Great Writing / Female-Oriented / No Romance 文笔好/女频/无cp/

1. 1 听 I Can Understand Animals: Now I'm a Regular at the Police Station 听懂动物语言：我成了警局常客 Lute and Evening Breeze琴涩晚风Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted No romance pairing + cute animals + a deathly aura + fiercely protective Sui Nuan, a wealthy, beautiful young lady who transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder lovesick fool, dumps her boyfriend, who’d been living off her while taking advantage of her, then turns around and buys the top-of-the-line fishing gear she’d dreamed of owning in her previous life. Excitedly, she devotes herself to her lifelong passion: fishing. What’s a man, anyway? Nothing beats the thrill of catching a huge fish y 53kReads9.2Score6.4kShelves

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   Zun Du is so good!! I really love reading ensemble stories like this. It's the first time I've read one that combines real-life animals with official characters, it's really amazing. I initially came for the humor, but it also has many fun plots and heartwarming moments. The immersion is really strong, probably because we are all Chinese. There aren't any particularly melodramatic plots; I mainly came for the detective and cute pet setting. The themes are also quite high, reaching the level of national and world peace. The cultivation and fantasy elements are also acceptable; they're not too outrageous or overly overpowered. After all, how could our adorable little animals do anything wrong? 😳😳 2026.3.25

2. 2 快 Quick Transmigration: Who Says the White Moonlight Is a Wicked Supporting Character? 快穿：谁说白月光是恶毒女配 A Big White一大白Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Quick Transmigration + Strong Female Lead + Unattainable First Love + Serving the Motherland] As the male lead's early-deceased unattainable first love, Jin Ning watches the leads twist themselves into knots over her later on. She refuses to take the blame and tears up their tragic romance script instead! Sorry, even a dog wouldn't play the unattainable first love! Given another chance, Jin Ning first teaches the heroine to stand on her own two feet and reject every form of psychol 16.1kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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   Both are quick transmigration novels, and the authors have good writing skills; they're not simplistic and are worth reading.

3. 3 快 Quick Transmigration: The Demon Lord’s Guide to Getting Back to Work 快穿之魔尊再就业指南 Inkstone Book墨砚书Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration+No Romance+Face-Slapping and Comebacks+Lots of Original Worldbuilding+Entirely Fictional] As the supreme ruler of the Demon Realm, Minglan once commanded the winds and clouds, roaming the heavens and earth, with no one in the three realms able to stand against her! But karma comes around. After dying one day, she ends up a “vagabond” in the Myriad Worlds! The dignified Demon Lord has no choice but to play cannon fodder and female side characters in one small world after ano 3.9kReads9.0Score328Shelves
4. 4 乱 A Lone Woman in Troubled Times, Plotting an Age of Prosperity 乱世孤女，谋千古盛世 Lingering Fragrance and Faded Powder旧香残粉Ancient Romance2.2M WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead + No CP + Empress + Ensemble Cast + Political Scheming + War + Power Struggles in a Chaotic Era + Nation-Building and Farming + No Spatial Storage or System + Slow-Burn Growth + Epic Length] Yun Huaijin suddenly became a "corpse" in a world torn apart by chaos. She crawled out of a pile of bodies, with only a child on the verge of starving to death beside her. In this world, nobles lived in drunken indulgence, powerful clans monopolized knowledge, bandits slaughtered withou 23.3kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
5. 5 手 With the City God’s Seal in Hand, Lady Song Dares to Rule on Any Case 手持城隍印，宋大人她啥案都敢断 Last Night's Tea昨夜的茶Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mystery solving + slight horror + ensemble cast + reinforcements later] The Song family scrimped and saved to help Song Zi’an secure an official post, but he disappeared just before taking it up. Song Zheng, who came back from the dead through connections, decides to take his brother’s place. Being an official can’t be that hard. But when she arrives, she discovers that the posting is in a harsh place, full of all kinds of people, where the locals are both poor and unruly. The county office is 15kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves

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   This is really good, very funny, the female lead is so interesting, and everyone is so well-developed. It's a long story, but you can't get enough of it; it's not just filler, it's genuinely good. I've read the author's first book before. But I like this ghost story even more; it's super, super good. This one should definitely get a 9.8!

