Recommendations for a Reading Slump: Great Books That Get More Addictive the Further You Read, and Are Worth Saving 书荒推荐，越看越上头，值得收藏的好书

1. 1 急 Help! I Accidentally Called My Boss “Honey”! 急！把老板叫成老公怎么办？ Raising Cthulhu in the Fridge在冰箱养克苏鲁Two Male Leads271k WordsCompleted [Two male leads] [Absurd office drones] [Comedy] [Both are each other's first and only] [Mutual devotion] Signing a formal contract is like legally registering your marriage. Signing an open-ended contract is like promising to grow old together. Yun Jingqiu took his boss-and-husband theory to heart, condemning husbands who wanted everything in a marriage but refused to pay for anything. Then one day, he finally slipped up. He blurted out to his boss, “Honey.” Yun Jingqiu had already figured out 2.2kReads9.0Score361Shelves

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   It's fun and hilarious, perfect for those who enjoy pure romance! Both characters are virgins, it's silly, and the plot is fresh and interesting. The first book is about a corporate slave and his boss, and the second is about a snake spirit that became a demon before the founding of the People's Republic of China and a demon hunter (the demon hunter's identity is revealed later!). If you're looking for something to read, check it out!

2. 2 只 I Just Want to Curl Up on My Male God’s Wrist and Sleep 只想盘在男神手腕上睡觉觉 Xia Qianchen夏千晨Two Male Leads180k WordsCompleted Check out the new infinite-flow novel next door, Finding a Boyfriend in a Game QwQ Setup: A seemingly chaste but secretly dramatic, soft and sweet little snake demon, and a seemingly aloof but actually shameless old scoundrel of a demon hunter. Blurb: Shi Yao is the only little white snake in the White Snake clan to take human form before the founding of the country. All he wants is to become a popular celebrity with a hundred billion fans. But when he spitefully goes to watch a movie starring h 2.5kReads8.9Score443Shelves
3. 3 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 46.1kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves

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   Brothers, come take a look!

4. 4 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 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
5. 5 装 I Kept Up the Act for Two Years, Then They Suddenly Read My Mind 装了两年突然被读心了 Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication in print] Also known as When My Billionaire Husband Started Coughing [Brooding, secretly snarky CEO X quirky, 'fake' innocent flower] Qi Weiran was a CEO worth billions. Because he carried a rare gene, he had a body that never got sick. But he could only live to the age of fifty. After he died, half his estate would go to his contract wife. One day, Qi Weiran's body, which had never shown a single sign of illness, suddenly began to cough. His adoring young wife, who loved 29.1kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves

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   You absolutely have to read this one! The author is so witty! This is the book I read when I was looking for something to read, and the author is hilarious; I couldn't stop laughing.

6. 6 闷 My Aloof Ex Suddenly Shows Up and Becomes My Boss 闷骚前男友空降，成了我老板 Yue Cong'an玥从安Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted Completed! A short-form drama adaptation is now available. Cool, refined, secretly passionate executive × sharp-tongued, softhearted assistant with a prickly streak [Sharp tongues and stubborn hearts + reunion after years apart + intense possessiveness + sweet, angsty pursuit + both leads are virgins] Qiao Xu, from an ordinary family, dated Xu Si'an, the young heir to Luocheng’s wealthy elite, for two years and eight months while they were at university. They planned to meet each other’s famili 17.2kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves

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   At first, I thought there might be some misunderstandings in the first book, but the male lead is really straightforward and there were no misunderstandings between them. Plus, the male lead speaks very politely, hehe. Overall, it's very sweet, especially sweet!!

7. 7 初 A First Taste 初次尝鲜 Demon Bell妖铃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + both devoted + the male lead falls in love at first sight and becomes obsessed with claiming her] A dignified, secretly passionate corporate tycoon vs. a sweet, beautiful office worker Lin Yuan attends a friend's birthday party and gets drunk. By mistake, she walks into the wrong room and spends the night with a strange man. The next day, she takes one look at him and hurries off, afraid he'll demand she take responsibility. She thinks they'll never meet again, but the very next 180.2kReads8.5Score11.7kShelves
8. 8 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 694.2kReads9.6Score146.3kShelves
9. 9 师EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 Rain Falls from South of the City to the West城南有雨落城西Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.3kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves

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   Sect Daily Life: The eldest and second eldest brothers have once again clashed over "who is the Master's favorite," causing the roof to collapse! Meanwhile, the unfortunate eldest brother, who was exceptionally promoted by the Master but is only at the Qi Refining stage, is holding the account book and weeping: "This month's repair costs... I have to pay again?!" [Hilarious cultivation, master and disciples constantly sabotaging each other, the sect is still doomed today] There might be some unexpected twists later on.

