No Romance, or Just One Love Interest 无CP或感情线单一

1. 1 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves

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   This is really good! I finished reading it. The female lead is very smart, and there's no romantic relationship between her and the female lead. There are supporting characters, but they're not mainly about romance; the main focus is saving the world! It has a grand scope and is worth reading. The writing is excellent, as you can tell from the rating. I was recommended this book, and after finishing it, I recommended it to others. It's a great read!

2. 2 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 57.5kReads8.9Score5.8kShelves

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   Come see how these savages are building infrastructure; they start working the moment they open their eyes.

3. 3 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 26.5kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves

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   No romantic pairing, but the plot is engaging. It's super good, and the author's writing is excellent.

4. 4 我 I Became the Cannon-Fodder Senior Sister in a Sect Full of Protagonists 我是全员主角宗门的炮灰师姐 Yi Mo宜墨Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When the powerful enemy brought by her saintly junior sister struck Mu Luo down with a single blow, she finally realized she was the cannon-fodder senior sister in a sect where everyone else was a protagonist. Her juniors would squeeze every last bit of value out of her, then leave her corpse in the wilderness. Her saintly junior sister offended a powerful figure to save someone and earned herself a fine reputation. Mu Luo, meanwhile, took the blows and absorbed all the enemy’s fury, left covere 1.8kReads8.4Score175Shelves

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   Both are quite good-looking, with little romance; the protagonists are all incredibly powerful and leave others in the dust.

5. 5 驭 Beast Tamer Livestreams, Reads Animals' Minds, and Solves Cases While Gossiping 驭兽师直播，听动物心声吃瓜破案 Riding the Wind, Embracing the Moon扶风挽月Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [No CP + adorable pets + mind-reading + livestreaming + gossip and crime-solving + everyone's favorite] Lin Lang is the strongest beast tamer, with tens of thousands of divine beasts at her command. But after transmigrating, she becomes a small-time streamer saddled with enormous debts, and her spiritual energy is greatly diminished. To stay alive, she has no choice but to keep livestreaming. Only... She goes from provocative dancing to communicating with pets! At first, viewers say, “You must b 4.8kReads9.1Score624Shelves
6. 6 规 Rule Horror: I Can Possess the Supernatural 规则怪谈：我能附身诡异 The Little Cat in the Snow雪中的小猫Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror + No Romance + Ensemble Cast + Passionate Adventure + National Destiny + Deduction + Original Scenarios] (No characters suddenly becoming stupid. True teammates appear starting with the second scenario, and this really isn't padded! The first four scenarios each have a completely different style.) A year ago, rule-based horror descended on Blue Star in massive numbers, causing countless tragedies and drastically reducing the global population. While everyone else avoided the u 20.6kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
7. 7 我 I Pledged Myself to a Slacker, and the Metaphysics Master’s Secret Identity Was Exposed 我与咸鱼画押，玄学大佬马甲被扒 Oolong Milk Cap Tea奶盖乌龙茶Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [No romance + mysticism + a cast of lovable goofballs + spiritual qi revival + a little wish fulfillment + secret identities + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite] Gu Juanyan transmigrates into a novel about secret identities as a fake heiress side character with her brain in her backside. All she does is court death and give the heroine chances to face-slap her. After learning her situation, Gu Juanyan decides to keep out of trouble and live like a lazy fish. She had hoped to coast t 14.8kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
8. 8 咸 A Couch Potato Gets Dragged into Tomb-Raiding and Forced to Survive 咸鱼入盗笔被迫求生 A Friend Who Shares in Glory一荣俱荣的朋子Female-Channel Fanfiction104k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 17Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 庶 A Concubine's Son Awakens: I'm Done Being the Doomed Male Side Character 庶子觉醒：这冤种男配我不当了 A Friend Who Shares in Glory一荣俱荣的朋子49k WordsCompleted The Illegitimate Son Awakens: I'm Done Being the Unlucky Male Supporting Character 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 穿 I Reincarnated as a Low-Ranking Clerk, and Now I’m Reforming the Workplace with Unhinged Literature 穿成小吏，我靠发疯文学整顿职场 Lucky Shell幸运贝壳Historical991k WordsCompleted Twenty-six-year-old Qi Ren is an avid fan of unhinged fiction. After staying up all night reading, he dies suddenly and finds himself in Wutong County, inhabiting the body of Qi Ren, an unlucky low-ranking clerk sentenced to death as the county magistrate’s scapegoat. Using his wits to secure a foothold, he takes on corrupt officials with the power of unhinged fiction and sets out to build a wonderful life. He thinks everything has finally settled down, but who could have guessed that an imperia 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A high-energy, mind-bending story with no romantic pairing—a truly exhilarating read.

