Ensemble Casts or Historical Romance with a Male Lead Who Needs Taming 群像或者古言训狗

1. 1 白 The White Moonlight Returns from the Dead, and the Mad Emperor Fights to Be Her Dog 白月光死而复生，疯批帝争着当狗 Red Rabbit红兔Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (The rating is new and will rise) [Dotingly Cherished by Everyone + Devoted Couple + Male Lead as Her Dog + Unhinged + Pursuing His Wife + Wish Fulfillment + Happy Ending] Pei Yangyang has come back to life. She crawls out of her grave only to discover that, in his quest to find her killer, her father became chancellor, her eldest brother became a deputy minister, and her second brother rose to the rank of general. Her childhood sweetheart has also turned into a... complete lunatic! He sleeps be 33.5kReads8.3Score4k14d adds

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   This book is worth reading.

2. 2 恶 The Wicked Woman Has Trained Countless Men! She Climbs the Social Ladder and Sparks a Rivalry 恶女训狗无数！攀高枝！引雄竞 Peach Blossoms Reflected in Wine桃花映酒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Now publishing / The short drama Hong Luan Yin is streaming] [The villainess won't reform + unapologetically self-serving + taming men + a battlefield of men competing for her] Yun Qi is transported into a storybook that deliberately paints her as ugly and wicked. Once a powerful princess who ruled the court and kept countless male lovers, she now finds herself reduced to a disgraced fake heiress of the Marquis's household. The real heiress, meanwhile, is the family's precious jewel, destined t 135.4kReads9.4Score19k14d adds

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   It's so good!!! The baby girl is so cute~

3. 3 反 Every Villain Has Their Own Merits, and the Princess Never Takes a Day Off 反派各有千秋，公主全年无休 One Night in Three Rivers三川一夜Ancient Romance848k WordsOngoing A strong, ambitious female lead and her countless male consorts [Strong Female Lead + Multiple Male Leads (loyal shadow guard / beautiful but tragic / beastman / masochistic admirer / eunuch / aloof beauty / madman)] A gender-bender story. Check the chapter comments for details about the heroine’s particular traits. No man will be stronger than the heroine or ever lord it over her. She won’t be so lovesick that she dies for romance, and she knows how to get things done. All the men are loyal pup 2kReads9.4Score22414d adds

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   This book is super good!!

4. 4 小 My Junior Sister Says Even a Madman Is a God 小师妹说神经也是神 Lop-Eared Rabbit Who Loves Cilantro爱吃香菜的垂耳兔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhu transmigrates into a novel about a girl adored by everyone, as a disposable female side character. The junior apprentice sister is gifted and loved by all, while the side character has cultivated for years and is still useless. In the end, she's pushed out to take a blade for the junior sister and dies miserably in the street. She opens her eyes to the sight of a whole sect full of hopeless sycophants, and Jiang Zhu wants to die. The heroine's suitors are everywhere. How about I bec 38.1kReads9.3Score4.6k14d adds

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   All are ensemble pieces, told from the female lead's perspective, and have a comedic style; the female lead is the group's darling.

