Who Wrote 'The Male Leads Are Trapped In My House' Novel?

This one’s been a little slippery in the fan-sphere, and I’ve spent more than one late-night scroll trying to pin it down while sipping bad coffee and bookmarking half a dozen translator posts. The title you asked about — 'the male leads are trapped in my house' — shows up in English fan circles mostly as a light, romcom-ish concept, but across platforms it often gets listed under different phrasings or translated back into Chinese/Korean/Japanese in inconsistent ways. Because of that, English listings sometimes don’t include a clear original-author credit, or they attach a translator’s name instead of the source author. I ran into a mix of web forum threads, fan-translation posts, and a couple of aggregator pages that mentioned the title but didn’t point to a canonical author name, which is why it’s tricky to give a single definitive citation off the cuff.

If you want to track the original creator yourself (this is the route I took after getting frustrated with contradicting posts), here’s a practical plan that usually works for me: first, try searching for the likely original-language title — often Chinese sites will render similar concepts as something like '男主们被我关在家里' or variants; throwing those phrases into Baidu, Weibo, or Douban yields more concrete results than an English query. Second, check webnovel hubs and indexes like NovelUpdates, MangaDex (if there’s a comic/manhua adaptation), or the major Chinese platforms such as Qidian (起点), JJWXC (晋江), and 17k — translators often link back to the source post or at least name the original author in the translator’s notes. Third, don’t skip the translator’s page or the first chapter’s header in fan translations: translators usually leave a small note that credits the author, and sometimes that’s the only place you’ll find the real name versus a fan-given title. If all else fails, a polite DM in the translator’s Discord or comment section usually helps — most of them are delighted to clarify provenance because they hate seeing misattributions as much as readers do.

While digging, I also noticed adjacent titles and tropes — the “male leads stuck in a domestic setting” gag is a common romcom premise, so it’s possible editions and scanlations have merged or renamed stories over time. If you share where you first encountered the title (a tumblr post, a manhwa image, a webnovel link), I can walk through that specific trail with you. For me, the hunt is half the fun: you find obscure translator blogs, stumble on recommendation threads, and occasionally land on the original chapter with a tiny author note that feels like treasure. If you want, send over a screenshot or link — I’ll happily help you chase the original author down and maybe even find a proper translation or the author’s other works.