Novels like A Woman Can Only Rely on Herself
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- 1 Commanding the Hearts of Beauties 权御红颜 A businessman with a computer genius’s talents is destined to change the future. Why do so many business tycoons hold him in such high regard? Why are so many beautiful women always by his side? Why does he remain unshaken at the height of success and unbroken at his lowest point, then reclaim the throne without losing his composure? His advances and retreats, choices, and ups and downs are all here! 894Reads6.4Score100Shelves
- 2 Cast Adrift in International Waters, She’s Kept as a Potion Ingredient by a Brutal Big Shot 坠落公海，残暴大佬强留她做药引 Jiang Li, the eldest daughter of a wealthy Yanjing family, was drugged by her own father and sold into the black-market hold of a yacht in international waters. Industrial cable ties bit into her flesh, and a high-voltage electronic collar locked around her throat. She became a living blind box, valued at the whim of the powerful. Everyone waited to watch this delicate flower rot and stink in the waterlogged prison. But no one expected that her unique, cool, faint fragrance would become the one 18.7kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
- 3 The Strongest Son-in-Law: Ye Chen’s Story, Part 3 最强赘婿叶辰后续3 The Strongest Son-in-Law Ye Chen: Sequel 3 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Winning Hand: The Wave Maker 胜局之造浪者 A journey through the ranks of local government, weathering storms and giving everything along the way, to carve out a path to the top! Set against Linjiang’s transformation from a provincial capital held back by limited development into a megacity that benefits all its residents, the story follows its efforts to seize opportunities and advance common prosperity. It paints a portrait of an era in which talented people from government and every walk of life work together, forging ahead through e 427Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 5 After My Divorce, I Reached the Pinnacle of Life 离婚后我走上了人生巅峰 Fang Xiaoxiao, the perfect wife who lived by the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars, has been honorably laid off. Her mother is pushing her to go on blind dates, and reality is pushing her to find a job... But as long as you have your looks, you have the world at your feet. There’s no obstacle you can’t overcome, and no scumbag you can’t deal with! Her marriage of several years has reached its end, but Fang Xiaoxiao’s life is only just beginning... 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Became a Vegetable After Running with My Students, but I Actually Transmigrate Between Ancient and Modern Times 陪学生跑步后成植物人，我其实穿越古代和现代 I Became a Vegetative Patient After Running with My Student, but I Actually Transmigrated Between Ancient and Modern Times —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 At Fifty, I Discover My Husband Faked His Death to Keep a Mistress 人到五十，发现老公假死养小三 Her paralyzed mother-in-law, her father-in-law with lung cancer, a son still in school, and millions in debt: none of these burdens could crush Li Qiuyue. But when her husband, who had supposedly died suddenly ten years ago, showed up with his mistress, she fell apart. One shock and deception after another, the truth behind the injustice she suffered at work, and the mystery surrounding her son’s origins all revealed the true faces of Lin Jianguo and his family. Li Qiuyue resolutely divorced him 6.7kReads8.3Score736Shelves
- 8 Bastard, You Ruined My Life 渣男，毁我一生 College student Zhang Yuxi is assaulted by Liu Zhiqiang, her best friend's fiancé, and her life falls into a downward spiral. Then another nightmare befalls her: she unexpectedly becomes pregnant... 10kReads7.2Score521Shelves
- 9 Reform the CEO and Send Him to Law School, Lie Flat and Build Cultural Tourism While Cultivating, Turn the Villain into a Model Youth 感化霸总送法制，修仙躺平搞文旅，养反派教成五好青年 Reform domineering CEOs with the rule of law, lie flat while cultivating immortality and developing cultural tourism, and raise villains into model young citizens —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 A Brief History of Feminism 女权主义简史 A Brief History of Feminism: Who were the earliest feminists? How much has feminist thought truly changed women’s lives? How does it differ across cultures today? In this brief history, Margaret Walters traces the development of feminism back to its roots, exploring major questions such as women’s suffrage, the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s, and whether feminist ideas still have value today. She takes us from Europe to the United States and then to the Third World, examining the lives 60Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 11 After the Divorce, I Married My Ex-Husband's Uncle 离婚后，嫁给了渣男他叔 “Get rid of the baby, or we’re getting divorced!” Seven months pregnant, she was forced by her husband to leave with nothing. Carrying twins, she was thrown out of the house... Four years later, with two little tagalongs in tow, she took her stepsister’s place and married the third son of the Tang family, a man paralyzed in both legs. Her ex-husband got his wish and married into a powerful family, but now he had to stand before her, face dark, and call her “Third Aunt.” Everyone said she was jus 883Reads8.6Score152Shelves
