Looking for a Clear-Headed, Independent Female Lead with Agency 有没有女主清醒独立有主体性的

1. 1 阴 A Gloomy Little Pitiable? That's Clearly an Apocalypse Calamity! 阴湿小可怜？那分明是末世天灾！ Wake Up, I Can't Wake Up醒醒睡不醒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Animated series now streaming] [Modern Sweet Romance | Apocalypse | Obsessive Love and Redemption] Qiao Qingshu transmigrates into a novel about the arrival of the uncanny, becoming the male lead’s dark-moonlight ex-wife: the wicked woman who beats and berates him and plans to cheat on him. The apocalypse has yet to begin. The dark moonlight, who despises poverty and loves wealth, is about to slap divorce papers in the male lead’s face Newly transmigrated Qiao Qingshu meets the male lead’s eyes 8.5kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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   The female protagonists are quite charming and sober. The male protagonists in 1 and 3 are both of the milk-dog type, while 2 is a story with multiple male protagonists, and some are of the milk-dog type. I think they all look great!!!

2. 2 夫 My Husband Risks Everything to Win My Favor, So I Pack Up and Flee in the Middle of the Night 夫君玩命争宠，我卷铺盖连夜逃跑 Autumn Waters of the Forgotten River忘川秋水Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Matriarchal society! Multiple male leads, brothers! Every character is beautiful, strong, and deeply wounded; a big-time “I didn’t know I’d fall for them” story, with a redemption arc and an emotional focus!] Yan Qing’s soul transmigrates into a matriarchal dynasty, where she becomes the wife and head of a rural household. The original owner was cruel, brutal, and vicious. Though she had stunningly beautiful husbands at home, she abused them mercilessly, leaving them covered in wounds. Whipping 853Reads9.0Score234Shelves
3. 3 春 Spring Mountain in Uproar 春山喧 Biyou彼呦Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [Faithful couple + older-sister-younger-man romance + reunion after years apart + secret crush + healing + slow-paced travel variety show + happy ending] "Straightforward, loyal F1 driver x glamorous, gentle actress" - At the height of her fame, Wen Wanning was filming in Northeast China. On a snowy night with temperatures at minus twenty degrees, her van broke down halfway up a mountain. Not long after she hung up with the repair shop, a battered Santana came skidd 114kReads9.5Score19.9kShelves
4. 4 海 Ocean Era: After Purifying the Powerhouse, She Becomes Everyone's Darling 海洋纪元：净化大佬后她被团宠了 Rusty Scabbard锈刀鞘Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Purifying ocean pollution + marine beastfolk world + everyone’s favorite + sweet everyday romance + all male love interests are devoted + gentle heroine] Not a strong female lead! Luo Mian dies unexpectedly and is reborn as a human woman with weak abilities in the Ocean Era. After a car accident robs her of her blessing-granting ability, her cousin takes her place as ruler of a safe, clean sea region, while Luo Mian is assigned to the most polluted area. Everyone assumes Luo Mian will die there 985Reads8.9Score113Shelves
5. 5 你 You’re Marrying a City Girl? Fine, I’ll Marry the Commander of the Military District 你娶城里姑娘？行，我嫁军区首长 Qiaoqiao Reads Without Her Brain看书不带脑子的乔乔Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Originally titled: “Divorced in the Sixties Without a Worry, My Ex-Husband Plays Matchmaker for Me” Career arc: From child bride to female military doctor [The Sixties + remarriage + joining the army + devoted husband + medical skills + cozy everyday life + no needless angst] Zhu Linlang woke up one day to find she had landed in the 1960s. The good news: the world was at peace, and she still had all her arms and legs. The bad news: her husband, who had just been promoted, wanted a divorce. Her b 19.4kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves

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   The plot is good, the heroine has a good personality, she doesn't like to look after the overall situation and compromise, she just likes to be tough, the hero is also good

6. 6 军 A Lovely Military Wife and a Rugged Soldier: One Wrong Step on the Army Journey in the Eighties 军嫂俏！军爷糙！八零随军闪了腰 Chestnut V栗子VModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet, Charming Wife + Abstinent Officer] (Fictional Military Marriage + Married First, Fell in Love Later + Life in the Military Camp + Spatial System + Adorable Baby) Jiang Ning's arrival in the 1980s gets off to a wild start. The moment she opens her eyes, she's face-to-face with a burly soldier sporting an eight-pack, and nearly gets caught in bed with him. She makes a snap decision and binds herself to the man... “Comrade, what's done is done. Why don't we get married?” “Comrade, let's go 13.6kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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   You can tell by looking at the ratings of these books. The heroine has a high IQ and is very awesome. It's fun all the way to the end.

