In a Reading Slump, Looking for Post-Apocalyptic Stories With a Strong, Non-Saintly Female Lead 书荒了，求末世文女主不圣母，女强的

1. 1 谁EN Who Taught Him to Cultivate Like This? 谁教他这么修仙的？ Ling Duoqing令多情Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Blue Star, evil cultivators, no harem, invincible protagonist, comedy, goofball humor, transmigration. If that bothers you, don't read.] [An established author’s new book, backed by twenty million characters of experience. I like setting up plot threads, so if something seems unreasonable, give it a few chapters.] A new disciple who had just joined the sect rushed in, panicking: “Master, this is terrible! Big Brother robbed someone!” “Don’t make such a fuss. Your senior brother is securing bene 92.2kReads8.8Score8.5k14d adds

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   Very good! Modern people go to cultivate immortality; low-level cultivators carry guns to fight high-level ones, and they even use business tactics.

2. 2 极 In the Ice Age Apocalypse, I Have a Spatial Realm to Stockpile Supplies and Lie Flat 极寒末世我有空间囤货躺平 Lazy Chu懒散初Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted (The rating has only just opened, so it'll go up soon~) [No romance]+ [Stockpiling]+ [Lie flat]+ [Gourmet] When the extreme-cold apocalypse arrives, Lin Shu is reborn and is the first to activate her spatial storage. In the two months before the apocalypse, she stockpiles plenty of delicious food and cold-weather supplies, then lies flat alone in a warm, sturdy old family home in the countryside. The early part of this story is a detailed stockpiling tale. After the apocalypse arrives, it become 163.4kReads7.6Score25.8k14d adds

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   The film vividly portrays human nature, and the female protagonist is rational and not overly saintly, yet she retains her kind heart. All the female characters in the film left a deep impression on me: the selfless and enthusiastic property manager, Aunt Hong; the rational, independent, and capable Lin Xue, who starts as a lone wolf but later becomes a leader; the arrogant young lady Cao Ting; Cao Ting's mother; and the plump but gentle, meticulous, and pragmatic Su Rong. All of these are very distinctive female characters, and I really like them.

3. 3 寻 Journey in Search of Daylight 寻昼之旅 Linna-chan翷娜酱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse149k WordsOngoing [Soft Yuri] [Coming of Age] [Amnesiac Girl] [Ensemble Cast] Build communism across the universe and forge a path forward. (Not a power fantasy. No System, golden finger, or anything like that. This is an original-character story... Though it’s labeled science fiction, my academic knowledge is limited, so please feel free to correct me, and forgive any mistakes, meow.) When Lina wakes from her cryo-pod, she remembers nothing. Her name, homeland, and family have all been erased. The only things sh 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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   It feels okay

