Mystery with a Single Female Lead 悬疑，单女主

1. 51 狂 The Arrogant Female General and the Ailing Imperial Uncle's Beloved 狂傲女将军，病弱皇叔心尖宠 Feng Lili风离离Ancient Romance670k WordsCompleted [Historical romance, political intrigue, two formidable leads, devoted to one another, both reborn, female general] When Sang Jiuli was young and naive, she met Mu Jinyu. He shared poetry with her and took her to admire the flowers. She thought he was the fine young man her mother had told her about. To fulfill his wishes, Sang Jiuli rode into battle with her spear, pacified the realm for him, and helped him ascend the throne. But on their wedding night, he gave her poisoned wine, crippling her 5.3kReads9.1Score808Shelves
2. 52 花 The Bridal Sedan Arrives, but She Refuses the Wedding, Hoping Only for an Old Friend's Return 花轿临门她拒嫁，只盼故人归 Xian Tan闲檀Ancient Romance960k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Revenge on Scumbags + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Payback] Shen Tang only learned on her deathbed that her elder legitimate sister, the empress, was not their parents’ daughter, but the murderer who had killed her entire family. Fortunately, Heaven took pity on her. After dying, she was reborn on the day before her sister was to marry a man as a good-luck bride. In her previous life, her sister feared being widowed and schemed to make Shen Tang take her place. Then, after the marriage b 43.3kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves
3. 53 嫡 My Eldest Sister Is Reborn, My Younger Sister Transmigrates, and I Just Want to Survive 嫡姐重生庶妹穿越，我只想苟命 Pomegranate Fish石榴鱼Ancient Romance840k WordsCompleted The legitimate elder sister is famous throughout the city, and the younger half-sister is a peerless beauty. Yan Muxi just wants to lie flat and stay alive! But life is hard, staying alive is no easy feat, and lying flat is even harder. Her mother is a handful. She schemes to land her daughter a man who belongs to the legitimate elder sister, but the one whose clothes get torn off is the younger half-sister’s man… The man asks her, “Have you thought this through? Are you sure you want to be with 4.4kReads8.9Score438Shelves
4. 54 帝 The Emperor Has No Heir, Yet Stumbles Upon a Miniature Version of Himself 帝王绝嗣，却意外撞见缩小版自己 A Ten-Year Promise十年之约Ancient Romance671k WordsCompleted On the day of the Xiang household’s full-month celebration, the master of the Jiuli Temple declared that the twin flowers were a calamity for the family. One of the two girls was destined to be an empress, destined to rule the realm as its mother; the other was born under an ill-starred fate and would bring disaster upon her family. Qingli was born with the Heavenly Eye, allowing her to see all things in the world. For that reason, people believed she was ill-starred. When she was just a month o 8.1kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
5. 55 前 He Rebelled for Her in Their Past Life, Then Returned to Their Wedding Night and Swept Her Off Her Feet 前世为她谋反，重回新婚夜撩翻了 Xian Qing闲轻Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + getting revenge on scumbags + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment] In her previous life, she defied her father and brothers and gave everything to help a scumbag become emperor, only for him to slaughter her entire family. Reborn, she plans her every move, protects her loved ones, kills her scheming cousin, executes her vicious aunt, and crushes the scumbag emperor’s dreams. On her path to revenge, she’ll kill any god or Buddha who stands in her way. But she accidentally catch 15.5kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
6. 56 重 Reborn as a Movie Queen: The Madam Is Gorgeous and Glamorous 重生影后：夫人又美又飒 Yu Xi羽夕Modern Romance3.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn wish-fulfillment + face-slapping + adored by everyone] In her previous life, Gu Qi loved Fan Jue with no dignity whatsoever, yet never managed to get so much as a glance from him before she died. The family she trusted without question turned out to be trash who had stolen someone else's place. Breaking free from her cocoon, she is reborn to live for herself this time. She crushes scum, serves up face-slapping, climbs to the top of the entertainment industry, and exposes the schemes of t 13.1kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
7. 57 二 Second Master, Your Wife Has Calculated Someone's Doom Again! 二爷，夫人她又把人算死了！ Le Xingchun乐行春Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Su Qiao was born under the ill-fated star of Tiansha and sent up a mountain to train when she was three. At twenty, she came down the mountain with a cloth bundle on her back and knocked on the door of the man said to be the most untouchable in the Imperial City. “Second Master Shen, I calculated that you won't live past this year, but there's a way to break the curse!” Shen Xiujin furrowed his long brows. “Let's hear it.” Su Qiao looked utterly righteous. “Marry me!” But after the wedding, Shen 19.4kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
8. 58 摄 The Regent's Little Ancestor Is Beautiful and Dashing 摄政王的小祖宗又美又飒 Olive Honey橄榄蜂蜜Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Secret Identity + Fake and Real Heiresses + Face-Slapping + Satisfying Story + Soul Transmigration + Medical Consort + Palace Intrigue + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Putting Scumbags in Their Place] Su Ruojin was the eldest daughter of Lin, the prefect of Yanyang. She grew up in the residence under the care of Old Madam Lin, with a father who didn’t care for her and a mother who didn’t love her. When Prefect Lin finally found his biological daughter, he threw Su Ruojin 12.9kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
9. 59 薄 Master Bo, Your Wife Offered a Trillion to Call Off the Engagement 薄爷，夫人出价一千亿要退婚 Mu Xiaoliang暮小靓Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted Bo Hannian, who had been single for twenty-eight years, gets dumped by his fiancée. And she’s just a country girl, too. “Mr. Bo, Madam is offering five million to call off the engagement.” Bo Hannian raises his narrow eyes slightly. “No.” “Mr. Bo, Madam has raised her offer to twenty million. She wants to call off the engagement!” Bo Hannian smiles. “Give Madam fifty million. The engagement stays.” “Madam is offering a hundred million to call it off!” Bo Hannian: “...” He has a bit of a headache 8kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
10. 60 名 Famed Throughout the Capital 名满京华 Mu Mu Mu Zhi木木木枳Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Revenge + Taking Down the Trash] Chu Muqing, the eldest daughter of the Yongning Marquis Household, was raised from childhood by her second uncle’s family in Hezhou. After returning to the capital, she believed her stepmother was kind, her younger half-sister was good-hearted, and all her relatives in the marquis household loved her. Who would have thought that one day she’d wake up and realize the loving mother and daughter, the harmonious family, were all an illusion? Meanwhile, tho 5.3kReads8.9Score599Shelves
11. 61 缅 A True Story from Northern Myanmar: 100 Days of Terror 缅北真实经历，惊魂100天 Egg-Breaking Expert拆蛋专家Urban1.6M WordsCompleted As far as I know, I’m the only person to have escaped from Myawaddy in the past three years. To this day, a boss at one of the compounds is offering a million yuan for my head. In April this year, I was interviewed by six media outlets. The story of everything I went through has received over a hundred million views across the internet. Everything and everyone I’m about to talk about is real. I’d also like to offer everyone two pieces of advice. If you’re abroad, or planning to go abroad: First, 512Reads8.4Score149Shelves

