Novels I’ve Loved Over 14 Years of Reading 书龄14年 爱看的小说

1. 1 穿 What Do I Do After I Transmigrate Forty Years into the Future and My Lover Has Become an Old Man? 穿越到四十年后爱人变成了老头怎么办 Fu Hua扶华Romance164k WordsCompleted [The physical book is now available for preorder! Published under the title The Lover from Forty Years in the Future. You can buy it from Dangdang or the Yue Du Ji flagship store on Taobao.] On their first wedding anniversary, Yu Yao steps out to buy some vegetables and, in the blink of an eye, transmigrates forty years into the future. Still holding his groceries and utterly bewildered, Yu Yao is taken to the Citizen Service Center, where his husband, now an old man, comes to bring him home. 232.5kFavorites540.9kClicks/ch151.4kGifts

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   She teases him, he laughs, and he's even a little afraid she doesn't love him (5 stars).

2. 2 女 Happy Ending with the Second Male Lead 女主都和男二HE Fu Hua扶华Romance678k WordsCompleted Female lead: I'm choosing the second male lead! [A collection of short stories where various second male leads get the girl.] [Don't associate any of these stories with other novels. They're for all the second male leads I've loved over the years.] Story One: Explosive-tempered Dog Emperor × Easygoing, Cautious Empress (Complete) Story Two: Loyal, Sweet, Deep-voiced Assassin × Soft Girl Who's Great at Raising Pigs and Has Every Life Skill (Complete) Story Three: Evolving Monster Man × Hot-Pot-Fl 535.4kFavorites1.4MClicks/ch402.9kGifts

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   I love the second male leads (five stars!)

3. 3 嫁 Marrying a Dead Eunuch 嫁给一个死太监 Fallen to Mud零落成泥Romance619k WordsCompleted A new cultivation novel is now underway: I Lost My Memory Before the Demon Lord Killed Me. You can find it in the author's profile~ Chen Hui transmigrated. When she woke up, there was no maid crying, “Miss, you're finally awake!” Instead, a sinister-looking eunuch stared at her and spoke in a sarcastic, sneering tone: “Miss Chen, if you look down on a eunuch like me, I won't force you. But if you hope I'll let you go home, I advise you to give up on that idea sooner rather than later! You'll nev 289.3kFavorites505.3kClicks/ch236.4kGifts

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   Eunuch novels only feature real eunuchs.

4. 4 黑 The Black Moonlight Holds the BE Script Steady (TV Series: Till the End of the Moon) 黑月光拿稳BE剧本（剧集：长月烬明） Wisteria Branch藤萝为枝Romance544k WordsCompleted [Publication title: Long Moon, No Ashes] [Complete. The next book, I Won’t Be Happy Without You, is listed in the author’s profile.] On the city wall, with nowhere left to run, the rebels hold a sword to my neck. Laughing, the man asks Tantai Jin, “Your wife or Miss Ye? Only one can live. Who do you choose?” The System glances at the tearful Ye Bingshang and says anxiously, “Host, he’ll definitely choose you.” Tantai Jin answers without hesitation. “Let Bingshang go.” System: Well, there goes 994kFavorites1.3MClicks/ch675.5kGifts

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   The male protagonist is insecure and has a dark personality.

5. 5 穿 After Entering a Cyberpunk Game, I Killed the Boss and Claimed the Throne 穿进赛博游戏后干掉BOSS成功上位 An Bai桉柏Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [I’ve been informed about the incident involving trolls in the comments, and I sincerely apologize to everyone. The inappropriate text in the blurb has been removed. A detailed announcement is in the author’s note for Chapter 1. 2026.04.05] [Updates on the simplified Chinese print edition: See Weibo @An Bai ANBAI. The second volume of the simplified Chinese edition was released on August 22, 2025.] The cyberpunk game with cosmic horror elements, Crimson Earth, is about to be released. Kui Xin 835.4kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch3.4MGifts

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   The cool and assertive female lead is incredibly proactive.

6. 6 观 Notes on Watching Cranes 观鹤笔记 Her and the Lamp她与灯Romance566k WordsCompleted [Main story complete. Taking a few days off before posting the bonus chapters.] [Coming soon: The Lady Buddha and Letters to a Rose. Please add them to your reading list.] [Blurb] Deng Ying in history was convicted and died by lingchi, the slow slicing execution. Even after his death, Grand Secretary Yang Lun personally inscribed the words “Pure and Clean” for him. Yang Wan, who lives in the twenty-first century, has spent ten years studying Deng Ying, poring over every detail of his life. Ten 520.5kFavorites495.9kClicks/ch359.4kGifts

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   The female lead is gentle and determined, the male lead is insecure but has strong beliefs; the character arc is excellent, I absolutely love the real eunuch.

