Novels like A Record of Life Behind Closed Doors
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- 51 The Matriarch Is Tired. After Being Reborn, She Makes You All Work Like Beasts 主母累了，重生后换你们做牛马 Wei Yingxuan obeys her father’s orders and takes her deceased elder sister’s place in an arranged marriage. Before the wedding, she asks Song Tuo, “My temperament is very different from my sister’s. Will you truly care for me?” He replies, “She is she, and you are you. The day she died, I left the past behind.” For the sake of that promise, she too leaves the “past” and her “old flame” behind, and resolutely marries into the Marquis’s household. Seven years later, her elder sister comes back fro 2.8kReads8.5Score31114d adds
- 52 After the Divorce, My CEO Ex-Husband Is on His Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin! 离婚后，总裁前夫他火葬场了！ After the Divorce, My CEO Ex-Husband Is Desperate to Win Me Back! 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Radiant Beauty 姝色艳艳 [Main story complete] [Revenge + satisfying read + mutual healing] In her previous life, Gu Mingyue was the Princess Consort of Prince Chen, an undefeated female general, and the peerless King of Xiangchu. Unfortunately, though ghosts roamed the night, the human heart was the most terrifying thing of all. Prince Chen betrayed her, shot her with his own hands, and wiped out her entire Gu family. Her closest friend climbed over her corpse to ascend the imperial phoenix throne. The boy she'd rescue 2.9kReads9.0Score33714d adds
- 54 The Marquis's Noble Wife 侯府贵妻 In her past life, she fell in love with Shen Yi and ended up abandoned by everyone, with not even a body left behind. Now reborn in a blaze of fire, she returns with vengeance in her heart. She will show no mercy to anyone who hurt her, and never trust anyone who deceived her again. Watch as she turns the tide and rules the world with a delicate hand. 6.1kReads9.1Score68314d adds
- 55 She Was Bled Dry in Her Past Life, but After Being Reborn, She Went on a Rampage 前世被吃绝户，重生后她杀疯了 [Traditional historical household intrigue + reborn revenge power fantasy + tormenting villains and face-slapping + lighthearted humor + family darling + strong heroine] [The heroine is highly intelligent and highly skilled in martial arts. No romance in the middle, with two endings: a happy ending and a no-couple ending] Su Qingwan: “Drop the personal restraint and enjoy tormenting villains. Refuse whatever I don’t want, and if there’s a problem, I’ll confront them head-on!” This book’s motto: 7.2kReads8.9Score89314d adds
- 56 The Duke's Estate Maid 国公府小丫鬟 Su Liyue was a low-ranking maid in the Duke's mansion, not even qualified for the ranks of household maids. She had no interest in climbing the social ladder. She just wanted to leave the mansion and live a quiet life. After hearing that only first-class maids could buy their freedom, she rushed into the main kitchen and embarked on a difficult journey up the ranks. She made sweet soups, prepared pastries, cooked elaborate dishes, bought farmland, rented a butcher shop, and tended the ancestral 15.3kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 57 My Adopted Son-in-Law Is Back 我的养婿回来了 My Adopted Son-in-Law Has Returned 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Mirror of Splendor 风华鉴 [The original novel behind the short drama of the same name] In her previous life, Wen Wan was too muddleheaded to understand much. Xiao Chen stood by her for half his life, yet all she knew was that the man was called Xiao Chen. This time around, she wanted to live with her eyes open, but Xiao Chen was the one who had become muddleheaded. Wen Wan: “It’s all right, Xiao Chen. I’m here.” Xiao Chen: “Please step aside, miss.” The person Xiao Chen least wants to see in this life is Wen Wan. He coul 1.9kReads8.8Score24314d adds
- 59 The Heir Just Has to Marry Me 偏偏世子要娶我 As the daughter of a Grand Princess, she was born a commandery princess, and her engagement to the heir of the Duke Who Guards the Nation made them the envy of everyone in the Great An Dynasty. Then, overnight, more than a hundred members of her family were branded traitors and beheaded at the Meridian Gate. He and her half-sister even gave her a cup of poison. It turned out everything had been a conspiracy. Reborn, she joins forces with her beloved to protect all her loved ones and ensure every 2.6kReads8.5Score28514d adds
