No Saintly Female Leads, Plus a Pocket Dimension and Stockpiling 不圣母+空间+囤货

1. 1 重 Back in the Age of Calamity: My Scumbag Father and Stepmother, Keep Your Distance 重回天灾：渣爹后母靠边站 Orange Pancake橙子煎饼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse800k WordsCompleted 30kReads8.7Score3.1kShelves

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   It's really good. It's one of the few post-apocalyptic novels I've finished reading, and the female lead perfectly matches my ideal of a female protagonist. It was so enjoyable to read!

2. 2 糟EN Oh No! The Little Zombie Accidentally Became a Big Shot 糟糕！小丧尸一不小心就成了大佬 Sui An Ya岁安呀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse x food hoarding x devoted couple x sweet romance x little zombie heroine x super badass, high-output hero] Torrential rain, typhoons, tsunamis, thunderstorms, the disappearance of Earth's magnetic field, zombies, monsters, supernatural abilities, and more... Congratulations, you've entered the main storyline of the apocalypse. The whole world is about to be reshuffled. From here on, survival depends on your life, your luck, and yourself. - While everyone else is still screaming in a 76.2kReads9.5Score10.5kShelves
3. 3 变EN After Becoming a Zombie, I Was Doted on by a Crazy Handsome Villain 变丧尸后，被疯批美男反派娇养了 Spring Awakening春蛰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse772k WordsCompleted [Zombie Apocalypse + Older Boyfriend + Evolution + Superpowers + Both Leads Are Inexperienced + Sweet Romance] The female lead is a zombie. She is very weak at first and depends on the male lead to survive, but evolves and grows stronger later. The male lead is possessive, obsessive, and vindictive. At first, he raises the female lead like his daughter, but his parental love turns into something else later. They are both gloomy and twisted, clinging to each other for warmth with little regard fo 9.5kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   Ooi! This is so good!!! No saintly side, really not saintly at all. I especially love the male lead, the villain, he just lazes around at work, haha. The female lead is a zombie, so cute! So rich! 😘😘😘

4. 4 末 The Apocalypse! I Stockpiled Millions of Supplies Like a Madman, Then Sat Back and Won 末世！疯囤千万物资后，我躺赢了 Clear Day清昼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse898k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + reborn + pocket dimension + frantic stockpiling + mutated creatures + special abilities + team formation + romance] This is no natural disaster! After struggling to survive in the apocalypse for five years, Jiang Nian'an is betrayed by her best friend, who was as close to her as a sister, and dies at the hands of zombies. When she opens her eyes, Jiang Nian'an discovers she has returned to one month before the apocalypse. She smashes the little walnut her adoptive mother left her w 15.3kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves

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   It looks pretty good.

5. 5 刚EN Cast Out of the Rich Family, Global Apocalypse Strikes 刚被赶出豪门，末世天灾降临全球 Ye Zhenzhen叶榛蓁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Infinite Survival Challenges + All Kinds of Disasters + Transmigration + Strong Female Lead + Golden Finger + Management + Livestreaming + Wish Fulfillment + Taking Down Scum] Ye Zhao transmigrates into the real heiress who was switched at birth. She has just been kicked out of her wealthy family when the Black Hole Game descends upon the world. Zombie crisis; strange phenomena descend; global infection; gravity goes haywire; worldwide heatwave; global conflict; survival at sea; su 12.6kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves

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   Ahhh, this book is so good! 🥰 The female protagonist, Ye Zhao, transmigrates into the body of a real heiress who was switched at birth and has just been kicked out of her wealthy family. Then, the Black Hole Game Jiangling descends upon the world. This terrifying game boasts an extremely high mortality rate, yet also possesses insane game items. Zombie crisis, bizarre occurrences, global infection, gravity imbalance...