4. 4 快 Quick Transmigration: The Male Lead Has Been Seduced by a Villainess Again 快穿之男主又被恶女勾引了哦 Beastie Sauce兽兽酱Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + one-on-one love at first sight + truly wicked heroine + shamelessly doting romance + every male lead falls for the heroine + System] Su Wan had been living just fine, until one day a System called 001 forcibly abducted her and ordered her to play the wicked supporting female character in various small worlds, serving as a foil to the goddess and helping her collect destiny’s favor. But destiny’s favor was a pretty great thing. Su Wan wanted some too. Why should she just h 31.5kReads7.9Score3.1k14d adds
5. 5 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: I Get Married in a Flash from the Start 穿越七零，开局闪婚了 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage · Period Setting · Transmigration · Sweet Romance · Family and Neighborhood Life · Countryside · Face-Slapping · Pocket Dimension] Original title: Transmigrated to the 1970s, Married at First Sight from the Start “Since it’s already happened, I’ll take responsibility for you.” The cold voice passed through the covers and reached Su Wanwan’s ears. “W-Who said I wanted you to take responsibility?” “How did I get here?” Su Wanwan was just as confused. Where was this? She’d only g 40.3kReads8.3Score4.5k14d adds
6. 6 女 The Supporting Actress Wants What the Supporting Actress Gets 女配想要女配得到 Have a Bite of Mango吃口忙果Modern Romance2.3M WordsOngoing [Scheming supporting heroine; in some worlds she can alter her face. One-on-one romance in every world, with no cheating. She isn't a dominant heroine, and the heroine won't suffer abuse (PS: acting doesn't count.)] Across the three thousand worlds, there are always kind, resilient, wonderful girls who, under the influence of the so-called protagonist's halo, are reduced to supporting characters in someone else's story. Worse still, they lose their families, careers, and loved ones because of it 46kReads8.5Score2.7k14d adds
7. 7 女 The Villainess Stole the Heroine's Marriage Match, and Became the Apple of His Eye 女配她抢了女主联姻对象，被宠了 Coffee Doesn't Go to Work咖啡不上班Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + eight-year age gap + slow-burn romance + real and fake heiresses + sweet pampering + mostly everyday life] When Sheng Suining’s awareness awakened, she had already stolen the fake heiress’s arranged-marriage match. Only then did she learn that her world was actually a romance novel, and that she was the story’s wicked supporting character while the fake heiress was the heroine. Everyone hated her. She was the real heiress, jealous, competitive, always fighting and g 8kReads7.4Score86714d adds
8. 8 野 Wild and Free Little Orchid: The Coldhearted Prince Falls for Her First 野浪小兰花，冷情王爷他先动心了 The Madam Smiled夫人笑了Ancient Romance499k WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof hero who falls hard and falls first; both leads are virgins; transmigration; pocket dimension; no strong female lead, no palace intrigue] The doomsday war goddess Lu Jiuwan died on the first day the light returned... 1 The quiet, graceful, seductive Princess Consort who killed without blinking woke up one day with a completely different personality. Princess Consort: Want to do it? Cold-hearted Prince: Insolence! A moment later, the cold-hearted Prince was in disarray... 2 With her 38.2kReads9.3Score5.3k14d adds
9. 9 贵 The Noble Consort Has a Spirit Spring Space. How Can Anyone Compete with That? 贵妃她有灵泉空间，这谁斗得过？ Li Li's Musings李李的猜想Ancient Romance513k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + palace intrigue + one heroine with multiple love interests + spiritual spring space + strong heroine + becoming Empress Dowager) After killing more than twenty people, Ruan Yuxue took her own life right in front of the cops. But when she opened her eyes, she was in the Great Jing Dynasty. She'd transmigrated into the body of an orphan who was about to be sold into a brothel. No way was she putting up with that! She grabbed all the money in the house and ran. Who knew she'd stum 33.2kReads8.9Score4.6k14d adds
10. 10 穿 I Became the Villainous Ex-Girlfriend Who Dated the Male Lead Before He Returned to His Rich Family 穿成男主回豪门前的恶毒前女友 Cloud or Flower云朵还是花Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + sweet romance + a slow, steady relationship] The moment she opens her eyes, Fang Xihe finds herself in a story about winning back an ex, as the male lead's former girlfriend. She's the wicked supporting character who despised him for being poor and toyed with his feelings before his wealthy family acknowledged him. In the original story, after playing with the male lead's feelings, the supporting character cruelly humiliates him and dumps him, then turns around and 1.6kReads7.2Score15814d adds
11. 11 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 688.5kReads9.4Score49.1k14d adds
12. 12 人 A Handbook for Reforming Scumbags 人渣改造手册 Amateur Wordsmith业余笔杆子Fantastical Romance438k WordsOngoing As an outstanding graduate of the quick transmigration bureau, Gu Zixuan is assigned to the Scumbag Rehabilitation Department. He takes the place of scumbags and saves the people in small worlds whose lives they have ruined. [Male-oriented quick transmigration + romance in some worlds + feel-good power fantasy] World One: The devoted second male lead in a Mary Sue world He ignores the usual playbook and enjoys a happy life with his fiancée. World Two: The prince who falls for his concubine’s old 299Reads—Score10314d adds

