Novels like The Number One Courtesan
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Number One Courtesan, best match first.
- 151 You Sent Me to Infiltrate, and I Cleaned Out Old Rice? 让你去潜伏，你把老米搬空了？ [Undercover in America] [AIC Agent] [Cutting-Edge Technology] [Rivalry Between Great Powers] “Boss, if you don’t close the net soon, I’m going to end up as head of AIC!” Lin Feng is reborn in 1949, awakens the Super Undercover System, and becomes an agent for America’s AIC. On the surface, he is the most hard-line hawkish agent, constantly targeting Xia Country. Behind the scenes, he takes Uncle Sam’s funding and promptly strips the enemy of everything they own. Fighter jet blueprints, top-secr 267.2kReads8.5Score23kShelves
- 152 After Taking a Job as a Sister-in-Law, I Achieved Financial Freedom 职业当嫂子后，我实现财富自由 [Not a Scum-Tormenting Story] [Not a Typical Sister-in-Law Story] [Sweet Story, Sweet Story] [Quick Transmigration + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + [Conquest] + Female Lead Doesn't Get Attached + Role-Playing + Showbiz] While jumping on a meme trend on Douban, An Jiu left a comment: "First thing to do after becoming the sister-in-law: forget where you came from." And then the [Sister-in-Law System] bound itself to her. The System had a pure hatred of the 208 men: "Seeing them make so much money ma 141.5kReads9.5Score10.1kShelves
- 153 My Husband Wants to Support Two Wives, So I'll Take a Live-in Son-in-Law 夫君要兼祧两房，那我就招赘婿 If my husband wants to support two households, then I’ll take in a son-in-law 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 My Secret-Crush Comic Went Viral, and the CEO Himself Is Begging for Updates 暗恋漫画爆火，霸总亲自催更 Her secret-crush comic goes viral, and the domineering CEO personally begs her for updates. 349Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 Himmel the Hero Wants to Quit 勇者辛美尔想辞职 (The rating just opened, so it's a little low. The first world is Jujutsu.) [Brave Himmel, I'm sorry to inform you that you have died.] [But I can return you to a young body and make you a hero once more.] No thanks. [Don't you long to be young again?] I've already enjoyed my life. I don't ask for more. [Don't you want to see her one more time?] Some things can only be understood after they're lost. As long as she hasn't forgotten me, I've never truly left her. [Then don't you long to defeat the 27.3kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves
- 156 The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms 东周列国志 More than five hundred years of upheaval in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods unfold in this book! The Zhou royal house declined and the feudal lords rose. The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period took turns dominating, while the Seven Warring States fought for control of the Central Plains. From the brief hegemony of Duke Zhuang of Zheng to Duke Huan of Qi uniting the feudal lords; from Wu Zixu’s quest for revenge to the battle of wits between Sun Bin and Pang Juan; from 81Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 157 Glory Disqualified 荣耀失格 She was once the most proud girl in the compound, born bold and reckless in her youth. One accident sent her tumbling from the clouds into the mire. In the shadows of a prison cell, she buried her former glory with her own hands. Years later, she returned to the world. Everyone she once knew had risen to high positions, while she was left battered and broken. Rumors swirled, and the past could not be reclaimed. She walked step by step along the edge of a blade, seeking only to have a clear consc 51.5kReads9.1Score5.4kShelves
- 158 Heng on the Branches 枝上蘅 Content warning: First his soul travels into the ending, then his body follows. The System imposes mandatory quests and punishments, reducing stamina. [Flirtatious Princess × Aloof Imperial Preceptor] [Both virgins · Happy ending · His affection has always been reserved for her alone] Shen Heng transmigrated into the body of a sickly princess and panicked. The System told her that if she wanted to survive, she had to win over the most dangerous man in the book: Xunzhuo, the Imperial Preceptor of 101kReads9.5Score17.1kShelves
- 159 Rouge in the Tulou 土楼里的胭脂 In the Jianghuai region during the Republic of China era, earthen fortresses rise tall. The beautiful widow Qin Yuening is seized by the bandit Shen Keji, and a “wife-for-hire contract” seals her fate in his rough bandit stronghold. She once hated him to the core. She fled, tried to kill him, and even hung from the rafters rather than submit. He spends half his life conquering territory, all for the day she says, “I will.” When war reaches their doorstep, their bloodstained hands finally clasp t 1.9kReads—Score249Shelves
