Female-Led Stories 女主文

1. 1 最 In the End, She Became the Demon Venerable 最终她成为魔尊 Xie Yi谢意Romance830k WordsCompleted Recommended: the author’s new novel, From the Modern World to the Beast World * Her parents wanted a son, but Liang Zhiyu wasn’t one, so they callously abandoned her as soon as she was born. That same day, a terrifying ghost calamity descended upon the land. Her father died. Her grandfather died. People died in every household. Terrified, people fled in every direction. The village became deserted, with more corpses than living people. Only Liang Zhiyu lay peacefully asleep in a cradle at her gr 44.9kFavorites67.7kClicks/ch52.2kGifts

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   A female-centric novel with no romantic pairing; I was left wanting more even at the end. This is exactly the kind of world I want! [Please!]

2. 2 在 The Happy Days of a Factory Owner in London [Literary Crossover] 在伦敦当工厂主的快乐日子[综名著] Old Books and Periodicals旧书报刊Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After becoming obsessed with a farming game, Alna discovers that the game has just released a London DLC. What are you waiting for? Download it already!! Let's cover the whole planet in crops. Here we go! She tears through the setup at breakneck speed, then falls silent when she sees her starting profile in the new map: [Dispossessed Peasant]. Farming, nineteenth-century London… me? Is this for real? With the game's introductory letter in hand and a new identity unlocked in the expansion, Aln 66.3kFavorites68.1kClicks/ch424.3kGifts

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   The female lead is a bit of a freak, and the plot is quite interesting.

3. 3 淘 Gold Rush in Russia [The Nineties] 淘金俄罗斯[九零] The Flute Player吹笛人Romance838k WordsCompleted Forced to play a poisonous adopted daughter in a period novel, He Changyi earns herself the title of “ungrateful little hooligan.” At the end, the puppet on a string jumps into a river and drowns herself. Luckily, the whole story ends before she actually drowns. She may be alive, but her money is dead (...) To save her wallet, He Changyi decides to become an idol. Scratch that: a black-market trader. The red giant in the north falls apart, the ruble turns into worthless paper, and order gives 48.4kFavorites60.8kClicks/ch103.8kGifts

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   Very good, the female lead is career-oriented, the male lead hasn't been confirmed yet.

4. 4 我 I Really Didn’t Mean to Time Travel 我真没想穿越啊 Dream Basket梦箩Romance516k WordsCompleted Zhu Shuangjiang is a university student nearing graduation. One day, she suddenly transmigrates thirty years into the past. Transformed into a child, she lands on the street and is eventually sent to an orphanage after passing through several hands. The orphanage provides for basic survival, but offers no freedom. After thinking it over, she realizes the only reliable path is to study hard. ① There is a romance, but the main focus is the plot, with a slice-of-life feel. ② This is a wish-fulfill 71.4kFavorites130.9kClicks/ch235.7kGifts

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   It's a good read, a heartwarming story about ordinary life. The female lead is reborn and works hard to become a genius. The male lead is quite nice; could it be considered a childhood sweetheart story? It left me feeling warm inside.

5. 5 女21+ The Heroine Doesn’t Think So [Quick Transmigration] 女主并不觉得[快穿] Chu Yun Xiu'er初云秀儿No CP998k WordsCompleted 143kFavorites181.7kClicks/ch488.8kGifts

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   A very good quick transmigration novel; the female lead's solutions to the problems are very interesting.

6. 6 嫁 Married to an Old Emperor 嫁了一个老皇帝 Chu Yun Xiu'er初云秀儿Romance627k WordsCompleted In the popular street-story booklets, whenever a “Prime Minister’s daughter” and a “top scholar” ended up together, the maid who brought them together and the scholar’s page would become a couple too. Whenever Xi Hongrui saw a maid overcome with gratitude in one of those stories, she scoffed. What was so great about marrying a page? A female slave married a male slave, had a whole brood of little slaves, and served the master’s family for generations. She’d be better off becoming the top schola 105.3kFavorites162kClicks/ch142.8kGifts

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   Little Red, I will follow you forever. A female protagonist who grows and develops; her awakening of consciousness is truly captivating.

7. 7 女 Female Machinist [1960s] 女钳工[六零] Yu Yue Yuan Fei渝跃鸢飞Romance740k WordsCompleted They were revered and held in high esteem. They were synonymous with master artisans, the workers of their era who enjoyed star-like fame, and the backbone of the nation’s industrial rise. “Eighth-Grade Craftsmen” “So why can’t I be one of them?” “She’s just a wild girl, fierce as can be!” Lin Qiaozhi never dreamed that her speed, strength, and sturdy build would lead to her dying young, writhing in pain on a dirt bed while giving birth. “Ha!” Lin Qiaozhi jolted awake, drenched in cold 85kFavorites107.3kClicks/ch485.6kGifts

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   A refreshing read where the female protagonist fights for her country all the way.

