Looking for Books Where the Protagonist Is Determined to Die, Seeks Death, or Wants to Die! 求主角一心作死/求死/想死的书！

1. 1 重 Reborn, the Villain's Older Brother Is Doted on Like a King 重生后反派哥哥被宠上天 Wood and Grass, No Human木草非人Two Male Leads518k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + CEO + everyone reborn + atypical everyone’s least favorite becomes everyone’s darling + redemption arc + sweet, loving daily life + happy ending] (Main story complete, bonus chapters updating slowly) [The gong seems like a scumbag but isn’t really one. 1v1 redemption arc, no replacing the gong. Please mind the tags and don’t read if this isn’t for you. Don’t leave bad reviews to threaten me.] Jiang Mingsheng believed he was a failure at everything. Because of the way his parent 28.2kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves

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   It's a really good book! The first one is truly heartbreaking, though it's still being serialized. Books 2, 4, and 5 are all finished. Highly recommended!

2. 2 前 A Tragic Death in His Past Life: The Villainous Male Side Character Is Reborn and Learns His Lesson 前世惨死，恶毒男配重生学乖了 Cute Little Pouch萌小兜Two Male Leads678k WordsCompleted Huo Jinya met a gruesome end in his previous life, and he had it coming. He was playing the part of the innocent, sweet-talking schemer and nearly destroyed Feng Fuming's family. In the end, karma caught up with him: he was sent to prison, died by the roadside, and no one even claimed his body... Reborn, he knows he was wrong. After being hurt so badly, he doesn't dare to love again. Even when a scumbag cherishes him as if he might break, he can't bring himself to accept it. He's developed serio 3.1kReads8.3Score253Shelves
3. 3 眼 The Blind Fake Young Master Is Weary of Life, but the Tycoon Insists on Spoiling Him 眼盲假少爷厌世，大佬求着宠 Riding Past打马而过Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted The first line's written now. Can you see it? There are extras! Check my profile! [Two male leads + both sexually inexperienced + love at first sight based on looks + instant attraction + mild coercion + bittersweet romance + HE] [World-weary, aloof bottom Lin Qing + top Fu Yuming, who looks down on him at first but later can't stop seeking him out and asking for punishment] At ten, the young genius Lin Qing is kidnapped and left blind in both eyes. From then on, his standing in the family plum 7.3kReads9.3Score958Shelves
4. 4 重 Reborn: The Hated Real Heir Wants Only to Die 重生：万人嫌真少爷一心等死 Spring Dawn at Mingtang明棠春晓Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Xi was the true young master of a wealthy family, but he was accidentally switched at birth. He grew up abused, and the Ye family found him when he was eighteen. He thought he would finally have a loving family and a peaceful life, but instead he was misunderstood and neglected. The Ye family favored the impostor young master, and their cold indifference made Lin Xi lose hope little by little. Then he was kidnapped and abandoned, and poisoned. His heart died, and he left for a distant land. 8.8kReads8.9Score780Shelves
5. 5 万 The Hated Cannon Fodder’s Heart Dies at Last 万人嫌炮灰心死以后 mosterTwo Male Leads223k WordsCompleted Lin Chi went missing as a child and wasn’t found until he was eighteen. After returning to his biological family, Lin Chi tried every way he could think of to win over his parents and brothers, but in their eyes, everything he did was driven by ulterior motives. It wasn’t until he was twenty-four, after falling into the water and being rescued, that he realized he was nothing more than a cannon-fodder character in a wealthy-family wish-fulfillment novel. The novel’s protagonist was the adopted s 1.3kReads8.9Score100Shelves
6. 6 小 The Young Master Is Reborn and Wants Nothing but to Wait for Death 小少爷重生后一心等死 Startled Bird Enters a Dream惊鸟入梦Two Male Leads485k WordsCompleted [Reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + happy ending][Goofy, fatherly big shot x sickly young master] When Wen Yinuo was five, he got lost while out on a family trip. He wasn’t found until he was sixteen. But in the second year after he went missing, his family had adopted another child to take his place. Even after Wen Yinuo returned, his parents and relatives gave all their tenderness and love to the adopted child, without sparing a bit for him. Everything Wen Yinuo did was even bran 17.1kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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   When he was a child, the male protagonist got lost while traveling with his parents. Not long after, they adopted a child. Later, when the male protagonist returned, he was not liked and everything he did was wrong. So he jumped off a cliff. He felt that life was too bitter and he didn't want to come back.