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    Male protagonist's perspective quick transmigration

13. 13 照 The Guy in My Roommate's Photo Is Her Online Boyfriend, and He's a Conglomerate Heir 照片是舍友网恋对象是财阀继承人 Sweetheart Wine糖心酒Modern Romance704k WordsCompleted When Yu Yan woke up, she had transmigrated into a book as a vicious supporting female character who wouldn't survive past chapter three. The original Yu Yan used her pure and pretty roommate's photos to catfish people online, scamming them for food, drinks, and red packets. As it turned out, her online boyfriend was the heir to a financial empire, the campus heartthrob every girl dreamed of marrying. The original Yu Yan had tried every trick in the book and even gotten pregnant, thinking she cou 41.4kReads8.4Score5.1k14d adds
14. 14 模 Simulating Immortal Cultivation, I Turn into a Little Girl and Hit You with My Charm Dao Killer Move 模拟修仙，变身萝莉吃我魅道杀招 Yi Tiao She伊条蛇Eastern Fantasy525k WordsCompleted [Gender swap + bratty girl + simulator + decisive and ruthless] Su Nian transmigrated into the world of cultivation, only to discover she had become a little girl and was born right into the dungeon of the Hehuan Sect. A thing calling itself a “Life Simulator” appeared in her mind. “Host detected. Simulation commencing. You were born in the Hehuan Sect. Best of luck becoming an outstanding… huh? Miner?” Su Nian stared at the words that appeared on the simulation panel and fell silent for a l 2.6kReads7.7Score28114d adds
15. 15 为 To Keep Me from Destroying the World, the Nation Sent Someone to Cuddle Me 为防止我灭世，国家派人与我贴贴 Tentacle-san触手桑Urban1.5M WordsOngoing (The main story is complete. Read with confidence!) [Secret identity] [Comedy] [Power fantasy] [Affection] [Gender Swap] [No marriage] (Original title: To Stop Me from Destroying the World, the Nation Sent Someone to Get Close to Me) Ye Yao was reborn in an orphanage as a petite girl. She thought she would have to tread carefully for the rest of her life. But then her adoptive parents showed up in no time at all. “From now on, you’re our daughter.” Ye Yao happened to awaken the Put-Together Fami 57.7kReads9.4Score6.3k14d adds
16. 16 从 Starting with the Ring of Seven Curses, I Become a White-Haired Evil God 从佩戴七咒之戒开始成为白毛邪神 Xiu Qiu咻秋Sports1.5M WordsOngoing [Fourth Calamity + Players + Boss + Evil God + Loli + White Hair + Invincible + Gender-Bender + Behind the Scenes] My name is Xie Bai, and I transmigrated. This seems to be a game world. Am I an NPC, or maybe a hidden boss? Wait, why am I a soft, adorable little white-haired girl?! And what's this Seven-Curse Ring supposed to be?! [Seven-Curse Ring] [Quality: ■■] [Ring Equipment] [Anyone who covets power must pay a price. The wearer will suffer seven curses] [Curse of Pride: Your reputation with 29.1kReads8.2Score4.8k14d adds
17. 17 满 A Max-Level Player Enters a Game, But She's a Loli! 满级大佬进游戏，但是，是萝莉！ Clear-Hearted Little Qi清心小柒Eastern Fantasy334k WordsOngoing Western Fantasy + Gender Swap + Little Girl + Everything Turns Into a Girl + Sword and Sorcery + No Saintly Protagonist + Solo or Mild Yuri Mu Yu, a twenty-year-old orphan, web novelist, and top player in the closed beta. Fed up with readers pestering him for updates, all it took was one reader’s casual curse: “I curse you to transmigrate!” And then he... she really did transmigrate. Worse, she became the white-haired little girl she’d designed herself. Under five feet tall, soft and adorable, w 255Reads6.6Score10114d adds
18. 18 哈 Huh? A White Dragon Girl? No! I Am the White Crystal Time King! 哈？白龙娘？错！我为白晶时王！ A Lovebird一只比翼鸟Anime Fanfiction574k WordsOngoing [Gender Swap] + [Pseudo-DND] + [Western Fantasy] + [Sword and Sorcery] + [Lord] + [Villain] + [Chaotic Neutral] + [Farming] + [Lord] + [100] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Funny and Lighthearted] + [Daily Life] “Sure, I was transmigrated as the runt of the chromatic dragons, and sure, I became a little female dragon. Sure, my start was a total disaster, but at least I'm a top-tier species. That's better than being reborn as a maggot, right?” Looking at her pure white scales, hidden beneath blood a 4.2kReads9.1Score41914d adds