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    Both are excellent novels; I've already finished reading them and found them very good. The writing is superb, especially the first two, which have a lot of plot twists. I recommend the earlier parts for adults and the later parts for students.

12. 62 龙 The Dragon King's Son-in-Law 龙王医婿 Xuan Kuangfeng轩疯狂Urban9.8M WordsCompleted The Jiang family was caught up in a conspiracy and consumed by a raging fire. Tang Chuchu risked her life to pull Jiang Chen from the flames. Ten years later, Jiang Chen returned in glory to repay his debts of gratitude and avenge his family. He would repay Tang Chuchu for saving his life. He would avenge the destruction of the Jiang family. Jiang Chen appeared before Tang Chuchu. “From now on, as long as I’m here, you’ll have the whole world.” 24.8kReads9.2Score11.8kShelves
13. 63 第 The Number One Warrior 第一兵王 The Grease Pencil揩油笔Urban5.0M WordsCompleted A legendary soldier crosses the border and goes to prison to avenge his brother. Five years later, he returns to the city... His big brother became a live-in son-in-law and is constantly bullied! Because of his prison record, everyone looks down on him! But who would have thought that his biological parents are actually the heirs to a prestigious family in the capital... 49.6kReads8.9Score4.2kShelves
14. 64 天 The Heavenly God Returns to Bathe the City in Blood for His Daughter 天神归来为女儿血洗都市 Yan Bei燕北Urban6.2M WordsCompleted [This story is entirely fictional] While fighting bloodily on the battlefield, he receives a desperate call for help from his daughter. Overnight, the world's top experts from across the three thousand realms rush to Huaxia! Xiao Tiance has lived a life of hardship, and his daughter and wife are the light of his life. He will never allow them to suffer even the slightest harm! 42.5kReads9.5Score10.3kShelves
15. 65 超 The Super Son-in-Law 超级上门女婿 Success Together一起成功Urban10.8M WordsOngoing Ye Fan, a useless live-in son-in-law, accidentally inherits the Taiji Scripture and the Stone of Life and Death, setting him on a very different path in life. He saves beautiful women with his medical skills and slays enemies with his martial arts. Not only does he overcome the scorn and ridicule of others and win his wife's heart, he also rises to the pinnacle of the world, looking down on all creation. 180.1kReads9.1Score8.6kShelves
16. 66 仙 Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊 Six Realms, Three Paths六界三道Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsCompleted Nine thousand years ago, the Immortal Martial Emperor led a million divine generals into the ancient primordial wilderness. Not one of them returned, and only a wisp of true fire remained in the world. Nine thousand years later, Ye Chen, a discarded disciple, was driven from his sect and left with nowhere to go. By a twist of fate, he came into possession of the true fire and set foot on the path of immortal martial cultivation once more. This is a world where gods, demons, immortals, and Buddha 60.5kReads9.1Score14.3kShelves
17. 67 九EN Nine Star Hegemon Body Art 九星霸体诀 Ordinary Magician平凡魔术师Eastern Fantasy18.7M WordsOngoing Was he an Alchemy Emperor reborn, or had he fused with another soul? Long Chen was a talentless youth whose spiritual root, spiritual blood, and spiritual bone had been stolen. Relying on the divine alchemy techniques in his memories, he cultivates the mysterious Nine-Star Hegemon Body Art, pierces through layer upon layer of mystery, and uncovers a world-shaking plot. He commands the universe in his palm, treads upon the sun and moon, and suppresses evil spirits and wicked gods. Rumor has it in 209.6kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves
18. 68 规 Rule Horror: The Prince Is Always Lusting After Me 规则怪谈：王子总是对我垂涎欲滴 There Will Always Be Youth总有青葱Mystery2.1M WordsOngoing [Volume One of the print edition goes on sale August 7] [Short drama and comic adaptation now available] [No romance + Infinite-flow + Horror game + No national destiny + Dark fairy tales] A young woman weeps softly at midnight. A handsome prince turns into a bloodthirsty “beast” at night. Cinderella dies a gruesome death on the night of the ball. The horror game is wrapped in shiny glassine, disguised as a sweet candy. What lies hidden behind the enchanting fairy-tale world... Weird tales desc 84.5kReads9.3Score9.8kShelves

