Reading List for Recommending Powerful Female-Lead Stories 大女主互推书单

1. 1 贝 Bailey's Beads 贝利珠 priestNo CP392k WordsOngoing You procrastinate, feel empty and depressed, can’t sleep at night and can’t wake up during the day. You’re good at collecting useless trivia, but useless at anything useful. You feel like a limp slug, with only three functions left: breathing, going to the bathroom, and scrolling on your phone with your thumb. Oh, if only you could evolve past the bathroom part, too. One day, you get a phone call. The caller claims to be you from the future, and says that years from now, you’ll become a murdero 172kFavorites122.3kClicks/ch962.5kGifts

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   Jinjiang has declined; there haven't been any good novels lately, except for this one new one.

2. 2 普 An Average Girl, but a Genius Simulator (The 1970s) 普女，但天才模拟器[七零] Returning South回南Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Coming soon: Global Dumbing Down: I Become the Greatest Scholar. After transmigrating, Zhuang Yan binds herself to a Genius Simulator. [Congratulations, Host! You’ve drawn the 1970s! Your starting attribute points total 100. Please allocate them.] [Attribute points can be allocated to Appearance, Intelligence, Health, Family Background, and Charm.] Zhuang Yan spent her whole life as an ordinary person... She never ranked first in her class, couldn’t 39kFavorites52kClicks/ch150.7kGifts

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   The writing is so-so, but it's fun enough.

3. 3 成 I Stole the Godhood of a Steampunk NPC 成为蒸汽朋克NPC的我篡取了神位 Your Hands Are Tiny你手短短Romance658k WordsOngoing *Steampunk + Lovecraftian calamity + theological magic // small ensemble cast* *Comments on paragraphs are open. Hua Kou was paralyzed from the neck down after a car accident. Then she transmigrated into the steampunk game The Rodent Age, becoming a hidden NPC who had yet to be revealed. This NPC's character profile was downright horrifying [Scholars see her as a subversive who stole the spark of knowledge. The church sees her as 13.7kFavorites9.5kClicks/ch52.3kGifts

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   I'm not sure if it's a hiatus or a leave of absence, but I really enjoyed reading it.

4. 4 我 Writing Novels on the Star Network 我在星网写小说 Mu Yan穆烟No CP407k WordsCompleted After searching for "novel websites" in the app store, Chang Xiao clicked the link to "Galaxy Novel Website". The moment she opened it, the content caught her eye. "No contract required. Start posting and earn money" "Royalties paid daily, withdraw whenever you want" "1.5 billion daily active users. Even beginners can attract plenty of readers" And so began her everyday life writing novels on StarNet. Theme: Dreams meeting reality, and the enduring allure of the written word. 2.8kFavorites4.2kClicks/ch6.9kGifts

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   It unfolds slowly and steadily, with a rather mundane plot. But it's quite relatable.

5. 5 是 It's Him 是他 Delight in Rivers and Mountains喜河山No CP160k WordsCompleted (Complete. The author’s other book, No One Kills Me, is now underway.) Our homeroom teacher disappeared, and the police came to school several times to ask questions. I was worried because our homeroom teacher had always been kind to me. I went home and told my mother. She smiled and said that good people would be blessed. I thought that someone as good as our homeroom teacher would surely be all right. The next day, I found our homeroom teacher in the basement of my house, tied up from head t 102.3kFavorites108.7kClicks/ch69.4kGifts

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   This author's works are all good.

6. 6 全 Global Nightmare 全球惊梦 Delight in Rivers and Mountains喜河山Multi-Orientation399k WordsCompleted No one knew what was going on. As soon as they fell asleep, everyone around the world had the same nightmare. The first thing the people who went to bed early did after waking up was get online “To everyone who hasn’t gone to bed yet: tonight, we get framed. Be prepared, and whatever you do, don’t cry. If you cry, you’ll get beaten!” “That’s right! You have to hold it in! I managed not to cry, so I wasn’t beaten.” Everything in the dream felt so real. Before long, the early sleepers’ shared 42.3kFavorites37.2kClicks/ch60kGifts

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   The female lead is so cute!

7. 7 妻 Why Is My Wife-Lord Like That? (Matriarchal Society) 妻主她为何那样(女尊) Dao Xuan道玄Romance581k WordsCompleted Xue Yuxiao transmigrates into a book. The role she’s transmigrated into is that of a top-tier spoiled young woman: flirtatious, debauched, cruel, and prone to violent fits. In just three years, she has beaten countless husbands and servants to death. She is the book’s biggest villain, a stumbling block in the protagonist’s path and a menace to the supporting characters. But Xue Yuxiao herself is famous for being gentle, kind, and good-natured. She has no desires and wants nothing more than to sa 117kFavorites206.5kClicks/ch86.9kGifts

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   I like it.

