The Kind of Angst That Keeps You Up at Night! It Has to Make You Cry Your Eyes Out! 虐到晚上睡不着的虐！一定是哭的不要不要的那种！

1. 1351 这 The Leaves Won’t Fall This Autumn 这个秋天叶不落 Abyss and Fisher渊与渔Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted Two years after their breakup, Ji Hengzhou only wants revenge on her! Tang Suiyu once thought that leaving alone, carrying all her pain, was the best choice. But as her life neared its end, fate brought them together again, and she learned just how much Ji Hengzhou hated her! Only when she was at death’s door did Ji Hengzhou realize how much he owed her: her parents, her child, her eyesight... 581Reads5.5Score103Shelves

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   The female lead is blind and has a heart condition! [Crying][crying] I'm so heartbroken I can't sleep! [Crying][crying][crying]

2. 1352 清 Once I Came to My Senses, I Stopped Longing for the Past 清醒后不恋旧人 A Jialula阿加鲁拉Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Once I Came to My Senses, I Stopped Pining for the Past —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 1353 结 On Our Fifth Wedding Anniversary, I Sent Her Straight to Prison 结婚五周年夜，我反手送她坐牢 A Jialula阿加鲁拉9k WordsCompleted On our fifth wedding anniversary, I turned around and sent her to prison. —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1354 最 The Royal Family Is Truly Heartless 最是皇室无情人 Xia Xiaoli夏小礼Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted For generations, the Mu family had loyally served the country. In the end, their entire clan was sentenced to execution. The official presiding over the execution was her husband, the most brilliant and extraordinary of the Great Jing Kingdom's Third Princes. Then she awoke to the truth: The man she loved was a member of the royal family, the most heartless people in the world... 626Reads7.0Score119Shelves

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   She watched her father die with unseeing eyes, watched her mother, whose hair had turned white overnight, silently weep, and watched her young, innocent sister let out a piercing, terrified scream. She watched as her entire Mu family, loyal and valiant, was branded with the crime of treason and forever nailed to the pillar of shame of the Great Jing Dynasty. Sitting on the execution platform was her husband, the one who had been with her day and night, drawing her eyebrows and adorning her hair with flowers, the one with whom she had shared a life of perfect harmony. They had once been the closest, and now they were the most estranged of all. [Petrified][Petrified][Heartbroken]

5. 1355 借 Borrowing My Best Friend's Husband 借用闺蜜的老公 A Jialula阿加鲁拉6k WordsCompleted Borrowing My Best Friend's Husband —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 1356 无 Infinite Burning Madness 无限灼心疯 Tangerine Sand桔沙7k WordsCompleted Infinite Burning Heart Madness 93Reads—Score—Shelves

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   If my phone hadn't broken and I hadn't received that call, I wouldn't have had the regret of not seeing her one last time. If my resurrection ability could only resurrect other family members, I wish I could resurrect my mother too. If only I could pull myself together... But life doesn't offer so many "what ifs." "What ifs" have no consequences, and tears, no matter where they fall, are useless. But isn't shedding tears just human nature? Why are adults not allowed to cry, but children are?

7. 1357 夫 After His Wife Dies in a Fire With Their Child in Her Arms, Mr. Lu Goes Mad 夫人抱崽葬身火海后，陆总他疯了 Love Poem memory情诗memoryModern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Angsty romance] + [win-her-back-at-all-costs] + [never forgive] + [no getting back together] + [obsessive] + [second male lead wins] Lu Hengnian hates Fu Xingran so much that he forces her to donate skin without anesthesia, slaps her, pushes her in front of a knife, and makes her give birth prematurely… When he has to choose between two lives at death’s door, he doesn’t hesitate to save his first love, abandoning her and their child to die. At last, he drives her to the brink. Yet through the v 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves

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   This is the right way to read a tragic novel! Why should you be forgiven for every mistake you make?! Lu Hengnian hates Fu Xingran so much that he forces her to donate skin without anesthesia, slaps her, pushes her to take a knife for him, and forces her into premature labor... When faced with a life-or-death choice, he unhesitatingly chooses his white moonlight, sacrificing her and their child's lives. Finally, he drives her to the brink, but across a vast sea of ​​fire, he kneels and begs, full of regret, "Ranran, I was wrong. I was blind and mistook you for someone else. I took the wrong revenge. The person I've always loved is you. Look, I've become the person you like the most again. Don't do anything foolish. Come home with me, okay?" Her answer is a desperate smile, a resolute turn, and she perishes in the flames. He finally goes completely mad.