7. 7 德 Li Tiandi, Revered by All 德高望重李天帝 Waves in the Deep Sea深海浪花Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Complete. Enjoy!] Li Qinghai transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation and discovered that whenever he died, he could be reborn and gain a fortuitous opportunity. So Li Qinghai began doing everything he could to get himself killed. When he saw senior disciples bullying women while junior disciples bowed and scraped, Li Qinghai stepped forward and loudly berated them. When he saw sect elders throwing their weight around while all the disciples trembled in silence, Li Qinghai stepped forwa 6kReads8.1Score523Shelves

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   The protagonist of this book desperately seeks death but fails to die, instead becoming a moral exemplar through his repeated acts of self-sacrifice.

8. 8 穿 After Entering a Bad-End Comic, I Took the Lead in Tearing Up the Script 穿进be漫画后，我带头手撕剧本 Gu Qingying, Who Loves Tench喜欢十间鱼的顾清影Urban679k WordsOngoing [Forum-style posts + mistaken assumptions and exaggerated interpretations + beautiful, strong, and tragic characters + ensemble cast finding redemption + no romance] Yan Qi always felt he’d transmigrated into this world in entirely the wrong way. It was bad enough that he’d ended up in a depressing superpower comic where everyone died. To make matters worse, the ability he awakened, [Words of Absolute Truth], came with a deadly side effect: the more bluntly he spoke while changing cause and ef 150.8kReads9.4Score20.8kShelves

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   It's absolutely gorgeous! Highly recommend it! 😄😄😄

9. 9 每 Someone Worries I’ll Kill Myself Every Day 每天都有人担心我会自杀 Alice's Forest Cottage爱丽丝的森林小屋Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted Lin Qingran died in the cold seawater, her life ending forever at the age of twenty-four. Afterward, the family members closest to her were consumed with regret and got the chance to start over. Can they change her fate this time? And what about the person she couldn’t stop thinking of, even as she died? Will they find their happy ending? Lin Qingran noticed that her family had started acting a little differently. Their annual family meeting had become a quarterly one. Her usually stern grandfa 5.1kReads9.0Score371Shelves

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   I'm so heartbroken, Ranbao is such a wonderful person 😢. A story of redemption.

10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: Don’t Ask. I’m Just Trying to Die 快穿：别问，问就是一心求死 Two Fragrances两香Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow quick transmigration + no romance + short, fast-paced arcs] Ruan Lingling was murdered. She didn't know how she died; all she knew was that her death record had gotten stuck! The Black and White Impermanence were unfazed. They pulled out a System and said, as if this happened all the time, “It's fine. If something goes wrong, just reboot! Here, take this System with you. After dying eighty-one times, surely you'll get it to work.” And so... “Your Majesty, the Empress is trying 527Reads8.8Score102Shelves

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    The only task after transmigrating is to seek death. The story is a dozen or so chapters long, and at most thirty-odd chapters.

11. 11 救 Help! Whose Obsessive Villain Gets Kissed Until He Cries? 救命！谁家偏执反派被亲哭啊 Nan Xiaofei南小非Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [1v1 sweet romance] [Pseudo-transmigration into a book] [A brooding young palace master who wants to die at any time × a demon hostage who grovels and is good at pretending] She transmigrates into the role of the vicious female side character, the foil to the adored heroine of a cultivation novel, and is also the cannon-fodder fiancée of a sinister villain. Worse, the villain is going to dismember her that very night. Faced with the System's unreasonable demands, Ning Xiyuan decides t 11.1kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    The female protagonist desperately wants to die, but she can't. Only when the male protagonist becomes powerful can he kill her. So she makes a deal with him—she helps him become stronger, and then he kills her.

12. 12 我 I’m Determined to Die, So How Did I Become Famous and Successful? 我一心求死，怎么功成名就了？ The Heavenly Court's Little Nobody天庭小卡拉米Historical1.9M WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast + Political Scheming + Menace + Humor + No System + Not Invincible] [This book has a martial arts power system, but the protagonist has no combat skills. If you only like effortless power fantasies, please look elsewhere.] After nine lifetimes of reincarnation, Mu Qingbai has just one more to go before he can return to his homeland with everything accumulated over all ten lives. Falsely accused and thrown in prison from the start, he is about to be executed after autumn. He’s read 19.2kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    I'm totally hooked on these two books! They're both comedies; the first is a battle of wits, and the second is a tale of wits and humor. Trust me, you won't regret it.

