Looking for Stories With a Highly Intelligent Female Lead 想看女主高智商文

1. 1 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 571.6kReads9.5Score99kShelves

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   This book has an absolutely high-IQ heroine. The heroine got rid of the influence of the plot after being reborn in order to change the plot. Take one step and count it ten steps, just to change the original plot. There are also various high-IQ duels in it. [Notice]

2. 2 清 Cold, Untouchable Moonlight? No! I'm the Villain Chosen by Fate 清冷白月光？不！我是天命大反派 A Clear Song by the Pool一曲潭清Ancient Romance578k WordsCompleted [System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d 49.3kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves

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   Not brainless, a great heroine, practicing fairy tales, no cp.

3. 3 抱 Sorry, I’m Crazy. Keep Your Weirdness Away 抱歉，我有疯病，诡异勿扰 Hot Pot Tripe火锅涮毛肚Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Dark Fairy Tales + Horror Game + Livestream + Hilarious + No Romance + Unconventional Ending] My name is Shi Yu, and I'm mentally ill. One moment I was asleep, and the next I had been transported into a horror game called “Little Red Riding Hood.” Black smoke was rising from Mom's head, and the cake meant for Grandma had been mixed with an unidentified kind of minced meat... The game was being livestreamed to the entire world in real time. People watched in astonishment as, while the other p 24.6kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
4. 4 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Vixen Enjoys Life Every Day 年代文快穿：狐狸精天天在享福 Chen Lingyun陈凌云Modern Romance578k WordsCompleted [1v1 sweet romance] On the second day after Li Jiaojiao became a spirit, a thunderbolt from the Heavenly Dao knocked her soul out of her body. That's when something called the “System” came looking for her. “Pretty fox spirit, would you like to visit other worlds?” Li Jiaojiao looked at her own “corpse.” Sure, why not? It wasn't like this place was any good to live in. As a ghost, she couldn't find a man, and Li Jiaojiao had been alive far too long. She had risked cultivating into a human for no 3.7kReads5.9Score236Shelves
5. 5 惊 Beast World Shock! She’s Once Again Spoiled by Handsome Beastmen 惊爆兽世！她又被美男兽们强宠了 Ran Yin燃引Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted This story features a strong heroine and hero, a woman adored by everyone, and secret identities. Ye Luoxing accidentally enters a beast world full of handsome men while on a mission! The men of the beast world are savage, domineering, and brutal, while females are incredibly rare! Beautiful and sweet-voiced, skilled in martial arts and medicine, Ye Luoxing is an all-around flirt. As soon as she arrives in the beast world, high-ranking beastmen set their sights on her. To complete her mission an 23.3kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves

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   I don't know if it counts as a high IQ, but the heroine is very strong👍. I really like this book hehe

6. 6 昭 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [This novel has been contracted for publication] [Strong female lead + high-IQ palace intrigue + heroine schemes against the entire harem + psychotic villain personality] Song Zhao has always been a woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and she is also more clear-headed than anyone. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was perfectly clear: “I’m entering the palace to become Empress. Otherwise, what would I go there fo 83.3kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves

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   Super invincible and good-looking, everyone's IQ is super high, except sister Wan's love brain [almost crying][almost crying][almost crying]

7. 7 快 Quick Transmigration: The Oracle Queen in an Infinite World 快穿：在无限世界里当预言女王 Shi Liuli Ya是琉璃吖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + quick transmigration + highly intelligent male and female leads + 1v1 romance + secret crush + mild horror] Su Li has had an exceptionally sharp sixth sense since childhood, often allowing her to glimpse the future. So from the moment she was old enough to understand, she adopted a “let it all slide” attitude toward life. She never expected to end up in a parallel world by accident. She had no time to think it over. She had to survive for ten days, or the real world would be era 2.4kReads8.5Score331Shelves

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   The heroine of this book is super smart and I wanted to show it off, but unfortunately her IQ is too high and she can only decode it and pass the game.

