Novels like Longing to Be a Widow
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- 51 A Children's Rhyme Sung from Within the Walls 墙中唱童谣 A Children's Rhyme Sung from Within the Wall 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Zhu Bajie Takes on Journey to the West: I’ve Attained Enlightenment, Now I’m Going Back to Gao Village to Slack Off 八戒闯西游：修成正果，俺回高老庄摆烂 Bajie Charges Into the Journey to the West: After attaining enlightenment, I’m heading back to Gao Village to slack off —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 My Pocket Dimension: I Farm and Do Business to Support a Kept Man 空间：我靠种田经商，养个软饭帝 With a storage space and the farming and business genius of the 22nd century, Wan Qianqian was blown off the roof of her villa by a typhoon. By sheer bad luck, she was holding her sheepdog when she was killed on the spot... When Wan Qianqian woke up again, she had become a lowly maid whose scheming, money-loving father had sent her to a marquis's manor. She was supposed to climb into her master's bed and become his concubine. To make matters worse, she climbed into the wrong bed! The male lead i 1.2kReads9.2Score117Shelves
- 54 After My Ex-Boyfriend Went Viral with His Long Post, I Quickly Started a Livestream Shop 前男友靠小作文爆火后，我迅速开了个带货直播间 After My Ex-Boyfriend Went Viral with a Long Post, I Quickly Started a Livestream Shop 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 While Others Build Careers, She Chases Handsome Men: Princess Taiping Turns All of Tang China Into Her Playground 别人搞事业她搞帅哥，太平公主渣翻全大唐 Everyone else builds careers, but she goes after handsome men: Princess Taiping wreaks havoc across the Tang Empire 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 The Villain's Defiant Backbone Weighs Three Hundred Jin 反派逆骨三百斤 [Witty, lighthearted, no romance, mainly jianghu adventures, with some court intrigue and farming] Just as she and her enemy died together, a soul-being made a deal with her: he would preserve her memories for one lifetime, so he could see the mortal world through her eyes. Luo Yang agreed without a second thought. If the deal didn't work out, she could return the goods. Preserving her memories was a big deal. And so, she became a tiny baby named Luo Acha. With elders above her and no children o 5.9kReads9.3Score786Shelves
- 57 The Cat-Paw Martial Heroine: Fleeing Her Way to the Top 三脚猫女侠，逃命成为天下第一 The Three-Legged Cat Swordswoman: Fleeing for Her Life to Become the Greatest Under Heaven 256Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Deeply Cherishing the Southern Branch 深予南枝 Nan Zhi was branded a jinx and kicked out by her stepmother, so she rented a place with Fu Runshen. She thought Fu Runshen was just a down-on-his-luck office worker. Then one day, she saw company executives bowing and scraping to him, calling him “Young Master Fu.” As the only son of Jincheng’s richest man, Fu Runshen had been plagued by bad luck since childhood. Drive a luxury car, get into a crash. Live in a mansion, get hit by an earthquake. Spend more than 100 yuan on a meal, and he was guar 2.4kReads8.8Score246Shelves
- 59 Bound by Love at the Winter Solstice 冬至缚情 The eldest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Dingbei marries into Prince Chen’s household by imperial decree. On their wedding night, her husband abandons her for the woman he loves. A scheming white lotus puts on an act at every turn and provokes her. In the capital, everyone plots and schemes, and intrigue is everywhere, whether hidden or open. But what does any of it have to do with her? She doesn’t love Prince Chen, nor does she love this prosperous, sordid capital. All she wants is to r 51.4kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
- 60 The Bride Was Cruelly Abandoned, Only to Discover She Was Pregnant 新娘惨被抛弃，怎料肚中已有娃 There was no warmth on her wedding night, only her in-laws' taunts and her husband's indifference. Afterward, her mother-in-law sent her to the countryside without consulting anyone. She was given dozens of acres of land and two elderly servants, and from then on, no one bothered with her. She knew her husband's family didn't want her back, and her heart had grown cold toward them too. But just when she'd finally settled in, she realized that after only one night, she was pregnant with the child 51kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves
- 61 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 8.2kReads6.3Score751Shelves