6. 6 服 Seriously?! You Want Me to Drive a Baby Car to Survive on the Highway? 服了！让我开宝宝车去公路求生？ Big-Patterned Little Butterfly大花纹小蝴蝶Sports1.1M WordsCompleted [Highway Survival] [No Romance] [The heroine stays out of the spotlight unless she has to] Everyone is thrust into Highway Survival, a world where challenges and opportunities go hand in hand. You start with a starter gift pack and a System panel. Once you set off, you can only move forward, never back. Chests and stations appear at random along the way, creating a widening gap between survivors. Before coming here, Lu Youyou never knew she was unlucky. The first vehicle she got was a pink ride- 6.5kReads8.0Score764Shelves

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   Both of these books are quite good, and the writing is pretty good. Don't be fooled by the lower rating of the first one; it's just that fewer people like this type of book.

7. 7 我 I'm a Goofball, You're a Goofball, We Were Born to Be Geniuses 我沙雕你沙雕，我们生来是天骄 Cool, Cocky Ultraman Family Member酷拽奥特曼家属Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted This novel is also known as The Tough-as-Nails Heroine Makes Her Name Through Being Ridiculous [The nation's darling + mysticism + entertainment industry + no romance] When the Ghost Realm heard that Lin Yao had become a celebrity, they breathed a sigh of relief. Surely she wouldn't torment them anymore now that she was famous? So they went to the human world to cause trouble, having the time of their lives. Lin Yao flashed a talisman and smiled. “Three sentences, and I'll make you die 108 times 3.4kReads9.1Score574Shelves
8. 8 女 Dormitory Survival: Coasting to Victory on the Infinite Train 女寝求生，无限列车躺赢 Dongyufang东鱼坊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.9M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow]+ [Four-person ensemble]+ [No romance]+ [Superpowers]+ [Farming and building]+ [Lighthearted comedy] The Apocalypse is here, and you've boarded the last train out... With the end of the world looming over Blue Star, four roommates from Women's Dorm 502 end up aboard the Infinite Train, forced to take part in an Apocalyptic journey with an unknown final stop. After awakening their Superpowers one by one through beginner scenarios, they form an incredible team: assassin + archer + s 35.8kReads8.8Score5.9kShelves

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   It's so beautiful! 🥰🥰🥰

9. 9 您 You Have a New Thirst-Quenching Drink Order 您有新的渴了么订单 Braised Wings of the Great Peng大鹏炖翅Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Character development + business simulation + infrastructure building + healing + no romance + a touch of court intrigue] They say the emperor was corrupt and incompetent, and Heaven sent down divine punishment. Not a drop of rain had fallen on this land for nearly twenty years, and countless people had died of thirst. Then, all of a sudden, a milk tea shop opened in the desert. In spring, there were all kinds of ice-cold fruit juices, along with seasonal drinks like cherry blossom and lychee b 13.4kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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   It's beautiful, and there are even scenes of gratitude.

10. 10 纨 The Pampered Life of a Spoiled Commandery Princess 纨绔郡主得宠日常 Zhao Pian赵骗Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Signed for publication. The print edition is expected to be available by the end of the year. No! This! Is! Not! A! Romance! No CP! No rebirth, no transmigration, a thoroughly evil heroine, a power-struggle story A truly wicked heroine, vying for power over the realm, genuinely unhinged, ruthless, and rotten to the core Questions that come up while reading can only be answered by reading on. The willful, overbearing young princess of the Prince of Zhenbei’s household takes a fancy to Pei Jinnian 49.1kReads9.4Score6.1kShelves

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    It's a very compelling portrayal of a female ensemble, and most importantly, everyone is intelligent and capable, not just spouting empty slogans; they genuinely earn their living through their talents. The plot is fast-paced and engaging, with each twist echoing earlier clues, making it a truly thrilling watch. In the end, Qin Jinzhi, though born into wealth and privilege, suffers greatly. From now on, she will only be Qin Shi'an, the Qin Shi'an who brings peace to the world, the Qin Shi'an who ensures a lifetime of prosperity.

11. 11 被 After Getting Canceled Online, I Became a Sensation by Farming 被全网黑后，我靠种地爆红全网 Dragon's Toothwort龙芽草Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original title: After Being Hated by the Entire Internet, I Became Famous by Farming! [Farming] [Not focused on the entertainment industry] [Selling produce] [Livestream] [Raising children] [Cozy] [Everyday life] [Healing] [Romance] Jiang Wanning, a spirit-plant cultivator, transmigrated into the body of a female celebrity hated by the entire internet. Everyone was calling for her to get out of showbiz. Jiang Wanning was happy to take their advice. She packed up and headed back to her hometown i 37.3kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves

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    This is a female-oriented farming novel. So far, there's nothing messy or nonsensical. The writing is decent. I'd give it four stars!

12. 12 九 A Narrow Escape on the Road to Fleeing Famine, but My System Keeps Me Calm 九死一生逃荒路，我有系统心不慌 Xia Shuiqing夏水清Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted Completed [Farming] [System] [爽文] [Fleeing Famine] [Business] Tang Youyou transmigrates into the body of a meek widow. After spending more than thirty years single, she somehow skips marriage and childbirth altogether, gets four sons and a daughter for free, and becomes a mother-in-law in one fell swoop. She wakes up to her in-laws trying to smother her so they can marry her off to a dead man. There is no way a woman like her will put up with that. She slaps them dozens of times, gets a divorce 880Reads8.2Score109Shelves

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    This book is absolutely fantastic, as exciting as leveling up and fighting monsters!

13. 13 穿 I Became a Pregnant Woman, and My Baby Is a Max-Level Genius 穿成大肚婆后，我崽竟是满级大佬 Crystal Breeze风来水晶Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + finding the children's father while raising them + silly and illogical fun + face-slapping + pocket-dimension laboratory + 1v1, both leads are each other's first + adorable kids] Ten years ago, the Sun family of Chang'an Marquis's household was exiled to the northern frontier. Now a new emperor had taken the throne and declared a general amnesty, allowing the Sun family to return to the capital. On the journey home, biologist and hopeless homemaker Shen Fei's laboratory 37kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves

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    These two books are really good.

14. 14 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
15. 15 狗 What a Dog of an Emperor! 狗皇真狗！ Luo Luo Da Fang洛洛大鲂Ancient Romance56k WordsCompleted Wang Jiajia unexpectedly transmigrates into Wangcai, a dog in Li Chuangchuang’s dream who can swap souls with her sisters. Things go disastrously wrong from the start, but she stays optimistic, leading the dogs fearlessly onward. With everyone’s help, they eventually make it back to the modern world. A purely silly, hilarious, stress-relieving power fantasy with an unconventional female lead who knows when to act like a dog and when to put on a show. If it’s not your thing, please don’t hate on 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's good, and especially funny.

16. 16 我 I’m a Max-Level Ancestor. What’s Wrong with Raising a Few Hundred Million Kids? 我满级老祖，养亿点崽子怎么了 Luo Xiaoyao骆小妖Modern Romance918k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, My Xuanmen Ancestor, Why Do My Kids Spoil Me So Much?, is now streaming. [Spirit monsters + wish fulfillment + wacky comedy + supernatural + absurd humor + a mash-up of everything + no male lead (the heroine shines on her own)] (All the spirit beasts in the main cast have pictures. The full collection is in the book’s featured posts, so feel free to check them out!) After Shi Ruyi, the last heir of the Xuanmen, restores her body and descends the mountain, she discover 16.8kReads9.4Score2kShelves
17. 17 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 85.9kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves

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    The author is very knowledgeable; this is a very informative book. The introduction to traditional Chinese medicine is detailed, the writing is fluent, and the characters are vivid and well-developed. It's definitely worth reading.

18. 18 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.1kReads9.3Score3kShelves
19. 19 穿 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 Yu Qiaoqiao语乔乔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 12.7kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
20. 20 我 I'm the Villain's Lackey, and I'll Beat Up the Chosen Heroine! 我反派狗腿，打的就是天命女主！ I Eat Little Bean Buns我吃小豆包Ancient Romance786k WordsCompleted [Slightly unhinged and lighthearted + transmigrate into a book + villainess + a medley of classic heroines] This novel is also known as “Princess, Don’t Die! Your Cheat Is Here” Zhou Wei transmigrates into an ancient romance world filled with heroines blessed with all kinds of good fortune. And she is merely a third-class palace maid bound to a “Monkey Promotion System.” Only by constantly fighting can she rise through the ranks and grow stronger. To get chances to fight, Zhou Wei takes the 5.7kReads9.0Score684Shelves

