Books Where the Protagonist Dies at the End 结尾把主角写死了的书

1. 101 斩 After I Broke Our Blood Pact, the Empire's Jewel Knelt in the Far North, Begging Me to Turn Back 斩断血契后，帝国明珠跪在极北求我回头 Whirlwind Thunderclap Giant Mantis旋风霹雳雷霆大螳螂8k WordsCompleted After Severing the Blood Pact, the Empire's Crown Jewel Knelt in the Far North, Begging Me to Turn Back —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 死 A Billion Deaths Later, I've Driven China's 749 Bureau Insane 死亡亿万次，我逼疯华夏749局 Little Little Falling Leaf小小小落叶Urban413k WordsCompleted [Power-Fantasy Takeoff]+ [749 Bureau]+ [Superpowers]+ [Ancient Martial Arts and Qigong]+ [Epic Worldbuilding]+ [A Little Comedy] Chu Sheng, a high school senior, suddenly binds himself to a System. The first thing the System bro says is: [Host, hurry up and die!] Chu Sheng: “? Your mom...” [If you die, I’ll get you back on your feet. You’ll get stronger when you come back to life!] “...May your mom enjoy good health.” Chu Sheng immediately tries his luck at getting hit by a car. He gets scat 5.7kReads8.5Score690Shelves
3. 103 忠 Faithful Hound 忠犬 Qing Shisi卿十四Two Male Leads45k WordsCompleted Zhou Qi says he’ll be Qi Tingyao’s dog for the rest of his life, but he can’t bear to stop there. Through countless sleepless nights, he tears at his own soul and cries out with longing. The feelings he has buried deep in his heart for over a decade finally burst forth. Just how much does he love Qi Tingyao? Perhaps it’s shown in the way he finally finds the strength to let go as he lies dying. 3.6kReads8.6Score385Shelves
4. 104 猛 A Stingy Tough Guy with 500 Million, on a Trip with a Beauty 猛男有五亿还抠门，旅行遇美女 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban105k WordsOngoing Style: After striking it rich, the macho Cao Jumeng has 500 million yuan but still sticks to his top-notch frugal habit of treating every yuan saved as a yuan earned. He meets beautiful women while traveling. The story is easy to follow, funny, lighthearted, and full of flirtation. There is emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. Problems crop up one after another during his travels, and he finds ways to solv 1.3kReads—Score112Shelves
5. 105 行 Too Late to Act 行之晚 The South Wind Knows My Heart txr南风知我意txrHistorical12k WordsCompleted Walking Too Late —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A short, heart-wrenching story: "Too Late to Be Gone," where the male and female leads never meet in the end, leaving a particularly poignant feeling. "Years Without a Morning," the story continues, with the male lead constantly using the female lead, who knows everything but pretends not to. It's incredibly agonizing.

6. 106 替 I Bore the Abyss for Her for Ten Years, Then the Saintess Personally Sent Me to the Guillotine 替她背负深渊十年，圣女亲手将我送上断头台 Whirlwind Thunderclap Giant Mantis旋风霹雳雷霆大螳螂7k WordsCompleted I bore the abyss for her for ten years, and the Saintess personally sent me to the executioner's block —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 107 十 A Billion Cultivators Train for Me: Ascending to Immortality Is a Piece of Cake 十亿修士替我修炼，飞升易如反掌 It's Big Chai是大柴啊Eastern Fantasy312k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 21Reads7.0Score—Shelves
8. 108 都 The City's Number One Tough Guy 都市第一猛男 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Wu Nitian didn't want to be a corporate drone, but he couldn't see any light in his future. Just as anxiety and misery overwhelmed him, he suddenly obtained the High-Mindedness System. It told him that no matter what he faced, as long as he tried to maintain a high-minded state, he would receive System rewards from time to time! 2.4kReads5.7Score211Shelves
9. 109 帮 After I Cured My Senior Sister's Poison, She Wanted to Become My Dao Companion 帮师姐解毒后她竟想做我的道侣 Old Hao Chen陈年老皓Eastern Fantasy603k WordsOngoing [One Heroine] [Two Strong Leads, Both Devoted] [Lots of Heroine Scenes] [Sweet Everyday Interactions] [Gradual Romance] Chen Hao transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation with an incomplete spiritual root. Assigned to the menial workers' quarters of the Wandao Sect, he is bullied by everyone. Fortunately, his System activates and repairs his spiritual root, finally setting him on the path to immortality. One day, Luo Fanshuang, the sect's aloof and otherworldly senior sister and a Golden 4.2kReads8.1Score485Shelves