11. 11 被 Driven to Death by Her Cultivator Mistress? I Take Up My Sword and Storm the Ninth Heaven 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 78.6kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves

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    Basically, there was no love involved.

12. 12 灵 Spiritual Vegetables at Sky-High Prices? Sorry, Even the Rich Have to Queue 灵蔬天价？抱歉，有钱也得排队 A Carefree Sword Immortal悠哉悠哉一剑仙Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Originally titled "I Can't Help It If I Can't Grow Enough Vegetables to Sell" [A pure farming story, no System, cozy everyday life + gradual development + selling vegetables online + ecological farm] [Featuring an aloof chef, a quick-witted assistant, a hugely popular celebrity, and a gluttonous village secretary] [No male lead] Lu Yihan accidentally transmigrated to the cultivation world in her previous life, and now, through a twist of fate, she's transmigrated back. Having figured everything 4.4kReads7.6Score281Shelves

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    It looks good, it's smooth, I like it.

13. 13 手 I Can’t Help It, I’ve Got the Useless Teammate System!! 手握猪队友系统我也不想啊！！ The Unconventional Buke Jilang别开生面的不可次郎Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [System + Male Protagonist + Young Natural Enemy + No Romance + One-Sided Crushes + Brotherhood + Another World] The title mentions angels, but the content may upset readers who love beautiful things, so proceed with caution! Seriously, be careful! (Includes, but is not limited to: turning into a young natural enemy of humanity...) Natural enemy means exactly what it says: humanity's natural enemy!!! Natural enemy! Natural enemy! Natural enemy! Young one! Young one! Young one! [Ding! Congratula 7.5kReads8.3Score604Shelves

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    Both are completed novels without romantic pairings. In the first one, the male protagonist is bound to a "pig teammate system," and what awakens is the offspring of an angel—a natural enemy of humanity—who treats humans like tree seeds, grows trees, and drinks their leaves as tea. Because he was human before awakening, and his teammates are also human, he falls into the enemy's village at the beginning. His enemies have maximum affection for him, which is why he wasn't immediately killed. The next two are just good reads, nothing much to say about them.

