Novels like A Narrow Escape on the Road to Fleeing Famine, but My System Keeps Me Calm
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- 1 A Golden-Shaded Tabby This Cute Has to Be from the Northeast 那么可爱的金渐层当然是东北的 Hu Youyou is a Northeast tiger spirit who has spent years blending into human society. The absurd thing is that one day she suddenly receives a matchmaking notice from the Special Species Administration. Is matchmaking pressure a thing among demons now? Even more absurdly, it isn’t her prospective match who takes a liking to her, but his mother. Hu Youyou was going to turn her down outright, but then the other woman said her son was an adorable “little chick-feather.” Well, as a feline who adore 720Reads9.1Score11014d adds
- 2 The Taishan Stone Guardian Deity Statue 泰山石敢当神像 The Sacred Statue of Taishan Shigandang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Brahma's Echoes at Jiuhua: A Millennium-Old Promise to Ksitigarbha 九华梵音：地藏千年约 The Buddhist Chant of Jiuhua: Ksitigarbha's Millennium-Old Promise 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Panoramic View of the Li River 漓江全景图 Panoramic View of the Li River 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Rifle Is Sheathed, but My Original Aspiration Remains 钢枪入鞘，初心未改 The rifle is sheathed, but the original resolve remains unchanged. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Spirit of the Li River: A Millennium-Old Promise in a Painted World 漓江灵韵：画境中的千年约定 The Spirit of the Li River: A Millennium-Old Promise in a Painted World 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Climbing Mount Hua at Night: An Ascent and Redemption Beneath the Stars 夜登华山：星光下的攀登与救赎 Climbing Mount Hua at Night: Ascent and Redemption Beneath the Stars —Reads—Score114d adds
- 8 The Ups and Downs of the Civil Service Exam: Thorns and Starlight at the Desk 公考浮沉录：书桌前的荆棘与星光 The Ups and Downs of the Civil Service Exam: Thorns and Starlight at My Desk 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Blazing Roses and Thorny Moonlight 炽焰玫瑰与荆棘月光 The Burning Rose and the Thorny Moonlight —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Cage of a Yandere's Love 病娇爱恋的囚笼 The Cage of a Twisted Love 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Blades at Dawn: The Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade 利刃破晓：狼牙特种大队 Blades at Dawn: The Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 In a White Coat, Starting as a Resident Trainee 白衣执甲，从规培生开始 In a White Coat, Taking Up Arms: Starting as a Resident Trainee 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Echoes in the Fog, No Return Before Summer Ends 雾中回响，夏末无归期 Echoes in the Fog, No Way Home Before Summer Ends —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Road to Tempering: Trials That Came Unexpectedly 淬火之路：那些不期而遇的考验 The Road to Tempering: Trials That Came Unexpectedly 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Li Mingyuan, Ride-Hailing Driver 滴滴司机李明远 Li Mingyuan, the Didi Driver 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 16 The Princess Has Arrived: The Proud Farm Girl Is Ready to Take Over 御妹嫁到，傲娇农女她要翻天 [Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Palace and Household Intrigue + Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Story + Romance] Su Qing, a martial arts star, accidentally transmigrates! A dazzling beauty who once enjoyed wealth and glory, she starts out being sold, with her life hanging by a thread. Her scumbag father wants to use the money from selling his daughter to pay off his son’s gambling debts? And he still wants to keep leeching off her and her mother? Su Qing won’t put up with it. After a flurry o 169Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 17 Clouds Resting on Old Lord Mountain 云栖老君山 Yunqi Laojun Mountain 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 18 Spring in the Brocade Courtyard: A Princess's Jianghu Among the Common Folk 锦庭春：公主的市井江湖 Spring in the Brocade Courtyard: A Princess's Jianghu Among the Common Folk 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Transmigrate to a Parallel Beast-Taming World: My Spatial Realm Is Filled with Divine Beasts 穿越平行御兽界：我的空间养满神兽 I Transmigrated to a Parallel Beast-Taming World: My Pocket Dimension Is Full of Divine Beasts 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I Want to Lie Flat, but My Strength Won't Let Me 想躺平，怎奈实力不允许啊 If you like stories that jump straight into fighting and killing, with life-or-death stakes, this one may not be for you. The heroine isn't naturally inclined to seek power or kill. For a long time at the beginning, she enjoys peaceful days filled with family life and everyday trivialities. They are the easiest, most carefree years of her life, and a crucial period for gathering supplies and building the reputation she will need when she later rises up. When natural disasters and human calamitie 715Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 After Getting Canceled Online, I Became a Sensation by Farming 被全网黑后，我靠种地爆红全网 Original title: After Being Hated by the Entire Internet, I Became Famous by Farming! [Farming] [Not focused on the entertainment industry] [Selling produce] [Livestream] [Raising children] [Cozy] [Everyday life] [Healing] [Romance] Jiang Wanning, a spirit-plant cultivator, transmigrated into the body of a female celebrity hated by the entire internet. Everyone was calling for her to get out of showbiz. Jiang Wanning was happy to take their advice. She packed up and headed back to her hometown i 37.3kReads9.1Score2.4k14d adds