8. 1358 霸 The CEO Falls Hard: Where Can His Sweet Canary Run? 霸总沦陷，软萌金丝雀哪里逃 Bai Qingzhuo白清酌Two Male Leads548k WordsOngoing On a stormy, freezing night, Lu Linyuan, a man of immense power, found Shen Zhiyu beneath the Lu Group building. The boy was wandering like a dying sparrow, burning with fever and gravely ill. Lu Linyuan built a cage of obsessive, suffocating love around him, cutting off the boy's freedom to socialize. Only when Shen Zhiyu began coughing up blood and his condition worsened did Lu Linyuan finally come to his senses, but by then it was too late to undo the damage. Misunderstandings and the crushin 168Reads7.0Score130Shelves

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   It's so heartbreaking, it makes you cry!

9. 1359 我 I Wore a Wedding Gown as My Betrothal Gift and Stepped into Your Funeral Hall 我以嫁衣为聘，步入你的灵堂 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads44k WordsOngoing [Obsessive Lover × White-Moonlight Beloved | Seven Journeys Through Time and Space × A Wedding of Double Suicide] [Angsty Romance × System × Transmigration × Unresolved Heartache × Bad Ending] The year they fell in love, they agreed to run away together, get married, and build a warm home for each other. But in a world full of prejudice, they were not even allowed a proper wedding dress, let alone a wedding blessed by others. They said it didn't matter. As long as they could be together, nothing 2Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1360 我 I'm the Real Heiress, and I Disguised Myself as the Nanny's Daughter to Return Home 我是真千金，我伪装成保姆女儿回家了 Layered Shadows in Wind and Sand风沙叠影10k WordsCompleted I'm the Real Heiress, and I Disguised Myself as the Nanny's Daughter to Return Home —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Those who enjoy slightly angsty stories, come on over!

11. 1361 月 A Moonlit Wish 月明愿 I'm Duoduo我是朵朵吖Ancient Romance108k WordsCompleted [Tragic historical romance with a bad ending, slow start and strong payoff] [Those who love each other may not end up together, and those who do may not truly love each other] [In this world, perhaps the hardest things to obtain are not money and power] [The hardest thing to find is a heart that never changes] Preface: A thousand years ago, the realm was divided in two. The Celestial Dynasty and the Southern Wu Dynasty each claimed half the territory. Fearing the military might of Southern Wu, 155Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I cried so much!

12. 1362 刮 The Day I Won a Million, I Heard My Boyfriend Say He Was Going to Dump Me 刮中一百万那天，我听见男友说要甩了我 User75611526用户756115269k WordsCompleted The Day I Won a Million, I Heard My Boyfriend Say He Was Going to Dump Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1363 反 Are the Villain Bosses Fierce? I Raised Them 反派boss们猛吗？我养的 Doggy, Don't Cry狗子别哭Eastern Fantasy488k WordsCompleted (Not a conventional arrogant villain story. Plot-focused, so read the synopsis first.) (New book out now: Reborn three times? Who's that amazing? Me?! Come check it out, or click my profile to find it.) Instance One: They say when an emperor gets angry, bodies lie for thousands of miles, and when an ordinary man gets angry, blood spills five paces away. Tired of emperors? Come see how an ordinary man spills blood five paces away. (Deng Quan arc, through Chapter 19) Instance Two: What do you do 6.8kReads9.4Score500Shelves

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    Highly rated angst novel 😭😭😭😭😭