19. 19 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1k14d adds
20. 20 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.6k14d adds
21. 21 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7k14d adds
22. 22 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 998kReads9.5Score85.8k14d adds
23. 23 列 Train Survival: I Turned into a White-Haired Power-Leveling Maniac! 列车求生：我变身白毛肝帝！ October Days on Earth人间十月天Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Gender-bending romance with one heroine] [Train survival] [Grind to level up] [Recruit staff] [Mobile fortress] [No saintly protagonist, and no stifling growth! The rating just came out, it'll rise later.] Bai Cheng woke up to find that she'd become a beautiful white-haired woman, and that she had a horny best friend! But before she could even get excited, it happened again. [Welcome to the Infinite Train World. Here, you can recruit staff and build trains.] [Reach Platform One, 500 kilometers 2.1kReads7.9Score20314d adds
24. 24 规 Rule Horror: Klee Wants to Blow Up Fish in the Horror World Too 规则怪谈：可莉也想在怪谈里炸鱼 The Wayfarer Has a Cloud行者有云Mystery509k WordsCompleted [Transformation + lighthearted comedy + not scary, suitable for readers of all ages + half power fantasy, half mystery + gradually becomes more like Klee + male-to-female] Rule Horror descended upon Blue Star. Every country would randomly select a Chosen One to enter the horror world. The chosen person bears the fate of their country. If they die, their country falls. When Chu Bai woke up, he discovered that he had turned into Klee and was representing the Dragon Country in the horror world. And 4.6kReads9.5Score65214d adds
25. 25 魔 The Magic School Junior Who Can Do Anything, from Pranks to Making Trouble 魔法学校小学妹，沙雕搞事啥都会 Ghost Denier无鬼论者Modern Romance2.9M WordsOngoing [Not Western fantasy: a Chinese-style magic academy, absurd comedy + ensemble cast + hilarious daily life, with romance] [A ridiculous heroine causes trouble and leads everyone astray: a bunch of lunatic students hilariously learning magic] Li Wenyin woke up in a magical world and struggled to survive at a top-tier Chinese-style magic academy. She cut up the school flags to make uniforms, stole textbooks and sprinted for her life, and made the deans so furious their eyes nearly popped out. She w 116.2kReads9.6Score13k14d adds
26. 26 穿 I Transmigrated into a Cultivation Novel, but Is This Actually a Women's Romance?! 穿越修仙文，但是疑似女频？！ Chaivvvvv柴vvvvvEastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation, Ruthless Male Lead (Fourth Chapter Onward, He Starts Chopping, and Doesn’t Stop Until It’s Satisfying] He transmigrated into a cultivation world, but there was another soul inside his body. A woman! A lovesick, sweet little flower!!!!!!! And they had to take turns controlling the body every day. Shu Qiuqiao: I heard the protagonists in male-oriented novels kill people’s entire families at the drop of a hat and never bother with reason. Li Xia: That’s a complete slander! Who said th 42.4kReads9.2Score6.8k14d adds
27. 27 全 Global Lord: Transforming into the Queen of the Undead 全民领主：变身成为亡灵女王 October Days on Earth人间十月天Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [Transformation + lord + conquest + undead + farming + lighthearted + limitless troop spawning] Bai Yu transmigrates and becomes his own ideal type. Less than three hours later, he gets a second chance at life, transmigrating to a magical world alongside tens of billions of people from around the globe. From the start, he has a castle and enters a struggle for dominance among the myriad races. Each lord is randomly assigned an initial barracks building. To his surprise, Bai Yu's unit is the unde 12.6kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
