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- 1 The Worthy Consort Is Still Taking It Easy Today 贤妃今天也在咸鱼 In the harem of Emperor Chenyuan of the Great Jin, there is a dignified and gentle empress, a charming and lovely Noble Consort, a peerlessly beautiful Consort Li, and a clever, kindhearted Consort Hui. Talented women abound, and the competition is fierce. Han Shuyi looks left and right, but can't find a niche for herself as Worthy Consort. Oh, well. Competing for favor now and then while choosing to lie flat the rest of the time: that's the real truth of life in the harem. * As emperor, Meng Ti 22kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves
- 2 The Villainous Young Lady Is Still Working Hard to Do Evil Today 反派大小姐今天也在努力作恶 [Transmigrate Into a Book + Sweet Romance + One-on-One, Both Pure] A haughty, domineering heiress who’s impossibly beautiful ✖️ a sinister, unhinged, refined scoundrel of a villain Pei Zhiyan was once a hundred-year-old bird, a long-tailed tit from the north. Reborn one day, she transmigrated into a vintage-rich-family novel and became the sickly fiancée who was barely mentioned, existing only to highlight the villain’s twisted nature. Luckily, according to the story, she would eventually earn t 10.4kReads9.2Score914Shelves
- 3 I Took My Sister's Place and Married the Eunuch Lord 替姐姐嫁给九千岁 [Both leads are each other’s first and only + exclusive devotion + sisters swap marriages + ruthless Chief Eunuch vs. easygoing beauty] Jiang Yunshu transmigrates into the illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Xiping’s household. She has food and shelter and can laze around to her heart’s content. All she wants is to remain an invisible nobody in the marquis’s household forever. Her legitimate older sister, Jiang Zhaohua, is famous throughout the capital. A decree from the palace summons her 28.4kReads9.2Score3kShelves
- 4 Transmigrated to the 1960s, the Young Educated Woman Is Spoiled by Her Older Lover 穿越六零,小知青被大叔狠狠宠爱 Su Qingge unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s, alone in the world. By a twist of fate, she meets Shen Chaozong, who protects and loves her. Every day, every chapter is full of affection and sweetness. There are also plenty of stories about life and its many different faces, along with tales of rural life. Come and read! This isn’t a power fantasy about an all-conquering heroine. It’s about a laid-back girl who wins by doing nothing. 59.8kReads8.8Score6.7kShelves
- 5 After My Best Friend Hooks Up with My Boss, I’m the One Who Comes Out on Top 闺蜜拿下我老板后,我赢麻了 [Best friend and her husband + lie flat + sweet romance] Qiao Yu found a job, but her boss was impossible to deal with, so she got her best friend to pursue him. Thanks to her best friend's persistent efforts, she succeeded, and Qiao Yu got to lie flat. In her best friend's husband's office, she could drink all the milk tea she wanted, play on her phone, and even boss him around now and then. Before the domineering CEO started dating her best friend: “Qiao Yu, make me another coffee!” After he s 13.2kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
- 6 Transmigrated as the Villain's Mom, Spoiled by My Devoted Husband 穿成反派亲妈,被纯情老公宠爆了 [Adorable baby + one-on-one sweet romance + married first, love later + satisfying revenge + martial-arts heroine + sweet, devoted child who adores his mother + shy, lovesick male lead] Jiang Tang transmigrated into the wrong book and became the villain's wicked mother. In the end, her reborn son tormented her to death. Luckily, her husband never came home, she didn't have to give birth to a child, and her black card had no limit. She could spend with one hand and care for a baby with the other. 10.8kReads9.1Score878Shelves
- 7 A Laid-Back Concubine in the Inner Palace, Calmly Turning Her Life Around and Sunbathing 后宅小咸鱼,淡定翻身晒太阳 Su Zhiyuan looked up at the person holding her around the belly and lifting her up, then lowered her head and kept nibbling on the pastry in her hand. Her father had said that everyone here was an important person, so she had to behave. Her mother had said that her father was the head of the family, and that if she listened to him, she’d get pastries. She’d been very good today, so she’d get another pastry when she got home. Six-year-old Feng Chen hugged Su Zhiyuan around the belly from behind a 10.2kReads8.6Score635Shelves
- 8 My Boyfriend Is Insecure and Cries Easily. How Could He Be the Villain? 男友自卑又爱哭,怎么可能是反派 [Devoted and equally powerful couple + mildly scary infinite worlds + indulgent wish fulfillment] [They seem perfectly normal on the outside, but both are crazy inside. The heroine trains her man like a dog, while the hero is insecure and pitiful.] Yu Li and her boyfriend had known each other for four years and been together for three. They were deeply in love. Her boyfriend was gentle and considerate. Aside from being a little clingy and insecure sometimes, and always wanting her to watch horro 30.5kReads9.5Score5kShelves
- 9 Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌,宠妃抱着陛下哭 [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 100.8kReads9.2Score11.2kShelves
- 10 I'm a Master? How Come I Didn't Know? 我是高手我怎么不知道 "Feel-good power fantasy"[Words Become Law]+ [Overactive Imaginations]+ [Ensemble Cast] Original title: I’m a Master, So Why Don’t I Know It? Xiao Ranshu suspects this world has gone mad! The dog she picked up is the fearsome Wolf King, renowned for his incredible combat prowess? The servant she hired while out shopping is a great sea monster from the merfolk? That silly rabbit is a Taotie that feeds on dragons... Xiao Ranshu slams the table in fury. “Bullshit! My pets are sweet, cute, and obedi 47.7kReads9.4Score5kShelves
- 11 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 29.8kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
- 12 Shocking! The Secret Identity Big Shot Takes the White Lotus Down From Every Angle 惊!马甲大佬她对白莲花横踢竖卷 [Publishing deal signed] [Satisfying revenge, lighthearted comedy, secret identities, putting scumbags in their place, a quirky and formidable mercenary boss VS a principled young heir from Beijing’s elite circles, devoted heroine] At their first meeting, Shu Lan shoots Lu Jinhan and leaves him badly wounded. She chases him all the way back to China, then becomes an ordinary university student. He runs, she chases; he has nowhere to hide. She’s the world’s number-one mercenary king! She’s a foun 56.3kReads9.5Score6.7kShelves
- 13 The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script and Lazily Gives Up 假千金手撕剧本,沙雕摆烂躺麻了 The short drama, The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script, is now streaming [Showbiz + absurd humor and memes + everyone’s favorite + wild imagination + gossip + going off the rails] Chi Qian failed her tribulation and returned to the real world, only to discover she was the villainous fake heiress in a novel! The plot had already reached the point where the real heiress came back, and Chi Qian was about to be kicked out of the family home. A broken engagement, a wave of online hate, and a grueso 140.1kReads9.6Score15.1kShelves
- 14 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
- 15 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














