I’ve Had a Serious Reading Slump Lately 最近书荒严重

1. 51 窝 I'm Pathetic, But Somehow Everyone Loves Me, Haha! 窝囊吧，但还是成万人迷了哈哈！ Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance592k WordsCompleted The print edition of The Side Character Could Never Be a Doormat is now available on all platforms [Outwardly meek but secretly hilarious heroine x violent, untamed hero whose rough edges are eventually worn smooth] Xu Nuo transmigrates into the role of a famously spineless supporting female character, then foolishly sets about seducing every male lead. When her secret comes to light, the male leads join forces to condemn her. Then she is dumped by her fiancé, setting her on the path to a deadly 33.1kReads9.5Score5.1k14d adds
2. 52 怪 You're Too Dazzling! 怪你太耀眼！ Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted The print edition is now available. [Happy ending, both leads devoted to each other + healing + secret love becomes mutual] [Sunny girl X hearing-impaired boy] Jiang Er was killed by a tractor. Jiang Er was reborn. The bad news: she's now a high school sophomore with more resentment than a ghost. The worse news: Fu Tinghan, the not-so-familiar husband she'll have in the future, is in her class. In their previous life, they were married for two years, yet remained strangers. An arranged mar 40.6kReads9.4Score7k14d adds
3. 53 南 Voyage South 南舟行 Gu Changan顾长安Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted In the 1920s and 1930s, Nan Zhou, the daughter of a prominent Zhenzhou family, flees an arranged marriage and heads to Shanghai to study. She narrowly escapes the clutches of the vengeful Pei brothers. Six years later, the Nan family falls on hard times, and Nan Zhou has no choice but to return home to visit her gravely ill father. Determined to restore her family's standing and prove that a daughter can build an extraordinary career just as well as a son, Nan Zhou decides to stay in Zhenzhou. W 18.4kReads9.7Score3.3k14d adds
4. 54 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9k14d adds
5. 55 万 A Crowd-Favorite Husky Goes Viral on a Dating Show for Being Hilarious 万人迷二哈在恋综靠沙雕爆红 Loves Grilled Gluten爱吃烤面筋Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy, entertainment industry, livestreamed dating show, a touch of everyone’s favorite] Shi Ha transmigrates into a book as a universally hated supporting character. Her mission is to crush the universally adored heroine and stage a successful comeback! The moment she appears, the audience bursts into angry jeers: “Can Shi Ha get off the planet already?!” But on the dating show… To her sworn enemy, she says, “I’ll get you a tortoise. Raise it well, and it can see you off when you die.” 6.9kReads9.5Score1.4k14d adds
6. 56 她 She Goes Crazy, He Has Her Back: No One Dares Cross Them on the Dating Show 她发疯，他兜底，恋综谁都惹不起 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1v1, ultra-sweet + hilarious + showbiz + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping] [Hilarious sweetie celebrity vs. all-around movie star who plays the pig to eat the tiger] Right after transmigrating into a book, Shi Er'er is ordered by a scumbag to pole dance on a livestream watched by a million people. Shi Er'er yanks the pole out of the ground and performs a whole staff routine, then knocks the scumbag out with two hard blows. The comments go wild: "That's badass!!!" When the scumbag tries 32.9kReads9.5Score5.3k14d adds
7. 57 疯 Crazy Male Lead, Don't Be Afraid. I'm Just a Plain Old Pervert 疯批男主别害怕，我只是单纯变态 Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance569k WordsCompleted [A print edition has been signed for publication] [Pure-hearted yet truly deranged male lead x fake psychopath female lead who does everything to survive] [From universally hated to universally adored * brothers’ road to redemption * both are virgins] Xiang Fengyu transmigrates into a book as the short-lived fiancée of a deranged male lead. From the start, she’s in danger of being killed after spotting a bloodstained shirt under his bed. She plans to use her golden finger, her knowledge of the p 21.2kReads9.5Score3.2k14d adds
8. 58 仙 Blessed Beyond the Heavens 仙福齐天 Spicy Pickled Peppers and Pork Ribs糟辣椒炒排骨Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted What is cultivation really for? To strengthen the self and seek the path to immortality? Or to break free of fate’s shackles and grasp life’s true meaning? Perhaps to find a sanctuary for the soul and gain the power to challenge the heavens? No. None of those. At least, not for Li Chuan. He’s here to enjoy the blessings of an immortal… 30.3kReads8.3Score2.3k14d adds

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   Having a reading slump? How about some romance novels?