- 60 Beloved in Troubled Times: The Beautiful Princess’s Many Secret Identities 乱世盛宠：绝色王妃马甲多 She was betrothed to the third prince at birth. To break off the engagement, she began putting on secret identities! Everyone knew the impoverished general's household had a legitimate daughter who was plain-looking and a little crazy. Before her coming-of-age ceremony, the third prince went before the emperor to call off the engagement. She entered the palace, met the emperor, and ended the betrothal. But why had the famed Prince Rui become entangled with her? It all began when people started u 771Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 61 Drunk on Jade, Fragrant in Bloom 醉玉翻香 Yan Yiru was betrothed to the Crown Prince as a child. She lived a pampered life, with the power to make anything happen. Then her family fell from grace, her life came crashing down, and all the riches and glory she had enjoyed became someone else’s wedding finery. Given another life, she does everything the opposite way, keeping away from court and preventing her politically inept father from dragging the whole family into the abyss again. But by chance, she saves the heir of the Prince of Cha 667Reads9.1Score13614d adds
- 62 Be Good, Sweetheart, Come Here: The Lovesick Minister Is Crazy About You 乖！娇娇过来，病娇权臣馋你发疯 [Reborn Substitute Bride Physician + A Temperamental, Contradictory Regent] In her previous life, Jiang Beijia trusted a scumbag, let down the devoted Yuwen Zhan, and met a tragic end, dying in the wilderness! When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn on her wedding night. Her former self was staring at Yuwen Zhan with undisguised disgust: “Your legs are crippled, and you can’t perform as a man either, right?” His eyes seemed to conceal thick, dark ink, deep and heavy beneath a bleak, chilli 1.6kReads9.1Score18114d adds
- 63 Transmigrated as the Top Scholar's Poor Wife, I Eloped with the Villain 穿成状元糟糠妻后，和反派苟合了 Liu Zhiheng, a female scientist on a geological survey team, transmigrates into a book and becomes the wretched wife of a top scholar, destined for a tragic ending. To make matters worse, she's been saddled with a knack for brewing sauces. To avoid becoming a mere tool for making sauce and to save her whole family from a miserable fate, one snowy night Liu Zhiheng brings home Duan Wujiao, the Prince of Yan and the story's biggest villain, hoping to rewrite a key plot point. Unexpectedly, after l 5.1kReads9.0Score68214d adds
- 64 My Wife Turned into a Cat and Cheated with the Neighboring Tomcat, So I’m Changing Its Sex! 老婆变猫出轨隔壁老王，老子给它变性！ My wife turned into a cat and cheated on me with the neighbor. I’ll make it undergo gender reassignment! 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 My In-Laws Favor My Brother-in-Law and Give Him the Ancestral Braised Food Shop? My Husband Strikes Back and Takes the Shop's Soul 公婆偏心把祖传的卤味店分给小叔子？老公反手夺走店魂 My In-Laws Favored Their Younger Son and Gave Him the Family's Heirloom Braised Delicacies Shop. My Husband Struck Back and Took the Shop's Soul 137Reads—Score514d adds
- 66 Demote the Wife to a Concubine? I’ll Protect This Whole Family of Cannon Fodder! 贬妻为妾？这家子炮灰我罩了！ [Medicine + Cannon Fodder + System + Powerful Figure Transmigrates into a Book + Farming + Imperial Examinations + Court Intrigue + Playing the Fool to Outsmart Others + Feel-Good Story] Gu Yiyao transmigrates into a book. The heroine is the chosen one blessed with a powerful storage-space golden finger, the author’s own darling! And Gu Yiyao is a super-cannon-fodder character, abandoned by her scumbag father before she’s even born! Her mother worked herself to the bone to support that scumbag u 15kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