14. 1364 官 The Story of Guan Xi 官禧传 I'm Duoduo我是朵朵吖Ancient Romance131k WordsCompleted [Court intrigue + love and hate intertwined + sweet yet angsty romance] The long-awaited wedding she had looked forward to with all her heart turned out to be a trap set long ago by the man she loved. Overnight, her entire family was slaughtered. For Guan Xi, it was a devastating blow. The love that had seemed so pure was, it turned out, full of lies and deception. Sometimes I wonder if these words can truly tell the whole story of Guan Xi’s life. There is a quiet resilience about Guan Xi. She l 99Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1365 婆 My Mother-in-Law Asked Me to Transfer the House to My Brother-in-Law. I Agreed, and the Next Day She Begged Me to Let Her Off 婆婆让我把房过户给小叔子，我答应，第二天她求我放过 User22973022用户2297302210k WordsCompleted My Mother-in-Law Asked Me to Transfer the House to My Brother-in-Law. I Agreed, and the Next Day She Begged Me to Spare Her —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 1366 恶 After the Villainess's Heart Died, Everyone Faced Their Comeuppance 恶毒女配心死后，全员火葬场 A Scoundrel Who Just Eats and Drinks混吃混喝的小混子Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted [The brothers chase their sister after losing her and regret it + devoted couple + SC + beloved by the whole family + never forgiving them + face-slapping + finding a new family] The short drama is now streaming: The Moonlight That Ran Backward Yue Shengge is the youngest daughter of the Yue family, with four older brothers who dote on their little sister. All four are famous for spoiling their sister, but everyone in high society knows that the Yue family dotes not on Yue Shengge, but on anothe 6.8kReads9.2Score572Shelves

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    A huge giveaway of highly-rated, heart-wrenching novels of all genres. They're all so agonizing, it's unbearable! 😢 They're so painful to read, even late at night.

17. 1367 太 The Crown Prince Gave Away His Country 太子他把国家送人了 Li Sanwan黎三万Two Male Leads223k WordsCompleted [Complete]“No CP + no love interest + focused solely on building a career and saving the world + no female lead + reborn + tragic ending” A twist of fate turned Zhu Fanyi from the protagonist into a supporting character. Reborn, he turned his fate around. The System sobbed, “Heaven won’t let me go home. I want to atone and give everything back to you!” At first, Zhu Fanyi couldn’t have cared less. He thought, Don’t flatter yourself and dump that mess on me. Going along with fate is actually pre 1.6kReads9.3Score231Shelves
18. 1368 拉 Take Her to Register the Marriage! The Abstinent CEO Begs Her for Affection, Eyes Red 拉她领证！禁欲霸总红着眼求她宠 The Hardworking Little Slacker奋斗小趴菜Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Male lead gets hurt + angst + reunion after years apart + rekindled love + love grows over time + painful romance + happy ending] A deeply devoted, self-effacing, love-struck male lead vs. a cold, stubborn, fiercely independent female lead Young Master Qi, a famous CEO in the business world, was strikingly handsome and came from a distinguished family. Five years ago, he knelt humbly for love, causing a sensation across the city. On the day of his engagement, he was cruelly dumped. She joined f 491Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book. I secretly cried in bed at night. The male lead is very affectionate and humble, and loves the female lead very much. The female lead likes the male lead, but she always hurts him badly because of the second male lead. The male lead is so devoted. It's very heart-wrenching, but thankfully the ending is happy.