9. 59 开EN A Demon Heart at Birth: The Rise of an Unrivaled Monster 开局移植妖魔心脏，成为绝世凶物 Shacha Noodles沙茶面Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted (No System, multiple female leads, neither wholly good nor wholly evil) Fang Ling possesses a Chaos Sacred Body. From the moment he was born, various factions fought to seize him. His heart, right eye, and precious bone were successively cut out… After being passed from hand to hand, Fang Ling was left on the steps of an ancient temple, barely clinging to life, by a kind-hearted stranger. No one knew that five peerless experts were secretly living in seclusion inside the temple. They had hidden 164.4kReads9.1Score17.4k14d adds
10. 60 穿 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Rising to the Top by Selling Fish 穿越修仙界：从卖鱼开始崛起 Helping Elderly Ladies Every Day天天扶老奶奶Eastern Fantasy4.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation, no System, rise from the bottom] After transmigrating, Ye Yu is kicked out of his family from the start. He has no choice but to scrape by as a fishmonger, until he offends a sect's holy maiden at the Yihong Brothel and has to flee to another city. In his new cultivation city, Ye Yu first buys two maids to calm his nerves, then invents a seal-based talisman-making technique, opening the floodgates to wealth. To keep growing stronger, Ye Yu builds airplanes and cannons. He’s 10.2kReads8.6Score80114d adds
11. 61 灵 Spirit Boat 灵舟 Ninth Master九当家Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted Daoists cultivate in this life; Buddhists cultivate for the next! The Dao is on this shore, the Buddha on the other shore, and people are in between! The Spirit Boats are not on this shore, the other shore, or in between! A cultivation prodigy is reborn as a spoiled young master from an aristocratic clan and arrives in a vast, wondrous world. Here are cultivators who stake their lives against Heaven, graceful and enchanting women, ancient powerhouses who traverse the cosmos, ferocious ancient be 3.2kReads8.6Score33414d adds
12. 62 反 Villain: I Really Didn’t Mean to Get My Master Pregnant! 反派：我真没想让师尊怀孕啊！ Maple Seventh Month枫七月Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Master] [Empress] [Rebellious Disciple] “Rebellious disciple, rebellious disciple, you’re completely out of your mind!” Faced with his stunning master’s accusations, Chu Xiu shrugs. “Don’t blame your disciple for being heartless. You’re just too alluring, Master. Aren’t villains supposed to do whatever they please and commit every evil imaginable?” In the Firmament Continent, might makes right. After arriving in this world, Chu Xiu came to understand a few things. A 38.3kReads9.1Score3k14d adds
13. 63 多 More Children, More Blessings: The Immortal Maidens' Fertility Goes Through the Roof 多子多福，仙子孕气爆炸 The Sixth White第六白Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Adapted into a short drama, so read with confidence] Ye Kaishan transmigrated to the Cultivation World and spent his life pursuing immortality and the Dao, but he had no spiritual roots. Fortunately, there was still a way forward. Just as he was nearing the end of his life, the more children, more blessings System arrived in time. A hundred years of hard cultivation couldn't compare to one night for the Patriarch. He founded a sect and carved up the Three Thousand Realms, while Ye family's desc 56.2kReads9.2Score5k14d adds
14. 64 亿 The Cheat-Code Life of a Quintillionaire 亿亿兆神豪的开挂人生 Dawn Kaichuang曙光凯皇Urban3.9M WordsCompleted [Billionaire + Emperor + System + Superpowers + Jack of All Trades] [The richest, most satisfying, most awesome billionaire novel ever!] Ye Kun, a handsome young man with a bright future, is cruelly swindled out of his money and dignity by a heartless woman! [Ding! Congratulations, you have bound the All-Purpose Billionaire System, worth trillions upon trillions.] [Ding! Reward: a capable, obedient personal secretary!] [Ding! Reward: a conglomerate worth over 100 billion!] [Ding! You have obtain 13.1kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds

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    A slow opening of a bottle of red wine and she'd break up with him? The next second, he showers the gold-digging woman with trillions of dollars, leaving her stunned! Ye Kun spends lavishly on his girlfriend, buying her thousands of bags, dressing her in designer clothes, and dining at private restaurants costing two thousand dollars per person, only to be criticized for being "useless" because he's slow to uncork the bottle. When Annie uses Labor Day as an excuse to ask for a red envelope, he finally realizes—he actually possesses trillions of dollars and is the hidden ultimate tycoon! Before, she was the one causing trouble; now it's his turn to spend money like water! Buying bags? He directly acquires the brand's headquarters; dining out? He books the entire city's top restaurants; asking for red envelopes on holidays? The transfer amounts crash the banking system! When the gold-digging woman turns around and grovels, he's already surrounded by beauties, crushing all dissent with his financial power! "The Tycoon: Starting with Trillions of Dollars, I'm Invincible" presents the most exhilarating tycoon's comeback! Watch how Ye Kun transforms from an "ATM" into a "controller," rewriting his life with trillions of dollars and slapping the faces of all those who looked down on him! This move is outrageously extravagant and incredibly satisfying!

15. 65 主 The Mistress's Daily Life 主母日常 Zhou Dabai周大白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An Aristocratic Lady Tears Apart a Transmigrator + Reborn + An Idyllic, Leisurely Life as the Mistress of an Ancient Estate] Lu Lingjun and her legitimate younger sister, Lu Hanyi, were both reborn. In their previous lives, Lu Lingjun married the second son of a sixth-rank civil official, while her younger sister married the heir to a marquis’s estate. Everyone said her sister had made the better match. But who could have guessed that Lu Lingjun’s husband would become the prime minister and sec 23.3kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
16. 66 快 Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Just Wants to Farm in Peace 快穿，大佬她想安静种田 Fox Beneath the Green Mountain青山下的狐Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [No Romance] [System] [Pocket Dimension] [Farming] Qing Ling is the ancestor of all demons, blessed with an immortal body. She is also the wife of Wujue Xianjun, an immortal from the celestial realm. To pursue the supreme Dao, Wujue Xianjun kills his wife to prove his way. In a fit of rage, Qing Ling cuts off his path to enlightenment. After cultivating herself in the underworld for a hundred thousand years, she returns to the human realm and encounters a newly launched In 5.6kReads9.2Score52714d adds
17. 67 妻 After My Wife Cheated, I Married Her Lover's Girlfriend 妻子出轨后、我娶了她情夫的女友 Ying Nuo影诺13k WordsCompleted After My Wife Cheated, I Married Her Lover's Girlfriend —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Exciting, exhilarating, explosive, and unpredictable.

18. 68 捉 Caught in the Act: My Fiancée Chopped Up My Brother 捉奸现场，未婚妻把兄弟剁了 Ying Nuo影诺11k WordsCompleted Caught in the act of cheating, my fiancée chopped my brother to pieces —Reads—Score114d adds
19. 69 改 I Changed My Immortal Academy Exam Choices and Became a Demoness of the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Sect 改仙考志愿，修成阴阳合欢宗魔女 Ying Nuo影诺20k WordsCompleted I Changed My Immortal Academy Application and Became a Demoness of the Yin-Yang Joyous Union Sect —Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 70 毒 After Poisoning My Husband, My Love Rival Pulled Out a Pregnancy Test 毒杀亲夫后，情敌掏出孕检单 Ying Nuo影诺13k WordsCompleted After poisoning her husband to death, her love rival pulls out a pregnancy test. —Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 71 被 Kicked Out of My Home, I Awakened a Plant System 被赶出家门后，我觉醒了植物系统 Mantou-Flavored Baozi馒头味包子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Multiple Plant Variants] [No Romance] After a car accident, Li Wu transmigrates to the interstellar age. Her parents are missing, her younger siblings are still children, and her ambitious uncle and ill-intentioned adopted daughter have seized their home and thrown them out. The true heiress becomes a fake heiress in an instant. Luckily, she has an army of plants. She'll take back what belongs to her, bit by bit. Sunflowers that produce sunlight, and Peashooters that fire bullets. Squash that i 8.4kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds

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    These books are still being updated. Books three and six are already finished. They are really good, especially the second book. I think the story is really well written. The fifth book is about raising a child and falling in love again. It's really good, and the child is also very cute.