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    All are completed works. The first three are time-travel/reincarnation stories, respectively a lighthearted and humorous ancient fantasy, a Republican-era novel, and a palace intrigue novel about a writer who kills off an emperor. The fourth is a Harry Potter spin-off. The female protagonist is born in the era of her parents and experiences a tragic childhood. During her school years, she strives to save her broken family but gradually discovers Voldemort's secrets. Upon graduation, Voldemort arrives, forcing her to become an unofficial member of the Death Eaters, barely surviving until Harry Potter kills Voldemort. Her life is a microcosm of the lives of ordinary wizards in that era, but she is very talented and intelligent. Besides protecting her family, she also destroys one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, saving many lives and contributing to a lighter and more beautiful Harry Potter ending. Her efforts are not in vain!

21. 21 我 I Don't Want to Jump into a Well: Raising a Family in Republican-Era China 我不想跳井，民国养家 Me, Who Loves Pork Belly with Tofu Skin爱吃千张扣肉的我Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional Setting, Wholesome, Not a Feel-Good Power Fantasy, System Is Not the Main Focus, Serving the Country and Its People] P.S. This story takes place in a fictional setting. Please don’t compare it to real history. Content warning: Slow-paced, with many awful characters and plenty of melodrama early on. … After Lin Xuetang died, she didn’t go to hell. Instead, she arrived in the Republic of China era and awakened a Well-Jumping System. The trouble was, this Well-Jumping System only made h 45Reads8.4Score—Shelves
22. 22 谁 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊，娘娘写了一百条宫规 Strawberry Xi草莓汐Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 41.2kReads9.6Score5.9kShelves
23. 23 H Harry Potter: Hard Work Never Goes to Waste HP努力不枉然 Don't Stop Me from Crying别拦着我哭Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted This story has no romance pairing. The title means “trying hard so that the little I have left won't end up being completely meaningless,” not “if you try hard, it will work.” There was a little witch with rusty-red hair. She went from her shabby home to school. She kept a fat snake that was a little narrow-minded. At school, she was classmates with Snape. After graduation, she became a colleague of Lucius. She idolized Grindelwald and made newspaper clippings about him. During the final battle 5.7kReads9.2Score666Shelves
24. 24 快 Quick Transmigration: The Tough-as-Nails Housekeeper Sets Overbearing CEOs Straight 快穿：硬核管家，专治霸总癫公 Give Me Some Golden Light给点金光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + satisfying power fantasy, with a heroine who is the strongest in every world] After clearing an endless series of dungeons, Zhu Yin changed jobs. The Quick Transmigration Department gained a sweet and harmless-looking new employee. The protagonists of every world were about to meet their toughest assistant and go-to helper, whose main goal was to make her boss’s wishes come true. CEO world. The domineering CEO roared, “Find her! Turn City A upside down if you have to, but 69.1kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves
25. 25 你 Not One of You Gets to Be Reborn 你们一个都别想重生 Hua Maobai花毛白Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Everyday school life + sunny heroine + no reincarnation or transmigration + warm and healing] [Special notice: The heroine won't have a romance. Other characters may have romantic storylines.] After narrowly escaping death, Gu Qinghuan partnered with the System and enrolled in Class Three, Year One, at a private high school. [Someday in the future, your classmates may be reborn.] [Before then, they will be deceived, hated, attacked, and destroyed,] [Your mission is to stop them from being rebor 26.8kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves
26. 26 女 After the Villainess Goes Crazy in Showbiz, Everyone Can Hear Her Thoughts 女配在娱乐圈发疯后被全员读心 Mu Jinxiang木金乡Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted [Everyone can hear thoughts + absurd antics and chaotic meltdowns + entertainment industry + livestreamed gossip] On her 250th rebirth, Jiang Sui decided to slack off and wait for her 251st life, because being a two-hundred-and-fifty-year-old really didn't sound good. Jiang Sui had gotten so good at predicting everyone's lines that she thought everyone looked like an idiot. She knew every last bit of gossip in the entertainment industry. She didn't want to get involved, but somehow she let every 4.7kReads9.0Score687Shelves
27. 27 说 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 106.3kReads9.5Score15.5kShelves