13. 13 这 This Emperor Is Not Only Lazy, He’s Also Rude 这个皇帝不仅摆烂，还没有素质 Three Jin of Grapes三斤葡萄Historical1.9M WordsCompleted Ying Yi transmigrated into a strange dynasty and became an emperor! But Ying Yi had no desire to be emperor. All he wanted was to find a reasonable way to die and abdicate as soon as possible, so he could go back and inherit his hundreds of billions in wealth! So he set out on a path of nonstop suicide by bad decisions! Politics is all about compromise, but Ying Yi never compromises! The empress dowager wreaking havoc in the harem? He chews her out! The literary, lovesick empress? He chews her o 95.1kReads9.2Score9.5kShelves
14. 14 被 Forced to Become the Hot-Blooded Manga Hero, He Faked His Death on the Spot 被迫成为热血漫主角后他直接死遁 A Moon Rabbit一只月兔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance] [No Female Lead] [Hot-Blooded Shonen] [Everyone Is Evil] [The Protagonist Is a Genuine Villain, With No Redemption] [Ensemble Cast] The hot-blooded shonen manga Villain's Fate is a blend of excitement, warmth, laid-back fun, and comedy. Its polished art, unexpected plot twists, and characters who leave readers aching for what might have been have earned it a devoted following. However, the author went on hiatus at the story's climax and stayed away for three years. Then, after three 22.1kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    This looks good 🍉

15. 15 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, the Villain Only Wanted to Die 穿书后反派他一心求死 Qing Lan清澜Two Male Leads801k WordsCompleted Complete Please add my other story in the same series, The Villain Only Wants to Destroy the World After Transmigrating into a Book, to your reading list ❤️ ☞ 1v1, both pure ☞ Death-seeking, world-weary bottom × arrogant, darkening male lead top After killing himself, he is bound to a System and transmigrates into the novel Arrogant as Ye Zhen, the villainous senior disciple. Forced to complete a mission to repair the world, the villain has no desire to keep living, much less accept the mission. 748Reads6.8Score100Shelves

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    After committing suicide and being bound to a system, he transmigrated into the body of Ye Zhen, the villainous senior brother in the novel "Arrogance." Forced to undertake a mission to repair the world, he, the villain, didn't want to live, much less accept the mission… System: Please, live on, waah! Ye Zhen expressionlessly did what a villain should do: bully the male lead, harass his underlings, steal his opportunities, steal his pets… He said, "The world is a circle; destruction is for rebirth…"

16. 16 咸 A Lazybones Begs for Death, but Becomes the Capital's Beloved Instead 咸鱼求死，被迫成为京城白月光 Little Tomatoio小番茄ioAncient Romance350k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder character, with certain death as her reward? What a stroke of luck! Su Qingqian, a former overworked corporate drone who had worked herself to death in her previous life, was ecstatic. A sacrificial burial, you say? At last, this incredible good fortune has come my way! To die faster and with more dignity, I set out to get myself killed. I tried to pick a fight with the all-powerful Regent, but through a twist of fate, I became the lifesaving hero 56Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Babies, if you love reading about female protagonists courting death, this book is definitely worth checking out! The female lead is obsessed with dying, but the more she does, the stronger she becomes. The other characters also have incredibly vivid imaginations, transforming into love-struck fantasists and turning into their "white moonlight" (ideal lovers)! 😆

17. 17 我 I Really Want to Die 我真的想死啊 Xiao Juyue小居月Eastern Fantasy288k WordsOngoing [A slice-of-life, light-novel style story] From the start, Ning Bai joins a test for an immortal sect, displays peerless talent, and learns that he will become invincible after he dies! So he begins desperately trying to get himself killed. But as time goes by, he realizes something is off. Heavenly Calamity Lone Star: “Only Brother Ning Bai is kind to me. I can't hold him back. I'll get stronger and protect him!” Empress of a fallen clan: “He is my hope of reclaiming the throne. I absolutely wo 32Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    The first book's opening is hilarious! 🔥 ① The protagonist accidentally transmigrates to another world ten years ago. After ten years of hard study, he finally becomes the top scholar in the imperial examination, only to see people flying in the sky. He's a little confused 🌿, but then decisively runs away to seek immortality. After finally entering the immortal sect ✨, he awakens his memories. He was originally an extremely powerful being, but because he was too invincible, he felt bored and set a rule for himself: if he dies in this world, he will instantly return to become an all-powerful being, but he cannot do it himself 🌿