22. 72 配 Side Character Takes Center Stage: I Hear the Abusive Novel’s Leads Are Irresistible 配角上位，听说虐文主角很香 Le Qi Qi乐七戚Two Male Leads2.4M WordsOngoing Male lead-focused / quick transmigration / two male leads / 1v1 / both leads inexperienced / redemption story. This is a story about redemption. No System, no golden finger, and the protagonists have no memories in the small worlds. They lead simple, quiet lives, filled with endless love, searching for traces of one another. The protagonists' personalities will vary slightly from one small world to another. Every story has a happy ending. The worlds are tentative, and the order of writing is und 23.4kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
23. 73 捡 The Boyfriend I Picked Up Is Tomie [Book Transmigration] 捡来的男友是富江【穿书】 Pine Needles Make Good Wine松叶堪为酒Two Male Leads538k WordsCompleted [A seemingly insignificant character in the book, a detached, gloomy transmigrator with emotional deficit disorder × A playful man who seems gentle but is actually a twisted, sadistic menace, and has Tomie-like powers] [Two male leads, happy ending + transmigrate into a book + shou protagonist + both devoted and strong] Looking at the beautiful, fragile-looking boy kneeling in a pool of blood, gazing up at him and softly pleading to be taken home, Chi Mian lets out a weary sigh. This is an absur 20.9kReads9.6Score3k14d adds
24. 74 不 Where the Flowers Have No Scent 不闻花香 Easygoing Bean Bun轻松豆包Two Male Leads245k WordsCompleted An ABO story, featuring an aloof, high-status Alpha and a miserable Beta who transmigrates into a book. Chu An, a rich second-generation heir who just wants to lie flat, transmigrates into a world with six genders. Before he can even figure out what's going on, he is cruelly ravaged amid a roomful of floral scents… A deep, icy voice murmurs in his ear, “Since this is what you wanted, you can take it.” The author's unhinged creation. All heat, no brains. Enter at your own risk. Enter at your own 126.6kReads9.3Score18.7k14d adds
25. 75 快 Quick Transmigration: Raising a Child with a Sick, Unhinged Villain 快穿，和病娇疯批反派养崽后 Meow Meow Hero猫喵侠Two Male Leads670k WordsOngoing [Two male leads, one-on-one romance + slow world-hopping + raising kids + healing slice of life + daddy energy] [Gentle but not especially bright, naturally airheaded beauty on the receiving end × scheming, possessive, lovesick ex-boyfriend on the pursuing end] Qiao Yuqing is bound to a child-rearing System and must heal the children, whose worlds are on the verge of turning dark and falling apart, with love, setting those worlds back on the right track. The children's lives are so heartbreaking 16.7kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds
26. 76 男 The Femboy Scams Without Limits, Luring Straight Men Into His Trap 男娘坑钱无下限，钓着直男哐哐骗 Spicy Little Steamed Bun热辣辣的小馒头Two Male Leads444k WordsCompleted [Male-male leads × love triangle chaos × face-slapping comeuppance × winning back his wife after driving her away × two straight men turned gay × younger top × mildly coercive and twisted × sweet and angsty × both virgins] [A cold, desireless, money-over-love cross-dressing bottom × a rich second-generation top who starts out arrogant and sharp-tongued, then turns into a lovesick maniac] Jiang Xuyan was an orphan. To make money, he dressed as a woman and worked as a suggestive livestreamer every 5.1kReads9.2Score76514d adds
27. 77 无 The Infinite Treasure Pagoda 无极宝塔 My Username Is Jiandao网名叫简道Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Zhang Wuji’s parents were betrayed by a close friend and both perished in the Netherworld’s deadly depths. An enigmatic stranger rescued Zhang Wuji while he was still an infant. After lying low for eighteen years, he stumbled upon a divine artifact and an inheritance, only to become the target of everyone around him. As he fled through the depths of danger, his parents’ former subordinates rescued him, revealed the mystery of his birth, and helped him set out on the path of revenge. After he had 10.7kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds

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    The second book is similar to Battle Through the Heavens, Wang Yu's new book, and Tian Ying Bu Xie Gui She's new book.

