Looking for Novels Where the Protagonist Is a Villainess 求 主角是恶女的小说

1. 1 主 The Streamer Has a Sharp Tongue. The Top Fan Says: "Looks Good, I Like It" 主播超会怼，榜一：好看，爱看 Startled by a Broken Dream惊残梦Modern Romance853k WordsOngoing [One female lead, multiple male leads, all inexperienced / no makeover / gaming + everyday PK battles] Right after graduating, aspiring esports player Fang Zhi was coldly ghosted by a team, and plunged headfirst into the deep sea of livestreaming. Her own stats are a total disaster, yet the big sisters and brothers adore her and keep urging her to do PK battles. When she won't budge, they simply shower her livestream with gifts, determined to make her filthy rich. Fang Zhi: ...All right, then. I 933Reads9.1Score101Shelves

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   The first book, "Ugly Duckling Charismatic," features a highly intelligent woman who delivers satisfying comebacks. The second book, "Man Transmigrates into Woman," explores the idea that men understand men better and are quick-witted. Their common traits include using whatever they can, not easily swayed by others' opinions, and having low moral standards once they've acquired something.

2. 2 万 The Beloved Streamer Is Surprisingly Fierce 万人迷主播她凶猛异常 Branching分枝Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted [Gender-swap, gender-swap, gender-swap] [Man transmigrates as a woman + no fixed CP + game streaming + comical money-making + multiple forced fake love rivalries] An Jin transmigrated. From a shut-in single male mage, he became a game character he had created himself. In his previous life, he was plain and ordinary, with mediocre grades, an average build and looks, and nothing special about him. In this life, she had bright eyes and pearly teeth, a killer figure, and a voice so sweet it could ma 283Reads9.0Score—Shelves
3. 3 挖 You Want to Dig Out My Golden Core for the Heroine? I’ll Send the Whole Sect into My Imperial Banner 挖我金丹给女主？全宗进我人皇幡 That Mountain Far Away远方那座山Ancient Romance942k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [Morally Gray] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Self-Righteous] [No Romance] Jia Ying transmigrates into a cultivation novel, becoming the vicious villainess who serves as a foil to the heroine, Ruan Jiaojiao. After her golden core is ripped out, she looks at her mixed spiritual roots and damaged foundation, then resolutely embarks on the path of demonic cultivation! You dare rip out my golden core? Then the whole sect can go into my Human Emperor Banner! By day, she exudes the r 49.3kReads9.1Score6.8kShelves

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   This female lead is really not a good person.

4. 4 姐 I’m an F5 Bad Girl, So Why Pretend to Be Nice? 姐是F5恶女，装什么善良 Qi Ajiao祈阿娇Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Elite Academy + Villainess Awakens + Everyone's Favorite + A Little Love Rivalry + No CP] Warning: The villainess is the villainess, and the original heroine is the original heroine. This is not a story with two heroines. Luo Qiyan is the darling of heaven, at the top of the elite academy's social pyramid, perfect in every way. Her only flaw is that she's a sucker for beauty: she loves anything beautiful. One day, she suddenly awakens and realizes she's just a stepping stone for the heroine. Th 3.7kReads7.2Score544Shelves
5. 5 丑 The Ugly Daughter-in-Law Takes on Her Cruel Mother-in-Law 丑媳妇大战恶婆婆 Pan Yu盘语Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing The print edition is titled The Fading Embers of Mortal Life and is available on Taobao. [Satisfying highs and heartbreaking lows] [Traditional period setting] [Family drama] [The hardships of real life] This is the story of the joys and sorrows of three generations of women in a dysfunctional family, and how they grow amid the chaos of family life. Fu Ying is born into desperation. Her mother is a gambler, and her father is violent. When she reaches marrying age, no one dares take her as a wife 57.8kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves

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   I've been listening to it since 2025, and it's been 2026. There haven't been any updates online, and the updates are too infrequent. I hope there will be two more updates per day.

