Novels like From Woman to Man: I Marry the Empress in Ancient Times
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as From Woman to Man: I Marry the Empress in Ancient Times, best match first.
- 101 Female to Male: Transmigrated as the Yandere Male Lead Who Forces Love 女穿男：穿成强制爱疯批男主 [Female transmigrates into a male body, possessive heroine, fast-paced and fun. The 400,000-character story is complete, so come give it a read!] After working twenty-four hours straight, Ming Yan, an emergency room nurse, suddenly dropped dead. She transmigrated into an old-school, melodramatic romance novel she had once read. Title: The Rich Young Lady Runs Away Pregnant The plot, roughly speaking: unhinged CEO, drugged and enters the wrong room, gets pregnant and runs away, returns five year 4.6kReads9.0Score32914d adds
- 102 A Woman Reborn as a Man, a Dating Show, and a Wife Who’s Just a Calamity Cloud 女穿男，恋综，老婆只是一片劫云 [Two male leads + dating show + showbiz + woman transmigrates into a man + powerful lead + 1v1 + pure romance + face-slapping + primarily from the pursuing male lead’s perspective] * [The romance develops naturally, not as a quick fling. Both protagonists fall in love late, and their feelings grow gradually over time.] * Xu Anle, a female Nascent Soul cultivator, dies unexpectedly and transmigrates into the modern world, only to find herself in a man’s body. After saving an old woman along the w 1.4kReads9.0Score11814d adds
- 103 Disguised as a Man: The Marquis Is Pressured into Marriage by a Reborn Legitimate Daughter 女扮男装：侯爷被重生嫡女逼婚 [Two Heroines + Woman Disguised as a Man + Transmigration + Rebirth + No Male Lead] Song Zhao transmigrates into the body of a “bastard son” of a marquis’s household, a girl who was abandoned outside the estate and raised as a boy. Most importantly, her martial cultivation has temporarily disappeared, and it will take time to recover. Song Zhao plans to find somewhere to lie low until her strength returns, then go conquer another stronghold and become its bandit chief. To her utter surprise, the 1.7kReads8.9Score19514d adds
- 104 Empresses in the Palace: Transmigrating as Fat Orange 甄嬛传之穿越胖橘 After rewatching her comfort show, Zhou Qin felt sorry for every character. The women in the harem either fought for fame and fortune or went mad with love, but in the end, it all stemmed from that pitiful emperor. “Perhaps I once got everything I ever wanted in this life. But just like sand slipping through my fingers, in the end, I lost it all...” Yet as she thought about the show more carefully, she realized that even the most despicable characters had something pitiable about them. A mother' 1.4kReads8.6Score11414d adds
- 105 Transmigrating to the 1970s to Support My Family 穿越七十年代养家糊口 (Complete) When she woke up back in the days before the apocalypse, Chu Tian spent all her savings gathering supplies, stocking her pocket dimension with everything she could need to eat, wear, and use. But instead of the apocalypse she’d expected, she fell asleep and woke up in another world. That’s right, she had transmigrated to the early 1970s in China’s northwestern frontier. Chu Tian looked at the peeling walls and nearly cried. But when she saw the frail little girl beside her and her pre 1.7kReads9.0Score14614d adds
- 106 A Woman Disguised as a Man in the 1970s: The Village Chief's Daughter Is Stunning 女穿男七零：村长的女儿她美爆了 [Woman transmigrates as a man; 1970s period setting; urban superpowers; transmigration into a book; devoted husband; genius; pocket dimension; powerful figure in hiding; two female leads] The whole village of Xiao Chenjiagou is in an uproar. Bai, the educated youth, is handsome, refined, hardworking, and from a well-off family, yet he’s chosen to marry into his wife’s family! An eight-level gossip gale sweeps through Xiao Chenjiagou overnight, and everyone wants to know why. You’re marrying into 2.8kReads8.5Score20714d adds
- 107 I Transmigrated Into a Book as a Man, and All My Favorite Ships Went Off the Rails 穿书成男，我磕的cp都乱了 [Transmigrate into a book + woman transmigrates as a man + universally adored + unrequited crushes everywhere + can be straight or gay + taking by force + jealousy and rivalry + no fixed couple + a little scummy, but not completely + ensemble cast + open ending] Everyday life at an ancient academy VS a game of winning over everyone Light comedy at first, then a focus on romance. Guaranteed to have you grinning from ear to ear throughout. While reading a novel at home, a computer suddenly short-c 2kReads8.4Score16614d adds