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    This one with only one female lead is pretty good, you can check it out.

19. 69 别 Stop Calculating, You Little Brat! I’m Begging You on My Knees, Isn’t That Enough? 别算了活爹！给你跪了还不行嘛 Xia Tianbao夏甜宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fortune-Telling Livestream + Pampered by Everyone + Going Wild at Any Moment, Anywhere + The Siblings Who Chased Her Are Left to Burn in Ashes] In her previous life, Chu Jiaojiao went to great lengths to win over the Chu family, all so they would say “Happy birthday” on her fifteenth birthday, completing the System's task and allowing her to live to a hundred. But they wouldn't even say those four words. Chu Jiaojiao failed the task and was sent to another world to do backbreaking labor. Reborn 6.5kReads9.2Score882Shelves

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    Highly recommend!!!

20. 70 玄 The Occult Ancestor Is Still Paying Off Debts Today 玄学老祖宗今天也在还债 Xia Tianbao夏甜宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Based on the original novel The Legendary Fortune-Telling Ancestor [Occult arts + satisfying read + sweet romance] Decades ago, Yun Qing took in seven disciples and happily settled down to lie flat and enjoy her retirement. But then she was actually jolted awake by hunger! Her merit was gone, her gold and jewels were gone, and her Taoist temple had even been mortgaged by her unfilial disciples. With no other choice, she had to start the grueling business of paying off her debts. Drawing talisman 1.8kReads9.2Score309Shelves
21. 71 死 Death QQ Group 死亡QQ群 Walking on Cloud Nine踏步云癫Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted If you found out that a friend you saw regularly had actually died several years ago, how would you react? Shortly before graduation, I joined a QQ group for professional networking. A friend who had been dead for years appeared again, posting one bizarre game challenge after another in the group. As we completed the challenges, my classmates began dying one by one in strange ways. An abandoned old campus, a terrifying and eerie cemetery, and survivors of a similar incident from more than a deca 1.1kReads6.8Score—Shelves

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    When the dead return, the living become pawns in a game. The tranquility on the eve of graduation is shattered by a group message—Zhou Shiyue discovers that her best friend, who died in a car accident long ago, is posting bloody missions in a late-night QQ group. As classmates die one after another in bizarre ways, the abandoned old campus seeps out putrid bloodstains, unknown footsteps echo in the midnight cemetery, and a survivor from ten years ago reveals a cryptic smile… The truth, like a spider web, drags everyone into the abyss. This book uses a "death game" as a starting point, weaving campus suspense with folk ghost stories: the missions' "Ouija board summoning" and "soul-finding in the mirror" segments blend traditional folklore with modern horror, creating a suffocating sense of immersion; while the characters' struggles in desperate situations reveal both human greed and cowardice, and also conceal mysterious clues to reverse life and death. The author skillfully employs a dual narrative: on one hand, Zhou Shiyue is forced to break the rules of death to survive; on the other hand, the collective sacrifice incident from ten years ago is revealed—it turns out that the "resurrection" of the dead is actually the prelude to the revival of some ancient being. If you're fascinated by the deadly rules of "Hell Apartment" and yearn for the bizarre world of "Mysterious Resurrection," this work will take you into a life-or-death mystery with its dense high-energy plot twists and meticulous environmental rendering: when your best friend becomes a vengeful ghost, how will you choose between trust and betrayal?

