Looking for No-Romance Period Novels, Either With a Single Male Lead or a Single Female Lead 求无cp年代文，单男主或单女主都可

1. 1 赔 The Compensation System Is Only Available for One Year 赔偿的系统只有一年使用期限 Three Colors三采Modern Romance105k WordsOngoing [Content warning: slow-paced, heroine grows over time; not a story about an invincible heroine; currently planned to have no romance] Su Qiu grew up in an uneventful way. Just before graduating from university, she was unlucky enough to get trapped in a time loop. Fortunately, the Main God System eventually found her and let her out, compensating her with a life sign-in System. But before Su Qiu could celebrate, she was told that the System could only be used for one year... Though she was speec 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   All three books are non-romanceable. The first one is unfinished but incredibly good. It currently follows a different formula from other novels on the market; it's a completely different genre. The second one is a period drama. The female lead is a reincarnated character with no memories. Later, she awakens her powers, and her cheat ability is the Douyin (TikTok) app. However, she can only watch videos and uses them to help the police solve cases in that era.

2. 2 九 The 1990s: I Solve Cases by Watching Douyin Videos 九零年代：我靠刷抖音视频破案 I Really Love Spicy Crawfish我爱麻辣小龙虾啦Modern Romance497k WordsCompleted With a virtual Douyin app connected to the internet of the future, Sang Shiqing awakens memories of her past life in the 1990s! … On the first day after regaining her memories, Sang Shiqing spends the whole night watching videos about criminal law. Early the next morning, she comes face-to-face with a serial killer at the entrance to her workplace. Her first move is to report him… … After being bullied into going to the countryside to collect material, she finds herself in a scenic mountain vi 964Reads8.4Score101Shelves
3. 3 穿 After Coming to the Modern World, I Thrive Through Metaphysics 穿到现代后，我靠玄学风生水起 Milk Tea Must Have Mango Pomelo Sago奶茶要喝杨枝甘露Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted Just as Yu Nanyi learned to talk, an old Daoist came to her door. He said she was the chosen one destined to maintain the world’s stability, and that he wanted to take her as his disciple, train her properly, and have her protect the world in the future. Little Yu Nanyi became the old Daoist’s disciple in a daze. Oh well, she might as well learn. The old Daoist really did have some skills. But nobody told her that learning his skills meant she’d have to transmigrate! She hadn’t had enough of bei 90Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: Bouncing Around in the Gossip Fields Every Day! 直播算命：天天在瓜田里蹦跶！ A Cowering Introvert蜷缩的社恐Modern Romance496k WordsCompleted [No romance + episodic stories + the supernatural + livestreaming + transmigrate into a book + fortune-telling, face-reading, and ghost-catching] The moment Meng Sheng opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book and taken the place of a cannon-fodder character with the same name. But what greeted her was a suitcase drifting down the river, wrapped in layer upon layer of shackles, with a ghost floating above it... Meng Sheng: “Same old rhythm, same old feeling! Even the ghosts look quite a 10.6kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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   Look, it's really beautiful 👀

5. 5 直 Livestream Fortune-Telling: From the Start, I Sponsored Grandpa's Underworld Startup 直播算命：开局赞助爷爷地府创业 Osmanthus of August, Gui'an八月桂安Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Showbiz] A metaphysical master fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a universally hated, C-list villainess. To pay off her breach-of-contract fees, Ji He starts livestreaming fortune-telling. A viewer with dark circles under his eyes calls in: “Streamer, why do I dream every night that my grandpa is telling me to burn joss paper?” Ji He: “Your grandpa's starting a business down below. He's short on cash.” Viewer: “...” On 44.2kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves
6. 6 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起 Sweet and Sour Orange Fish糖醋橙子鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia 7.5kReads9.0Score768Shelves

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   These two books are ones I've read and found to be excellent; I recommend them to you! The female protagonist, Shan Shan, is incredibly strong, and her courageous attitude in facing everything is very appealing!

7. 7 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 86kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves
8. 8 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 78kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves

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   Both books are good; the male and female leads are both intelligent.