18. 18 开 I Rebuke the Court from the Start, Even Though I Really Want to Die 开局怒斥群臣，我是真的很想死 Old Cat Potato土豆老猫Eastern Fantasy274k WordsCompleted Lin Huai transmigrates and becomes a fifth-rank Vice Director in the Ministry of Rites of the Great Zhao Dynasty. On the very day he arrives, the court officials switch sides and corner the emperor in the palace. As Lin Huai wonders how to keep himself out of it, he unexpectedly activates a System within him: die, and grow stronger! Since the System’s missions forbid him from taking his own life, Lin Huai has no choice but to find increasingly reckless ways to get himself killed. He steps forwar 46Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 不 Why Is It So Hard to Die?! 不是，为什么我想死都这么难啊！ Spring's Murky Verse春抒浊Urban174k WordsCompleted My latest work is now available! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to keep writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 开 Stabbed Three Times from the Start, I Really Want to Die 开局被捅三刀，我是真的求死 Xiao Shizi小十子Eastern Fantasy441k WordsCompleted [System, fantasy, invincible, scheming] Bai Qian gets a System from the start that makes him invincible after death. What will he choose to do? Ji Chen: “A bronze mirror shows a man's appearance, while Bai, my esteemed subject, shows the way a nation rises and falls. With your unyielding integrity and frank remonstrations, you are the most loyal and upright official in all of Great Jin.” A certain immortal sect leader: “Young friend Bai, speak your mind without fear of death. You have returned t 19Reads6.1Score—Shelves
21. 21 开 I Cursed Out the Prince from the Start, and Now I Really Want to Die 开局怒怼亲王，我真的想死 Brother Longan桂圆哥哥Eastern Fantasy373k WordsCompleted Lin Feng transmigrated to the Xuantian Continent and activated a System. As long as he died, he would immediately become the strongest Great Emperor under heaven. Great Zhou's Empress: “When my imperial uncle rebelled and everyone turned against me, Lin Feng was the first to stand up for me and shield me. Having a minister like Lin Feng is my good fortune, and the good fortune of Great Zhou.” Saintess: “When the Immortal Sect hunted me, Lin Feng risked becoming its enemy and being killed by them 130Reads8.4Score—Shelves
22. 22 修 Cultivation: I Really Just Want to Die for a Little While! 修仙：我真的只是想死一下啊！ A Trace of Dust一抹尘埃Eastern Fantasy266k WordsOngoing [Comedy] [Cultivation] [Exploiting Bugs] [No Female Lead] Su Xinghe transmigrates into the Cultivation world and discovers that every time he dies, he can start over and keep stacking buffs until he reaches the top. And so begins Su Xinghe’s indescribable, long journey of trying to get himself killed. Someone is abusing their power, bullying men and women, and humiliating fellow disciples? Su Xinghe: “Let that boy or girl go, and come after me!” Someone is throwing their weight around, taking br 3Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 开 I Rammed the Imperial Procession from the Start, and I Really Did Want to Die 开局冲撞圣驾，我是真的想死 Wang Lufei Ah王路飞啊Eastern Fantasy275k WordsCompleted Wu Zhi transmigrates to another world, where he can become the Heavenly Emperor if he dies! So he starts recklessly trying to get himself killed. But before long, he realizes something about this world just isn't right. Empress of Dali: "Wu Zhi risked offending the imperial carriage to prove his resolve with his life. I will protect him at all costs!" Powerful court official: "Though you stand against me, you are upright and fearless of death. I can't bring myself to harm you with underhanded ta 5Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is Determined to Die 快穿：宿主她一心求死 Nine Thousand Years九千岁Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Troubled girl Ruan Xiaoli committed suicide, then inexplicably got bound to something that called itself a System. It said, “What’s the fun in dying? I’ll take you to three thousand worlds to be the villain, destroy heaven and earth, and unleash chaos and bloodshed.” Ruan Xiaoli thought that sounded pretty interesting, so she agreed. But... hey, hey, hey! System, wasn’t the deal that I’d just play the villain? I’d destroy heaven and earth, then once I got bored, the world’s male lead would kill 13.2kReads9.5Score1.4kShelves
25. 25 开 From the Start, I Begged for Death and Cursed the Entire Court 开局求死，我大骂文武百官 Xiao Yeke小野格Historical283k WordsCompleted Lin Ning transmigrates to the Great Zhou and unexpectedly awakens a System that makes him stronger every time he dies! Lin Ning thinks, “This is easy! In these dark times, staying alive is hard, but getting yourself killed is simple!” From the start, he faces officials besieging the palace. Lin Ning stands boldly and furiously berates the civil and military officials. “Come on, kill me! Hurry up and kill me!” he thinks to himself. Who would have thought things wouldn’t go his way? The female emp 153Reads8.2Score—Shelves
26. 26 直 Livestream: Executed from the Start, I Report Myself Just to Die 直播：开局被斩，举报我只求一死 Seven Punishments七刑Eastern Fantasy110k WordsCompleted [No female lead] The strong rule, while the weak are no more than ants. Kill them if you feel like it! Jiang Ye transmigrated to the Great Wilderness, only to find himself stuck with crippled meridians. Anyone could pin him down with a single finger. Fortunately, he got a livestream System, and this System was something else... Whenever danger came, he could... randomly select a viewer from the livestream to take the fatal blow for him. Jiang Ye grinned from ear to ear, eyes burning as he looked —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 系 The System Granted Me Eternal Life, but I Only Want to Die 系统赐我长生，可我却只想寻死 Dreaming of a Thousand Turns梦绕千回Eastern Fantasy706k WordsCompleted The purpose of cultivation is to attain longevity and prove the Dao. Ordinary people live no more than a hundred years, while cultivators live no more than ten thousand. But Chen Yun transmigrates into this world and awakens a System that tells him he has become immortal, the kind that cannot die or be destroyed. It loudly promises, “Rest assured, Host. If you die, I’ll send you straight back to your original world.” Chen Yun doesn’t believe it and wants to go home, so he kills himself. Less tha 8.8kReads7.9Score915Shelves
