Novels like The Wind That Emerged from the Mire
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Wind That Emerged from the Mire, best match first.
- 1 Gods Descend: What’s Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? 神降游戏：我没事发点疯怎么了 [Female-oriented + no romance + infinite-flow + partially fictional setting + modern day] Six months ago, the Godfall Game descended upon the entire world. The old order was thrown into turmoil, a new order was taking shape, and various factions fought without end. Jiang Ying had always lived quietly under society's rules. Now she forced herself to keep a calm smile as the mentally unstable people who kept appearing around her dealt her one heavy blow after another. Downstairs from her apartment 196Reads—Score105Shelves
- 2 Transmigrate Into a Male-Focused Power Fantasy, Heaven Forces My Kid Onto the Path to the Throne 穿书男频爽文，天逼我崽走帝王路 [Please rate] [The author is going head-to-head with a woman who transmigrated into a female-oriented novel] [Book Transmigration] [Palace intrigue] [Plot against the script] I transmigrated into a book and became the birth mother of the future cold-blooded emperor. Heaven had locked the story into place: I would die young, and my child would face danger at every turn in the inner palace. He would be manipulated and framed, forced to climb to power over his brothers' blood, and ascend the suprem 128Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 On My Wedding Day, the Hotel Forced Me to Give Up My Bridal Suite 结婚当天，酒店逼我让出婚房 On my wedding day, the hotel forced me to give up my bridal suite. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn on the Day I Tore Off the Label of a Martyr's Family 重生当天，我撕碎了烈士家属的标签 The Day I Was Reborn, I Tore Up the Label of a Martyr's Family Member 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The World Accepts No Nameless Bones 天下不收无名骨 [Historical Intrigue | Identity Mystery | Strong Growth Arc for the Female Lead] When I was six, I borrowed a dead person's name to stay alive. The night the Lu residence was sealed, the Black Armor Army burst from the ground, and my mother sent me away. To enter the city, I put on a dead girl's red jacket and took her identity papers. I ate her meals, collected her medicine, and continued growing up in the government records under her name. Six years later, I had become Gu Heng. Then, among a s 6Reads—Score105Shelves
- 6 I Raised Someone Else's Child in My Past Life. Reborn in the Sixties, I Split the Family First 前世替人养子，重生六零先分家 I Raised Someone Else’s Child in My Past Life. Reborn in the Sixties, I Split Off from the Family First 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 A Substitute Bride, and Now I'm to Be Buried Too? I Use a Rewind to Seize Every Advantage! 替嫁还陪葬？我靠回档夺尽筹码！ Jiang Yanhui was the daughter the Ding'an Marquis household never wanted. Her stepmother forced her to take her legitimate elder sister’s place and marry the critically ill Imperial Grandson to bring him good fortune. But beneath the wedding bed were soul-pinning nails, a coffin had been laid out in a stone chamber in the rear courtyard, and her name was written in the burial register. The Imperial Grandson, Xiao Zhi, died on their wedding night. She was blamed for bringing ill fortune upon him 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 After My Roommate Called Me an Ungrateful Traitor, I Ruined Her Family 被室友骂白眼狼后，我反手让她家破了产 After My Roommate Called Me an Ungrateful Wretch, I Made Her Family Go Bankrupt 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Virtual Murder 虚拟谋杀 [Campus Ensemble + Nonlinear Timeline + Healing + First Person + Inhuman Male Lead] My name is Li Zhi. I'm a junior in college, I have a sleep disorder, and I'm close to losing my mind. Whenever I close my eyes and fall asleep, I enter another world. “Ding-dong! Wish System is running. Your mission has arrived. Please carry it out immediately~” In my dreams, I'm an assassin. But when I wake up, I can find the corresponding victims in the real world. Those unsolved cases are crimes I committed in 1.5kReads8.8Score246Shelves
- 10 I'm Done Working for Mrs. Lu 陆太太这份工，我不干了 I'm Done Working as Mrs. Lu 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 He Forced Me to Sign the Abortion Consent Form. Five Years Later, He Knelt in the Snow and Begged Me to Take Him Back 他逼我签流产同意书，五年后跪在雪里求我回头 He forced me to sign the consent form for an abortion. Five years later, he knelt in the snow and begged me to come back. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Zixia's Fixed Assets 紫霞的固定资产 Zixia's Fixed Assets 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 My Fortune-Telling Is Scarily Accurate, and the Fake Heiress Is Recruited by the State 算命亿点准，假千金被国家收编了 [Fake heiress + national darling + ensemble cast + mysticism + no romance + fortune-telling livestreams] Shi Yuan is the fake heiress who was switched at birth. As soon as the paternity test results come back, her adoptive parents can’t wait to kick her out of their wealthy family. Her birth family has nothing to their name, their good fortune has been stolen, and they’re tens of millions in debt! To repay the debt, Shi Yuan can only return to her old trade: setting up a fortune-telling stall 101.1kReads8.7Score18.2kShelves