- 22 Beast Taming: A Divine Dragon Egg from the Start 御兽：开局一颗神龙蛋 (Beast taming) + (periodically invincible) + (summoning thousands of troops) + (no bleeding-heart protagonist) + (has a heroine) Note: The protagonist rarely hides his strength. If you want to see him suffer in silence and bide his time, you can swipe away now. What? An A-rank beast tamer can only summon five beasts? Well, I can summon a whole soccer team at D-rank. A divine dragon on my left, a phoenix on my right, and a bone dragon to ride. Is that too much to ask? This book features a huge va 71kReads9.0Score7.2k14d adds
- 23 Locked Away, Yet Still Immortal: The Empress Insists on Protecting My Cultivation 洞锁仙颜：帝尊她偏要护我修行 Beauty Locked in a Cave: The Empress Insists on Protecting My Cultivation 507Reads—Score2314d adds
- 24 I Can Understand Animals: Now I'm a Regular at the Police Station 听懂动物语言：我成了警局常客 No romance pairing + cute animals + a deathly aura + fiercely protective Sui Nuan, a wealthy, beautiful young lady who transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder lovesick fool, dumps her boyfriend, who’d been living off her while taking advantage of her, then turns around and buys the top-of-the-line fishing gear she’d dreamed of owning in her previous life. Excitedly, she devotes herself to her lifelong passion: fishing. What’s a man, anyway? Nothing beats the thrill of catching a huge fish y 53kReads9.2Score6.4k14d adds
- 25 Lost in the Hundred-Thousand Mountains 误入十万大山 Lost in the Hundred Thousand Mountains 1.7kReads—Score3414d adds
- 26 I’m a Max-Level Ancestor. What’s Wrong with Raising a Few Hundred Million Kids? 我满级老祖，养亿点崽子怎么了 The short drama adaptation, My Xuanmen Ancestor, Why Do My Kids Spoil Me So Much?, is now streaming. [Spirit monsters + wish fulfillment + wacky comedy + supernatural + absurd humor + a mash-up of everything + no male lead (the heroine shines on her own)] (All the spirit beasts in the main cast have pictures. The full collection is in the book’s featured posts, so feel free to check them out!) After Shi Ruyi, the last heir of the Xuanmen, restores her body and descends the mountain, she discover 16.8kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 27 My Soul Transmigrated into the Mountains, Where I Picked Up an Empress as My Dao Companion 魂穿大山，捡个女帝当道侣 Lin Chen transmigrates to the Hundred Thousand Mountains, where he encounters the female emperor Ling Qinghan in a cave after her failed ascension. Ling Qinghan enters Lin Chen's dantian to nourish her soul and reshape her immortal body, and becomes his Dao companion. 7kReads6.9Score76914d adds
- 28 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4k14d adds
- 29 Walking with Cherished Memories 与惜行 [Historical Fantasy, Adorable Family Favorite, Beast Speech, Pocket Dimension, Getting Revenge on Scum, Growing Stronger, Patriotism] Entirely written by hand, an original work with not a single AI-generated character. Any similarities are purely coincidental. A short drama adaptation is out now, so go check it out! The unlucky and penniless Li family finally has its only baby girl in a hundred years. From then on, their bad luck ends, and Grandpa is made a noble. The moment little Xibao is born 9.2kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 30 The Pampered Life of a Spoiled Commandery Princess 纨绔郡主得宠日常 Signed for publication. The print edition is expected to be available by the end of the year. No! This! Is! Not! A! Romance! No CP! No rebirth, no transmigration, a thoroughly evil heroine, a power-struggle story A truly wicked heroine, vying for power over the realm, genuinely unhinged, ruthless, and rotten to the core Questions that come up while reading can only be answered by reading on. The willful, overbearing young princess of the Prince of Zhenbei’s household takes a fancy to Pei Jinnian 49.1kReads9.4Score6.1k14d adds
- 31 A Baby Falls from the Sky, and Daddy Says I'm a Dragon 天降奶包，爹爹说我是条龙 [Everyone's Darling + Adorable Baby + No Romance] Fu Jinli is a dragon, but his father is human. The emperor of the Great Qi had ruled for six years without an heir, and everyone at court was worried sick. Then one day, the stern emperor sat high upon his throne, cradling a three- or four-year-old toddler in his arms. The little girl wore fine silk clothes and smiled sweetly at everyone she met. The ministers: Wonderful! Heaven has blessed our Great Qi. The little princess beat the Left Chan 31.5kReads9.5Score2.2k14d adds