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   [Single Female Lead][Strong Male and Female Leads][Non-Typical, Satisfying Novel][Extremely Plenty of Scenes for the Female Lead!][Supporting Characters Also Have Romantic Stories] Luo Fanshuang is the senior disciple of the Wandao Sect, aloof and ethereal, a once-in-a-millennium cultivation prodigy, universally acknowledged as the "Heavenly Moon" by the entire sect. However, this fairy-like figure falls for a seemingly useless junior brother from the menial labor quarters, whose spiritual roots are incomplete. Only Luo Fanshuang herself knows the earth-shattering secret hidden within that seemingly insignificant junior brother. When her life hangs in the balance due to the onset of the cold poison, he is the one who saves her. When the demons break the seal and the sect is destroyed, he, with his Qi Refining body, single-handedly protects the entire Wandao Sect. The world sighs at the senior disciple's protectiveness, spoiling this menial junior brother to the heavens. But they don't know that from beginning to end, it was that seemingly useless junior brother who stood before her, shielding her from all the storms. And Chen Hao can only say: At first, I really just wanted to help my senior sister detoxify!

10. 110 岁 Year After Year, No Today 岁岁在无今朝 The South Wind Knows My Heart txr南风知我意txr11k WordsCompleted Year After Year, Until This Day 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 111 斩 Slay the Gods: Climbing the Ranks Like a Dung Beetle in the World of Slay the Gods! 斩神：我在斩神世界苍蜣登阶！ Fan He凡河Male-Channel Fanfiction991k WordsCompleted [Slay the Gods + comedic fan fiction + Huozige's golden finger] (Just turn your brain off and enjoy! No idea if it's good, but it's definitely crazy and hilarious. Some original-world details have been altered, so don't take them too seriously.) Chen Li transmigrates into the world of Slay the Gods and waits for eighteen long years. At last, the System arrives, and the protagonist, Lin 10.1kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    This character is essentially dead. The ending, where he survives, feels like a forced happy ending by the author. In every respect, the protagonist is completely dead; nobody remembers him anymore.

12. 112 宋 The Song Dynasty’s Number One Tough Guy 宋朝第一猛男 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Historical425k WordsOngoing Wu Jushuai opens his eyes to find himself in the Song Dynasty, transformed into an ugly man with the same name. The System, however, requires him to collect “admiration points from peerless beauties” to become handsome. The top courtesans of Bianjing, noble ladies from wealthy families, and chivalrous women of the martial world are all left blushing by his poetry and modern-day flirting techniques. The villains grit their teeth and grumble, “That guy's ugly and lecherous. What makes him so speci 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves
13. 113 丧 A Zombie's Hiking Diary 丧尸的徒步旅行日记 Li Jiu理久Sci-Fi & Apocalypse296k WordsCompleted [Leisurely Travels + Everyday Storylines + No Romance] [Content note: No fighting or drama, and the protagonist isn't cold-blooded, going on killing sprees, or antisocial. This is purely a story about taking walks!] When the apocalypse broke out, Yu Qingxian chose to die. But her attempt failed, and she became a zombie. She had been socially anxious and depressed in life, so she decided to travel on foot. Since everyone was a zombie anyway, she didn't feel so afraid anymore. 23.9kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves

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    The main characters all died later on, sob sob sob, my Xiaoxiao, my Xiaoyu

14. 114 满EN A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother 满门恋爱脑，唯有小师弟正的发邪 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Slow-Burn + Cautious Protagonist + Funny and Lighthearted] The senior apprentice brother is love-struck, and the second senior apprentice brother is burdened with a blood feud. The third senior apprentice sister has loved and fought the Demon Lord through three lifetimes, while the fourth senior apprentice sister is a white lotus. The sect leader left the sect for love, and the uncle-master ventured deep into the demonic path for the woman he loved... Neither immortal nor heroic, th 21kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
15. 115 能 The Teleporting Delivery Driver 能瞬移的外卖员 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban227k WordsOngoing The number-one tough guy, Ye Jumeng, can teleport while delivering takeout. The villains’ emotional manipulation, gripping clashes, twists and turns, and a story that starts low and rises high make for a vivid, entertaining read. Style: urban survival, easy to follow, witty and humorous, lighthearted, with no shortage of romantic tension. 983Reads—Score101Shelves
16. 116 青 My Childhood Sweetheart Wants to Brew Tea, and the Villain Is Rolling with Laughter 青梅要煮茶，反派笑疯了 The Breeze Is No Sword清风不是剑9k WordsCompleted The Childhood Sweetheart Wants to Brew Tea, and the Villain Goes Insane 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are truly unassailable; the ending is absolutely stunning.