28. 28 开 From the Start, I Rebuked the Demon Emperor and Begged for Death! 开局怒斥魔帝，只求一死！ Young Master Lin Through the Years岁月林少Eastern Fantasy844k WordsCompleted In the Tianwu Sacred Dynasty, the lowly seventh-rank civil official Su Qian turns out to be the reincarnation of an Immortal Emperor from the Upper Realm. Eager to die as soon as possible, he immediately regains his Immortal Emperor form and sets about courting death: berating the Demon Emperor in court, executing treacherous ministers before the sovereign, challenging famous marquises and generals in the army, and charging alone into the Demon Sect. Before long, Su Qian realizes something is wr 13Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 玄 Xuanhuan: I Try Desperately to Get Myself Killed, While My Family Tries Desperately to Protect Me 玄幻：我拼命作死，家族拼命护短 Peony芍药Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Lu Qian spends every day courting death and making countless enemies. But he has an Emperor father and the entire Lu Imperial Clan protecting him! Everyone believes he is a good-for-nothing, but they don't know that The more he courts death, the stronger he gets! Three thousand secret arts? I know them all! Imperial clan treasures? I'll take every last one! You think the imperial clan is protecting me? Actually, I'm the one protecting the imperial clan! 186Reads5.7Score—Shelves
30. 30 殿 Your Highness, Stop Trying to Get Yourself Killed 殿下别作死了 Nuomi Doesn't Eat Chicken糯米不吃鸡Historical474k WordsOngoing [No CP ~ Short-Tempered Brat and His Hapless Master] Zhou Xu had gone out for a night of drinking and womanizing, but when he returned, the Eastern Palace was gone. After being caned outside Zhaohua Gate, he was kicked out of the capital and conned his way into getting a teacher as his master. “Fine, fine! Being the boss of a band of mountain bandits is great too!” “I see your skin's itching for a beating.” 215Reads9.3Score—Shelves
31. 31 我 Book Transmigration: Every Day, I Try to Get Myself Killed in Front of the Male Lead 【穿书】我每天都在男主面前作死 Second Bai, the Young Hero二白少侠Two Male Leads215k WordsCompleted A silver-tongued, cowardly beauty × a cold, sinister, scheming man One-on-one, mutually devoted Su Yan is accidentally sucked into a book and, through a strange twist of fate, mistaken for the “young lady” of Tiger’s Roar Manor. He is forced to marry Mo Chengjue, the dreaded leader of the Demonic Cult. Bound to a “Daredevil” System, Su Yan must complete the mission of helping Mo Chengjue become leader of the martial world, all while obeying the System’s commands at every turn and testing the li 20Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 请 Your Majesty, Please Sentence Me to Death 请陛下赐臣死罪 Little Shakespeare小莎士比亚Historical125k WordsOngoing [No System + Comedy + Misunderstandings + Political scheming] Wang Xuan realized that if he got himself killed, he could become a god, so he started recklessly courting death. He cursed the dog emperor to his face in court, tore up an imperial edict, and argued against every scholar in the land. But somehow, he survived it all. “Wang Xuan is truly a gentleman!” “How could such a loyal subject be allowed to die unjustly?” “Compared to Wang Xuan, we're nothing but swine and dogs!” The more Wang Xu 93Reads6.2Score—Shelves
33. 33 论 After Binding the Death-Seeking System 论绑定作死系统之后 Long Dianmo龍点墨Two Male Leads419k WordsCompleted Xu Xibai had been blessed with fair skin, striking looks, and long legs from an early age. He was also a top student, the kind of kid every parent wished they had. He even ranked first in science across the province on the college entrance exam, then followed his original plan and enrolled at one of the country's top universities for science and engineering. Almost everyone around him was sure he had a brilliant future ahead of him after graduation. He thought so too. But then... Ding! “Congratu 6Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 不 After Constantly Trying to Get Myself Killed, I Became Everyone's Favorite 不断作死后我成了团宠 October Frost十月有霜Two Male Leads328k WordsCompleted Lin Yanchu transmigrates into a book, changing from a tragic-novel supporting character into a cannon fodder character in a feel-good power fantasy. Now he has a shady System reminding him that he has to follow the plot. System: You're a wicked cannon-fodder character. You have to keep sabotaging things until the protagonist, Sheng Qi, turns evil. In the end, he'll take terrible revenge on you. Lin Yanchu: ...I'm tired. Just erase me from the story. System: Once you're beaten to death, I'll g 105Reads8.8Score—Shelves
35. 35 不 After Constantly Trying to Get Myself Killed, I Became the Cultivation World's Beloved 不断作死后，成了修真界的心尖宠 Wine on the Lips沾唇酒Two Male Leads403k WordsCompleted Nan Jingmo, an ordinary office drone, transmigrates into a cultivation world teeming with overachievers. He becomes the universally hated junior granduncle of the Ruthless Dao Sect, the greatest sect in the land, and is bound to a death-seeking System. The System tells him that if he dies a normal death, he can earn a modest two hundred million and go home. So Nan Jingmo sets off on his quest to die. The trouble is, although this junior granduncle is useless at everything else, he's incredibly d 536Reads8.4Score109Shelves
36. 36 开 I Made a Fatal Blunder from the Start, and the Demon Emperor Got a Thousand-Year Kill! 开局作大死，魔帝被我千年杀！ God Luo Tianzheng神丶罗天征Eastern Fantasy458k WordsOngoing [A master of courting death]+ [A shameless, obnoxious protagonist]+ [Funny and lighthearted]+ [Absurd fun]+ [No saintly do-gooder]+ [Empress] Xiao Yi transmigrates to the Canglan Continent and awakens a Courting Death System. From then on, he starts living a life of courting death with no oars and nothing but reckless swagger. If there's someone nobody else dares mess with, I'll do it! If there's someone nobody else dares rein in, I'll handle it! In short, if someone else can handle it, I want t 50Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    [Master of courting death] + [A cheeky protagonist] + [Funny and lighthearted] + [Abstract humor] + [Not a saint] + [Empress] Xiao Yi transmigrates to the Canglan Continent, awakens a death-seeking system, and begins a life of reckless abandon, rowing without oars. Those others dare not touch, I will touch! Those others dare not manage, I will manage! In short, what others can manage, I will manage; what they cannot manage, I will manage even more—a life of courting death! Facing the invincible ferocious beast, the Roaring Sky Tiger, while others are silent and fearful, Xiao Yi runs over and rings its bell. Facing the overwhelming power of the Demon Emperor, while others tremble and tremble in terror, Xiao Yi directly circles around and kills him. Facing the peerless human empress, while others bow down in worship, treating her like a god, Xiao Yi pulls her into his arms and kisses her deeply. "Ding! Gained 100,000 Death-Seeking Points, which can be exchanged for Azure Dragon Transformation (Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon, World Honored Earth Treasury!)" "Ding! Gained 10 million Death-Seeking Points, which can be exchanged for Nine Heavens Burial God Fist (Burying Heaven and Earth, and Burying Gods!)" "Ding! Gained 30 million Death-Seeking Points, which can be exchanged for Star River Great Shift (A sky full of stars, but only three inches away from my feet!)" Xiao Yi: Actually, I refused to seek death at first, but seeking death is just too tempting, and I really can't find a reason to refuse.