- 12 Buried Alive by Her Stepmother, She Wears a Human-Skin Mask to Take Revenge 被继母活埋，她戴人皮面具去复仇 Su Luoying, the daughter of a wealthy family, accidentally discovers that her stepmother is having an affair with the butler. She also learns that her half-siblings, born of different mothers, are the children of her stepmother and the butler. In her shock, the two discover her, knock her unconscious, and bury her in someone else’s grave. Luckily, a father-and-son pair of tomb raiders save her. To take revenge, she has someone make her a human-skin mask and enters the Su residence disguised as a 13.5kReads7.8Score895Shelves
- 13 From Having Nothing to Becoming a Trillionaire 从一无所有到千亿巨富 No System, no transmigration, no rebirth, and no golden finger. This story stays close to real life, so if that bothers you, don't read it. After getting fired and dumped by his girlfriend, a man is left with nothing. Unwilling to spend his whole life trapped at the bottom, stripped of all dignity, he fights with everything he has to claw his way up to the top. With a little luck and a lot of hard work, the male lead makes the leap from rags to riches. P.S. The core of this story is saving money 316Reads7.2Score106Shelves
- 14 At Fifty, I Finally Came to My Senses: I’ll Live for Myself 五十岁幡然醒悟，我要为自己而活 [Silver-haired story, ensemble cast, divorce, switched-at-birth daughters, entrepreneurship, women’s growth, a middle-aged woman’s triumphant comeback] Chu Yueqin had been a housewife for nearly thirty years. With no job and no income, she endured mockery and oppression from her husband’s family. No matter how diligently she cared for everyone in the household, in their eyes she was nothing but a lowly servant. Then she learned that the son she had raised with her own hands was actually the chil 6.3kReads8.0Score450Shelves
- 15 Back to Yesterday 重回昨天 The protagonist returns to more than twenty years ago. How will he choose to live his life this time? There is nothing particularly glorious or impressive about it, just one person's realization after losing too much. What a painful realization! 15.1kReads6.4Score660Shelves
- 16 After Time Collapsed, Humanity Finally Understood the Meaning of Being Alive 时光崩塌之后，人类终于读懂活着的意义 After time collapsed, humanity finally understood the meaning of being alive —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Peerless God of War 绝世战神 Ten years ago, his entire family was slaughtered, and he fled for his life. Ten years later, he returns with the Northern Desert Dragon Cavalry, his power soaring as he sweeps across the land... 161Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 CEO Liang's Love Heals His Delicate Husband 霸道梁总用爱治愈小娇夫 Both leads are devoted only to each other. Two male leads. A reborn, sweet romance with a few angsty moments. The top is a hypocrite who spoils the bottom rotten. The bottom has psychological issues, and the top is his only light. The bottom is deeply dependent on him. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 My Introverted Self in My Student Days 内向的我在学生时代 My Introverted Self in My Student Days —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Child from a Special Family in Our Class 班上家庭特殊的孩子 The Child in Class with a Difficult Family Background 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Rebellious Boy Who Talked Back to the Class Monitor 顶撞班干部的叛逆男孩 The Rebellious Boy Who Talked Back to the Class Monitor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Only After Our Homeroom Teacher Died Did We Realize How Good She Was, So Let’s Make Her Reborn 班主任死后才知道她的好，那就让她重生 I Didn't Know How Good My Homeroom Teacher Was Until After She Died, So I'll Let Her Be Reborn —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 My Flash-Married Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公竟是千亿总裁 To avoid her mother's pressure to marry for a hefty bride price, Wen Qing turned around and married a hotel waiter while pregnant. As if things weren't bad enough, her family caused such a fuss that she lost her job. Her husband was a delicate, pampered invalid with a heart of ice, and he swore he would wait until the divorce to fight for custody of the child. Wen Qing gritted her teeth and worked to earn money. She never expected that once her career took off, her husband would transform in 2.7kReads7.7Score202Shelves