- 14 After My Roommate Secretly Took Intimate Photos of Me 被室友偷拍私密照后 After My Roommate Secretly Took Intimate Photos of Me 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 After I Refused My Brother's Support, My Whole Family Turned Against Me 我拒绝哥哥的资助后，全家不干了 After I Refused My Older Brother's Support, My Whole Family Lost It 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 After Eating at Another Restaurant Once, I Was Blacklisted by the Business I Had Patronized for Three Years 因为吃了一次别家饭，我被光顾三年的商家拉黑了 I ate at another place once, and the store I'd been patronizing for three years blocked me 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 After I Shut Down My Studio, My Boyfriend Was the First to Break Down 我关掉自己的工作室后，男朋友先破防了 After I shut down my studio, my boyfriend was the first to freak out. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 You Tried to Make Her Bow, So Why Did the Crown Prince Lose His Cool First? 逼她低头，太子爷怎么先破防？ Broken relationship healed x reunion after a long separation x both leads are each other's only ones Easygoing, obedient girl x B-king young master - Lin Mufan asked for a divorce when Zhou Jiuci loved her most. She dumped Zhou Jiuci twice. The first time, Zhou Jiuci held her hand and wouldn’t let go. “I’m not breaking up with you, babe. You can’t leave me.” The second time, Zhou Jiuci’s veins bulged with rage. “Get lost! Don’t let me see you again for the rest of my life!” Lin Mufan left. She s 31.8kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
- 19 Reborn: Every Wicked Woman Has Her Match 重生之恶娘自有恶女磨 Reborn: A Wicked Mother Meets Her Match 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 A 29-Year-Old Office Drone Returns to Senior Year and Goes Straight into Cheat Mode 29岁社畜重回高三，直接开挂了 [Sharp-Witted and Unshakably Strong: A True Female Lead] [Study Hard + Ensemble Cast + Realistic Gaokao Story] You’ve been reborn. In your previous life, you worked yourself to the bone for a company, becoming a corporate slave in the city and suffering countless workplace injuries! Your boss exploited you every day, your clients berated you, and then, at long last, heaven showed no mercy and sent you back to some day in your final year of high school… Xin Yuan looked at her school uniform and t 94.5kReads9.1Score17.1kShelves
- 21 He Stole My Dad's Heirloom Cookbook, So I Ruined the He Family's Reputation 他偷了我爸的祖传菜谱，我砸了贺家的招牌 He stole my dad's ancestral recipes, so I ruined the He family's reputation. 176Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Run, Big Kid of the Mountain Village! 奔跑吧，山沟沟大娃 Run, Big Kid from the Mountain Village —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 A Top-Tier Ancient-Era Worker Reforms a Modern Tycoon's Family 古代顶级打工人整顿现代豪门 [The ultimate aide in ancient household intrigue arrives in a modern tycoon’s mansion and takes it by storm] In her previous life, Qiu Yun worked herself to the bone. After finally helping her young mistress become the matriarch, she died before she could enjoy even a single day of it. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a young housekeeper in the modern-day Jiang family, a wealthy clan. The good news: she was twenty years younger. The bad news: the original owner was a busty airhead 75.9kReads9.0Score15.7kShelves
- 24 Ambitious as Ever, I Treat the Male Lead Like a Monster to Grind 野心勃勃，我把男主当怪刷 [No CP] [Villainess] [爽文] [No Holds Barred] (The story includes forced romance scenes, with the woman forcing the man. Please proceed with caution if that's not your thing.) Modern-day top student Li Yang transmigrates into the body of a poor girl in ancient times. Her father is a drunken gambler, her mother was sold to pay off his debts, and she's in hell mode from the start? Don't worry, she's bound to a romance System! The System tells her to pursue a promising target? She uses a little tri 43.8kReads8.8Score7.4kShelves
- 25 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Heroine, I Was Imprisoned and Spoiled by the Mad Male Lead 穿成炮灰女配后被疯批男主囚宠了 [Both Are Each Other's First Love + Forced Love + Transmigrate into a Book + Redemption + System + Over-the-Top Drama (The Female Lead Fakes Her Death, Loses Her Memory, and Runs Away While Pregnant) + Happy Ending] Content warning: The author's tastes are pretty twisted, and this gets quite dark. The male lead is a pervert and a thoroughly rotten person. A crazy, unhinged Southeast Asian kingpin * a pretty, resilient, honest girl Ning Sui transmigrates into a book and gets the role of a cannon- 98.2kReads9.2Score14.3kShelves