5. 5 小 The Junior Sister Is So Sweet and Gentle, Yet She Kills Without Spilling Blood! 小师妹超乖超软，但嘎人不见血！ Don't Eat Fried Shrimp不吃炸虾Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Slap people and kill people, both without missing a beat] [Main story complete] After transmigrating into a tragic cultivation novel, Jiang Wu became the pitiful, self-sacrificing heroine doomed to suffer. System: Host, even though the male lead crippled your cultivation and wants your life, he loves you. Jiang Wu: Kill him. System: Host, even though your senior brother bullied you for the sake of the female lead, one day he'll come to his senses and regret it terribly. Jiang Wu: Kill him. Syst 13.9kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
6. 6 阴 The Dark and Dashing Senior Sister Has the Cultivation World Going Crazy 阴暗师姐她超帅，修真界全疯了 Cheng Ya乘芽Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [No CP + Ensemble Cast + Strong Female Lead + Sect Life + Everyone's a Little Crazy] [The main cast are eccentric and outrageous. The heroine is self-reliant, loyal, and just a bit unhinged.] Xie Qing transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting female character, crawling through the shadows of a sect full of slackers. Who wants to pick a fight with the heroine? Xie Qing will whip the entire cultivation world into shape. She encourages her world-weary villaino 38.1kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds
7. 7 满 A Whole Family of Villainous Cannon Fodder, Riding High with Our Junior Sister 满门反派炮灰，跟着师妹浪到起飞 The Bear Who Bumps into Everything乱撞的小熊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + no male lead] Li Yang transmigrates into a book, going from a young, eccentric woman to a little turtle in a wish-granting pool inside an illusion. Who would’ve thought she’d land in a love triangle from the start, with the male lead and the main villain fighting over her. According to the original story, she’s eventually contracted by the original male lead and becomes his greatest trump card on his path to immortality. She spends her entire turtle life taking hits for him: blo 20.9kReads9.3Score2.5k14d adds
8. 8 师 Junior Sister, Stop Competing! Our Sect Is Already Invincible 师妹别卷了，我们师门已经无敌了 Delicate and Soft身娇体软Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Silly fun + pampered by the whole group + no romance + invincible] Yu Danlian is eating baby octopus when she accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world. A Foundation Establishment cultivator takes her as a disciple, then dumps her on seven senior brothers who are supposedly just as good-for-nothing as she is. The senior brothers, who have been pretending to be good-for-nothings, are thrilled when their new junior sister turns out to be the real deal. The eldest teaches her Buddhism. T 4.2kReads9.3Score75214d adds
9. 9 反 The Villain's Beloved Little Junior Sister Is No One to Mess With 反派的团宠小师妹惹不起 Long Yue龙跃Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved by all + light ensemble cast + feel-good revenge + silly and lighthearted] Si Qingyu transmigrates into a female-oriented harem cultivation novel as the heroine’s doomed senior sister. When the heroine is injured, her lovesick admirer helps dig out Si Qingyu’s golden core to heal her. When Si Qingyu refuses, they take it by force, cripple her spiritual meridians, and cast her out of the sect. Later, Si Qingyu is rescued and joins the largest medical cultivation sect. Her new sect has mo 22.7kReads9.2Score3.5k14d adds
10. 10 穿 I Became the Junior Sister of the Seven Deadly Sins and Gave Up Trying 穿成七大罪的小师妹后我摆烂了 Flower Roll Rice花卷饭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + Strong heroine + Everyone has a one-sided crush + Seven Deadly Sins theme + Not a cultivation novel] Puran was a spiritual stone in a temple, but her tribulation ended in failure. A thunderbolt shattered her to pieces, and she transmigrated. Puran: “...Buddha, am I allowed to swear?” The good news: She gained seven senior brothers after transmigrating. The bad news: Every one of them is handsome, powerful, and tragic. But don't worry, your savior is here! The aloof and fallen Pride 7.3kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
11. 11 别 Don't Mess with the Female Taibai, She'll Dare to Make Fangcun Mountain One of Her Trials 别惹女太白，她敢拿方寸山当一难 Little Doctor小医生Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Journey to the West + Openly Defiant, Secretly a Rebel + Goofy Hilarity + Redemption and Healing + Career-Driven Heroine] After transmigrating into the Heavenly Court’s project manager for Journey to the West, she gets a Rebel Investor System. You can bet she throws herself into the work. Li Changguang has divinity, but no humanity. Starting with looking after the monkey, she teaches him to cause havoc in Heaven from the womb. She provides a complete route map and does not offer a single word o 5kReads8.9Score54214d adds

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    A stone, two pounds of lotus root, three eyes, and a dog—the three most treacherous villains in Heaven. One rebels openly, one secretly, and the third rebels no matter who rebels. Truly, they live up to the saying: "Total weight 100 pounds, 98 pounds of rebellious bones, and two pounds of lotus root starch."