22. 72 算 My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, Even Foreign Clients Weep and Call Me a Master 算命太准，外国客户都哭着喊大佬 Sugarcoat糖衣衣Modern Romance3.8M WordsOngoing [Fortune-telling, feng shui, the occult, ghost-hunting, no romance, episodic stories] After a great calamity, Lin Xi, the ninth-generation female leader of the Taixuan Sect, arrives a thousand years in the future. She becomes the granddaughter of the sect’s last disciple and inherits a rundown feng shui shop. With the sect in decline and the occult arts fading away, Lin Xi begins her quest to restore the sect from the shop no one ever visits. Fortune-telling, divination, feng shui, exorcisms, an 46.5kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves

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    The aura of a big shot is awesome!!! There's nothing I can't predict; everything is under my control.

23. 73 重 Reborn on My Wedding Night, the Sickly Prince Regent Warms My Feet 重生新婚夜，病娇摄政王给我暖脚 Nanhuang南凰Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn + sweet romance + obsessive love + mutual devotion + secret identities, one couple] Nan Xi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was a fool in her past life. She fell for a treacherous scumbag who was handsome on the outside but full of sinister schemes within, and ended up abandoned by everyone, dying miserably at the hands of him and his mistress. Given a second life, she gets her brains back! Looking at the powerful, handsome regent by her side, she cannot help questioning h 10.7kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
24. 74 相 Xiang Liu, I’m Here 相柳，我来了 Cat-Loving Fish 1025爱吃猫的鱼1025Female-Channel Fanfiction214k WordsCompleted The heroine is a modern-day bookworm. Ever since reading Lost You Forever, she has been captivated by Xiang Liu and heartbroken over his tragic fate. By chance, she transmigrates into the book. Looking at Xiang Liu's handsome face, she can't help planting a quick kiss on him. Gazing at the moon together, she confesses her love to him: “The moon over the sea is the same moon in the sky, and the person before me is the one in my heart.” 67Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 我 I’m a Trillionaire, and I’m Coming Clean 我是亿亿富翁，我摊牌了 Xi Ruohuang惜若黄Urban3.2M WordsCompleted When Lin Dong broke up with his girlfriend, his rival infuriated him so badly that he coughed up blood and passed out. When he woke, he discovered he had acquired a Super Tycoon System that required him to spend a hundred quadrillion. From then on, Lin Dong climbed to the peak of life. Lin Dong: “I’m done pretending. I’m a hundred-quadrillionaire. I’m coming clean…” 48.1kReads8.4Score5.3kShelves

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    Good mindless novels

26. 76 重 Reborn After a Failed Confession, the Campus Belle Panics 重生表白失败，校花急了 Fruit Dumplings水果饺子Urban2.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Zhou Chen wrote a love letter to the school belle and read it aloud in front of the whole class, only to be rejected by her and become the class joke. Reborn in his high school years, Zhou Chen decides he will never be a simp again. But now that she has lost her devoted simp, the school belle starts to panic. No matter how hard she tries, Zhou Chen remains unmoved. 14kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves

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    Judging from the reviews, this novel fits the bill.

27. 77 给 The Groom Opened His Eyes as I Arranged the Forty-Ninth Ghost Marriage 给第四十九对冥婚配对时，新郎睁眼了 Flower Dance花舞语Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted I'm a matchmaker who arranges ghost marriages. I find a recently deceased man a recently deceased woman to be his wife. When arranging a ghost marriage, I have to stay in the room with the two corpses for forty-nine hours without anyone disturbing us. I've successfully arranged forty-eight ghost marriages, charging an agency fee of 490,000 for each match. Today, during the final hour of the forty-ninth ghost marriage I arranged, the bride's corpse disappeared. To make sure the marriage went thro —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's really good!

28. 78 入 Get Into Character! 入戏！ July, You Know柒月呀Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Shen Sinan grabbed Fang Ning's hand before it could move any lower and asked coldly, “So eager to seduce me? What, my brother can't satisfy you?” Fang Ning leaned close to his ear and lowered her voice. “Even the most delicious dish gets old. You're different, Young Master. You're fresh!” Later, Fang Ning asked, “Shen Sinan, you hate me, don't you?” Shen Sinan gripped Fang Ning's chin and studied her from side to side. His sharp-featured face was cold and indifferent as he replied without mer 357Reads—Score113Shelves

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