Novels like First Person
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- 1 This Life: Part One 今生：上部 Past lives and the present: In this life, she is both the empress of the divine realm and a star in the human world. Perhaps she is perfect. She says she is only an actress, doing the job expected of her. She is also an agent, but she doesn't care if people know it, because she is a god as well. In her world, perhaps there are few who could destroy her. The plot may be a little over the top, but she is the goddess in my heart. I want to give her a complete life. So I decided to put my fantasies —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 I Went Down the Mountain to Reunite with My Family, Only to Find My Little Brother Had Become a Controversial Top-Tier Star 下山认亲，发现弟弟成了黑红顶流 [Strong female lead + no romance + showbiz + livestream + on-screen comments] Jian Xueqing is famous, famous enough to take the country by storm. But it's the kind of fame that comes from being hated. He has thirty million followers on Xingbo, half of them haters and the other half casual passersby who follow him for the gossip and good looks... His few genuine fans are lost in the crowd and can't make a ripple. Before their contract expires, his unscrupulous agency spitefully signs him on as a 8.8kReads8.6Score946Shelves
- 3 A Song of Life's Sorrows 生命悲歌 [Human nature + family + first person + male and female audiences] (Adapted into an audio drama with real voice actors; a motion comic is in production and coming soon.) Fate is never set in advance, yet it always pushes people toward unknown wilderness when they least expect it. The Ballad of Life uses simple, heartfelt storytelling to unfold a journey through hardship, perseverance, and struggle, revealing the most moving strength found in an ordinary life. There are no earth-shattering legend 10.4kReads9.2Score886Shelves
- 4 After Ten Thousand Years Asleep, She Became the Invincible Ancestor 沉睡一万年，她成了无敌老祖 [Eastern fantasy cultivation + no romance + strong female lead + satisfying read + punishing scum + face-slapping + lighthearted] Qiao Ran fell asleep while meditating in seclusion. Ten thousand years later, she woke up beside a grave. She hadn't ascended, her sect was gone, and there was no sign of her senior sister, her disciples, or anyone else from the sect. What had happened over the past ten thousand years? And why was she already saddled with a blood debt the moment she woke up? A myste 7kReads9.0Score764Shelves
- 5 My Daughter's Words Become Law, and Her Mad Mother Lies Back and Becomes a God 闺女言出法随，癫娘躺赢成神 Qin Youyou has an incomplete soul and is reborn as a good-for-nothing orphan in a fantasy world, with only a farming System to her name. She lives tucked away in a small mountain valley, until one day she returns to her family. She has to care for her deranged mother, feed her good-for-nothing older brother, and support her declining family. She rolls up her sleeves and keeps working hard to grow vegetables and feed her family. Until... Her useless older brother drinks her tea and smashes a hund 13.6kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
- 6 Matriarchy: Resigning from the Golden Palace 女尊：辞金阙 He asked, “Does the Imperial Princess only make use of me? Is there not a trace of genuine feeling in her heart?” He said, “Your Highness, rest easy. Even if it costs me my life, I will bring Youzhou City back for you!” He said, “My wife, don’t frown. It’s only money. The He family will pay for it and help you unify the Nine Provinces.” He said, “Jiang Li, I already lost you once. This time, even if I die, I won’t let go of your hand.” They all asked her the same question: “Does Your Highness ha 8.9kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
- 7 Gu King Ajie 蛊王阿杰 [Fantasy + Gu Arts + Comedy + Rebirth + Hidden Identity + Mystery + Feuds + First Person] “Reborn to defy fate and slay the Blood Demon, break the curse and ascend to Emperor, unrivaled among the gods!” [Laughing out loud! Can Gu King A Jie cut his way through a fantasy world with this trick?] Miao Awei (roaring): Miao A Jie, prepare to die! He kicked me off a cliff in the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons. When I opened my eyes again, I had been reborn three years in the past. Miao Cuihua (poundi 113Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 8 I Could Easily Rely on My Martial Skills, but My Wife Insists on Using Her Brain 明明可以靠武力，娘子非要靠脑子 [Modern woman in ancient times + transmigration with her body + love after marriage + sweet and satisfying] [A male lead who never stops rescuing his wife + a mindless heroine who kills at the slightest provocation] Jiu Yue, the greatest assassin of the twenty-second century, is blown off a cliff while carrying out a mission. With a splat, she lands in the backward Great Qi Dynasty. The wicked step-grandmother finds Ji Yiqing a wild girl she picked up and makes her his bride, hoping the marriage 36.4kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves
- 9 Mess With Her? She’s an SSSSS-Rank Abnormality, the Real Deal 惹她？她SSSSS级异端真祖宗 [The heroine and hero are both genuinely unhinged and murderous! Read the content warning at the end of Chapter One before starting!] [Fantasy setting, secret identities, wish fulfillment, powerful characters, face-slapping and punishing scum, fantasy and sci-fi, sweet romance] [The heroine is the strongest and unbeatable in this story. Both leads are violent, unhinged hard cases who would rather throw a punch than waste words, and are far from normal.] Ye Sang, the eldest daughter of the Ye fam 19.5kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
- 10 I Became a Wealthy Family's Stepmother and Went Viral on a Parenting Reality Show 穿成豪门后妈上娃综爆红了 [Showbiz + One-on-One Sweet Romance + Celebrity Parenting Show + Big Imagination + Monsters] Song Qianqian failed to ascend to immortality. When she opened her eyes, she found herself inside a wealthy-family romance novel as the wicked stepmother. In the book, the original owner was forced to marry an ugly, disabled villainous tycoon. She took out her resentment on her stepson, and after causing his death, fled in her car and died in an accident. Song Qianqian: “...” She didn’t get it. What was 16kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
- 11 After Returning Home, the Underworld Boss Became Everyone’s Favorite 回国后，黑道大佬成团宠 The short drama “No Heirloom Jewelry, But I've Got a Fist the Size of a Cooking Pot” is now streaming. [Beloved by a wealthy family + two powerful leads with secret identities + sweet-tempered yet volatile heroine + devoted hero + influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world] Lin Qingye, head of the most feared assassin organization in the underworld, finally destroys the second-largest assassin organization and obtains clues about her origins. She immediately decides to return home 23.3kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
- 12 The Officialdom Game 官奕 My name is Wei Zilong, and I’ve spent my career in government. Through my story, I want to show everyone what the political arena is really like... When you’re in public service, you can’t always control your own fate. If you never weather a storm, how can you ever mature? 13.1kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
- 13 Reborn as the Empress Dowager, I Just Want to Take It Easy 穿成太后只想咸鱼 “Pay attention: this is a story with a strong female lead, no male lead, and no romance.” After transmigrating, she became the most exalted woman in Yun Zhao. She thought she could live a carefree life of wealth and luxury, but danger closed in from every side, with pitfalls everywhere. It was not just her reputation at stake, but her life. The emperor dreams of ruling in his own right? Here, take the imperial seal. Go play by yourself, kid! The consorts are fighting for power in the palace? Tos 15.2kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
- 14 Reborn as a Wicked Foster Mother: I Raised the Villainous Tyrant All Wrong 穿成恶毒养母：把反派暴君养歪了 [No romance + teaching + adorable kids + farming + building wealth + infrastructure] A warm, slice-of-life story Zhang Ziruo transmigrates into the role of the evil adoptive mother of a tyrannical villain, destined for a tragic end. She plans to win the villain’s favor while he is still young, only to discover that he has been reborn... Taking stock of her new circumstances, she decides to open a school and become a teacher! She’ll raise the villain to be a virtuous, capable, open-minded, and po 15.3kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
- 15 Sorry, I’m Crazy. Keep Your Weirdness Away 抱歉，我有疯病，诡异勿扰 [Dark Fairy Tales + Horror Game + Livestream + Hilarious + No Romance + Unconventional Ending] My name is Shi Yu, and I'm mentally ill. One moment I was asleep, and the next I had been transported into a horror game called “Little Red Riding Hood.” Black smoke was rising from Mom's head, and the cake meant for Grandma had been mixed with an unidentified kind of minced meat... The game was being livestreamed to the entire world in real time. People watched in astonishment as, while the other p 21.4kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