12. 12 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 183.4kReads9.5Score25.3k14d adds

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    This ensemble piece is really good, and there are even tear-jerking moments later on. I saw it recommended on Douyin and fell in love with it after just one viewing. It's highly recommended; the cheerful plot carries a subtle, poignant undertone.

13. 13 星 Interstellar Campus: The Five-Person Team Charges Ahead 星际校园：五人小队向前冲 I Refuse to Flop, Starting with Myself拒绝扑街从我做起Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military academy + mecha + no romance + coming of age + ensemble cast + light humor + five-person team + strong team spirit] For the first seventeen years of her life, Jiang Lin's goal was to get into Mingde's mechanical engineering department and become a highly paid mecha engineer. But an unexpected turn of events sent her to Dawn Military Academy and set her on the path to becoming an elite solo fighter. Inter-academy tournaments, live-fire drills, interstellar battles... Years later, five s 62.6kReads9.5Score7.2k14d adds
14. 14 炮 The Cannon Fodder Awakens, and the Old Foxes Eavesdrop on My Thoughts 炮灰觉醒，老六们偷听我心声 Never Tiring of the Sound声声不倦Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + wacky comedy + the schemers don't admit they can read minds + adored by everyone + shameless + utterly unhinged early on + happy ending + royals who aren't stereotypes] [Complete] Yin Jiao had been in the book for ten years when, one day, she finally awakened. She had transmigrated into a tearjerking romance with more than a thousand chapters about the male and female leads. The entire cast was so bad at communicating that even dogs would shake their heads. Good news: 3.4kReads9.3Score40014d adds

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    These two books, "Group Portraits," are worth reading.

15. 15 满 My Whole Family Are Cannon Fodder, but After They Read My Mind, They Rebel 满门炮灰读我心后，全家造反了 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Physical edition of "Claiming the Pearl 2" goes on presale October 17 at 7:30 p.m.] [Mind reading + System + adored by the whole family + transmigrate into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger] Qiao Jiaojiao had accumulated so much virtue in her past life that the Old King of Hell granted her a rebirth with all her memories intact, plus a golden finger: a Virtue Points Shop. Qiao Jiaojiao was thrilled to start her new life, only to discover she hadn't been reborn at all. She'd transmigrated i 122.5kReads9.7Score13.8k14d adds
16. 16 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. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds
17. 17 穿 After Becoming the Junior Sister of an Immortal Sect, the Cultivation World Went Crazy for Me 穿成仙门小师妹后修真界为我疯狂 Embroidered Spring Tower绣春楼Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted Ning Yue died and transmigrated into a cultivation world. Terrified, she immediately stripped off her clothes. Only when she saw the familiar flame-shaped birthmark on her shoulder did she finally relax. At least it was still her own body! To survive, Ning Yue threw herself into cultivation and earned a place at one of the five great sects. True to the principle of being a jack of all trades and master of none: Alchemy? Easy! Her cooking skills in her previous life were top-notch! Talisman-makin 23.3kReads9.2Score3.9k14d adds
18. 18 认 After Reuniting with Our Families, Everyone’s Plans Go Haywire 认亲后，大家的画风一起跑偏了 Midnight Murder Ball午夜凶球Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted Whenever the young Li Guanlan saw all the family scandals and chaos in the news online, she would thank Heaven that she was born into a loving, well-off family with parents who adored her. Then one day, a bolt from the blue struck: she had been switched at birth seventeen years ago! You’ve got to be kidding! What kind of family was she being sent to? Wealthy! Complicated! Emotionally distant! Her biological mother was as indifferent as a chrysanthemum and bad at expressing herself. Time to start 47.6kReads9.5Score5.4k14d adds

