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1. 151 不 No More Slacking: The Prince’s Favorite Concubine’s Daily Grind 不当咸鱼，王府宠妾的内卷日常 Four Crescent Moons四弯月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + cutthroat household competition + no slacking off + ambitious heroine] Shen Wei, a die-hard rat-race fanatic, transmigrated into the lowest-ranking maid in a prince’s manor. Prince Yan held a position of great prestige, but all his wives and concubines had given up trying. The princess consort, born to a prestigious family, was as aloof as a chrysanthemum. The secondary consort wanted lifelong monogamy. The reborn woman had lost all hope in Prince Yan and was content to lie fla 68.4kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves
2. 152 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than I Do 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张 Chenchen Little Darling晨晨小宝贝Ancient Romance984k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste 47.4kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves
3. 153 重EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 Bian Lu边鹿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5kShelves

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   The first post-apocalyptic novel I read was one of the best in the genre, with a particularly good perspective. It was set against the backdrop of a nation's collapse, and the female lead was incredibly capable. The other characters were also fantastic, each very well-developed. The others are good too!

4. 154 咸 The Lazy Princess Returns to the Capital, and the Whole Dynasty Follows Her for the Gossip 咸鱼郡主回京，全皇朝追着吃瓜 Evening Ripples晚漾Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Favorite + Sweet Historical Romance + Fun and Lighthearted + Palace Politics with a Light Touch + Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only One + Equally Matched Leads + No Transmigration, Rebirth, System, or Inner Thoughts + Everyone Is Native to This World] A seemingly sweet and gentle daughter of a vassal king vs. a truly delicate and frail eldest imperial grandson For the old emperor’s birthday, vassal kings from across the land are ordered to come to the imperial capital and celebrate 38.4kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves
5. 155 星 The Interstellar Heiress's Collection of Junk 星际首富大小姐的破烂收藏 That Melon over in the West西边那个瓜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Interstellar powers, military academy tournament, no romance for the protagonist, spatial abilities, lighthearted and satisfying, friendship-focused, with a large ensemble cast.] [Sole protagonist: Shen Chenfu (Xiao Fu)] [Volume One has been published] After years of wandering, Shen Chenfu is found and brought home by the richest man in the interstellar world. Her adopted sister is openly hostile toward her, and her twin younger brothers mock her for never having eaten meat. When her classmates 45.5kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves
6. 156 穿 Reborn as the Older Sister of a Tragic Romance Heroine, I Keep My Crazy in Check 穿成虐文女主她姐，姐稳定发疯 Mei Qianxun梅千寻Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Wan knew she was dead. She knew she’d transmigrated, too. But she had no idea where she’d ended up. Still, judging by her current surroundings, this trip had probably gone badly. There was a good chance that wretched poverty would have her in its grip again. “Being a wage slave is miserable, but it doesn’t make me an idiot. Who wants to come to this dump of an ancient world? Not me!” “Ribbit!” “Frog bro, you think this place sucks too, don’t you?” Jiang Wan stared at her bizarre reflection 41.6kReads9.2Score5.5kShelves
7. 157 贾 Miss Jia’s Combat Power Is Off the Charts 贾小姐武力值爆表 Soft, Clear Evening Breeze晚风轻清Ancient Romance661k WordsCompleted An Ruo, whose strength mutated during the apocalypse, became the fake daughter of a minor official's family. The good news: her ability came with her. The even better news: the real daughter is about to arrive with a whole crowd of people. After An Ruo quickly restored the real and fake daughters to their proper identities with a few punches and kicks, life opened its arms to her. From then on, everywhere she went was peaceful! An Ruo: “There's nothing one punch can't solve. If there is, just th 8kReads7.9Score514Shelves
8. 158 解 The Spirit Medium Who Eases Worries 解忧通灵师 Gu Xiaoshi顾小施Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics · reborn · sweet romance · mutual salvation] When people die, they leave behind thoughts and resentment. If fate grants them the chance, they can become ghosts and monsters. Ghosts and monsters cannot enter the underworld or be reincarnated. Gu Yousheng inherited a bloodline legacy and was born a spirit medium. Before she turned six, she cried and tried every way she could to get rid of her gift. After she turned six, she worked diligently to resolve grievances and troubles, becomin 25.1kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
9. 159 贵 The Elite Student of the Noble Ladies' Crash Course Turns the Marquis's Household Upside Down! 贵女速成班优秀学员，癫翻侯府！ Rock Candy Glaze冰糖琉璃Ancient Romance652k WordsCompleted Song Xiyan had a round, bun-like face and was determined to die. The System rejoiced inwardly. This woman was timid and easy to control. It would trick her into transmigrating into a book and completing missions. Song Xiyan pinched the corner of her clothes. “I don’t know how, sob~” The System coaxed her with a smile. “Our company has a special training course for supporting female characters. We teach you everything you need to know.” It sneered inwardly. Playing herself and waiting quietly to 4.2kReads8.0Score485Shelves
10. 160 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves
11. 161 太 The Way of Taihang 太行道 Not as Good _不若_Ancient Romance497k WordsCompleted A cool, composed, powerful heroine x a proud, princess-like, charming hero Li Huaixin thought life was so unfair. He'd just gone out to tackle a small mission with his buddy, but Feng Tian was already down on his knees from the start, and then they ran into a mysterious and powerful Daoist priestess. The serious synopsis: The seal on the Heluo Formation is broken, and the person at its core awakens after gathering their soul... Zhen Bai returns to the mortal world, seeking the truth behind the s 114Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can check it out. I like Zhenbai in it. The male lead is carefree, but he knows what's important. The female lead is incredibly strong. As for where she comes from, I won't spoil it.

