The MC was switched at birth and dumped in the countryside. After being found by her real family, Zhao Mingxi tried everything to please them to fit in. Every day she cooked amazing dinners and baked desserts for them yet her tr*shy family wasn't grateful and instead accused her of 'trying to steal them away' from the fake daughter, Zhao Yuan. ... more>>

After dying, ZMX found out that she was the villain of a novel whilst ZY was the female lead. Fortunately, ZMX got the chance to be reborn and change her fate but she must 'freeload' popular character's luck. In this life, the MC decided to give up on trying to please her family and chose to sever their ties. 

The Zhao family is the perfect description of the saying, "You don't know what you have until it's gone." Although I did pity them at times, I still think ZMX is completely in the right.

I loveee the male lead, Fu Yangxi, so f*cking much. He is a tsundere type character but he's so cute. FY isn't like those typical, amazing at everything male leads instead, he's more realistic. He has a pretty tough family life as well and he's unused to people liking him for him, and not for his money, so when ZMX starts giving him attention, he's extremely flattered. <<less

The two school tyrants of Second Highschool who rank last place and second-to last place respectively were placed in the same class in their second year. Although Xie Yu was cold, quiet but violent and He Zhao was charming, arrogant and popular, they both shared another thing in common: faking their bad grades. ... more>>

Cute, cute cute. I love their dynamic so so so muchhhhhhh. They're literally polar opposites yet they fit together so perfectly. I love everything about them. I also really love all, ALL, the side characters as well. All of them are just so fun and likeable, especially their Class 3 classmates.

One of the few novels that made me sad when I realized I was getting closer and closer to the end. <<less

This novel is about the aftermath of a girl who was EXTREMELY rebellious due to her family issues transmigration into a cultivation world and back. After the many years, she had lived in that world, our MC had long grown up and no longer cared about her horrible family. Instead, after returning she chose to dedicate the rest of her school life to her studies and putting her skills she learnt from her life in the cultivation world to use.... more>>

I really like this novel because not only did the MC improve her own life, her group of rebellious friends also grew up with her. The male lead is my favourite part though lol, he's such a cutie. I love him lmao <<less

In her first life, Xu Zhaixing felt what it was like to fall down from heaven to earth. Because of her uncle, her father's media company was bankrupt, her mother was diagnosed with cancer and eventually passed away, and her father was paralysed after having a stroke. In one of her most vulnerable moments, she saw a video of a young man playing the piano which had caused her to abandon her silly ideas. From then on, Xu Zhaixing became his, Cen Feng's, most loyal fan despite his many scandals. However, news broke that her idol committed su*cide from depression. After his death, the truth behind his terrible reputation was finally revealed to the public.... more>> style="line-height: 40px;"> After a car accident, Xu Zhaixing was reborn back to her high school days.

When I first read the summary for this novel, I was honestly kind of deterred away from it because fan X idol sh*t kinda makes me uncomfortable and the summary made it seem like the MC was deliberately trying to take advantage of him and force her way into his life but luckily it's not really like that. Xu Zhaixing has her own issues to take care of and because she is his fan, she decided to help the ML as well with completely pure motives. Also, it's a double rebirth situation which is super rare so the ML is not really naive.

It's kinda like those entertainment/showbiz novels where the FL falls in love with the CEO who helps her become famous but it's in the perspective of the CEO and the genders are reversed . <<less

Ji Bai's only purpose in life was to be her elder sister, who's sick with haemophilia's, human blood bank. Like a leech, her bias parent's viciously s**ked away her blood, with no concern for their other daughter's wellbeing despite Ji Bai's deteriorating health. The only person who accompanied her whilst she was living in her sister's shadow was Xie Sui, the son of a mu*derer who had ruined his own life during his 'frivolous' youth.... more>>

After being reborn back to when she was only 16 years old, Ji Bai decided to live her own life, not as a tool for others, and to pursue her own happiness.

This novel is a bit on the gloomier side compared to the other novels on this list but I highly recommend it. It's one of the only novels that *almost* made me cry. There's also quite a bit of darker themes and power struggles near the end but the romance is very sweet. The MTL is pretty easy to read as well.