14. 14 全 Gods for All: My Followers Are Obviously Pretty Useless 全民神祇：我的眷属明明就很菜 Just a Little Bean Dumpling是个豆团子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse702k WordsCompleted [Global Dimensional Reduction] [Apocalypse] [Survival] [Infrastructure Building] [Ascension to Godhood] [Cute Creatures] [No Romance] The number one powerhouse on the Divine Realm leaderboard speaks up. Zihan: So what if my followers are weak? I'm strong, and that's all that matters! Don't look down on them or pick on my little darlings. Everyone wipes the cold sweat from their brows, staring at the creatures in the livestream and drawing a sharp breath. Talk about humblebragging. Does this powe 8.7kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
15. 15 飞 After Failing to Ascend, I Became the Little White Emperor 飞升失败后成了小白皇帝 Wine God, Green Grape酒神葡萄绿Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A male-lead, no-romance, ancient-world kingdom-building story with a golden finger: he’s the only cultivator in the world Synopsis: After transmigrating to the cultivation world and failing to ascend, I’m reborn as a prince in an ancient kingdom. The good news is that this world has spiritual energy, so I can keep cultivating. The bad news is that the throne somehow falls into my lap. I have to be a good emperor and cultivate the Dao properly. My dream of ascending hasn’t changed. You people nee 11kReads9.3Score877Shelves
16. 16 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: I Lead My Family to Amass Billions in Supplies 末世重生：我带全家狂卷亿万物资 Mo Shu Yu墨书语Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted (Apocalypse + zombies + rebirth + personal space + stockpiling supplies + farming + infrastructure building + powerful heroine + adored by the whole family + teamwork. There is a couple, but the romance comes later.) Wen Qian opens her eyes and finds herself back one month before the apocalypse. Her home has not yet been seized, and her parents and older brother are still alive. She has even gained an invincible preparation space where she can farm and stockpile supplies, and best of all, bind h 30.7kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
17. 17 小 Junior Sister Says Little, but She’s Truly Ruthless 小师姐明明话不太多，但人是真狠 Qian Ji千寂Ancient Romance590k WordsCompleted (No romance + traditional style + no System + dual cultivation of merciless killing and the Dao + powerhouse + not a do-gooder + putting scumbags in their place and protecting her own + light ensemble cast) After a sudden nirvana, the supreme Dao Ancestor Huangfu Cangyue became the eldest daughter of the Canglan Sect on the Divine Radiance Continent in the Lingxu Realm, a pitiful girl whose body had been taken over by a transmigrator guided by a “System.” Was her domineering, fiercely protective 177Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is strong-willed, has no romantic partner, isn't a saint, is decisive and ruthless, and is quite funny. The writing is excellent!!

18. 18 嘘 Shh, Bet You Didn’t See This Coming: I’m the Supernatural Being 嘘，没想到吧，我就是诡异 Steamed Salted Radish清蒸咸萝卜Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Fake and Real Heiresses, Reborn, Rule Horror, Bizarre World, Wealthy CEO, No Romance, Secret Identity, Horror Game] The full-cast audiobook is available on Fanqie Changting. Search for: The Real Heiress Goes Off the Rails in the Horror Game. Qin Shu is reborn on the day of her eighteenth birthday, with only an hour left before she enters the Rule Horror game. She snatches the jade bangle from the female lead, shuts herself in her room, puts it on, and waits to be pulled into the game. In her pr 17.1kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    All of these are novels without any romantic pairing. The first one is "Rules of the Strange," which has a slightly melodramatic beginning but gets better and better as you read on. I love the father, mother, and grandmother in "Rules of the Strange"!! There are also more female supporting characters, and none of the men are as powerful as the female lead. The only thing to watch out for is that the original female lead will be a nuisance for a long time, so if you can't handle that, you can skip it. But apart from that, everything else is great, and the revenge is very satisfying. The second one is also "Rules of the Strange," with a strong sense of national pride. Whether they are ordinary people or powerful chosen ones, everyone is striving for the final victory, even at the cost of their lives. Even the smallest characters, those who merely pass through, are well-developed, each with their own personality. Everyone is fleshed out, shining brightly in their own way. The only drawback is that there aren't enough to read. The third book, judging from the title, truly features time travel; sometimes you wake up and find yourself transported to another world, only to be back in the blink of an eye. The premise is very novel. The female protagonist travels to various dimensions, but the original owner's consciousness remains. Sometimes, the original owner's consciousness is absent when she travels to a new world, and the protagonist alternates with the original owner, controlling her own body. Other times, the original owner's consciousness remains, and the protagonist claims to be the original owner's second personality, appearing intermittently... Transmitted to various dimensions, each world leaves you wanting more. Just when you're getting into it, the story switches to another world, making you eager to travel back. The next world's storyline quickly draws you in. The fourth book features a female protagonist who isn't a traditional sword-fighting, weapon-wielding, or alchemy-focused character; she's a corpse cultivator. If you're tired of traditional cultivation novels, this is a good read. The supporting characters are also distinctive, decisive, and quick to avenge wrongs. The fifth book is a collection of supernatural tales based on rules. The female protagonist is intelligent, calm, and clear-headed, and the story is well-developed, not just a typical wish-fulfillment novel. There are many foreshadowing elements, making it somewhat unconventional. It's very addictive, unlike some traditional supernatural stories. It has its flaws, reflecting many social realities, and has a slightly depressing feel.