9. 9 七 1970s Marriage Swap: I'd Rather Marry the Factory Director Than a Roughneck 七零换亲：不嫁糙汉嫁厂长 Napping in the Shade Beneath the Grain禾下乘凉呀Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Jiang Li, a little rich girl who collects rent in Yue City, opens her eyes and finds herself back in the 1970s, as a pitiful girl in a period novel who goes hungry every day. The good news: she’s become the female lead, and the man she’s supposed to marry will become the richest man in the country. The bad news: before he becomes rich, she’ll have to struggle alongside him for twenty years. No way! She can’t take that kind of hardship! As it happens, her cousin wakes up one morning and insists o 2.2kReads8.7Score217Shelves
10. 10 你 You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl 212.5kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves

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    So far, it's a single female lead, who is extremely wealthy and possesses many magical treasures. It's a satisfying read.

11. 11 七 The 1970s: Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder, I Sold the Family Home to Go to the Countryside 七零：穿成炮灰把家卖了去下乡 Tang Xia棠夏Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Seventies setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + sent down to the Northeast countryside + no goody-two-shoes heroine + incredible martial prowess + doted on by everyone + everyday family life + building wealth + making money + crushing scumbags She woke up to find herself transmigrated into a book as a minor character with no parents. What! This character is also a hopeless romantic? How annoying! When has Lu Wensheng ever needed anyone else to tell her how to live? With a pocke 58.1kReads8.9Score6.5kShelves

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    No romantic pairing, female lead transmigrates, second female lead is reborn, super good.

12. 12 快 Quick Transmigration Era: I'm Just a Laid-Back Player 快穿年代：我只是个生活流玩家 Fusang Tree扶桑树Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Alternate-history eras + quick transmigration + slice-of-life System + no fixed couple for now Before being reborn, Hanzhi hears a humble yet stubborn plea: “Please bind with me. I can give you a second life, too!” After drifting for a long time, the slice-of-life System 444, saddled with an ominous code name, thinks it has finally found the perfect Host: Hanzhi, an extraordinarily unlucky person who died young after a careless underworld official mistakenly snatched her soul, then kept her in t 3kReads8.7Score215Shelves

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    I've been reading a historical fiction novel recently, and it's really good and exciting! 👍👍👍

13. 13 小 The Little Sweetheart Is a Big Shot 小娇娇是大佬 It's Nice, Not Naisi是奈斯不是耐思Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Parallel World + Period Drama + Spies + One-on-One Romance + Superpowers] After taking a short nap, apocalyptic survivor Chu Xin wakes up to find she has transmigrated into the body of a girl in 1960s China who shares her name. The original girl's parents and grandfather had been sent away to the countryside, and she was about to be sent down herself. Then someone followed her, she hit her head, and died on the spot. When she opened her eyes again, someone else had taken over her body. Being se 8.7kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
14. 14 七 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves

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    The couple believed that it was better to harm others than to waste their own lives; it's quite a funny piece of writing.

15. 15 重 Back to the 1960s: I Can’t Keep My Superpower a Secret 重回60年代：我的异能藏不住了 Heavenly Official's Blessing天倌赐福Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Era setting + reborn + pocket dimension + transmigration + stockpiling supplies + lighthearted + no harem Gu Yunyang transmigrated from the apocalypse back to 1960, into the body of a man who shared his name and had been switched at birth. He also saw the man's entire life. In his previous life, the child who had been switched at birth discovered the truth. With famine raging, he couldn't bear the hunger and came back to claim his place, leaving Gu Yunyang as the awkward impostor son. To avoid b 18.3kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves

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    There are also many funny parts.

16. 16 八 I Woke Up in the 1980s with Seven Kids, and My Wicked Mother-in-Law Fainted in Terror 八零睁眼七个娃，恶婆婆吓撅过去 Red Robe赤衣Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, System, lucky charm, wealth and prosperity, food, raising children, everyday family life, lighthearted comedy, daily life] After a car accident, Cheng Wenyin wakes up as a nasty mother-in-law in a small fishing village in the 1980s. She opens her eyes to three daughters-in-law, seven grandchildren, and a youngest son who is bedridden and paralyzed. The shock knocks her out cold. Only after binding to a System does she realize she’s transmigrated into a period novel. The System’s 1.4kReads8.4Score160Shelves

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    A very inspiring old lady, it's a pity she only has one son. It would be better if the difficulty were increased, like the two seriously injured sons who could be saved. The writing is a bit too easy, like fighting a monster. Also, the price of fish is getting higher and higher, it's outrageous. The difficulty should be increased too, making it easy to earn a thousand or eight hundred a day 😅😅😅