8. 8 一 Triplets, but the Male Lead Gives Birth [GB] 一胎三宝，但男主生[GB] Seven-Fruit Tea七果茶Romance819k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Multiple gender-bender stories, one-on-one couples who dote on each other] ① [ABO: The E Who Can Make Alphas Pregnant] Completed Fresh out of college and forced to go on a blind date, she deliberately put on smoky eye makeup, dyed her hair, drank, and got a perm, hoping to scare off her date. To her surprise, the seemingly mature and dependable date had unusual tastes. The moment he saw her, he went into heat on the spot. To avoid causing a public disturbance, the Enigma girl could 92.1kFavorites119.1kClicks/ch142.6kGifts

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   Hehe, fragrant rice

9. 9 我 I’m the Mastermind Behind the Scenes 我，幕后黑手 Loves Spicy Chicken Powder爱吃辣鸡粉No CP1.2M WordsCompleted [Six updates every Saturday, one day off each week] In 2024, Fan Xian faced a crisis unlike any she had ever seen: a high-magic world from another plane was about to invade her home, Earth. Unwilling to let Earth become an alien colony, the twenty-year-old college student had no choice but to make a difficult decision. Even if she had to deceive her fellow humans around the globe, she would usher Earth into the supernatural age ahead of schedule. For the sake of Earth’s future, brave compatrio 28.3kFavorites36.5kClicks/ch169.9kGifts

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   At first, it really felt like a base-building novel; I'll wait until it's finished before reading it.

10. 10 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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    An incredibly powerful female lead.

11. 11 让 What’s Wrong with Letting Me Be a Parasite? 让我寄生一下怎么了？ Leave the Mountain别山去No CP953k WordsCompleted Lin Ao transmigrates from a coming-of-age romance into a chaotic wasteland. In the original story, she was a woman like dodder, a parasitic vine. Dodder is hardy and competes with its host plant for nutrients and sunlight. The good news: she awakens a dodder ability and can acquire powers through parasitism. The bad news: she has a split personality, and her alternate personality goes around parasitizing people to get stronger. Long afterward, people all say that Lin Ao is an unpredictable, me 136.5kFavorites137.3kClicks/ch266.7kGifts

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    Western fantasy cyberpunk

12. 12 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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    Both politically correct and professionally competent, the female lead also grows step by step.

13. 13 传 The Legend of the Legendary One 传说中那一位传说 Leave the Mountain, Take the Grass舍山取草Romance1.7M WordsCompleted My new xianxia novel, The Black-Hearted Saintess, is currently updating. Interested readers can check it out in my author profile. “Father, I tried to be a good person, but in the end, my hands are stained with blood. Can someone like me still be redeemed?” “My child, of course you can. You only need to do one thing.” “What?” “Put the gun down from my head.” From the start, a prison uniform. In the end, a crown. * Cyberpunk + mystery + alien-blood contamination * Entirely fictional, unrelated 147.4kFavorites202.1kClicks/ch271.2kGifts

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    The female protagonist is an assassin with three bloodlines: superhuman, cyborg, and normal. The plot involves her escaping prison and ending up in a slum. The pacing is too slow; it's not suitable for following a serialized story. I recommend waiting until more chapters are released before reading further.

14. 14 我 I Clean Up Garbage in a Wasteland World 我在废土世界扫垃圾 Flowers Bloom in the Wild有花在野Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Zhu Ning, who was leading the charge against zombies in the apocalypse, transmigrates, this time into a wasteland world. Eighty percent of this world’s land has been contaminated. Humanity is divided into five classes. She ends up in the lowest, a fifth-class citizen, which is just another way of saying she’s a defective good-for-nothing. Penniless and with nothing to her name, Zhu Ning has no choice but to become a cleaner and sweep up garbage. She’s heard that cleaning up trash in the wastelan 828.3kFavorites957.5kClicks/ch3.3MGifts

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    Waiting for the end

15. 15 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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    This author's works are all good.

16. 16 买 Buying Life 买活 Yu Jing Peng Xiang御井烹香Romance6.6M WordsCompleted Food is paramount to the people, and Heaven is indifferent, treating all things like straw dogs. Yet there are always those with hearts devoted to the people, working day and night and overcoming every obstacle to secure their livelihood. *1+ Basic setup, updated every day at noon 2+ Infrastructure development + food + ensemble cast Theme: Strive tirelessly and reach for the heights. Human determination can overcome fate. 206.4kFavorites246.1kClicks/ch2.6MGifts

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    I love reading ensemble pieces where the female lead is undoubtedly the leader.

17. 17 从 Outlive Then Ascend 从长生苟到飞升 Xiao Shi, You Little Scumbag小时你个渣渣Romance2.7M WordsCompleted Lin Nanyin transmigrates into a world of cultivation, becoming an ordinary mortal. The heavens give her a golden finger: eternal youth and immortality. Yes, her lifespan is endless. She arrived at eighteen, and will be eighteen forever. But being immortal doesn’t mean she can’t die. To stay alive, Lin Nanyin decides to keep her head down. No one is going to outlast her. Much later, the underlings she once led become pillars of the righteous sects, the pets she raised become leaders of the d 199.1kFavorites313.2kClicks/ch944.1kGifts

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    The author is currently ill, and updates are irregular.