- 108 A Woman Transmigrates Into a Man: The Heartthrob Storms the Entertainment Industry 女穿男：万人迷我闪击娱乐圈 [Everyone’s Favorite + No Romance + All-Rounder + Cocky Guy + Stunningly Handsome + ...] (For female readers! No romance! Admirers include both men and women. If that bothers you, don’t click 🤓) Cen Yi debuted as an actress. For reasons beyond her control, she remained both loved and hated, eventually making it to the ranks of second-tier actresses. At long last, she landed a role in a great script and was ready to turn things around. But then! While being hoisted on a wire, she fell from a heig 11kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 109 Disguised as a Man: Oh No! I Really Don’t Want to Be a Male Model 女扮男装：天啊！我真不想当男模 [The author has already completed two million-word dual-female-lead novels rated above 8. Quality guaranteed, steady updates, and both have happy endings. Read with confidence!] [The rating has just been released and will keep rising] [Woman disguised as a man + dual female leads + 1v1 + both are each other's one and only + happy ending + lighthearted + bickering couple] Sweet, gentle, adorable “male model” Zhan Chi, who is always getting bullied × domineering, proactive young lady Shu Zi, full 1.2kReads9.0Score14614d adds
- 110 A Woman in a Man's Body: A Concubine-Born Son's Guide to Getting Rich 女穿男：庶子暴富手册 [Woman transmigrates into a man's body + transmigration + one-on-one romance + marriage before love + slow-burn + farming and business] [Sweet-talking, ruthless rent collector vs. theatrical holdout who refuses to break off the engagement] When Zhao Wenduo opens his eyes, he's become the disowned illegitimate son of a duke's household. A vast fortune? None of it is his. A houseful of servants? They've all gone to the legitimate son. All he has left are two crumbling alleys, a marriage contract, 1.1kReads7.0Score12614d adds
- 111 After the Young Prince Turned into a Madman, His Imperial Sister-in-Law Was All for It 小王爷黑化成疯批后，皇嫂她超爱 [1v1, two female leads + pure wish fulfillment + woman disguises herself as a man + both devoted to each other + mild angst + happy ending + historical court politics] The little prince, always so sweet and soft in Song Ruoyu’s eyes, somehow turned into a scheming little devil. On the wedding night of the emperor and empress, he pretended to be drunk and pinned her down on his bed. “Empress Sister-in-Law? What do you mean, ‘there’s plenty of time’?” “So you do remember I’m your sister-in-law?” 1.9kReads9.2Score26014d adds
- 112 The Villainess Stole the Heroine, and the Hero Cried 恶毒女配抢走女主后，男主哭了 [Delicate, soft-hearted girl X sharp-witted, awakened second male lead] Su Lingyu is transported into a story about a real and fake heiress, where she becomes the vicious villainess who shares her name. To save herself from being written off as cannon fodder, she decides to ditch the villainess persona and cling to the female lead's powerful support! And so The female lead is falsely accused and can't defend herself? My fault. I'm sorry! The female lead is locked in a dark restroom? Move aside, 548Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 113 Life After Becoming a Man 变成男人后的日子 Female-to-male transformation + coming of age + comeback + gorgeous, flirtatious male lead + romance When fantasy becomes reality, how should I write the story of my life? I don't want to keep drifting through life, so I've decided to change! I'll work hard at studying! Music! Calligraphy! Art! Dance! I'll learn whatever I like and truly live for myself! I'll enjoy life and stop worrying about what other people think! Watch me take charge of my life and never feel lost again!!! 4.9kReads9.3Score27414d adds
- 114 Chen's King 陈的王 [Two female leads! No male lead! 1v1 contemporary romance] [A gloomy, adorable country girl who doesn't realize how cute she is, sensible with everyone else but adorably clueless only around T + an aloof heiress CEO, an unknown yandere and a monster T who seduces P every chance she gets] [Both T and P fall in love at first sight, and one look decides their fate] Excerpt “What are you doing?” Her voice was perfectly calm, without a trace of emotion, yet seemed to hold back an intense fury that ha 1.3kReads9.4Score15314d adds
- 115 After I Transmigrated into a Book as a Male N, I Tore Up the Cannon Fodder Script 穿书成男n之后，手撕炮灰剧本 [Historical Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + System + Disguised as a Man + Two Female Leads] College student Song Ziyu was hit by a large truck while saving a child, and her soul left her body. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a strange new world. But that was not all. Even more unbelievably, Song Ziyu discovered that in this world, she was a man! “How can this be?” She was so terrified she nearly lost her wits. She hurriedly checked herself over, only to find that nothing stra 2.8kReads9.1Score29614d adds