- 67 After I Became the Prince's Substitute Bride, I Dismantled His Estate 穿成替嫁王妃后，我拆了王府 After transmigrating into the role of a princess consort in a political marriage, I tore the prince's manor apart. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 After I Found Out My Mom Was Cheating, I Gave Her an Online Memorial Service Seen by the Whole Internet 发现我妈出轨后，我送了她一场全网追悼会 After I Found Out My Mom Was Cheating, I Held an Online Memorial Service for Her That Went Viral 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 My Husband Wants to Favor His Concubine and Cast Me Aside? I'll Wipe Out His Entire Clan 夫君想宠妾灭妻？我覆灭他全族 [Reborn + household power struggles + punishing scumbags and humiliating them + satisfying revenge + the emperor’s uncle pursues his wife] In her previous life, Yang Zhao upheld the crumbling household under the name of being a daughter-in-law of the Shen family. She protected the women through the dark years of exile and devoted herself to raising her adopted son into a success. But when he finally donned his official robes, the first blade he turned was pointed at the entire Yang family. On th 4.1kReads8.8Score53814d adds
- 70 The Charming Princess Is Coming Home as His Bride! The Great General Spoils Her Rotten 娇媚长公主娶进府！大将军他超宠 Everyone knows that Princess Changji of the Great Yuan dynasty and the Grand General of the Cavalry get along terribly. The princess is always calling the general names behind his back, like “you scoundrel” and “you big bastard.” The onlookers waiting for the princess and general to finally fall out cheer them on: “Come on, fight already!” But they waited and waited, never seeing the two part ways. Instead, they saw General Shen escort the breathtakingly beautiful princess into his residence in 381Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 71 After Being Reborn, I Made the Signatory Take Back Their Words in Person 重生后，我让签字的人亲口撤回 After being reborn, I made the person who signed it withdraw it in person. 307Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 After Dumping the Jerk, the Whole Capital Lines Up to Marry Me 踹翻渣男后，全京城排队求娶 [Audio edition available. Search for it to listen] In her previous life, for Jiang Yin's sake, Gu Ying cast aside the dignity of being the legitimate daughter of the Earl of Dongping's household, pursuing him relentlessly until she finally became his wife. Later, Jiang Yin rose to the highest ranks of the court. First he plotted against the country, then he killed her father and wiped out her family. Her scoundrel of a husband and her treacherous sister plotted together to break both her legs an 2.5kReads8.9Score69714d adds
- 73 Want to Poison Me? I'll Take Out the Traitorous Couple, Then Marry the Prince 想毒死我？噶了狗男女转身嫁王爷 [Satisfying Revenge + Punishing Scumbags + Goofy Comedy + Sweet Romance] "Sister, you stole the place that should have been mine. You should have died long ago! You made me wait all these years, and kept my son from seeing the light of day! Today, I'm sending you to your death!" How could that be? What son? Hadn't my husband become impotent saving me? Hadn't my cousin sworn she would never marry? "Sister, do you know why your parents and eldest brother died so tragically?" Father, Mother, Big Br 1.9kReads6.7Score10714d adds
- 74 Stand-In for the White Moonlight: Whoever Wants the Role Can Have It! 替身白月光，谁想谁来当！ The Stand-In White Moonlight: Whoever Wants the Role Can Take It! 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Cousin's Daily Struggle to Survive in the Marquis's Estate 侯府表姑娘生存日常 Psychologist Su Jinyi transmigrates to the ancient Liang Dynasty, only to become an orphan who has lost both parents and is left to care for her little brother. At least her family is fabulously wealthy... but someone is actually trying to steal it? As if! To make a good life for herself in ancient times, Su Jinyi reluctantly embarks on a battle of wits within the household! 7.3kReads9.2Score95514d adds
- 76 I Refused the Imperial Palace, Yet Fell Right into the Regent's Trap 拒入深宫，却偏偏落入摄政王局中 She refuses to enter the imperial palace, only to fall straight into the Regent's trap. 158Reads—Score414d adds
- 77 The Far Mountains Await My Return 远山有归期 The Distant Mountains Hold the Promise of a Return 43Reads—Score314d adds