- 160 Back Then, I Refused to Marry the East Wind (A Companion to A Spring Rain on a Night in a Small Tower, a Historical Pride and Prejudice) 当年不肯嫁东风（《小楼一夜听春雨》姊妹篇，古代版傲慢与偏见) [Sisters united + rekindled romance + historical ensemble cast] The Ye sisters’ battle to protect their romantic prospects: a long-planned, romantic counterattack. With sisters sticking together, nothing is too difficult! After their mother died, the three Ye sisters broke with their father, who favored his concubine and neglected his wife. They lived in a separate residence and took in A Cuo, the adopted daughter of their late maternal aunt, relying on one another to get by. Four years ago, the 17.2kReads9.6Score2.8kShelves
- 161 Hidden in the Heart of Beijing 娇藏京枝 [Short drama of the same name + marriage first, love later + slow-burn sweetness + secret crush + love that grows over time + both leads pure] Zhou Yuli, heir to the Zhou family, actually married Sang Nian, an ordinary girl. Rumors claimed Zhou Yuli had settled for her out of despair after failing to win the woman he loved. Even so, Sang Nian felt she was the lucky one. After all, she had secretly loved Zhou Yuli for seven years. They were worlds apart, so marrying Zhou Yuli felt like a luxuriou 77.7kReads8.9Score7.6kShelves
- 162 A Palace Maid Makes a Home in the Cold Palace with an Abandoned Royal Child 穿成宫女在冷宫当家养皇室弃崽 The first season of the animated drama is now available! [A palace maid with plenty of lust but no guts x a seemingly aloof Regent who is actually emotionally innocent] [1v1 devoted couple + heroine’s pocket dimension golden finger + hero’s secret identity + raising a child] The Immortal Cultivation Continent exploded, and overworked office drone Leng Shuang’s soul transmigrated once again, this time into the body of a palace maid in the Cold Palace. Her former mistress had died, leaving only a 3.8kReads8.5Score468Shelves
- 163 EN The Tree Spirit Aunt Raises Kids, and She's Killing It 树精小姨养娃，她杀疯了 No romance + lighthearted comedy + ridiculous everyday antics + villain education at its finest! Village → county town → prefectural city → capital. This series of mini-arcs keeps leveling up, delivering both laughs and satisfying moments. Jin Shanyao had cultivated for a thousand years and finally ascended, only to be stopped outside the Southern Heavenly Gate because she still owed someone a favor and couldn’t be granted divine status. What’s the difference between a deity without a divine tit 42.9kReads9.3Score7.1kShelves
- 164 Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 重生回来，我故意清空了空间 When I Was Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 165 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Awakens and Steals the Protagonist's Golden Finger 穿书七零炮灰觉醒抢走主角金手指 (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension) Tags: Clear-headed female lead, focused entirely on her career Yang Lihua had been born into this era for over a decade when, on the day her older brother Yang Lixin went on a blind date, she suddenly awakened to the truth: her future sister-in-law was the ill-fated heroine of a period novel, constantly tormented by her sister-in-law, and Yang Lihua herself was the awful sister-in-law readers hated with a burning passion. All sorts o 102kReads8.8Score10.8kShelves
- 166 A Marriage Sweetened with Roses 宠婚诱玫 [Beautiful, resilient girl-next-door heroine vs. refined older power player] [Whirlwind marriage + sweet pampering + love after marriage + love at first sight + powerful man bows his head] - Li Jingmei was born poor but was stunningly beautiful and innocent-looking. To escape an arranged marriage, she fled from a remote backwater to the bustling city of Jing. That night, a driver in an unlicensed cab harassed her. As she fled, she deliberately crashed into a man and stumbled into his arms. “Plea 114.8kReads9.1Score12.5kShelves
- 167 My Husband and His Childhood Sweetheart Made Me Miscarry, So I Finally Got Over Him 夫君和青梅害我流产，我恋爱脑好了 My Husband and His Childhood Sweetheart Made Me Miscarry, and I Got Over My Lovesick Foolishness 803Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 Critical Deal 临界交易 [Career growth + supportive lover + older man + carefully laid plans] (Not a story about saints, so please skip it if that bothers you.) At Anding Capital, two things were always said about Cheng Lizhou: First, none of the projects he signed ever fell through before the roadshow. Second, the Chinese partner who had returned from London led an almost absurdly clean private life. His calendar showed nothing but flight numbers and meeting times. Only later did Ye Shuwan learn that neither of thos 31.1kReads9.2Score4.1kShelves
- 169 Born with a Bewitching Charm and Overwhelmed by Desire, I’m Spoiled by Beijing’s Most Eligible Heir 天生媚骨遇上极度高热，我被京圈太子爷宠上天 Born with an irresistible allure and struck by a scorching fever, I became the pampered darling of the capital's most powerful young heir. 14.2kReads—Score123Shelves