- 116 The Boss Dresses as a Man, but Still Wants to Get Married 大佬她女扮男装也要嫁人 A wife-saving journey by a man who likes to play the pig to eat the tiger One day, he transmigrates to another world and is told to keep his true identity hidden. But who could have guessed he would end up as the Xiao family's live-in son-in-law… “Husband, do you not like me?” “Of course I do. Why would you ask that?” “Then why won't you share a bed with me?” “…” 1kReads8.9Score13714d adds
- 117 Quick Transmigration: You Don't Understand the Scumbag Emperor's Fun 快穿修罗场：渣皇的快乐你不懂 There are people in this world who go crazy for love, lose their minds for love, and bang their heads against a wall for love. They’re commonly known as hopeless romantics: others can hurt them a thousand times, and they’ll love those people a thousand times in return. Kang Jing gets transmigrated into these people, and her mission is to make others go crazy for her, lose their minds for her, and bang their heads against a wall for her. Kang Jing lights a cigarette. “They can bang their heads ag 579Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 118 The Alley: A Woman in a Man's Body, Refusing to Be the Foolishly Filial Zhuang Chaoying 小巷人家：女穿男不当愚孝庄超英 [Female-to-male transmigration + System + face-slapping + devoted husband + Romance in the Alley] Romance in the Alley: A Woman Transmigrates into a Man and Refuses to Be the Foolishly Filial Zhuang Chaoying Also known as: Alley Romance: “My wife is crying. Am I, Zhuang Chaoying, a monster?” This is a simple, everyday family story about transmigrating into Zhuang Chaoying and giving everyone a happy life. There are no billionaires or industry tycoons here, just an ordinary life, though money wil 2.3kReads8.9Score16314d adds
- 119 Being a Prince Is No Easy Thing 话说王爷不好当啊 A woman transmigrates as a man, slice-of-life series Orphan Li Fei accidentally transmigrates. No big deal, transmigration is all the rage these days~ But she’s become a baby boy. No big deal… well, maybe that is a bit of a problem. She’ll have to get used to it… She has several older brothers. Great! So many strong shoulders to lean on. Which one should she cling to?~ Her goal is to become an easygoing prince, tending flowers, walking the dog, strolling through the market, and enjoying a drink 9.5kReads9.1Score62214d adds
- 120 Girl to Guy: Winning Everyone Over with Flirty Bromance 女穿男：从麦麸开始做万人迷 [No word changes] [A universally adored, no-CP actor who charms men and women of every age]+ [Actively plays up same-sex chemistry]+ [A delightfully mean-spirited forum thread]+ [Stories within stories]+ [Heavy on fandom culture]+ [Loads and loads of terminology, explained in the author's notes]+ [A career novel without the traditional leveling-up progression] In her previous life, Qiu Jiashang was an ordinary woman with acting talent but no beauty. After six fruitless years as a drifter in Heng 11.2kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 121 I'm a Woman in a Man's Body, but I Have a Wife 女穿男，但是我有老婆 Two male leads, top-focused, 1v1, both inexperienced Content warning: A woman transmigrates into a man Note: This is a fictional setting with the author’s own invented details. It has no connection to real history. One-line summary: Other people transmigrate into tycoons. I transmigrated into an old man. An old man is fine. Being older means he knows how to care for people, and he can work! He even has savings and dies young. 4kReads9.1Score20414d adds
- 122 A Woman in a Man's Body: Reborn as the Most Popular Person of the Eighties 女穿男：穿成年代万人迷 [(A touch of universal adoration + no romance + stunning looks + formidable strength + many unrequited crushes)] After overworking herself, Cen Yan planned to get some proper rest. But when she woke up, she had become Cen Ye! The original owner’s body was in terrible shape, and he’d died for some reason. Cen Yan had ended up in his body and become a man! As if becoming a man weren’t enough, she was now the only precious son of a poor family in the 1970s. Cen Ye looked at the bare walls and the f 5.2kReads8.9Score43914d adds
- 123 After a Woman Transmigrates into a Man, She Takes the Entertainment Industry by Storm 女穿男后卷疯内娱 [No romance, woman transmigrates into a man's body, entertainment industry, acting competition] Song Xiao always knew she was a workaholic, but she never thought she'd work herself to death. One day, she wakes up inside an audition show that has nothing to do with her field of study, in the body of a man named Jiang Feng. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. If there's work to be done, work hard. It's a good habit. I'll make sure to finish writing this book properly. A promise made by a gentleman 3.5kReads9.1Score23114d adds