10. 10 反EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.6kReads9.5Score38.8kShelves

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    It's really good, the protagonist is so cheeky!

11. 11 禁 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Eat the Little Almond吃掉小杏仁Urban3.9M WordsOngoing Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 197kReads8.8Score7.4kShelves
12. 12 独 I Guarded a Ruined Temple for Six Years Without Knowing I Was Cultivating Immortality 独守破庙六年，不知自己在修仙 Wandering Garfield流浪的加菲猫Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsOngoing Lu Tongfeng spent six years alone in a ruined temple without realizing he was cultivating immortality. Only when he turned sixteen, and Yun Fuyao, a fairy from the Yuntian Sect, descended from the sky, did he learn that his slovenly master, who had died six years earlier, had been the Supreme Elder of the Yuntian Sect, one of the great cultivation sects of the mortal world, and its strongest cultivator. When his slovenly master breathed his last six years ago, he left Lu Tongfeng four legacies: 194.6kReads8.8Score17.7kShelves
13. 13 贺 Helan Shao 贺兰哨 Willows and Catkins Fill the Sky in Verse风吹柳絮漫天赋Eastern Fantasy333k WordsOngoing Halan Sentinel is a historical transmigration novel. Its plot is gripping and full of twists, its characters vivid and lively, and its themes clear and profound. The protagonist, He Yu, is a modern young man with no knowledge of martial arts and no skill with a sword. He accidentally transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty. In this age of cold weapons, a strange twist of fate sees him ordered by the emperor to inspect Daxia Town as a member of the Imperial Brocade Guard. Caught in the whirlpool of fac 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A fascinating glimpse into ancient history – highly recommended!

14. 14 入 Married into a Marquis's Household, His Devoted Wife Helps Him Reach the Clouds 入赘侯门，娇妻扶他上青云 Flying Flowers and Jade Dawn飞花玉晓Historical167k WordsCompleted After a mission fails, a cold-blooded assassin hides in a marquis's bridal sedan and becomes a live-in son-in-law. Disguised under another identity, the real and fake son-in-law use every trick they can to evade the Crown Prince's pursuit! After his first taste of tenderness, the assassin falls into a lover's embrace! Softness overcomes strength, and his beloved wife helps him rise to the top. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 受 Sick of the Madwoman, the Wicked Maid Decides to Find a New Boss 受够癫婆，恶婢决定换个老板 Emerald Mountain Sparrow翡山雀Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A vicious supporting character’s maid awakens + face-slapping + playing the pig to eat the tiger + super sweet romance] [Career-minded maid × delusion-prone emperor, both virgins in both their lives] In her previous life, the maid Dan Feng saved the emperor when he was in trouble, but handed him over to her mistress, Wei Xixue. She watched as the whole Wei family rode on the emperor’s gratitude to rise to prominence; She watched as her mistress used that favor to become the emperor’s beloved co 12.4kReads8.6Score2kShelves

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    The more you read, the more you can't stop! 🥰 The author's writing is excellent, and the plot is intricately woven; this is the kind of book you'd stay up all night to finish.

16. 16 莫 Don't Be Fooled by Her Sweet Looks, the Young Lord Marries Into Her Family 莫道娇娇不销魂，世子扶腰倒插门 The Girl Who Walks Sideways姑娘横着走Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Chu Yan is alluring and irresistible. A mere glimpse of her charm is enough to haunt countless men’s dreams at night. Only Li Yin, the second son of Prince Ning, looks down on her. “Chu Yan is so beautiful, and you see her every day. Aren’t you tempted?” Li Yin snorts. “A venomous beauty, shameless and full of schemes. Anyone who falls for her is a dog!” That night, Li Yin corners her by the bed. “First you flirted with my older brother, then you lured a prince, and you even used your charms on 9.9kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
17. 17 侯 In the Marquis's Manor, There Is No Divorce, Only Widowhood 侯府没有和离，只有丧夫 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance482k WordsCompleted On Qu Ran's wedding night, her husband contemptuously tossed aside her veil and said coldly, “Don't think I'll like you just because you used despicable means to marry me. I have always loved Wanwan.” Qu Wanwan was Qu Ran's half-sister. She had fallen for Qu Ran's fiancé, and for the sake of his beloved, the scoundrel took advantage of Qu Ran falling into the water, ruined her honor, and married her. After they wed, the scoundrel invited her mountain climbing, intending to kill her. Instead, Q 3.5kReads9.0Score542Shelves

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    Super good read, a must-read if you're looking for something to read. The first book is a comedy.

