Any Recommendations for Books That Are Still Great on a Third Read? Historical Romance Preferred 三刷还觉得好看的书有推荐的吗，古言最好
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Bound by Spring 缚春情
[The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef
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- 2 Entwined Pearl 缠明珠 [A seemingly sweet-faced, emotionally detached woman vs. a gloomy, love-starved, clingy human flytrap] Shen Yuanzhu, who loves money more than life itself, gives the only bit of sincerity she has to Xie Xuchuan, only for him to turn around and have a child with someone else. He says, “Yuanzhu, you can raise the child. He can have the family fortune. I’ll make it up to you in other ways.” Shen Yuanzhu thinks he’s lost his mind. Their marriage contract, bound by mutual interests, can’t be dissolve 41.9kReads8.5Score5.2kShelves
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My Clan Raised Me to the Golden List, and I Led My Kin to Noble Rank 全族举我登金榜，我携宗亲列簪缨
An overworked modern-day top student transmigrates by accident and becomes a discarded son from a poor family in the Great Liang dynasty. Seeing his extraordinary talent, his clan sells off its possessions and spends every last coin, joining together to support him and staking the family’s honor and disgrace on sending him up the imperial examination ladder to success. Blessed with advanced knowledge and a photographic memory, he rises from a village boy who has barely earned the lowest scholarl
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- 4 The Year I Remarried a Hunter, He Knelt in Court for Three Days 我改嫁猎户那年，他在朝堂跪了三天 The year I remarried a hunter, he knelt in the royal court for three days. 633Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 When the Hibiscus Withers, You Have Yet to Return 木槿枯时君未归 The Hibiscus Withers, but You Have Yet to Return 208Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 On the Day My Engagement Was Called Off, I Turned Around and Married a Powerful Minister 退婚当日，我转身嫁给权臣 On the Day My Engagement Was Broken Off, I Turned Around and Married a Powerful Official 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 She Stole Eighteen Years of My Life, and I Smiled as I Sent Her to Hell 她偷我人生十八年，我笑着送她下地狱 She stole eighteen years of my life. I smiled as I sent her to hell 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 I Jumped into a Well but Survived, and Somehow Became His White Moonlight 投井没死成，我居然成了他的白月光 I Tried to Drown Myself in a Well but Survived, and Somehow Became His Unforgettable First Love 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Farmer’s Daughter Refuses to Marry, and Her Future Powerful Official Loses Control in Public 农女拒嫁，未来权臣当众失控
[Romance first, career second] Since the heavens have given her a chance to start over, Xie Qinglian wastes no time. She decides not to give Shen Xingzhou any chance to grow up: she'll drown him in the river, push him off a mountain, or poison him with a poisonous fruit! [Shen Xingzhou: a mad beauty] When he discovers that Zhenzhen, the woman he loves, is actually Xie Qinglian and that she wants to kill him, he decides that if they cannot be husband and wife in life, then they can be a pair of g
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- 10 After Marrying Him for Good Luck, I Became the Powerful Minister’s Personal Miracle Healer 冲喜后，我成了权臣的专属药王 After marrying into the family to bring him good luck, I became the powerful official's personal miracle healer 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 You Burned My Exam Papers as an Offering to Your Ancestors? I'll Make Your Whole Family's Successful Scholars Fail the Exams 烧我卷子祭祖？我让他满门进士都落第 He Burned My Exam Papers to Honor His Ancestors? I’ll Make His Whole Family of Jinshi Fail the Exams —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 On the Day He Came to Ask for My Hand, He Wanted My Younger Half-Sister to Marry Him First 提亲那日，他要让我庶妹先进门 On the Day He Came to Ask for My Hand, He Wanted My Half-Sister to Marry Into His Family First 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 You Used Your War Merits to Marry Your Cousin, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’ve Left? 你用军功娶表妹，我远走高飞你哭什么 You married your cousin for your military achievements. Why are you crying now that I’ve left for good? 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Your White Moonlight Killed My Mother. I'll Make Sure She Dies in Prison 你的白月光害死我妈，我让她把牢底坐穿 Your dream girl got my mother killed, so I'll make sure she spends the rest of her life behind bars. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 After Raising My Lover's Son into the Top Imperial Graduate, I Smiled and Picked Up a Knife 把外室的儿子养成探花后，我笑着拿起了刀 After raising my mistress's son to become the top candidate in the palace examinations, I smiled and picked up my knife. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Princess Consort Melted My Death-Waiver Token, So I Made Her Entire Household Join Her in the Grave 王妃将我的免死金牌熔了，我让她全府陪葬 The Princess Consort melted down my death-exemption medallion, so I had her entire household buried with her. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 After Being Divorced for Failing to Bear a Son, I Had Triplets with a Butcher 无子被休后，我给屠户生了三胞胎 After Being Cast Out for Having No Children, I Bore Triplets for a Butcher 638Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Empress Is Done, and the Emperor Is Delighted 皇后不干了，陛下高兴了 The Empress Quit, and the Emperor Was Delighted —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Snow Hates the Golden Bough: I Don't Want the Empress's Crown You Offered 雪厌金枝：你给的皇后位，我不要了 Snow Hates Golden Bough: I Don't Want the Empress's Seat You Offered Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Broken Zither and Lost Love Will Cost You Your Life 琴断情逝要你的命 The Strings Snap, Love Dies, and You Pay with Your Life —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 28 Days Before the Gaokao, I Tore Up My Parents' Plan to Make My Sister the Top Scorer 重生高考前28天，我撕碎爸妈给亲妹的状元路 Reborn 28 Days Before the Gaokao, I Tore Up the Path to Top Scorer My Parents Had Paved for My Younger Sister —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 My Mother Wants Me to Choose a Consort, and I Heard the Thoughts of All Three Candidates 母后要我选驸马，我听到了三个驸马的心里话 My Mother Wants Me to Choose a Consort, and I Heard What the Three Candidates Were Thinking —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Reborn, I Asked My Chancellor Husband to Divorce Me 重生后，我请宰相夫君休了我 Reborn, I Asked My Chancellor Husband to Divorce Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
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I'm No Guest Beneath the Eaves 我非檐上客
[Bold, free-spirited noblewoman from a military family with a can-do attitude × gloomy prince who is aloof, taciturn, and feels unworthy of love] [Not a power fantasy + 1v1 + First-person POV + Healing + Sweet and angsty] - At the Lantern Festival palace banquet when I was fifteen, the most exalted person in the land said I was lively and clever, and a good match for the Ninth Prince, Zhao Lin. It took nearly all the courage I had to say those words in front of everyone. "This humble subject's d
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Reborn: I Flirted the Gloomy Regent into a Daze 重生后，阴鸷摄政王被我撩晕了
"Print edition available for preorder October 24 at 7 p.m.!" "Black Lotus Beauty of a Princess & the Grim, Ruthless Regent" [Two Powerful Leads + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple + Putting Scumbags in Their Place] Zhixian was the sharpest blade at the side of the Third Prince of Nanzhao, eliminating every obstacle in his bid for the throne. But on the day he was named crown prince, she met her end. "Zhixian, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself for knowing too much." Xuan Yuan Heng wiped t
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- 26 Holding the Crown Prince’s Vengeful Soul, I Find Life Again in an Old Dream 手握太子亡魂，旧梦逢生 Wen Miao was haunted by the ghost of the late Crown Prince. She had no idea why, and there was no way to find out. Every night, whenever she fell asleep, she saw him in her dreams. Rumor had it that His Highness would have made an excellent emperor: well-read, upright, and decisive despite his youth. Only Wen Miao knew how terrifying the Crown Prince was as a ghost, trapped in the underground palace and unable to pass on. At first, he wanted to snap her neck. Later, he sensed the heartbeat ben 20.4kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
- 27 After Being Banished to the Cold Palace, I Cling to the Imperial Preceptor 被打入冷宫后我赖上了国师 [Transmigrate into a book + Subverting tropes + Light political intrigue + Devoted to each other + Not a wish-fulfillment story] Jiang Dai was just a busy modern office worker. She clicked on a political intrigue novel to investigate a case, but before she could finish reading it, she opened her eyes one day and found herself as an abandoned consort in the Cold Palace who wouldn't survive three chapters... No, not even one. Where was the essential System for someone who'd transmigrated into a bo 130.4kReads9.5Score20.2kShelves