Grandaughter of the Ji family, Ji Ting X 'Scum of society', Xie Sui <<less

The bright and cheerful village girl, Lin Miao, was sent to stay with the Yu family to look after their sickly Young Master due to the advice from a Master in hopes that the blessed little girl who shared the same birthday as him, the 29th of February, would help.... more>>

Probably one of the most wholesome and heartwarming novels I've EVER read. It details the life of the eight-year-old Lin Miao, or her nickname Shuishui, her friendship with the Young Master, her career as an athlete and her family. I genuinely LOVE all the characters in this novel. Just everything about this novel is so pure and warm lol.

Unlike what I first expected, it's not JUST about romance. I f*cking love the ML and MC's friendship so much. I love watching Shuishui's journey in life. I love the way the ML's mother improved and learnt how to properly raise a child. I love how Shuishui managed to charm everyone around her.  <<less

When they were in law school, the MC helped her brother win over a girl she thought her future-boss, Lu Xun, liked. 7 years later,... more>> the overworked, Qian Wei's, only regret in life is offending her boss, Lu Xun. One day, she returned to the time when she was only 19 years old - before she stole her boss' woman. This time she decided to help him win Mo Zixin over and act like his lackey so that he'd treat her well when he's rich and successful. <<less

A little sea otter spirit, Qiao Dian, somehow transmigrated and became a cannon-fodder in an entertainment novel. Forced into a variety show, QD only wants to sleep, eat and swim.... more>>

I like this novel because although QD is kinda naive, she's SOO CUTEE. With her natural cuteness, she managed to charm everyone, including the 'villains', into her fans. Because she's an otter spirit, she's very good at aquatic sports and dancing.

The male lead, is a killer shark spirit and I also really like him <<less

The rebellious son of the Jiang family, Jiang Ren, hates obedient and gentle girls with good grades the most after his mother betrayed his father and left. However, he somehow found himself falling in love with Meng Ting.... more>>

I really love Meng Ting - she's beautiful, gentle and extremely talented. Whilst our ML, Jiang Ren, is your typical bad student but for MT, he's willing to change. Genuinely one of my favourite novels of all time and I really recommend it.

I just realised, it also goes by the name "Bizarre Love" with a different page on novelupdates  <<less

In her first life, the male lead fell in love 'at first sight' with our MC during their school years. He was crazily obsessed with her and she ended up dying because of him. After dying, she discovered that she was living in a novel and was bound to a system that can help her change the script if she studies hard.... more>>

It sounds kinda dark but honestly, it's really funny. As she can normally only change one word in the script she makes a LOT of weird and illogical sh*t happen to the male lead lmao. For example, she made this guy who was planning on confessing to her, pin the MALE LEAD onto the wall and confess to him instead.

I'm not really sure what the ML lead was like in her first life but he's actually pretty okay in the second life? <<less

After losing a bet on who will win a basketball match - Zhong Yuan or her crush, Lu Zjian - our MC was forced to shave all her hair off by her roommates. Due to her hatred of Zhong Yuan, she decided to take out her anger on him by 'accidentally' hitting him with her ball, multiple times. ... more>>

I really like this one because the MC and ML have a really cute love/hate relationship. However, it's the first novel I've read where it's in the MC's first-person POV. <<less

Two actors/actresses that are famous for never getting along both secretly had a crush on each other for nine years.

One day, our MC transmigrated into another world and became the daughter of a rich family. Unlike other novels, the MC doesn't realise she was living in a novel. ... more>>

Aside from the transmigration part, this novel is actually really realistic. The MC realises that because she's from those rich families, a marriage of convenience is common so she willingly goes on blind dates to find her potential husband. The MC and the male lead of the original novel went on a date together and they both really liked each other  <<less

The impoverished Jiang Yu lived her life as a simple dodder flower wife of her rich but abusive second-generation husband, Hou Cheng. Despite her talent, her inferiority complex leads her to quit her only passion - ballet. After her husband's psychiatrist, Qui Li, was charged with the mu*der of Hou Cheng, Jiang Yu found herself back when she was only 17 years old. With her phone, she discovered that she has a chance to help those in the future fix their past mistakes and one of her clients happen to be Qui Li... more>>

After years of abuse by his father, Qui Li lost his senses of taste and touch yet for some reason when he's with her, Jiang Yu, he can feel once again. Despite not knowing her intentions of getting close to him, he doesn't mind as he is also using her to perceive the world.

