Novels like Defying the Rain
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Defying the Rain, best match first.
- 1 Crossing the River in a Boat of Rumors 闻舟渡 After transmigrating, Wen Yu became a low-ranking female shipwright in the Yongle era of the Ming dynasty, freshly jilted by her fiancé. Her entire family was leeching off her. She decided to rewrite this poor girl’s story. Household intrigue was a backward way to undermine productivity. Everyone was an equal workhorse, and no one could escape the clutches of Wen, the capitalist CEO who believed working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week, was a blessing. The whole family would build ships to 84Votes11.8kRecs11.3kFans
- 2 The Ceremonies of the Seasons 岁时来仪 A modern-day cat accidentally arrived in the thirty-fourth year of the Qianlong era of the Great Qing, and began keeping an observation diary about a girl named Wang Zhenyi. ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ (A short story, written for fun. There are some original details, but not too many. I just wanted to fulfill a dream I've had for years^ Tea is ready, and so is the cat. We await any kindred spirit^ ↓ [Won the Bronze Award in the “Discovering Intangible Cultural Heritage” writing contest] [Collected by the Shanghai 4Votes77kRecs14kFans
- 3 Her Guard 她的护卫 After being reborn, Yang Luo once again encountered the hunter who had saved her in her previous life. Having lived through it once already, she knew what fate awaited this hunter in the future. So she decided to hire him as her bodyguard. But as they spent more time together, Yang Luo discovered that the hunter was hiding many secrets. [Not an empress story, not a story about contending for supremacy, not a political intrigue story, a female ensemble cast, a romance with a male lead and male su 15Votes463.8kRecs88.2kFans
- 4 When Clear Days Come 逢晴日 In the twelfth year of Tianhe, on a snowy night in the dead of winter, eleven-year-old Shaowei cut off her ties to her family with a single slash and went down the mountain alone. That night, Prince Liu Qi, who had inexplicably been beaten by her like some unlucky stray dog on the roadside, got to his feet and wiped the blood from his nose. Standing in the snow, he watched her blood-soaked figure disappear. … [Note: The heroine grows over the course of the story; she is not an empress or a domin 17Votes257.9kRecs124.8kFans
- 5 A Hard-Core Worker in the Five Dynasties 五代硬核打工人 Chai Zhao felt that her brother had become different after taking a sword for her. It seemed... he was no longer himself. He would always say things that even Teacher Zheng had never heard before, yet they sounded especially like truths that embodied the principles of the world. Fortunately, no matter how difficult life became, he was willing to take her along and find a way to make a living. Chai Rong felt that at least half the hardships in his life came from his little sister, Chai Xiaomei. A 1.6kVotes171.2kRecs75.1kFans
- 6 Bai Limeng 白篱梦 The heir to the Dongyang Marquisate, who had kept vigil for his late wife for nine years, suddenly took another wife. When the Dongyang Marchioness saw the young wife sent back home, she nearly fainted with rage. And with the arrival of this young wife, many people found their peaceful dreams disturbed. [Romance] 12Votes890.1kRecs201.6kFans
- 7 An Extraordinary Woman 有女不凡 She was a real-life Cinderella, the media's very own little Diana. Indeed, the only thing she hadn't done was actually wear a crown, and even the way she died was like Diana's. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in an unfamiliar era, in a child's body. With each step she took outside, the world seemed both familiar and strange. This should have been the early Sui dynasty, but Yang Jian wasn't emperor, and the child she had raised with her own hands had changed his name to Li Yuan. All s 0Votes8.3kRecs147.8kFans
- 8 Luo Jiuzhen 洛九针 The Third Young Master Lu has studied hard for four years. With his studies complete, he’s on the verge of a bright future. His mother is delighted that her son has such promising prospects, but she also worries about his future. So she decides to break off his unsuitable engagement and drive his fiancée out of the house. [Not a political intrigue story, but a romance, with a male lead and a male supporting character] 3Votes1.1MRecs252.8kFans
- 9 EN I Rewrite the Classic of Mountains and Seas in the Starry Skies 我在星际重著山海经 Xia Chujian: Men will only affect the speed at which I draw my gun! Xia Chujian: The abyss gazes into me, and I will slaughter my way through the abyss! *, *, *, *, *, * Xia Chujian, a native of the Beichen Star System, has always thought she was utterly ordinary and unremarkable. But Huo Yushen, the youngest marshal in the Beichen Empire, does not agree. Because he has never seen anyone stare directly at those indescribable beings in the depths of the starry sky without collapsing into madness. 3Votes1MRecs195.6kFans
- 10 Back in Ancient Times as a Veterinarian 回到古代当兽医 Veterinarian Qiu Yehong transmigrates and finds herself living with a wealthy family. She watches their dazzling, intoxicating life from the sidelines, waiting for her destined love. 0Votes157.5kRecs283.9kFans
- 11 The Ancient Landlady 古代地主婆 Born in the countryside, Lin Saiyu spent every last bit of her family’s money on her education. After graduating from agricultural college, she joined the ranks of the unemployed. Downcast, she slunk back to her mountain village and became a freeloader on her parents. Then she pulled herself together and leased an orchard halfway up the mountain. Just as her business was about to succeed, she woke up to discover she had transmigrated. Well, if she had to transmigrate, at least she’d solved one p 0Votes52.9kRecs265.5kFans