6. 6 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 33.4kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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   The female lead knows what she wants and only cares for herself, which is a little selfish, but I think it's all for self-protection. Before meeting the male lead, she could only protect herself. Later, when she meets him, he gets jealous, and she still has memories of her past life. It feels a bit fantastical; her son from her past life, who couldn't be born in this life, has also arrived in this time. [Shocked][Shocked][Shocked][Shocked]

7. 7 恶 Am I the Villainess? But They All Love Me 恶女吗？可是他们都爱我呢 Little Fish Jerky o小鱼冻干oAncient Romance401k WordsCompleted [A Truly Wicked Villainess + Male Rivalry + Green Tea Seduction + A Viciously Beautiful Heroine!] Shen Ruozhu struck a deal with the System and transmigrated into the story as a highborn young lady who died early. In the original story, she was the legitimate daughter of the esteemed Chancellor. But after the heroine, the daughter of a minor fifth-rank official, arrived in the capital, she caught the eye of many men. Who would have thought that the heroine would later set her sights on Shen Ruoz 1.7kReads8.7Score231Shelves

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   📖Tomato TOP Review| "A Villainess? But They All Love Me"🔥 ** [The Hell of All-Out Criticism]** "My position as Crown Princess is only worthy of being stained with your rouge." Buddhist beads wrapped around her ankle, the Crown Prince's eyes burning with karmic fire. "Girl, you saved my life," the top scholar tore the imperial edict to shreds and held it to her heart, "How about I return your life?" The young prince swung his sword and severed the head of her enemy: "Whoever A-Zhu wants to die, I'll make the road to the underworld bloom with red spider lilies!" ⚡ **A Guide to the Aesthetics of a Villainess** √ True Femme fatale: A slap must be stained with balsam juice to be truly beautiful √ A battlefield of heroes: Three powerful figures shot down the same golden goose in the street for her √ The pinnacle of tea ceremony: Smilingly feeding her rival "pregnancy-preserving medicine," then turning around and lighting a torch to annihilate her entire family √ One-sided love from everyone: Madmen kneel and beg her to be a femme fatale who brings ruin to the country 💋 **"My life motto:"** "To call me virtuous and gentle is an insult, to call me a venomous snake..." She crushed her enemy's throat bone and chuckled, "That's reading an award speech." "Tonight, everyone will kneel and kiss my skirt blade!"

8. 8 小 The Tiny Boss Is Everyone's Favorite, and She Coddles Her Scumbag Dad Like He's Her Placenta 小小老子当团宠，把渣爹当胎盘哄 Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition of A Boat in a Single Thought is now available on all platforms. [Comedy + raising kids + everyone’s favorite + 1v1 romance + devoted couple + the adult heroine’s love interest is Lu Jinghuai] [A funny, sunny heroine who actually has eight hundred tricks up her sleeve x a saintly beauty who is really a sinister, venomous schemer] Ji Nian transmigrates into a novel where the heroine is adored by everyone, becoming the universally disliked biological daughter of the heroine’s pow 89.7kReads9.6Score11.6kShelves

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   The first book was so good! I cried so much because of the female lead; she's not the kind of pushover, she has her own ideas. [Crying][crying] The second book is a bit Mary Sue-ish, but it's still very good.

9. 9 穿 I Became the Little Princess of a Powerful Family, and Made Everyone Get a Happy Ending 穿成豪门小公主，我让所有人he A Magnolia一只木兰Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted One day, Wen Chuchu, an unremarkable third-year computer science student, transmigrated into a book and became the illegitimate daughter of Wen Heng, the god of wealth who was the sole heir to the biggest tycoon family in City A, owner of a fortune worth billions, and every girl's dream man. System: "Dear Host, please work hard to complete your mission and win that man's heart. Otherwise, the consequences will be very serious." Wen Chuchu: "What consequences?" System: "The same as the original p 676Reads6.6Score101Shelves
10. 10 七 The 1970s: Everyone Can Be the Protagonist, Except Me 七零：人人都能当主角偏我不行 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace. 22.1kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    It looks pretty good. [Laughs]