12. 162 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Crazy Beauty Became the Male Lead's White Moonlight 穿书后，疯批美人竟成男配白月光 Ten Don't Say Two十不言二Ancient Romance267k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance After Transmigrating into a Book + Mutual Healing + Devoted Couple + HE + White Moonlight] [Beautiful, powerful, tragic, and unhinged princess vs. a refined young nobleman who seems gentle but is cold at heart] (System included! Imaginative historical romance) Que Ning was like a crimson rose stained with blood, bewitchingly beautiful, yet no one saw her grieving and weeping tears of blood... “Psycho, you’re a complete psycho!” She seemed not to hear the insults. Her hollow, lifel 1.5kReads8.8Score137Shelves

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    There are all kinds of them, and they're all really good. I watched them all before posting!

13. 163 女 The Vicious Villainess in a Matriarchal World Raises Her Fish Online 女尊恶獠在线养鱼 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Matriarchal society + sweet romance + one-on-one + devoted to each other] [Calculating and ruthless princess × obedient, loyal guard] The capital's good-for-nothing Second Princess is beaten in the street by another woman for pursuing a man, then crashes into a stone lion. After recovering from her serious injuries, the Second Princess seems like a completely different person: kind to others, uninterested in competing, and always helping her sisters. It isn't until the day this powerful princes 15.1kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
14. 164 师 Senior Sister, Drop the Act. You're the Tight-Lipped One in the Whole Sect 师姐别装了，整个宗门数你嘴严 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance717k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + ensemble cast + stronger woman/ weaker man + 1v1 + sweet romance] [Max-level reborn Nether Ancestor Soul Master × arrogant, cheeky young master of the Fox Clan] Everyone knows that the eldest direct disciple accepted by the master of Dragon Transformation Peak in the Lingxiao Sect is a peerless genius of this age, with terrifying talent. She is also respectful toward her master and devoted to her fellow disciples. Every disciple in the Lingxiao Sect admires her wholeheartedly and 33.9kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves
15. 165 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Turned the Tables and Won Over the Brooding Male Lead 穿书后，我反向操作拿下病娇男主 Sister Wan碗妹Ancient Romance388k WordsCompleted (This story has several titles, and the blurb may not match the title. Please bear with us.) (Also known as The Mad Demon King and Her Yandere Darling. Both leads are villains: the male lead is a yandere, and the heroine is completely unhinged.) Huo Ying is bound to a System, which sends her into a novel that claims to be about redemption but is actually a scam. Her mission is to break up the main couple and win over the male lead. Huo Ying: Great! I’ll drag the male lead into demonic cultivatio 133Reads8.9Score—Shelves
16. 166 红 A Faint Shadow Amid the Mortal World 红尘疏影间 Mu Zhinan Yuan木知南鸢Ancient Romance179k WordsCompleted Shen Shuying is an assassin of the Juesha Hall. From the moment she picked up a sword and killed her first person, she knew her fate was already sealed. Those who kill will be killed in turn. It is only a matter of when. Blood and death: that was the fate awaiting her. That was what she had always believed, until she accepted a special mission and met someone, and learned the truth about her origins... Shen Shuying: “The mission is over. I'm leaving.” Gu Yanqing smiled at her words. “All right.” 70Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 167 谁 Who Says I’m a Support-Type? 谁说我是辅助系 Dreamweaver构梦家Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted The main story is complete ❤️ [Strong Female Lead and Female-Focused Story + Light Ensemble Cast + Team Battles] Tian Jiuxi, a girl with a little white flower on her head and an innate flower-based special ability, has already traveled through 99 small worlds. In every life, she was an orphan. In every life, she died before turning twenty. But in this final life, she keenly sensed that things were different. This must be the last world... The Spirit Realm. Everyone cultivates spiritual power, a 5.6kReads9.0Score897Shelves
18. 168 小 The Little Highness Has a Screw Loose 小殿下他脑子有坑 I Eat Pomelos Without Spitting Out the Pith吃柚子不吐皮吖Ancient Romance295k WordsCompleted [Sweet, bold, and outspoken young princess X gentle, seemingly innocent but secretly calculating young prince] Shi Sui transmigrated into the heroine of a classic tragic romance. In the original, the male and female leads' melodramatic love story tortured them from the first chapter to the penultimate one, and still ended in a tragic finale. Shi Sui: Bye-bye, then. I'll pick the devoted second male lead. Basically, it's a story about a laid-back girl using her wonderfully quirky imagination to s 12.5kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