- 26 Short-Handed for the Autumn Harvest, I Tricked Half the Imperial Court into Farming 秋收缺人，我把半个朝廷骗来种地 We Were Short-Handed for the Autumn Harvest, So I Tricked Half the Imperial Court into Farming 10.6kReads—Score482Shelves
- 27 The Grand Justice of the Court of Justice, Courted by Every Brothel, Is a Woman 全青楼都在攻略的大理寺卿是女的 [Female-led + no romance + strong heroine + political intrigue + mystery solving] After the emperor decreed that their children were to be betrothed from birth, the Duchess of Zhenguo disguised her daughter as a boy. She kept up the act for over twenty years. As the Duke's “second son,” she could not inherit the title, so she took the imperial examinations and entered the court. Everyone said Lord Gu, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, was a heaven-sent genius. No one knew that beneat 661Reads8.1Score104Shelves
- 28 My Workaholic Roommate Comes from the Mountains 卷王室友来自大山 My Roommate, a Study Maniac from the Mountains —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Contractor Just Wants to Make Money, but the Client Insists on Flirting 乙方只想搞钱，甲方非要调情 [Alluring Beauty of the Human World x Sharp-Tongued Capital Hunter] Adapted comic-drama: Unofficial Relationship Experienced adults, both leads are virgins | Instinctive attraction | The powerful one submits | Hilarious subversion of tropes Jiang Wany: Alluring and bold, clear-eyed about money, and fond of taking on difficult challenges. Lu Cinian: A top-tier Alpha, sharp-tongued and cutting, yet devoted to her alone. With her hormones out of whack, Jiang Wany seeks out her client for some "re 50kReads9.2Score8.6kShelves
- 30 White Fox or White Cat? 白狐还是白猫 She saved it; it saved her; In the end, her soul transmigrated into its body, and she experienced its brief life. More specifically, university student Ou Ruidian happens to rescue a calico cat on campus. The two become friends, she names it Ou He, and promises to care for it. This is the story of how the girl and the cat save each other by keeping that promise. 7Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 31 The Plain Woman Who Forced the Top Power Broker 老实女人把顶级大佬强制了 Reverse Forced Love | Bring the Untouchable Beauty Down from Her Pedestal | Loyal 1v1 Romance | Cross-Border Pursuit | No Escape An honest, unremarkable archaeologist heroine x a foreign powerhouse with irresistible looks and overflowing pheromones * The first time Yan Zaixi saw Xie Lin, she wanted to keep him all to herself until she got tired of him. So she acted on it, and successfully got a taste of a rare delicacy. * Xie Lin had never been in such a wretched state in his life. After an ambu 444kReads9.1Score75.5kShelves
- 32 Transported to Prehistoric Times as an Oddity: I Stockpile Wild Greens to Feed the Whole Tribe 穿到远古当异类：我囤野菜养全族 [New Book, Unrated] [Ancient Farming · Tribe-Building · Stockpiling Wild Vegetables to Feed the Whole Tribe · 1v1 · Totem Warrior · The Whole Tribe Is Hooked] She takes care of feeding the whole tribe, and I take care of updating the story. Anyone here to pester me for an update, line up first to collect your wild vegetables. The whole tribe says Qing He is an oddball: she doesn't dress up, make friends, or eat meat. All she likes is stockpiling wild vegetables. When she came of age, she picked 3.8kReads—Score445Shelves
- 33 Me, a Lucky Talisman Cultivator, Saving the Random Bystander 我，符修锦鲤，拯救路人甲 [Everyday life + not a strong heroine] [Bright, confident talisman cultivator heroine × well-rounded ordinary male lead] Bad news: I transmigrated into a book! Good news: It’s the book I wrote myself. Worse news: After the System assigned me a mission to save supporting characters destined to die, it just left me to fend for myself! I have no golden finger. My only advantage is knowing the plot. A little rescue mission? Easy! But during the rescue, an extra latched onto me. He’s unlucky, sham 47.5kReads9.2Score16kShelves
- 34 Pearl of Hong Kong: The Fu Family's Cousin Is a Money-Making Machine 香江明珠：傅家的表小姐太能赚了 [Alternate-History Rebirth | Ambitious Heroine x Territorial-Minded Hero | Plot-Driven | No Saintly Characters | Flexible Morals | Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment | Realistic Leaning | Slow Burn] Synopsis: After waking up, Lin Jiao found herself holding the script of a disposable supporting character. From the start, she swiped a million in cash from her scumbag father and headed for Hong Kong. Hong Kong in 1960 was just lighting up with neon. Gold lay everywhere, but so did traps. Luckily, she r 39.4kReads8.9Score4.9kShelves