28. 28 快 Quick Transmigration: The Adorable Kid Takes on Five, and the Villains Unite to Protect Her 快穿萌娃一挑五，反派成团来守护 Sa Na飒那Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + adorable child + taking down scumbags + saving people + a little goofy] He Shiyue, an adorable six-year-old with superhuman strength, receives a mission: travel through countless worlds and use love to save the resentful villains. But the villains turn dark even faster, and she ends up with an extra little helper... So the concubine noble consort, a human shield meant to draw the harem's fire, plunges a dagger into the scum emperor's chest. The aloof immortal lord of the 23.5kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves
29. 29 休 Divorce My Husband 休夫 Xun Sang浔桑Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Shen Yanqing, a rising star in the capital, has enjoyed a smooth ascent to the position of Grand Secretary, with no equal in prestige. Unfortunately, his wife's status is a little too lowly to befit him. She's merely a small-time merchant. After hearing the gossip her maid picked up in an alley, Jiang Miao perks right up. “Who started that rumor? Has the emperor finally had enough and decided to grant him a divorce?” Jiang Miao immediately rushes to pack her bags. As a transmigrator, she has no 28.5kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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30. 30 前 From Scum in My Past Life to Winner in This One 前世渣女逆袭今生赢家 Weiwei Qunfeng炜炜群风Ancient Romance206k WordsCompleted This novel blends fantasy, mythology, romance, rebirth, and a strong female lead. It tells the tale of love and hatred entangling Gu Chuchu, Qiao Shuchen, and Du Jingwen across two lifetimes. Well worth a read. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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31. 31 偷 After Hearing My Thoughts, the Female Lead Was Kicked Out 偷听我心声后，女主被扫地出门 Sima Yan, Who Loves Sled Dogs喜欢雪橇犬的司马炎Ancient Romance313k WordsCompleted Ye Chenxi transmigrated into a book. She became the Ye family’s biological daughter, who had been lost outside the household, and learned that her entire family were cannon fodder in the story. She was the lowest of the low, too: on her third day back at the manor, she would drown. Looking at her whole family of doomed extras, Ye Chenxi ranted furiously in her heart. [Father, you dote on the heroine, but she repays you by putting family loyalty above all else, framing you for treason, and gettin 3.1kReads8.9Score316Shelves
32. 32 真 The Real Heiress Is Actually a Metaphysics Expert 真千金她竟是玄学大佬 Great Articles Worth Reading好看精彩文章11k WordsCompleted I am the abbot of Baiyun Temple, and the real daughter in a story about a real and fake heiress. When my biological parents came looking for me, I was sitting at the temple gate telling fortunes. My birth mother looked at me with disdain. "I can't believe my biological daughter is a street fraud!" The fake heiress sneered, "Little sister will do anything to make money, won't she?" My birth father swept my fortune-telling stall off the table. "Stop embarrassing me here!" I looked at the three peo —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 穿 Transmigrated as the Only Child of an Heirless Emperor, I'm Spoiled by Everyone 穿成绝嗣帝王唯一幼崽，被团宠了 Jin Lindong金凛冬Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Raising a child + an emperor with no heirs + everyone dotes on her + redemption + transmigrate into a book] Tu Cha transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder Ninth Princess in a story where everyone dotes on the heroine. In the original story, her birth mother dies early, and she is abandoned in the cold palace at birth. She is destined to freeze to death seven days later. Then the heroine impersonates her, claiming to be the child of the heirless emperor. With Tu Cha's personal be 11.9kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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    This has no romantic pairing.

34. 34 灾 Fleeing Famine: This Farm Girl Is Eating Fish and Meat? 灾年逃荒，农家孤女吃鱼又吃肉？ Brave Snow Rabbit勇敢的雪兔Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted [Storage space + farming + famine escape + natural disasters + turbulent times + no romance] After years of struggling to survive in the apocalypse, Jiang Li transmigrates into a chaotic era plagued by natural disasters. The villagers call her a jinx who killed her parents. After the old couple drives the original owner to her death, they think she’s still the same workhorse who eats little and works hard, and order her to cook. She knocks out the whole family with a pot of drugged porridge, sta 6.6kReads8.5Score551Shelves

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    A lighthearted story with no romantic pairing.