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    After the family reunion, everyone's style went completely off track! This Northeastern youth campus ensemble novel was so funny I laughed until I was pounding the bed! Xie Yulu was still sulking after a minor emotional outburst, while Xu Nannan and Li Guanlan were already whispering and plotting a "secret plan." First, they complained that the other was "deceiving them," then they reached a consensus to "raise one," and even seriously set goals—from "aiming for a top university" to "getting into Tsinghua University" to "getting into university and earning 500,000 yuan." The speed at which these goals were downgraded was like a roller coaster, highlighting the ideal that was very rich but the reality that was very harsh. What's even more outrageous is that one second they were solemnly shouting "more sincerity and less trickery," and the next second the two of them showed the same sly smiles, each carrying a bewildered Xie Yulu to eat, with Li Guanlan even righteously declaring, "Turning grief into appetite." There are no dramatic misunderstandings, just the chaotic daily life of these mischievous friends. The group's style goes completely off track, yet it exudes the unique warmth of a Northeast campus. Who wouldn't say that this youth is just too joyful!

19. 19 惊 Shocking! The Secret Identity Big Shot Takes the White Lotus Down From Every Angle 惊！马甲大佬她对白莲花横踢竖卷 Yu of the Three-Tiered Tower三重楼喻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Publishing deal signed] [Satisfying revenge, lighthearted comedy, secret identities, putting scumbags in their place, a quirky and formidable mercenary boss VS a principled young heir from Beijing’s elite circles, devoted heroine] At their first meeting, Shu Lan shoots Lu Jinhan and leaves him badly wounded. She chases him all the way back to China, then becomes an ordinary university student. He runs, she chases; he has nowhere to hide. She’s the world’s number-one mercenary king! She’s a foun 56kReads9.5Score6.6k14d adds

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    1. Excellent character design: The female lead has a likable personality and sound values. She possesses multiple "aliases" (hidden identities) and leaves her mark when doing good deeds, later revealing her true identity to avoid common misunderstandings. Her friends also have backstories and aliases, making their characters well-developed. 2. Excellent plot experience: It has satisfying moments of "torturing the innocent" (a term used to describe overly scheming or manipulative characters), with the female lead never swallowing her anger. The plot is entertaining, rich, and humorous, creating a progressively more enjoyable reading/watching experience (the more you read, the more you like it).

20. 20 我 I Made a Fortune by Turning Infinite-Flow Worlds into Games 我靠把无限流世界做成游戏暴富了 Neon Moon霓虹月亮Modern Romance597k WordsCompleted [Fourth-dimension disaster + game + players + ensemble cast + slimes + infinite-flow] [There is a CP, but they don’t get much screen time. The female lead is the strongest.] After clearing an infinite-flow game, Cheng Cheng just wanted to be a lazy fish. Unfortunately, the infinite-flow game wouldn’t leave her alone. It actually wanted to turn Earth into an infinite-flow game instance. Cheng Cheng laughed. “You think you’re the only one who can make games?” She promptly founded a game compa 1.1kReads8.9Score17714d adds

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    These are all good books, mostly featuring ensemble casts, and the writing is quite good with well-developed world-building. 🤭🤭

21. 21 重 After Being Reborn, I Was Pulled into the National Team Chat Group 重生后，我被拉进了国家队聊天群 Magic Bean Tangerine魔豆橘橘乐Sci-Fi & Apocalypse429k WordsCompleted Chen Jiaojiao is reborn. She has just wrested a space bracelet from her scumbag ex and is ready to make her mark when she is pulled into a strange chat group. Group name: [China’s Apocalypse Response Strategic Reserve Group] Group owner: [Long Yi] Group members: [Reborn: I’m a Financial Tycoon], [Reborn: I’m the World’s Greatest Soldier], [I Can Turn Stone into Gold], [There’s a Spirit Spring Behind My House]... Group announcement: 1. This group is a top-level state secret. All members must obey 1.4kReads—Score24314d adds
22. 22 说 Weren’t We Supposed to Be a Team of Useless Losers? Why Are We All Badasses? 说好的废物小队呢，怎么全员狠人 Tang Jiuy ao棠九尧Sci-Fi & Apocalypse819k WordsCompleted Sui Qi transmigrates into an interstellar world as a vicious, lovesick woman with a terrible reputation and five million in debt. She’s about to take part in a 21-day survival challenge in the apocalypse. If she succeeds, she’ll win ten million interstellar coins, enough to pay off her debt and live out the rest of her life doing nothing. The problem is, no one will team up with her, and the game can’t start without four players. But every player gives her a wide berth, so Sui Qi decides to rely 62.6kReads9.1Score9k14d adds
23. 23 乖 A Sweet, Obedient Lady? That's Just an Act! Another One in Tears 乖乖贵女？她装的！又弄哭一个 Don't Touch My Soft Persimmon别碰我的软柿子Ancient Romance458k WordsCompleted [Possessive Love + Using a Child to Force a Marriage + Obsessive Madman Turns into a Devoted Lover + Second Male Lead’s Regret] Before the cool, desireless young general left for war, he told Lin Lu, “Wait for me to come back.” She did. She didn’t just get the general back. She got his wife and concubine, too. He was no longer cool or desireless. Night after night, he reveled in the arms of beautiful women, loving his wife and concubine with all his heart. Lin Lu turned around and married so 6.4kReads8.5Score73114d adds

