In a Reading Slump. Recommend High-Quality Novels with Smart Leads, No Useless Heroes, and No Broken Engagements 书荒。求荐高智商，不废材流退婚流的高品质小说
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- 1 Rising Through the Official Ranks, Starting as a Secretary 官场从秘书开始 When hardship reaches its limit, good fortune follows. With a pure and earnest heart, Zhang Jun gets his lucky break and begins his career on the bench at an institute of traditional Chinese medicine. Skillfully navigating political maneuvering, officialdom, and human relationships, he wins allies at every turn and steadily rises through the ranks. 342.3kReads9.2Score17k14d adds
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- 3 The Tale of the Reclining Ox That Became a Mountain 卧牛化山记 The Record of a Crouching Ox Becoming a Mountain —Reads—Score—14d adds
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- 5 The Making of a Project Manager Who Climbed to the Top 一个逆袭项目经理的品质 The Qualities of a Project Manager Who Turned the Tables once again reveal what is etched into the bones of a project manager who rose from “firefighter” to “helmsman” and fought his way to success: He plans like a chess player, leveraging limited resources to secure the best returns. He communicates like water, easing conflicts and building consensus. He understands technology, but understands human nature even better. He wins over his boss with his credibility and personal magnetism, and leads 2Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Essence of Humanity 人之底色
(This story may contain some potentially disturbing content. Please read with discretion.) (P.S. Some of the views expressed in this story do not represent the author’s own opinions. They are included only to explore this world’s setting and the values of its characters.) When people are born, they are blank slates. As more hands shape them, every kind of color gets splashed on, until eventually a painting takes form. But some people are different. They are born with their own underlying color.
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Chief Minister, I’m Starting to Think I Might Be a Genius 首辅大人，我怕不是个天才吧
Reborn in the womb as the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, Su Mingmei had planned to coast through life, but her intelligence wouldn’t let her! She builds a loom by hand to improve people’s livelihoods, researches beautiful xiangyun silk that dazzles everyone, and occasionally helps the Grand Secretary deal with a few “minor troubles.” Xie Heng always thought the Su family’s young lady was merely a little clever, until she casually offers a brilliant solution to the flooding problem. W
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Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔
[Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou
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- 9 EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.1kReads9.7Score43.5k14d adds
- 10 The Final Path to Enlightenment 最后的证道 In the year 4,800 of the Dao calendar, the last wisp of spiritual energy in the human world is about to fade away. Xuan Chen, the last Daoist of Kunlun Ruins, keeps watch over the ancestral temple, long abandoned and crumbling into rubble. Every day, he merely sweeps the fallen leaves and waits for the end. The sect’s scriptures are coated in dust, its ritual implements are dull and lifeless, and meditation no longer lets him sense the circulation of the cosmos. This is an age when Daoist arts h —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Chronicles of Jing'an's Splendor 靖安风华录
A modern forensic pathologist and a prince who hides his true identity join forces. Amid the court’s shifting intrigues, they solve cold cases and pursue the truth, eventually helping one another reach their full potential and working together to usher in a new era of prosperity.
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Strange Tales from the Min Tiao Bureau: Mian Zhuan 民调局异闻录之勉传
This is the story of an immortal man spanning two thousand years. In every corner of history, he left his name behind. To some, he was a nightmare. To others, he awakened them from the nightmares that haunted them. At the beginning of the story, his name was Wu Mian. By the end, his name was Invincible.
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- 13 EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5k14d adds
- 14 EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.2kReads9.6Score18.1k14d adds
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Against the Meridians: Liar, Stop! 逆经：骗子住手
[Original novel for the animated series This Taoist Is Not Quite Right] Life is unpredictable. The fit thrive under Heaven's law, Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born into the lowest of professions, he refuses to live like a nobody, He waves the yin-yang banner and sees through the Six Lines of Divination. Watch him play at being a spirit medium, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch him rise like a hidden dragon f
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Sealing the Heavens, Seeking the Dao 封天觅道
[No System, no rebirth, no transmigration + one heroine + genius + decisive and ruthless + alchemy + stockpiling supplies + recruiting talent + building a faction + conquering the heavens + becoming a supreme ruler and emperor + exterminating dark taboos + ultimate transcendence]. A young man awakens an against-heavenly physique, the Shadow Soul Spirit Body, inherits a Heavenly Venerable’s legacy, takes a sacred beast as his sidekick, encounters peerless geniuses, seizes fateful opportunities, r
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- 17 Security Guard from the Start, Mastermind in the End 开局保安，终局执棋 He was once a dazzling top student at a prestigious university, but a conspiracy destroyed his family and left him working as a security guard, scraping by amid scorn and ridicule. When fate’s malice drove him to the depths of the abyss, the [Karmic Insight] System arrived right on cue. It could see the connections between all things and predict the paths of the future. Yet he soon discovered that the System offered no easy road, only a more dangerous game. A true hunter never relies on knowing 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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I Transmigrate into a Chaotic Era and Become a Commander 穿越乱世我为帅
After transmigrating into a chaotic era, Lin Fei found that his life began as an infant. Fifteen years later, seeking revenge, he went into the mines and infiltrated a bandit stronghold. He fought the gangs and foreign forces, united the warlords within the province, and swept his army across the northern lands, ushering in a new century!