17. 17 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3kShelves

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    There's no romantic pairing, and each character is very vivid, making it perfect for watching when you're tired. I've already watched it five, six, seven, or eight times! 😳👍👍👍

18. 18 赶 Mountain Foraging: National Treasures Bring Their Families and Won't Leave Me Alone 赶山日常：被国宝拖家带口赖上 Hearthside Sugar Porridge炉火糖粥丶Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Tomato's No. 1 mountain-life novel + livestreaming mountain adventures + super adorable animal companions + fast-paced wish fulfillment + cozy, relaxing vibes] Green hills and clear waters, spring in full bloom. A little courtyard and a few acres of good farmland. Tired of the noise and bustle of the city, Chen Bei returns to his mountain village to enjoy a carefree country life. But to his surprise... On his very first day in the mountains, a pregnant panda mom latches onto him and gives 8kReads9.3Score923Shelves

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    The male protagonist, tired of the hustle and bustle of the city, returns to a rural life. The story revolves around his adventures to help his hometown develop, and he has a good relationship with the animals. 🥰 It's a great read.

19. 19 我 Making Art in the 1980s 我在八零搞文艺 Leisurely Musings闲情偶寄Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted Female-oriented novel!!! No CP Content warnings: The protagonist's name isn't very pleasant, this isn't a mindless power fantasy, and it touches on topics like literature and philosophy. After transmigrating back to 1981, Gao Xiaosheng has not only gone from a female college student back to an elementary school student, but also has to repeat the entire process of getting into higher education, and has changed from a woman into a man. I really feel like throwing up blood. All I can do is give up 3.1kReads9.3Score284Shelves

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    These are all good. The first one is very well-written, but the ending feels a bit rushed. The second and third books are worth reading together as they have a connection.

20. 20 八 A Fresh Start in the Eighties: No More PUA, Just Making Money 八零重启：拒绝PUA！只想赚钱 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Grandma Shen: I worked so hard raising your dad and his siblings all by myself, and now I have to help him look after the kids and cook, too! What did I do to deserve this? Shen Xiaoya: Grandma, really? Then I definitely won't do anything to deserve that kind of fate. I'll try my best to raise my kids together with someone else! Grandma Shen: … Shen's dad and mom: We aren't very capable, so you kids need to study hard! You'll have to rely on yourselves in the future! Shen Xiaoya: Mom, Dad, don't 17.8kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
21. 21 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.3kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
22. 22 俺 My Name Is Wei Shufen! 俺叫魏淑芬！ Trembling哆哆嗦嗦Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Granny Wei is eighty-eight years old this year. She runs up the mountain every morning without even getting out of breath. Following the water pipe at home, she can climb all the way to the third floor with her bare hands! Wei Shufen, the Ancestor of Xuantian, failed her tribulation and arrived at Mount Dawang. She happened upon Granny Wei, who had just taken her last breath, and became her! After binding to a bragging System, she embarked on the road to the pinnacle of life! When her granddaugh 5.9kReads9.1Score802Shelves
23. 23 穿 After Reborn as a Duke's Old Lady, I Became More Brazen and Much Happier 穿成国公老夫人没素质后开心多了 I Love Cheese我爱芝士Ancient Romance732k WordsCompleted No CP + a heroine who’s done with love, romance, and even menstruation!!! Song Qiyao, a single woman who died from overwork in the modern era, woke up as the old madam of the Duke of Guo’s household in the Great Rui Dynasty. She had no parents, no husband, and no children. Her only adopted son was the current emperor, Emperor Xuanzhi. In the Great Rui Dynasty, she was practically the Empress Dowager. In her previous life, Song Qiyao had spent her whole life striving for financial freedom. At las 6.5kReads8.8Score742Shelves
24. 24 师 After My Master Gave Up, the Entire Sect Became Invincible 师尊摆烂后，全宗门都无敌了 If the Sky Is Clear若是晴空Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Laid-Back Heroine + Everyone Else Works Themselves to the Bone + Ensemble Cast + No CP] Mu Shiyue worked herself to the bone for two lifetimes, only to be struck by lightning while undergoing tribulation. Reborn, she becomes the master of Wanxuan Sect, a small and impoverished sect. The sect may be poor, but her six disciples are good-looking, sweet-spoken, and great at getting things done. She absolutely adores them! She has her disciples train hard: one can make medicine, another can forge ma 5.3kReads9.2Score596Shelves
25. 25 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 36.9kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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    Excellent, highly recommended

26. 26 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves

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    It's a supernatural story about feng shui, without a female lead. The male protagonist starts out alone, gradually making like-minded friends, overcoming obstacles and monsters along the way, and breaking through the fog to seek the truth.

