Be the Cruelest One

I’ve Recently Gotten into Underworld Stories. Give Me Your Number-One Pick

I'm looking for books similar to "Prison Breakout Maniac: Released from Prison and Instantly at the Top".

The School Thug Series

Looking for Stories About the 1980s and 1990s Underworld, No Mindless Power Trips

I'm looking for books like "Tales of Black and White". I want clear thinking and steady progress, not someone who jumps straight to the top overnight.

Decisive and Ruthless, Building a Faction and Recruiting Followers

Guns, Guts, and Bandits: From Small-Time Nobody to Crime Boss

Looking for books like The Legend Reborn. Guns, knives, and bullets; stories about ruthless outlaws, with smart characters and clear logic. @Wei Jie

Stories About the Underworld: Brotherhood, Bloody Feuds, and Scheming

Looking for books like "Bandit City". Not a power fantasy, just a gradual comeback story with a protagonist who uses their head!

Any Good Reads Like Black Street Students? Please, I’m Begging

Books with a Strong Jianghu Flavor, by Someone Who's Really Been in the Underworld

Looking for books like "Southwest Storms: Thirty Years in the Underworld".

A Heroic Tale of Northeast China

@Old Bandit, have you read Old Bandit’s books? Reborn in 1985: Starting Out with an Axe is really good. Everyone should go check it out.

Black Gangster Novels Set in the 1980s and 1990s, No Real-Person Adaptations

Looking for books similar to Jianghu Stories: The Storms of Luocheng.

My Esteemed Friends, Recommend a Few Underworld Novels, Please

Looking for something similar to "The Bad Old Days: Yu Chengfei's Story".

A Male Lead with Overwhelming Power in the Underworld

In a Reading Slump, Please Recommend Something

Looking for books like Daoist Master, Qingxuan! Any stories where the protagonist starts from the bottom and steadily works their way up, with satisfying payoffs that feel earned and without making them brainless?

Novels About Organized Crime in the 1980s and 1990s, Like Twenty Years of Northeast China

Looking for books like "Tales of the Jianghu: The Storms of Luocheng". Is 200,000 really worth it? That's equivalent to half a year's protection-money income, so of course it's worth it. The business brings in more than just protection money, after all. But Daxin refused to give them the 200,000.

Underworld Gangsters and Jianghu

I’m looking for a gritty underworld martial-arts world, but not a brainless one. I want something ruthless, not a wish-fulfillment story, and around five million characters long. Thanks!