- 16 Help! The Villain Overhears Me Rewriting the Plot with Puns 救命！反派偷听我用谐音梗改剧情 Also known as: Help! The Villain Overhears Me Rewriting the Plot with Homophones [Wealthy-family comedy + everyone’s darling and gossip + variety-show face-slapping] Qin Yiyang awakens to the truth. In the book, she grew up in a pigsty, then was brought home by her wealthy family and spoiled rotten. Great! She’s got the everyone’s-darling heroine’s script! But it turns out the fake heiress is the real heroine. Unhappy that her family dotes on Qin Yiyang, the fake heiress transforms into the daug 53.3kReads9.4Score8.5kShelves
- 17 Me, a Cultivation Big Shot: How Much Stronger Can I Get? 我，修仙大佬强亿点怎么了 "Soul Ferryman + No Romance + Story Arc Adventures + Spiritual Qi Revival + Cultivation + Invincible" Yun Miao, a cultivation powerhouse who has lived for thousands of years, sets out to uncover her origins. She volunteers to become a ferryman, guiding vengeful ghosts to the afterlife. The ghosts are full of resentment, hatred, and longing. She works diligently, her heart as firm as stone, yet can never uncover the mystery of her origins. Until one day... The Taoist priests of the Xuanmen 27.9kReads9.2Score5.6kShelves
- 18 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 156.7kReads9.6Score20.6kShelves
- 19 Late in the Day 行止晚 [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 25.2kReads9.6Score3.3kShelves
- 20 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.7kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
- 21 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 31.7kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves
- 22 EN My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves
- 23 EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 97.4kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves
- 24 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始 [Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot 99.2kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves
- 25 The Tiny Boss Is Everyone's Favorite, and She Coddles Her Scumbag Dad Like He's Her Placenta 小小老子当团宠，把渣爹当胎盘哄 The print edition of A Boat in a Single Thought is now available on all platforms. [Comedy + raising kids + everyone’s favorite + 1v1 romance + devoted couple + the adult heroine’s love interest is Lu Jinghuai] [A funny, sunny heroine who actually has eight hundred tricks up her sleeve x a saintly beauty who is really a sinister, venomous schemer] Ji Nian transmigrates into a novel where the heroine is adored by everyone, becoming the universally disliked biological daughter of the heroine’s pow 90.2kReads9.6Score11.5kShelves
- 26 EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 124.2kReads9.7Score17.6kShelves
- 27 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 70.1kReads9.5Score12.7kShelves
- 28 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱 [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 107.2kReads9.5Score15.5kShelves
- 29 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 118.9kReads9.6Score13.8kShelves
- 30 Reborn as the Beloved of Everyone: The Movie Emperor's Wife Is Poor and Fierce Again 重生团宠：影帝夫人又穷又凶 [Print edition signed for publication] [Insanely outrageous wish-fulfillment + a few secret identities + savage online roasts + devoted romance with both leads’ first love + dazzling the world] In her previous life, she died with regrets. Now she has been reborn in the middle of a massive online hate campaign! If they’re going to hate on her anyway, she might as well stop pretending! Her scumbag fiancé gets shoved into a cold pool, then coughs and blames her? Sheng Wenyin: “What, caught a cold? 137.5kReads9.6Score14.4kShelves
- 31 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 50.6kReads9.7Score7.4kShelves
- 32 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.5kReads9.6Score14.8kShelves
- 33 EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 337.3kReads9.8Score47.3kShelves
- 34 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
- 35 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1MReads9.9Score162.2kShelves
- 36 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