- 62 I Dumped My Poor, Good-for-Nothing Boyfriend for a Powerful Brocade Guard 踹掉穷渣男，我选权势滔天锦衣卫 [Hilarious] + [Lighthearted] + [Good values]: How do you turn an aloof, celibate man into a clingy puppy? Rong Shu raises her hand: I know this one! She transmigrated into an orphan whose parents had died, struggling to survive while caring for her younger brother. To protect herself, she spread the word everywhere that she was involved with Wei Yan, the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Before long, the men who had been targeting her ran off with their tails between their legs. Rong S 26.5kReads9.2Score3.7kShelves
- 63 Cooking Snow Beneath the Pines, Listening to the Years Flow By 松间煮雪听流年 (Invincible protagonist, satisfying contrast, everyone gets a happy ending, absolutely no angst) Deep in Mount Taixu stands a nameless little temple. The old Taoist who lives there does little each day beyond sweeping snow, brewing tea, and listening to the wind. Then one day, a badly wounded nine-tailed fox tumbles through the temple gate. The old Taoist sighs, pulls a sword sealed away for a thousand years from his sleeve, then turns around, chops some firewood, and brews the fox a cup of tea. 148Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 She Knows What She Wants 她主意太正 She’s far too headstrong. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 The Drama Queen Consort 戏精王妃 [A huge online hit] [Born to steal the show + unrivaled medical and poison skills + powerful hero and heroine + face-slapping + doting romance] Hua Raoyue transmigrates as a discarded consort. Watch her turn the tables with her extraordinary skills. Her maid reports, “Your Highness, we’ve been put under house arrest.” Yue: “It’s fine. I know hypnosis. We can go wherever we want.” Her maid reports, “Your Highness, they’re joining forces to bully you.” Yue: “It’s fine. I know how to poison people. 10.6kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 66 You've Got Such a Strong Old-Mannish Vibe 你身上登味好重 [Switched Daughters + Goofy Comedy + Brain-Off Fun + Face-Slapping the Powerful + Little Devil Arrives] Wan Qianlan spent twelve years bedridden, thinking she'd lie there for the rest of her life. Then one day, she transmigrated into the world of a novel and became the real daughter who had been switched at birth in a story about the real and fake heiresses! The good news: She can run, jump, curse, and hit people. The bad news: Wan Qianlan is the bad news. Twelve-year-old Wan Qianlan's inner ch 4.1kReads—Score530Shelves
- 67 The Wicked and Wanton Crown Princess 邪肆太子妃 My name is Mo Xiaodou. I came from the apocalypse, and I have a pocket dimension at my disposal. I’m a walking supermarket, a mobile warehouse. But in this new world without zombies, I’m nothing more than a bodyguard slave with no rights. So my dream changed from killing zombies and saving all of humanity to taking my family in this world and escaping to freedom. Then I’ll find myself a man and have a few babies~ My name is Rong Tang. I’m the crown prince of the empire, and I have a bodyguard w 24.8kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves
- 68 The Luck-Bringing, Pampered Family of the Unlucky Little Prince 衰神小王爷的福运团宠妻 There are 38 species of felines, and Xie Jiuhuan can turn into every one of them. She’s a little enchantress through and through. But in a world where unmarried women are fined by the authorities, Xie Jiuhuan keeps trying to get married and never manages to find a husband. “Disheartened,” she spends her days mooching food and drink with her father, the Hanlin Academy’s king of slacking off. Apart from being poor, the two of them have no worries at all. Until one day, Lin Deyi, a man cursed with 5.2kReads9.1Score792Shelves
- 69 Blood Moon over the Lotus Pond 荷塘血月 Blood Moon Over the Lotus Pond —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 I'm a Tycoon in Another World 我在异界当神壕 Every day, Wang Chen wakes up in a bed covering fifty thousand square meters, surrounded by more than two hundred maids as beautiful as celestial maidens. And yet he feels no joy. “I’ve never touched money. I’m not interested in it!” “Let’s start with a small goal. How about spending a hundred million first?” “No, no, no! Divine sons and daughters, please show some restraint. Don’t call me Dad. I’m not your father!” “Ah, so this is how painful it is to be rich!” A lighthearted, funny story about 752Reads7.2Score103Shelves