19. 1369 易 Yi Xun Is Hard to Find 易洵难寻 I'm Duoduo我是朵朵吖Ancient Romance99k WordsCompleted Love is like a mountain spring, its gentle current winding all the way to Jiangnan. [Though I know your heart is true, I cannot find you. I hope you will turn back again and ease this longing of mine.] Qi Wan, an illegitimate daughter of the Qi family in Jiangnan, has been overlooked since childhood. She has no interest in business and only wants to live out her life in peace and freedom. Then Yi Xun appears and changes everything. He teaches Qi Wan the ways of business and stays by her side day 44Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1370 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is Too Unhinged for the System to Stop 快穿：宿主太疯球，系统拦不住 Yan Shuqing宴殊青Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration, Male Lead's POV, No Romance, Unhinged Host] After Yan Nanxu died, he was bound by a System and transmigrated to different worlds. His mission was to correct disruptions in each world. But Yan Nanxu was in a hurry to go back and take his revenge. First world: System: We just need to protect the protagonist and stop the reborn person from hurting him. Yan Nanxu: That guy's too slow. Why don't I do it instead? Second world: System: We just need to help the protagonist and set 4.7kReads9.3Score437Shelves
21. 1371 死 After I Gave Up, My Rich Ex Begged Me to Come Back 死心后，豪门前任跪求我回头 Lou Xiaozhou楼小舟Two Male Leads326k WordsCompleted [Win back your husband at all costs, no changing the male lead, entertainment industry, no female lead] Jiang Su was once a sensation, but retired from the spotlight for Huo Qingyan. For two years, Huo Qingyan treated him with indifference. Heartbroken, Jiang Su announced his comeback. He shed his old, low-key image and threw himself into street racing, drinking, endorsements, and variety shows. Huo Qingyan couldn't sit still any longer and came to him of his own accord. “When are you coming bac 3.4kReads9.2Score323Shelves
22. 1372 暴 After Beating Her, the Bloodthirsty Prince Regretted It 暴打她后，嗜血王爷后悔了 Shui Huan水欢Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted For the sake of the woman he loved, he cruelly humiliated her, grinding her dignity and body beneath his heel until they were crushed to dust. He even ran a sword through her chest. As she lay near death, he curled his lips into a bewitching smile. “Let her live or die as she will. This prince doesn't care!” But when she resolutely left the prince's manor, he came to his senses. She ran, and he chased after her. “Wherever you go, this prince will go too!” She raised a knife, and he offered her h 4.4kReads8.7Score344Shelves

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    These two are good, they're angsty.

23. 1373 废 The Discarded Stand-In Has Had Enough 废弃替身想开了 One Little Sweet Fish一口小甜鱼Two Male Leads215k WordsCompleted [No female lead, 1v1, seriously angsty drama + stand-in for the unattainable first love + winning him back at any cost + mutual healing + rekindled romance + 80% angst, 20% sweetness + happy ending] Cen Yu had known Gu Yanting for ten years. For the first five, he was Gu Yanting's sidekick, his underling. In the sixth year, Gu Yanting said, “Your profile looks like Qi Anyi's,” and Cen Yu became a stand-in for Gu Yanting's unattainable first love. In the tenth year, Qi Anyi came back. Gu Yanting 5.4kReads8.8Score330Shelves
24. 1374 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Immortal Cursed to Live Forever 盗墓：身怀诅咒的长生者 Ten Years of Innocence十年天真Two Male Leads526k WordsCompleted [No female lead + two male leads + several couples. Please don't read if that's not your thing!] “Ah Qi, I don't want you to get hurt.” “Old Qing, take care of yourself.” “Little Brother, I'm here to take you home.” “Wu Xie, take me home.” “Tianzhen, Little Brother, it's raining. Hurry back!” “You guys, be careful, whatever happens.” Muchen Pearl, Ten-Year Promise, Retirement 5.8kReads9.5Score756Shelves

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    This book is incredibly heart-wrenching. If you can, you should check out the book "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" first. You can skip to the last three chapters; they kept me up all night!

