Novels like The Young Widow
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Young Widow, best match first.
- 1 21+ The Slave’s Wife 家奴之妻 61kFavorites83kClicks/ch39.8kGifts
- 2 21+ Kind-Hearted 善怀 27.6kFavorites38kClicks/ch22.2kGifts
- 3 Pregnant with the Powerful Minister’s Child 怀上权臣男主的崽 Thank you, dear readers, for the five-star reviews and for supporting the official release~ Both virgins | Powerful man bows his head | Strong male lead, weaker female lead Personal maid 🐰 x Feudal patriarch 🦊 Lu Jun, the Great General Who Guards the North, was sent to defend the border amid a power struggle at court. He would be unable to return to the capital for three years. The Old Madam feared that stra 101.2kFavorites109.4kClicks/ch40.8kGifts
- 4 The First Year After the Divorce 和离第一年 [Signed for publication in simplified Chinese. See Weibo @Dear Caodeng Daren for updates] Both virgins | Powerful man humbled | Strong male lead, weak female lead Honest country girl wife x twisted, rotten rich young master The year Yun Ni met Shen Tinglan, she was of marriageable age but had yet to understand the ways of men and women. Shen Tinglan did not mind that his wife had a lame leg, and Yun Ni did not mind that her husband came from a poor family. So they married. A year after their 72.5kFavorites75kClicks/ch21.1kGifts
- 5 An Honest Widow Claimed by a Transmigrated Man 一个被穿越男占有的老实寡妇 ■A Work for XP■ A gloomy, beautiful transmigrated man VS a straightforward, half-deaf local widow Synopsis: When her cruel relatives came demanding the family property her late husband had left behind, Cui Xinzhen only learned, upon receiving the divorce papers, that her husband had made arrangements long before his death to keep her from being dragged down with him. She had been struck from the household register, so she had no choice but to hand everything over. Fortunately, her young brother- 25.3kFavorites18.4kClicks/ch23.7kGifts
- 6 The Villainous Childhood Friend in a Male-Led Novel 男频文里的恶毒青梅 Lan Zhiheng, young master of the Lan clan of Imperial City, was peerlessly gifted, refined, and otherworldly. He was the universally adored ideal of the entire Immortal Capital. He was also the man Wen Ruci had secretly loved for ten years. They had cultivated together for a decade. One night, drunk, she accidentally blurted out her secret love. In the rain, he gently settled her cloak around her shoulders. His expression was tender, yet distant. “I’ve always thought of you as a younger sister, 29.2kFavorites28.8kClicks/ch8.5kGifts
- 7 21+ The Courtesan and the Young Lord 伎与君 13.4kFavorites15kClicks/ch10.8kGifts
- 8 My Brother's Friend's Wife 兄友之妻 The story of their son is now underway in The Obsessive Wife-Stealer. ★ A male lead who starts out as a gentleman but becomes a morally bankrupt, twisted obsessive, paired with an honest, married heroine who only wants a quiet life but is lured into his traps step by step At her mother-in-law’s request, Jiang Ningsui went to town to look after her husband, tending to his daily needs and easing his weariness each night. She never expected that Pei Duo, the son of the Pei family, would be sharin 61.8kFavorites52.4kClicks/ch26.9kGifts
- 9 My Down-to-Earth Boyfriend Is an Evil God 老实男朋友是邪神 [The novel is complete~] Chi Yin began to suspect that her boyfriend was an AI. After all, what normal person sends messages like this? “Oh no! How could this happen? Darling, are you all right? If anything hurts, go to the nearest hospital first, such as the third floor, department xx, at No. xx, xxx Road. I'll be there soon. Don't worry.” He used punctuation and sent the whole thing in one message. Whatever skill she mentioned, he could do it by the next day. Whether it was a language or a s 18.2kFavorites16.6kClicks/ch10.9kGifts