- 78 The Food Thief Is… My Girlfriend? 偷外卖的竟是我女朋友？ Was the person stealing my takeout actually my girlfriend? 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Famed Throughout the Capital 名满京华 [Rebirth + Revenge + Taking Down the Trash] Chu Muqing, the eldest daughter of the Yongning Marquis Household, was raised from childhood by her second uncle’s family in Hezhou. After returning to the capital, she believed her stepmother was kind, her younger half-sister was good-hearted, and all her relatives in the marquis household loved her. Who would have thought that one day she’d wake up and realize the loving mother and daughter, the harmonious family, were all an illusion? Meanwhile, tho 5.3kReads8.9Score59914d adds
- 80 The Poisoned Doctor Consort: Crown Prince, Don’t Be Afraid of Me 医妃有毒,禁欲太子别害怕 Yan Weichi, a forensic doctor who possessed a rare treasure, accidentally transmigrated. With a knife in her left hand, she could speak up for the dead; with a needle in her right, she could treat the living. She could do business with both the living and the dead! Yan Weichi: With my skills, won't I thrive in ancient times? Men? What's a man? Men only slow down how fast I can draw my blade. Oh, handsome men are the exception! Shangguan Xi, the most handsome man in the land and the Crown Prince 32.5kReads9.3Score4.3k14d adds
- 81 After Mistaking My Groom on Our Wedding Night, the Mad Minister Steals Me Away 新婚夜认错夫君后，疯批权臣窃娇夺爱 [Taking Her by Force + The Chase Is On After the Breakup + Court and Household Intrigue + Male Lead Is Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within + Both Reborn + Both Pure + Sweet at First, Angsty Later] On her wedding night, Shang Yunruo has a strange dream. In it, she humiliates her husband’s younger brother, Chu Yan, driving him to become a dark, scheming powerbroker. In the end, he imprisons her in an underground chamber and abuses her until she meets a tragic end. Afraid the dream might come true, s 4.3kReads8.9Score59414d adds
- 82 The Zither Plays Without Cause, and the Emperor and His Consort Bleed Along the Road 锦瑟无端，帝妃喋血路 The Zither’s Strings Ring for No Reason, and Emperor and Consort Spill Blood Along the Road 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 After His Beautiful Second Wife Gives Up, the Ascetic Powerful Official Panics 貌美继室摆烂后，禁欲权臣他慌了 [Unconventional Rebirth + Everyday Household Scheming + Winning His Wife Back After Marriage + Raising a Child] At fifteen, Nan Zhiyuan married her brother-in-law as his second wife. For years, she was docile and gentle, serving her husband and stepson and giving birth to a daughter. Her husband, the cool and noble Xie Qingjue, treated her with distant indifference, but kept no concubines. She believed that deep down, he cared for her. But one day, Nan Zhiyuan woke to discover that the world was 4.8kReads7.8Score41214d adds
- 84 The Cage of Captive Beauty 锁娇笼 [The print edition is out and available across all platforms] In the capital lives a charitable family named Yun. Their youngest daughter is called Yun Xian. The young woman is lovely, with a sweet smile. Matchmakers in the capital were green with envy, but everyone knew she had been betrothed to a young man from the Li family since childhood. Li Jingtang was as refined as bamboo and gifted in serving the people, but he was the only son of a widowed mother, and his family was poor. Fortunately, 2.9kReads9.2Score58914d adds
- 85 The Madam Is the Queen of the Capital 夫人是京城一霸 Qi Jiang only wants to live a good life. Anyone who insists on making trouble for her will get ten times as much in return. 1kReads8.8Score14914d adds
- 86 On the Upbringing of Noble Daughters 论贵女的养成 [No rebirth or transmigration, a light ensemble cast] [The first part focuses on the everyday family life at the heroine’s maternal home, the Marquisate of Wuyang. The second volume focuses on everyday family life at her husband’s home, the Prince of Xinning’s residence.] Shen Lening is very happy with her life. She never has to worry about anything. Her only daily concerns are what to wear, what to eat, and what to accessorize with. (I’ve written several stories where the heroine’s mother is a 8.1kReads6.3Score74314d adds