28. 78 魔 Demon Blade: Godslayer 魔刀：戮神 Mr. Dong Qi崬琦先生Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Good-for-nothing rises to the top + Demon blade and ruthless slaughter + Not a brainless power fantasy + Multiple heroines] Heaven and earth are the furnace, gods and demons the fuel. The world judges worth by bloodline, good and evil by cultivation level, and calls gods and Buddhas righteous while branding demonic artifacts ill omens. Xiao Yu was born into obscurity, burdened with a useless meridian and left to taste every bitter turn of fate. When the demon blade awakens, it is not to shatter 5kReads7.7Score52814d adds
29. 79 无 The Supreme God Emperor 无上神帝 Snail Rushing Wildly蜗牛狂奔Eastern Fantasy16.3M WordsOngoing Mu Yun, an immortal king of his generation, is reborn ten thousand years later as a useless instructor bullied by everyone? Troublemaking students? Kneel before this immortal king. A beauty offers herself to him? Sorry, you're not worthy. Back to the top, starting as an instructor 8.2kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
30. 80 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 39.6kReads8.5Score3.5k14d adds
31. 81 剑 Sword, Moon, Zither, and Star 剑月琴星 Wutong Youyou梧桐悠悠Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsOngoing [Xuanhuan] [Mortal Protagonist] [No System] [Slow Burn] [Swordsmanship] [Mystery] After a war that lasted ten thousand years, heaven and earth shattered, three races stood side by side, and divine artifacts sank into oblivion. A mountain boy with no spiritual roots sets out from the mortal world to avenge a great wrong, enduring hardship after hardship. With one sword, he forges ten thousand; with his Dao heart, he enters a demonic tribulation! Wielding the sword in his hand, he cannot kill ever 115.5kReads8.9Score6.9k14d adds
32. 82 修EN Martial God Asura 修罗武神 The Kind Bee善良的蜜蜂Eastern Fantasy15.4M WordsOngoing As for potential, I may not be a genius, but I can master profound arts and martial techniques without a teacher. As for strength, no matter how many treasures you possess, you still cannot match my army of World Spirits. Who am I? The people of the world see me as an asura, but they don’t know that I used the asura path to become a Martial God. 133.2kReads8.7Score6k14d adds
33. 83 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 974.8kReads9.4Score97.1k14d adds
34. 84 星EN Path to Immortality Among the Stars 星路仙踪 Wang Yu忘语Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing In the modern world, a passage to another realm appears on Blue Star. Wang Yu is among the first people to enter a cultivation world through their dreams. In a daze, he embarks on the path of cultivation in order to survive! The Great Dao is merciless. On the path of cultivation, failing to advance means falling behind! By becoming a supreme cultivator, one can enjoy endless longevity and bring the power of cultivation back to Blue Star, saving its future. The cultivation world faces an apocalyp 171.9kReads9.1Score15.2k14d adds
35. 85 一 One Thought Between God and Demon 一念神魔 Shuize水泽Eastern Fantasy6.0M WordsOngoing The short-drama adaptation of One Thought, God and Demon is coming soon. You can reserve it on Hongguo! [Fiery Fantasy, Breakneck Action] Young Fang Chen has his Dao Bone stolen and suffers betrayal and humiliation. Fortunately, he obtains a mysterious pagoda and inherits a supreme legacy. He inherits the Sword Demon's blood and grasps the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth! One sword tears open chaos! One sword destroys immortals and gods! I wield my sword and become a demon! By my command, thousand 57.1kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
36. 86 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
37. 87 阴 The Yin Spirit Shop 阴称铺子 Ballad of Falling Blossoms落花谣12k WordsCompleted The Yin-Titles Shop 424Reads—Score—14d adds

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    "I'm the owner of a pawnshop in the underworld, specializing in buying what the living are most willing to sell—those things they consider worthless: morality, conscience, and familial affection." "—After all, when conscience is weighed, even ghosts find it too light." The couple who came today wanted to trade their daughter's lifespan for their son's chance to get into university. I gave them two choices: sell their son's life, or sell their daughter's affection. They chose two—look, they didn't even haggle.