19. 19 精 My Split Personality Is Ridiculous! I Switch Roles at Will 精分太离谱！我角色切换自如 Really Good at Slacking Off超会划水Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [World-Hopping Through Instance Realms + No Romance + Clear-Eyed Realism + Inventory Space + Plot-Driven + Light Ensemble Cast + A Double Life with the Original Hosts] Ye Xi’s heart condition flares up again. One second, she transmigrates into the body of a young lady trapped in a coercive romance; the next, she’s thrown straight into a scene where a palace intrigue plot ends with her being beaten to death in ancient times. In the blink of an eye, she’s caught up in a secret rendezvous in Republ 2.4kReads9.0Score295Shelves
20. 20 南 The Coffin Maiden of Southern Xinjiang's Cultivation Record 南疆棺女修仙记 Jiang Jiang Jiang江僵姜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP, no CP, no CP, no romance: a female lead who cultivates immortality through corpse control in southern Xinjiang. If someone wrongs her, she gets revenge on the spot instead of bottling it up!!!] After watching a hospital dispute, she somehow transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. Luo San is completely unfazed. As long as she's strong enough, anywhere can be home. But when she looks at the little white jade coffin hanging from her waist, she falls silent. She's not a sword cul 2.5kReads8.9Score278Shelves
21. 21 规 Rule Horror: The Liar Who Cannot Tell a Lie 规则怪谈：不能撒谎的欺诈师 Qing Qing青卿Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance + No Livestream + No National Destiny + Strong Heroine + Horror + Rule-Based Hauntings] Trickster Shi Si had only just walked out of prison after serving seven years when a wave of dizziness sent her tumbling into a world of rule-based horror. She also drew the D-rank talent [Mirror, Tell the Truth]. [Description of the Mirror, Tell the Truth Talent] [1. Whenever someone asks you a question, you must tell the truth.] [2. You will always know who the most beautiful woman in the world 9.5kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
22. 22 震 Shocking! The Metaphysics Master Can Hear People's Thoughts 震惊！玄学大佬被读心了 Yellow Peach Tutu黄桃土土Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + ghost hunting + fortune-telling + mind-reading + lighthearted] After graduating with a law degree, Xia Wange, heir to a Daoist sect, sees a wheelchair shimmering with purple energy at a car crash site. Born unable to gather energy, she can’t bring herself to leave the wheelchair alone. [I’ll carry this wheelchair off and borrow the energy on it to draw talismans. Then I’ll be the undisputed goddess of the supernatural world!] Lu Qiu, the CEO still trapped in the wreckage, inexpli 362.7kReads9.5Score73.6kShelves

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    Devoted, there was no misunderstanding.

23. 23 反 The Villainess Goes on a Rampage Across the Nine Continents! The Protagonists All Kneel 反派女配杀疯九洲！主角们都跪了 Fei Xi妃玺Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted “If the author says there's no romance, then there really isn't.” She became the saintess of one of the Four Great Sacred Lands, with exceptional talent, a prestigious position, and a decent fortune. And yet, with such an impressive setup, she was destined to be a cannon-fodder villain in countless stories about male and female leads. To avoid being won over or defeated, and to stay alive, she had no choice but to strike first. Oh, did I hit too hard? My mistake, my mistake. Go recover, then com 17.2kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    The female lead is incredibly clever; the plot twists and turns are endless, a veritable nested doll of problems (ಡωಡ). A fantastic, satisfying read without a romantic pairing.

24. 24 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 988.6kReads9.5Score85.7kShelves

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    Everyone, go read this!!! It's a gem of a story. Although the protagonist's personality isn't perfect, that's precisely the charm of "Searching for Songs."

