transmigrated into the body of the heroine, who was even uglier, fatter, and poorer. Heavens, if you were going to give me another chance at life, why not give me a beautiful, wealthy body? My last life was too miserable. E 2.2kReads9.2Score301Shelves
4. 154 灵 Spirit-Farm Cook: Feeding a Divine Beast Legion 灵田厨娘：投喂出个神兽军团 Quacking Duck啾啾鸭Fantastical Romance109k WordsOngoing [Food + farming + satisfying power fantasy + cultivation] Su Nian has transmigrated. In her previous life, she was a food science and nutrition PhD and a Michelin-starred chef. In this life, she has become a divorced woman with a five-element trash spiritual root, despised by everyone in Qingshi Village in the Qingyun Realm. She’s been cast aside, stripped of her land, and had a bowl of sour porridge thrown in her face. She’s also stuck with two mysterious little tagalongs. But she doesn’t panic 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Cultivation and farming, a novel featuring a strong female protagonist.

5. 155 让 You Told Me to Conquer the Realm, but I Just Want to Farm 让你争霸，你却只想种田 Fairy, Please Wait仙子啊请留步Eastern Fantasy320k WordsCompleted The protagonist is unexpectedly reborn on a barren continent stripped of resources, where people fight bloody battles for the resources needed to cultivate. From the start, he turns down the divine weapons and imperial treasures gifted by the System, choosing instead an utterly ordinary hoe. He only wants to avoid conflict, carve out a vegetable garden of his own in this wasteland, and live a leisurely life. Who could have guessed that the vegetables he grows would be divine treasures with heave 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In the desolate ancient world, everyone was fighting bloody battles for resources, while I was using the system's hoe to clear land and cultivate the land! Cabbage adds a hundred years of cultivation, radishes can bring the dead back to life, and potatoes directly forge an unparalleled foundation for the Dao—who understands! A lazy bum who just wanted to lie low, my vegetable garden has become a god-level forbidden zone that the entire universe is scrambling for. Being forced to be a behind-the-scenes boss is so awesome 😭

6. 156 一 One Immortal Seed Takes the Whole Family from Fleeing Famine to Ascension 一颗仙种全家从逃荒到飞升 Momo with a Wild Imagination脑洞很大的茉茉Ancient Romance266k WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Flight from Famine + Feel-Good Story + Family Life + Childhood Sweethearts + Business] On the day her family was starving to death on the road to escape famine, Li Yuan dug a seed out of the cracked earth. From then on, everything her family ate carried a warm current of energy. Her father’s legs stopped swelling, her mother’s back stopped aching, and her eight-year-old brother, who had been too hungry to walk, ate a bowl of vegetable soup and then lifted a millstone-sized ro 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Books about farming and ascending to immortality~

7. 157 逆 Defying Fate to Love: The Carp Spirit's Pampered Young Lady 逆天改命也要爱：鲤鱼精的娇小姐 Ling Yutong翎雨彤Two Female Leads753k WordsOngoing [Eastern fantasy romance! Both leads are devoted to each other! Two female leads! One-on-one romance!] A little angsty. If it doesn’t make you cry, that just means the author’s writing isn’t good enough. A little carp who has just cultivated into a spirit, and the daughter of a prime minister. The carp has barely become a spirit when she hears terrible news: the kind friend who has fed her for over ten years is close to death. What kind of newly made little spirit has to rack her fish brains to 153Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Eastern fantasy with two female protagonists, good-looking, new genre, both are virgins.

8. 158 穿 Reborn as a Widow and Mother, I Raise Four Kids with My System! 穿成寡妇娘，靠系统养大四个崽！ Tang Tang Judy唐唐朱迪Ancient Romance391k WordsCompleted > The heroine is fierce and formidable, her family members are all capable, and the whole village turns its fortunes around together through hard work and prosperity! > [System-assisted farming + no romance + happy child-rearing + ensemble cast grows rich together + doing business in many places + devoted to building a career] At 33, modern-day master chef Su Liyue opens her eyes and finds herself turned into a widow with children in ancient Qinghe Village! A lifelong single, she has suddenly be 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This feels very similar to Cheng Wanwan.

9. 159 退 Breaking Off the Engagement? I'll Turn Around to Find Endless Handsome Men and a Mountain of Wealth 退亲？我扭头美男无数家缠万贯 Gao Gao Is a Cat糕糕是只猫Ancient Romance143k WordsCompleted No fixed couple. The handsome men are all workhorses. Farming and business warfare. It starts with a broken engagement. You think you can threaten me by breaking off our engagement? Just you wait and see how your dear auntie soars to success after escaping your whole family of bloodsuckers. After Ye Zhiqiu breaks free of her scumbag ex, she discovers that the world is wide open and full of handsome men for her to choose from. She uses seeds from the System to improve ancient farming methods, and —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   After getting rid of the scumbag, everything went smoothly.

10. 160 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    A comical ghost-catching young exorcist secretly aids a guerrilla team in the city.