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- 19 War for Blue Star 战蓝星 After accidentally transmigrating to Blue Star, he has no spiritual energy to rely on and is branded a “martial arts reject.” Other martial artists can have at most one guardian beast, yet countless beasts acknowledge him as their master. To uncover the truth about his origins in this life, he embarks on a grueling quest for answers. No matter how fiercely the winds blow from every direction, he stands unyielding. See how Jin Feng rises from a martial arts reject to become Blue Star’s monstrous —Reads—Score—14d adds
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One Sword, a World Beneath Me 一剑小天下
[Traditional fantasy] [Epic, passionate heroism] [No System] [Single female lead] [Gradually becoming invincible] On the turbulent Hidden Dragon Stage, the three princes' carefully laid death trap has been sprung. Can the young man, facing three enemies alone, escape alive? After a fierce battle, the wheel of fate begins to turn. The fortunes and destinies of all those involved quietly take a different course... In youth, I commanded ten thousand armored troops. With a sword in hand, I ask the v
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Unraveling the Starry River 勘破星河
Jiu Shiyi was just a biological scientist, diligently working and devoting himself to research every day. But after obtaining a mysterious prescription, everything changed, and a legendary journey began.
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Plum Blossoms Bloom Brightly Across the Ming Empire 大明天下梅花艳艳开
Wuxia + history + imperial court + bloodshed + political intrigue + multiple female leads + not a harem + not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. Plum Blossom Manor, the guardians of a village in Huaxia. Nixiào, the ninety-ninth-generation young manor lord, secretly leaves the manor at fourteen, only to encounter an unknown force plotting against the Great Ming...
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A Bright Future Ahead 大有所为
[Entrepreneurship + Passion + Conflict + Comedy] After failing the graduate school entrance exam, Li Yang returns home to visit his family. There, he keenly recognizes the enormous development opportunities hidden in the countryside. He then joins forces with several close friends and resolutely dives into the entrepreneurial boom. Meanwhile, beneath Qiaocheng's peaceful surface, undercurrents are surging, and a secret organization is quietly emerging. The Red River Society is a mysterious organ
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- 24 Unbound 解缚 [Special Abilities + God of War + Conspiracy + Cultivation] Ning Liang: “I don’t care whether what they said is true! “Whether it’s a conspiracy or a smokescreen, I’m going to find out for myself! “Even if they’ve laid a trap up ahead, I’ll charge right in! “If they did this on purpose, I’ll smash them to pieces. If they’re deliberately standing in my way, I’ll send every last one of them to hell! “I’m not just going to rescue my son. I’m going to uproot them completely! “I won’t leave those bea —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Broken Coordinates 破碎的坐标
In 2147 AD, Tianshu, the super AI that had ruled humanity for a century, fell completely silent after sending a mysterious set of coordinates. The Noah crossed 4,300 light-years. It found no extraterrestrial civilization, but collided with a colossal black wall stretching across the edge of the universe.
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Beyond the Standard 圭臬之上
I, Li Heng, am a master at exploiting loopholes in the rules. I break the deadlock as a jailer, rewrite the rules of the mortal world, and challenge the gods and demons of the heavens. From a humble prison cell, he saw the injustice of the Heavenly Dao. Using his heart as a measure, he would measure the world anew. This is a war to win back the mortal world’s right to govern itself.