8. 8 致 Deadly Female Agent: She Takes the Entertainment World by Storm 致命女特工，娱乐圈杀疯了 Nightless Marquis Yun Li不夜侯云黎Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Comedy + high IQ + incredible skills + face-slapping + secret identities + equally matched leads] CP: Jiang Qilan An international top agent's soul transmigrates into a washed-up nobody of a star. Cheng Ling, a stain on the entertainment industry known as the “Flower of Evil,” joins the survival-variety show Survival in Desperation. The whole internet mocks her, eagerly waiting for her to make a fool of herself. Once filming begins, a snake appears in the wilderness. The production crew and aud 38kReads9.4Score6.8kShelves
9. 9 在 Playing the Black-Hearted Lotus in a Death Game 在逃生游戏中做朵黑心莲 Hope You Cherish Me望君惜Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Bai Youyou is delicate and beautiful, admired by men and called a “green tea bitch” by women. Then one day, she is suddenly captured by a survival game and successfully joins it. Before long, the game has a new black-hearted schemer: early on, she hangs around the experts, whimpering and calling them “big brother.” Later, she has them calling her “Daddy”! 1.8kReads9.1Score242Shelves

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   This looks good, the heroine's IQ is online

10. 10 她 She Finds It Tiresome 她对此感到厌烦 Feihe妚鹤Anime Fanfiction315k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + No Romance + Western Fantasy + Female Awakening + Strong Female Lead] At a friend’s recommendation, player 6237486 bought a dating sim called The Goddess Chronicle. But she never expected to transmigrate into the game and become its heroine, Lilith. Even after successfully winning over the male lead, Lilith didn’t return to reality. To escape the game, she had no choice but to complete every route. Round after round, she replayed the game, winning over all the male leads and re 48.6kReads9.7Score8.1kShelves

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    I'm tired of attacking male protagonists, tired of being protected by others, tired of catering to them. [Cool] [Cool] So, she smashed the options.

11. 11 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 128.5kReads9.6Score15.1kShelves

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    Super beautiful, full of delicate emotional descriptions and workplace wisdom

12. 12 强 The Campus Hottie I Forced to Love Me Was Bitter and Cold, So She Stopped Chasing Me After Being Reborn 强扭的校草酸又涩，重生她不追了 Dao Shangxie刀上邪Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Reborn + devoted one-on-one romance + both leads are pure and each other's first + a long road to winning her back] In her previous life, Su Jiani fell in love with the campus heartthrob at first sight. She pursued him for years without success, then resorted to despicable tactics to get pregnant and marry him. Knowing he didn't love her, she gradually lost hope. Reborn before the college entrance exams, she no longer clings to him for help with homework. She gets high marks, but doesn't apply 44.9kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves
13. 13 男 My Boyfriend Is Insecure and Cries Easily. How Could He Be the Villain? 男友自卑又爱哭，怎么可能是反派 Little Duckling小鸭鸭Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Devoted and equally powerful couple + mildly scary infinite worlds + indulgent wish fulfillment] [They seem perfectly normal on the outside, but both are crazy inside. The heroine trains her man like a dog, while the hero is insecure and pitiful.] Yu Li and her boyfriend had known each other for four years and been together for three. They were deeply in love. Her boyfriend was gentle and considerate. Aside from being a little clingy and insecure sometimes, and always wanting her to watch horro 20.4kReads9.5Score2.6kShelves

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    The female protagonist is smart enough and she is not the kind to rely on the male protagonist.

14. 14 誓 I Swear I Won't Become an Immortal 誓不成仙 Ji Xin稷馨Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted In an age when everyone aspired to attain immortality, Chang Ying had never shared that ambition. With all eight of her tails severed, her memories gone, and barely a breath left in her, she looked up and saw Xie Yu'an, just as close to death. That was the first time Chang Ying met Xie Yu'an. His bones had been smashed one by one, the tendons in his hands severed, and he had been locked away in a dark, damp underground chamber where the sun never shone. His serpent tail curled in a freezing p 1kReads8.4Score201Shelves
15. 15 世 The Birth of the World's First Reptile Petting Zoo 世界第一爬宠馆诞生记 Riding the Wind, Cleaving the Waves御风斩浪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Originally titled The Amazing Reptile House. Slice of life + semi-fictional setting + 1v1 snake couple + a little golden finger (The protagonist is based on a real person, with some fictional details. See the end of Chapter 1 for content warnings.) Lin Ai has loved fluffy animals since she was little, but every pet she got would run away. Then, after her family went bankrupt, someone gave her a “little pet” that wouldn’t run off. Her great-aunt’s aunt’s sworn elder sister gave her a long, smooth 11.6kReads9.5Score1.4kShelves
16. 16 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 38.9kReads9.7Score6.1kShelves

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    The IQ is online and the plot is reversed.