18. 18 贵 A Background Extra at the Noble Academy, Yet Everyone's Favorite 贵族学院路人甲，但万人迷 Tata Temple塔塔寺Modern Romance543k WordsOngoing [Unconventional elite academy + irresistible charmer + the academy's F4] From the moment students enroll, this academy assigns them rankings based on their personal worth. The new D-rank student attracts the attention of the S-ranks with her stubborn, unyielding nature. Her C-rank roommate uses every opportunity within reach to claw her way up. The B-rank students, already settled into their factions, form cliques, scheme against one another, and use any means necessary to keep lower-ranked stud 31.9kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
19. 19 社 A Corporate Wage Slave? Pah, I'm a Billionaire Now! 社畜？呸，姐现在是首富！ A Glutton's Meal饭桶的饭Modern Romance2.8M WordsOngoing [Wealthy Protagonist + Spend-Money System + Strong Female Lead + Everyone’s Favorite + Befriending Wealthy Second-Generation Heirs + Handsome Men of Every Type + BG + All Male Leads Are Devoted + Face-Slapping + Feel-Good Story + She’s Always Showing Off] Tang Tang is an overworked corporate slave, stuck in the 996 work schedule. After finally slapping her sleazy boss a few times, she gets hit by a car and sent spiraling into the sky while saving a kitten. She dies, but not quite. The kitten tr 5.3kReads9.3Score347Shelves
20. 20 重 Reborn in 1978: My Wife Begs Me to Take In Her Sister 重生78：老婆求我收容她姐姐 Breaking the Spring Breeze破春风Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Hunting] [Mountain Foraging] [Reborn] [Pocket Dimension] Reborn in 1978, I find my wife desperately begging me to take in her beautiful older sister, and I agree on one condition. But with two more mouths to feed, supplies are desperately scarce. What do we do? Pick up a gun and head into the mountains to hunt! In this life, I’ll give them a better life! 17.5kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves
21. 21 重 Reborn in the Capital: Building a Top-Tier Tycoon Family 重生四九城：打造顶级豪门家族 Cold Moon, Broken Branches寒月残枝Urban2.2M WordsOngoing After being reborn, Lu Cheng starts from the start by dumping a gold-digging bitch and marrying his sister's best friend. Relying on his martial arts skills, he catches spies, fugitives, and thieves on trains, gradually climbing the career ladder. He rises from a low-ranking railway police officer, step by step, in the capital. Under his leadership, his sister becomes the richest person in the country, and his eldest brother gains enormous power. Together, they turn the Lu family into a top-tier 81.4kReads7.8Score6.3kShelves
22. 22 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 74.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
23. 23 重 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Married My Sister’s Best Friend 重生1980：开局迎娶姐姐闺蜜 Cang Yue Aotian沧月傲天Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [The new novel Reborn in 1975: I Want It All, From a Loving Wife to a Fortune in Scientific Research is now a hit! Click the author's name to read it!] Li Yi is reborn, back in a small mountain village in 1980! When Tang Xue asks him to marry her once again, he doesn't hesitate. His answer rings out loud and clear: “I do!” In his previous life, he was blinded by his own foolishness and watched helplessly as Tang Xue fell into darkness! With a second chance at life, he swears to make her the happ 11.7kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
24. 24 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335kReads9.8Score46.9kShelves

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    Let me put it this way, this is the first time I've seen an abstract novel and romance combined so well. From the plot, the author is creative; it's not your average romance story. The content will completely change your understanding of romance, with an off-the-charts sweetness and a happy ending that will have you hooked.