25. 25 末 Apocalypse: I Ride a Tricycle and Run a Mobile Supermarket from the Start 末世：开局蹬三轮，经营移动超市 Su Zhi Cat苏栀猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [System + business management + no romance pairing + ridiculous comedy + invincible] After six months of being a sucker in a new world, Jiang He finally gets her super-powered business System. Once bound to it, she hops on a little three-wheeled cart and runs a mobile supermarket. She also has to complete all sorts of bizarre sign-in missions to earn time for stocking up. [Host, go sign in at the center of the storm to earn one minute of stocking time!] [Host, see that volcano? Take it down and 13.7kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    A masterpiece without romance, focusing solely on plot and no romantic subplots – I've read it twice! Tired of cramming romance into every story? This book seamlessly integrates "building careers/solving mysteries/exploring the world" into the main plot, keeping you on the edge of your seat! Among these books, some are particularly captivating because of their ensemble cast. The seamless teamwork between teammates, the mutual respect between rivals, and even the occasional acts of kindness from passersby are all vividly and touchingly portrayed. You don't need to worry about "who ends up with whom"; just immerse yourself in the protagonist's adventures and challenges. If you're looking for a book that doesn't distract you with romance, but captivates you solely through its plot and characters, this is definitely worth adding to your reading list – you won't be able to put it down!

26. 26 回 I Returned to the Village to Farm and Tricked My Parents into Linking Up with the System 回村种田，我骗爸妈绑定了系统 Mai Mai Ben Mai麦麦本麦Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + farming + cultivation + no CP + cooperation with the state] After sending off the last of her junior brothers as they ascended, Bai Su, the sect’s senior sister, is kicked back into the modern world by the Heavenly Dao, which has long had it in for her. She looks at her elderly grandparents, her hardworking parents, her high-school-aged younger brother, and herself, unemployed and out of touch with the world. Ah, forget it. She has a spiritual root in one hand and a pocket di 1.9kReads8.0Score244Shelves
27. 27 在 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 96kReads9.4Score14kShelves
28. 28 祖 The Ancestral Tomb Exploding Is Nothing Strange, but My Granddaughter Dating a Japanese Guy? 祖坟炸了很正常，孙女谈了小日子 Feng Yuyue风语月Modern Romance682k WordsCompleted [No romance] [No romance] [No romance] [An overwhelmingly powerful heroine] Han Yan: “What would you like to know?” “I want to know how many children I’ll have.” Han Yan: “You won’t have any children. If you want to change your fate, give me five hundred million from your personal savings. I’ll leave you one million.” “What? Are you fucking crazy? You’ll leave me one million? Why not just rob me?” Han Yan: “Robbery is illegal, and fortune-telling is much quicker. I’m not forcing you, and I’m eve 916Reads7.2Score100Shelves
29. 29 位 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Modern Romance4.1M WordsOngoing [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.7kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves
30. 30 末 In the Apocalypse, I Stick with Big Sis: Eighteen Meals in Three Days 末世跟着姐姐混，三天吃个十八顿 Joy at Every Step步步见喜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Strong Female Lead + Early-Stage Infrastructure Building + Later Ensemble Cast + System + Card Draws + Pets] At first, Shi Man thought she'd been handed an ordinary rebirth story. She got a System, and her old apartment building transformed into an evolvable apocalypse base. She frantically stockpiled supplies and killed off her awful relatives. While everyone else struggled to survive the apocalyptic disasters, she lounged in the air conditioning, cuddled her cat, and ate hot pot. 8.7kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