38. 88 东 The Northeast Mother-in-Law Murder Case 东北弑婆案 Ballad of Falling Blossoms落花谣9k WordsCompleted The Northeast Mother-in-Law Murder Case —Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 89 志 True Tales of the Strange: The Yellow Immortal Possesses Me 志怪实录——黄仙上身 Ballad of Falling Blossoms落花谣Mystery7k WordsCompleted Records of the Strange: The Yellow Immortal Possesses Someone —Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 90 暴 Abducted on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜里的拐卖 Ballad of Falling Blossoms落花谣6k WordsCompleted Abducted on a Stormy Night —Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 91 快 The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 63.9kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds

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    These books are all really good, especially the second and third ones. If you like historical romance novels with imperial examinations, you should definitely check them out. They're not mindless wish-fulfillment stories; the male leads are intelligent, and the family and friendship relationships in them are truly touching. 🥺

42. 92 这 This Top Scholar Plays by His Own Rules 这个状元路子有点野 The Foundation of One's Life立身之本Historical2.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + lighthearted] My Parents Flipped the Table and Quit, So I Want to Take the Imperial Exams Too Just as Wang Xuezhou was about to reach the peak of his life, he transmigrated. The good news: in this life, his parents were loving, and his siblings got along. The bad news: the whole family was pinching pennies to fund his eldest uncle's studies. They had next to nothing and were living on coarse grain and wild greens. But before he could flip t 50.9kReads8.9Score6.3k14d adds
43. 93 书 Master Calligrapher? Poet Immortal? Chief Minister? That's Right, I'm All of Them 书圣？诗仙？首辅？没错，都是我 Sunlight on the River日照前川Historical834k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Cui Xian was a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature at a top-tier university. In this life, he transmigrated to ancient times, into a poor family with no connections: A destitute home, a pregnant mother, young siblings, an uncle who had failed the exams six times and was hopeless at studying, a grandmother so obsessed with imagining her son placing high in the imperial examinations that she had become delusional, and Cui Xian, who was only eight years old. Cui Xian: This 28kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
44. 94 小 The Little Palace Maid's Thoughts Were Read 小宫女被读心了 Jiang Xiaoshi江小十Ancient Romance254k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the 14.7kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
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46. 96 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Female Supporting Character Betrays the Male Lead, She's Locked Up in Tears 快穿：渣了男主后女配被关哭了 Wang Mumu Ya王木木吖Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [She never breaks character. The heroine is a real scumbag, no good person, with jealousy-fueled showdowns and regretful exes all around her. A hint of irresistible Mary Sue charm.] What do you do when you transmigrate into the role of a vicious supporting female character who has to do bad things? Su Yu’s answer is: Obviously, keep doing bad things! An outstanding graduate of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Su Yu’s mission is to become a cannon-fodder supporting heroine, win the male lead over 38.4kReads9.1Score2.3k14d adds
47. 97 快 Quick Transmigration: The Sickly Male Lead Keeps Forcing His Love on Me 快穿：又双叒被病娇男主强制爱了 Qian Zhizi千栀子Two Male Leads293k WordsCompleted Xiang Yang binds himself to a System after he dies. Who would have thought the target would be... a man?!!! Xiang Yang: ...Well, I guess I could go for that. On his first mission, Xiang Yang watches a burly man walk through the door and silently swallows. The man advances step by step. “Big bro may not be educated, but Big bro loves you!” On his second mission, a top Alpha grips his chin. “I don't want anyone else. It has to be you.” At last, he meets a “pure and kind” little boy. The moment the 1.2kReads8.9Score10914d adds
48. 98 反EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
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