11. 11 黑 The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and I’m Running Riot at My In-Laws’ 黑莲花重生，我在婆家杀疯了 Nothing Much Shark没啥的鲨鱼Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Chen Rui worked up the courage to call the police after her husband beat her, only to receive the cold reply, "This is a family matter. It’s none of our business." She fled to her parents’ home for help, but her grandmother advised her, "Take good care of the children, cook the meals, look after the elders, and hand over your wages. Then he won’t hit you." Her stepmother even said, "He hits you because he loves you. Hurry back." Her aunt blamed her too: "Don’t be so difficu —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 重 Reborn Black Lotus: Defying Fate 重生黑莲花，逆天改命 Star River Bathed in Rain星河沐雨Ancient Romance145k WordsOngoing A rebirth-and-revenge story of family intrigue and political machinations, featuring a black-lotus heroine and a mad prince. The most distinguished legitimate daughter of the Minister's residence is reduced to a pawn to be trampled on after her mother dies suddenly and her father's concubine takes her place. Her younger sister steals her marriage, the concubine ruins her reputation, and even her own father treats her as expendable. Reborn, she is now a venomous snake lying in wait. When Mo Qingl —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 恶 The Wicked Noblewoman Is Still a Black Lotus After Being Reborn 恶毒贵女重生后还是黑莲花 Suo Yu锁鱼Ancient Romance263k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance in an imaginary setting + reborn household intrigue + revenge on scumbags + both leads are inexperienced] [Vicious black-lotus noblewoman Xie Changle x devoted younger general Pei Jianchuan] As she lay dying, Xie Changle looked back on her life. The word “vicious” had defined all her love and hate. Her love had long since faded, but her hatred remained etched in her heart. First, she hated her faithless father, who favored his concubine over his wife. As a child, 33Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 被 Forced to Be Sacrificed? Sorry, I’m the Chosen One of Heaven 被迫祭天？抱歉，我才是天道女主 Rich Rich Rich富富富Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Punishing Scumbags + Invincible + Genius + Reborn + Strong Female Lead + Pocket Dimension] Reborn, Jiang Lingnan discovers that there isn’t a single decent person in the entire Qingyun Sect! Immortal Venerable Qinghua is selfish and keeps Jiang Lingnan’s spirit stones while mistreating her. Her three junior brothers are arrogant, conceited fools who mistake all her earnest efforts for an act. Her eldest senior brother, who is supposed to be her cultivation partner, secretly falls in love with a 885Reads8.5Score108Shelves
15. 15 恶 The Villainess Becomes the Legitimate Daughter: I'm Just Pretending, Don't Get Too Attached 恶女成嫡：我装的，你们别太爱了 Peach Blossoms Reflected in Wine桃花映酒Ancient Romance617k WordsCompleted (Print edition goes on sale at 7 p.m. on September 19 / Several short animated adaptations are now streaming) [Wicked Villainess Transmigrates into a Book + Total Control + “Training Dogs” Romance + Male Rivals in a Shura Field + Exes Begging for Her Back + Face-Slapping and Scumbag Punishment] [The heroine is a true villainess: a stunning, calculating temptress who never hesitates to manipulate others] Jiang Chuji, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was an ill-fated girl sent to a t 59.7kReads9.4Score8kShelves

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    This female lead is truly a wicked woman.