37. 37 报 Your Majesty, the Heir Apparent Is Trying to Get Himself Killed Again 报告陛下，世子殿下又在作死了 Chu River, Han Border楚河汉界Historical2.6M WordsCompleted This book is also known as The Great Qian Dynasty's Number One Spendthrift and Rising to Lordship and High Office. Xu An transmigrates to the Great Qian Dynasty and becomes its number one spendthrift. He only wants to lie flat, make a little money, and flirt with pretty girls in his spare time. But people keep taking offense at him and trying to kill him. Fine. If you won't let me live in peace, don't blame me for what comes next! So he ties up a princess, swindles the officials, rebukes foreign 5.6kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
38. 38 鄙 I, for One, Specialize in Getting Myself Killed 鄙人独善作死 As Long as the Green Hills Remain苟得青山在Urban2.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world, he obtains a Hatred Absorption System. He has to absorb hatred to increase his combat power. Well, then, my apologies, everyone. Hey, sis over there! Have you eaten? If not, take this punch! 24.9kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
39. 39 我 I Only Tried to Get Myself Killed Once, and I’m Rewarded with a Chaos Constitution? 我才作死一次，就奖励混沌体？ A Stranger in the Mortal World陌路红尘Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [System + Scheming + Comedy + Subverting Expectations + Daring to Die] Lin Bei transmigrates to the Desolate Ancient Continent and gets himself a Super Dare-to-Die System. From then on, if there’s a way to die, he’ll take it. And if there isn’t, he’ll make one! A wild Saintess has appeared up ahead? Lin Bei: Leave her to me! Everyone who enters the Desolate Ancient Secret Realm is doomed to die? Lin Bei: Leave it to me! An immortal has descended, and his mount is a plump, gorgeous crane at the p 5.6kReads8.3Score618Shelves
40. 40 疯 How Did I Become the Light of Humanity After Constantly Trying to Get Myself Killed? 疯狂作死的我居然成了人族之光？ Sharp Tune呛调Eastern Fantasy519k WordsCompleted Zhou Yunkai, a young man plagued by hemorrhoids, accidentally transmigrates to the Azure Dragon Continent and awakens the Ultimate Daredevil System. The System tells him that this is the final lifetime of the Reincarnation Emperor’s cultivation across countless lives. As long as he lives out this life, he will awaken as the strongest Reincarnation Emperor in all the worlds. But to ensure his cultivation is complete, he cannot kill himself or deliberately get himself killed. If a death is judged 521Reads8.4Score124Shelves
41. 41 疯 Mad Court Historian, Empress, Please Sentence Me to Death! 疯批史官，请女帝赐死！ I Have Heard of High Antiquity朕闻上古Historical459k WordsOngoing In the Great Qian Dynasty, the first year of the Jiayou reign. An empress has ascended the throne, and the empire faces turmoil within and threats abroad. The court is rife with unrest, while foreign powers watch hungrily from beyond the borders. Just then, Lu Chuan arrives. Not only is he born with tremendous strength, but, for some inexplicable reason, he also becomes the Great Qian’s chief court historian. After confirming that he’ll be able to go home and inherit a fortune worth billions onc 20Reads5.3Score—Shelves
42. 42 系 The System Made Me Immortal, So I Keep Trying to Get Myself Killed 系统赐我不死，我就四处作死 Madly Writing, Forgetting the Dust忘尘狂书Urban188k WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaojian transmigrated with the [Immortal Body] bestowed on him by the System! He arrived in a parallel world called [Blue Star], overrun by [Night Demons]. Since the System gave me immortality, I’ll go looking for trouble everywhere! So what if they’re Night Demons? What do Night Demon contracts matter? I’m immortal, so stand your ground and hit me as hard as you can! Don’t you dare try to take me down with you. My life is endless! Psychics? Night Demons? Sorry, none of you are any match 36Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Young Cow Squad Gets So Worked Up Listening to Gossip 盗墓：嫩牛五方听八卦听红温了 Mu Xing Yu牧星宇Two Male Leads216k WordsCompleted [Doesn’t affect the plot + serious OOC + Hei as the CP + the Young Beef Five have mind-reading powers + female lead + long-lived young noblewoman transmigrates into a Zhang woman] Don’t ask. The platform’s tags are just wrong. Mu Qi has made up her mind: I’m here, so just pretend I never came. Thanks. She sets up a stall, looks up, and finds herself in front of a blind massage parlor. Hei Xiazi? She goes shopping and runs into Xie Yuchen in a pink suit? The Young Beef Five: Something’s wrong! * 6.7kReads8.8Score654Shelves