- 24 An’an: My Son’s Story 小名叫安安：我儿子的故事 An An: The Story of My Son —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Peerless War God 绝世战神 After ten years in the military, Shen Qiye returns home in glory. He should have brought honor to his family, but everyone looks down on him... 90Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 26 Shenzhen Youth 深圳青年 1. Xia Ling Shi (older sister): Just after graduating from Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xia Ling Shi moved to Shenzhen. From renting a place to starting a business and buying a home, she eventually established her own educational institution. 2. Xia Ling Ying (younger sister): She lives in Shenzhen with her older sister, Xia Ling Shi. With no dreams or goals, she is lazy and greedy, and wants to get ahead by using any means necessary. 3. Ya Guan Nie Shi (older sister from the same 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Lies and Confessions 谎言与自白 [A feminist dual narrative exploring marriage and love, with a touch of awkward, old-fashioned unrequited love. A sharp-tongued humanities PhD dropout who works in marketing, and an investment banker every bit as sharp-tongued as the heroine.] [Multiple heroines: a loser with nothing but cultural capital; a small-town Brahmin who has never put a foot wrong; a fallen heiress.] [Also known as: A Rebuttal of the Claim That the Humanities Are Useless; A Rebuttal of Feminism] PhD dropout Si Lingchang 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 [Book Transmigration] I Became the Bearer of Bad Luck in the 1960s 【穿书】在六十年代当丧门星 [Period setting + pocket dimension + transmigrate into a book + taking down villains + treasure-gathering cauldron + medicine and mysticism] After Xun Huan died, her little tortoise and kitten smuggled her into a novel set in a bygone era. From the start, her cousin targeted her, and her father beat her to death. As one of the whole family's punching bags, Xun Huan did her best to make sure no one was left out. She dumped a bowl of cornmeal mush on her third cousin's head~ She kicked her fourth 956Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 29 Four Perfect Matches Can't Beat the Words 'I Don't Love You' 四种顶配的合适，抵不过一句不爱 Four kinds of perfect compatibility can't outweigh the words, “I don't love you” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 My Life Depends on Other People’s Likes 我的命，靠别人点赞活着 My life depends on other people’s likes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Our Homeroom Teacher Wants Us to Get into Top Schools 班主任让我们上名校 Our Homeroom Teacher Gets Us into a Top School 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Teacher, You’re Finally Divorced. Can I Pursue You Now? 老师，终于熬到你离婚，我可以追求你吗？ Teacher, you've finally made it through your divorce. Can I pursue you now? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Book I Never Finished 未读完的那本书 How did they meet, come to know each other, understand each other, and fall in love? The story blurs truth and lies, lies and truth. It is not deeply sad, but neither is it joyful. Beautiful things are beautiful because they live on in our memories... “Hi, I’m Zhang Zejing. I don’t know the nearby delivery address. Could you send it to me?” “Hi, I’m Wang Qianran. Sure.” Like so many others, the boy is awkward and the girl is nervous. It is a familiar opening. But how will their story end? Wi 18.3kReads7.0Score848Shelves
- 34 My Fair Princess: Yan and Tai's Love Story 新还珠格格之燕泰情 The Fifth Prince let Xiaoyanzi down and returned to the Great Qing alone. In a fit of anger, Xiaoyanzi fell ill and took to her bed. As soon as Xiao Jian and Qing’er heard, they sent letters to Ziwei and Qianlong. The moment Qianlong received the news, he set off for Dali, while Ziwei and the others were already on their way there. By the time Qianlong, Ziwei, and the others arrived, Xiaoyanzi was on the verge of death. 329Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Voluntary Unemployment 主动失业 Before opening this book, you may be feeling lost: Why do you earn a respectable salary and sit in a bright office building, yet still feel that your days are empty and numb, with no sense of meaning in life? Why have you learned countless workplace tricks and theories on getting promoted, yet still can't escape a passive life where you're controlled and told what to do, unable even to manage your own time? Why do you watch AI and the internet advance at breakneck speed and feel that the times a 2.9kReads8.1Score831Shelves
- 36 My Husband's Lover 我丈夫的情人 This is the true story of three women and one man. We were classmates for four years and best friends for nine, but she ended up becoming my husband's mistress and having his son. In the end, she tangled with me for more than a decade, making life miserable for both me and my daughter... 9.8kReads8.8Score566Shelves
- 37 The Woman Beneath the Pear Blossom Tree 梨花树下的女人 [No rebirth + farming + married first, love later + making money] One is a cripple mocked by everyone, and the other is a woman sold off by her own parents. Chunhong initially wants to live like other country women, raising children and taking care of her husband, but life is always full of ups and downs, and one troublesome problem after another keeps coming. How will the couple deal with it all? This is the story of an ordinary life that carries on, told here for you. 2.9kReads8.0Score352Shelves