- 124 After a Woman Turns into a Man, He Takes the Second Male Lead Away 女穿男后他抱走了男二 A versatile actor skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting × a science whiz and research genius [Main story complete, bonus chapters updated whenever] [Two male leads (BL), seme protagonist, ancient-to-modern, transmigrates into a book with a System] In his previous life, Yan Fuxiao (whose surname was Liu in that life) was the daughter of the chief escort of an escort agency. She died suddenly and crossed a thousand years into the modern era. But transmigrating wasn't enough: she also 1.8kReads9.4Score15214d adds
- 125 Reborn in 1965: I'm the Only Son in the Family 重生六五，我为家中唯一男丁 Alternate history, alternate history, alternate history. Some things are important enough to say three times!!! (A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, and there’s a spatial ability! Completed.) After working hard for ten years, she finally managed to buy a home and a car in a third-tier city. Life was getting better and better... Then one day, she transmigrated into a parallel era where food and clothing were scarce, and she was the only boy in her family. Fortunately, her family didn’t favor 7.5kReads9.0Score42214d adds
- 126 Becoming a Star, Starting as a Trainee 成为明星，从练习生开始 [Content warning] [Female protagonist transmigrates into a man] [No romance] [Satisfying entertainment-industry story] [The male lead debuts through a talent show, then switches to acting midway through] [Contains lots of forum-style posts] Unofficial blurb: I, Chu Yue, am going to work my way up from nothing and build a fortune worth tens of billions! Official blurb: Chu Yue fell asleep and transmigrated to another world, where she became he. Unwilling to face unfamiliar family and friends, and 4.3kReads9.1Score27414d adds
- 127 A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: A Farmer’s Road to the Imperial Exams 女穿男：农家子的科举青云路 [Female-to-male transmigration + imperial examinations + romance later on + remembered in history + founding the family tree] In her previous life, Qin Huan grew up in an orphanage and worked her way into a university degree. She landed a job at a major company and was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success. Her only regret was never having much family to speak of. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled from modern times to the past, and from a woman to a man. She had become 9.4kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
- 128 After a Woman Transmigrated Into a Man, the Empress Forced Her to Love Her 女穿男后被女帝强制爱了 The male lead is a woman who has transmigrated into a man, not a matriarchal society. The story takes inspiration from the era of Wu Zetian. (This is the author’s second work. Looking back, the author isn’t very satisfied with it, so read at your own discretion.) An ugly synopsis: Cen Zhiyu was a woman who became a man. Bound to an Immortal-like Persona System, he was determined to become the greatest charlatan in the land and a celebrated minister, all so he could return home. But things went 7.3kReads9.3Score77614d adds
- 129 A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男：我在年代文里吃软饭 [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre 6.5kReads9.4Score56214d adds
- 130 Reborn in a Foolish Young Lady's Body, She Seizes the Realm and Gives It to the Princess Consort 魂穿傻子小姐抢江山，送给女王爷 [Two heroines + soul transmigration + prince disguises herself as a man + 1v1 + strong heroine] Su Qingyuan, the most formidable female assassin of the twenty-first century, is a high-IQ genius, cunning and calculating. She trusted only her fiancée, but was betrayed by her and killed herself on the spot. In one moment, she transmigrated into the body of the foolish young lady of the Prime Minister's residence. The foolish young lady everyone mocked, a poor thing unloved by both parents! Yet the 251Reads—Score10414d adds
- 131 The Entertainment Industry's Invincible Handsome Guy Transformation 娱乐圈之变身无敌帅哥 [Entertainment industry + woman-to-man gender transformation + no CP + career-focused, serious acting] Zhang Zhiyu was an ordinary young woman from a small town, but fate smiled on her, sending her back to age seventeen and turning her into a handsome man, 1.8 meters tall. Before Zhang Zhiyu could decide what to do with the face fate had given her, someone lured her into an idol drama production with a high salary. And so began her life as a pretty face earning 208 yuan a day. This story has no 8.8kReads9.4Score71114d adds