31. 31 I An Introvert Runs a Stall Everywhere, and the Customers Lose It I人摆摊到处跑，顾客崩溃了 Meowblade喵刃Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Food + healing + System + no romance] The ups and downs between food-loving customers and a heroine who loves to run away from her delicious food. (Not romance, just foodies’ pure love of good food.) The finest cuisine calls for the best ingredients and outstanding technique, brought together with customers’ ravenous stares, mouths watering, and an overwhelming craving to create a truly exquisite feast. Zhou Lin is an independent woman with exceptionally strong boundaries. Thanks to 4kReads8.2Score340Shelves
32. 32 我 I Become a Landlady During an Ancient-Era Apocalypse 我在古代天灾末世当包租婆 Fox's Faint Smile狐狸浅笑Ancient Romance267k WordsCompleted [All kinds of disasters + war + System + business management + delicious food + no CP] Severe drought + extreme heat + floods + epidemics... In the tenth year of the Jinghe era, a drought lasting two years struck the land. Not a single grain was harvested, famine gripped the whole country, and people were dying everywhere. The foolish, tyrannical emperor was lost in pleasure and paid no heed to the people's suffering. As the famine worsened, the emperor continued his endless feasting and festivi 1kReads8.3Score118Shelves
33. 33 女 The Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Empress: She Brings Billions of Merit into the 1960s 女帝三岁半：她带亿万功德穿六零 Build a House起房子Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted (Adorable, everyone’s-favorite story with a touch of fantasy.) After saving three thousand worlds, the empress thought her life was over. But, to her surprise, a fragment of her soul was reincarnated into a little fool in the late 1960s. The girl’s family was dirt poor, and life was painfully hard. Her father was lame, her mother half-blind, and she had two older brothers, grandparents, an eldest uncle, a second uncle, and a younger uncle: a huge family with a poverty rating of minus 100. But th 9.4kReads9.2Score1kShelves
34. 34 我 I Run a Cafeteria in the Interstellar World to Feed My Whole Family 我靠在星际承包食堂养活全家 Qin Yuli秦鱼里Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted Setting: Interstellar. Social issue: The rat race. Theme: Food. Ingredient level: Moderate. This novel is complete, so feel free to enjoy! The Qin family’s parents were scammed into taking out a loan to run the unpopular cafeteria at Star University. The original owner was a lovesick fool, obsessed with chasing the Lu family’s young master, to whom she was betrothed as a child. She drank, smoked, and got a perm that made her hair stand on end. After her parents suddenly died, the person who woke 3.2kReads8.9Score295Shelves
35. 35 大 Big Sis Takes On the Entire Cultivation World! 大师姐一人砍翻修仙界！ Tomato the Size of a Fist拳头大的番茄Ancient Romance665k WordsCompleted [New book: Crossing the Starry River with One Sword. A stunning heroine who looks down on the immortal path. Another story of a powerful female lead’s growth. Come on in and take a look, everyone!] [No CP + strong and beautiful female lead + she won’t put up with the slightest insult] Ye Zhen transmigrated to the cultivation world once again. From the start, she was framed for stealing Junior Sister’s spiritual plants. She checked her cultivation level, then looked at the bunch of fools with the 1kReads7.2Score119Shelves