- 28 After the Maid Faked Her Death and Fled, the Pregnant Power Minister Chased His Wife to the Crematorium 丫鬟死遁后，权臣揣崽追妻火葬场 [Possessive love + female lead transmigrates + fakes her death and flees while pregnant + a groveling chase for his wife] [Male lead is either losing his mind or well on his way to it, while the female lead is unshakable and never lets a grudge go] Lu Yansui, heir to the Marquis of Dingyuan, had reached the highest ranks of court before turning twenty. All that remained was to marry a noblewoman from a powerful family the following year. He had developed an unusual fondness for Zhang Shaowei, th 93kReads7.9Score7.7kShelves
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Power and Favor in the Capital 权宠京华
The short drama adaptation of the novel of the same name, The Glory of Power in the Capital: The Glory of Power 3: The Glory of Power in the Capital, is now open for reservations on the Hongguo app. It premieres on April 30. Everyone says Yuwen Xiao, heir to Prince Su, is a cold-faced military commander with ruthless methods, and that he was born under a lonely star, destined never to find love. Everyone in the prince's residence was left dumbfounded. Wasn't he supposed to have no romantic ent
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- 30 Power and Favor Across the Nine Heavens 权宠九天 The short drama from the same series, The Beloved Physician, is now streaming on Hongguo. Long Qingruo, a genius of the Red Dragon Clan, was renowned in the twenty-second century as a brilliant doctor and a master surgeon. Yet as soon as she arrived, she was shot full of holes by a hail of arrows, while a whole host of women were lining up to covet her position as princess consort. Ridiculous. She acted decisively, asserting her authority as a wife, taking in underlings, bringing villains to hee 6.2kReads9.4Score870Shelves
- 31 The Prince Won't Hold Back 皇叔不经撩 The short drama adaptation of Yue Xia's novel The Beloved 2: The Beloved Fierce Wife is now streaming on Hongguo, while The Beloved 1: The Unruly Imperial Uncle is currently a hit. In a bonus scene at the end of The Beloved 2, Chen Jinning, the peach-blossom general Song Xixixi, and Luo Jinshu, Chief Director of the Heavenly War Medical Bureau, meet up in a crossover. The Chief Director of the Heavenly War Medical Bureau transmigrates into the orphan Luo Jinshu of the Great Yan Dynasty. As soon 18.7kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
- 32 Bewitching Emperor, Stop Chasing Me 妖孽帝王别追我 She transmigrated into the Prince Qing's household as a lowly concubine. She was a cardiologist, after all, and had worked for years to achieve what she had. How could she settle for being a concubine who had to endure other people's scorn? When the emperor posted a notice seeking someone to treat the Empress Dowager, her chance had come. She would rise to prominence, become a renowned physician, and make a fortune. But fate had other plans. Why was the emperor so sharp-eyed that he saw through 52Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 33 A Dazzling Soul in This Mortal World 人间惊鸿客 Did you know that Li Bai was a famous live-in son-in-law in ancient times? Why did this immortal poet, who cared nothing for wealth and status, marry into a wealthy family twice? Su Dongpo was not only one of the greatest writers in Chinese history, but also a true foodie! Dongpo pork, Dongpo pork knuckle, Dongpo cuttlefish, Dongpo tofu, Dongpo soup: all these dishes loved by people today are associated with the great man himself. The celebrated poet Li Qingzhao was also tormented by a “scumbag. 14.7kReads9.5Score3.1kShelves
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The Phoenix Reigns Over the World 凤临天下
"She is an invincible, stone-cold mercenary leader, but after transmigrating, she becomes a thirteen-year-old princess consort. He is the Empire's breathtakingly handsome prince, ruthless and cold, a figure whose name inspires awe throughout the land. Their wedding is followed by a pact on Nether Island: half a month together. But it also drags them into a shocking conspiracy. What kind of perilous, mind-bending trap awaits them?"