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    The first book is rather unconventional, turning a madman into a loyal dog, with many plot twists. The second book is an original ensemble piece, a bit silly and funny, with many couples. The third and fourth books can barely be considered ensemble pieces, but I don't usually read them with much thought; they're just about different people with the same name.

24. 24 小 The Junior Sister Disbands the Female Lead's Harem 小师妹解散了女主的后宫团 Fei Lai非来Ancient Romance865k WordsCompleted [Audiobook available. Lighthearted + a touch of an ensemble cast + irreverent cultivation story] [The heroine has a son and a romance plot. Read with caution. All male love interests are devoted only to her.] After being struck by lightning and transported into a cultivation novel with a strong female lead, Jiang Xianwan knows all the transmigration-into-a-book tropes. Afraid of becoming the heroine’s stepping stone, she decisively packs her bags and runs away ahead of time. Who could have gue 3kReads8.8Score39814d adds
25. 25 少 Dashing Youth: The Sky Screen, Me? The White Moonlight! 少白：天幕，我？白月光！ Fish Bouncing Around, Bye鱼摆摆拜吖Female-Channel Fanfiction396k WordsOngoing Sky screen + future generations + alternate-world timeline + slow pace + transmigrated without knowing the plot. After transmigrating to another world, Wen Qing had no idea where she was. She had become a somewhat well-known doctor in the martial world, but when she thought of the book on agriculture she'd been holding when she transmigrated in her previous life, then looked at the patients in front of her who had come for free treatment, she finally decided to give up medicine and take up farmi 347Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 26 暗 Dark River: I'm a Genius in Another World 暗河：我在异界当天才 Paper-Covered Wall糊纸的墙Female-Channel Fanfiction361k WordsCompleted [Young Blood + The Dark River] The rating's been up for ages, and it'll keep dropping! Go on, drop! Let's see if you can bring it down to zero! No romance + mainly from the heroine's perspective + not a caretaker story + the plot doesn't revolve around the protagonist. Content warning: The heroine will get involved in the royal factional struggle! If you don't like that, don't come in!!! At the very top of the Thirty-Two Houses of Pleasure in Tianqi City lived a darling little girl. For the fir 1.3kReads8.4Score10314d adds
27. 27 疯 The Mad Villainess Awakens! Train the Dogs! Play with Yanderes! 疯批恶女觉醒！训狗！玩病娇！ County Princess of Jiuzhou九洲县主Ancient Romance678k WordsCompleted [Unhinged Villainess Who Refuses to Redeem Herself + Men Are All Playthings + Taming Dogs + Feel-Good Revenge + Tormenting Men + A Battle Royale Among Suitors + All Male Leads Are Chaste + A System Completely at the Female Lead’s Service] [P.S. The female lead is very busy. She has no time to redeem men.] After the Grand Princess reclaimed the body stolen by the transmigrator, her first move was to humiliate that haughty, refined man. “Xie Liujing, crawl over here, and I might consider your prop 3.9kReads8.4Score69014d adds

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