- 10 Ballad of the Golden Wind 金风谣 Also titled: "Why Is She Always There When I Turn Around?" Lou Lingfeng, eldest son of the Lou family, became its head at twenty-four and rose to the top of the Five Great Families, but could never shake off the stain from his past. When he was young and studying, he fell for a young lady from the Jin family, one of the great clans. He confessed to her in public, only to hear her say, "I don't like men like you, Young Master Lou." People consequently speculated that the reason he had yet to m 71.3kFavorites67.3kClicks/ch49.5kGifts
- 11 With the Snake 与蛇 Everyone says Su Yu is lucky. While gathering herbs in the mountains, she comes across a young gentleman who’s been bitten by a poisonous snake. She sucks the venom from his arm, and in return, he asks for her hand in marriage. Su Yu doesn’t want to marry him. But her grandmother, the only family she has, suddenly falls gravely ill, and Su Yu has no money for a doctor. She has no choice but to agree. Fortunately, the young gentleman is very good to her. Not only is he handsome, refined, and ge 57.4kFavorites47.4kClicks/ch48.2kGifts
- 12 21+ The Widow 孀妇 75.2kFavorites59.3kClicks/ch45.7kGifts
- 13 A Transmigrator's Work Journal 穿书打工手札 After finishing a novel where she ran, he chased, and she couldn't escape even if she grew wings, Zhou Miao went to bed satisfied. But when she opened her eyes, she discovered she'd become a cannon-fodder character in the novel who shared her name: Zhou Miao. According to the plot, Zhou Miao would travel from Rongzhou to the capital for the imperial selection, be chosen as Noble Lady Zhou, and receive imperial favor that the book never mentioned. But after the old emperor died, she would meet t 29.8kFavorites41.7kClicks/ch14.9kGifts
- 14 I Became the Concubine of a Cold and Powerful Minister 成了清冷权臣的侍妾 [Thank you, babies, for all the five-star reviews! Love you all. See you in the next book!] Powerful man lowers his head | Both are inexperienced Plain, beautiful country girl x Cold, unhinged aristocrat Lin Rong was sold into the Pei household as a child and became a servant responsible for cleaning the outer courtyard. Every servant in the residence dreamed of climbing the social ladder... They could earn a future by 120.9kFavorites130.2kClicks/ch48.7kGifts
- 15 [Investiture of the Gods] The Saint’s Desire to Live [封神]圣人生欲 Main story complete. Yuanshi Tianzun in a young man's body. You can enjoy this even if you aren't familiar with the original. 1 King Zhou writes an obscene poem, enraging Empress Nuwa. Empress Nuwa sends a strand of love that had been left behind when humanity was created to be reborn. This strand of love can make a Saint experience mortal emotions, but it isn't particularly useful. She casually casts it into the cycle of reincarnation, intending for it to go to the Shang court, ensnare the kin 16.1kFavorites14.8kClicks/ch34.3kGifts
- 16 21+ Lush and Lovely 丰艳 67.9kFavorites59.6kClicks/ch90kGifts
- 17 Reborn as the Sickly Villain's Childhood Sweetheart 穿成病娇反派的小青梅 Luo Yan transmigrates into a book. From the start, her family is destroyed, and she is about to head to the capital to seek refuge with the male lead, only to become the white moonlight who dies taking a sword for him. She promptly turns around and, along the way, picks up a handsome young man. Then she hides away with him in a mountain village. Who knew the System would show up late but eventually arrive, declaring: One: The male lead has yet to set out on his adventures. Get back on track, 85.6kFavorites63.5kClicks/ch21.5kGifts
- 18 Trying to Escape the Villain of a Dark, Twisted Novel 企图逃离黑泥文反派 Wu Ping'an transmigrates into a book and finds herself in a chaotic age where lowly demons run rampant. When she first meets Ji Yuwei, the villain in the story who is known as the Black-Mud Fiend, he is only eighteen, a beautiful young man in the bloom of youth. He stands before her cage, his hair freshly washed and pinned with jade after bathing in incense, his white robe as pure as snow. Like a little immortal untouched by the world's foulness, he not only kindly and gently leads her out of th 27.9kFavorites24.9kClicks/ch21.5kGifts