- 132 A Woman in a Man's Body: The Concubine-Born Heir's Rise to Power 女穿男，庶房嫡子的逆袭 Now available as an audiobook with a full cast. [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates as a man] + [Born into this world] + [Imperial exams and business in the early story] + [Court politics later on] + [One female lead, with a relatively small role] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [No golden finger] Xie Chengxi was born into another world as the sixth son of the Xie family, a minor family in Bianjing's Grain Transport Guild. His father was the clan's rejected son, kept under pressure for yea 33.5kReads8.3Score3.6k14d adds
- 133 As a Girl, I Unlocked the Male Idol Training System 女生的我解锁了男神养成系统 [Superpowers + System + Daily Life + Disguised as a Boy] Gu Moci was a seasoned homebody, but one day she suddenly awakened a Male Idol Development System. “A male idol? System, did you get the wrong person?” “No mistake! I'm sick of looking at men! Let's try something different!” Under the System's threats, she had no choice but to put on men's clothes and go to school. Later... She was the campus heartthrob, and she was the campus beauty, too. The girls and boys who liked her asked with red ey 4.7kReads9.2Score71914d adds
- 134 Defying Fate to Love: The Carp Spirit's Pampered Young Lady 逆天改命也要爱：鲤鱼精的娇小姐 [Eastern fantasy romance! Both leads are devoted to each other! Two female leads! One-on-one romance!] A little angsty. If it doesn’t make you cry, that just means the author’s writing isn’t good enough. A little carp who has just cultivated into a spirit, and the daughter of a prime minister. The carp has barely become a spirit when she hears terrible news: the kind friend who has fed her for over ten years is close to death. What kind of newly made little spirit has to rack her fish brains to 166Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 A Woman in a Man's Body, and I'm Drop-Dead Gorgeous! 女穿男，我美翻了！ Wu Songmei, a modern military doctor, fell asleep from exhaustion after performing an operation for someone in her unit. When she woke up, she discovered that she had transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and into the body of Wu Songbai, a young general who had been unconscious on the front lines for three days. She was delighted to have changed from a woman into a man, but she was poisoned with a deadly toxin and badly wounded. Then the little orb in her spatial dimension gave her an antidote and a 537Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 A Love Rival Showdown? I'm Coasting to Victory on a Dating Show 情敌们修罗场？我在恋综躺赢到底 (This is a female-oriented novel, okay? A female-oriented novel!!) After completing missions across three thousand worlds, the powerhouse Pei Ge transmigrates into a ridiculous, melodramatic dating-show novel full of bloodshed and romantic rivalries. He becomes a tool-like male supporting character: a once-famous movie star whose looks could enthrall the world. The movie star's legs are long and straight, like blades that can steal lives. The movie star's waist is supple and strong, like a potio 3.5kReads9.2Score41814d adds
- 137 I'm the Female Lead's Foil, Playing Three Male Foils at Once 我，女配，同时扮演三个男配 [System + Transmigrate Into a Book + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scum + Irresistible Female Lead + Gossip + Disguised as a Man] I'm a woman, but I'm playing male supporting characters in three different books at once? Zhao Ruoming died, and the System told her to play three roles across three books. If she completed the missions, she could come back to life. Zhao Ruoming: “Oh, quick transmigration? Aren't three worlds a bit too few?” System: “Not three worlds. There's only one world. You have to 8.4kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 138 Report: The Noble Consort Eloped with the Empress, Guidebook in Hand 报告，贵妃带着攻略和皇后私奔了 [Dual Rebirth + No Male Lead + Sweet Romance, One-on-One] Two female leads, both devoted, with mutual trust and a love that goes both ways. Neither heroine is a saint. If you like silly, sweet heroines, this isn't for you. There are scenes involving manipulation, so if you can't stand that, move along. A calculating empress who hides her dark side versus a tea-talking consort on quick-transmigration missions When Jiang Qingwu first transmigrated into a book, she thought she could rely on her gol 7.3kReads9.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 139 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 119.8kReads9.6Score11.5k14d adds