7. 7 神 The Gods Want You Tonight 神明今夜想你 Wisteria Branch藤萝为枝Romance317k WordsCompleted [Published edition titled Tonight, the Moonlight Thinks of You for Me, available on Taobao and Dangdang.] [The audio drama of the same name, The Gods Think of You Tonight, is available on the Manbo app.] [This story is complete. The Abyssal Goddess has started, see my profile.] Chi Yan was cold and arrogant toward Jiang Sui. His younger brother said, “Don’t take it personally. My brother suffered a lot when he was young.” Time suddenly rewound to 1997. At this point in time... Jiang Sui was nine 376.8kFavorites570.8kClicks/ch93.9kGifts

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   He suffers, she is kind; thankfully, he has her, yet he remains insecure – a male protagonist series (5 stars).

8. 8 女 The Female Supporting Character Has No Will to Survive 女配没有求生欲 Wisteria Branch藤萝为枝Romance484k WordsCompleted [Completed. Published under the title Rather, in two volumes, now available for purchase.] [A very unlucky, spoiled, troublesome villainess lets loose and ends up becoming the apple of several male leads’ eyes in a male-oriented novel, going from a mere mosquito bite to the moon they cherish] Everyone knows that the male leads in male-oriented novels usually follow a leveling-up path. No matter how powerful they become, they start out at the bottom. All it takes is one lucky break for them to s 341.5kFavorites601kClicks/ch160.3kGifts

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   I've forgotten a bit, but if you've watched it, it should be very good.

9. 9 第 Supreme Commander of the First Battlefront! 第一战场指挥官！ Retreating Halberd退戈Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Print edition on pre-sale March 26. New bonus chapter added, see the Short Stories section in my profile A victorious general who had never known defeat transmigrated into the military command department at Alliance University. In the full-immersion simulation System, she became a glorious... foot soldier. Commander: Foot soldier, go give them a kill! Vanguard: Foot soldier, hold them off! I’ll run ahead! General: Foot soldier, take them down with you! We can lose our he 311.8kFavorites674.5kClicks/ch621.2kGifts

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   A refreshing and humorous story featuring a strong female protagonist (5 stars).

10. 10 入 Invasion [Guide and Sentinel] 入侵[向哨] Gong Xinwen龚心文Romance654k WordsCompleted [Complete. Please send nutrition drinks!] [Blurb] As a disliked, attack-type Guide, Lin Yuan nevertheless had a fiancé matched for her by the state. Her fiancé came from a prominent family, was handsome, wealthy, and courteous, and made everyone envious. “Why would someone so outstanding be assigned to her? She can't even pass the tea ceremony exam, and her cooking grade was only a B.” “He'll get sick of her sooner or later.” “Exactly. They're doomed to break up eventually.” After hearing remar 297.8kFavorites439.9kClicks/ch961.1kGifts

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    Gb 🙏 I like the male lead's inferiority complex and tail setting.

11. 11 拯 Saving the Tragic, Beautiful Male Second Lead 拯救美强惨男二 September Wildfire九月流火Romance921k WordsCompleted [@Jinjiang September Flowing Fire] [A comic and audiobook adaptation with the same title are now available] Luo Han read a xianxia novel where everyone was love-struck and willing to do anything for love. Then she was summoned to transmigrate into a book, where she learned that she was the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao. In the later part of the story, the protagonists waged war for love and nearly destroyed the world. To save herself, she had no choice but to set out to save the world. The best 274.8kFavorites530.7kClicks/ch202.2kGifts

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    The focus is on the tragic fate of the male protagonist who is insecure and has a strong personality.

12. 12 论EN The Consequences of Saving the Wrong Villain 论救错反派的下场 Feng Yulie凤羽涅Danmei (BL)440k WordsCompleted The System teacher assigns a task: treat the kind and gentle protagonist bottom, whose fate is tragic, from the novel The Immortal World's Furnace Cauldron. Top student Song Qingshi: "Don't worry, teacher! I'll make sure my patient recovers!" The Immortal World: Song Qingshi sincerely praises him: "My patient is the kindest, most beautiful little angel in the world." Yue Wuhuan quietly washes the blood off his hands and smiles gently: "Mm." Song Qingshi sincerely vows: "As a doctor, I will nev 252.4kFavorites546kClicks/ch159.3kGifts

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    I don't usually read BL, but this one is so good! The male lead is a tragic hero, a strong and beautiful one. He's also a self-conscious, insecure male lead, and this is his only time breaking his vow of chastity.