19. 169 诱 Luring the Snake: Qing Qing as My Wife 诱蛇：青卿为妻 When the Clouds Part, the Galaxy Appears云散现星河Ancient Romance456k WordsCompleted Enticing the Azure -----A story about a young couple falling in love and growing stronger along the way---- The snake woman once thought her life would always be this way. When needed, she would be summoned to fight unknown enemies. When not needed, she would wait in a spirit beast pouch until she rotted away. Bound by a blood contract, she could only repeat this cycle, neither human nor demon, waiting for death to release her from the contract. She never expected that day to come so soon. At th 3.1kReads9.3Score385Shelves
20. 170 主 So What If You're the Protagonist? The Senior Sister Takes You Down With One Sword 主角了不起？大师姐一剑一个 Joy at Every Step步步见喜Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted Only after Yao Wan dies does she realize she was living in a harem novel about a domineering male lead. The good news: she isn't part of his harem. The bad news: she's dead from the start. In the book, she exists as a corpse for the male lead to use and as the junior sisters' beloved. The four junior sisters are tricked by the male lead into giving up their money and virtue to bring her back, and none of them meets a happy end. On the seventh day after her death, Yao Wan rises from the grave. Fr 4.5kReads9.4Score678Shelves
21. 171 感 A Guide to Reforming Villains 感化反派指南 Xiao Shanzhong小山重Ancient Romance253k WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete; Extras Will Be Posted From Time to Time] Jiang Runian was on the verge of successfully ascending when the Heavenly Dao informed her that her fortune was insufficient. The tribulation lightning struck her and sent her to another world, where she was bound to a System that was supposed to reform villains. When she heard that five or six little-sunshine Hosts had already failed to stop the villain from turning evil and destroying the world, Jiang Runian sneered. “Would a villa 3.2kReads9.2Score500Shelves
22. 172 疯 The Mad Princess Marries a Powerful Eunuch 疯批公主她嫁了个高权宦官 Yin Yu尹玉Ancient Romance499k WordsCompleted {Devoted couple, two strong leads, historical setting, political intrigue, revenge, switched marriages, marriage before love} One is a spoiled and willful princess; the other, a ruthless and bloodthirsty minister. An unexpected marriage swap brings Feng Yuan and Jiang Yu together. Just as everyone waits to laugh at them after the wedding, they realize things are taking a strange turn. Feng Yuan knows full well that she must wear the false mask the world expects of her to hide herself even deeper 7.1kReads9.3Score974Shelves
23. 173 替 The Substitute Bride: The Mad Demon Emperor Is Provoked 替嫁狂妃：误惹病娇魔帝 Cinderella Wants to Become an Immortal灰姑娘要成仙Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama adaptation, Farewell to the Immortal Bone, is now streaming] She was poisoned by villains, left mentally impaired, and had her dantian shattered and her contract beast stolen. Then she was forced to take another woman's place in marriage to an old demon. When her memories return, she transforms into a little grandmaster who can conquer the heavens and earth in a flash. The Spirit Palaces of the Heavenly Realm revere her, the rulers of the Underworld fear her as a demon, and the 5.5kReads9.4Score784Shelves
24. 174 双 Two Yandere Lovers: I Am His Poison and His Cure 双病娇，我是他的毒和药 Pao Zhu泡猪Ancient Romance312k WordsCompleted [Complete, including the bonus chapters. Two powerful, mutually obsessive leads; a nonhuman, beautiful, tragic male villain; a clever, resilient heroine who dotes on him; romance-focused; no memory loss, no angst, sweet romance, happy ending] Xue Sanqian transmigrates into a book, becoming the supporting female character with the same name in the historical romance "A Love Beyond Compare". She arrives straight into a dead end. The novel’s obsessive villain, Ye Lanxun, is the breathtakingly beaut 3.4kReads9.2Score478Shelves
25. 175 温 A Tender Rose Becomes His Cherished Favorite in the Apocalypse 温软玫瑰沦为他心尖偏宠【末世】 Fallen Today落今朝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse360k WordsCompleted [A post-apocalyptic setting + a trash man’s regret + the arch-enemy villain takes the lead + love triangle drama + mutual salvation + swoony romance + romantic aesthetics + both leads are devoted to each other] [Gentle, steadfast beacon of righteousness x refined, unhinged smiling schemer (irresistibly wicked)] Even as she lay dying, Wen Yao couldn’t understand what she had ever liked about Shen Yichuan. Was it his coldheartedness, or his selfishness? As his partner, she had risked her life for 43.8kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
26. 176 团 The Beloved Little Childhood Friend, The Bandit Bosses Can't Hide Anymore 团宠小青梅，山匪大佬们藏不住了 Fragrant Wood Terrace木香台Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reclusive experts + an ensemble cast's comeback] Everyone on Black Bandit Mountain has a special skill, but they've retired from the martial world to raise children. Who knew life after retirement would be anything but peaceful! Zhizhi goes fishing, and the fish leap right into her net? Zhizhi goes down the mountain and catches a notorious bandit? Zhizhi goes to the academy and makes a name for herself in a fight! Zhizhi goes to the capital, and, well... The realm falls into chaos, and the dyna 30.7kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves

    Reader note

    These are basically female-centric stories, but the first and third books have a bit of an ensemble cast feel to them.

27. 177 不 You Won't Let the Little One Eat Her Fill? Flip the Table! Then Nobody Eats! 不让奶团吃饱饭？掀桌！都饿着！ Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Child + Everyone's Darling + Mostly Locals, Light Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + Funny + Not a Single Member of the Family Is a Soft Touch + Get Even on the Spot] Luo Panpan had never known hardship from the day she was born. Then, at five and a half, her father died. From then on, she never had enough to eat, and they even planned to send her away to be adopted? Not a chance! Her mother was a famous tigress for miles around: bold, resourceful, and good at making money 18.8kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
28. 178 系 System: The Savage Lands Crown Princess Just Wants to Herd Sheep 系统：蛮荒太子妃只想放羊 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as The Ambition Isn't Great: Just You and the World A Qi is clever and innocent. Her eldest brother is honest and just wants enough to eat; her second brother is sharp and wants to see the world. Their aunt is always fierce when chopping wood, their father is a wonderful cook, and their grandfather can recognize twenty characters, though he gets thirteen of them wrong. Their ambitions weren't great, but somehow they ended up winning the world. Content warnings: ... 30.2kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
29. 179 兽 Beast World: Bet You Didn’t Expect Me to Turn Myself In 兽世：没想到吧，我把自己上交了 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Beast World, farming, infrastructure building, interworld development, cooperation with the nation, turning everything over to the country, and an ambitious heroine (ambition is not a derogatory term) (National cooperation, with an overwhelmingly powerful cheat) What should you do if you become the absurdly pampered wife heroine in a beast-world conquest novel? Jiang Jiao turned around and handed herself over to the country, clinging to the leg of her motherland. Jiang Jiao: Mom, food, pleas 21.7kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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    While others are struggling to support their tribes, devising various poverty alleviation strategies and featuring orc male protagonists, the female lead in our book starts by killing the male leads—her morals are ironically righteous. In the original story, the male leads in the 1v4-multiple-leaders trope are just stepping stones; in this book, one male lead is dead and the other becomes a tool, with absolutely no romantic involvement. What's the point of being a beast-world's little wife? Be an empress! That's incredibly satisfying. It's just that the initial score was a bit low.

30. 180 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 49.7kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves

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    Highly recommend! I absolutely love Princess Golden Bough!

31. 181 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.4kShelves
32. 182 长 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 105.9kReads9.7Score12.3kShelves
33. 183 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始 Zhou Dabai周大白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot 98.2kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves
34. 184 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 92kReads9.6Score12.3kShelves
35. 185 却 Yet You Betrayed the Spring's Grace 却负春恩 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available. Search for Ascending to the Clouds on any platform to buy] [Original titles: Ascending to the Clouds / Loathing the Vermilion Walls] [High-IQ Palace Intrigue + Pure-Hatred Heroine + No Disposable Characters] [No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger] [The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please go read the story] How do you become an emperor’s favorite concubine? A prestigious family? A good education? A gentle, respectful, modest, and accommodating nature? Unfor 25.3kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves

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    Purely sober and ambitious female protagonist novels with clear goals, palace intrigue, and using the emperor to rise to the top step by step. Books 1-3 are pure ancient palace intrigue novels. 1️⃣3️⃣ Are written by the same author, very mind-bending and hard not to love. 4️⃣ A modern psychology PhD transmigrates and uses psychology to rise to the position of empress, on par with the emperor. 5️⃣ A reincarnated, sober female protagonist with no love, only a desire to rise to the top.

