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1. 51 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds
2. 52 七 The 1970s Educated Youth: The Villain Always Acts Pitiful Around Her 七零知青：反派总在她面前装可怜 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + period setting + sweet romance + almost childhood sweethearts + one-on-one romance] Bai Qingci's parents arranged for her to go to the countryside to avoid danger. Before leaving, she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would never return or see anyone she knew again. A month later, the Chen family arrived in the village after being sent down for reform. They had grown up in the same compound but barely spoken. She only wanted to treat him like a strange 6.2kReads9.0Score69814d adds
3. 53 快 Quick Transmigration: Jing Yuan’s Wanderings 快穿：荆远流浪记 Little Pear from Qilu齐鲁的小梨子Modern Romance633k WordsCompleted Premise: The male lead, Jing Yuan, is a decorated soldier from a civilization lost to history, in a spacefaring age. In the real world, he has a fiancée, Chu Jun, who appears only at the beginning and end and in the male lead's rambling thoughts. Therefore, there is no romance in the mission worlds. The timeline of this book is set before the previous book, Quick Transmigration: The Nobody's Rise. In the year 1988 of the Interstellar Era, during the final battle on Planet Jialan, General Qi Ming 89Reads7.0Score—14d adds
4. 54 情 A Love Rival Showdown? I'm Coasting to Victory on a Dating Show 情敌们修罗场？我在恋综躺赢到底 A Little Leisure闲情几许Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (This is a female-oriented novel, okay? A female-oriented novel!!) After completing missions across three thousand worlds, the powerhouse Pei Ge transmigrates into a ridiculous, melodramatic dating-show novel full of bloodshed and romantic rivalries. He becomes a tool-like male supporting character: a once-famous movie star whose looks could enthrall the world. The movie star's legs are long and straight, like blades that can steal lives. The movie star's waist is supple and strong, like a potio 3.5kReads9.2Score41814d adds
5. 55 农 The Tough Farm Wife: The Playboy Heir Is Sweet and Flirtatious 农门悍妻：纨绔世子甜又撩 Salt Pork盐巴猪Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The short drama The Tough Farmhouse Wife: The Heir Apparent Is Sweet and Flirtatious is now streaming on Hongguo and Tomato!] [Secret identity + taking down villains + sweet romance + comedy] Su Tong transmigrates into a book as a military prostitute who has been sold for ten years and has a tarnished reputation. A fake heir apparent personally proposes to her, figuring that her bad reputation means no one will stand up for her if she dies. Su Tong also thinks that an idle, useless male support 5.6kReads9.3Score73514d adds

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   The first book is about a female cultivator who works very hard to change the fate of her sect; the plot is also very funny. The second book is a time-travel story where the female lead is a general, the male lead is a fake heir of a marquis's family who was switched at birth, and there's also a hilarious father-in-law; it's worth reading. The third book is a palace intrigue and domestic power struggle story, also about a strong female lead; it's very inspiring, and I've read it again and again—it's an extremely good book.

6. 56 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 18.2kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds
7. 57 穿 The Laid-Back Life of a Marquis’s Bastard Son 穿成侯府庶子的摆烂生活 April Thirty-Three四月三三Historical600k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + historical setting + non-virgin male lead + ordinary protagonist with no golden finger] Chen Heyu, a fine young man of the modern age, transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing ancient playboy. He is a middle-aged widower with children, a low-ranking son born to a concubine, and not a single money-making skill to his name. He does, however, have plenty of ways to spend money and a mountain of debts from his romantic escapades. To avoid another beating from his father, 34.4kReads9.3Score3.6k14d adds
8. 58 衰 The Luck-Bringing, Pampered Family of the Unlucky Little Prince 衰神小王爷的福运团宠妻 Mei Guo梅果Ancient Romance2.3M WordsOngoing There are 38 species of felines, and Xie Jiuhuan can turn into every one of them. She’s a little enchantress through and through. But in a world where unmarried women are fined by the authorities, Xie Jiuhuan keeps trying to get married and never manages to find a husband. “Disheartened,” she spends her days mooching food and drink with her father, the Hanlin Academy’s king of slacking off. Apart from being poor, the two of them have no worries at all. Until one day, Lin Deyi, a man cursed with 5.2kReads9.1Score78914d adds
9. 59 在 One Heart for Cultivation Amid the Frantic Flirting of Seven Villains 在七个反派的狂撩下一心修仙 Mountain Demon山魅Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted She transmigrated into a book as cannon fodder, and all the male leads want to win her over and get 100% of her favorability! Luo Qingyan was inexplicably hit on by all kinds of powerful men: a twisted senior brother from the immortal sect, a licentious young master of the demon clan, a gorgeous Peacock King, and the mysterious ruler of the Ghost Realm. They pulled out every trick in the book, leaving her utterly baffled. Luo Qingyan: ??? After thinking it over, she suddenly understood. “Good th 20.4kReads9.4Score3k14d adds

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   All Is Well, it has a rating of at least 9.4.

