
A Beauty at My Side
佳人在侧
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Explore more →Cool, Brilliant, and Frail Female Leads
Strong female-lead novels where the heroine is frail but still takes charge
Personal Preferences, No BL
Modern romance, historical romance, survival-game stories, strong female leads, no-brain-needed sweet romances. A bit of everything.
Female-Led Stories
Some people insist I’m licking the male lead’s boots and tell me to go back to Qidian. Why does everything have to be a battle between men and women? A female-led story doesn’t have to make every woman amazing and every man stupid to be good.
Good Long Novels
My personal reading list
Strong Female Lead Stories
Completed stories, no yuri, no danmei
Personal Collection, BG, Decent or Good Reads
An eccentric and old-fashioned taste, with melodramatic, feudal tropes. My likes and dislikes are unpredictable (enter with caution).
Five-Star Reading List With 800+ Favorites, Part 1
Romance from the heroine’s perspective / no romance. Read before January 2024.
Fully Purchased Series: Romance
A few more strong female leads, please
Strive! Fight!
Transmigration / Period pieces / Ensemble casts / Strong female protagonists / Wish fulfillment / Sweet treats. A collection of lists from fellow readers. Some recommendations may duplicate those on other lists. Feel free to share good books.
Strong Heroines and Heroine Fans
BG and a few no-romance stories. Most feature strong female leads, though there are also sweet romances and stories where the male lead has little presence
Pretty Good
Good books
Female Protagonist Enthusiast
Books I've reread; all the female leads are compelling
A Bowl of Twilight: Top Picks
Books I've rated three stars or higher. I mainly discuss what brought the ratings down.
Decent Writing, But Not My Cup of Tea
As the title says, some are popular and some aren't. I mostly only read the beginning, and I'm saving this list for myself.
For Myself: Worth a Second Read
For personal use. To be reviewed.
Strong Female Leads
Every single one has a strong female lead
Classic Great Reads
I can never get tired of reading these
Absolutely Amazing Novels
All kinds of great reads, from strong female leads to sweet little romances!
Fully Purchased and Read Multiple Times Before 2025
I was in a reading slump, so I went through the author columns of books I'd previously bought in full, and I'm trying to give detailed introductions. I'll make separate lists by genre for new books I finish from now on.
A Great Read
Good stories in a few genres I've read.
Women Should Be Strong
All female-led stories with great writing and solid logic. No brainless plots.
Highly Recommended: Strong Female Leads and Plot-Driven Feel-Good Stories, Part 1
My booklist is full, but I have another list in my profile: "Completed Works, Fully Purchased." I prefer feel-good stories to Mary Sue stories. I'd rather become strong than be loved by someone strong, and I prefer talented supporting heroines to fighting for favor.
My Top Picks: Great Completed Novels
Books I think you'd seriously regret not reading! Both BL and BG, all completed! I made this list in one go, so I only remember whether they were good or not. Hope it's helpful!
I'm Not God
I love female protagonists and beautiful writing
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Spread flowers, I didn't expect to become emperor in the end, but I also think it's good. It's also good that I only gave birth to one daughter. It's also good that my sister gave birth to two daughters. It's also good that the eldest mother was punished because she was not of my race. It's also good that the biological father of the second mother who succeeded me is unknown~
The character creation of Yu Sheng is different from other time-travelers. He has no golden fingers or extraordinary talent. He stumbles and grows with an innocent heart. In the end, he becomes one of the most human characters. Very touching
In the seven or eight years since I started reading books in Jinjiang, this is the first book I have finished rating. There are spoilers When I read "The Longevity Girl", I only liked the third aunt, but I felt tired after reading it halfway through, so I clicked on the homepage to read the author's other masterpieces. In this article, I saw that Gongsun Jia was carried by his cousin, looking for a retainer late at night to stabilize his power. A twelve-year-old girl who was still sick and weak, relied on herself to tame the retainer who had abnormal thoughts. It was not easy, and the rest was step by step on my own. First, he took charge of the family, inherited the title, obtained an official position, and suppressed the high-power assistant ministers, civil and military, and established examinations to promote women's education. When I saw the sentence of not shouting slogans but doing practical things, my surprise turned into surprise. It was not easy. Many female protagonists are false and empty. The female protagonist is very good, so in order to balance the heroine, she is given a male protagonist who has a high status, high power and is more outstanding. The heroine becomes his wife, the daughter-in-law of the family, and the mother of his children. With the permission and favor of the male protagonist, the heroine can continue her future. The ambition within the allowed range becomes a taste. She obeys her father, her husband and her son. It seems that women have many identities, but they cannot be themselves. This one is different. Gongsun Jia has structure and ambition. She is a housekeeper, a noble lady, a prime minister, a general, a wife, a mother, a king, and more importantly, a woman. She is herself from beginning to end. Women are strong and men are weak. This article does not conform to the mainstream of Jinjiang, so I was surprised. It even surprised me that there is such a work in Jinjiang? ! In other words, why did I only see this kind of work now? Obviously this is the real heroine story.
My sister's eldest daughter was killed in the end? Because she was wary of her siblings and said everything in the world is dowry? The third generation is the younger sister's second daughter, right?
I still want to laugh after watching the extra episode again, "It turns out to be your grandson!" The pun is so funny hahahahahaha
The former Dong Palace girl has no problem if she only likes one person. The problem is that she is already a Dong Palace, and she still thinks about marriage in terms of children and wants to give the country to the man. This is a problem. Zhang Zun was so fond of Wu Xuan that he held on to his position as prince and emperor at the critical juncture.
To put it bluntly, women's love brain is actually engraved in their DNA. After all, those who don't have a love brain are exterminated.
From Gongsun Jia to Xiao Zhu, the meat has changed a lot.
Being able to tell the world is a dowry, which is not much different from the prodigal sons of the third and fourth generations of the Zhang family. My younger sister should be better than the King of Medicine [Sunglasses] in the decision-making of killing. The third generation empress should be different in modern times... Hey
Jiajia and Xiaozhu have one advantage in common: stability, so no matter what happens, they can firmly believe in executing their ideas step by step, achieving their goals slowly and leisurely, and learn from them.