35. 35 老 The Story of the Old House and Grandma Gu 老房子和顾老太的故事 Weiwei Qunfeng炜炜群风Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Granny Gu was as old and worn as a crumbling mud-brick house. That old house held happy memories of her youth with her husband and children. After her husband died, Granny Gu raised their five children alone, bearing every hardship until they were grown. Now the children bicker and pass the responsibility of caring for her between them, while the elderly Granny Gu can only stay in the old house and weep alone... This novel recounts episodes from Granny Gu's life, from a lifetime of hard work to —Reads—Score—Shelves

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36. 36 海 Surviving on a Deserted Island: My Fishing System Means I Don’t Have to Farm 海岛求生：我有摸鱼系统不用种田 Yun Yun Yi Yun云云亦芸Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance + growth-focused heroine + gamified survival + small team + adorable pets + monster fights and level-ups] When Gu Tiantian was murdered and left on the brink of death, she transmigrated into a survival game on a deserted island. She had nothing but a swimsuit from the start. Luckily, she was bound to a special Slacking System and received a top-tier beginner's chest. Monsters lurked throughout the jungle, and defeating them could earn her treasure chests. Her chests contained everyth 4.8kReads8.9Score769Shelves
37. 37 公 Highway Survival: I Gain the Upper Hand by Chatting in Group Chats 公路求生：我水群获得先机 Smiling Star微笑星Sports1.2M WordsCompleted Meng Qingyin’s phone got a virus. But aside from being added to a mysterious chat group, her phone worked just fine. The group had an odd name, too: Road Survival Management Group. [Residents can enter the game with whatever they have on hand.] Meng Qingyin immediately put together a wilderness survival kit! [Why won’t these residents take a good look at their surroundings?] Meng Qingyin surveyed the area and spotted a beginner’s gift box hidden in the bushes! [This is driving me crazy. Have the 43.9kReads8.7Score7.1kShelves
38. 38 位 Interdimensional Food Shop 位面美食铺 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No romance + farming + fantasy + gourmet hunting + The Wandering Earth + Journey to the West + multi-plane restaurant + adventures in other worlds + cooperation with the state] Deep in debt, Xu Milu gets a Plane Transmigration System and sets off down a one-way road, selling ingredients from countless planes across the universe. She sells pearls from the East Sea Dragon Palace to sea monsters, recommends spicy hot pot from Sichuan to dwarves, supplies Earthlings with little spring fruit juice t 7.3kReads9.2Score828Shelves
39. 39 我 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ Xi Yao喜杳Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 63.5kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
40. 40 快 Quick Transmigration: The Heiress Is Selfish and Self-Serving 快穿：大小姐她自私自利 Bustling S熙熙攘攘SModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through period dramas + self-interest + sweet romance + golden finger + no rescuing the poor + no saintly heroine + no becoming a stepmother + no adopting children + no fixed love interest] Some worlds may have no romantic pairing. The heroine retains no memories of her quick-transmigration worlds, but she does remember her first life as a wealthy heiress. Her golden finger is assigned at random. 1. The little childhood sweetheart manipulated in the 1960s 2. The village gir 11.8kReads8.8Score770Shelves