25. 1375 病 The Sickly-Sweet Husband’s Sole Beloved 病娇老公的独宠 A Tangerine Candy一颗橘子糖Two Male Leads532k WordsCompleted [No female lead + deranged and possessive love interest + showbiz + all kinds of love-triangle showdowns and redemption arcs + substitute romance with satisfying face-slapping] Lin Chen, a nobody at the bottom of the entertainment industry, desperately wants to be famous. He wants it so badly that he willingly offers himself to someone else. Jiang Jingyu is twisted and ruthless, with a wildly unpredictable temper, but he is rich, with more money than Lin Chen could earn in a lifetime. The two st 84Reads9.1Score—Shelves
26. 1376 世 The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World 世界上最爱我的人 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.0M WordsCompleted The purest kind of love is this: you rejected me, and I’ll never resent you for it, but I won’t come near you again. If you ever need my help, I’ll still give everything I have to help you... 61.8kReads9.3Score7.5kShelves

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    💦💦💦Everyone should check out this amazing novel! ⚡ It's incredibly addictive, every chapter is brilliantly written, making it impossible to put down. The more you read, the more you want to continue! 🤡 It's so satisfying, you just can't stop, you'll want to finish it in one go!!! Go for it!!! 🎉🎉🎉

27. 1377 好 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 31.7kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves

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    Chapter 1 Who would wear a bathrobe to a wedding?

28. 1378 穿EN Trapped in a Novel: The Stunning Villain and the Darkened Hero's Obsessive Love 穿书：绝美反派被黑化男主强制爱 Cheng Nezha城哪吒Two Male Leads471k WordsCompleted (Complete) BL + both leads are chaste + transmigrate into a book + cultivation + confinement Straight man Ning Ke wakes up one day inside the cultivation novel written by his younger sister. From the start, he’s destined to be the villain, tortured and killed by the male lead! Fortunately, a System appears at the crucial moment and binds itself to him. It turns back time and sends him to the male lead’s past to fix plot holes and keep himself alive! So Ning Ke dons secret identities and, one aft 10.9kReads9.6Score1.7kShelves

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    Personally, I found this book to be truly heart-wrenching (starting from the later stages). The author vividly portrays the protagonist's inner turmoil, making it easy for readers to empathize. The protagonist's actions gradually help the other character recover, and although their relationship develops slowly, it's definitely a book you won't want to abandon.

29. 1379 他 After He Escaped Death, He Forced Me to Sign a Penance Contract 他死里逃生后，逼我签下赎罪契约 I Returned to the Crowd我重返人群Modern Romance178k WordsCompleted A handsome, powerful, tragic, obsessive, and deranged man with a double face × a patient, clear-headed heiress fallen on hard times Five years later, we meet again. He's Jiangcheng's most ruthless obsessive man, and I'm an heiress with nowhere left to turn. He hangs me over a cliff and says, “Let me show you the despair I felt when I jumped into the sea back then.” He forces me to sign a contract of atonement and says, “I won't spare a single member of the Lin family.” I thought he hated me so m 2kReads—Score110Shelves

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    Here's a super angsty novel that just finished airing. It's truly heart-wrenching and depressing; a must-read. It's packed with the essence of angst.

30. 1380 阳 Shadows of the Heart Beneath the Sun 阳光下的心影 Mrlin Duan YanMrlin断颜Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted (Ex-Wife Regret, Single Heroine, Overpowered Romance) His brother Lin Mo couldn't let go of the lingering feelings in his heart. He resolutely left the battlefield and returned to Longguo, where he ran into his college sweetheart at a reunion. And so began an over-the-top story of a man winning back the woman he loved, with plenty of regret and heartbreak along the way. Lin Xi looked at the coldness in Lin Mo's eyes. “Brother, after all these years, you still can't forget her?” Lin Mo lowered h 11Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Do you want something heart-wrenching and tear-jerking?

31. 1381 囚 Keep Her as Your Captive, You Madman, and Torment Her Night After Night 囚宠她，疯批大佬夜夜欺 Little Red Ball红团团Modern Romance130k WordsCompleted [Possessive pursuit + angst before sweetness + groveling ex + forced love + old-school melodrama + powerful man humbled by love + both inexperienced + sugar daddy + kept woman] [Cold-blooded, domineering bastard x soft-hearted but resilient sweetheart] With her mother gravely ill, Xu Zhizhi took a job at a private club, hoping to earn more money for her treatment. She never expected to accidentally damage a jade pendant belonging to a powerful man. The pendant was worth 20 million, far more than 5.1kReads—Score241Shelves

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