27. 27 千 I Traveled a Thousand Miles to Join My Husband, Only to Be Rejected? The Military Wife Is So Capable, the Nation Has Its Eye on Her 千里奔夫被嫌？军嫂太强国家盯上 Sweet Blossoms on Brocade锦上甜花Modern Romance800k WordsOngoing [Romance] [Military Marriage] [Agricultural Research] [Pride and Prejudice] Renowned agricultural scientist Lin Hongying has become a country girl who traveled a thousand miles to join the army and seek refuge with her fiancé. She is dressed in rags, gaunt and sallow, and seems both unsophisticated and uneducated. Everyone tells her arranged marriages never bring happiness. Everyone looks down on her and despises her. Look down on her? Despise her? So what? She has a heart full of ambition to 6.4kReads9.3Score468Shelves

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    The male leads in these books aren't very prominent, you can check them out 🤔

28. 28 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 101.8kReads9.6Score10.1kShelves
29. 29 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
30. 30 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 67.7kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves

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    I recommend two books without a romantic pairing. Both feature 21st-century elite women who travel back to the 1980s and lead their families to the pinnacle of success. They are both highly-rated novels worth reading!

31. 31 成 Cheng Yi: The Last Fireworks of a Summer Night 成毅：夏夜最后的烟火 Kabudingding卡布叮叮Modern Romance189k WordsOngoing When I lift my head, you’re looking at me, The dazzling fireworks of a summer night reflected in your eyes. A fictionalized, reality-inspired sweet story about Cheng Yi and an unrequited crush. Please don’t take it as real life! Sending love and a bow! 156Reads7.2Score—Shelves
32. 32 天 A Baby Falls from the Sky, and Daddy Says I'm a Dragon 天降奶包，爹爹说我是条龙 Cheng Cheng Qian橙橙千Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone's Darling + Adorable Baby + No Romance] Fu Jinli is a dragon, but his father is human. The emperor of the Great Qi had ruled for six years without an heir, and everyone at court was worried sick. Then one day, the stern emperor sat high upon his throne, cradling a three- or four-year-old toddler in his arms. The little girl wore fine silk clothes and smiled sweetly at everyone she met. The ministers: Wonderful! Heaven has blessed our Great Qi. The little princess beat the Left Chan 33.1kReads9.5Score2.2kShelves
33. 33 穿 Reborn as a Dowry Maid, I Rise to Prominence in the Prince's Manor Through My Son 穿成陪嫁丫鬟，我在王府母凭子贵 Dragon Fruit Growing Toward the Sun火龙果向阳而生Ancient Romance443k WordsCompleted After being pushed off a cliff while trying to break up a fight, Tao Yaoyao takes her last breath and transmigrates, reborn in the vast Hao Han Dynasty in the body of a maid who has been the Princess Consort of Prince Chen's dowry for three years. A little background: On the day of their wedding, Qi Chenyuan left Fan Qianyao just after they had completed the wedding rites and headed south under imperial orders to wipe out river bandits. Three years later, Prince Chen returns victorious to the 9.5kReads8.9Score696Shelves

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    It was alright, I watched the whole thing without skipping any parts.

34. 34 重 Reborn in the Interstellar Era: Choosing to Become a Pharmacist 重生在星际选择成为药剂师 Long-Tailed Rabbit长尾兔子Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing Chen Fangzi died young from overwork. She had nothing when she died: no house, no savings, no lover. She arrived in the underworld radiating the resentment of an overworked wage slave. A small accident happened when she went to be reincarnated, and she gulped down the Meng Po soup after just one taste. If Chen Fangzi had known she’d be reincarnated on a garbage planet, she would have asked Meng Po for another bowl of soup. If she was going to forget, she wanted to forget everything, rather than 129.3kReads8.8Score13.4kShelves

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    Super good read, currently no romantic pairing. Recommended by a 15-year veteran reader. In the face of life and survival, staying alive is the most important thing.