I really like this because our ML and FL are very cute together, there's a lot of mystery and I think the concept of being able to communicate with those from the future and helping them change their fates is really interesting.  <<less

After learning of his death, Qi Ying, the General's only concubine, committed su*cide and became a 17-year-old girl in the modern times. The original body had lost both her parents and became deaf and mute from the trauma.... more>>

Whilst adjusting to her new life, she met Ji Rang. At first glance she recognized him - it was her General.  <<less

Just a cute and sweet romance between a really cute girl and her senior set in university.

Sorry. but I gotta stuff my favourite novel of all time in here too. Romance? Top-tier. Plot? Top-tier. Characters? Also top-tier.... more>>

However, this is a quick-transmigration novel.

Ming Shu and Qi Yu are my favourite couple. I love them both separately and as a pair.

I think that Ming Shu specifically is a really interesting character because in some reviews people say that she's really flat and repetitive. Yes, the "are you trying to steal my snacks" jokes are way overused and her main thing is just smiling, eating, and picking fights. Throughout the entire novel, there are a lot of subtle hints/foreshadowing about Ming Shu actually being very lonely in general and quite insecure about her relationship with Qi Yu since they don't actually know anything about each other which is honestly pretty sad. (They're both task-takers and his mission is to make her fall in love with him or kill her.)

Despite her behaviour being quite cute/playful (? well at least in the eyes of us readers...), she is in fact VERY cold-hearted deep down. Like if it wasn't for either Qi Yu or the system's point which lets her buy food, she probably would not give a f*ck about literally anything even if people were dying in front of her. However in general, she's a super funny character that will NEVER fall into any clichés and always leaves other characters, even her man, speechless.

Also in almost every arc, the side-characters are either very likeable, interesting or particularly memorable.

Ming Shu's background is also extremely interesting. You learn a bit about it in The Path Of The Apocalypse arc btw <<less

After transmigrating into a novel as a jealous cannon fodder, Qiao Lan met Tan Mo, one of her favourite characters who also had an unfortunate ending. Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, Tan Mo was severely bullied since he was a child. As a fellow cannon fodder, Qiao Lan decided to take care of this pitiful boy.... more>>

This novel is not really about face-slapping or about any of the original novel's main characters at all but it instead focuses on the pairs' relationship and on Tan Mo's character development. <<less

Wei Ruxia moved to Ancheng to live with her father after the death of her mother where she met her neighbour, Luo Tang.... more>>

Personally, I feel like the synopsis for this novel is kinda misleading as it seems like a comedic cutesy delinquent X good girl when it's not really like that although Lou Tang does get into a couple of fights. It's more of a romance slice of life novel between a decisive girl and a straightforward boy. Overall it's pretty soft, sweet and realistic.

The MC, Wei Ruxia has a really refreshing personality. She's mature and calm but also likes to tease the ML. When people provoke her, she's not afraid to fight back whether it be through words or physically. She also has a high EQ and she caught on to the fact the Luo Tang likes her pretty quickly.

The ML, Luo Tang, is pretty straightforward. He likes her so he's going to chase after her.

There are a couple of sad moments so be prepared and there's a slight twist at the last 20 chapters. 

Contrary to the translator's name, ShittyMTL, the translations are very high quality. They insert pronunciations, definitions and images in a very non-jarring way. <<less

After being abducted by human traffickers as a baby, Lu Wan was bought by a family in the countryside who actually wanted a boy. Feeling scammed, they forced Lu Wan to act like a boy and had even registered her as 'male' in formal documents. When the wealthy Lu family finally found her, Lu Wan realised that she seemed to be living inside a novel where she was cannon fodder who was supposed to be the male lead's fiance.... more>>

I really love Lu Wan! She's a bad bit*h and I just love the way she deals with people like the original protagonists. Due to living with an abusive father and acting as a boy for 17 years, she's really good at fighting. She's also really smart and was the No. 1 in her old school.