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41. 41 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.7kReads9.0Score575Shelves
42. 42 开 My Ancestors’ Graves Started Smoking from the Start: Disguised as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams 开局祖坟冒青烟，女扮男装科举忙 Jiang Suiwan江岁晚Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Xie Yuheng transmigrates from the Apocalypse to a farming household, where a tyrant rules the land. With no other choice, she disguises herself as a boy. As she grows older, everyone in the surrounding villages comes to know that the Xie family's prodigy has an exceptionally clever mind. Too bad he's a sickly weakling who can't lift a finger or carry a load. Bystander: “You're so noble, so impressive! Your sickly family member just kicked someone through a wall!” The Xie family: “Does the head o 12.2kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
43. 43 辅 The Number One Support Keeps Refusing to Act Human 辅助一姐又又又又不当人了 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Female-led power fantasy, no romance, academy, passionate, team-focused A modern young Taoist, cursed with the Five Flaws and Three Deficiencies, starves to death one day and transmigrates to a parallel world, where she is bound to a Wealth System. As long as she earns money, she can gain energy points to buy all kinds of amazing goods. This world is crawling with strange beasts, and humans are awakening and evolving too. Si Junni has never been one to sit still, so she’s thrilled and resolves t 28.1kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves
44. 44 那 The Tycoon's Daughter Is Charming, Beautiful, and Can Catch Ghosts 那暴发户的女儿又娇又美还会捉鬼 Xi Cheng Ya希成吖Rural Life1.1M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + supernatural + everyone's darling + eccentric family + ghost hunting + ancient-to-modern transmigration + comedy] Blackwind Village is a backward, impoverished place, and everyone in the village talks about the Ma family. After having five sons, the forty-year-old woman of the Ma family got pregnant again. This time, she gave birth to a girl, and the family's elders treasured her dearly. The Ma family's legacy had arrived: their ghost-hunting skills were passed down to daughter 2kReads8.6Score259Shelves
45. 45 废 The Wasteland Survival Code 废土生存密码 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse644k WordsCompleted [Small team + heartwarming + clever heroine + no romance] What do you do if you can't stomach nutrient liquid made from snails and cockroaches? Starve to death, that's what! A hundred years after the apocalypse, strange green rain has created a forest wasteland. Food culture has been completely lost. Ordinary humans survive on nutrient liquid made from mushrooms, moss, snails, and earthworms, while Chinese cabbage has become a luxury. Meanwhile, people in the prosperous cities live lives of extr 3.9kReads9.0Score348Shelves

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    Except for the last one, all the others are without a male lead, mostly focusing on farming, food, and infrastructure development with minor ensemble elements. I've read all of these. I recommend the last one because of its good writing and food descriptions, and the fact that the male and female leads don't have much screen time in the main story.

46. 46 救 Help! The Fierce Zerg of the Interstellar Era Keep Trying to Cuddle Me 救命！星际凶残虫族总想和我贴贴 Craving Instant Noodles想吃泡面Sci-Fi & Apocalypse610k WordsCompleted [+Interstellar + Zerg + Body Transmigration + Food + Unconventional Group Darling + More or Less No CP] Cha Xin transmigrates into another world and becomes the Zerg's emergency rations. The only way to survive: cook. The Zerg gradually fall for her cooking, becoming more interested in her dishes than in her. But... “Hey! You there, you dead bug, put down my fish! It's the last one, and you're still messing with it!” “Hey, you! Mind your table manners! Don't stand on the table. Get down!” “Hey, 814Reads9.3Score115Shelves
47. 47 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 68.1kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves
48. 48 靠 Running an Inn with Gacha Draws 靠抽卡经营旅馆 Moon Over Heaven月关天Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted [Business Management + Card Draws + Food + No Romance] Unable to find a job, Su He takes over her family's small hotel, which is on the verge of closing. Luckily, Su He binds herself to a card-drawing System! The Princess and the Pea's bed, delicacies from Dream of the Red Chamber, a magical vine elevator… all kinds of wondrous items appear. The maids from Dream of the Red Chamber want to kowtow to Su He three times. Su He says, “We're all equal in modern society. We don't do that anymore.” The 3.9kReads8.8Score421Shelves
49. 49 不 I Have No Idea, I Just Played a Game and Became an Empress 不知道啊，玩个游戏就成女帝了 Spiral Takeoff螺旋起飞Ancient Romance916k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Fourth Calamity + Ensemble Cast + Build a City in a Game + Cheats + Female-Oriented] Lin Yue is a veteran single-player gamer who never browses game forums, looks up guides, or adds friends. By chance, she downloads a farming-and-conquest game. What she doesn't know is that the game is linked to a real world. The players gleefully claim a patch of unwanted land and start farming. The players are speechless when they learn that they need a population to cultivate the land. Without 850Reads9.2Score124Shelves
50. 50 从 Starting from Scratch in a Primitive Tribe 从零开始穿越原始部落 The Cannon Fodder Has No Memories炮灰没有回忆Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Note: A versatile, strong heroine with extensive knowledge and practical skills + no romance + early story focused on building up a primitive tribe. When Han Zhi wakes up, she finds herself in a primitive matriarchal society. She eats sour, bitter wild fruit, drinks icy stream water, and lives in a dark, damp cave. She doesn't even have clothes to cover herself! Han Zhi weeps into the wind. “Is this any way for a person to live?” Other people transmigrate with pocket dimensions or Systems, s 57.8kReads8.9Score5.7kShelves

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