10. 60 长 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 105.6kReads9.7Score12.2k14d adds
11. 61 假 The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script and Lazily Gives Up 假千金手撕剧本，沙雕摆烂躺麻了 Li Yaoyao梨窈窈Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama, The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script, is now streaming [Showbiz + absurd humor and memes + everyone’s favorite + wild imagination + gossip + going off the rails] Chi Qian failed her tribulation and returned to the real world, only to discover she was the villainous fake heiress in a novel! The plot had already reached the point where the real heiress came back, and Chi Qian was about to be kicked out of the family home. A broken engagement, a wave of online hate, and a grueso 125.9kReads9.6Score13.5k14d adds
12. 62 荒 I Rule the Desert Island Variety Show, Top-Tier Star. You’re Strong as a Wild Boar 荒岛综艺我称王，顶流野猪你的强 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance296k WordsCompleted Jian Xun is a wild boar. Right now, she’s being forced to serve as a laborer in this world. With an alcoholic father, a mother who favors her son, a hard life, and a broken family. The little wild boar sneered: “You don’t know when you’ve got it good. You people are beyond saving!” To her son-obsessed adoptive mother, she smiled and suggested: “Why not just marry your son? You can be his wife and his mother. Everyone will praise you for managing the household!” To the arrogant male lead whose be 8.1kReads9.5Score1.4k14d adds
13. 63 说 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 106.3kReads9.5Score15.5k14d adds
14. 64 假 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 127.9kReads9.5Score13.9k14d adds
15. 65 我 I Made a Pact with the Gods, and Now You’re All Turtles 我与神明画押，你们都变王八 Sine and Cosine Live in the Sun正余弦生活在太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ridiculous comedy] When Yan Luo was put on the spot from the start and expected to confess in front of everyone, she thought fast and called out to the young master: “Classmate Cang Zhu, wise people don’t fall in love. Let’s build a beautiful homeland and work together to create a harmonious society!” The young master: ... The young master at first: “Go away! Keep your distance! You’re scaring me!” The young master, winning himself over: “Holy crap, she insulted me. Does she like me? Holy crap, 23.6kReads9.6Score3.5k14d adds
16. 66 综 Variety Shows Are Full of Fools, So I Become the Big Shot with My Silly Antics 综艺水浅王八多，我靠沙雕做大哥 Sanyingli三樱里Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + showbiz + secret marriage to a tycoon + outrageous nonsense + everyone’s favorite] Qin Wanyin is a professional human shield, the sort who takes the hit for others. After retiring, she unexpectedly transmigrates into the role of a tycoon’s universally despised fiancée. The tycoon and his sweet, innocent sweetheart are all lovey-dovey on a dating show, while netizens slam Qin Wanyin as the other woman. Qin Wanyin: “I’m over it. Let’s call off the engagement.” The sweetheart pouts 13.8kReads9.5Score2.4k14d adds
17. 67 身 You Can Steal My Identity, But What About My Mental Illness? 身份可以偷走，那我的精神病呢？ Flickering Candle Stub残烛跳荡Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed ✚ Absurd memes ✚ Chaotic variety show ✚ Animal mind reading] Ming Li wakes up in the body of a celebrity who was sent to a psychiatric hospital by her family. From the start, she’s mocked by the entire internet, saddled with a family that leeches off her, and called mentally ill! Ming Li: Whatever. The things that don’t kill her will only make her even crazier! When a sharp-tongued entertainment reporter comes after her, she says, “A tadpole with a frog tattoo, and you 55.1kReads9.6Score7.6k14d adds
18. 68 别 They Throw Mud at Me, So I Lie Down and Sue Them for 38,000 别人朝我扔泥巴，躺下讹他三万八 Yan Xiaonuo颜小糯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + livestreaming + going crazy anywhere, anytime] Qiao Xi takes on a mission from the Space-Time Administration, transmigrating into a tragic romance novel to fix its plot. She becomes a nobody with barely any fame and is bound to a Truth-Telling System. From then on, the tragic romance takes a bizarre turn... During a variety show livestream, she is asked why she works so hard. Guest 1: “I thought of the hardworking farmers.” Guest 2: “My grandma was a farmer. I miss her so much.” 42.3kReads9.5Score5.3k14d adds