- 35 The Dead Concubine Becomes the Duke’s Mansion’s Cousin Miss 死去的外室她成了国公府的表小姐 Original title: Passing as a Noblewoman [Historical ensemble cast] [Power struggles] [Not reborn] [Plot-driven] [Romance] [Male lead is sexually inexperienced] [Ensemble cast, multiple protagonists, multiple perspectives] [Pei Yuehuan and Chen Man are both heroines. The protagonist field cannot be changed after the contract is signed, so it lists the main pairing of this story.] The imperial capital holds many secrets, and much resentment. There are merchants falsely accused and thrown into pris 44kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves
- 36 It Was Just for Fun, So Why Did the Crown Prince and His Entire Circle Lose Their Cool? 玩玩而已，太子爷怎么集体破防了 [Strong female lead + best friends steal each other’s love interests + high-octane dog training + all male leads are devoted + chaotic love triangle showdown + everyone is crazy] Jiang Wanzhi was the heiress and head of a top modern financial dynasty. After an accident, she transmigrated into a book and became a foolish supporting female character with the same name in an old-school domineering CEO novel. Despite her stunning beauty, she was toyed with by Shanghai’s three young masters. She was 208.5kReads9.1Score30.7kShelves
- 37 The Younger Man I Raised Grew Up to Be Older Than Me 我养大的年下，后来成了年上 [Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Nurturing Romance + One-on-One + Sweet Romance] Eighteen-year-old Su Xingcheng woke up to find herself transmigrated into an eight-year-old orphan in the bitterly cold northern frontier. She also had a five-year-old “child husband” by the name of Pei Yunzhou. Thankfully, her seaside villa had become a pocket dimension she could carry with her, and its supplies replenished endlessly! Over thirteen years, she raised that grubby little waif into a peerless eigh 19.7kReads8.9Score3.1kShelves
- 38 Soul Returns to Hong Kong: From Tailor Shop to Richest Woman 魂归香江：从裁缝铺到女首富 [1980s + strong heroine + academic ace + business warfare + Hong Kong] In her previous life, she had a photographic memory, but her heart could stop at any moment. As her heart stopped beating, she thought, “Next life, I don’t want to be human.” When she opened her eyes again, she was Lin Ying, nine years old, having spent nine years in a daze. Today, her soul had finally returned. The spirit medium had divined it three times: “She won’t leave again. You were always yourself. You were just put i 219.3kReads8.6Score39.2kShelves
- 39 After Mistaking the Forced-Love Countdown for an Affection Meter 错把强制爱倒计时当好感值后 (Realistic, with a touch of cult) Having endured hardship as a child, Lin Xinsheng worked tirelessly and valued her career more than life itself. At last, she became a star agent at a major talent agency. Still, she often felt that the people at her company had something wrong with their brains. Executives who liked playing out obsessive love stories with their subordinates, trainees carrying Systems, and artists who never thought about their careers and only wanted to play emotional tug-of-war 19.7kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves
- 40 After Getting Together with a Eunuch, the Real Princess Was Reborn 和阉贼在一起后，真公主重生了 When Rong Yao was six, she was poisoned and her mind was damaged, leaving her an idiot. Everyone said she had the wits of a six-year-old. To survive, Rong Yao sneaked into the palace and became Princess Shengping's personal maid. She washed the princess's feet and rubbed her back every day, doing light chores. Grateful to Princess Shengping for not despising her as an idiot, Rong Yao secretly climbed into the bed of the powerful eunuch Qi Shen when the princess asked her to become his companio 263.7kReads9.2Score48kShelves
- 41 Lord Shaoqing 少卿大人 Although Shen Liuting was the eldest daughter of the prime minister’s household, she had an unusual dream: to travel through every kingdom and write a book about her journeys. On her fifteenth birthday, Shen Liuting packed her bags in the middle of the night, took her banknotes, and really did leave the country. That journey lasted a full three years... When Shen Liuting returned home on her eighteenth birthday, her parents told her they had already found her a fiancé and even had their birth da 932Reads9.3Score124Shelves
- 42 The Policewoman Came from Hell 警花她从地狱来 (Signed for publication) A quiet, unassuming new officer named Yi Nian joins the Qing Shan City Criminal Police Unit. She seems so delicate that people want to protect her. But before Captain Lian Jingshan can even reach out to shield her, blood splashes across his face. Only then does he realize how ruthless this young woman becomes when pushed to the edge. Yi Nian says, "I clawed my way out of blood and darkness. All I want is somewhere peaceful and beautiful to heal my wounded soul." Retur 79.8kReads9.1Score12kShelves