- 38 Secretly Spoiled After a Flash Marriage: The Billionaire Loves His Wife to the Bone 闪婚秘宠：首富大佬爱妻入骨！ To escape her toxic family, she signs an agreement and impulsively marries a man she's never met! After the wedding, he wants them to live together. She says, "We agreed we'd each live our own lives." He wants to chauffeur her around in a luxury car. She says, "I get carsick when I ride with you." When she refuses the jewelry he bought for a hundred million, he finally loses his temper. "It's not worth that much. Keep it if you like it, or sell it if you don't!" She thought this marriage would b 25kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
- 39 I Flash-Married an Ice-Cold CEO on a Blind Date 相亲当天，我闪婚了冰山总裁 [Flash Marriage + Love After Marriage + Married Life + Wealthy CEO] To fulfill her mother's one and only wish, Lin Yue impulsively married a stranger. After the wedding, they agreed not to interfere in each other's lives and to do their best to play their respective roles. She thought they would go on like that forever, until one day he said, "Xiaoyue, I don't want a divorce…" 382Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 New My Fair Princess: Yan and Tai Meet Again 新还珠格格之燕泰重遇 Last time, I chose to let go. This time, I won't let go again. If you can't make her happy, I can. This time, she'll only see me, and have only me in her eyes and heart. I'll make her happy. If she wants to roam the martial world, I'll go with her. If she wants to leave the turmoil behind, I'll stay by her side. Er Tai: “Xiao Yan Zi, whatever you want, I'll find it for you. Wherever you want to go, I'll go with you. I love you.” Xiao Yan Zi: “Er Tai, thank you for always being so patient with 1.1kReads8.4Score105Shelves
- 41 Teacher, I Really Want to Break Up Your Marriage, But I Can’t 老师我真的想拆散你的家庭，但我不能 Teacher, I really want to break up your marriage, but I can't —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The War General’s Doted-On Wife 战少的蜜宠娇妻 “Zhan Qingdong, are you crazy?” “I am. And you're the cure.” The handsome man gave her a wicked smile. He was the king who reigned supreme over a business empire. A carefully planned deal had brought her to his side. Little did she know that they'd been bound together four years ago, and already had an adorable son. 95Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 43 The Immortal Physician of the Village 村上仙医 [Village Life] [Beauty] [Miracle Doctor] Chen Dalong returns to his village and becomes a humble village doctor. But on his very first day, while treating the village beauty, he unexpectedly brings down a bloody disaster upon himself. The village beauty’s lover suddenly dies, and she pins the blame on Chen Dalong. As a result, Chen Dalong is targeted for revenge and accidentally falls off a cliff. He survives the fall, and what seemed like a disaster turns out to be a blessing in disguise. After 1.5kReads8.0Score392Shelves
- 44 The Whole World Thinks He's Cold, but I Know His Tenderness Is Only for Me 全世界都以为他高冷，只有我知道他温柔只给我一人 Everyone thinks he's aloof, but only I know that he saves his gentle side for me alone. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Moment I Deleted My Marriage, I Finally Saw Everyone's Fate 我删掉婚姻的那一刻，才看见所有人的宿命 Only when I erased my marriage did I see the fate awaiting everyone —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 I Pretend to Have It All Together in the City While My Family Back Home Struggles for Me 我在城市假装光鲜，家人在故乡替我吃苦 I pretend to live a glamorous life in the city while my family suffers back in our hometown —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 A Second-Marriage Rose 二婚玫瑰 With no house, no car, and no betrothal gifts, Jiang Xinrou married her husband in a no-frills wedding. For seven years, she was a gentle, virtuous homemaker, spending all day taking care of the house and looking after the children. But on their wedding anniversary, she discovered her husband was cheating, and that his family had only ever treated her as a free nanny. Once she saw her husband's true colors, she decisively divorced him and returned to the workplace. She refused to bow her head, b 4.8kReads9.0Score584Shelves
- 48 The Stunning Beauty 绝色美人 Being admired by a beautiful woman changed the course of his life... 3.6kReads7.5Score365Shelves
- 49 An AI Substitute, Ninety-Nine Resets, and a Mother for Hire AI替身，九十九次重开，租来的母亲 AI Double, Ninety-Nine Reboots, and a Rented Mother —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Came This Far with No One to Rely On, and in the End, I Became My Own Radiant Light 我无依无靠一路走来，最后活成自己的万丈光芒 I made my way through life with no one to lean on, and in the end, I became my own blazing light —Reads—Score—Shelves
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