19. 69 万 A Crowd-Favorite Husky Goes Viral on a Dating Show for Being Hilarious 万人迷二哈在恋综靠沙雕爆红 Loves Grilled Gluten爱吃烤面筋Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy, entertainment industry, livestreamed dating show, a touch of everyone’s favorite] Shi Ha transmigrates into a book as a universally hated supporting character. Her mission is to crush the universally adored heroine and stage a successful comeback! The moment she appears, the audience bursts into angry jeers: “Can Shi Ha get off the planet already?!” But on the dating show… To her sworn enemy, she says, “I’ll get you a tortoise. Raise it well, and it can see you off when you die.” 6.9kReads9.5Score1.4k14d adds
20. 70 假 The Fake Heiress Just Gives Up and Goes Crazy! 假千金她直接摆烂发疯啦！ Drinking Wine and Listening to the Rain饮酒听雨Modern Romance713k WordsCompleted The physical edition of Alternative Brilliance goes on presale on the 18th! What should you do if you become the fake heiress in a story about a real and fake heiress? Lie flat when it’s time to lie flat, and go crazy when it’s time to go crazy! Yan Zhizhi met the real heiress, Ning Yue, on a variety show. Then everyone realized Yan Zhizhi wasn’t quite the same as the person they’d known before. She’d gone crazy! When faced with a setback, everyone else tried to work through it. She just lay fla 39kReads9.4Score4.2k14d adds
21. 71 快 Quick Transmigration: The Tragic-Novel Heroine Seems to Have a Serious Problem 快穿：虐文女主好像有那个大病 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Goofy + Slacker + Romance-Averse] Male lead: “The only one I've ever loved is her!” Cen Jing (rolling down the car window): “You two have to make it work. I'll take a car.” Second male lead: “You're interesting.” Cen Jing: “You deserve someone better, not someone who's already the best, like me.” Villainous big shot (pointing at the male lead and his mistress): “Why not tell the driver to run them over?” Cen Jing: “Hello? 110? Someone's inciting someone to commit murder... No, I'm not stutterin 9.2kReads9.5Score1.3k14d adds
22. 72 我 I’m the Greek God of Madness, So Don’t Mess With Me 我，别惹，古希腊掌管癫子的神 Whirlwind Lightbringer旋风光之子Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy + a spineless loser’s descent into madness] Jiang Lian transmigrated into a book, becoming a supporting female character in a story about going crazy. Her job was to serve as a foil to the unhinged heroine, and she could only return home by repairing the plot. Overworked drone Jiang Lian said, “Isn’t the foil to an unhinged person just a spineless loser? I’ve been a corporate workhorse for five years. Nobody understands being spineless better than I do!” And so, on a variety show. 10.7kReads9.5Score1.7k14d adds
23. 73 糊 A Washed-Up Star With Attitude and Style, Afraid of Nobody! 糊咖又拽又飒，谁也不怕！ Nan Zhiyi南枝一Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other’s only one + sweet romance + silly comedy + happy ending] Song Shiwei transmigrates into a script she once criticized, becoming an obscure nobody with barely any fame. But brave Weiwei isn’t afraid of hardship. All she wants is to keep a sweet, innocent college boy and enjoy life with him. Instead, her lazy antics and wild behavior on a variety show attract a horde of unhinged fans. Song Shiwei: “Don’t stan me, sis. I can’t have a scandal because I’m already a total wr 6.6kReads9.3Score88214d adds
24. 74 窝 I'm Pathetic, But Somehow Everyone Loves Me, Haha! 窝囊吧，但还是成万人迷了哈哈！ Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance592k WordsCompleted The print edition of The Side Character Could Never Be a Doormat is now available on all platforms [Outwardly meek but secretly hilarious heroine x violent, untamed hero whose rough edges are eventually worn smooth] Xu Nuo transmigrates into the role of a famously spineless supporting female character, then foolishly sets about seducing every male lead. When her secret comes to light, the male leads join forces to condemn her. Then she is dumped by her fiancé, setting her on the path to a deadly 33.1kReads9.5Score5.1k14d adds
25. 75 A A-Rated! The Gorgeous Boy Band Is Taking the Entertainment Industry by Storm A爆！神颜男团杀疯内娱 New Book, Boldly Charging into FanFan新书勇闯番番Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Male lead's perspective + no romance + entertainment-industry System + ensemble boy group] Jiang Beisheng, a top-level wanted criminal in an apocalyptic world, was hunted by the eight major Alliance bases. After narrowly escaping death several times, he was finally captured and had both legs crushed. Using an unknown method, he broke out of prison, fell into the sea, and disappeared. Jiang Beisheng thought he wouldn't survive this time, but woke up in another parallel world. System: Please join 32kReads9.4Score5.4k14d adds