- 170 I Cultivated Too Hard, and Now My Entire Sect's Prodigies Beg Me to Become a God Soon 修仙太狠，满门天骄求我早日成神 [No romance]+ [Leveling up and growth] When Li Yuan opened her eyes, she had become the most famous pushover in the entire sect. She gave spirit medicines to other people's cultivators and acted as cannon fodder on their trials. Was she both the gentle, generous junior sister and another fish in the pool of the genius senior brothers at Sword Peak? Her own strength was zero, and even her single-element spiritual root was fake!? Flip the table! Starting from scratch, she was going to cultivate! E 37.2kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves
- 171 Autumn Passes Over Jing Mountain 禾过璟山秋 [Modern siblings transmigrate together + two equally matched political players + nation-building + imaginative historical romance + devoted couples with happy endings] After a car accident, modern siblings Rui He and Rui Zheng both transmigrate into a political intrigue novel, only to find themselves bound to a doomed, unfinished story set in a chaotic age. In the original, Emperor Murong Jing is isolated and outmatched, hemmed in by powerful aristocratic families and ministers, as well as the a 82Reads—Score538Shelves
- 172 Transmigrating to the Earth's Core: The Good-for-Nothing Rises to Become an Emperor 穿越地心：废柴逆袭成帝君 Transmigration + rebirth + a good-for-nothing’s comeback + a legendary romance + modern special forces + subterranean adventure + mysteries of ancient humanity Who transmigrated across 160,000 years? Who sent a cry from the depths of their soul? A rift in space and time tears open with a roar, and Himalayan beasts break free from their seal. The human world is plunged into catastrophe. Xia Qitian, a member of the Special Incident Investigation Team, has his soul transmigrate. His body is left a 2.2kReads8.9Score134Shelves
- 173 After Recruiting Cockroaches as Informants, She Becomes the Major Crimes Unit’s Favorite 让蟑螂当线人后，她成重案组团宠 [No Romance]+ [Crime Solving]+ [A Different Kind of Ability to Understand “Animal” Talk] The night Tang Cong awakens her special ability, a mouse stealing snacks gives her a live report on a murder: “Your neighbor’s turned into a brainless female corpse!” Tang Cong: …What kind of nightmare script did I get stuck with?! Other people hear their pets’ thoughts. She hears the city’s vermin hold a conference. With this absurd “intelligence network,” Tang Cong helps the police solve one bizarre ca 47.5kReads8.8Score7.9kShelves
- 174 The Floating City in the Freakish Sea 畸海浮城 [A World of Strange Realms] [Backrooms-Inspired Setting] [Dark Humor] [Monstrous Creatures] [Light Apocalypse Scavenging] [Uncovering the Truth] The original world has shattered into countless eerie pocket worlds: A silent city where the sun never rises, A man-eating forest where every tree walks, An endless wasteland forever watched by a giant eye... And also, A colossal Buddha traveling beneath the city, Moving walls of steel rebar mixed with rotting flesh, A black humanoid figure stan 138.2kReads9.1Score13.5kShelves
- 175 After the Estate Was Confiscated 抄家以后 [A clever, levelheaded noblewoman vs. an honest, straightforward, fiercely loyal guard] [Historical Romance + Revenge + Healing + Political Intrigue + Love That Grows Over Time + Devoted Guard] Cheng Ming'an was the daughter of a general. On the eve of her wedding, the Cheng family was arrested and their assets confiscated for treason. Her father and brothers were executed, her eldest sister took her own life, and her married sisters were put through one hardship after another. Her fiancé change 11.8kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves
- 176 Oh My God! My Parrot Shares Sensations with the CEO, and Now He’s at My Mercy 天了噜！我的鹦鹉和总裁共感，他被我拿捏了 Good heavens! My parrot shares sensations with the CEO, and I've got him wrapped around my finger. 1.9kReads—Score—Shelves
- 177 South Branches Toward Dusk, The Regent Has Been Plotting This for Ages 南枝向晚，摄政王他蓄谋已久 [Just received a rating] Complete ◎ [Revenge after being reborn + mastery of medicine and poison + powerful leads who cherish each other + everyone’s a schemer + palace intrigue and political machinations] Important: No stupid villains. Everyone has eight hundred tricks up their sleeve, and the battle of wits is at its peak! In her previous life, Shen Nanzhi, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s family, was blind to the truth. She used a forbidden technique to save a scumbag man, dr 22.6kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