11. 161 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 611Reads7.0Score—Shelves
12. 162 掏 She Spent the Family Fortune: The Capitalist Heiress Married a Young Officer 掏空家底，资本家大小姐嫁军少 Kung Fu Potato功夫马铃薯Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + military marriage + pocket dimension + a capitalist heiress who looks bright and lovely but is proud at heart, paired with a disciplined officer with incredible stamina and an eight-pack] In her previous life, Shen Zhitang was set up by her scumbag father and stepmother, who tricked her into marrying the powerful and influential Gao Jianren. When disaster struck, her father’s family used the Gao family’s connections to sneak off to Hong Kong, enjoying a life of luxury with the Shen fa 21.6kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
13. 163 我 The Savings System Summoned Me to Another World to Become a Rich Woman 我被存钱系统召唤到异世界当富婆 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Modern Romance935k WordsOngoing [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Modern-Day Fantasy] + [System] + [Farming] + [No Romance] + [Food Business] + [Livestream] + [Building Wealth] + [Infrastructure] + [Redemption] Other people's Systems shower their Hosts with money and perks. Mine is all about being broke, forcing me to make money through street vending and hand over every last cent. I make a million a day Livestreaming skewers made with handsome men from the mall, only for the System to order me to turn off tips. I have to build 1.2kReads—Score103Shelves

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    Travel to islands, establish a high-tech island nation, farm to feed the ancient starving people—all come and farm for the heroine!

14. 164 光 All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生 The Quiet Duke静谧的公爵Anime Fanfiction976k WordsOngoing Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft 153Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author's writing is steady, the pacing isn't fast, but the details are incredibly abundant, like slowly gathering a net. While reading, you'll constantly have questions, and you'll find yourself questioning everything alongside the protagonist. It doesn't deliberately try to be sentimental, but each character's fate unfolds like a meticulously crafted tragic work of art, both logical and cruel. This isn't a book to give you a quick thrill; it's a book that will make you put down your phone and remain silent for a long time. For a new author to have this level of vision is truly remarkable!

15. 165 老 The Old Woman Is Reborn Before the Demolition, and Beats Her Evil Son and Vicious Grandson with a Stick 老太重生拆迁前，棒打恶子毒孙 Ling Yun灵韫Modern Romance3.3M WordsOngoing Old Madam Zhou spent her whole life worrying herself sick over her four sons. She even divided the property and cash she received from the demolition compensation among them. She thought she had treated them all equally and taken each son into consideration. But in each son’s eyes, she was biased, and they all resented her and refused to support her. Old Madam Zhou should have been enjoying her retirement, but instead, at her advanced age, she survived by collecting trash and eventually died of 52.2kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves

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    The poorest county magistrate's wife in history led the entire county in reclaiming wasteland and cultivating the land!

16. 166 渡 I Became a God After Surviving the Trial of Love 渡情劫后成功封神 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yan, the legitimate daughter of a family of military commanders, came down from the mountains after mastering her art so she could return to her home in the capital and overcome her romantic tribulation. At the city gate, the emperor stopped her and ordered her burned as a sacrifice to Heaven and Earth. She also learned that her birth parents had abandoned her because of rumors calling her an ill-fated poison maiden. To clear her name, Bai Yan took responsibility for treating the plague and 113Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A fantasy novel set in a bygone era, featuring a young exorcist master who catches ghosts, fights zombies, and banishes evil spirits.

17. 167 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, the Capitalist Heiress Can't Take the Slightest Hardship 穿越七零资本家小姐吃不了一点苦 Raised A Cat养了只猫Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + Period + space + revenge on scum + fictional setting + stern, devoted soldier king × all-around heiress who refuses to suffer] Wen Zhixia transmigrates from the apocalypse into the body of a capitalist heiress in another time and place, someone who shares her name. The pampered heiress doesn’t know how to fight back and is cruelly killed by her own family! Now that Wen Zhixia has taken over her body, she won’t put up with any of it. Compared with the kind and timid heiress, 15.4kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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    It's so addictive you can stay up all night reading it.

18. 168 六 The Violent Woman of the Sixties Takes on Everyone 六零暴力女干翻全场 Ying Jinchuan, Who Loves He Tang Red Cranes喜欢鹤塘红的应金川Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Keywords: Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Revenge, Rise to Success in the 1960s After a starship explosion sent her from a monster-infested interstellar world, Jiang Sidong opened her eyes in the body of a young girl in 1959. Her original self had been literally tormented to death by her paternal aunt’s family, and the three years of famine had only just begun. She looked at the cracked earth, and at people driven to sell their sons and daughters for a piece of tree bark... As she cultivated her p 8.3kReads8.4Score825Shelves

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    The hilarious ghost-catching little exorcist goes farming

19. 169 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.7kReads—Score104Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn after taking the college entrance exam. He becomes a tycoon starting with World Cup betting, quietly starts a stock market business during college, and is surrounded by beautiful female CEOs.

20. 170 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical885k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 5.4kReads—Score385Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn to reclaim his homeland and build a Han Chinese world for the people.

21. 171 荒 In a Year of Famine, the Whole Village Eats Wild Greens, While I Feed My Family Meat at Every Meal 荒年全村啃野菜，我带全家顿顿肉 New Star at Sunset日落新星Ancient Romance144k WordsOngoing (Golden finger System + transmigration + farming + feel-good story + raising children + warm family life + building wealth + no male lead) Zhou Qinghe was an overworked modern-day wage slave. She woke up one day to find herself transmigrated into ancient times as a vicious widow. Four little girls knelt beside her bed, crying and calling her “Mother.” A lifelong single, she had somehow been upgraded to mom of four overnight. The woman whose body she now inhabited had been sharp-tongued and lazy 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Speaking of farming novels, this one is a must-read. The female protagonist is a modern person who transmigrates into the body of a poor widow in ancient times. The original owner was mean-spirited, disrespectful to her parents-in-law, and unkind to her children, with a notorious reputation. The female protagonist transmigrates to the past and turns the tide, allowing her whole family to live a good life. She has a cheat system, which is incredibly satisfying to read.

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