25. 25 啥 What? The Abused Villain Can Hear the System's Tasks 啥？被凌虐的反派能听见系统任务 Huaxia Cat华夏猫Ancient Romance546k WordsCompleted The animated series is now streaming [mutual firsts, sweet romance, goofy comedy, taming, inner thoughts, good girl, villainess system, ridiculously sweet, breezy writing] [A good girl pretending to be evil vs. an aloof, domineering male lead who adores her; leans toward the pampered-wife trope, so stay away if that’s not your thing!] After Lin Wantang dies in a car accident, she transmigrates into a book. The System tells her that if she plays the villainess well and follows the plot to the end 37.2kReads8.1Score5.7kShelves

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    Arrogant villain and cute little heroine

26. 26 妹 The Perfect Sister Makeover Plan 妹妹的完美姐姐改造计划 Pomelo Tea Under the Moon月下柚子茶Modern Romance330k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 386Reads—Score103Shelves
27. 27 道 Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？ He An Is Simple贺安很简单Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity! 81.3kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
28. 28 姐 Sis, Spare the Femboy! 姐姐，放过小男娘吧！ Hatsune Mikuzzx初音MikuzzxModern Romance888k WordsOngoing Qing Miao is a bona fide man. But he’s incredibly cute, a total femboy. He got dumped because of his looks, but then he met someone… 2.3kReads7.3Score246Shelves
29. 29 男 Femboy Saintly Physique: The Campus Belle Keeps Putting Me in Little Skirts 男娘圣体，校花天天给我穿小裙子 Dreamer Lin Haizhou梦想家林海昼Urban393k WordsOngoing [Femboy]+ [Campus Belle]+ [Everyday Life]+ [No System]+ [Campus]+ [Band]+ [Livestream]+ [Romance]+ [Rock]+ [Cross-Dressing] Yi Xiaobai was born with the perfect femboy physique. Since he is prettier than most girls, people are always mistaking him for one. As it turns out, looking like a sweet girl isn’t a good thing... It gives him no end of trouble. His roommates are oddballs, and so are his mom and dad... Yi Xiaobai: “Senior, what are you going to do with me from now on...?” Su Yuxi: “Baby, w 677Reads7.6Score101Shelves
30. 30 女 Cross-Dressing to Cling to the Protagonist and Milk Him for All He's Worth 女装，要抱住主角薅羊毛 Miyazaki Yueyuezi宫崎玥玥子Urban674k WordsCompleted Lin Yue starts out all alone, and what's more, as an obscure little Villain? A cute cross-dressing boy who likes wearing women's clothes? A femboy? And in the end, he's going to be sold to a host club? He'd originally planned to stay away from the male lead, but poverty just wouldn't leave him alone. Work in a factory tightening screws? No way in this lifetime. The System told him that as long as he could stir up the emotions of the major characters, he wouldn't have to tighten screws. Lin Yue l —Reads—Score1.9kShelves
31. 31 女 A Cross-Dressing Villain? This Little Nannan Is Inexperienced, So Please Be Kind 女装反派？小楠娘不才，请多指教 Miyazaki Yueyuezi宫崎玥玥子Urban683k WordsOngoing A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 299Reads8.9Score—Shelves
32. 32 我 I’m Just a Little Femboy, So Why Does Everyone Like Me? 我就一小男娘，你们怎么都喜欢我 Potatoes Aren't Earth Beans土豆不是地豆Urban810k WordsOngoing What’s it like having a little sister who eats up all your money? “What do you mean, college students need 3,000 a month for living expenses?” Gu Xuan is moved to tears. To support his little sister, he’s forced to put on women’s clothes and livestream. [Pretty-boy romance] + [System] + [Beloved by everyone] + [Comedy] + [Extremely charismatic protagonist] + [A little angst for the protagonist early on, lots of sweetness midway through] 3.4kReads8.6Score459Shelves
33. 33 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
34. 34 天 Good Grief, Wearing Women's Clothes So Much Has Turned Me into a Beauty 天了噜，女装多了真成美少女了 yo Lingyo玲Urban494k WordsCompleted [Gender Swap + Transformation into a Bride + Pure Love + Comedy + School Life] Su Cheng has looked like a girl despite being a boy since childhood, though he never saw it that way. After his unscrupulous parents made him wear girls’ clothes as a child, he secretly vowed to become the manliest man alive. But things didn’t go as planned. As time passed, he grew more and more delicate and cute... Until one day, a mischievous god heard Su Cheng’s “wish,” and he “got what he wanted” by turning into a 3.4kReads8.6Score390Shelves
35. 35 开 From the Start, I Get Superpowers and Win Over My Tsundere Childhood Friend 开局获得超能力，拿捏傲娇小青梅 yo Lingyo玲Urban114k WordsOngoing [No System] [Not Reborn] [No Harem] [Everyday Romance] [Funny and Lighthearted] For the first eighteen years of his life, Xu Chen was an unremarkable face in the crowd. Then, on the day he came of age, his dad said, "No point pretending anymore. We're a family of superpowered people," and helped him awaken his own superpower. A superpower?! Wait, are you kidding me? Is this superpower even legitimate? Why is its side effect that I turn into a girl after using it?! An unreliable superpower, a tsu —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 你 You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl 212.5kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves

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    Haha, this book is so addictive! The female lead is strong from the very beginning! She's constantly slapping people in the face!!

37. 37 宠 He Spoiled His Concubine and Neglected His Wife. Reborn, I Broke Off My Engagement to the Scumbag and Married the Prince 宠妾灭妻，重生我退婚渣男嫁王爷 Zhi Zhi之知Ancient Romance640k WordsCompleted The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 88.8kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves

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    The characters are vividly portrayed; so what if she's a woman? Watch how the female protagonist breaks through the predicament.

38. 38 拜 Gold-Digger Fan Shengmei, Spoiled by Meng Yancheng 拜金樊胜美，孟宴臣偏要宠 Xi Nuan October希暖十月Female-Channel Fanfiction419k WordsCompleted [The score's been kept low, so check the comments. You won't regret giving this a chance!] Fan Shengmei was weighed down by her family and became a shrewd gold digger. Meng Yancheng was the perfect specimen pinned to the wall. He suspected her motives for getting close to him and weighed the pros and cons, yet couldn't help being drawn to her. Fake socialite × real rich heir | Mutual salvation | Two formidable leads Fan Shengmei blooms from the dust, is reborn through love, and ultimately become 12.7kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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    These weird pairings are so cute, hahaha!

39. 39 穿 After Becoming Gong Yuanzhi's Sister, I Gave Up! 穿成宫远徵姐姐后，我摆烂了！ Cold Crow Ling寒鸦零Female-Channel Fanfiction506k WordsCompleted 2.5kReads8.8Score262Shelves
40. 40 师 My Sect Is Full of Great Demons? What a Coincidence, So Am I 师门全是大妖？好巧我也是 Camellias and Wine茶花与酒Ancient Romance436k WordsCompleted [Female lead transforms into human form / no romance for now / no saintly heroine] Good news: Bai Jiu has landed in a group-pampering cultivation novel. Bad news: she's a village dog, and she's been brought back to the villains' lair in a sect. The villains' lair is full of great demons. She's terrified every day, trembling at the thought that they might eat her as a snack. Every day, she trembles her fluffy ears and wags her tail, acting cute to stay alive. But she has no idea that her fellow d 10.1kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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    A beloved character who cultivates immortality, starting as a little mongrel with high talent, leading his villainous master and fellow disciples to change their fate...

41. 41 咬 Take a Bite of Soft Moonlight 咬一口软月光 Luo Tingxu洛汀序Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted (Mutual seduction | Top-tier push and pull | Wild and sultry | Age gap | Possessive male lead | Explosive sexual tension | Second male lead begs her back and completely loses it) [Pure, alluring, flirtatious little white flower × Abstinent, unhinged Buddha] The night the capital's young master humiliated her in public, she got drunk and forcefully kissed the powerful family head he feared most. Everyone thought Yan Tingnan, the Buddha of the capital's elite circle, was an aloof, untouchable flow 51.9kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves

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    The food smells amazing!

42. 42 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

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    I highly recommend the second book; the first one is also great!

43. 43 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 117.8kReads9.6Score13.7kShelves
44. 44 家 Clan Cultivation: Starting with a Deserted Island 家族修仙：从一座海岛开始 The Poor Have No Way Out穷人没路Eastern Fantasy538k WordsOngoing In a world of cultivation where the strong prey on the weak, and across the Endless Sea where powerful clans abound, Chen Qingfeng activates the Family Fortune System in a moment of peril and leads the Chen clan from obscurity to prominence. The young clan leader is invincible. Ding! Congratulations, Host. One new Core Formation cultivator has joined your family. You can now advance to a Level Two Clan. Ding! Your family has successfully advanced to Level Two. You have obtained a Green Lo 535Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Yes, the plot is fast-paced.