17. 117 冒EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 493.7kReads9.7Score71.7kShelves
18. 118 阴 The Brooding Top Is Always Crying in the Seductive Tycoon's Arms! 阴湿攻，他总在钓系大佬怀里哭！ Baijiu250白酒250Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Completed] Xu Sui wakes up to a world-shattering shock. His wife, with whom he'd shared a love-hate relationship and a forced romance, has killed herself. She's completely dead, leaving him behind, frail, helpless, and crying out for care. Xu Sui silently looks at the engagement ring he'd secretly prepared, along with the betrothal gifts he'd spent years putting together. His composure slowly crumbles, and he grows increasingly unhinged. “If you're a ghost, haunt me like a demon for the rest of 6.3kReads8.4Score414Shelves

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    The protagonist dies in the end!

19. 119 龙 The Dragon King Is Actually a Woman, So Men Have to Be Thrown into the River 龙王其实是女的，得把男人往河里扔 Koi Loves Eating Fish锦鲤爱吃鱼9k WordsCompleted The Dragon King Is Actually a Woman, So Men Have to Be Thrown into the River 723Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 120 活 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted Living Sacrifice 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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    This is an absolutely amazing book! It's so good, so incredible, I've never read such a wonderful book before!

21. 121 你 Your Mystery Novels Make You Better at Solving Cases Than the Police? 你写悬疑小说比警察还会查案？ Ju Jiuzhi桔九织Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (No System, no female lead, not invincible, mostly everyday life, Conan-like bad luck, cases both big and small.) (Warning: The protagonist does everything for himself and is no conventional good guy. Don’t read if that bothers you. Also, no female lead doesn’t mean no female characters; it just means there are no romantic scenes. Don’t read if you don’t want women to appear.) Other people transmigrate and find opportunities and connections waiting for them. When Lu Ci transmigrates, the only th 7.1kReads8.9Score846Shelves

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    If you're not looking for angst, let's read something sweet! These books are all sweet. Books 7 and 8 are the same book, and book 8 is a sequel.

22. 122 师 Being a Master Is a High-Risk Job. You Little Traitor, What Are You Doing? 师尊是个高危职业，逆徒，你干嘛 Baozi Loves Breakfast包子爱早餐Eastern Fantasy519k WordsCompleted My new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 691Reads5.7Score318Shelves
23. 123 我 I'm the Only Living Person in This Apartment Building 我住的这栋公寓，只有我是活人 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted I'm the only living person in the apartment building where I live. 4.3kReads—Score—Shelves
24. 124 盗 Tomb Raiding: Smacking You with the Book of Answers 盗墓：拿答案之书敲你哦 Don't Cloud the Sky别云上Mystery304k WordsCompleted No CP + starts with The Sea of Sand + knows nothing about the original plot After Jiang Lai died, he opened his eyes again on a snowy mountain, where he had become a boy of fourteen or fifteen. All he had in his pocket was a Book of Answers. But he discovered that whenever he ran into trouble, following the book's instructions gave him an insanely powerful luck buff. And so... Jiang Lai grinned wickedly and started hurling the Book of Answers whenever danger appeared. Li Cu, accidentally hit by 2.6kReads8.8Score409Shelves
25. 125 盗 Tomb Raiding: Want a Deck of Cards? 盗墓：来一副扑克吗？ Don't Cloud the Sky别云上Mystery446k WordsCompleted [Starts in Golmud, Qinghai + no romance + friendship-focused] Jiang Song inexplicably gets bound to a System. Before he can reach the pinnacle of life, the System is attacked by some force and takes him along when he transmigrates. To make matters worse, he becomes a member of the Wang family. The System leaves behind only a message about how to get home and a deck of playing cards before crashing for good. Jiang Song feels no excitement about transmigrating. All he cares about is getting home, 4.1kReads8.7Score642Shelves
26. 126 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Walnut Seller 盗墓：那个卖核桃的 Xue Yin薛喑Two Male Leads174k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads] + [Angst] + [Severe Protagonist Suffering, Not for the Faint of Heart] 2026 editor’s note: Please read the author’s statement in the book’s discussion section. Thank you, everyone. The protagonist is completely love-struck, extremely so, and there will be no switching love interests. If you can’t accept that, feel free to leave using the top-right corner. Li Cu × Qian Heng After spending seven or eight years out in the dirt, Qian Heng had thoroughly wrecked his health. With now 2.9kReads9.3Score566Shelves
27. 127 渣 After I Played the Miaojiang Boy, He Planted a Love Gu in Me 渣了苗疆少年后，我被种情蛊了 Cloud Crane Crossing云鹤渡Two Male Leads355k WordsCompleted [Complete + Miaojiang seme + Two male leads + Obsessive love + Alternate-universe supernatural setting + Happy ending] [Pure-hearted, aloof, unhinged, possessive Miaojiang seme x researcher with an emotional disorder] Everyone said the people of Miaojiang were skilled in gu, but Shen Jue refused to believe it. To uncover the secret behind the villagers of Jiteng Village’s longevity, Shen Jue, a researcher at the Tower, disguised himself as part of a documentary crew and entered the Miao village 21.7kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves

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    The first book is full of deaths from beginning to end. In the end, all the main characters die. If you have to say who didn't die, it's the seventh brother who didn't enter the Gate of the End. In the second book, the female lead dies later. In the third book, the female lead also dies, but the author wrote an extra chapter. In the fourth book, the person the protagonist likes dies while saving a drowning child. In the fifth book, Ji Yanqing dies, and Shen Jue lives like Ji Yanqing.

28. 128 黑 The Corrupted Moon Was Redeemed After Her Rebirth 黑化月亮复生后，被救赎了 Heated Lemon Water加热柠檬水Mystery241k WordsCompleted Fan Favorite / Pairing Undecided (Anything Is Possible) / Mutual Salvation / White Moonlight Returns from the Dead Qing Yan died in the Zhang Family Ancient Tower, in Black Glasses' arms. Years later, he returned and appeared before the Nine Gates once more, but everything had changed beyond recognition. Suspicion and heart palpitations, probing and cautiousness. After countless rescues and glimmers of hope, who, in the end, saved whom? Are you really him... Did you really come back...? Now tha 7kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
29. 129 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's one of my absolute favorites. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

30. 130 穿 I Transmigrated into The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, and They All Fell Apart After I Faked My Death 穿越盗笔，假死后他们都崩溃了 Heated Lemon Water加热柠檬水Mystery151k WordsCompleted Qing Yan transmigrated into the world of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles twenty years ago, and Zhang Qiling and Hei Xiazi raised him like a pig for all those years. Then, forced by a Corpse Beetle Pill to become a player in the game, Qing Yan accidentally uncovered a shocking secret about himself. From then on, the Nine Houses had another lunatic... No, that's not right. Qing Yan: Sorry, Brother Xiao Hei! I didn't mean to! Hei Xiazi: Kid, you sure put on a good act. Qing Yan: Sorry, Brother X 11kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
31. 131 你EN You Have Pangu's Axe, I Have a Barrett 你用盘古斧我有巴雷特 My Name Is Cheng Dapao我叫程大炮Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: National Transmigration: I Have an Arsenal [Not an Invincible-Protagonist Story]+ [One Heroine or No Heroine]+ [The Villain Is Ridiculously Strong] (Don’t read if you don’t like that) Heaven and earth undergo a transformation, and ten billion people around the world transmigrate at the same time to another world where only melee weapons exist. After awakening a personal divine weapon from the start, how can you survive in this perilous otherworld? Everyone else gets swords, spears 47.3kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
32. 132 一 One Man, One Minister 一人臣 All of You, Get Out of My Sight都给朕退下Ancient Romance88k WordsCompleted In everyone’s eyes, Ji Ya was a brutal, debauched empress. To the great general Mo Lengzun, she was also a scheming, selfish, and sinister villain! But none of them knew she was terminally ill and had little time left... Everything she did was for the people of Donghao. Even as she died, everyone still hated her... 249Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    The first book features two male leads, one dead and one insane. The second book is about an empress who orchestrates her own demise, sacrificing her life to pave the way for the male lead because she doesn't have long to live. The third book has a female lead who dies; this one is guaranteed to make you cry, I found it on Douyin.

