Modern Day Josei
Modern Day Josei
List of stories that portray realistic romance set in modern time. The main leads are adults and mostly have career - which varies from actor, lawyer, doctor, professional athlete, office worker, etc.
I don't include stories that have mystery/crime as their main or sub genre; there is another list dedicated for it. I also don't include tragedy with bad ending since my heart can't handle too much sadness.
NB: In the list below, you can read the bracket as [Female Lead x Male Lead].
I don't include stories that have mystery/crime as their main or sub genre; there is another list dedicated for it. I also don't include tragedy with bad ending since my heart can't handle too much sadness.
NB: In the list below, you can read the bracket as [Female Lead x Male Lead].
23 Followers
Created: Aug 13th, 2020, Updated: Mar 24th, 2024
Created Aug 13th, 2020
Updated Mar 24th, 2024
173 Chapters Every 145.3 Day(s) 4067 Readers 71 Reviews 07-15-2019
[Saleswoman x Doctor] FL falls in love with ML and pursues him shamelessly. She only retreats when she hears his coworkers gossiping about her. He rejects her as well, saying that they can only be friends. But one day he tells her, 'I want to be your boyfriend' What a mess!... more>>
56 Chapters Every 149.2 Day(s) 6520 Readers 69 Reviews 10-20-2021
[Actress x Aerospace Engineer] FL has one month to get her gaming skills up to the level her publicist has claimed she has. Turns out, her high school crush is an expert.... more>>
57 Chapters Every 100.3 Day(s) 1409 Readers 8 Reviews 08-09-2021
[Live-streamer x Pro-gamer] FL wants to borrow ML's fame to increase her traffic. Little does she know that ML has bad reputation in e-sport community, which makes her traffic decreases instead. In other side, ML is genius at strategis but mistaken as social flower because he doesn't have flashy skills. This is their journey in pursuing dreams and finding love along the way.... more>>
83 Chapters Every 167.7 Day(s) 6446 Readers 81 Reviews 02-18-2019
[Amateur Cook x Chef] FL has terrible cooking skill. Because of this, she gets casted into a variety show where she can learn cooking from Michellin chef. Romance then occurs gradually in the kitchen.... more>>
77 Chapters Every 144.5 Day(s) 3755 Readers 51 Reviews 09-21-2019
[Dancer x CEO] FL has amnesia and ML, whom she has no sense of familiarity with, claims to be her fiance. It's really suspicious - but the problem is that FL has no other person to depend on. She has no other choice than following him home.... more>>
213 Chapters Every 149.1 Day(s) 7153 Readers 100 Reviews 07-31-2020
[Gaming addict Actress x Actor] Everytime FL creates havoc inside online game, especially when she declares her wish to roll into sheets of her male idol, she will get beaten up by a female character named Su Muzhe. Just why? OAO... more>>
32 Chapters Every 2.8 Day(s) 7205 Readers 91 Reviews 02-01-2016
At 16, we used the same class desk, with less than 10cm between our arms. My peripheral vision was full of him. At 26, I woke up in the morning, and saw the sunlight softly shining on his face. I thought, this is how I want to grow old – gradually, together, with him. I guess this must be love. ... more>>
28 Chapters Every 252.7 Day(s) 3643 Readers 15 Reviews 09-27-2015
What is happiness, happiness is 13 years ago, every time primary school ended, there would be a boy running in front of you to walk in a ‘S’ shape. 13 years later, it is still this same man that holds you in his arms, vulgarly telling you, “my youth was consumed by you, you must, must take responsibility for me ah!”... more>>
154 Chapters Every 76.7 Day(s) 5012 Readers 46 Reviews 08-13-2022
[Actress x CEO] FL transmigrates into a cannon fodder who gets in the way of main couple's love. According to the plot, she ends up dead with her child on car accident. FL then decides to stay away from the ML. Later, ML cornered her. There's a burning darkness in his eyes, and his knuckles pale. “No more running away from me…”... more>>
95 Chapters Every 121.3 Day(s) 2923 Readers 18 Reviews 11-08-2020
[Sports reporter x Athlete] FL goes to report on national swimming competition and meet some star athletes and romance continues from thereon.... more>>
126 Chapters Every 111.3 Day(s) 6369 Readers 136 Reviews 01-18-2021
[Law student x Law student] FL's last regret is when at the age of 19, she offended ML, known as the “Light of the Law School”. Now she returns back to that time, she will make sure to help ML be together with another girl. But … Why does she seem to offend ML more thoroughly? Help! She just wanted to help the future boss fall in love, not to fall in love with the future boss!... more>>