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    The Eldest Senior Sister Leads You to Conquer the Cultivation World! So Exhilarating You Can't Stop Reading! I recently read an incredibly captivating cultivation novel, "The Eldest Senior Sister Single-Handedly Conquers the Cultivation World," and it's absolutely addictive! This book tells the story of the Eldest Senior Sister, who starts as an ordinary disciple and gradually defeats all sorts of immortals and gods. No powerful backers? No problem! No cheat codes? Still works! With just a sword in hand, she slays gods and Buddhas alike. Those so-called righteous sects, outwardly virtuous but secretly engaging in despicable acts, are all exposed by the Eldest Senior Sister's sword! The most exhilarating part is watching the Eldest Senior Sister challenge those far stronger beings. Despite being a mortal, she manages to utterly defeat those high-ranking cultivation masters. Every time I see her covered in blood yet still fighting on, I can't help but feel my blood boil! Moreover, this book isn't just mindless fun; the Eldest Senior Sister's growth is evident, from fighting alone to gaining true companions—it's both thrilling and touching. If you enjoy stories featuring strong, independent female protagonists who are assertive, cool, and self-made, this book is definitely for you! I guarantee you won't be able to put it down, so don't blame me if you stay up late to catch up!

36. 36 末 Post-Apocalyptic Scavenging: I Turn Trash into Treasure and Coast to Victory 末日拾荒：我靠变废为宝一路躺赢 Su Jiuyao苏九遥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Tower Style + Apocalypse + Natural Disasters + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Strong Female Lead + Upgradable Safe House + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Male Lead Appears Later] Forensic examiner Lin Chu is suddenly dropped into an infinite apocalypse. Other people see zombies: “Oh my god, those bloody, mangled monsters! Stay away!” Lin Chu sees zombies: “206 moving bones! Walking points! The more, the better!” Drawing on her professional experience, she quickly adapts to the bloody apoc 43.4kReads9.5Score5.9kShelves

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    Female-centric novels, chapters 1 and 4 are my favorites.

37. 37 抱 Sorry, I’m Crazy. Keep Your Weirdness Away 抱歉，我有疯病，诡异勿扰 Hot Pot Tripe火锅涮毛肚Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Dark Fairy Tales + Horror Game + Livestream + Hilarious + No Romance + Unconventional Ending] My name is Shi Yu, and I'm mentally ill. One moment I was asleep, and the next I had been transported into a horror game called “Little Red Riding Hood.” Black smoke was rising from Mom's head, and the cake meant for Grandma had been mixed with an unidentified kind of minced meat... The game was being livestreamed to the entire world in real time. People watched in astonishment as, while the other p 21.2kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
38. 38 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 428.2kReads9.4Score40.7kShelves
39. 39 规 Rule Horror: The Prince Is Always Lusting After Me 规则怪谈：王子总是对我垂涎欲滴 There Will Always Be Youth总有青葱Mystery2.1M WordsOngoing [Volume One of the print edition goes on sale August 7] [Short drama and comic adaptation now available] [No romance + Infinite-flow + Horror game + No national destiny + Dark fairy tales] A young woman weeps softly at midnight. A handsome prince turns into a bloodthirsty “beast” at night. Cinderella dies a gruesome death on the night of the ball. The horror game is wrapped in shiny glassine, disguised as a sweet candy. What lies hidden behind the enchanting fairy-tale world... Weird tales desc 84.3kReads9.3Score9.9kShelves
40. 40 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 63.9kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
41. 41 全 Survival for All: The Top-Ranked Girl Never Watches Where She’s Going 全民求生，榜一她总是不看路 Sigh of Fufeng扶风叹Sports701k WordsOngoing Humanity on Blue Star was dragged into a survival game, and everyone collectively lost their minds. Who can relate? It’s just some lousy game, but it expects us to figure out skills on our own. It gives us a blueprint and expects us to gather materials and make things ourselves. If I could do that, would I be earning just 3,500 a month?! It was supposed to be a road survival game, but now it’s forcing us to learn stuff! Where’s the one-click learning button? Where’s the one-click crafting button 15.4kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
42. 42 女EN The Infinite Reset: A Side Character's Journey to Immortality 女配修仙，但是无限读档 Moon Facing the Sky月对空Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance, an absolutely massive golden finger, carefree cultivation, fighting monsters and leveling up] What happens when a cannon-fodder supporting heroine gains the ability to reload infinitely... Bad spiritual roots from the start? Reload and try again. Can’t win the sect tournament? Reload and try again. A secret realm full of danger? Reload to avoid every danger and collect every rare treasure. Offended a high-ranking cultivator? Even with just a 1% chance of success, keep reloading thro 74.6kReads9.4Score9.9kShelves
43. 43 今 Forensic Examiner on Duty Today 今日仵作值班 Little Scholar from Tangyi棠邑小书生Mystery786k WordsOngoing The novel itself is ordinary, so the blurb can’t be ordinary too. Basically, I’ve had to deal with too many useless coworkers at work, and I’m about to lose it. I wrote this book to create a pretty much perfect work team. I hope all the useless coworkers on everyone’s team get kicked off the planet, and that your own team is full of real pros! 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I feel like it's a no-romance, female-centric story, basically an ancient government office version of a perfect work team. 🍉🍉🍉