28. 28 盗 Thief Game: Starting with Kaito's Card 盗贼游戏：从获得基德卡片开始 The Last Glow at the World's End天涯余晖Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Character cards, gentlemanly, elegant, livestreaming, System, wish fulfillment] If you had the chance to commit theft legally, would you do it? In the year 2050, in a parallel world, peace has spread across the globe. To raise public awareness about crime prevention, China, the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, and other nations have joined forces to produce a show called The Thieves' Game. Contestants can exchange the items they steal for cash through the production team. In an instan 27.6kReads8.9Score3.8k14d adds
29. 29 别EN You're Speedrunning High-Level Martial Arts While Others Suffer? 别人练功吃苦，你直接速通高武？ Changshou Can't Fly长寿不会飞Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] [High martial arts + wish fulfillment + total domination + fast-paced + ruthless] “Ye Li, your opponent this time is my boyfriend. You’re no match for him, so hurry up and forfeit...” “You knocked him to his knees?!” “Ye Li, why did you apply to the top of the five great academies? Didn’t your teacher tell you not to get complacent and to keep your feet on the ground... You’ve already been granted early admission?!” “Ye Li, this strange beast rules the whole region. We’r 142.9kReads9.1Score10.8k14d adds
30. 30 末 Apocalypse: I Was a Top Assassin, but Now I’m a Little Girl 末世：顶级杀手的我变成了萝莉 Not Knowing the Constant, Yet Acting Recklessly不知常而妄作Sci-Fi & Apocalypse600k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + System + transformed into a little girl + no marriage, no love] Top assassin Ning Yu was preparing to retire when the organization turned on him. He transmigrated into a zombie apocalypse. But then a tiny little accident happened: He had turned into an adorable little girl?! 7.1kReads9.5Score90214d adds
31. 31 异EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6k14d adds
32. 32 一EN One Draw a Day, Becoming a Witch 一天一抽奖，把自己抽成魔女 Searching for Jiu in a Dream梦里寻九Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Gender-Bender Romance + Witch + Immortality + Loli] After transmigrating to a Western fantasy continent, Hecate became a noble with terrible aptitude. Although she awakened a talent that let her draw a lottery every day, most of the prizes were junk. She had already prepared to lie flat and live off her family, but who could have guessed that her lottery talent would draw a Witch Seed? Every gift fate bestows comes with a price already attached. The moment she chose the Witch Seed, her affinity 30.1kReads8.8Score3.5k14d adds
33. 33 暗 Dark Fragrance, Drifting Clouds 暗香流云 Wild Thoughts, Life Is Unpredictable胡思乱想人生无常Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted Yun Ran, with her enchanting fragrance and peerless beauty, is swept into the whirlpool of desire amid the chaos of the Republic of China. One man, scarred, sinister, and possessive, keeps her in the palm of his hand, loving her to the point of madness and refusing to yield an inch; Another, gentle yet keen, holds power over the shifting tides. He seems detached, yet little by little he falls for her and exhausts every scheme for her sake; And another silently protects her, staying by her side t 6Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 34 冽 Frosted Vines 冽冽花藤 Wild Thoughts, Life Is Unpredictable胡思乱想人生无常Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted A dark Sentinel/Guide story. Apart from Baomei, nobody is a good person~ I'm new to this, so don't take it too seriously. Just give it a read. If you like it, show your support; if you don't, feel free to move on. It's just for fun~ 90Reads—Score—14d adds

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