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From Transmigration to Slaying Demons and Exorcising Evil 从被穿越开始斩妖除魔
[High-Martial-Arts Jianghu, a Protagonist with Three Souls in One Body, No Goody-Two-Shoes, No System] Great Chu is divided into seven circuits and nineteen provinces, where immortals, demons, Buddhas, and devils all exist. The realm has enjoyed a century of peace, but chaos is brewing. As the Heavenly Dao turns through its cycles, demons and fiends are eager to make their move. Humanity teeters on the brink of collapse, while immortals and Buddhas watch with cold indifference. With the realm in
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- 28 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1k14d adds
- 29 EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 141.6kReads9.6Score14.7k14d adds
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The Seeker of Gaps in Illusion 破妄之观隙者
Urban mysteries involving midnight knocks and folded spacetime draw him into the crisis surrounding the Guiyi Society and the realms. From eerie neighborhood tales and tracking killers across the dark web to exploring ancient tombs, he uses logic to outwit the supernatural, ultimately uncovering the truth behind the System: could it be the ultimate trial to maintain the balance between two worlds?
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The Great Rise and Fall 大沉浮
Humanity’s excessive technological development, climate change, the destruction of the natural environment, resource depletion, biological contamination, and nuclear pollution have caused the global population to plummet. Rising sea levels have erased most countries, and the few government institutions left in the world can barely maintain basic order. People who lived through this global catastrophe gave this disaster in human history a single name: the Great Upheaval! After the Great Upheava
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The Young Master's Plan to Destroy the Empire 少爷的江山毁灭计划
[Alternate History! Eastern Fantasy! Ancient Spycraft! Mind-Bending Mystery! No System! No Goody-Two-Shoes! Not a Power Fantasy! Ensemble Cast! Slow Burn!] Ye Xiaolou transmigrates into the body of the tenth prince of Beiyun, only to witness his kingdom fall on the very day he arrives. Ten years later, he commands the Heavenly Web and stirs up a storm of bloodshed. A mere scholar pays a visit, and a half-step immortal gives way. From the Heavenly Secrets Hall, he holds the world in his grasp and
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Immortality Begins as a Clerk in the Execution Chamber 长生从刑房书吏开始
[Mortal’s Journey · Steady Cultivation · Slow-Burn Survival] In the death chamber, there are no vengeful ghosts, only the living. Gu An is just a clerk in the death chamber of Yong’an County, copying case files, examining corpses, and recording personal effects, settling the dead’s affairs and taking the blame for the living. In this world, where cultivators stand high above all others, a mortal’s life isn’t even worth remembering. Then, after a bloody murder, he discovers corpses contain leftov
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The Road of Debt 债途
(This book is based on real events. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.) The tides of the business world rise and fall: from a life of luxury to crushing debt, from a happy family to a home torn apart... These scenes are, after all, a true reflection of the lives of countless people burdened by debt.
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The Hidden Laws 隐秘法则
On a rainy night in Changzhou, a door to the “Abyss” lies hidden. Lin Yin is an ordinary shopkeeper who runs a “Jack-of-All-Trades Shop,” but a black umbrella with a long handle drags him into a brutal contest between reality and another world. Here, he is a cursed “Gatekeeper” and a hunted “variant,” K117. A pitch-black vortex in his left hand devours distorted shadows, while pale blue patterns in his right purify evil. Every seven days, when the “Threshold Zones” overlap, he must fight to the
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Middle Age 人到中年
My wife cheated on me, my brother turned against me, and at thirty, I hit the lowest point of my life! When money is at stake, everyone shows their true, ugly faces. Betrayed by family and confronted with the greed of friends, I was pushed into an abyss of despair by countless grasping hands. I had no choice but to struggle back to my feet and reach for the sunshine that belonged to me!