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    (Not a dual male lead story, due to platform issues) The female lead appears lively on the surface but secretly desires death. She is saved by Hei Xiazi. The couple is Hei Xiazi; it's a mutual journey of redemption. 😳

44. 44 假 The Fake Heiress Keeps Courting Death, and Her Sisters’ Personas Fall Apart 假千金疯狂作死，姐姐们人设崩了 Yao Yiyi钥依依Modern Romance274k WordsCompleted [Funny and Lighthearted + Pampered by Everyone + Sweet Romance + Cuddles + Soft, Cute Heroine + Past and Present Lives] Not long after Mu Qingyao landed a job at a top company, she got into a car accident. When she opened her eyes, she had become the fake heiress of a wealthy family and was bound to System 02. Her mission: act recklessly, and she could earn a hundred million yuan to take home. So she went on a rampage: She tore up the notes of her top-student fourth older sister. She disrupted h 2.3kReads9.2Score241Shelves
45. 45 穿 I Became a Cold and Aloof Master, but I'm a Pervert 穿成清冷师尊，可我是变态啊 Grape and Blueberry Juice葡萄蓝莓汁Two Male Leads554k WordsCompleted [Two men, no female lead + cultivation + forced love and imprisonment + seemingly aloof but secretly wicked master as the recipient + deranged, sinister rebellious disciple as the pursuer] Xie Yi seems aloof on the surface, but in private, he is an extreme pretty-boy addict. After dying, he transmigrates into a book and must play a cold, selfish master who envies his chosen disciple, the Son of Destiny, for his talent and wants to seize his opportunities. Xie Yi: So clichéd. No thanks. System: ? 1.9kReads9.1Score337Shelves

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    If you look at the later parts of this book, you'll probably be able to figure it out.