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The Tang Dynasty's Pearl-Dispelling Record (Original Novel of the TV Adaptation Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong) 大唐辟珠记（田曦薇、宋威龙主演同名影视原著）
[All-New Bonus Edition] [A Screen Adaptation with the Same Title Has Been Officially Announced, Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong] [Beloved Princess Reborn: Looks Like a Delicate Crybaby, Actually a Well-Rounded Warrior] ✖ [Defiant, Doomed, Devoted, Pure-Hearted Top Jianghu Big Shot] [Their Romance Is So Sweet It Makes You Cry] Princess Wanshou, blessed with the Tang emperor's favor and love, died of an illness at just seventeen. A thief secretly opened the eerie underground palace, only to d
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Joy with You 与君欢
[Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving
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- 37 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
- 38 Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝 (Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo 257.8kReads9.7Score30.2kShelves
- 39 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
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He Spoiled His Concubine and Neglected His Wife. Reborn, I Broke Off My Engagement to the Scumbag and Married the Prince 宠妾灭妻，重生我退婚渣男嫁王爷
The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing
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- 41 After Entering the Palace, the General Just Wants to Slack Off 将军入宫后，一心只想摆烂 [A sharp-tongued, cold-hearted emperor vs. a forthright general who has no sense of romance] When Jiang Yuan was ten, a high monk foretold that she was destined to be empress, and she was appointed crown princess. Sadly, before she could marry her future husband, he was deposed for treason. Her father and eldest brother were then framed and killed one after another, and Jiang Yuan became the crown princess of Zhou Yao, son of her sworn enemy, Consort Zhao. Outsiders said Zhou Yao was handsome an 5.7kReads9.1Score561Shelves
- 42 Whose Favored Concubine Doesn't Get Herself Killed? 谁家宠妾不作死啊 Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 77.9kReads9.5Score8kShelves
- 43 Back Then, I Refused to Marry the East Wind (A Companion to A Spring Rain on a Night in a Small Tower, a Historical Pride and Prejudice) 当年不肯嫁东风（《小楼一夜听春雨》姊妹篇，古代版傲慢与偏见) [Sisters united + rekindled romance + historical ensemble cast] The Ye sisters’ battle to protect their romantic prospects: a long-planned, romantic counterattack. With sisters sticking together, nothing is too difficult! After their mother died, the three Ye sisters broke with their father, who favored his concubine and neglected his wife. They lived in a separate residence and took in A Cuo, the adopted daughter of their late maternal aunt, relying on one another to get by. Four years ago, the 17.2kReads9.6Score2.8kShelves
- 44 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves
- 45 The Gourmet, Complete in Three Volumes 饕餮记（全三册） Yin Yu, a popular author of historical fantasy, has a solid command of her craft, a seasoned style, and a distinctly individual voice. Drawing on a rich imagination, she builds a fantastical period tale centered on food, with a fresh and original premise. The novel brings together a wealth of elements and incorporates extensive historical detail, painting a vivid portrait of life and customs in the Great Song. At Tianxiang Tower, a divine beast, Taotie, takes the form of a young girl and prepare 2.4kReads9.5Score571Shelves
- 46 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.1kReads9.6Score5.7kShelves
- 47 Late in the Day 行止晚 [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 25.7kReads9.6Score3.3kShelves
- 48 The Candlelight Pavilion 烛幽台 [Historical fantasy + parallel worlds + soul swapping + endless loops + Mobius strip. After "A Thousand Peach Blossoms Bloom in One Lifetime", acclaimed author Sui Yu Er An returns with another fantasy hit! Jiang Hui × Qi Huan: three lifetimes of entanglement across parallel worlds, as they seek the essence of love in intersecting timelines.] At nineteen, Jiang Hui set out to avenge her father’s murder. On her wedding night, she and Qi Huan died together. But though she was gravely wounded, she 4.7kReads9.5Score716Shelves
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Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢
[The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On
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Little Sister, You Can’t Handle This Crazy Man. Let Me Take Over 妹妹，这疯批你驾驭不了，换我来
Now published under the title Through the Years Like Jade, available on all platforms. The moment she opened her eyes, Jiang Fei had transmigrated into the book as a scheming but hopelessly incompetent minor villainess. In the original story, the entire Jiang family was brutally killed. Even the old watchdog at the gate was spared nothing. And it was all thanks to Pei Jing, the power-mad, unhinged prince who held sway over the court. The System's task for her was simple: follow the original
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