13. 13 送 Follow Behind Silk Curtains 送君入罗帷 Gong Xinwen龚心文Romance414k WordsCompleted [Print edition] The print edition of Lu Shang is available for preorder on major platforms. See Weibo for details. [Blurb] Mu Xue, a powerful figure in the demonic path, dies after failing her tribulation and being struck down by heavenly lightning. When she wakes up, she has been reborn as a disciple of the righteous path. The senior brothers of the righteous path don’t beat children, the senior sisters don’t poison the food, and the master really does teach his disciples. With tears streaming 201.4kFavorites386.8kClicks/ch249.6kGifts

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    I've watched it countless times, but each time I'm shocked by the incredibly fast ending, making me think, "It's so good, so good!" It's over in a flash. The story of the male lead eagerly waiting for the female lead isn't particularly about inferiority complex.

14. 14 魔 The Demon Seeds Descend 魔种降临 Gong Xinwen龚心文Romance455k WordsCompleted [Print edition] A print edition with the same title is available on major platforms. See Weibo for details. [Blurb] After being reborn, an evil archvillain accidentally turns into a loyal, pitiful little puppy. Chu Qianxun was reborn at the beginning of the apocalypse. She vowed to live a better, longer life this time around, far away from dangerous people and situations. One day, she accidentally saved an immortal man. After cleaning him up, Chu Qianxun was horrified to realize he was the infa 171.1kFavorites387.1kClicks/ch148.8kGifts

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    The male protagonist has an inferiority complex 🙏 Superb, I've watched it countless times

15. 15 忍 Winter Honeysuckle 忍冬 TwentineRomance199k WordsCompleted Theme: A story about redemption. 163.3kFavorites346.9kClicks/ch49kGifts

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    The female lead is quite beautiful, possessing great wisdom and a stubborn streak.

16. 16 方 Ark [Wasteland] 方舟[废土] Qi Qie七切Romance737k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication. Updates are posted on Weibo at Mengyou Dashi Qieqie Jun] [Thank you for your companionship. The complete story ended on 2024.01.03] After dying one day, Fang Zhou transmigrated into the apocalyptic game Old City's Ruins, which was marketed for its wasteland setting and alien creatures. She became the protagonist's older sister, a useless, sickly burden who panted after every few steps. In this world, where the environment had undergone a drastic change, resources were 161.9kFavorites212.3kClicks/ch195.7kGifts

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    The idea is absolutely amazing!

17. 17 夫 My Wife Ran Off with the Master's Concubine 夫人跟老爷的小妾跑了 Green Medicine绿药Romance575k WordsCompleted (This is a romance novel, with no BL or GL.) You Yuji was ordered to marry into the Chen family, only for her groom to openly fool around with a courtesan on their wedding day. It was utterly disgraceful. Everyone thought You Yuji would spend every day in tears, living as a bitter wife. Instead, she brewed tea, listened to music, sipped wine beneath the snow, and led a peaceful life of her own. She even took pity on Chen Anzhi's new concubine and treated her with kindness. After a while, the co 131.5kFavorites229.8kClicks/ch75kGifts

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    The beginning was good, but it became a bit boring later on.

18. 18 恶 The Villainess's Self-Salvation Handbook (Quick Transmigration) 恶毒女配自救手册（快穿） Crystallized in Three Days三日成晶Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Complete] When a vicious woman is forcibly bound to the Villain Reform Livestream System, she must erase her targets' hatred within a set time limit or be erased herself... [World One: Target of Atonement, the Guard] She is a deranged princess who abused her personal guard, a loyal man who had repeatedly protected her from danger, and tossed him into a tiger cage. At the point when the System binds to her, the guard has already been thrown into the cage. He was left to cling to life without 110.3kFavorites191.5kClicks/ch131.5kGifts

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    The story is incredibly imaginative and hilarious; both the male and female leads have very distinct personalities, and the several short stories are completely different (5 stars!).

19. 19 后 The Stepmother Crashes and Burns Again [Quick Transmigration] 后妈她翻车了[快穿] Crystallized in Three Days三日成晶Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Shi Jiaojiao writes tragic romance novels. One day, after staying up late to write a particularly angsty scene, she accidentally gets electrocuted. She becomes bound to a System that feeds on readers' resentment, transmigrates into the worlds of her own books, and has to complete missions to save her sorry hide. Book One: Shi Jiaojiao becomes the wicked white lotus who blinded the male lead's second lead in one eye, sent him to prison for five years, then hired thugs to beat him to death after 108.1kFavorites436.6kClicks/ch95.7kGifts

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    The female lead is both pitiful and playful, and ends up getting herself into trouble; the male lead darkly offers his whole heart (5 stars).

20. 20 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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    The female lead is wise, stubborn, and intelligent.