- 178 Wicked Supporting Female Character, Taming the Mad Male Lead 恶毒女配，驯疯男主 [Top-Tier Domination + Taking by Force + Extreme Push and Pull] [School Romance to City Romance | 1v1] [Signed for multiple comic-drama adaptations, short dramas, and print publication] - When Lin Ran awakens, she has Lu Feng, the male lead, pinned against the wall, intending to force a kiss on him. The System shrieks: [Warning! Host, you are the vicious supporting female character! If you force the male lead to love you, your family will be ruined and you’ll die a miserable death in the street! 101.4kReads9.3Score13.5kShelves
- 179 One Meal Kit a Day in a Chaotic World 人在乱世，一天一份拼好饭 [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Everyone stays smart throughout] [The new story doesn't recycle the same plot] [Tomato's fastest updater] [No emperor worship] [Contains personal takes, enter at your own discretion] [Alternate history mash-up] Lin Yuan wakes up after a nap and finds himself transmigrated back to a chaotic age. Just as he's about to starve to death, he suddenly discovers that he can order one combo meal every day. From that moment on, what path will a soul that can never return ho 320.5kReads8.1Score32.1kShelves
- 180 My Husband Swore He'd Have No Heirs, So I Turned Around and Took the Top Scholar as a Consort 夫君扬言要绝嗣，我转头纳了状元郎 My Husband Threatened to Leave His Line Without an Heir, So I Turned Around and Took the Top Scholar as a Concubine 192Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 Oh No, the Immortal Venerable Really Came to Repay His Debt 不好，仙尊真是来报恩的 Oh no, the Immortal Venerable really did come to repay his debt of gratitude 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 The Sisters Switched Brides, and Each Married the Right Groom in the Wrong Sedan 姐妹换嫁，上错花轿嫁对郎 The sisters swap grooms, and the wrong bride rides to the right husband 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 Transmigrating to a Female-Centric World to Set the City’s CEO Tyrants Straight 穿到女频，整顿满城霸总 [Male-oriented novel] My name is Lu Jingxiu, and I transmigrated into a world of domineering CEOs. Everyone here is worth hundreds of billions. If they are not the richest person in the country, they control both the underworld and the legitimate world, and casually act like outlaws above the law. And I am, unexpectedly, one of them. However, I am a man who believes in the law. So I decisively called the police, reported them under my real name, and launched a crackdown on organized crime. Befor 36.8kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
- 184 Reborn as a Wicked Female Beastfolk: The Doomsday Stronghold Is Obsessed with Fighting Monsters 穿成兽世恶雌：末世强者沉迷打怪 [Extra chapters updating] Beast-world 1vN + male rivalry for the heroine + few females, many males + everyone’s darling + pocket dimension + female lead with plant-based abilities Qiao Ran brings her plant-based abilities and a supply-filled pocket dimension with her when she enters a sci-fi beastfolk game world. Good news: The System has matched her with six beast husbands. Bad news: They’re plotting how to kill her after divorcing her. Qiao Ran: ... Later, the stern Wolf King, the noble Q 71.9kReads8.6Score7.4kShelves
- 185 Abandoned as a Concubine, She Turns Around and Takes Command of a Hundred Thousand Troops 做小妾被弃，她转身手握十万大军 [A beauty bent on rebellion, a menace who wreaks havoc vs. an ethereal beauty who leaves everyone in the dust, the undisputed champion of male rivalry; her aloof, clear-headed brother-in-law falls into passion; her ex, who hates her with a passion, becomes the third party for love; one-on-one ending] Su Wantang is breathtakingly beautiful, yet born a lowly concubine’s daughter. To climb the social ladder, she acts as a surrogate for her elder half-sister, the heir’s wife, and dumps her fiancé af 31.4kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
- 186 The Cage of Captive Beauty 锁娇笼 [The print edition is out and available across all platforms] In the capital lives a charitable family named Yun. Their youngest daughter is called Yun Xian. The young woman is lovely, with a sweet smile. Matchmakers in the capital were green with envy, but everyone knew she had been betrothed to a young man from the Li family since childhood. Li Jingtang was as refined as bamboo and gifted in serving the people, but he was the only son of a widowed mother, and his family was poor. Fortunately, 3kReads9.2Score597Shelves