33. 133 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 117.1kReads9.5Score16.4kShelves
34. 134 只 As Long as They Have Health Bars, I'll Kill Even the Gods 只要有血条，神明也杀给你看 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Hunter: You can see the health bars of all things, and every attack is guaranteed to deal damage, even to gods!] [Stalker: Stealth through the darkness, hunt beneath the light!] [Executioner: The time for your sentence has come!] “Come on, come on, take a blade!” “Immortal? Once your health bar hits zero, you die!” “As long as it has a health bar, I can kill it, even if it’s a god!” The dark side of the world, a shattered map, strange creatures from the abyss... There is no light behind them, 130.1kReads9.3Score14.6kShelves

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    The Gods Trilogy consists of three interconnected books. In the first book, the protagonist dies twice and is no longer himself. In the second book, the protagonist dies, and almost all his family members are wiped out. The third book is currently being updated; in the end, the world can no longer tolerate the protagonist's name, and all traces of him are erased.

35. 135 此 The Moment the Sword Rings 此刻，剑鸣之时 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [The Church’s divine light shines upon the world, while mechanical armor soars across the sky. You wonder: Can a sickle tear through a mech? Can a war hammer reforge faith?] [Swords, spears, and clubs are no match for guns and mechs. A lifetime of hard training is no match for cybernetic augmentation. You declare: How can weapons be such cumbersome things!] [After swinging your blade a thousand times, you resonate with your weapon and create the “Breath Resonance Method.”] [Even ordinary iron ca 61.5kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves
36. 136 陆 A Gentle Scolding from Mr. Lu: The Poor Little Thing Doesn't Have Long to Live 陆先生轻虐，小可怜他命不久矣 Taro Paste with Everything芋泥加一切Two Male Leads366k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, both sexually inexperienced, sickly, rekindled love, groveling pursuit of his lover, angst before sweetness.] Lin Ran and Lu Qingzhou were once lovers who understood and loved each other. When they graduated, Lin Ran’s mother suddenly fell gravely ill. The enormous medical bills left him at a loss. Just then, Lu Qingzhou’s father, Lu Xingzhi, approached Lin Ran. Taking advantage of the situation, he offered him a huge sum of money and forced him to leave Lu Qingzhou. To save 13kReads7.4Score1.5kShelves
37. 137 什 What Do You Mean My Organs Are Grinding Monsters to Level Up? 什么叫我的器官正在刷怪升级 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban130k WordsOngoing [Your heart senses danger and has left the party] [Your heart has entered the dungeon and is grinding monsters to level up] What?! The black sun hangs in the sky, and nightmares descend! Jiang Chen discovers that his organs are leaving him one after another! [Heart has slain a Bloodmist Nightmare and comprehended: Emperor Engine! Every beat thunders with the might of an emperor!] [Hair has torn apart a giant Nightmare and comprehended: Myriad Tentacles! Endless tentacles bring an end to everyth 340Reads7.1Score186Shelves
38. 138 刻 Rigid Justice 刻板正义 Rielgon Can't Write Books瑞尔贡不会写书Urban1.3M WordsOngoing If you were born to be humanity’s savior, destined to sacrifice yourself, would you accept your mission? [Great Calamities] are extinction-level natural disasters that occur every few years: tsunamis, meteorites, swarms of insects, collapsing stars. Only the most powerful superhuman, known as [Justice], can end them by offering up their life. Against this backdrop, humanity has developed all kinds of unique social systems, and the world’s balance of power and relations between nations have bec 630Reads8.6Score106Shelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing! The idea that the extended space in the later stages leads to dumping of goods, which in turn triggers tariff policies and a rampant black market is incredibly imaginative!