7. 7 军 A Sweet Military Marriage: Pampered by a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚甜如蜜，在七零被兵痞宠上天 Seaweed Pork Floss Cake海苔肉松小贝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Multiple births + devoted, sweet romance + everyday family life + both leads’ first love + pocket dimension] Su Ruanruan went to sleep and transmigrated to the year 1970, on her wedding night. The first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and an eight-pack. Who wouldn’t be captivated? Fu Wenzhang has brows like distant peaks and eyes like stars, a high nose, thin lips, and a sharply defined jaw. When he wears his military uniform, he always buttons it righ 10.5kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
8. 8 穿 Transmigrated into the Eighties as a Delicate Darling, but the Cool Military Officer Can't Handle Me 穿成八零娇气包，高冷军官顶不住 Yuzhou渔洲Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Period + military marriage + sweet romance + both leads' first love + everyone's favorite + delicate beauty versus taciturn, rugged man] This rugged man is way too good at flirting. The beauty can't take it. When she opens her eyes, Shen Zhizhi has become a pampered, delicate young woman raised by her loving family in the 1980s. What's more, she's been caught in the act of cheating. And among the people who showed up to catch her is the soldier she married after meeting him only once. Duan Yuji 2.1kReads8.7Score201Shelves
9. 9 夫 My Husband Sucks Up Men, I Suck Up Women: The Whole City Ends Up Single 夫君吸男我吸女，满城男女打光棍 Leisure Time时暇Ancient Romance880k WordsCompleted [Every Woman in the City Wants to Marry Me] [A Married Couple of Succubi] [No Romance in the Main Story] Three years after transmigrating, Chu Yi'an unexpectedly binds herself to a Husband System... Wait, what kind of System did you say you are? A husband? Do you really think a young woman like me should be bound to a Husband System? The System thinks it's perfectly appropriate. No one could be a better fit. And so Chu Yi'an sets out to bring warmth and care to the young women of the city, helpi 6kReads9.2Score766Shelves

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   In this book, the heroine is always sober.

10. 10 1 Pride and Prejudice in the Early 19th Century 19世纪初傲慢与偏见 Wang Mengying Who Loves Mixed Stew爱吃拌大杂烩的王孟英Female-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsOngoing A Pride and Prejudice fanfiction that keeps the original couples together. An ensemble portrait of the early nineteenth century: Regency England, power struggles among the elite, and marriage as currency. Isabella Gardner relies on her wit to make her way, carefully advancing through a game ruled by men. A realism-leaning story with a warning: the male lead is not a virgin. I have never written a tale of romance and roses, but of one woman’s struggle, her fight to break free, and her resolve in 7.4kReads8.7Score688Shelves
11. 11 京 The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水 Stars Fill My Eyes满眼星宸Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable 59.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

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    Xiong Jing Dou Luo Arena, such a cool novel. The heroine is a really proud sister. She grew up doted on by thousands of people. She is rich and powerful. She slaps anyone who makes her uncomfortable. She does whatever she wants. She never wrongs herself or allows herself to be wronged. She never suffers from internal friction. The premise of loving someone is to love yourself. It is really good. Even if she falls under the love spell, she still loves herself the most. The heroine does not like anyone but herself. She clearly knows that she wants the most noble woman in the world.

12. 12 攀 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 198.7kReads9.6Score30.7kShelves

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    The eldest heroine is sober and independent, has her own thoughts, and is not as dependent as a dodder.

13. 13 好 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 50.6kReads9.5Score7.1kShelves
14. 14 我 Me, a Cultivation Big Shot: How Much Stronger Can I Get? 我，修仙大佬强亿点怎么了 Cabbage白菜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted "Soul Ferryman + No Romance + Story Arc Adventures + Spiritual Qi Revival + Cultivation + Invincible" Yun Miao, a cultivation powerhouse who has lived for thousands of years, sets out to uncover her origins. She volunteers to become a ferryman, guiding vengeful ghosts to the afterlife. The ghosts are full of resentment, hatred, and longing. She works diligently, her heart as firm as stone, yet can never uncover the mystery of her origins. Until one day... The Taoist priests of the Xuanmen 31.3kReads9.2Score6.5kShelves
15. 15 车 The Pinker the Car, the Fiercer the Driver: I’m Claiming the Top Spot 车越粉人越狠这榜一我当定了 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 489.8kReads9.4Score60.1kShelves

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    Although there are routines, one line of writing is not logical, and there is still a sense of excessive pleasure, the three views are very correct, the group portraits are very charming, and the protagonist is not a leader who will not get tired, but a flesh-and-blood boss.

