Here's a thread of my danmei reading recs - in full on tumblr but here are the links and also more in depth summaries of each book - there are minor spoilers in each but i try my best to not reveal much, it's just i find it easier to get into novels when I have more details:

1. 妻为上, The Wife is First/You Own My All by 绿野千鹤

Period/Ancient fight-for-the-throne mixed with time travel/second chances - 95% fluff and an asshole doing right by his lawfully wedded husband when given a second chance to redo his life

https://minmoyu.tumblr.com/post/638099239743913984/okay-ive-decided-to-do-a-single-rec-after-i

2. 皇帝别闹, Stop Bothering Me, Emperor by 绿野千鹤

Transmigration of an Emperor and his lawfully wedded husband from ancient times to modern society after Emperor dies from war and his husband follows him in death

https://minmoyu.tumblr.com/post/638449767300644864/another-rec-from-the-author-who-wrote-the-wife-is

3. 千秋, Thousand Autumns by 梦溪石

Wuxia danmei with an amnesiac, sickly but powerful Sect Master of a neutral sect, who gets picked up by crazy, sort of evil Sect Master who wants to throw him into despair

https://minmoyu.tumblr.com/post/638278919143981056/ooooh-yeah-okay-barely-a-day-later-and-im-back

4. 不死者 The Undead by 淮上

Zombie apocalypse merged with ABO setting (but not really the focus) where badass amnesiac combat expert omega tries to survive zombie-run world with alpha captain of rescue team

https://minmoyu.tumblr.com/post/638823356255371264/im-here-with-a-zombie-apocalypse-think-resident

5. 我五行缺你 My Five Elements are Short of You by 西子绪

Fengshui + supernatural setting where legendary fengshui master takes in disciple whose soul has just entered the body of a con artist he's caught

https://minmoyu.tumblr.com/post/638694013150642176/hope-everyone-is-partying-by-yourself

6. 一剑霜寒 A Sword of Frost by 语笑阑珊

Wuxia + royal palace conspiracy where prince hires a sickly, about-to-die sect master to find a missing item from the palace and falls in love with him instead

https://minmoyu.tumblr.com/post/638706563857678337/okay-if-yall-have-read-my-top-2020-danmei-list

7. 定海浮生录 Dinghai Fusheng Records by 非天夜翔

Wuxia + supernatural vibes where young about-to-die exorcist and his half-reluctant protector try to save the world and bring the time of exorcists back - Has a time-travel fix-it

https://minmoyu.tumblr.com/post/638737749482061824/bear-with-me-i-have-i-think-3-more-recs-to-go

8. 当年万里觅封侯 Those Years in Quest of Honor Mine by 漫漫何其多

Period/Ancient fight-for-the-throne featuring romance btw sickly young master and a marquis' son who used to be childhood friends but were separated

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/639077678516994048/im-trying-to-do-a-nice-series-compilation-of

9. 穿成反派如何活命 How to Survive as a Villain by 伊依以翼

Transmigrating CEO into a historical novel where he's the evil Emperor who dies at the hands of the main character, tries to change his fatal demise, leading to the other guy falling for him

https://minmoyu.tumblr.com/post/638797819001602048/two-more-days-left-to-2021-guys-are-yall-ready

10. 2ha by Meatbun (no intro needed but just to complete my collection)

The best danmei you'll probably ever read, enough said (read the post for deets and my thoughts on the trigger warning debate)

https://minmoyu.tumblr.com/post/638979774049566720/i-dont-think-anyone-needs-me-to-do-a

11. 地球上线, The Earth is Online by 莫晨欢

Apocalyptic-esque setting where people across the globe fall into a global, fatal, deadly game against an alien-like Black Tower & gain powers - Special forces gong x intelligent librarian shou

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/639255561764061184/alright-i-just-finished-this-yesterday-its-250

12. 死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by 西子绪

Supernatural, horror themed with scary ghosts and spirits/creatures - Crossdressing gong and shou as they make their way through 12 scary doors to survive

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/639777835569086464/definitely-a-top-five-fave-for-me-and-it-was-my

13. 魔尊要抱抱 Devil Wants a Hug (Not novel but manhua)

Demon looking for reincarnation of his beloved God of Spring after he sacrificed himself to save the world - Finds him as a shizun in the human realm and tries to jog his memory

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/640210778346176512/hahaha-alright-yall-im-back-so-this-one-is

14. 你的距离, Your Distance by 公子优

Cute university student in Germany matches with his strict professor unknowingly on a dating app and they fall in LURVE

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/640367427379773440/ive-definitely-done-a-rec-of-this-briefly-in-my

15. 全球高考, Global University Entrance Examination by 木苏里

Another game-world type novel between a troublesome examinee and another troublemaker for an examiner, features two rounds of amnesia between the main couple XD