36. 186 九 Ninefold Brocade 九重锦 Evening Breeze Under the Moon月下晚风Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted Household and palace intrigue, with the leads not both being each other's first. A fictional setting, with all ranks and titles made up. A heroine who grows over time and isn't blinded by love. After being suppressed for more than a decade, a concubine-born daughter has her fate rearranged overnight. Entering the prince's manor only fuels her ambition. Her birth father ignores her, allowing her stepmother to torment her and her mother for half their lives without ever offering them the slightest 33.5kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves
37. 187 昭 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Available in print. Search "Zhaohua Rebellion" on any platform to purchase.] [Strong female lead, satisfying revenge, high-IQ palace intrigue, the heroine schemes against the entire harem, a dangerously unhinged antagonist] Song Zhao has always been a woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and she has always seen the world more clearly than anyone else. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was crystal clear: "I en 87.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
38. 188 栖 Bough of the Phoenix Perch 栖凰枝 Lu Shiqi鹿时七Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available. Search "A Sigh for Youth". Starring Mi Qi and Wang Kang] Also known as "I'm a Psychology PhD, and I'll Slaughter My Way Through the Palace" Palace intrigue + sweet romance + not both leads' first relationship + heroine focused on her career On her first day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue fell out of favor. Everyone said she was nothing but a pretty face, a vase. On her second day after transmigrating into the harem, Jiang Xinyue regained the emperor 36.9kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
39. 189 谁 Whose Favored Concubine Doesn't Get Herself Killed? 谁家宠妾不作死啊 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 77.9kReads9.5Score8kShelves
40. 190 无 Boundless 无疆 Lan Jia Sanshao蓝家三少Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted As the Eastern Depot’s second-in-command, Su Mu has crawled out of a mountain of corpses. She’s brimming with bloodlust, sees nothing but the dead, is ruthless in her methods, and has never lost. Until she meets her sworn enemy, Shen Dongzhan, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. They fight over account books, storm bandit dens, hunt for tribute goods, and quell rebellions. Neither is willing to yield. A broken silver hairpin brings to light a miscarriage of justice from more than twe 960Reads9.0Score121Shelves
41. 191 如 As You Wish 如意 Tomato Lychee Rice番茄荔枝饭Ancient Romance433k WordsCompleted When they first met, he was an exalted emperor, while she was a lowly palace maid who bowed and scraped before him. A casual, thoughtless remark from him saved her life. The palace matrons said that everyone here valued their own lives, and that loyalty to one's master was nothing but a joke people paid lip service to. Ruyi never imagined that her loyalty and courage would one day completely change her fate. “Do you dare tell me the truth?” the young emperor asked. His loneliness rivaled his glo 302Reads8.1Score101Shelves
42. 192 女 Lady Chancellor: The Story of Su Li 女相·苏离传 Miss Tang唐三小姐Ancient Romance975k WordsCompleted Rumor has it that Ying Mochen is a dazzling genius and one of Beiyuan’s most sought-after men. But Su Li knows rumors can’t be trusted, because the Ying Mochen she knows is overbearing and shameless. For instance, he clearly knows she’s a woman in disguise, yet refuses to expose her and spends every night tangled up with her. Then, the next morning in court, he solemnly addresses her as “Lord Su!” The realm is divided into four, and a new emperor takes the throne. An imperial decree ushers in an 22Reads6.5Score—Shelves
43. 193 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Woke Up as the White Qiao Saintess? 盗墓：一睁眼我成了白乔圣女？ You Little Brat小崽种呀Mystery245k WordsCompleted The second installment is on my homepage under the title Grave Robbing: Code Name, Miao Maiden. A love-interest selection story, with a universally adored protagonist and a strong career focus. Long Piaopiao, a top-tier task agent from Blue Star working for the People-Manipulating Quick Transmigration System, finally completed nine quick transmigration worlds and earned a reward: the chance to choose any world and retire there. She decisively picked an ordinary little world, ready to settle down 4.6kReads9.3Score737Shelves

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    The writing is truly excellent. Seriously, this is absolutely superb among Tomato's works! [Admiration][Admiration] I highly recommend it!