39. 139 酷 A Brief History of Torture 酷刑简史 Brian Innes布莱恩·英尼斯Historical99k WordsCompleted Torture has persisted for thousands of years, sometimes out in the open, sometimes in secret. From the torture of prisoners of war in ancient Greece to the witch hunts of the Middle Ages and interrogations after 9/11, torture has always been with us. A Brief History of Torture tells the story of torture throughout history. It covers every era, from ancient Greece to 9/11, and from ancient societies to the modern-day prisons of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. It spans the globe, from Spain to Engl 339Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    I guess so. [Thumbs up]

40. 140 一 A Leaf Sinks, Ferrying the Azure Phoenix 一叶沉舟渡青鸾 One Cloud Rises壹云起Historical299k WordsOngoing For seven years, Xiao Chenzhou has lain low, seeing through a world ruled by powerful clans, where people from humble backgrounds can give everything and still have no chance to get ahead. A sudden opportunity drags him into a web of political schemes that had been laid for him all along. He decides to stop hiding and steps into the perilous game of his own accord. Bit by bit, he uncovers the fog surrounding a long-buried case, meeting one player and pawn after another along the way. Most import 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's not finished yet, so I can write it to death. Anyway, the male lead has been injured from the beginning to 200,000 words, and he's almost crippled. Everyone around him is dying one by one. The female lead is also suffering miserably, and I'm always ready to help her ascend to immortality.

41. 141 你 Hello, Ghost Bride. I Think We've Met Somewhere Before 你好阴婚娘子，我好像在哪见过你 Spear Through the Mist雾渡长枪Mystery21k WordsCompleted [White Moonlight + Local Legends + A Dream of Yellow Millet] Jiang Chen was born in the yin year, on the Ghost Festival, at the yin hour. He was born with an ill-fated destiny and a heavy yin aura. Rumor had it that he had caused his parents' deaths. To ward off the calamity fated to befall him when he came of age, he had no choice but to enter into a ghost marriage. But the bride from this ghost marriage looked more and more familiar to him. It was as if he'd seen her somewhere before. 2.1kReads—Score147Shelves

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    I love you. I'm leaving now. You must live well.

42. 142 快 Quick Transmigration: The Universally Disliked Fight to Become the No. 1 Fan Favorite 快穿：万人嫌争做人气角色No1 Han yuu寒yuuAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi 42.7kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves

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    Both are quick transmigration novels, but the protagonist dies in both! 1. To become the No. 1 On the popularity charts in each world, the protagonist decides to be a beautiful, strong, and tragic character. At the beginning, people curse her and want her dead, but in the end, they regret it and don't want her to die. It's just too tragic, so the author didn't kill her off in a few worlds (she's a star!). 2. After the original body dies, a transmigrator possesses her body, commits all sorts of evil deeds, and is then killed by the original body's soul. The protagonist helps the original body fulfill its wishes. Because her body was blown up, she loses something (a disabled beauty, after all). It's not finished yet, but it seems the protagonist dies in both endings!!! Finally, it's very sweet, not tragic at all!!! (Trust me) [Thumbs up]

43. 143 囚 Imprisoned in the Eastern Palace: My Darkened Childhood Friend Is Unhinged 囚东宫，黑化竹马太疯批 Moon Between the Clouds渺渺云间月Two Male Leads315k WordsCompleted Because their love runs skin-deep, their hatred cuts to the bone. From childhood sweethearts to lovers who destroy each other, they bring about each other’s ruin. [Younger, devoted husband: doting, loyal, corrupted, and gone mad] [The untouchable beauty falls from the altar and becomes a prisoner] Qi Ying: “I went mad the day you gave up on me!” “We belong together in this hell, tangled up until we die!” Shen Xingyan: “I told you I’d never leave you in this life, but I’m tired. Let’s end it here 3kReads9.0Score307Shelves

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    The main characters are all dead.