- 43 The Lovesick Head of the Ye Family's Beloved Has Off-the-Charts Combat Skills! 病娇夜家主的心上人武力值爆表！ Word has it that the head of the Ye family in the capital is vicious, bloodthirsty, and volatile. He has a cleanliness obsession and is a yandere, and is said to love killing people in all sorts of ways. He wields power over the capital’s business and politics, yet is fated to bring ruin to his parents and die alone. Bai Yiyi is an ordinary young heiress in the capital. She isn’t working class, but she’s hardly anyone important there, either. With her timid personality and a younger sister known 4.3kReads9.1Score559Shelves
- 44 Relax and Hum a Tune 放松哼首歌 A white-collar employee working in the back office of a Hong Kong-funded bank encounters all sorts of things every day. Some make her happy, others don’t. Different moods call for different songs, and humming to herself helps her relax and deal with all kinds of problems. 42Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 45 A Revenge Romance That Begins with an Idol 从爱豆做起的复仇罗曼史 [Soapy drama + Strong female lead + Mary Sue fiction + Revenge] [Nine parts pretense, one part sincerity] Xu Zhiyue was an utterly ordinary orphan with neither looks nor connections. She was so forgettable that even the classmates who bullied her could barely remember her name or face. Her quiet life was suddenly turned upside down. First, she was expelled from school, then kicked out of the orphanage. With nowhere to turn for help, she had no choice but to risk everything and go alone to South 2.4kReads9.1Score273Shelves
- 46 After the CEO Broke Off Our Engagement, the Government Recruited Me 霸总退婚后，我被国家征招了 Shen Yue reaches Foundation Establishment, then descends into the mortal world, burdened with enormous debts and betrayed by her fiancé. Fiancé: “My true love is back, and she has a three-year-old child. I have to take responsibility. Sorry.” Warning: Brain-storage area. This novel has no logic, no logic, no logic. Don’t take it seriously, don’t take it seriously, don’t take it seriously. 113.8kReads9.3Score18kShelves
- 47 I Became a Corporate Drone After Turning into a Horror Game NPC 穿成恐游npc后成为社畜 [Thank you for all your love. I'm overjoyed.] [No CP + character growth + mildly scary + lighthearted + ensemble cast] Office worker Jiu Sansan transmigrated into a horror game's NPC. To earn enough to eat and stay alive, she had to scare players and make a living. Bullshit. The job was bullshit. The boss was bullshit! The players were bullshit too!! Why was she still an overworked corporate drone even after ending up in a horror game?! She'd thought her boss looked awful, but it turned out the 23kReads9.3Score4.9kShelves
- 48 Reborn in the Apocalypse: I Stocked an Entire Building and Won with My Little Brother 重生末世：我囤满楼带弟躺赢 (Strong Female Lead, Apocalypse, Adorable Younger Brother) In the third year of the apocalypse, natural and man-made disasters keep piling up. Su Nian'an had given her all to help her best friend, but that friend and her boyfriend teamed up to shove her into a horde of zombies. As she died, she watched them divide up her supplies, her hatred eating into her bones. When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to ten years before the apocalypse began. The billions in her bank account are still 9.5kReads—Score911Shelves
- 49 You Want a Platonic Relationship? Don't Make Your Big Brother Laugh 想搞柏拉图？别逗你哥笑了 (Not a power fantasy with a strong female lead. A funny, meme-filled story set in a CEO romance. Complete.) [Academic workhorse x love-struck assistant who throws herself at him] Age gap / comedy and memes / happy ending Wen Xing suspected she was the second female lead in a CEO romance. The heroine was her best friend. Her friend’s family fell on hard times, and the CEO swept in to marry her by contract. Her friend twisted her ankle, and the CEO appeared in a flash, wrapping an arm around her w 149.4kReads9.3Score26.9kShelves
- 50 Dead Island Massacre 尸岛大逃杀 [Blood Cross-style setting + madness + apocalypse + no CP + no special abilities, but some enhancements + strong female lead + escape + natural disasters + zombies + mutated plants and animals] Not a power fantasy. Shen Xi thought this was just an ordinary graduation trip. But who could have guessed that, just after they reached the island, black rain would begin falling from the sky? This was actually a global catastrophe that would bring the world to its knees! One by one, people turned into m 129.9kReads9.3Score22.6kShelves