35. 35 无 A No-CP Period Piece 无CP的年代文 May Field Notes五月采风Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted No CP + Period Setting + Transmigrate + Reborn + System + Cultivation + Revenge Multiple worlds, different protagonists, different lives, different personalities, and stories set in different eras. These are all short stories. The stories are unrelated to one another, and this is not quick transmigration. 2.2kReads8.9Score129Shelves

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    Come and see, there's bound to be something you like!

36. 36 七 The 1970s: I Became the Female Supporting Character's Foil in a Period Novel 七零：穿成年代文女配对照组 Rain Falling in the Bamboo Grove竹林落雨Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted A period drama about an independent female lead, with no golden finger! She passed the high school entrance exams, but her family wouldn’t let her attend. Instead, they sent her uncle’s daughter, who had never gotten along with her, to school. Short-tempered Lin Erxia erupted into a fight. After a furious scuffle, she passed out from anger. When she woke up, she realized she seemed to have transmigrated into a book... 12.5kReads9.0Score855Shelves
37. 37 我 I Bound Myself to a Shameless System in the ’70s 我在七零年代绑定了缺德系统 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted [No romance] Xu Meng transmigrates into a book as the heroine of a story about a stepmother. From the start, a matchmaker introduces her to the male lead, and Xu Meng flips the table. In her previous life, her family favored boys over girls, and she dealt with it by going berserk. In this life, she wants to live on her own terms, and that still means going berserk. As long as she has no scruples, no one can use morality to manipulate her. The Wicked System is at your service. P.S. The heroine is 7.2kReads9.0Score660Shelves
38. 38 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves
39. 39 穿 Transmigrating Into an Era Novel: The Tool Character Refuses to Follow the Plot 穿越年代文：工具人拒绝剧情 Ninth Little Sister九小妹Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + no romance + family and village life + stays in the countryside + no school] After waking up from a car accident, Gu Mingyue discovered that she had transmigrated into a period novel. She wasn’t the female lead’s rival or a sacrificial character, but merely a tool character who provided a house when the female lead went to the countryside, then appeared briefly in the background introduction. Did Gu Mingyue mind? Of course not!!! Her pocket dimension was stoc 5.4kReads8.9Score305Shelves

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    All are period novels without romantic pairings.

40. 40 算 My Fortunes Are Scarily Accurate, But I'm Actually Good at Catching Ghosts! 算命太准？可我擅长的是抓鬼啊！ Waiting for a Boat at the Airport机场里等船Modern Romance250k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Ghost Hunting] Qin Chu was framed by her ex-boyfriend, and his schemes led to the brutal deaths of her entire family. After enduring ninety-nine lifetimes of tribulation, she finally gets the chance to return to her original world, uncover the truth behind what happened back then, and avenge her parents. To find her enemy and the organization behind him, she starts livestreaming fortune-telling sessions, earning merit and searching fo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 内 The Entertainment Industry's Street Drifter: I Took Bandits on a Wild Ride from the Start 内娱街溜子，开局带劫匪狂飙 I'm a Kitty是猫猫吖丶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted For female readers! Complete!! [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + shamelessness + memes + face-slapping + mysticism + no logic] After transmigrating, Lu Ling became a washed-up actress. From the start, she had to deal with a cheating scumbag boyfriend, being blacklisted by her company, and a ruthless rejection from a director... Faced with this thoroughly unfriendly world, Lu Ling decided to go completely crazy and wreck everyone’s day. And so the entertainment industry gained a new menac 42.8kReads9.0Score5.7kShelves

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    It's really good; I'll stay up all night to finish watching it.

42. 42 穿 Reborn as a Horrible Old Woman: You Want to Split Up the Family? Fine! 穿成极品老太婆，想分家？分呗！ Anji Little Monster安吉小怪物Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted Transmigration + period setting + Taobao + personal space + transmigrate into a book After Li Qiuyan learned she had brain cancer, she lost hope and ran into the road to get herself hit by a car. After dying, she somehow got her hands on a black-clad underworld messenger’s phone. She tapped around on it and entered the cycle of reincarnation, then transmigrated into a period novel set in 1983. When she woke up, she discovered she had become an old woman. She had been in her late twenties, and no 8.5kReads9.0Score747Shelves

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    Even dressed as an old woman, I can live a good life on my own.