44. 144 快 Quick Transmigration: The Disabled Beauty Is Always Forced into the Group's Embrace 快穿：残疾美人她总被强行团宠 A Little Orange Blossom for You给你小橘花Modern Romance364k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + from universally despised to universally adored + flirt and run + a touch of Mary Sue] There are people whose bodies are taken over by transmigrators, who do whatever they please, while the original owners can only watch helplessly as they’re made to take the blame, then hated, slandered, and cursed. To come back to life, Xiang Hui resolutely set out, despite her disabled body, to clear the names of a bunch of pitiful souls. But as she went about clearing their names, why 2.7kReads9.0Score226Shelves
45. 145 重 Reborn as a Cold-Blooded Tyrant, Surrounded by Pink Hearts 重生冷酷暴君头顶全是粉红泡泡 The South Wind Knows My Heart txr南风知我意txrAncient Romance128k WordsCompleted After Shen Li is thrown from her horse and wakes up, she unexpectedly awakens the ability to read minds. All she wants is to cling to Xiao Han’s coattails and live a quiet, peaceful life. But she never expected that the new emperor Xiao Han, ruthless and cold-blooded in court, would be a hopeless romantic behind closed doors! In court, an old minister pressures him to take consorts. Xiao Han says coldly, “I’ll consider it.” In his mind, he roars: [Is that old geezer tired of living?! How dare he 8Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 146 星EN Honkai: Star Rail: Dreaming of the Starry River 星穹铁道：揽星河入梦 A Stone Lion一头石狮子Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Honkai Impact 3rd] [Honkai: Star Rail] [Honkai: Star Rail] It was an evening when ashes fell from the sky. A woman stood at the entrance to an orphanage, holding a black umbrella. “Since your wish in this life has been fulfilled, come with me.” “I just want to make sure: you have a taciturn older brother and a younger sister addicted to the internet. You’re divorced and widowed, and your ex-husband is buried?” “Of course!” “And you guarantee this is a normal, loving family, not some notorious i 20.9kReads9.6Score2.3kShelves

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    Although it's a fanfiction about Honkai Impact 3rd, the original plot and the use of character templates make it acceptable to treat it as an original book.

47. 147 花 The Flowers Bloomed 花，开了 AhriiiTwo Male Leads55k WordsCompleted If not for that glass of “Glacier,” he would never have inexplicably walked toward him. If he had never met Chen Ji, he would probably still be shrouded in darkness, unable to believe that anyone in this world could truly love him. An Yi is the top seller in this part of town, a butterfly dancing on the edge of taboo, dazzling yet elusive. Chen Ji, a spotless top student, is like a little deer lost in forbidden territory. He has stepped into more than this absurd place: he has also entered An Y —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ① "What a pity, it would have been so much better if you were a policeman." ② "He didn't die, he's just asleep." ③ "Chen Ji, this is An Yi." "An as in goodnight, Yi as in without the 'walking' radical. The butterfly's funeral was simple. I was alone from beginning to end. As I was leaving, a black butterfly flew by. It paused for a moment on the tombstone I was touching, stopping at the end of 'My dearest friend An Yi,' and then landed on my shoulder. I knew it was the butterfly patting my shoulder. An Yi is a butterfly, and the butterfly is An Yi. A transparent butterfly that should flutter forever. Little Yi who has walked through the world without leaving a trace. The flowers are blooming. Autumn will also bring flowers." ④ To this day, Old Wang told me that those who killed Yan Yan and caused me to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair were sent by Mr. Chen's mother. "You brat, it's me, your Uncle Wang." "I've avenged you and Song Yaya." "By the way, my real identity is an undercover police officer. I worked at the drug rehabilitation center to expose their crimes and to get revenge." "Not just you and Yaya, but also Yangyang and my wife." "I've avenged you, don't worry." "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you." "Live well over there. If you see my wife, remember to say hello for me." "I have to go now, I won't bother you anymore." ⑤ He died without ever having eaten a single bite of noodles.

48. 148 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves

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    To be honest, the ending was practically the same as the protagonist dying. It was just a short, sweet story with a touch of suspense and the supernatural. Only the part where the protagonist went into seclusion was really touching (just kidding, don't take it personally).

49. 149 等 Waiting for You to Turn Around and Say You Love Me 等你回头说爱我 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads151k WordsCompleted [Boys' love + emotional torment + physical torment + a perfect deception + innocent on the outside, dark within + obsessive and twisted + bad ending + strong characters + yandere] No one is simple. Please don't look at people too naively, especially those who seem harmless. Shen Yan is the child of a wealthy family. In other people's eyes, he's nothing but a commodity with a price tag, something to be passed around and bullied at will. He tries with all his might to learn how to love others and 881Reads9.2Score118Shelves
50. 150 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 475.8kReads9.7Score67.4kShelves

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    The protagonist in this book is surrounded by many beasts and makes many friends. The entire text is devoid of angst, and although the protagonist dies in the end, it's still a very enjoyable read.

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