16. 16 手 I Got the Villainess Script, and Now I'm Terrifyingly Unhinged 手拿恶女剧本，我现在癫的可怕 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] + [No Romance] In her previous life, Pei Ling passed the civil service exams and worked diligently her way up from the grassroots to a senior provincial position, sweeping out organized crime and cracking down on every kind of illegal activity. She was upright to the core. Then she entered a Quick Transmigration world and was handed the script of a villainess: a born bad seed who did every evil under the sun, so terrifyingly powerful that the protagonists could only scrape 33.3kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves
17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: The Beauty Is Wicked, Yet the Male Lead Remains Devoted 快穿：美人恶毒，男主却痴心不改 Bie Xueliu别雪柳Ancient Romance273k WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration + Stunning Female Lead + No Fixed CP + Sweet Romance + Scheming Green Tea + Feel-Good Story] [World One] A venomous beauty with the face of Guanyin x a cunning emperor Her older sister wants to arrange her marriage and force her to wed a playboy, so she throws herself into her imperial brother-in-law’s arms and cries pitifully enough to melt anyone’s heart. [World Two] A pampered beauty x the cold, ascetic older brother of a scumbag woman [World Three] A beauty who loves 115Reads6.0Score—Shelves
18. 18 穿 Transmigrate into a Book as a Blessed, Wicked Mother-in-Law, and Lead My Good-for-Nothing Kids to Wealth 穿书福运恶婆婆，带渣崽崽们暴富 Ballball the Soon-to-Be Millionaire暴富的大球球Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming, family squabbles, building wealth, a woman transmigrates into a book as an older mother-in-law] After staying up all night reading a novel, I opened my eyes and found myself transmigrated into a book. Talk about bad luck. Of all people, why did I have to become her? I ended up as the silly, sweet heroine’s stepmother, the villainess’s biological mother, and a wicked farm wife with a whole brood of useless kids. Zhang Jing complained, “Well, this is great. No more nagging me to get 699Reads8.9Score107Shelves
19. 19 穿 Transmigrated into the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿成极品恶婆婆 Xiao Jiuli萧九离Ancient Romance292k WordsCompleted A top-tier female artist transmigrates into the body of a fierce farm wife in ancient times, and not just any farm wife, but a terrible mother-in-law who favors sons over daughters and is about to drown her newborn granddaughter. Under the fearful stares of the whole family, Zhang Lanlan beckons her over: Come here, come on, don't be scared. Come with me, and I'll give you meat~ 1.1kReads9.1Score114Shelves
20. 20 被 After Her Children Abandon Her Surgery, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1980s 被儿女放弃手术后老太太重生八零 Adorably Cute Little Eleven小十一萌萌哒Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted Era setting + rebirth + realistic slice of life + everyday life (a feel-good power fantasy where the heroine is either beating someone up or on her way to do so; a story about an ordinary person growing and changing) In her previous life, Feng Yun favored boys over girls. When she grew old and became useless, she could only watch as the unfilial son she had painstakingly raised abandoned her to die. She died full of regret. When she opened her eyes again, she was in her prime, and things had not 190Reads8.0Score—Shelves
21. 21 万 A Beloved Little Darling? She's a Calamity-Class Evil Ghost 万人迷小可怜？她是天灾级恶鬼 Perhaps Occasionally Obedient或许偶尔乖顺Modern Romance108k WordsOngoing [No CP] [Everyone's Favorite] [One Woman, Multiple Men] [Villainess] [Secret Identity] [Everyone's Groveling Arc] [Love Triangle] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within] #Pity is only a disguise. Devouring is her true nature.# #She's not crying. She's reading the menu.# Shen Zhiwei has a secret. She's not human. Yes, she means that literally: she's an evil ghost who eats people. She's best at donning a fragile secret identity, acting all soft and sweet with tears in her eyes as she blends in among a 66Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't be fooled by Shen Zhiwei's tears; her pitifulness is merely a facade, her innate instinct is to devour. She mingled in the circle of powerful individuals with supernatural abilities, coaxing four people into swearing oaths to protect her. When the truth was revealed, a sharp blade was held to her neck, yet no one dared to strike.

22. 22 第 Reborn for the Third Time, I Turned the Tables Through a Gold-Digger Livestream 第三次重生，我靠捞女直播间逆袭 Tomatoes Without Ice西红柿不加冰Modern Romance145k WordsOngoing [Vicious gold digger] vs. [Fated heroine adored by everyone] vs. [Third time reborn] vs. [Gold Digger Livestream] After two lifetimes, Xu Le has lost everything. In her first life, her parents were brutally killed. She struggled to survive, only to be tortured to death in the end. In her second life, she suffered more than death itself, and even the right to end her own life was forcibly taken away. Only after dying did she learn the truth. She was supposed to be this world’s adored-by-everyon 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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23. 23 穿 I Became the Junior Sister of the Seven Deadly Sins and Gave Up Trying 穿成七大罪的小师妹后我摆烂了 Flower Roll Rice花卷饭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + Strong heroine + Everyone has a one-sided crush + Seven Deadly Sins theme + Not a cultivation novel] Puran was a spiritual stone in a temple, but her tribulation ended in failure. A thunderbolt shattered her to pieces, and she transmigrated. Puran: “...Buddha, am I allowed to swear?” The good news: She gained seven senior brothers after transmigrating. The bad news: Every one of them is handsome, powerful, and tragic. But don't worry, your savior is here! The aloof and fallen Pride 7.3kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves

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    The craziness factor is off the charts! The female protagonist uses madness as armor, ruthlessly enters the game, and rampages through the darkness, delivering a crazy and deadly thrill that goes straight to the top of your head!

24. 24 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 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 428.2kReads9.4Score40.7kShelves
25. 25 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86.4kReads9.6Score11.3kShelves
26. 26 除 Everyone on the Team Is a Villain Except Me 除我以外，全队反派 Ruan Qingruan阮清阮Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing An original fictional society with lots of personal worldbuilding and foreshadowing. Don’t come in with your own preconceptions and impose them on the author or the story. No suggestions, please. There is a couple, but the romance doesn’t take up much of the story. An alternate “what if” storyline will be written after the ending. Readers with strict moral sensibilities, please stay away. The protagonists aren’t perfect, so don’t judge them by universal standards of morality. If this isn’t to yo 24.9kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
27. 27 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves

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