44. 194 宗 Every Sect Wants to Kill Me, So I Just Reload After Death! 宗门都想噶我，我直接死亡回档！ Chao Lianyun巢怜云Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a Book + Villainess + Death Rewinds Time + Eldritch Cultivation + Unhinged + Quirky Style] Lu Xiaojin transmigrated into a book, becoming the lovesick senior apprentice sister in a cultivation novel where everyone falls for the heroine. She kept fighting the heroine for men and ended up dying horribly. No problem. She wasn't stupid. She knew how the plot went, so she could avoid trouble, stay away from the men, and survive. But! Can someone tell her why her junior apprentice 24.8kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves
45. 195 论 A Hundred and Eight Ways for a Villain to Slack Off 论反派摆烂的一百零八种方式 Li Jiu理久Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [The comic is now available on Tomato Novel. Search for "The 108 Ways a Villain Can Give Up" to read it] [This is a slow-burn story with a couple. The male lead, Yu He, arrives late. The female lead is incredibly powerful, but she just gives up! This is not a conventional power fantasy, so fans of power fantasies should steer clear! Note: This story has lots of original worldbuilding. Please don't compare it to other works!] [A solemn announcement: Actually, never mind. Just make do with it! If 12.3kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
46. 196 乱 I Got Caught Shipping Couples and Having My Mind Read. The Saintess Can't Escape Now 乱磕cp反被读心，圣女逃不掉喽 Classmate Zhengjia Is Slacking Off Every Day正佳同学每天都在摆烂Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Serious Western fantasy + a little mind-reading + multiple male leads + universally adored heroine + heroine fighting to survive] Straightforward synopsis: Bai Xi's favorite work was the hit ensemble comic The Sun of Divine Miracles. It told the story of seven gods who willingly reincarnated as humans to compete for the throne of the chief god, reclaim their divinity, and search for the lost authority of the chief god. Along the way, they worked together and competed against one another, foilin 8kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
47. 197 别 Don't Mess With Her! The Rogue Immortal Lady Cultivates the Path of Slaughter! 别惹！散仙娘娘她修的是杀戮道！ Today's Fortune: The Best Omen今日财运上上签Ancient Romance955k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead + powerful from the start + romance + plot-driven feel-good story + happy ending] [Female lead stronger than the male lead] [Male lead has few scenes but a complete romantic storyline] [Morally gray villainess heroine] Si Jinchao, the Three Realms’ number one rebel. She was fated to be stillborn, yet came into the world as a coffin-born child. Even her very existence defied the will of Heaven. Heaven wanted her frail and sickly, her life full of misfortune, her days wretched 8kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
48. 198 脱 The Escape Game: I'm the Biggest Rat Among Villains 脱罪游戏：我在恶人堆里当老6 My Skirt Must Stay Clean裙子不能脏Mystery351k WordsCompleted To keep the prisoners in check, the Federation organized a massive survival game. After Lin Huai single-handedly took down every doctor and nurse in the psychiatric hospital, she was arrested on the spot and forcibly entered into the game. Once inside, Lin Huai discovered that this world had no shortage of maniacs. A Saw-style nightmare against an apocalyptic backdrop, a Rose Manor concealing mountains of bones and blood... A dangerous madwoman versus criminals of every stripe: who will come 99Reads8.1Score—Shelves
49. 199 重 Reborn: The Poison Consort Throws the World Into Chaos 重生毒妃祸乱天下 Misty Rain over a Fragrant Riverbank烟雨芳汀Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Reborn, Mu Yunyao lives by three rules: First, don’t be kind to people. Second, pull out the weeds by the roots. Third, never believe in true love. Whoever blocks her path to wealth, she’ll destroy their way of life! Whoever dares to bully her, she’ll rip out their tendons and break their bones! As she avenges her past life and searches for her true family, her delicate hands stir up a storm. She thought being cold and hard-hearted suited her just fine. She never expected a cold-faced prince to 413Reads9.1Score102Shelves

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    This book is highly recommended! The female protagonist is reborn and lives with her mother, slowly building her own strength. The male protagonist doesn't have much screen time in the early stages. This novel not only has an audiobook version but also a comic and anime. The comic is called "The Spoiled and Poisonous Consort." Although the female protagonist isn't the regent princess, her maternal grandmother is.

50. 200 亲 Kiss, Kiss, Kiss! Just One Kiss from the Villain, and I'm Hooked! 亲亲亲亲亲，亲一口反派，真香！ Fu Dudu芙嘟嘟Modern Romance433k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, don't run away yet~) [Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Both Chaste + System + Happy Ending] After a car accident, Jiang Ruoqing opened her eyes and discovered she'd transmigrated into a book with an absurdly melodramatic plot. The System told her she had to complete a hundred missions to return to her original world. It took her two seconds to accept this. Her eyes filled with anticipation. “Am I the female lead?!” Well, no. She's a supporting character, and 10.4kReads9.1Score47kShelves

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    Both modern and ancient settings are included, and they're mostly comedic. The most important thing for a novel to be enjoyable is that you can actually get into it!

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