21. 21 灵 After the Spiritual Energy Revival 灵气复苏之后 Pang Ha胖哈Romance1.5M WordsCompleted My author page's new novel, After the Demolition, My Whole Family Made the Pig-Butchering Scam List, is now underway! Coming soon: Can Infinite Failures Only Deduct Love? Please add them to your reading lists, thank you!~ P.S. I'm terrible at titles and blurbs. If you like strong female leads, try my older novels in the same genre, The Old Wang Is Gone, So We Went to Reclaim the Wasteland and Hold Tight to the Wrench in Your Hand. Trust me and stick with it for a few more chapters. (Judging by 93.6kFavorites153.1kClicks/ch703.6kGifts

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    Female protagonist novels

22. 22 治 (Book Transmigration) The Girl Who Cured the Snake-Crazy Boss Is a Formidable Force (穿书)治愈蛇精病BOSS的妹子你雄壮威武 Fu Hua扶华Romance376k WordsCompleted Shu Yu transmigrated into a book and became a savage female monster who caused the BOSS, also a male supporting character, to become twisted. But the BOSS at this point is merely a servant who has just been sent to her. So, what should she do? [1v1, happy ending, sweet story. The heroine is silly and sweet; the hero is in charge of the naughty stuff.] [Please note: The author writes to relax and doesn’t use their brain, so don’t make pointless comments. Anything that affects the author’s mood wi 79.6kFavorites252.8kClicks/ch23.2kGifts

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    All I can say is that I absolutely love every single one of Fu Hua's works! If you don't see any other books on this list... Compiling these lists is exhausting, I'll just leave it at that. (5 stars!)

23. 23 被 The Offered Beauty 被献上的美人 Pastoral Foam田园泡Romance485k WordsCompleted [The main story is complete] Su Yueyue transmigrated into the body of a thin horse who was about to be presented to a nobleman. According to the plot, she was supposed to flee with the heroine, who had also been reduced to a thin horse, and accidentally die along the way. The escape would be grueling and exhausting, and she'd fall off a cliff and end up dead. Su Yueyue flatly refused and did her best to sell herself to the nobleman, hoping only that he would take her away from her misery. . 31.9kFavorites93.2kClicks/ch11.1kGifts

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    It was alright when I first saw it; the concept was good. But now, the concept isn't particularly novel.

24. 24 每 Every Goal Is for You [Reborn] 每次进球只为你[重生] I Need to Go to Bed at 1111点要睡觉觉Romance579k WordsCompleted New Story: It's All the Moon's Fault A childhood-friends-to-lovers story Blurb: Carlos got his first tattoo at fourteen: Te amo, Su Qingjia. Carlos got his second tattoo at eighteen: Te casaras conmigo, Su Qingjia. Carlos got his third tattoo at twenty-two: Yo naci para quererte, Su Qingjia. To football fans, Carlos, the European Golden Boy who made it onto the U19 team at just sixteen, was a gift from God to Barcelona. But his signature c 31.1kFavorites113.9kClicks/ch9.6kGifts

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    A gem of a novel I read a long time ago, featuring an insecure male protagonist (five stars, by the way).

25. 25 穿 Transmigrate into a Book to Save the Tragic Villain 穿书拯救悲惨反派 Perched in the Wind, Lost in Thought栖风念Romance438k WordsCompleted Shu Wan transmigrates into a book she wrote and becomes its brutally cruel female demon. The female demon is ruthless. Though she favors the male lead, she delights in bullying and tormenting the villainous second male lead, driving him down a path of darkness. In the end, after he returns from the dead and crushes everyone in his way, he personally kills her with three thousand cuts. She dies a truly horrible death. Shu Wan, trembling after transmigrating into the book, comforts herself: The 30.1kFavorites67.1kClicks/ch9.8kGifts

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    The male protagonist, who suffers from low self-esteem, becomes corrupted after losing the female protagonist (5 stars).

26. 26 郡 The Princess's Escape and Survival Record (Reborn) 郡主逃杀录（重生） Crystallized in Three Days三日成晶Romance323k WordsCompleted Princess Leyun was once the beloved darling of Prince Le, treasured like a jewel. But treason is a crime that shakes the heavens. Overnight, the former darling of the realm fell into the gutter, with only two paths before her: become a prostitute or enter the emperor's hunting grounds, where people were forced to flee for their lives as amusement. Leyun had been pampered from childhood and had never even personally stepped on an ant. In a killing ground where fewer than one in a hundred survive 10.2kFavorites42.9kClicks/ch3kGifts

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    The male protagonist is insecure, the female protagonist is resilient and intelligent, and the male protagonist is a slave (5 stars).

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