8. 8 平 The Utterly Ordinary Grandma [Infinite] 平平无奇老奶奶[无限] Amazing Orca神奇虎鲸No CP301k WordsOngoing Updates are irregular. An old granny takes on the world! After a great fire, the village was reduced to ashes. Lin Yuzhen, a seventy-six-year-old granny who had spent her whole life being worn down at home, had suddenly lost her home, and her children had all turned to charcoal. She looked up. Three suns were spinning in the sky, and a column of water shot up from the well in her backyard. Ahead stood a red train stretching as far as the eye could see. Its lights flashed as it prepared to d 79.6kFavorites63.3kClicks/ch158.5kGifts

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   This is a rare article told from the perspective of an elderly woman; regardless of age, only you can save yourself.

9. 9 黑 The Dark Moonlight Only Wants Power 黑月光她只想夺权 Yuan Yu元余Romance739k WordsCompleted Shi Yuanxi has a terrible reputation in the capital. That is because she once resorted to every means at her disposal to arrange three marriages for herself. Determined to marry into a powerful family, she schemed and plotted from morning to night: first targeting a notorious playboy, then the heir to a prestigious marquis's estate, and finally nearly ensnaring a powerful court official. But the higher she climbed, the harder 77.7kFavorites96kClicks/ch130kGifts

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   Wow, this is a great political novel, and it's a rare find to have a female protagonist who dominates the political arena.

10. 10 二 A Forest for Two 二人森林 Fire-Bathed Panda浴火小熊猫Romance552k WordsCompleted A major catastrophe transformed the natural environment beyond recognition. The population plummeted, and civilization collapsed. Nearly a century later, the total human population is still less than one thousandth of what it once was, perhaps even fewer. Even in habitable areas, there might be only one person within a thousand square kilometers. What does everyday life look like for an ordinary human woman in such a world? October 2021 notice: Following readers' suggestions, the pronouns in t 51.3kFavorites88.7kClicks/ch38.4kGifts

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    A heartwarming slice-of-life story about stocking up on food; the male lead is a reserved but secretly passionate guy.

11. 11 后 The Harem's Final Destination Is the Empress Dowager [Crossover] 后宫的终点是太后[综穿] Zhai Baili翟佰里Romance1.8M WordsOngoing When the old ghost Wen Yao opened her eyes, she discovered that she had gone from being a ghost to being human. Coming back from the dead was certainly great. But being inexplicably bound to a lousy System wasn’t, especially since it was a piece of junk that siphoned away people’s luck. Fortunately, this old ghost had neither life nor luck, so the System couldn’t control her. However The junk System had terrible aim and kept tossing her into feudal old societies. Since that was the case, she wou 27.4kFavorites45.3kClicks/ch184.9kGifts

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    It's a good read; the palace intrigue is very well written, and I enjoy reading about the female lead's strategic brilliance.

12. 12 悬 Beneath the Cliff 悬崖下 Delight in Rivers and Mountains喜河山Romance198k WordsCompleted (Complete, VIP) Another bride from out of town has been sent deep into the mountains to Apricot Blossom Village. Word is, she’s even a university student. The village’s simple-minded girl insists that the college student named Ming Wen is a goddess from the temple, and that anyone who offends her will die. No one believes her at first. But then the people who offend Ming Wen begin dying one after another, while injured animals from the mountains keep seeking her out, and she manages to save th 26.2kFavorites23.7kClicks/ch33.4kGifts

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    The ending was shocking; the writing style was very novel, like reading a detective novel.

13. 13 我 Marketing Genius in Republican-Era China 我在民国当营销鬼才 A Young Man's Dream Talk少年梦话Romance377k WordsOngoing Question: How can a maid sold by her master into a brothel defy fate in Republican-era China and become richer than a nation? Jiang Mingxi: Thanks for the invite. Reborn, I disguised myself as a man, started companies and built factories, revived national industry and commerce, and advertised across the globe. Since being reborn, Jiang Mingxi has had only three worries. Her first worry: dressed as a man, she is too handsome and too capable. Countless powerful figures see her as a promising inv 7.1kFavorites6.5kClicks/ch23.9kGifts

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    Waaah, Mingming is such a nice person. She's currently on hiatus, so please be careful if you're considering following her updates.

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