16. 16 无 Infinite Flow: I Become a God After Giving Up 无限流：摆烂后我封神了 Chang Chang Chang Xiao长长长消Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing No CP + System + mass misinterpretation Luo Yuejian has always thought of herself as plain and ordinary, with a touch of social anxiety and a poker face. Someone like her would be utterly unremarkable in a crowd and completely ignored by everyone. After dying under bizarre circumstances, she is forced into a survival game. She knows her own limits and realizes she has no chance of coming back to life in a terrifying survival game. As she agonizes over whether to fight with all she has or give 34.4kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

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    I like the first one very much recently. She has a foundation in her previous life. Now the heroine is getting stronger step by step. She has her own group, a micro-group portrait, but it doesn't feel very...

17. 17 我 I Became a God Through Showing Off [ Transmigrated to Another World ] 我靠凡尔赛成神【穿越异世】 Catch the Stars抓住星星Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Can you believe it? Ji Hua transmigrates into a novel her best friend was reading. The bad news: She’s transmigrated, and there’s no way back. The good news: The novel’s main story has already ended, and the identity she’s transmigrated into is quite prestigious. The novel Good-for-Nothing Mage is about two good-for-nothing leads who rise to success. It’s worth mentioning that both the male and female leads each have a beloved person they can never forget. And here’s the best part: the male lead 33.5kReads9.3Score8.4kShelves
18. 18 师 Senior Sister, Stop Hiding. You're Already Invincible 师姐别苟了，你都已经无敌了 Gion of Flame City烈焰城的祗园Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + Invincible + Cautious] Tang Shi transmigrated to another world, into a realm of immortal cultivation. With poor aptitude, she couldn’t keep up with the ambitious, but she couldn’t even slack off properly. She was tired of it all. Might as well let the world end. If she was lucky, she’d be dead by tomorrow. “Ding! You have been bound to the Retirement System. For every extra day you live, the System will grant the Host a certain amount of cultivation.” Tang Shi: “I suddenly feel lik 8.9kReads8.2Score750Shelves
19. 19 国 National Fate: Playing Zhang Qilin, I'm the Female Version of the Guy 国运：扮演张麒麟，我是女版小哥 Young Master Lishu离殊公子Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [No Changes to the Original Text] Mo Qilin transmigrates into herself in another world. In that world, she is the real daughter of a wealthy family, switched at birth by the nanny. Her father shows her no affection, her mother does not love her, and her brothers go out of their way to mock and mistreat her, while treating the fake heiress like a princess! The fake heiress is also a scheming black-hearted lotus. She knows how to act and manipulate people, making 53kReads9.3Score4kShelves
20. 20 小 The Little Junior Sister Is the Cultivation World's Biggest Sycophant? She Gets a Hundredfold Return! 小师妹修仙第一舔？她百倍返利！ All Intentions Rise with the Wind万意随风起Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [No romance + classic cultivation + sword cultivator + epic power progression + rebate system] “Gift an ordinary Spirit-Gathering Pill and receive a system rebate: one high-grade spirit pill!” “Gift an unremarkable Water Spirit Pearl and receive a system rebate: one Spirit Spring source!” “Gift a three-tailed spirit fox with impure bloodlines and receive a system rebate: one nine-tailed demon fox cub!” While everyone else was fighting tooth and nail over a single spirit pill or magical artifact, 12.5kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    This woman is uniquely beautiful.

21. 21 夭 Oh No, My Sister Is Going to the Middle East to Mine 夭寿啦我姐要去中东挖矿了 Liu Yao留幺Modern Romance577k WordsCompleted That year, my older sister set foot on Middle Eastern soil for my sake, or so I think. Before she left, she turned back with a carefree smile and said, "Just wait. Your big sister will come home in glory." 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I sincerely recommend this book. The heroine is a sober and independent girl from the Northeast. There is no emotional line to hold her back. The plot is daily and suspenseful. Don't read it. It is still being serialized. I can't stand the author! I haven't asked for leave until now! Each chapter is over 10,000 words long! I can enjoy watching it every day!

22. 22 星 Starlight Brushes Past Gray Eyes 星光拂过灰眸 Xun Qian day浔芊dayModern Romance209k WordsOngoing [Everyone’s Darling + Growing-Up Little One + Slight Ensemble Cast + Special Ability] [At first, she’s an innocent, adorable little ray of sunshine. She gradually grows stronger later on (Note: she doesn’t learn skills just for the sake of becoming stronger. Everything she learns comes from her older sisters’ guidance.)] Ruan Mingzhi was born blind, but from birth she had the ability to see other people’s painful memories by touching them. She was cruelly abandoned. Three girls from families wit 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 终 A Lifelong Project 终生项目 Spring's Return最春归Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Cozy everyday life + devoted affection + strong heroine and hero + happy ending] [A down-on-her-luck live-in tutor and her overbearing, devoted single-dad employer; older man, six-year age gap] Under the same roof, the live-in tutor and her domineering CEO employer share the cozy routine of a trial marriage. Xiang Wang is eager to shower her with tender care, but the goddess remains unwilling to entrust herself to him... So, alongside his many other projects, Lu Zerui takes on two more: first, 106Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ha, this book is full of warm daily romance. The heroine is always sober, firm and unattached, independent and transparent, and her heart does not allow it. However, the male protagonist who has a good upbringing in three views does not know how to force, so he clings to her in various ways. He hugs her neck on the excuse of being tired and is not gentle, comforting, respecting and pampering. What else can I do... Freshly released, brain-burning and good-looking.