- 71 Is It Really This Easy to Get By in Another World? 异界也太好混了吧？ Ma Liu, the only heir to the wealthy Xinghua Group, is dismissed as a useless young master because he’s obsessed with gaming. At an auction, he acquires a divine ancient cauldron and accidentally triggers its seal, sending him to another world. There, he begins a carefree life of effortless wins like a capybara.. 978Reads8.3Score105Shelves
- 72 Come On, Keep Acting Tough 来，接着狂 Come on, keep acting tough. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 A Girl’s Private Affairs 闺事 [Airheaded, sweet little beauty × cold-faced, warm-hearted man who overthinks everything] Pure historical romance, both leads are virgins Wen Wan was sold to Spring River, Flowers and Moonlight at the age of ten. Everyone said she had the beauty of Xi Shi. On the eve of her debut, Cao Du Zhi, the instructor who had always doted on her, went out of his way to find someone to take her in for her first night. She went along, all naive and clumsy sweetness, and by sheer luck, caught the man’s eye. H 3.9kReads9.2Score418Shelves
- 74 Three Lives of Spring 春暖三生 No space, no System, just an unfaithful ex-husband, a cold-hearted mother-in-law, and a rebellious son. She had planned to quit for good and lie flat, but then she transmigrated into a miserable life as an orphan, shunned for having a child out of wedlock. An Chunfeng knew when to bend and when to stand firm. She decisively left the wolf's den and set out to make money. With a son and silver in hand, she could live comfortably as a wealthy woman. But that cold-faced man just wouldn't leave her a 26.2kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves
- 75 Exiled Right After Our Wedding, the Chaste War King Starts a Rebellion for Me 刚成亲就流放，禁欲战王为我造反 [One-on-one romance + transmigration + finding warmth together + mutual devotion + adorable baby arrives] Lin Yuan, a modern woman who enjoys the finer things in life, met with an accident while traveling and transmigrated to an alternate dynasty. To make matters worse, she became the despised Princess of War, and was sent into exile in the northern wastelands. Along the way, she found the husband she'd married but never met. Survival expert Lin Yuan used every trick she'd learned across two lif 3.1kReads9.0Score306Shelves
- 76 Dragon Cub in the Heavenly Prison: I’m Emperor Wu of Han’s Great-Grandson 天牢龙崽：我是汉武帝的皇曾孙 Little Dragon in the Celestial Prison: I’m Emperor Wu of Han’s great-grandson 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Accompanied by Smoke 伴烟 [Naive, Wild Girl x Gentle Scholar + Happy Ending] She loved him, so she ran to him with all the courage she could muster. Liu Yunzhi treated her wonderfully, caring for her and asking after her, soothing her to sleep at night, reading to her whenever he had time, stroking her slightly rounded belly, and discussing baby names with her. She lost herself in it, deceiving herself as she sank into the gentle web he had woven, dreaming that they would be the only two in each other’s lives forever. Bu 2.3kReads9.3Score220Shelves
- 78 Honor of Kings: While Others Become Heroes, I Become a Minion and Slack Off 王者：别人穿英雄，我穿峡谷小兵摆烂 Honor of Kings: Everyone else becomes a hero, but I become a minion in the Rift and slack off 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Innkeeper, Don't Think You Can Escape: The CEO's Runaway Pregnancy 民宿老板别想逃：女总裁的“带球跑” The B&B Owner Can't Get Away: The CEO's "Pregnant and on the Run" Romance 183Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 I Ran Into My Ex While Getting Hemorrhoids Removed 割痔疮偶遇前男友 Adorably goofy girl × proud, sharp-tongued guy Lu Yunzheng was the brother Jiang Lanyue got as part of a bargain. Their parents had both remarried, and the siblings didn’t get along. Lu Yunzheng couldn’t stand Jiang Lanyue’s freeloading father, so he picked on his stepsister too. Then, somehow, he started developing feelings for Jiang Lanyue... 1.7kReads8.9Score184Shelves
- 81 Don't Lie Flat on the Path to Buddhahood! Zhu Bajie Helps the Great Sage Open a Huaguoshan Tourism Company 成佛别躺平！猪八戒帮大圣开个花果山旅游公司 Don't Lie Flat on the Road to Buddhahood! Zhu Bajie Helps the Great Sage Start a Huaguo Mountain Tourism Company 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 The Hilarious Young Lord’s Wife: My Lord, Stop Chasing Me 爆笑世子妃：爷，别追了 [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Ticket Contest] Tang Lele is the cherished daughter of a family of surgeons. Her father and brothers are all master surgeons, and her mother is a rich heiress. She has been doted on by everyone her whole life. Even after she transmigrates into the body of a universally despised illegitimate daughter, she remains optimistic and carves out a path for herself, winning over an arrogant, aloof heir and thriving in life. The young lord: “What sins did I commit over ei 5.9kReads9.3Score690Shelves