46. 46 痛 Slashing Through Pain to Slay the Gods 痛苦斩斩斩斩斩斩斩斩斩斩斩神 Sheep Sheep Is Lazy羊羊很懒Male-Channel Fanfiction674k WordsOngoing [Godslayer + Immortality + Insomnia + Keep half your brain to yourself] Zhou An transmigrated into the world of Godslayer and developed a disease called [Insomnia]. He went a whole year without sleeping, and neither the doctors nor the Night Watch could do anything about it. So he decided to kill himself. But after trying, he discovered that he seemed to have gained the ability of [Immortality]. For most people, [Immortality] might be an incredible power, something they'd dream of having. But fo 1.7kReads8.2Score198Shelves

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    It's so beautiful, especially the line "Faith never dies, the Great Xia Dynasty endures forever."

47. 47 笑 Ha! The Bug Hater Transmigrates Into a Zerg Novel 笑，当讨厌虫子的人穿进虫子文 Kong Kong Kong Kong Kong Kong Kong Lu Yu空空空空空空空麓欲Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted (Main story complete; bonus chapters updated whenever inspiration strikes. Proceed with caution, you may get emotionally wrecked. This is the author's personal ship.) [The male lead has no pairing in the main story, but there is unrequited love for the protagonist in the bonus chapters + interstellar + academy + mecha + scrolling comments + original insectoid worldbuilding: anthropomorphic insects + light, easy reading + shifting perspectives] - Content warning: The author doesn't even know what 839Reads8.7Score102Shelves

    Reader note

    The low rating is because it's a new book; it's marketed as a dual-male protagonist book but actually has no romantic pairing.

48. 48 觉 I Awakened the Death-Seeking System: It Doesn't Act Human at All! 觉醒作死系统：系统完全不当人！ Cold and Ruthless Young Master冷酷大公子Eastern Fantasy170k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted tone] [Real System + fake System] [Not a brainless power fantasy] [Passionate] Other people's Systems are afraid their Hosts will die too soon. Lu Chen's self-destruct System, on the other hand, can't wait to send him to his grave with its own hands. Until, during one near-fatal battle, another System awakened inside Lu Chen, one that truly belonged to him… 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this novel about courting death [Added to bookshelf].

49. 49 被 After She Could Hear People's Thoughts, She Went on a Rampage and Flattened Everyone! 被读心后，她发疯创飞所有人！ Yun Hao云茠Modern Romance199k WordsCompleted A friendly reminder: Read the synopsis!!! The female lead really is completely unhinged! If you can't handle that, don't read! (The whole novel is complete.) Perfect for people whose mental state is as beautiful as mine! [Slight Comedy + Memes + System + No CP + Mind Reading + A “Crazy” and “Ruthless” Female Lead Who Wants to Die + Groveling Regret + Unhinged Prose + Foreshadowing] Sheng Qingxiao is a slacker who wants nothing more than to die. Just as she's about to get her wish, she's bound by 144Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    Sheng Qingxiao: I have a very strong desire to die. Can you help me fulfill it?

50. 50 暴 The Tyrant Breaks Down as the Little Palace Maid Kills Herself at the Drop of a Hat 暴君崩溃，小宫女一言不合就自鲨 Tani Ayako多谷彩子Ancient Romance364k WordsCompleted Hao Xiangsi is beaten to death as soon as she transmigrates into a book. The heroine tries to make her take the blame, so she goes berserk and stabs the heroine to death. The heroine comes back to life, and she stabs her again. In the end, the heroine's halo is stabbed away, and the tyrant banishes her to the Cold Palace. Shi Jingyan: I really want to kill this palace maid. I've watched her kill one of my consorts nearly twenty times, and I can't stop her. And whenever that consort dies, the en 2.5kReads9.1Score405Shelves

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    The female lead is obsessed with death, constantly courting death, and keeps being reborn. She's vengeful and can't stand being taken advantage of. The male lead is devastated because if the female lead dies, he dies too. 🤦🤦🤦

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