6. 6 末 Starting a Hotel in the Apocalypse 末世从经营酒店开始 A Duo u阿哆uSci-Fi & Apocalypse700k WordsCompleted [Romance + apocalypse + System + running a shop + sweet romance + ensemble cast] [The heroine transmigrates as a cute little darling; the hero is a pitiful little guy reborn.] [1. This isn’t a story about an overpowered heroine leveling up, and she isn’t a self-sacrificing saint. 2. Prices in this story only apply to this book. 3. The leads aren’t perfect, and they’ll both grow. 4. Please note, this is an ensemble cast with lots of side characters’ stories. 5. This book is entirely fictional, so 12.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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   [{"Word":"Xi Yue woke up to find herself in a strange world. It was the eighth month after an unknown virus outbreak, and hordes of zombies roamed the city. Thankfully, the belated system allowed her to run a grand hotel in the city center, complete with a paid employee. The hotel boasted unlimited water and electricity, a comfortable and peaceful environment, and incredibly delicious food, attracting all sorts of people to stay. From then on, the Cosmic Hotel became the safest haven in this apocalypse, a sacred place everyone longed for. Just when Xi Yue thought she would spend her whole life in this world, the system unexpectedly threw her into an ancient era to open an inn, and sent her to a scorching, freezing world to open a hot spring… Well then, let's expand our 'Cosmic Enterprise' to every post-apocalyptic world~"}]

7. 7 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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   The female protagonist has a spatial system, and she wants to stay in the supply and sales system in order to stockpile goods, which is quite interesting.

8. 8 重 Reborn in the Apocalypse: The Obsessive Big Shot Won't Leave Me Alone 重生末世之偏执大佬总缠着我 Li Gui, Who Loves Osmanthus-Steamed Chicken in a Jar爱吃桂花坛子鸡的李鬼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse197k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was beaten half to death by one of her enemy's suitors, thrown out of the base, and left to die in the jaws of countless zombies. Given another chance at life, she decides to protect her mother and escape the crowds. If she can't win a fight, can't she just run? But her spatial dimension seems to have changed. It can actually level up, but why is the way to do it so bizarre? And because of it, she ends up having to get involved with the powerful men from her previous li 2.3kReads8.7Score210Shelves
9. 9 绑 After Getting a Little Supermarket, I Made a Fortune in the Apocalypse 绑定小超市后，我在末日赚疯了 Flowers Fall Unbidden无意花落Sci-Fi & Apocalypse307k WordsCompleted [Power Fantasy + Getting Rich + Infrastructure + System + Business] She was just watching the excitement when she got herself killed. Wen Sui was completely speechless!!! "Ding dong! Congratulations, Host, you've successfully bound the Supermarket System! Want to count money until your hands cramp? Want to get rich, get gorgeous, and reach the pinnacle of life? Then go open a supermarket!" In a post-apocalyptic world, zombies ran rampant, supplies were scarce, and despair blanketed the land. A m 372Reads7.1Score104Shelves
10. 10 六 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress Works Herself to the Bone and Outshines the Lucky Female Lead 六零，对照组女配卷死锦鲤女主 Moonless Young Master无月公子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + comedy + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + troublemaker heroine + face-slapping + satisfying read + goofy humor + romance] A chaotic, hilarious career story, not a formulaic one. The heroine is cunning, scheming, unhinged, and becomes an official. It’s hell mode from the start: the original host was beaten to death by her awful grandmother, and less than two minutes after transmigrating, she was kicked into the hospital by her awful father. Cheng Miaomiao opens and close 64.9kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves
11. 11 七 A Mad Couple in the 1970s 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 107.2kReads9.3Score11kShelves
12. 12 我 Making a Fortune in the 1970s Through Sign-In Rewards 我在七零靠签到致富 The Soy Sauce Got Moody酱油有了小情绪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [New Romance Contest] Su Nuannuan transmigrated to the 1970s, an era when people earned work points. Luckily, she got a sign-in System. She signed in at home. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve received three jin of pork belly.” She signed in in the rice fields. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve received four jin of rice.” She signed in at the brigade office. “Congratulations, Host, you’ve received one yuan and fifty cents.” In an era when even dining out required ration coupons, Su 6.8kReads7.9Score476Shelves
13. 13 皇 The Empress Has a Space: Get Lost, Don't Disturb My Farming! 皇后有空间：滚，别打扰我种田！ Thirteen Clan十三氏Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [End-of-the-world transmigration to ancient times + fake and true heiresses + exile to the frontier + spatial spring + farming and business + land reclamation and development] The fake heiress successfully reunited with her birth family. What should the real heiress do? Easy. You can claim a daughter, and I'll find a new father. From now on, let's both keep our mouths shut! Tang Zhao, the true legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's household in the Lu Kingdom, the Crown Prince's betrothed, 4.5kReads8.9Score524Shelves
14. 14 末 Reborn in the Apocalypse: Scraping By with My Family 末世重生之和家人一起苟 Cherish Virtue, Hold Jade 1520怀瑾握瑜1520Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Reborn + apocalypse + zombies + natural disasters + pocket dimension + stockpiling + family] In her previous life, Zhou Yuan was separated from her husband and in-laws, who were in different places. When the apocalypse came, all communications went down and she never heard from them again. She struggled to survive with her two children, but couldn't protect either of them. In the end, she too died in a zombie's jaws. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to one week before the apocal 8.5kReads8.5Score942Shelves