- 19 Broken in Battle 折戟 Tang Jiayu once thought she was everyone's darling, surrounded by people who loved her. Only after she died mysteriously in a military coup did she learn that she was the late emperor's princess. Her parents, maids, and even her beloved in the Tang household were all loyalists of a powerful minister in disguise. The sweet, doting everyday life she'd imagined was really just their mission. Tang Jiayu was reborn at fifteen. That year, the Tang family threw a lavish coming-of-age ceremony for her, 57.2kFavorites45.2kClicks/ch69.3kGifts
- 20 Love Beneath the Phoenix Canopy 难为鸾帐恩 Hu Shen grew up on the grasslands. Her elder brother was favored by the khan, and her own life was fairly comfortable. Until one day, after her brother launched a campaign into the Central Plains, he returned with a captive from there. They said the man was the legitimate heir of a powerful Central Plains family, of noble birth. They said that though he was a civil official, he fought with great courage and had tremendous potential. The khan wanted to bring him into his service, but the man w 167.9kFavorites145.8kClicks/ch87.8kGifts
- 21 The Sword Venerable Is My Restricted Puppet 剑尊是我的限制傀儡人 [Complete] Bonus chapters will appear from time to time. Su Xiaoyuan, a sweet and straightforward college girl, transmigrates into a melodramatic body-double novel as a minor casualty in the Hehuan Sect. After drugging the female lead’s deceased beloved, the Sword Sovereign, she gets cut in half with a single stroke. Su Xiaoyuan’s mission after she transmigrates into the book is to cultivate through dual cultivation with this beloved Immortal Venerable. Su Xiaoyuan: “It’s not like I didn’t g 67.2kFavorites66.7kClicks/ch73.6kGifts
- 22 Bewitching Formation 迷魂阵 Shen Xiyin’s husband was gravely injured while killing an evil spirit, leaving him unable to father an heir. As the head of a sect, he did not want to leave his position without a successor, nor did he want anyone to learn of this secret that would damage his reputation. He wanted Shen Xiyin to put the greater good first and secretly conceive a child with another man, giving birth to his “heir.” To that end, he schemed to push Shen Xiyin into the Bewitching Array. There was another man inside 206kFavorites170.9kClicks/ch167.4kGifts
- 23 A Gem by My Side 珠玉在侧 [Revising in progress. An additional ten thousand words of interaction between Zhan and Rong, and Tan and Rong. Pirated copies are chaotic and incomplete, with major plot points missing and too many typos. Please support the official version. I am not responsible for errors or omissions in pirated copies. Be sure to read the content warnings below the blurb before starting.] Lin Zhan did not like his sister-in-law. She was the woman his older brother had married while posted to the borderlands. 91.4kFavorites68.2kClicks/ch38.9kGifts
- 24 A Woman Mogul's Guide to Rising to the Top 女枭上位手册 Chen Jiao transmigrates. She arrives in the darkest days at the end of a dynasty. The good news: She's in the south, where things are peaceful for now. The bad news: Her birth mother is a prostitute from the lowest social class. Hell mode from the start. A gang of thugs targets a widowed mother and her daughter, breaks into their home in the middle of the night, and attempts to assault them. Chen Jiao accidentally kills one of them and is charged with murder. The mother and daughter have no cho 68.3kFavorites70.8kClicks/ch56.6kGifts
- 25 After Humiliating the Male Lead with the Bewitching Fragrance 折辱身有媚香的男主后 (Next book: After Ordinary Me Got a Special Bewitching Fragrance) Gu Xingzhi is the heir of the Marquis of Beiding, a noble beyond Xueling’s reach in this lifetime. She never imagined that someone as ordinary as herself would become entangled with Gu Xingzhi. Not long ago, while making her rounds to sound the night watch, she had knelt humbly before his sedan chair and begged him to forgive her unintentional offense. Then, on the night she returned from her rounds, she pushed open her courtyard 113kFavorites92.2kClicks/ch86.2kGifts