- 187 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 我知道她的秘密后，她却带我去了民政局 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 188 The Young Master and His Ring Share Every Sensation, So He Has to Keep Enduring It 太子爷与扳指共感，每天都在忍 The Young Master Shares His Senses with a Thumb Ring, and Spends Every Day Holding Back 1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 189 I Enter the Palace and Rise to High Rank: As His Majesty's Cousin, What Have I to Fear? 入宫即高位，我是陛下表妹我怕谁 Palace intrigue + faux cousins + push-and-pull romance + winning hearts + taming a man Spring, Year Ten of the Zhaoqi reign. Shen Jiayu was summoned to the palace and became one of the emperor’s consorts. On the surface, the imperial harem seemed calm and peaceful, but beneath it lay tangled interests and hidden currents. The consorts schemed and fought among themselves, while the newcomers trembled with fear, terrified that one careless mistake would cost them their lives. Only Shen Jiayu s 229.6kReads8.9Score38.6kShelves
- 190 EN The Stunningly Beautiful Cannon Fodder Goes on a Rampage, and the Entire Internet Begs Me to Stop Killing Characters 神颜炮灰杀疯了，全网跪求别刀了 The rating just came in, and it’ll rise!! (Female-oriented!!! Male lead for female-oriented readers!) [Everyone’s Favorite + Stunning Looks + Entertainment Industry + No Romance, One-Sided Crushes + Career Focus] One-sided crushes from both men and women!! Just treat this like a mindless read. There’s no logic to it. Song Shi'an woke up as an obscure actor in the entertainment industry, saddled with a huge debt. The good news: He was devastatingly handsome. The bad news: All seventeen debt-co 125.4kReads9.3Score12.6kShelves
- 191 Spring Tide of Longing 念念春潮 [Print edition under contract] [Sweet romance and comeuppance, a seemingly gentle but calculating male lead, a fierce and adorable heroine, and intense push-and-pull between the leads] The Marquis of Wuning's daughter is to be married, but the bride hangs herself. The groom is Prince Danshuo, a handsome man who enjoys the emperor's deep trust, and the emperor himself personally arranged the marriage. In their panic, the marquis's household can only find someone to take the bride's place. Cheng 73.8kReads9.4Score10.6kShelves
- 192 No Trespassing 禁止侵入 1v1, both leads are sexually inexperienced. A roguish, shameless [mafia heir] vs. a domineering, proud [crime lord’s daughter] A couple at war, united by pure hatred; a fake-to-the-bitter-end loyal puppy; tailbones that just want to kill each other; and a push-and-pull so intense it feels like their tendons might snap. In public, they act like a loving couple. In private, they point guns at each other. She pressed a gun to his suit pants and pulled the trigger without hesitation. He dragged her 33kReads9.3Score4kShelves
- 193 The Fate of an Orphan Girl 孤女的命运 This is a sad story. Lin Jiang had an affair, and Shi Qiaosi endured it for three years before suddenly coming to her senses and decisively divorcing him. After the divorce, she secretly gave birth to a daughter of her own, Shixu. The disasters brought upon three generations of a family by an unfaithful man and a scheming woman eager to take his wife’s place. See how an elderly grandmother schemes for her granddaughter, building a bridge through time with her own life so that Shixu can return to 17.8kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
- 194 Get a Grip, and I’ll Make You Reach for the Stars! 收收心，爷让你高攀！ Not a strong-female-lead story, and not a power fantasy! [Romance-focused + transmigration in infancy + possessive pursuit + intense push and pull + angst and sweetness + sex before love + a husband chasing his wife to the crematorium + taming a dog] Deliberate seduction X clear-eyed surrender. A disastrous start from the moment she transmigrates, when she is nearly drowned in a chamber pot, combined with traditional son preference, a feudal society where the law does not reach the countryside, 33.9kReads9.1Score4kShelves
- 195 Someone Groped My Thigh at the Company Retreat, and the Whole Office Accused Me of Seducing the Director 团建被摸大腿，全公司反说我勾引总监 Someone Groped My Thigh at the Company Retreat, and the Whole Company Claimed I Was Seducing the Director 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 I’ve Heard the Moon Is Lovely 听闻辞月甚好 I Hear Ciyue Is Quite Wonderful 274Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 My Brother Is Calling for Help, but Grandpa Says Never to Look Back 弟弟在求救，祖父却说千万别回头 My younger brother was calling for help, but Grandfather said, "Whatever you do, don't look back." 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 Reborn, I Refuse to Raise the Wolf Cub from My Past Life 重生后，我拒养前世的狼崽 Reborn, I Refuse to Raise the Wolf Cub from My Past Life 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 Beautiful and Bold After Being Cast Aside, Four Top-Tier Stars Pursue Me 被休弃妇美又飒，四个顶流追着嫁 The Beautiful, Cast-Off Wife Has Four Top-Tier Stars Chasing After Her 449Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 Reborn as a Concubine Forced to Die as a Sacrifice, I Had the Mad Prince Begging Me to Live 穿成了殉葬太妃，疯批皇叔跪求我别死 Reborn as a concubine doomed to die with the emperor, I had the mad prince kneel and beg me not to die 163Reads—Score—Shelves