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    This book!!! It has a spatial ability and superpowers, and the early chapters feature hoarding and a non-saintly character.

15. 15 她 She Livestreams Gourmet Food in a Survival Game 她在生存游戏中直播美食 A Carrot一颗萝卜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as Healing Game Content warning: This is a romance novel set in a virtual reality game, with the romance as the main focus. It is not a game-focused power fantasy. Both leads grow throughout the story, so if you’re looking for a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, this isn’t for you! [Romance + survival + healing + positive energy + two powerful leads + sweet romance + livestreaming + gaming streamer] The large-scale human society survival game Living begins. Its stages are intricately li 5.5kReads9.3Score627Shelves

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    I guess neither of them counts as storage space... If you count the game's inventory as storage space 😂 But both books have very interesting concepts, so they're worth buying. I especially like the second one, highly recommended.

16. 16 生 Survival Game: A Wang Baochuan from the Start 生存游戏：开局给个王宝钏 A Carrot一颗萝卜Sports554k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Survival, divine games, ensemble cast, livestreaming, cooperation, growth] After Qiao Qing dies, she enters a special survival game. From the start, players choose one of three options: Pick a mercenary to help you survive in the game. Everyone else starts with Bear Grylls, Robinson Crusoe, or Matt. Qiao Qing starts with Wang Baochuan, Zhen Huan, and Lin Daiyu. As the game progresses, she discovers that this world is far from simple. It turns out that long ago, people really could 3.1kReads9.1Score385Shelves
17. 17 和 After Splitting From My Wicked Grandma, I Led the Whole Village on a Famine Escape 和邪恶老奶分家后，我带全村逃荒 Blue Wind, Red Gold蓝风赤金Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Fleeing Famine + Feel-Good Story + Farming + Face-Slapping + System Space + Beloved by All] Qian Sussu transmigrated. She became a farm girl in ancient Dashu Village and watched her fiancé marry her cousin. She was about to throw herself against their door and die. The original owner had a rotten personality, was disliked by everyone, and was lazy and greedy. She often stole vegetables from other people’s fields, so the villagers avoided her like the plague. To support the man she loved while h 2.7kReads7.8Score340Shelves
18. 18 末 Apocalypse’s Darling: Reborn and Spoiled Rotten After Stockpiling Supplies 末世团宠：重生囤货被宠成小娇娇 There's a Pear有只梨Sci-Fi & Apocalypse303k WordsCompleted Apocalypse, betrayal, cruelty, blood, death. These were Song Nuo's last impressions of the world. The apocalypse had only just begun, and Song Nuo hid at home. When the supplies ran out, she fled with a classmate she'd kindly taken in. But desperate to survive, the classmate shoved her into a horde of zombies. Song Nuo never expected that when she opened her eyes again, she would be reborn five days before the apocalypse began. The first thing she did was prick her finger and claim the jade pend 19.2kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    These books are all great, with high ratings, and I've been stocking up on them, buying and buying and buying.