44. 44 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s and Became the Village Barefoot Doctor 穿越六零，我成了村里的赤脚医生 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + farming + military doctor + golden finger + everyday family life + building a career + no romance + adorable pets] Tian Cai has transmigrated. It started when she rescued a girl injured in a chain-reaction car accident. The fuel tank exploded soon after, and she lost consciousness. When she came to, she found herself in the 1960s. Forced by poverty, Tian Cai put her limited medical skills to use as a barefoot doctor. To avoid getting caught up in a medical malpractice case, she 4.9kReads9.2Score601Shelves

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    These books are all non-romantic. Except for the second book, which is still ongoing, the others are all finished. Except for the fourth and fifth books, the others are all related to animals, which is really touching, especially the extra chapters.

45. 45 御 Beast Taming: I Became a Legend After My Pet Beast Space Mutated 御兽：宠兽空间变异后我超神了 White Blossoms of the Jade Hairpin玉簪花开白色Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.6M WordsCompleted [Beast Taming for All + No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Genius Protagonist + Evolution] Ming Xi, an Earthling, transmigrates to the stars and arrives in a dazzling civilization built around beast taming. She’s a debt-ridden middle school girl who has to juggle three part-time jobs a day just to support her family. Is this any way to treat a person? Is this really what a minor should have to endure? Although life is this miserable, Ming Xi still embraces it wholeheartedly. Because spirit beasts 21.1kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
46. 46 开 From the Start, I Get Everything for Free, Adopt Adorable Beasts, and Make the Apocalypse Cozy 开局零元购，收萌兽，温馨度末世 Ripples in the Deep Sea深海微澜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalypse + Rebirth + Adorable Beasts + Space + Decisive and Ruthless + Strong Female Lead with No Romance + Beast Speech] Surviving the apocalypse was no easy feat. Over ten years, Ning Ke suffered countless setbacks and injuries, only to be betrayed just as she was about to make it through. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the early days of the apocalypse, and her space and supplies from her previous life had come back with her. Using her memories of her past life, sh 8.3kReads9.3Score1kShelves
47. 47 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
48. 48 逃 Fleeing Famine: My Whole Family Is Reborn 逃荒，我全家都是重生的 Mo Mo Is Master Mo墨墨是墨爷Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Dreams of the Future + Whole Family Reborn + No Romance] In her previous life, Su Yin, her mother, and her aunt were brutally killed by rioters. In the blink of an eye, the three of them were reborn together. Before the rioters stormed their village, they took refuge in Xinghua Village, where their uncle lived, and fled in advance. On the road as refugees, they ran into Su Yin’s abandoned, blindly filial father. They thought he’d be dead weight, but it turned out he could see the future, and hi 70kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves
49. 49 不 No Joke, Even the Dogs in My Homeland Know How to Farm 不开玩笑，我种花家的狗都会种田 No Skipping Today今天不咕Modern Romance594k WordsCompleted Female lead, no romance, farming, System, livestreaming Just before she dies from overwork, office drone Xiao Man wishes that in her next life, she won’t have to be human again. Then she’s reborn as a dog. Being a dog isn’t so bad. Her human’s family has fields, farmland, and an orchard, making it a perfect place for a dog to live. And so Xiao Man begins a carefree life in the countryside. Until one day, an accident leaves her human’s family with a glut of unsold crops, plunging the whole house 554Reads9.3Score105Shelves
50. 50 来EN Pyromancer from the Game World 来自游戏世界的火系法爷 Salted Fish Eats Watermelon咸鱼吃西瓜Sports3.4M WordsCompleted Everyone knows there are three kinds of mages: 1. Mages who cast spells with intelligent assistance 2. Mages who only know how to reuse spell frameworks 3. Archmages who use knowledge and mana to move the elements So where do mages who wield a deeper understanding fit in? “Luo Wen Yi, you're not fit to be a mage! A deeper understanding? You call that a deeper understanding?! It's nothing but a crude warrior's delusion!” “But... if it exists, there must be a reason.” “You're a disgrace to mages!” 93.8kReads9.1Score10.6kShelves

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