- 26 21+ Feathers Tip the Boat 有羽倾舟 50.3kFavorites46.2kClicks/ch18.8kGifts
- 27 [Ne Zha] I Picked Up a Little Clam Spirit [哪吒]捡到一只小蚌精 71.1kFavorites73kClicks/ch43kGifts
- 28 21+ The Minister's Wife 臣妻 109.5kFavorites134.5kClicks/ch61.7kGifts
- 29 21+ Springtime Tales from the Duke's Estate 国公府春闺小韵事 157.4kFavorites172.9kClicks/ch141.7kGifts
- 30 The Darling of the Flowers 花中娇客 [This story is best enjoyed with the readers’ comments turned on. You’ll be treated to a stream of clever remarks from our lovely readers.] A Chun, a country girl, travels a thousand miles to seek out relatives. Newly arrived at a grand household, she is careful and cautious, afraid to make even the slightest mistake. All she wants is to use the household’s influence to find a suitable husband with power and status. Things go smoothly. Shen Weizhen, the distant cousin who now runs the Shen hou 327.7kFavorites332kClicks/ch167.2kGifts
- 31 At First, I Just Wanted to Find a Sucker 起初，我只是想找个冤大头 1, Peng Ling died in the car that was forcing her to undergo gland-donation surgery. She heard that the search afterward was unusually extensive, and the rescue operation far larger than for an ordinary accident. It was almost as if the research institute that had imprisoned her from the age of three to eighteen truly regretted losing her. Of course, there was no chance she had survived. After all, she was just a frail, disabled, helpless omega. 2, With no legal identity and no money, even th 43.3kFavorites40.1kClicks/ch99.3kGifts
- 32 Alien Species Taming Manual (Non-Human) 外星异种驯化手册[人外] Inhuman monster with no conscience X timid coward 1. Cheng Molly is what her parents call a “leftover woman.” She’s introverted, unremarkable, and works as a clerk at a small company. At twenty-nine, pressured by her family, she married her current husband in a whirlwind wedding. To be honest, her husband is handsome and generous with money. For an ordinary woman like her, it’s a pretty good deal. But Molly feels something about her husband has changed since they got married. His movements are 242.9kFavorites238.4kClicks/ch198.9kGifts
- 33 Countdown to the Wedding 新婚倒计时 Back in high school, everyone knew that You Jue's best friend, Fang Jialin, liked Ni Xia. Later, Fang Jialin confessed and was rejected. Watching his best friend spend every day heartbroken, You Jue could only think: What a loser. Was it really worth it over a woman who was so two-faced and toyed with people's feelings? Years later, their class held a reunion. Fang Jialin traveled a thousand miles to attend, his gaze fixed on Ni Xia the whole time, his feelings for her plain to see. Their class 217.1kFavorites222.9kClicks/ch116.7kGifts
- 34 How Did You Marry My Uncle? 你怎么跟我舅舅结婚了？ The print edition, retitled Holding Tang, goes on sale October 23. For details, see Weibo @Jinjiang Duns h u sheng. *The title is from the second male lead's perspective. (Preorder: Alien Species Taming Manual. See my author page.) A powerful, morally upright man who becomes a brooding, anxious, possessive ghost of a man × an honest, hapless heroine who only wants to complete her mission but gets relentlessly haunted by the male lead 1. Li Tangli is forever a minor character, a disposable extr 145.8kFavorites151.3kClicks/ch94.8kGifts
- 35 Reborn as the Widow of the Villainous Chancellor's Older Brother 我是奸相他哥遗孀（重生） My new novel, Why Did You Marry My Uncle?, is now live. This novel: [Fake aloof beauty, actually a naturally wicked chancellor × weak, kindhearted, pregnant widow sister-in-law who runs away] 1. Feng Yuzhen was unloved by her parents, and her husband died young. She spent her life timidly accepting whatever came her way. Even when her cold and distant younger brother-in-law asked if she would like to live with him, she refused out of cowardice. She lived under the Cui family’s roof, working ti 227.3kFavorites317.5kClicks/ch120.4kGifts