17. 17 癫 I'm Losing It! The Clingy Younger Guy I Dumped After Online Dating Turns Out to Be a Top-Tier Star 癫了，网恋甩的粘人弟弟竟是顶流 I Just Want Spicy Food就要吃辣Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted [Male lead has a secret crush] [Both leads are inexperienced and devoted to each other] [Online romance + dating show] [Two stunning leads] [Female lead is a jack of all trades] Xun Yin, a top-tier star sales streamer, has a tiny waist, long legs, and a face blessed by heaven. She’s a bona fide heartbreaker, but all she cares about is selling products. [Streamer, what should I do if I don’t have a boyfriend?] Xun Yin: “Buy my stuff and help me make money. Once I’ve earned enough, I’ll go to T 2.1kReads8.8Score234Shelves

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    The heroine decathlon

18. 18 全 A Global Manhunt: The Prodigy Girl Goes on a Killing Spree 全球追凶，天才少女她杀疯了 Lin Wanbai蔺宛白Mystery764k WordsCompleted Mystery and deduction + crime-solving + System + woman disguised as a man + two powerful leads (1v1) + cold, aloof genius girl (a high-IQ prodigy with an IQ of 288, the most gifted member of China's Mensa Club) vs. rich second-generation criminal investigation captain (not dim-witted, with plenty of money; persistent, perceptive, remarkably intelligent, decisive, sharp, and exceptionally observant. The standout heartthrob of the Nanan police force, he raises the overall attractiveness of the Nan 1.7kReads7.4Score359Shelves

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    The female protagonists in these books all have high IQs, and the themes are different. There are suspenseful romances, starry-eyed ones, and palace-fighting and house-fighting ones, so you can enjoy them all at once!

19. 19 踹 Dump the Romance Hero, Seduce the Emperor from a Male-Oriented Novel 踹掉言情男主，勾搭男频帝王 You Gongyu尤宫羽Ancient Romance553k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, revenge, scheming, stunning heroine, seductive mastermind] The short drama His Heart on a String is now streaming! Shen Yuling transmigrated into a romance novel as its heroine. Unfortunately, she was a heroine whose luck had been stolen by a woman who transmigrated into the story. She would die in a fire, taking her unborn child with her, while her entire family would be wiped out. It was a fate the original heroine had failed to change, even after being reborn twice 20kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
20. 20 重 Reborn as a Top-Tier Star Heiress: The Rich Fight Over Me 重生商界顶流千金：豪门疯抢 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [Revenge against scumbags + forced possession + reborn heroine + romantic rivals competing] [Sweet-faced, scheming seductress × unhinged heir / abstinent CEO / rugged military king / refined but depraved bureau chief / financial predator] [In her past life, she was abandoned by her own family, betrayed by the one she loved, and bullied and framed, until she lost her reputation and died with bitterness in her heart!] [Reborn in the year 2000, Li Muan returns from the ashes with memories steeped i 428Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She regularly "breaks away" from her knowledge system, interpersonal relationships, and goal list. Get rid of redundancies that no longer serve the present, keep the people and things that are truly core and nourishing, and keep your mind extremely refreshed and efficient.

21. 21 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I'm a Heartbreaker, So What? 重生八零，我是渣女我怕谁 One Cat, One Leaf一猫一叶Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to the 1980s] [Cunning Bad Girl] [Powerful Men Bow to Love] [Everyone's Favorite] [Men Are All Stepping Stones] [Ageless Youth Golden Finger] Power and money are a woman's best tonics, a real boost... Zhao Wenwen, a minor celebrity who got her start as an internet influencer, is a polished, self-serving opportunist who moves between men. By a twist of fate, her soul transmigrates to the 1980s. Reborn, she seizes the tailwind of the times and launches her entrepreneurial journey. 265Reads8.9Score—Shelves
22. 22 重 Reborn in 2004: A Factory Girl Vows to Turn Her Life Around 重生2004，厂妹誓要逆袭人生 Sweet Love甜甜爱Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted I was married off far from home, cheated on, and abused. Did I cry? No. I was reborn. I kicked my scumbag ex to the curb, rediscovered my ambition, and made myself shine with unapologetic brilliance. The domineering, unhinged young master said to me, “It's just for fun. Don't get attached.” I smiled. “No problem. You're just a tool for making money. Who gets attached to a tool?” The devoted Young Master Zhou said goodbye with regret: “I'm sorry. I had no choice. If fate brings us together in the 17.1kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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