19. 19 末 The Apocalypse’s Female Side Character Only Wants to Keep a Low Profile, but the Male Lead Won’t Let Her 末世女配只想低调，可男主不肯 The Pepper Is Singing辣椒在唱歌Sci-Fi & Apocalypse424k WordsCompleted Su Yu accidentally transmigrates into a disaster-apocalypse romance novel she has read, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character. To prepare for the coming torrential rains, extreme cold, extreme heat, and zombie age, Su Yu uses her spatial ability to stockpile supplies with everything she has and joins the male lead's team. She only wants to keep a low profile, but the male lead is always coming over, and the heroine wants to be her best friend. Su Yu's response: Stay away! I just w 11.6kReads8.8Score956Shelves
20. 20 天 Surviving Natural Disasters: I Stockpile Supplies and Grow Vegetables in My Spatial Realm 天灾求生，我在空间囤货种菜 Young Master Qi公子柒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse500k WordsCompleted [Not reborn, has a male lead, not a power fantasy. Haters, don’t click.] Global temperatures keep rising, and Earth can no longer withstand the air pollution. Volcanic eruptions melt all the ice caps, plunging the world into a catastrophic flood crisis. And this is only the beginning! Extreme cold, heat waves, earthquakes, viruses, zombies, and mutations follow one after another. While slacking off at work, Jiang Yao has a nightmare about the apocalypse. Having recently become obsessed with apoc 3.6kReads8.6Score315Shelves
21. 21 开 Stealing the Golden Finger from the Start: Thriving on the Road to Escape 开局夺金手指：逃荒路上美滋滋 Little Slacker Duck小趴菜鸭鸭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Shen Li was a little girl who’d been dogged by bad luck, but she’d managed to survive for twenty years. After Bai Wuchang mistakenly hooked her soul, he offered to make amends by “sending” her to ancient times, where she transmigrated into a book. She thought she’d hit the jackpot, but Bai Wuchang nearly swindled her. Luckily, she was clever enough to wrangle quite a few benefits out of him. As it turned out, she had transmigrated into a farming novel she’d read before setting off on a mission, 13.4kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
22. 22 天 Disaster-Ravaged Apocalypse: She Stockpiled Supplies, Then Went on a Killing Spree 天灾末世，她囤满物资后杀疯了 In Jincheng锦城里Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Strong Heroine + Pets] Torrential floods, extreme heat, dense fog, acid rain, bitter cold, earthquakes, tsunamis... After four years struggling to survive an apocalyptic world of natural disasters, An Nan is abandoned by her scumbag father, betrayed by her friends, and dies with hatred in her heart. When she opens her eyes again, she is reborn before the apocalypse. Seizing the initiative, she uses her pocket dimension to stockpile supplies 24.6kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
23. 23 丧 A Zombie's Hiking Diary 丧尸的徒步旅行日记 Li Jiu理久Sci-Fi & Apocalypse296k WordsCompleted [Leisurely Travels + Everyday Storylines + No Romance] [Content note: No fighting or drama, and the protagonist isn't cold-blooded, going on killing sprees, or antisocial. This is purely a story about taking walks!] When the apocalypse broke out, Yu Qingxian chose to die. But her attempt failed, and she became a zombie. She had been socially anxious and depressed in life, so she decided to travel on foot. Since everyone was a zombie anyway, she didn't feel so afraid anymore. 23.9kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
24. 24 惊 Astonishing! The Top Scientist Is Being Kept by the Strongest Officer 惊！科研大佬被最强军官吃软饭了 Huang Xiaobai黄小白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + making money + apocalypse powerhouse + romance + military marriage + scientific research] [Also known as: Military Marriage: The Fierce Beauty Goes to the Countryside to Crush Her Enemies Without Taking It Easy] [Content warning: The heroine is extremely protective of her food. She spends the early part of the story in the countryside, for about 450 chapters, before turning to research] [Content warning: There is a male lead, but he 17.5kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    It's so satisfying to see the female lead get her comeuppance.

25. 25 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 105.4kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
26. 26 开 Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢 Cheng Jiajia程加加Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r 60.1kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who isn't a saint and has a spatial ability, hoarding goods in the apocalypse. The second book features a female protagonist with her own spatial ability, who has accumulated a lot of things in modern times before transmigrating to the 1970s.

27. 27 带 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 28.6kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
28. 28 六 Raising Kids in the Sixties, the Whole Village Is Green with Envy! 六零养崽，全村羡慕嫉妒疯了！ The Fluffed-Up Cat炸毛的猫咪Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Transmigration + Golden Finger + Raising Kids + A Whiz at Making Money] Story One: “Hey, did you hear? That lazy Jiang Li has come back from the dead! She actually made meat for her two kids and new clothes for them, for once!” Story Two: “Good heavens, this is incredible! That lazy Jiang Li is making money, and not just a little: a whole hundred yuan! The Zhou family has struck gold!” Story Three: “Unbelievable! The leaders came in a car to commend Jiang Li. I hear she's don 29.3kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves

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    I'm familiar with this kind of thing and I like watching all sorts of genres, from the late 20th century to ancient times.

29. 29 七 The New Beauty in the 1970s Compound Is a Mafia Heiress 七零大院新来的小美人是黑道千金 Zong Xi宗汐Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + marriage first, love later + both pure and devoted + an upgradeable pocket dimension + a stepmother taming unruly kids] Sang Shuyao, the daughter of a crime boss, transmigrates into a book and becomes a foolish, autistic girl in the 1970s. From the start, her stepsister wants to swap fiancés. Fine! If you like that scumbag so much, take him! On the night of the switch, Sang Shuyao clears out her scumbag father's fortune, then leisurely heads to the Lu family. In the book, Lu 6.7kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
30. 30 开 Exiled from the Start, the Princess Consort Empties the Imperial Capital 开局即流放，王妃她把皇城搬空了 Listening to the Wind 1听风等1Ancient Romance422k WordsCompleted Su Wanyan transmigrated into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder character with the same name in an unfinished historical romance novel. The emperor grew wary of Prince Xiao, whose achievements threatened to overshadow him, so he secretly poisoned him while he was leading his troops in battle, causing his defeat. To appear benevolent, the emperor arranged a marriage for Prince Xiao to bring him good luck. Later, he brazenly issued an imperial decree accusing Prince Xiao of secretly raising troops a 7kReads9.0Score603Shelves
31. 31 身 With Billions in Supplies, I Reincarnated as an Educated Youth and Hunt for Seafood Every Day 身怀亿万物资魂穿知青每日赶海 Sunset Rainbow落日彩虹Modern Romance167k WordsCompleted [Period setting + spatial supplies + devoted husband + tidal-foraging expert + getting rich + strong heroine] The heroine loves and hates fiercely, and always gets even! The hero is a loyal, calculating man who keeps his wealth well hidden! Qian Duoduo comes from the future, carrying an inexhaustible supply of billions of goods. She transmigrates to the 1970s as a young educated woman. With a stepmother, she’s treated like a little cabbage. Her own father beats the original owner to death. Befor 1.3kReads8.9Score137Shelves
32. 32 末 A Minor Cannon Fodder in the Apocalypse, I Just Want to Take It Easy, Not Struggle 末世小炮灰，只想闲鱼，不想奋斗 Xiao Yazi of Longyou Valley龙幽谷的孝冴子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse214k WordsCompleted (This is not a strong female lead story. The heroine is a total rookie.) Luo Tian never imagined that after reading an apocalypse novel before bed, she’d discover a minor character with the same name as her, a character who appeared in just one line. Then, for no apparent reason, she transmigrated into the book and could never go back. Luo Tian practically exploded with frustration. What was she supposed to do? All she wanted was to be a wealthy, carefree little loafer. But an opportunity soon c 7.2kReads8.5Score564Shelves
33. 33 重 Reborn as a Delicate Little Darling in the Apocalypse 重生之末世小娇娇 Red Mandala红色曼陀罗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse231k WordsCompleted Jiang Tiantian, a wealthy heiress, returns from a year into the apocalypse to one month before it begins. Her older brother is still alive, and Mu Jinyu is still her bodyguard captain. There are no zombies, no supernatural abilities, no natural disasters. Everything is so wonderful! But that happiness is only fleeting, and it will soon disappear. This time, she's going to stockpile supplies, save her brother, and get revenge... 2kReads8.4Score173Shelves
34. 34 塞 I Stocked Up on Supplies Before Traveling to the 1970s, So Even the Apocalypse Can't Scare Me 塞满物资穿七零，就是末世也不怕 National-Level All-Nighter国家级熬夜选手Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted [The 1970s + natural disasters and apocalypse + stockpiling supplies + personal space + sweet romance] When an unexpected change struck, Wen Jiu was told she would transmigrate to the 1970s in two hours. Along with it came a huge portable space. Her first thought was to stock up on supplies. She’d keep buying until she dropped, and she had money to spare. Potato chips, sunflower seeds, Sprite, cola, hot pot, instant noodles, river-snail rice noodles, spicy-and-sour noodles, chili strips, dried m 90Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 重 Reborn with Infinite Supplies, I Become a Big Shot in the Apocalypse 重生后我携无限物资在末世当巨佬 Jiu Shijiu九柿九Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Pocket Space + Strong Heroine] In her previous life, Yun Shuhuai was betrayed by her lover because of her rare special ability. He held his new lover close and personally sent Yun Shuhuai to the operating table of a mad scientist, where she endured inhuman torture and died. When she wakes up three years earlier, before the apocalypse arrives, she discovers that she has her pocket space and abilities that are even stronger than before. The endless land in her space produces a steady su 8.6kReads8.9Score918Shelves
36. 36 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: I Lead My Family to Amass Billions in Supplies 末世重生：我带全家狂卷亿万物资 Mo Shu Yu墨书语Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted (Apocalypse + zombies + rebirth + personal space + stockpiling supplies + farming + infrastructure building + powerful heroine + adored by the whole family + teamwork. There is a couple, but the romance comes later.) Wen Qian opens her eyes and finds herself back one month before the apocalypse. Her home has not yet been seized, and her parents and older brother are still alive. She has even gained an invincible preparation space where she can farm and stockpile supplies, and best of all, bind h 30.7kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves

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    These are all stories featuring strong female protagonists, with independent thought and a strong sense of self, rejecting those who are overly naive and lack common sense. 😎😎😎😎😎😎

37. 37 末EN Surviving the Apocalypse: Stock Up on Food and Weapons 末世降临不要慌，先囤粮食后囤枪 Black-and-White Octopus黑白色章鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse rebirth + stockpiling supplies + space + no romance + infrastructure building + ruthless heroine] Jiang You never dreamed that she would evade the zombies’ claws only to be betrayed by the very family she had protected. Years later, she destroyed the research center where she’d been imprisoned. Everyone who betrayed her? Dead! The base that turned against her? Wiped out! Who waits until the next life to get revenge?! With her revenge complete, Jiang You ran out of her supernatu 59.5kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
38. 38 囤 Billions in Supplies: I Keep an Apocalypse Base Running 囤货亿万，我养活末世基地 Little Seven of the Mo Family莫家小七Sci-Fi & Apocalypse679k WordsCompleted [A brave and clever heiress x an SSS-Rank Apocalypse Base Lord; her phone connects to an apocalypse-stricken world. Disastrous years, stockpiling, infrastructure, ensemble cast, saving descendants, redemption on many fronts] Gu Man’s phone connects to the apocalypse by chance, just as the base ruled by a brilliant young lord faces a crisis of life and death. The apocalypse freezes the world, the base loses contact with the outside, monstrous beasts surround the city, food runs out, and water is 427Reads8.8Score103Shelves

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    It's good and worth watching.