- 36 Reforming the Villain Couple's Everyday Life 反派夫妇改造日常 [For publication updates, follow @Jinjiang Ri Fu Ri] The Gu King Yanluo lost his battle against the Sword Venerable Xiaoyang. Mu Zhaoran, the Gu King’s Dao companion, was thrown into a pit of poisonous snakes and Gu worms alongside the despised Poisonous Yanluo, where she was subjected to the punishment of the pit of vipers. At the moment of her death, a vicious female antagonist reform System suddenly descended from the heavens. The System declared that times had changed and mindless female 167.8kFavorites169.4kClicks/ch213.6kGifts
- 37 Distant Jade Steps 玉阶遥 (Originally titled The Swallow in the Cage) Before a coup left him in dire straits, Xu Mohuai was an arrogant Crown Prince, a nobleman untouched by the dust of the world. But after his pride was broken and he fell into the mire, the person who saved him was a countrywoman he had once disdained too much to even glance at. Xu Mohuai listened as Su Yan earnestly planned to cultivate a vegetable garden in the hills behind their home. He watched her count on her fingers how many coins she had spent 169kFavorites297.9kClicks/ch77.2kGifts
- 38 The Right Way to Win Over a Black-Hearted Villain [Book Transmigration] 攻略白切黑反派的正确方式[穿书] The two-volume print edition of "Jing Li" is now available. You can find "After I Played With and Abandoned the Pride of the Peaks" in the author's column for advance reservations. Blurb: After falling on hard times, the cannon-fodder Bai Li meets a gentle, powerful young man. Together, they escape with their lives. Only after they part does she learn that the boy who deceived her all along is the story's greatest villain, the target of her mission to win his heart: a big, 179.9kFavorites249.2kClicks/ch71.1kGifts
- 39 21+ Starstruck 撞星 112.7kFavorites129.3kClicks/ch108.8kGifts
- 40 Winter Honeysuckle 忍冬 Theme: A story about redemption. 163.3kFavorites346.9kClicks/ch49kGifts
- 41 After Being Reborn, I Married My Archrival 重生后和宿敌结婚了 This story has been revised many times. The final version is the one on the official Jinjiang site. Blurb: Before Qun Qing died, she hated the powerful minister Lu Huating most of all. She hated his cunning and treachery as he helped the new emperor secure the throne. She thought about him day and night and tried everything she could, but she still couldn't beat him. In the end, she became a casualty at his hands. After Qun Qing died, she saw the fallen princess she'd given her life to protect 219kFavorites226.1kClicks/ch185.9kGifts
- 42 After I Set My AI Instructions to the Cold-Faced Boss AI指令调到冷脸上司后 The print edition is signed. Follow progress on Weibo: @Bai Tao Bu Du Chuan OvO Cover hand-drawn by Li Bao Master. Please do not plagiarize the concept. Character designs by @Zhi Wu Yao Yao (many thanks!) My upcoming book, After Finding My Top-Tier Star Classmate in the Yearbook, is now open. Check it out in my author profile~ DOU🎵: Bai Tao Bu Du Chuan. I delete comments from people who read pirated copies, so don’t bother~ “A stubborn lover needs truth serum.” 1. Shu Yun is very happy with her 145.3kFavorites132.9kClicks/ch71kGifts
- 43 To My Little Angel 致小天使 [A print edition has been signed; updates at @BaiRiMengYangMie] * A shy, earnest girl with an inferiority complex x a clingy young Russian-Chinese heir * University campus setting / height difference * Pirated copies are incomplete. Yan Tang has always known she is ordinary, and that she has terrible luck. The people she likes never like her back. No matter how hard she studies, she never gets the grades she wants. She worked hard at her internship, o 234.4kFavorites241.3kClicks/ch203.5kGifts