Honestly, there's not really a plot to this novel and it feels more like a sitcom. It's just about Lu Wan's life of attracting all the boys and girls, the funny interactions between her older, famous brother and the original protagonists clowning about behind her.

There is romance but there's quite little. <<less

Initially, I didn't want to put this novel into this list because it's the exact opposite and goes against everything this list was supposed to be but it's lowkey one of my favourite novels of ALL TIME. ... more>>

It's the epitome of all those dog-blood filled, melodramatic CEO tr*sh plastered all over Webnovel but like, it's actually good. If you read novels, there's NO WAY you didn't have a Webnovel phase and honestly, this is the best of them all. I've re-read this garbage like 5 times already lmao.

Uhhh, the plot is EXTREMELY hard to describe but: 

After destroying her own family due to her s*upidity, Ye Wanwan was taken in by Si Ye Han, the master of the renowned Si family, albeit unwillingly. Because of her love for her former fiancé, Ye Wanwan desperately tried to get rid of Si Ye Han who was strangely obsessed with her. Under the persuasion of her 'best friend', who was secretly eying the position of Madam Si, Ye Wanwan ruined her beauty with hideous makeup and horrifying tattoos in order to deter him away. When Si Ye Han finally relented and let her go, she finally realized how ruthlessly she was schemed against by not only her best friend but also by her ex-fiancé which she was so in love with and her own cousin. After dying from an intentionally planned accident, Ye Wanwan was reborn back 7 years ago when she was still living with Si Ye Han.

Ngl, Si Ye Han is kinda creepy as f*ck at the beginning BUT I swear to god, give him a chance! He gets a LOT better and you'll find out why he's so in love with her because it's NOT just a weird inexplicable love-at-first-sight thing which I HATE (their actual love story is extremely cute and also kinda sad). You'll also find out why Ye Wanwan was so f*cking horrendously dumb in her first life yet so brilliant in her second.

The tags are also not just for decoration by the way. Especially that Martial Arts one. The first 1000 chapters are mainly about the School Life Gender Bender and Showbiz tags whilst the rest is Martial Arts, Mystery and I guess Psychological.

Idk if this is a spoiler but this novel has lots of 'arcs' which is why it's fun to re-read because there are so many different themes <<less

An extremely lazy and unambition woman who enters the entertainment industry in order to get by in life.... more>>

I think there's romance but as of writing this, I'm not really sure who it is.

Mainly comedy <<less

Gu Nian's, the self-proclaimed "Mom-fan" of an unknown actor, Liu Xiu, greatest goal in life was to make her "son" famous with her screen-writing abilities.... more>> Unfortunately, her son was not as pitiful as she had expected... <<less

After a hit in the head, Ruan Tian realised that she was only a supporting character in a novel and her biological twin sister was the true female lead.... more>>

Ruan Tian had always felt that her life was full of misfortune. At 3 years old, she was kidnapped by human-traffickers and shipped of to no-where. She spent the first 16 years of her life lingering through orphanages and surviving through picking up tr*sh. Even when she was finally found by her true family, the Zhaos, it turned out to be a tragedy in disguise. Through the new revelations, Ruan Tian realised that her family did not love her and was only using her as a blood bank for her sickly elder sister, Zhao Xiaoqiao. Even her husband who she had been in-love with since young only had her sister in his heart.

Ruan Tian is one of my favourite MCs. Her unwavering stubbornness and just her personality in general is so likeable which even makes up for romance... 

Every man around her is honestly quite psychopathic even the Male Lead. I feel like the author didnt intend to make him the ML at the start and was instead planning on making him another antagonist but then they decided to change their mind half-way through. I'm a bit conflicted about him to be honest... I wish the author hadn't made him to do such horrible things to her when they were younger otherwise i would have liked him but oh well. <<less