24. 24 娘 One Tear from the Empress, and She Acts Her Way to the Emperor's Throne 娘娘一滴泪，演到帝王送凤位 Little Peeled Egg剥壳的小蛋蛋Ancient Romance589k WordsCompleted [Story complete; easy to get around] Shen Qingfu transmigrated into a rebirth novel. The reborn heroine, Chu Can, had grown up with the crown prince, Ning Xuanli, as his childhood sweetheart. Given a second chance at life, she wanted no love, only power and riches. To become the most special person in the crown prince’s heart, she played hard to get. She had schemes, but no feelings. Shen Qingfu was nothing more than the most insignificant cannon fodder in the rebirth novel. Shen Qingfu gave a s 348Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    The heroine is very clear and knows what she wants

25. 25 嗜 Marriage Obsession 嗜婚 Jiejie皆皆Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted [A Match of Equals + Forced Love + Marriage First, Love Later] The Qin and Jiang families arrange a marriage alliance. At their first meeting, the man regards her coldly, exuding an imposing presence. “You’re not my type.” “After we’re married, don’t interfere in my love life.” “We’ll divorce by mutual agreement in a year.” Jiang Hanning agrees without hesitation. Her only requirement for marriage is that her partner not love her. But the husband who insisted he didn’t love her begins closing 1.5kReads7.0Score104Shelves
26. 26 撩 I Flirted With a Cool, Handsome Scholar to Pass the Time. You're Saying He's the Crown Prince? 撩个清冷书生解闷，你说他是太子殿下？ Ling Zhaozhao令昭昭Ancient Romance689k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, career-minded heroine + two men vying for her + second male lead's long road to winning her back] After her fiancé went off to war, Xie Lingshu flirted with a poor scholar. He might have been poor, but he was truly handsome. Unfortunately, her fiancé came back. “Shen Chenghe, let's end this.” As a proper young lady of a great family, Xie Lingshu knew love couldn't compare to money. She never expected her fiancé to disregard the marriage alliance between their families and swagger 205Reads5.5Score102Shelves

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    The heroine is particularly clear-headed, rational and self-interested. In the beginning, her fiancé comes back and kicks the hero who is a prince in Jiangnan. It turns out that her fiancé is a scumbag. She does not hesitate to steal her fiancé's money. She does not regret knowing the hero's true identity. The heroine does not want to be a princess, but the hero turns out to be a shady crawler because the heroine does not want to marry.

27. 27 六 The Sixties: We Agreed to Divorce, So Why Is the Tycoon Having Second Thoughts? 六零：说好离婚，大佬怎么后悔了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [1960s setting + pocket dimension + returning to the city as a dual-income couple + beautiful, ordinary orphan heroine × prickly educated youth + marriage before love + self-interest above all + devoted to each other] Gu Qingxu, a pampered young lady since childhood, transmigrates into a book! She becomes an ordinary orphan in a period novel, and opens her eyes on her wedding night. While she's still trying to make sense of things, the man beside her suddenly rolls over and grits out in her ear, 7.7kReads8.4Score428Shelves

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    🍂①The interstellar girl Zhu Linlang traveled through the 60s and faced a divorce crisis as soon as she woke up😖. Faced with the scumbag remarks of her cheap husband who wanted a divorce and "will never leave home after divorce", she decisively fought back👋, demanded divorce fees and asked to introduce a partner! From the initial alienation to the sweet companionship with Shen Junbei, who got married unexpectedly and once devoted himself to his country💕

28. 28 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: On My Wedding Night, I'm Sent Next Door to Stay 穿书七零：新婚夜被送到隔壁借宿 Pan-Fried Bun生煎包Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + beloved by all + devoted couple + no golden finger] On the day of her wedding, Lin Jianchun is suspected of bringing bad luck to her mother-in-law, so her new husband sends her to spend the night at the Lu family’s house next door. Unexpectedly, the owner of the bed comes home in the middle of the night… That’s when she transmigrates into the story. Remembering that she was punished with transmigration just for cursing out the author, 9.7kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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