45. 45 仙 Tales of an Immortal Official! It All Begins with Hearing Intel About Immortal Destiny! 仙官物语！从听到仙缘情报开始！ I'll Go Up There and Slash You我上去就是一刀Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsOngoing A sprawling epic! A sprawling epic! A prodigy’s rise Not traditional classical cultivation. The jokes can get a bit excessive at times, so just enjoy the ride! Shen Li transmigrated to a world of immortal martial arts, and he had a secret. When he was a child, he was knocked over by a five-colored horse. Ever since, strange messages had appeared in his mind! [At midnight tonight, a drop of Moonlight Spirit Water will appear in Crescent Lake. Use it as bait to lure out a Streamswimming Carp. Rewa 74.2kReads8.2Score5.6kShelves
46. 46 兄 Bro, You Smell So Good: Surviving Day to Day at an All-Boys' School 兄弟你好香，在男校的苟活日常 Zi Qing Bo子青伯Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Original title: Bro, You Smell So Good: Surviving Day to Day at a Boys' School. Lighthearted comedy and everyday life + girl disguised as a boy + boys' school + friendship (well, actually, it got censored.) Xu Hao woke up one morning to find her world turned upside down. She's a girl, so why did she end up in a boy's body?! Luckily, one crucial feature is missing!!!! What now? Better keep her head down. 5.1kReads9.1Score456Shelves

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    These books are really good, highly recommended!!!

47. 47 姐 You Look Even Prettier When You Cry, Big Sister 姐姐哭起来，更漂亮了呢 Hua Ning, Whose Surname Is Shen婳宁她姓沈Modern Romance377k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + System + Yandere + Love Triangle Drama + Intense Push and Pull + Happy Ending] [Brooding, yandere puppy × outwardly vicious but inwardly scatterbrained System worker] (To avoid any misunderstandings, a note: both leads are virgins, absolutely pure! The heroine is not a substitute, and this is not a melodramatic substitute romance. The original heroine is not vilified either.) She transmigrates into the book as the vicious supporting character who torments the yandere 19kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
48. 48 不 After I Stopped Fighting the Obsessive Boy for His Body, He Cried Until His Eyes Were Red 不跟偏执少年抢身体后，他哭红眼 Sleepless Girl不眠少女Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [Two Souls, One Body / Redemption / Obsessive Devotion / School Life + Modern Era / Mutual Doting / Both Virgins / Happy Ending] Fake underachiever, gloomy and scheming hero vs. sunny heroine who’s an aspiring designer Xu Zhen woke up in another world. The good news: she was still alive. The bad news: she had ended up in a boy’s body. He wasn’t dead, so she had to share it with him. The boy had every tragic backstory imaginable: his awful mother had run off, his awful father was after him for mo 1.1kReads9.1Score165Shelves
49. 49 反 Villain: From the Start, I Trick a Sage and Beat the Protagonist to a Pulp 反派：开局忽悠圣人，吊打主角 Yan Beiwang燕北望Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted The good news: I transmigrated. The bad news: I became the villain. When Fang Bai woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated into a fantasy novel as a disciple of a great sect. As the villain favored by fate, he had lived through ninety-nine reincarnations. In every life, he was killed by the protagonist favored by fate. And there wasn’t just one protagonist, but dozens, each with a System of their own. No matter how he fought back or how carefully he kept a low profile, those protagonists 2kReads7.6Score179Shelves

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    These are all pretty good, with many female leads.

50. 50 四 Siheyuan: Seeing the Scheme Through to the End 四合院之将截胡进行到底 Little Mo of South City南城小陌Male-Channel Fanfiction6.0M WordsOngoing [Multiple female leads, not for everyone] [Protagonists from various TV dramas collide, each with their own protagonist aura] [Disinfecting with iodine while whipping] Siheyuan, Zhengyang Gate, People Are Like Iron, Glorious Times, The Great New Era, Golden Wedding, Hutong, The Qiao Family Children... In the Name of the People, Ordinary Years, The War Between Two Women] [System for stealing female leads, self-interest, do-gooders, stay away] [No original female leads, characters from other stori 195.9kReads9.0Score13.2kShelves

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