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    Highly recommended after many years, these books are genuinely excellent. Each one is a complete work, so you can jump right in! 💕💕💕💕

26. 76 软 A Gentle Seduction 软诱 Jiujiu Qi久久萋Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted The print edition of Rose Crown goes on sale August 10. Available on all platforms. [Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush + He Chases His Wife After Losing Her, But She Never Looks Back + Both Are Each Other’s First] She was the Xu family’s adopted daughter, and Zhou Yuetian’s little shadow. She had followed him everywhere since childhood, until she heard him say this at the age of twenty-four: “She’s just the Xu family’s adopted daughter. Why would I actually care about her? People like us 71.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds
27. 77 惊 Breaking News! A Has-Been Top-Tier Star Took His Kid on a Show and Went Viral 惊爆！过气顶流带娃上节目爆火了 Li Jiu理久Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Cute Kid, Livestreaming, Variety Show, No CP] Jiang Moji, a top-tier star past his prime, has been drowning in scandals, and now he’s taking his biological daughter on a parent-child variety show! Jiang Ning never imagined she would be reborn, let alone as her five-year-old self. But after being reborn, Jiang Ning discovers that her rotten dad has suddenly changed. He’s become thoughtful and considerate, and gentle when protecting his little girl. Jiang Ning: Did my rotten dad take the wrong me 936Reads9.1Score10114d adds
28. 78 女 The Queen Starts Out as a Top-Tier Star 女王从顶流做起 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open September 5, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.] From the start, she transmigrates and nearly kills her younger brother. If she doesn't complete the System's missions, she'll be punished with electric shocks. Following the System's instructions, Nan Xiangwan joins a survival show for aspiring idols. While the other young women sing and dance... Nan Xiangwan: “I'll perform a brick-breaking trick with my bare hands!” 31kReads9.6Score3.3k14d adds
29. 79 快 Quick Transmigration: She Wins the Hearts of Powerful Men by Bearing Their Children! 快穿：她靠生子成为大佬心尖宠！ A Big Old Monster一个大妖怪Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + multiple pregnancies + punishing scumbags + palace and household intrigue + no fixed couple + satisfying revenge] She is a rabbit spirit who has cultivated for a thousand years. With too little fortune, she nearly loses her soul while ascending. Fortunately, an ancestral reincarnation artifact lets her complete missions in different worlds and gather fortune. World One: [Crown Prince with no heir for years x palace maid who hides her looks and only wants to leave the pala 15kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
30. 80 机 Captain, Please Route Around the Thunderstorm 机长先生，雷雨请绕飞 Zhao Le昭乐Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted [Aloof, proud commercial airline captain x sweet-voiced, beautiful air traffic controller. She has a longtime crush on him; they marry first and fall in love later. The print edition goes on sale February 28; the short drama is already out.] Before she was urged to go on a blind date, Meng Liyue never imagined the man she was meeting was the person she’d secretly loved since her student days. She had written his name countless times in her diary. After she married him, everyone thought Meng Liy 41.7kReads9.6Score4.7k14d adds
31. 81 修 The Path of Seeking the Dao 修真之寻道 Fourth Young Master of the Hu Family胡家四少Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [In the Age of Dharma Decline, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth grows ever thinner. Follow Li Lin as he goes from an ordinary mortal to a cultivator, slowly climbing to the summit over a span of ten thousand years.] [In an unremarkable mountain village, even an unknown nobody can struggle their way to success and forge their own path. With a strong and steadfast heart, they need not fear the judgment of the world or the hardships ahead. They build up their strength, travel across magnifi 3Reads7.2Score—14d adds

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    A fantasy Xianxia (Chinese fantasy) story about cultivation. The protagonist is a boy from a mountain village who, through his own extraordinary encounters, grows stronger and rises through the ranks of the cultivation world, progressing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation. Ten thousand years later, after a vast and drastically changed world, he has ascended to the pinnacle of cultivation.

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