39. 39 乞 A Beggar Fleeing Famine: Just Stay Alive 乞丐逃荒，不死就行 Fish Who Talks Too Much鱼多嘴Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A little beggar on the streets of Sanxi Town, known by the nickname Bamboo Viper. For the first ten years or so, he barely managed to scrape by. When floods struck the Two Huai regions, he somehow survived and, for reasons he couldn't explain, fled the disaster with a string of little ones in tow. He took in children, learned to fish, and cleared land to farm. A beggar makes mistakes, is fiercely protective of his own, and tries his best to become a good older brother. The siblings go from havin 5.4kReads9.3Score674Shelves

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    1. Ancient famine refugees, family members with strong bonds, supporting and caring for each other. 2. Post-apocalyptic scavenging, hoarding goods in an infinite space. 3. Road trip survival, upgrading vehicles, producing supplies, bartering to grow stronger, a female-centric story of mutual support. Highly recommend this one; it's currently my top road trip survival novel. 4. Wasteland hoarding, with a spatial ability, hoarding like crazy. There's a male lead as a utility character, but the overall focus is on the female lead and her grandmother relying on each other. The female lead hoards goods relentlessly, showing both resilience and fierce determination.

40. 40 末 Post-Apocalyptic Scavenging: I Turn Trash into Treasure and Coast to Victory 末日拾荒：我靠变废为宝一路躺赢 Su Jiuyao苏九遥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Tower Style + Apocalypse + Natural Disasters + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Strong Female Lead + Upgradable Safe House + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Male Lead Appears Later] Forensic examiner Lin Chu is suddenly dropped into an infinite apocalypse. Other people see zombies: “Oh my god, those bloody, mangled monsters! Stay away!” Lin Chu sees zombies: “206 moving bones! Walking points! The more, the better!” Drawing on her professional experience, she quickly adapts to the bloody apoc 43.4kReads9.5Score5.9kShelves
41. 41 做 Carpentry, Mud Pies, and Roadside Survival: Her and Me 做木工，玩泥巴，公路求生我和她 Silent Clock静音时钟Sports645k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Survival + Vehicle Upgrades + Treasure Chests + No Romance + Growth-Oriented Female Lead] Features: Broadly speaking, this is a strong female lead novel with no romance. She has teammates and isn’t a lone wolf, and by the end the whole team is female. Content warning: The female lead and supporting women each have growth arcs from multiple perspectives, and their characterizations have flaws in the early stages. In broad daylight, Song Yu transmigrates without warning. The haughty ga 1.9kReads9.1Score328Shelves
42. 42 异 Another World: That's Too Much! Starting from Scratch to Earn Contribution Points 异世：过分了，从零开始搞贡献值 Raise a Little Blue Cat养只小蓝猫Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The opening can be read as an NPC being reborn + growing from weak to strong + stockpiling goods in various otherworlds + one-of-a-kind adventures in different worlds + romance + cozy vibes?] An Jiu was reborn in someone else's body. A barren wasteland, a strictly ranked beehive, sixth-class citizens scrambling to get their three meals a day, and a monthly trip to an altered world to gather supplies. Clenching her fists, she knew that if she wanted enough to eat, she had to... Fight! Like! Mad! 8kReads9.1Score872Shelves
43. 43 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves
44. 44 七 The 1970s: After Moving to the Countryside, I Was Doted on by a Demobilized Rogue Soldier 七零：下乡后被退伍军痞娇宠入骨 Pink Carp粉红鲤鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [System] + [Superpowers] + [sent down to the countryside] + [pocket dimension] + [sweet romance] + [follows the army] What should you do when you open your eyes and find yourself on a train headed to the countryside in 1970? Tang Yitian can only think that she’s doomed. She remembers all the stories she’s heard about educated youths being sent to the countryside, both in her past life and this one. With her delicate, frail body and sweet, lovely face, she’s afraid some local h 20.5kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
45. 45 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: The Charming Military Wife Has One Pregnancy After Another 穿越七零：俏军嫂好孕连连 Loves Roasted Potatoes Most最爱烧洋竽Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + stockpiling + educated youth sent to the countryside + sweet, cozy military marriage] After Yu Xiaoting transmigrates to the 1970s, she finds herself facing a vicious stepmother and stepsister from the start. She wastes no time fighting back, gets them both thrown in jail for good, then clears out the family home and happily heads to the countryside. To her surprise, she runs into the handsome officer she once saved. He falls in love with her at first sight and begs her to marr 5.9kReads8.9Score729Shelves
46. 46 末 Apocalypse Zombie King: Quick Transmigration 末世丧尸王快穿 Lin Lin Respectfully林林敬致Modern Romance5.2M WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration) (punishing scumbags) (romance) (love at first sight) (personal space) (a formidable team) (an incredibly powerful golden finger) (sweet romance, with a very gentle and supportive male lead) The female lead does more than just complete missions: she’s also a tiny bit of a lovesick fool. But there’s no angst. She just finds herself unable to look away once she meets the male lead. If that’s not your thing, feel free to move on. The female lead is a little weak early on, but 7.2kReads9.0Score638Shelves