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- 37 EN The Reticent Blade 刀不语 Someone once asked me, “What is the jianghu?” I thought for a moment. I thought of a jug of rough wine on the table, a distant figure walking away beneath the setting sun, a grave beneath the moon, and the cigarette burning down to ash in my hand right now. That person asked again, “Where is the jianghu?” I smiled and looked out the window. There were countless jianghus out there. One person is a story. Two people make a jianghu. 28kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
- 38 I'm a Dog, Damn It 老子是条狗 While driving passengers, taxi driver He Yifei unexpectedly ran into his first love, Zhou Zhou. He bragged to her about how well he was doing, but she saw right through him. When paying her fare, she kindly gave him an extra two hundred yuan, but the gesture only wounded He Yifei's pride. Seeing the huge gap between their lives now, He Yifei, who had always been fiercely proud, decided to work hard and live up to what a man should be! What a man fears most is meeting the woman he wants to protec 761Reads7.4Score—14d adds
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Reborn: My Clones Embark on the Path to Invincibility 重生之分身走上无敌路
Zhou Ji, the strongest rogue cultivator, meticulously schemes his way into a ninth-rank secret realm and claims its greatest fortune. This draws the envy of countless powerful figures, who hunt him all the way to the summit of Mount Buzhou. Little do they know that Zhou Ji has already refined a clone and used reincarnation to fade from everyone’s sight. After that, a young man named Ji Zhou, who has refined the “Wordless Heavenly Book,” sets out on the path to invincibility with the cultivation
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Reborn! I Use Modern Technology to Rewrite the Dinosaurs' Extinction 重生！我用现代科技改写恐龙灭绝
Reborn! I Use Modern Technology to Rewrite the Extinction of the Dinosaurs
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The Long Night’s Journey 长夜行
The eyes are the angle observers most often scrutinize, so you must learn to disguise your own., Li Mu. From making up his mind to carrying out his plan, he spent a full three years. His first murder, his second, his third... Even when he was teetering on the brink of death, he would take a gamble if it meant he might escape. To everyone else, he was merely a weakling, not even as capable as an ordinary person...
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- 42 A Master Like No Other 高手不凡 An unexpected incident completely upends Ning Fan's peaceful life, setting him on a passionate, high-octane journey through the city. He was already a master, and was destined to be extraordinary. 9Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 43 Reading Faces 观相 My grandfather is deaf, my grandmother is mute, my father is blind, and my mother is a fool! I was born with four white eyes, with tiny pupils that make me look like a ghost! I didn’t know why misfortune kept haunting our family, until one day, I met him... 447Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 44 The Remarkable Marquis 极品侯爷 “I have one special talent: defying Heaven!” “I have one flaw: I take things as they come.” “I have one affliction: I fear no hardship.” His name was Lu Yu, named after the Sage of Tea. The Sage of Tea, Lu Yu, amazed the world with tea. This Lu Yu would move heaven and earth with his schemes. When birds perched on branches to kiss the sparkling dew on tender buds, people knew spring had arrived. When people curled up beneath their blankets, wiping away tears they dared not let fall, they knew Lu 27Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 45 Debt Against the Tide 负债逆行 This is not just a story about “paying off debts,” but also an epic coming-of-age tale about rediscovering oneself in a materialistic society, defining happiness, and ultimately achieving spiritual “salvation.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Lone Wanderer 孤行者
An abandoned “simpleton” takes his first bold step, and a brilliant, shining life begins to unfold. Life’s wonders are not made up of laughter alone. There are far more tears along the way, but come rain or shine, he presses on and grows stronger!
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- 47 My Comprehension Is Off the Charts 我的悟性好到爆 Su Tong transmigrated to a fantasy continent, where the obscure cultivation techniques turned out to be written in Chinese. From then on, a young man with astonishing comprehension emerged in the Ask Heaven Continent. Su Tong could speak the language left behind by ancient deities as easily as if it were his native tongue. He could master any cultivation method or spiritual skill at a glance. Bottlenecks and barriers to cultivation no longer stood in his way as he surged ever onward. Until one d 811Reads8.4Score70014d adds
- 48 Ruling the Realm 宰执天下 The ruler governs as prime minister; the executor administers the state. Serving the monarch above and bringing peace to the common people below, with all ministers yielding the way and receiving honors above every official: this is the prime minister. Assisting in government, setting national policy, and countersigning imperial edicts, second only to the prime minister: this is the chief administrator. After an air disaster, He Fang leaped a thousand years into the past, returning to the Northe 505Reads9.0Score—14d adds
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The End of Life 人生结局
Written against the backdrop of modern life, using personal experiences as its subject matter. Inspired by what I have seen, heard, and felt, I put it all into writing. Title: The End of Life. It encompasses the whole of a person’s life.
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The Han Dynasty's Record of Demon Slaying 大汉拔魔录
The mountains and seas nurture fierce beasts, while qilin lie hidden in the fields. When the fantasies of a bygone age descend upon reality and endless calamities lurk in bustling cities, how should people face what is coming? Should they pray to the gods, or become gods themselves? Through a chance encounter, Ji Bai steps onto the path of cultivation. Watch as he raises a single lamp to guard this glorious land.
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