43. 43 无 Separated for Fifteen Years with No Romance, He Returns Still Obsessed with His Little Brother 无CP分开十五年，归来仍是弟控 Gantang Wisteria甘棠紫藤Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted The entire main cast, no romantic pairings or flirtation, just brotherly bonds and everyday family life. Happy ending (the romance tags were randomly assigned by the System). At the top of the food chain, crushing everyone through sheer bloodline: the eldest brother!!! Synopsis: During the summer after Yun Qi finishes his middle school entrance exams, he leaves the Taoist temple where he’s lived for five years to search for six older brothers he’s never met. Yun Qi before meeting his brothers: a 6.8kReads9.4Score803Shelves
44. 44 这 This Heroine Shines All on Her Own 这个女主独自美丽 Li Di, Who Loves Golden Melon Tribute Tea爱吃金瓜贡茶的李狄Ancient Romance228k WordsCompleted [A quick reminder: Updates and reading whenever inspiration strikes.] [No romance, just an ordinary retirement story.] [New writer here. Please go easy on me. If you have feedback, just say so. Please don’t flame me, or I’ll lose my creative spark.] [There is no male lead. None at all. Even if there were one, he’d belong to someone else, not the female lead.] 12Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 间 The Spy's Daily Life After the System Dumped Me in Republican-Era China 【被系统坑到民国的】间谍日常 Listening to Rain in the Night Wind夜风听雨Urban1.3M WordsCompleted An ordinary office worker gets a System, but before she can enjoy any of its benefits, it dumps her into a parallel-world version of Republican-era China. That's where her life as a spy begins. From an ordinary field operative to an undercover agent, from a regular spy to a triple agent, she goes from reluctant to willing, writing her own legend in the great metropolis of Shanghai... Check out the new book next door: The Village Girl, the Grand Diviner, also known as After Getting a Puppet Space 45.9kReads9.5Score4.8kShelves

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    The male protagonists in the last two books are basically just background figures.

46. 46 我 My Whole Family Was Reborn in the 1950s With a Pocket Dimension and Billions in Assets 我全家携带百亿物资空间重生五零 Meng Jiang Herself孟姜本尊Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted In 1955, Ye Li and her entire family are reborn. Their first act is to make their grandfather, who abused them in their previous lives, eat a bullet. Their second is to return to the Great Northwest they have always longed for. Life is peaceful and cozy without any rotten relatives around. In her spare time, she raises a little wolf cub, hunts alongside the wolf king, and races across the desert on a wild camel. Dahei leisurely chews grass as he follows behind, with Xiaohuang, a little camel who 2.6kReads9.4Score394Shelves
47. 47 五 The 1950s: The Family's Beloved Child Takes a Grain Shop Through the Famine 五零团宠，带着粮铺混饥荒 llx Flying Fishllx飞鱼Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [For female readers] [Period] [Spatial storage] [Famine] [Family darling] [Everyday family life] [Slice of life] [Dual transmigration] [Coming of age] [Reincarnated in the womb] [Alternate historical setting] [A black pot falls from the sky: transmigrate to the 1950s and become the family’s darling] When Zhao Suisui returned home for the New Year, she passed her aunt’s grain shop. Her aunt had something urgent to do and asked her to mind the store. Just as she was lying on a rocking chair, watch 24.5kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
48. 48 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.6kReads9.0Score585Shelves
49. 49 我 I Went to the Countryside as a Sent-Down Youth in 1970 我去1970年当知青 Yang Xi羊喜Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted Alternate title: I Went to 1970 to Become an Educated Youth. Real title: After Transmigrating, I Was Driven Crazy. When I transmigrated, I planned to keep my head down and stay timid forever. But before long, I was driven into becoming a brawling mad dog, an insane educated youth who would flip the table and walk away the moment anyone crossed him. 3.8kReads9.3Score311Shelves
50. 50 六 The Sixties: Traveling the World with My Pocket Dimension 六十年代之带着空间畅游天下 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Li Beibei grew up surrounded by stories, then unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a lucky girl in the 1950s. Touched by her family’s favoritism and kindness, she gladly accepts their love and decides to repay them with her own abilities. As she plans her future, Li Beibei chooses two careers that will let her travel at public expense, hoping to make up for the regrets of her past life: journalist and diplomat! And so begins her extraordinary journey in this world. By the seaside: “Qing f 9.4kReads9.3Score745Shelves

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