- 12 The Empress of Chu (Original Novel of the TV Drama The Rising Star) 楚后（影视剧《翘楚》原著） The story begins when several postal station guards in Beicao Town meet a girl asking for help. [Not a wish-fulfillment story. A romance with a male lead and other male characters.] 2Votes1.8MRecs242.3kFans
- 13 EN Green Mountains 青山 In this age, fame and fortune have stripped the world of nine-tenths of its chivalry. Everyone, this is the story of the last remaining tenth. 9.4kVotes3.5MRecs5.4MFans
- 14 A Bond Forged by Medicine 药结同心 Shen Liumei, an unemployed herbal pharmacist, wakes up in ancient times after a fatal accident. She has become the daughter of a disgraced official, fallen on hard times. In this second life, can she fulfill her wishes and find a happy, beautiful life? 0Votes224.3kRecs242.6kFans
- 15 Reborn with the Fragrance of Medicine 重生之药香 She had nothing left to live for, yet woke up ten years in the past. Her family is still alive, and she hasn’t yet been forced to depend on others. Her fate is at a turning point. Reborn with a burning hatred, can she rewrite her destiny? 0Votes142.9kRecs293.4kFans
- 16 EN Night Without End 夜无疆 That day, the sun set and never rose again… 25.2kVotes12.7MRecs8.1MFans
- 17 Seeking Dan Zhu 问丹朱 Everyone wants to ask Chen Danzhu: Does your conscience ever hurt? [Not a female-centric power fantasy, romance] 3Votes2.8MRecs656kFans
- 18 Noble Lady Doctor 名门医女 Qi Yue stumbles into a strange era. Her hair is styled like a married woman’s, but her husband is nowhere to be seen. She lives alone in a separate courtyard, with cold pots, cold stoves, and cold stares. What kind of joke is this? Since I’m the principal wife of this household, then what I say goes. Good food, comfortable lodging, and we’ll all mind our own business. Keep picking fights with me, just you try. I’m a master surgeon. I’ll scare you out of your wits! 4Votes381.9kRecs367.2kFans
- 19 The First Marquis 第一侯 Li Minglou dies a wretched death, then is reborn ten years in the past. But she feels no joy at the prospect of taking revenge for every wrong done to her. If she wants to live like a normal person, she must first keep a low profile. [Romance] 3Votes4.2MRecs677.8kFans
- 20 Slay the Sand 诛砂 When it comes to wishes, perhaps no one would believe her. But Xie Rouhui's greatest wish was simply to be able to say no. Starting one summer when she was twelve years old, if she had said no back then, her sister would not have been swept away by the water, she would not have been rejected by her family, she would not have abandoned her own child, she would not have been married off by her father to Prince Zhenbei as his second wife, she would not have been humiliated by her stepson, and she w 0Votes648.3kRecs281.7kFans
- 21 Like Brocade 似锦 (Published in simplified and traditional Chinese) Everyone says Fourth Miss Jiang is a peerless beauty. What a shame that the Duke of Anguo’s household plucked this flower for itself. But on the eve of Jiang Si’s wedding, her fiancé jumped into a lake with another woman, intent on dying with her… 0Votes1.5MRecs412.5kFans
- 22 EN Beyond the Deep Space 深空彼岸 In the vast universe, the birth and death of a galaxy are but a fleeting flash of mottled light. Gazing up at the stars, I can’t help feeling that the ending is already set. Where will you and I be a thousand years from now? Our homeland, the sparks of civilization, the Earth: all are but specks of dust in the depths of space. A moment in the starry sky, a thousand years in the mortal world. A bug’s whole life is but one autumn, and you and I are just the same, struggling to cross the river. Wha 150Votes9.9MRecs8.9MFans
- 23 The Medical Classic of a Delicate Lady 娇娘医经 Cheng Jiaoniang’s simpleminded son has recovered. But she can’t help feeling that she is and isn’t Cheng Jiaoniang. Strange memories have appeared in her mind. As the daughter abandoned by the Cheng family, she still has to return to them. But she’s there to recover her memories, not to be scorned and bullied. [Romance] 1Votes930.3kRecs455.5kFans
- 24 The Slow Passage of Time 韶光慢 (Published in simplified and traditional Chinese, and Thai) Qiao Zhao married one of the capital’s most distinguished young noblemen. But just after the wedding ceremony, her husband was ordered to war. When they met again, he pinned her to the city wall with an arrow. She opened her eyes in the body of a girl riding a donkey, racking her brains over how to get back to the capital. 0Votes1.2MRecs697.6kFans
- 25 The Great Empress 大帝姬 After transmigrating, Xue Qing discovers she’s been pretending to be a man to trick someone into marriage. And that’s not all. She’s hiding an even bigger deception. This is the story of someone with many secrets. 4Votes5.4MRecs1.6MFans
- 26 Jun Jiuling 君九龄 In the winter of the third year of Taikang, a girl came to the Ning family in Beiliu Town, Yangcheng, claiming to be a long-lost relative; After her marriage proposal was rejected, the girl decided to prove her determination by dying in front of the Ning family home; When the girl who had died opened her eyes once again; The fates of many people were turned upside down. [Romance] 3Votes5.4MRecs1.8MFans
- 27 Spare Me, Great Lord! 大王饶命 A car accident changes high school student Lu Shu’s life. When the age of spiritual qi revival arrives, he’s determined to lead the way. Survival of the fittest. The victor rules. … 152Votes11.6MRecs5.4MFans