- 83 The Physician Consort Wants No Responsibility, but the Chaste Prince Coaxes Her to Have His Baby 医妃不想负责禁欲王爷诱她生崽 Already adapted into a short drama. Search for the heroine’s name to watch it. Two more versions are waiting to premiere. (Unhinged + hilarious + both leads are chaste + wins hearts and bodies + magic space + satisfying revenge + rival suitors sent to the doghouse) She transmigrates and immediately has to bring a groom good luck? And she’s supposed to wed a chicken? She stabs the ceremonial chicken right through and throws up her arms, shouting, “Get on my nerves and I’ll damn well turn this ent 11.9kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 84 The Sickly Princess Consort Arrives: The Crippled Prince Gets Beaten into Standing Again 病娇王妃嫁到：残王被揍站起来了 [Faithful to each other + devoted spouses + hilarious + a rebellious heroine + unhinged + yandere + no logic + pure wish fulfillment] Warning: [The heroine swears, is crazy, and has no manners. This is not a proper historical romance.] On the first day after transmigrating, Shen Jiao married a crippled prince. On their wedding night, the Second Prince tried to take advantage of her and sneak into the bridal chamber in the crippled prince’s place. Without a word, she rewarded him with a kick that 4.1kReads8.8Score432Shelves
- 85 The Madam’s Mind-Reading Fails, and the Young Marquis Courts Her Every Day 夫人读心术失灵，小侯爷日日邀宠 Xie Wanjun, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Xie family, spent more than a decade secluded in the inner chambers, following every rule. Then a prophetic dream overturned everything she had believed and showed her the tragedy waiting a few years ahead. Her fiancé, Lin Xianzhi, was cheating on her with her younger sister. He used her businesses to help rebels seize power, then burned her alive once he had made his name. Yet Marquis Sang, the capital’s most notorious wastrel, charged through t 1.2kReads8.9Score161Shelves
- 86 The Red-Browed Rebellion’s Greatest Heroine 赤眉第一女枭雄 The Red-Browed Rebellion’s First Female Warlord 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 My Best Friend and I Became the Fake and Real Heiresses, and the Big Shots Begged to Cuddle Up 和闺蜜穿成真假千金，大佬求贴贴 [Best friends transmigrate together and join forces | Both couples are chaste | Silly and hilarious] Lazy, sharp-tongued biological heiress heroine x overachiever, bargain-hunting fake heiress best friend My best friend and I transmigrated together and became the real and fake heiresses of a wealthy family, sworn enemies on the surface. The whole capital's social circle was waiting for us to tear into each other, while our scumbag rich dad put us through one test after another to make us fight. 839Reads—Score100Shelves
- 88 Reborn as a Dowry Maid, I Rise to Prominence in the Prince's Manor Through My Son 穿成陪嫁丫鬟，我在王府母凭子贵 After being pushed off a cliff while trying to break up a fight, Tao Yaoyao takes her last breath and transmigrates, reborn in the vast Hao Han Dynasty in the body of a maid who has been the Princess Consort of Prince Chen's dowry for three years. A little background: On the day of their wedding, Qi Chenyuan left Fan Qianyao just after they had completed the wedding rites and headed south under imperial orders to wipe out river bandits. Three years later, Prince Chen returns victorious to the 9.5kReads8.9Score696Shelves
- 89 Little Troublemaker from the Underworld: Devouring Gossip Across the Capital 地府来的小祸害，满京城吃大瓜 Qin Xiaosan is Lord Yama's darling little daughter and a notorious troublemaker in the Underworld. Because she is such a handful for her father, Lord Yama finally loses patience and tosses her into a book. Qin Xiaosan of the Pingyang Marquis's household is not only the top bully in the capital, but also its undisputed gossip queen. Putting scoundrels in their place and serving up face-slapping... Digging pits and leaving others to deal with them... The gossipy busybodies in the melon patch have 56.3kReads8.5Score7.9kShelves