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    The female lead isn't a saint; she has a lot of space and hoards a lot of things.

47. 47 七 The 1970s: I’ve Had Enough! The Unhinged Villainess Flips the Dinner Table 七零：不忍了，疯批女配掀饭桌 Admiring Flying Fish from the Abyss临渊羡飛鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Period setting + military marriage + devoted husband + love at first sight + both devoted to each other + punishing scumbags] The moment Su Liluo opened her eyes, she found herself in the middle of a dramatic scene: the fake daughter’s identity had just been exposed, and she was so furious that she’d shoved the real daughter down. Foster father: “You’re not one of the Jiang family. If you don’t want to stay, get out!” Foster mother: “I never thought you could be so cruel. Leave!” Youn 13.7kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    There is space in all of them.

48. 48 重 Reborn in the ’70s: The Gorgeous Educated Youth Starts by Dumping Trash Men 重生七零，美又飒知青从撕渣开始 Lan Qingzhi蓝青栀Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn and transmigrated to the 1970s, she decides that since being kind only gets you bullied, she might as well take the initiative and tear the trash apart. Who hasn’t gone a little crazy? A top-quality drama brought to life by professional voice actors is here! Tune in for the most satisfying life and the purest romance, set in a turbulent era of innocence! [Period setting + military marriage + devoted couple + spatial storage + light fantasy + doting husband + outrageous relatives] Yun Huay 12.2kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
49. 49 开 From the Start, I Reported My Stepfather, Then the Frail Villainess Was Doted on in the Countryside 开局举报继父，病弱女配下乡被宠 Feng Ling lI风灵lIModern Romance759k WordsCompleted [Space + System + Sweet Romance + Frail Heroine + Rugged Hero] Qiao Qingdai was an utterly ordinary office worker. She was 25 and had been single for years. One day, after work, she decided to treat herself. Instead, a woman fell from the sky and crushed her to death. She drifted around with a soul-reaper from the underworld for a while before realizing that they had taken the wrong soul... After a furious argument, Qiao Qingdai happily took the loot she’d scored: a treasure chest System and a p 18.9kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
50. 50 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Lucky Wife Has a Pocket Dimension 重生七零：锦鲤娇妻有空间 Wan Caicai万财财Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [System shopping space + sweet and satisfying + high-IQ heroine vs. incredibly masculine tech genius] Professor Ji Han, fluent in eight languages, discovers that her cousin has written her as a brainless, vicious supporting villainess in a period novel. How could she possibly put up with that? Back in the 1970s, Ji Han tackles her studies and her mission all at once, throwing herself into the work of building the country and making a fortune along the way. All the troublemakers can get lost! Her 622Reads9.2Score104Shelves

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