- 87 Reborn at Nine, I Saved My Sister From a Stalker 重生九岁，我护住了被尾随的姐姐 Reborn at nine, I protected my older sister from a stalker. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 An Arrow Falls, and I Meet You 箭落逢君 An Arrow Falls, and We Meet 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Emperor Wants to Kill the Mother and Spare the Child, So I Rule from Behind the Curtain with My Son 皇帝欲去母留子，我携子垂帘听政 The Emperor wants to kill the mother and spare the child, so I take my child and rule from behind the curtain. 192Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Reborn Matriarch Goes on a Rampage, Filling Her In-Laws' Ancestral Graves 重生主母杀疯了，婆家祖坟埋满了 Also known as The Ex-Husband Is Obsessed with His Widowed Sister-in-Law? Divorce Him and Marry a Powerful Official [Reborn to Take Down Every Backstabbing Wolf] [Love-Chasing Redemption + Never Looking Back] In her previous life, Mu Yunshu poured every ounce of herself into the Lou family. But as she lay dying, she saw her aloof, taciturn husband making solemn vows to her elder sister-in-law in his arms. Their adopted daughter, whom she had cherished for years, was there too, clinging to the old 28.9kReads9.0Score4.2k14d adds
- 91 Snow Fell for Eleven Years, Then I Met You Again 雪落十一年，又逢野 Snow Fell for Eleven Years, Then We Met Again in the Wild 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Her Best Friend Spread Rumors About Her Sex Life, and She Became a Social Pariah 被闺蜜造谣私生活混乱后，她社死了 After her best friend spread rumors that she had a chaotic private life, she became a social outcast. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 After Winning 565 Million, the Whole Internet Is Waiting for Me to Go Broke 中奖5.65亿后，全网都在等我破产 After Winning 565 Million, the Whole Internet Is Waiting for Me to Go Broke 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 No One Knows the Xie Family Has a Talented Daughter 谢家有个才女都不知 Mutual exclusivity, equally matched leads, playing the pig to eat the tiger, a scheming heroine, pure historical romance. The cold, calculating Third Master VS the scheming, talented beauty The Xie family had many sons but few daughters, so they were willing to take in and adopt children from distant relatives. Feng Zhuohua was one of them, raised in a courtyard alongside several other adopted daughters. The Xie family of Qinghe was a prosperous clan with a history spanning centuries. For genera 7.1kReads9.0Score92514d adds
- 95 After My Younger Sister Died, I Became His Wife 妹妹死后，我成了他的妻 After my younger sister died, I became his wife. 324Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 My Mother-in-Law Called Me a Useless Woman Who Can’t Have Kids? I Made Her Son Leave With Nothing 婆婆骂我是不生蛋的闲人？我反手让她儿子净身出户 My mother-in-law called me a useless woman who couldn’t have children? I hit back by making her son leave with nothing. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 I Signed Three Houses Over to My Parents, and My Brother-Obsessed Wife Went Mad 我把三套房过户给爸妈后，扶弟魔老婆疯了 After I Transferred Three Houses to My Parents, My Brother-Doting Wife Went Mad 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 98 Riches and Splendor 富贵芳华 When it came to Ning Fang’s idol, there was only one: Xia Zhenzhen, the Xia family’s legendary great-aunt, whose glory peaked more than a century ago! Renowned for her “exceptional intelligence,” she was chosen at just fifteen by a family of scholars and married into a prestigious household as the legitimate wife, despite being a merchant’s daughter. After the wedding, she and her husband were “deeply devoted to each other,” and even her mother-in-law praised her: “She is as good as my own daugh 4.8kReads9.3Score54514d adds
- 99 The Imperial Uncle's Heart's Cinnabar Mark 国舅心头朱砂痣 Song Sixian transmigrates into the Song family, a clan that sells its daughters for wealth and status. Determined not to be sold as a concubine to an eighty-year-old man, she boldly climbs into the bed of the Imperial Uncle. Shen Yunzhou, the Imperial Uncle of the current dynasty, wields power across the court. Cold and ruthless, he is nicknamed “the Cat Who Leaves Nothing Behind.” He is bent on seizing power, a notorious treacherous minister known throughout the realm. He is also exceptionally 3.8kReads9.0Score48614d adds
- 100 Trail of Shadows: The Mastermind 谍影迷踪之幕后玩家 The Spy’s Trail: The Player Behind the Scenes 33Reads—Score—14d adds