- 44 My Husband Transmigrated to Steal Me From the Male Lead 新聘 Gu Lingyi, daughter of the Minister of Revenue, had two great regrets in her life. First, her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, Jiang Xuanqing, who had placed third in the palace exams, broke off their engagement in public: “I have no romantic feelings for you. From now on, you can think of me as your older brother.” Second, she believed Cui Yi’s empty promises that he would one day rise to the highest offices and always outshine Jiang Xuanqing. In a moment of foolishness, she agreed to marry h 307.1kFavorites265.2kClicks/ch349.7kGifts
- 45 I Refuse to Be a Concubine 我不做妾 This book has been published under the title "The Golden Record". Available on Taobao, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Dangdang, and other platforms. Shen Lan transmigrated into the body of a Yangzhou beauty, raised to be sold into a rich man’s household. With her cloudlike hair and peerless beauty, she deserved to be called the loveliest woman in Jiangnan. Because of her looks, she was to be sent to Pei Shen, the Imperial Salt Commissioner, as a concubine. Shen Lan refused to become a concubine and went t 190.6kFavorites293.6kClicks/ch135.1kGifts
- 46 Zombie Dating Rules 僵尸恋爱守则 Fu Qi accidentally wandered into a sealed tomb chamber while on a mission. Half-asleep, he caught a thief stealing his clothes. The thief was a girl who claimed to be the tomb's owner and an immortal zombie. Zombie: "I used to go by Princess Liuli, Meng Lishang, Bing Wuying, and Ling Fei Xiye. I'm a zombie with a story... But now, you can call me Baby!" Fu Qi thought she might be an ancient zombie with an embarrassing, rebellious streak. . Qin Zhen was a zombie who had lived alone in her to 91.4kFavorites116.4kClicks/ch103.1kGifts
- 47 The Third Miss Decides to Go… 三小姐决定去…… Her eldest brother eloped with the crown princess-to-be. Her second brother accidentally killed the empress’s nephew and became an outlaw. Her parents went mad, and now they wanted to help a prince rebel. Zhong Yao had nowhere to turn for help. She imagined all the possible endings for her family and decided that dying before their tragic fate arrived would be better. Since she was going to die anyway, that day she unhesitatingly took a sword meant for a stranger. And then She didn’t die? 255.8kFavorites271.4kClicks/ch143.4kGifts
- 48 Golden Mountain Butterfly 金山蝴蝶 “The Golden Mountain Butterfly,” Volume One, goes on pre-sale October 22 at 7:00 p.m. Available from stores including Tmall, Pinduoduo, and Dangdang~ This is a Republican-era story. Please don’t interpret it through the values of modern society or the lens of current events... A completely inexperienced young boy one day finds a little butterfly flying into his home. He has heard and seen with his own eyes how fragile she is, so he is utterly at a loss and doesn’t know what to do with her. The 136.1kFavorites196.8kClicks/ch96.3kGifts
- 49 Help! My Crush Can Read Minds 救命！暗恋对象会读心 [A goofy story that’s sleazy, but with just a tiny hint of true love] With the college entrance exams approaching, the high school seniors came up with all sorts of ways to relieve the pressure of studying. Xiang Di was no exception, though her way of unwinding was... rather unusual. Fantasizing about her crush, in the sleazy version. The top student in their grade and the school’s resident ice prince, Bai Jiangxin. - Fantasizing made Xiang Di happy, and her mock exam scores shot up. She had no 190.2kFavorites218.9kClicks/ch301.5kGifts
- 50 A Pragmatist’s Love 实用主义者的爱情 The final installment of the print edition of "A Pragmatist’s Love" is now available for preorder, with an additional 8,000-word bonus story. A preview of the bonus story appears at the end. If you’re interested, you can purchase the book from online retailers. To Fei Ni, a house was far more dependable than love. If marriage hadn’t been the only way to get assigned an apartment, Fei Ni would never have married Fang Muyang. Those who didn’t know the full story assumed Fei Ni had chosen Fang M 238.5kFavorites345.8kClicks/ch146.8kGifts
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