Be the Cruelest One

The School Thug Series

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*.

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!

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*.

Decisive and Ruthless, Building a Faction and Recruiting Followers

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.

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.

A Male Lead with Overwhelming Power in the Underworld

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

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!

Looking for Books by the Author Lao Pianmen, About Going Straight and Leaving the Underworld Behind

Looking for books similar to *The Swindler*. Memoirs or stories about encountering ghosts are fine too.

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.

My Esteemed Friends, Recommend a Few Underworld Novels, Please

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

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?

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

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

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