228 Chapters Every 4.1 Day(s) 2372 Readers 18 Reviews 07-06-2023
[Lawyer x Lawyer] FL falls in love at first sight with ML. Later she finds out that they have same profession with opposite specialization, making... more>>
109 Chapters Every 109.1 Day(s) 7631 Readers 195 Reviews 01-06-2021
[Actress x CEO] FL has mission from her system to act as white lotus whose goal is to get divorced. But on the day of... more>>
179 Chapters Every 34.2 Day(s) 4208 Readers 44 Reviews 04-19-2024
[Lawyer x Lawyer] ML works incognito under FL in countryside's community legal service. At first, he likes to do everything in elite way and disregards FL's advices. However everything turns out just FL has predicted.... more>>
273 Chapters Every 12.6 Day(s) 3999 Readers 47 Reviews 12-22-2024
[Dentist x Bar Owner] About two people who are getting to know each other and learning what it means to fall in love after getting married. ... more>>
117 Chapters Every 8.5 Day(s) 2322 Readers 16 Reviews 04-30-2025
[Lawyer x Lawyer] FL mistakes ML as man who provides 'night service'. The next day, he welcomes her as her new boss, a renowed lawyer who is known to be cancer of the industry.... more>>
162 Chapters Every 72.1 Day(s) 3298 Readers 30 Reviews 07-20-2022
[Housewife x CEO] After an accident, FL becomes super sweet and cuddly to ML (who is actually about to divorce her). ... more>>
#18First Frost
86 Chapters Every 47.3 Day(s) 3698 Readers 36 Reviews 05-25-2025
[Reporter x Bar Owner] FL rejects ML in high school. Years later, destiny brings them together as housemates. Their cohabitation actually goes quite smoothly. Until one day FL sleepwalks and wakes up in ML's bed.... more>>
274 Chapters Every 57.5 Day(s) 2522 Readers 19 Reviews 03-17-2023
[Fallen Heiress x CEO] FL loses everything in just one night: her rich family goes bankrupt and her boyfriend wants to break up with her. To make thing worse, she even gets hit by a car. Wait! The owner of the car is THE king of entertainment world. If she sucks up to him well enough, she may be able to revenge to her sc*m ex-bf. Having this thought, FL then pretends to be amnesiac and starts calling ML innocently, 'Brother'... more>>
83 Chapters Every 192.6 Day(s) 5697 Readers 47 Reviews 05-12-2018
[Singer x Music PD] In highschool, FL is top student whereas ML is the reverse. After marriage, FL is only rookie singer while ML has become golden producer. This ML's journey in empowering the FL to lord over the entertainment industry, whilst conveniently capturing her heart simultaneously.... more>>
104 Chapters Every 17.2 Day(s) 3423 Readers 22 Reviews 10-07-2024
[Store Employee x Businessman] A small department store saleswoman helps a man and his friend in a car accident. To be unknown to her, this man will gonna be the leader of her store's competitor. He asks her to work under him but she refuses. Their stores soon get into business war and they too in romance.... more>>
19 Chapters Every 119.2 Day(s) 132 Readers 0 Reviews 01-23-2021
37 Chapters Every 46.6 Day(s) 820 Readers 4 Reviews 03-16-2025
86 Chapters Every 93.9 Day(s) 4065 Readers 64 Reviews 09-08-2021
Comments (2)
News:
#1 Drama adaptation of You're My Glory will start airing on July 26th 2021, starring Yang Yang (The King's Avatar) and Dilraba Dilmurat (The Long Ballad) with huge anticipation. I saw the trailer and it looked great. Some scenes were exactly like I imagined it to be.
#2 Drama adaptation of Don't Fall in Love with The Boss is in the making, starring Huang Zitao (The Brightest Star in the Sky) and Song Zuer (The Dark Lord). No further detail is revealed. Although this is my least favorite novel of the author, I can't help feeling excited because the author deserves the attention s/he is getting. I hope his/her other novels will also get noticed in the future.
Announcement:
I have removed some stories from this list due to following reasons:
1. Oneshots
If I have collected enough stories, I will make separate rec list for oneshot.
2. I unlikely read again
I sometimes put a story that I have just read to this list. Because it's still fresh, I'll feel the story is worth to be recommended. But after a while, I realize that I have no desire to re-read those, or can't even remember the synopsis. It's been burdening me to recommend something that I'm not too fond of, so I get them removed.