18. 18 二 Half a Spoiler 二分之一剧透 Tianze Shiruò天泽时若Romance657k WordsCompleted As a game addict who transmigrated into a game, Wen Yanran has a unique advantage that countless other transmigrators lack. First, she starts at the top: she’s the emperor from the start. Second, she comes with a game-assistance System, a standard feature for any protagonist. * Just as Wen Yanran was fretting over her ability to manage a large team, the World Will that had helped her transmigrate offered a friendly reminder: to prevent the current world from restarting over and over, the transmi 164.9kFavorites283kClicks/ch317.8kGifts

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    Empress, a Dihua novel that doesn't count as a Dihua novel

19. 19 我 I Broke the Dragon-Pride Hero’s Script 我把龙傲天剧本改崩了 A Thousand Cups of Wine酒千觞Romance596k WordsCompleted Xu Shulou has a dream in which she is a character in a strange storybook. The story's male lead is a man with the destined-to-be-a-hero script. Fortuitous encounters and treasures all fall into his hands, and every beautiful woman in the world falls for him. The first female lead is Xu Shulou's meek junior sister. The second is the Demon Clan's holy maiden. The third... the fourth... Where does Xu Shulou fit in? She reads through the plot and discovers that, as the hero's official fiancée, she's 138.2kFavorites208.7kClicks/ch136.2kGifts

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    The main story is good, but the epilogue is just so-so.

20. 20 大 Has the Grand Archmage Made Any Money Today? 大奥术师她今天赚钱了吗 Pang Ha胖哈Romance2.3M WordsCompleted My new novel, After the Demolition, My Whole Family Made the Pig-Butchering Scam List, is now available in my author profile. Please add my upcoming novel, Can Infinite Failures Only Deduct Love?, to your collection. Thank you!~ Synopsis: A murder takes place in District 13, a low-class slum in the alchemical fantasy game world of Arcane Throne, a world of low-level citizens, alchemy, and a touch of Western fantasy. The wooden door opens. Xie Keli, a scoundrel who used to roam the streets, stu 114.8kFavorites171.8kClicks/ch1.3MGifts

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    Western fantasy novel, but be sure to read the warnings first.

21. 21 异 Mutants [Future Mutant War] 异种[未来变异战争] Pang Ha胖哈Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The author has a new novel, After the Demolition, My Whole Family Made the Hit List, now open for preorders. Another upcoming novel, Can Infinite Failures Only Deduct Your Love?, is also open for preorders. Please add them to your collection, thank you!~ P.S. The soft, easy-to-bully heroine in the first three chapters is just putting on an act. This is a story of a powerful woman’s rise, set in a cyberpunk metropolis and wasteland ruins, starring a laid-back undercover agent who plays both side 41.7kFavorites54.5kClicks/ch191.7kGifts

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    The beginning was great, but it lost its momentum later on.

22. 22 今 The Compatibility Between Cyberpunk and Sweet Romance Is Still Far from Ideal Today 今日赛博和甜宠的兼容性仍不太乐观 Strawberry Bump草莓撞撞Romance533k WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete] "Comic Side Character Rewrites the Everyone-Dies Ending" is complete. Please add my upcoming novel, "Cyberpunk's Number One Scapegoat," to your reading list! Xu Miao was beautiful, delicate, sweet, and obedient. Picked by a picky System, she was sent into a pampered romance novel dressed up as cyberpunk, to fill the role of the naive, love-struck female supporting character. The System had thoroughly researched Xu Miao's personality beforehand, but once it sent her into 21.6kFavorites39.1kClicks/ch12.5kGifts

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    The beginning was great, but the end was weak.

23. 23 反 The Villainous Senior Sister 反派大师姐 Carbohydrates碳水化合物Romance284k WordsCompleted I recommend my friend Chen Ju Er Liang's story, A Little Sweetness for You. It's super, super good. I also recommend my friend Wan Feng Cha's story, Undercover Among the Righteous: A ruthless Mary Sue goes undercover among the righteous and wins the affection of their powerful leaders. Gathering Fright Points: The heroine pretends to be a ghost to trick the hero into digging out his own heart. Synopsis: Ya Yu went undercover at the Kunlun Peak for the legendary demon sword, said to be invincible 13.2kFavorites26.7kClicks/ch1.4kGifts

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    I don't remember, I only remember it was a light novel.

24. 24 小 Wally, the Little Navigator 小领航员华莉 Lan Tang婪棠Romance375k WordsCompleted My name is Hua Li. After transmigrating, I studied diligently until I became an overage underachiever. With the ambition to dance on the edge of a blade, I got riddled with holes by the enemy's crossfire. My teammates' greetings are harder to understand than Morse code. What should I do? Heaven, please give me a golden finger old man, or a prince on a white horse, okay? "Do you know how ugly you look when you clearly want to cry but keep forcing your eyes wide open?" Ah!! I know my eyeballs are 684Favorites1.6kClicks/ch2.5kGifts

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    Although the female protagonist keeps moving forward, her school days were indeed somewhat repressive. This had a significant impact on her personality, so if you're looking for a fast-paced, exciting story, it might not be to your liking.

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