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/640728819845709824/alright-heres-another-game-world-novel-and

16. 南禅 Nan Chan, by 唐酒卿

Amazing xianxia setting and feat. a pair of star-crossed lovers - one dragon lord and another god of war-esque deity, a lot of 'gege' calling and talks of eating the other person up XD SUPER romantic and artistic

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/641279089060265984/this-novel-is-so-underrated-like-i-know-a-lot-of

17. 凤于九天 Feng Yu Jiu Tian by 风弄

Himbo regular guy transmigrates into a crown prince's body in ancient times and falls in love with the prince regent who supposedly despises him - 100% ditzy himbo but smart! because has math/physics knowledge

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/641636335710519296/ahhh-okay-so-this-is-one-i-will-leave-in-the

18. 破云 Breaking the Clouds by 淮上

Narcotics team captain comes back aft incident that killed his whole team - Meets rich, competent + narcissistic vice captain on a murder case 3 yrs later that balloons into a whole conspiracy (correct link now)

https://minmoyu.tumblr.com/post/641905326243889152/im-backtracking-a-little-bit-to-clear-some-of-the

19. 吞海 Swallowing the Sea by 淮上 (Sequel to Po Yun)

Criminal investigations team captain finds out that his supposed lazy new subordinate is a legendary drug cartel undercover agent hiding from his enemies as his past catches up with him

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/641925661369483264/and-swift-on-the-tails-of-my-breaking-the-clouds

20. 无双 Wu Shuang by 梦溪石

Vain peacock who's the special ops bureau lead for the emperor goes head to head with the sickly, but super smart intelligence bureau leader under the empress - Pranks/barbs ensue as plot to overthrow emperor thickens

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/641964967634075648/oh-my-god-i-love-this-one-so-much-this-is

21. 黄金台 Golden Stage by 苍梧宾白

Not-quite-enemies who have known each other since young are forced to marry each other by the Emperor - Love story btw a fallen, sickly/disabled army commander + a notorious, merciless royal guard

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/642277102787444736/if-you-liked-%E5%A6%BB%E4%B8%BA%E4%B8%8A-i-present-to-you-another-husband

22. 犯罪心理 Criminal Psychology by 长洱

Troubled former criminal psychologist gets pulled back into the fold by police officer who's also a wealthy heir + captain of some secret ops team as cases drive them to think about morality

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/642530523270479872/here-we-go-on-the-start-of-my-third-compilation

23. 幻想农场 Fantasy Farm by 西子绪

Millennial heads back to his home village after getting fired in the city, opens his home to a lazy fox demon and flourishes living with sentient pigs, spirits, foxes & more XD

(I LURVE THIS!)

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/642658210615115776/another-lovely-one-from-the-kaleidoscope-of-death

24. 貔貅饭馆, 只进不出 by 海鶄落

A rich, stingy restaurant owner < 100 years old that runs dangerously hot in temp gets saddled with a handsome, sickly ghost and keeps him by his side for the natural air-con XD

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/642726006669656065/ahahaha-okay-this-is-another-guilty-pleasure-read

25. 鲜满宫堂 A Palace Full of Delicacies by 绿野千鹤

A seafood chef transmigrates into a poor man's body in historical times & has to sell fish for a living - Meets an Emperor unknowingly who's stuck in his cat form

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/643734961054187520/yes-am-i-going-through-lu-ye-qian-hes-entire

26. 我只喜欢你的人设 Rose & Renaissance by 稚楚

Sort-of cold playboy, gifted artist & big-time fan of an actor ends up meeting said actor, is disliked by his idol and then ends up going on a reality show with him - MY LATEST LOVE!!

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/644106302624301056/summary

27. 神木挠不尽 The White Cat's Divine Scratching Post by 绿野千鹤

By the same author as QWS; a weapons master comes back to life in a new body after 300 years and goes to find his spoilt cat, who he left behind after dying in front of it ;-;

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/648537700948951040/another-lovely-one-from-the-qi-wei-shang

28. 帝王攻略 The Emperor's Strategy (DWGL) by 语笑阑珊

By the same author as YJSH; devoted king/lord who will stop at nothing to help his childhood friend that he loves, safeguard his position as emperor (has at least 2 other CPs)

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/648541473588068352/ahhhhh-this-is-basically-my-latest-completed-read

29. 高能二维码 High Energy QR Code by 青色羽翼

Another game world danmei! CEO investigating his younger bro's sudden death gets pulled into the game & meets a narcissistic, cute player turned into a mirror prop - They don't touch for 200 chapters

https://hanzhang.tumblr.com/post/650718747625193472/yasssss-so-i-finally-found-an-official-ish-image