- 90 She Was Wearing a Red Wedding Dress 她穿着红嫁衣 She Wore a Red Wedding Dress 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Journey to the West: Everyone Lands in the Kingdom of Women, the Streets Are Full of Beauties, but Zhu Bajie Just Wants to Cry 西游：全员掉进女儿国，满街美人猪八戒却只想哭 The Whole Journey to the West Cast Falls Into the Kingdom of Women, and the Streets Are Full of Beauties, but Zhu Bajie Can Only Cry 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 After the Tyrant and I Switched Bodies, All Four of My Exes Lost Their Cool 暴君和我互穿后，四个前任红了眼 Yuebai, a human princess whose beauty was beyond compare, was presented to the tyrant of the Dragon Clan as a caged songbird. One mishap later, she and the tyrant had switched bodies. Free of her cage, Yuebai used the tyrant’s incredibly handsome face to run riot throughout the imperial palace. The assembled court officials watched the bloodthirsty tyrant delicately raise a finger in a coquettish pose and point at the cage. “That little songbird in there is the most honored woman in the entire D 633Reads9.2Score106Shelves
- 93 The Wacky Daily Life of a Mad Doctor and Bandit 癫癫医匪的沙雕日常 Feng Yuchen took one look at Mu Niannian's masterpiece, went pale, then paler still, and began rubbing his temples. Feng Yu Jue saw Mu Niannian's masterpiece and froze on the spot. On the paper was a burly man with a wild red afro, a full beard, and eyes wide open. He wore red and struck a fearsome pose, holding a treasured sword aloft in his right hand while his left held the leash of a black dog with equally wild fur. After a long pause, Feng Yu Jue finally got his wits back. Pointing at the d 973Reads—Score110Shelves
- 94 What Kind of Prince Starts Crying Whenever He Gets Mad?! 谁家王爷一生气就哭啊！ (The short drama Pink Prince is now streaming) When Shi Qianxia read body-double novels, she never understood why the heroine had to obsess over whether the hero loved her. Why not turn around and look at the money? Five million a month, and you’re still talking about love? Go make money! That very night, she transmigrated. First she spent a few days as a beggar, then a prince took a fancy to her and brought her back to his manor as a concubine. The reason he liked her was that she looked just l 1.9kReads9.1Score249Shelves
- 95 Madam, Rest Easy. Leave the Family Split and the Beating of the Villains to Me 夫人你歇着，分家虐极品让我上 After marrying into the Dingyuan Marquis household by calling in a favor, merchant-born Jiang Rao began living the carefree life of a salted fish. Her mother-in-law gives her a hard time? Jiang Rao: I did the Marquis household a favor. No need to worry! Her sisters-in-law target her? Jiang Rao: I did the Marquis household a favor. I'll just ignore them! Her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law want to scheme for the money in her hands? Jiang Rao: I have more than enough money anyway. I'll spend a li 3.2kReads9.3Score470Shelves
- 96 The Pig Who Couldn’t Escape Gao Laozhuang: Bajie Works Like a Beast at Gao Laozhuang 逃不出高老庄的猪，八戒在高老庄当牛马 The pig who can't escape Gao Laozhuang: Bajie works like a beast of burden at Gao Laozhuang 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 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 4.8kReads9.3Score545Shelves
- 98 The Zither's Unending Mystery 锦瑟无端 [Clear-headed, rational heroine × Devoted, possessive second male lead; SC; HE] [Power couple | Play the pig to eat the tiger | Marriage first, love later | Everyone gets their comeuppance] [The heroine is no angel, and she's good at striking back and stirring up trouble] [He enjoys mistreating his wife at first, then runs himself ragged chasing her later] My name is Jin Se. By imperial decree, I married the capital's most famous lovesick second male lead. He was devastatingly handsome and brill 1.5kReads9.0Score156Shelves
- 99 The Troubles of a Favored Concubine: The Marquis Is Not So Cold 宠妾难为：侯爷不太冷 Also known as: “The Concubine Keeps Trying to Run Away, but the War God Marquis Has Fallen for Her” By a twist of fate, Wei Yao becomes the concubine of the Great Zhou's war god, Marquis Nanning. Though he is handsome and graceful, a master of both letters and arms, she swears she will never be a concubine! First, she'll play along while secretly plotting, then seize the chance to run. But how does she escape? Where does she go? It takes skill! Never mind anything else, she needs to save at leas 7.9kReads9.2Score927Shelves
- 100 After Losing My Memory, I Mistook Someone Else for My Husband 失忆后，我扑错老公了 After Losing My Memory, I Mistook Someone Else for My Husband 39Reads—Score—Shelves