- 32 Can You Believe It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules 谁懂啊，娘娘写了一百条宫规 [Palace Intrigue + Ancient-Era Heroine + Reborn Supporting Female Character + Transmigrated Supporting Female Character + Everyone Is Clever + Clear-Eyed Heroine] From ordinary palace candidate to empress. Everyone believes the emperor is devoted to Ning Wanyin. Only Ning Wanyin knows how treacherous and perilous the journey has been. She has survived every step through sheer caution. Lady Tang, reborn: “She killed me in my last life. This time, of course I’ll… make her my friend! Do I really th 41.2kReads9.6Score5.9k14d adds
- 33 The Court Hears My Thoughts: I Slack Off and Enjoy the Gossip! 满朝文武听我心声，我摆烂吃瓜！ [Everyone Can Hear Her Thoughts + Goofy Comedy + Gossip + Doing the Bare Minimum] This is not a no-romance story! There isn’t much focus on romance, though, and the male lead isn’t human! If you’re okay with that, come on in! After finally becoming the daughter of a respectable family in ancient times, she’s determined to treasure this wonderful life! After transmigrating, Lin Mo spends over a decade living like a lazy fish, planning to keep it that way. But her father worries she’ll starve, so 59.7kReads9.5Score58.5k14d adds
- 34 Traveling Between Two Worlds: 1970 两界穿梭之1970 After getting drunk in an accident, Wu Xiaoyao somehow transmigrated to the fiery era of the past. With a System that lets him travel between two worlds, he now has two great eras before him... 309Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 35 Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下 Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing 1kReads5.9Score—14d adds
- 36 Between Two Worlds: 1973 两界穿梭之1973 An unexpected transmigration brought Wu Xiaoyao, an outstanding young man from the 21st century, to the 1970s. The golden finger that comes with transmigrating gave him hope of surviving. As the System leveled up, Wu Xiaoyao discovered that he could travel back and forth between the modern era and the 1970s. Two completely different worlds opened up before him! 494Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 37 Li Chengdao 李承道 Special forces soldier Li Chengdao unexpectedly transmigrates to a strange valley. He transforms the valley and makes his way out of the mountains. Using the valley as his base, he builds his own Heavenly Dao Group in the world of immortal cultivation. He establishes the Li Family Medical Hall and heals the sick. He makes his fortune with spiritual-root wine, branches into every industry, and becomes the richest man under heaven. He establishes a free Heavenly Dao Academy and cultivates a great 1kReads9.2Score25114d adds
- 38 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 254Reads7.6Score10114d adds
- 39 Rising to Power Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之崛起 After getting drunk and tumbling down a flight of stairs, the protagonist Wu Xiaoyao accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Luckily, he has the essential transmigration golden finger: releasing animals. See how Wu Xiaoyao carves out a place of his own in this fiery era. 577Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 40 The Controller of Ten Thousand Worlds, Roaming the City 万界掌控者都市逍遥 Wu Zhantian, a young man from Huaxia, accidentally fell from the summit of Mount Hua. He was rescued by the Venerable Myriad Swords, who happened to be passing by Earth. Wu Zhantian was then taken to the top-tier world of the Hongmeng Realm, where he became the Venerable Myriad Swords' disciple and began cultivating. By chance, his master found the Origin of the World in the Myriad Venerables' Secret Realm. But Dragon Rock Emperor, an ancient skeleton, and the Venerable Myriad Swords' eldest dis 1.4kReads6.4Score11714d adds
- 41 The Iron-Blooded Tigers Battle the Ming 铁血虎贲战大明 Chinese special forces king Wu Zhantian was betrayed by a traitor during a mission. To avoid being captured by the enemy, Wu Zhantian set off the miniature bomb strapped to his body, dying alongside dozens of enemy special forces soldiers. By chance, he touched the laws of the game. He rebuilt his body, copied abilities, and saved the Ming Dynasty from ruin. To stop the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacres, Wu Zhantian, China's special forces king, refused to stand by. He tore Aobai apart 1.2kReads7.2Score10314d adds
- 42 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 43 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 102.5kReads9.6Score10.2k14d adds
- 44 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 106.3kReads9.5Score15.5k14d adds
- 45 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3k14d adds
- 46 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. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds
