Superb 9.9-Rated Novels... 超级好看的9.9分小说……

1. 251 重 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Married My Sister’s Best Friend 重生1980：开局迎娶姐姐闺蜜 Cang Yue Aotian沧月傲天Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [The new novel Reborn in 1975: I Want It All, From a Loving Wife to a Fortune in Scientific Research is now a hit! Click the author's name to read it!] Li Yi is reborn, back in a small mountain village in 1980! When Tang Xue asks him to marry her once again, he doesn't hesitate. His answer rings out loud and clear: “I do!” In his previous life, he was blinded by his own foolishness and watched helplessly as Tang Xue fell into darkness! With a second chance at life, he swears to make her the happ 11.7kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
2. 252 第 The First Notebook of a Feng Shui Master Passed Down Through Generations 第一本祖传风水师笔记 I Come from the East我自东方Urban896k WordsOngoing [Adapted into a short drama] [A feng shui novel about the world around you] This novel explores feng shui in homes, shops, offices, graves and burial grounds, and people’s personal lives. There’s nothing mysterious or abstruse here, just feng shui stories from everyday life. By the time you come across this book, the gears of fate may already have started turning. Read carefully, and you may find something unexpected... 237.5kReads9.1Score24.3kShelves

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   I highly recommend a great feng shui book; it's one I absolutely love, and it's very practical and easy to apply. 😊

3. 253 七 Her Seven Brothers Died in Battle, and the Legitimate Daughter Returned Darkened 七个哥哥战死沙场，嫡女黑化归来 Wild Donkey Tribe野驴部落Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Historical romance, court intrigue, palace and household scheming, reborn, joining forces, legitimate daughter, revenge, two formidable leads, transmigrate into a book, seven older brothers, no saintly heroine, miracle doctor, adored by all, comeback, punishing scoundrels, imperial uncle, devoted husband, devoted couple] The comment section is 99% positive! Read with confidence! “Shen Nanqiao, being chosen to marry into the Eastern Palace is a blessing for your Duke of Zhenguo household!” Rebor 4.1kReads7.2Score825Shelves
4. 254 香 Soft and Fragrant in His Arms, the Capital’s Princeling Falls for Her 香软入怀，京圈太子爷沦陷了 Loves Big Tomatoes Most最爱大番茄12k WordsCompleted Soft and Sweet in His Arms, the Capital’s Top Heir Falls for Her 16.1kReads—Score291Shelves

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   A promising book, definitely read it early.

5. 255 尤 The Temptress 尤物 Er Xi二喜Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Enchantress will be released on March 25 at 8 p.m. (A devoted one-on-one romance, with both leads each other’s first and only.) Zhou Yi is notorious in their circle for being a shameless playboy. Everyone thinks he cares about pleasure, not feelings. That is, until a video leaks one day. In it, Zhou Yi looks like a devout believer, clasping a woman’s slender wrist in his hand. His eyes are filled with fervor and tenderness as he murmurs in a low, hoarse voice, “Jiang Yin 4kReads9.5Score860Shelves
6. 256 重 Reborn, I Run a Taoist Temple 重生后我经营一座道观 Kindergarten Grandpa幼儿园大爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted From the start, Wang Dashan killed a bandit, saved his grandfather, and then set out on a path from hunting to becoming a tycoon who would help restore his country. In 2023, 58-year-old Wang Dashan, alone in the world, was reborn in the Taoist temple where he had lived at age fifteen. To save his grandfather, who had been killed by bandits while protecting the villagers, and make up for the regret of having wanted to care for his parents only after it was too late, he picked up a knife and kille 19.1kReads9.0Score2kShelves
7. 257 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 46.2kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves

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   "Ding! Your 'family' has arrived! Please check your spooky yet heartwarming family portrait! Zhou Bai starts the game with a survival guide for a 'family of four': The black dog changes color? The wife turns evil when she takes off her hair clip? The baby cries in the middle of the night? Don't panic! Follow the rulebook, and embark on a healing (?) Journey with NPCs!"

8. 258 闪 A Flash Marriage and a Loving Husband: I Married a Billionaire by Mistake 闪婚厚爱：误嫁天价老公 Endless Memories of the Past旧时绵绵Modern Romance4.1M WordsCompleted Jian Ran thought she'd married an ordinary man. Little did she know that he would transform into the president of her company. And that's not all: he's also the mysterious heir to Asia's richest empire, the Di Group. He is a ruthless, decisive captain of industry, cold and merciless. 450Reads9.0Score209Shelves
9. 259 渣 A Scumbag? I Just Want to Fall in Love! 渣男？我单纯只想谈个恋爱啊！ Little Soft Candy小能软糖Urban2.2M WordsOngoing If the spring breeze had a heart for flowers, would it grant me my youth again? Jiang Chen returned to the summer when he was eighteen. In his previous life, he had nothing but money. He focused all his hopes on finding a soulmate, missing out on so many of life's joys. He spent his days alone in an empty mansion, lonely and cold. But now... He had been given another chance by fate. Wealth and status, a life lived to the fullest, and sweet romance: he wanted it all! 61.2kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves
10. 260 天 The Huo Family’s Pricey Pampered Bride 天价宠婚：霍总的小娇妻 White Tea白茶Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted Before he knew Nian Yaxuan's true identity, the young master of Yuecheng, Huo Lingchen, would say: “Someone! Throw this woman out of Shangyang Mall!” “Someone! Toss this woman into the sea!” “Someone! Bury this woman alive!” One of his assistants muttered under his breath, “Mr. Huo, the woman you want buried alive is... your wife.” Huo Lingchen shot him a chilling look and kicked him in the leg. “Get out and haul bricks at a construction site!” Why hadn't he said so earlier? This was ruining his 7kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
11. 261 双 A Blood-Soaked Reckoning: Twin Sisters Return for Vengeance 【血色满门】双生姐妹踏血归来 Xiao Xiao Ran Zi萧萧然子Ancient Romance601k WordsOngoing An entire family of loyal officials is framed, and a century-old marquis’s estate is turned into a living hell. Twin sisters plunge from a cliff into the water, surviving against all odds. Once cherished young ladies who lived behind closed doors, they now tread a thorny path through the world. One struggles to survive on a sheer cliff, honing her edge; the other wanders in a foreign land, maneuvering at every turn. The court is rife with deceit and schemes, while the martial world flashes with 1.9kReads6.6Score209Shelves

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    Highly recommend this historical romance novel, * [Bloodstained Family] The Twin Sisters Return Amidst Bloodshed*! A once-powerful family was destroyed overnight, their entire clan stained with blood on the execution ground. Twin sisters miraculously escaped death, hiding their identities for years before returning to the treacherous capital with renewed vigor. In the turbulent court and the treacherous harem, one skillfully navigates the powerful, while the other, with a cold heart, plots revenge. They tear through the fog of past injustices in the vortex of power. No mindless wish-fulfillment; the political intrigue is layered and full of twists and turns. The sisters, united in heart and soul, seek revenge against all their enemies. Love and hate intertwine in a breathtakingly suspenseful plot. Readers who enjoy revenge-driven heroines and historical political intrigue should not miss this!

12. 262 重 Reborn as the World's Richest Man 重生为超级世界首富 The Divine Pig That Eats, Sleeps, and Sneaks吃住潜行的神猪Urban7.4M WordsOngoing The protagonist was a successful entrepreneur in his previous life, with a PhD in engineering from a U.S. university. Reborn in 1977, he became the top student in the Haishi college entrance exams five years later and got into Jingshi University. His uncle worked in the Public Security Bureau's public order department, and his aunt was in a cultural troupe. With their help, he started doing business in Kyoto, trading stocks in Xiangcheng, opening a film company, shorting the Eagle Country stock 16.7kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
13. 263 糙 The Rough-Hewn Brother-in-Law's Little Sweetheart 糙汉大伯哥的小软糖 A Er阿耳Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Romance during the economic boom of the new millennium + age gap + cozy everyday life + not a power fantasy [Meng Jingshu] After a car accident, twenty-two-year-old Meng Jingshu becomes the youngest widow in the village. On the day her husband dies, her parents-in-law send her to Jiangnan with her unmarried brother-in-law to work and pay off the family debt. Once in Jiangnan, Meng Jingshu cries every night. She misses her mother, who died young, her husband, who died young, and her six-month- 67.9kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
14. 264 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves

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    It's a book about growth, but also very enjoyable. It perfectly embodies the word "details," with meticulous logic throughout. It constantly creates and resolves questions, giving readers an inexhaustible source of interest. 💕[Shocked] 🥺😜

15. 265 重 Reborn in 1988: Build a Fortune Investing in Treasury Bonds 重生1988：靠投资国库券发家致富 Er Feifei二肥肥Urban3.7M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1988, with the factory beauty making all the moves, Lin Zhiyuan is getting a little worn out... 2kReads8.9Score328Shelves
16. 266 官 The Realm of Officials 官家天下 Uncle Pie馅饼大叔Urban5.9M WordsOngoing First, this is a genuine political novel, written by one of the genre's most experienced authors. The story is logically sound and highly readable. Quality guaranteed! Second, the story starts at the prefecture-level city from the very beginning. The protagonist will not be sent down to the towns and villages. This book will not spend hundreds of chapters at the township level. Third, there is political maneuvering, economic development, satisfying revenge, and, naturally, personal life as well. 203.1kReads9.3Score16.8kShelves
17. 267 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 115.9kReads9.2Score9.7kShelves
18. 268 绝 The Peerless Adorable Baby: Her Genius Mother Is Stunning 绝世萌宝：天才娘亲帅炸了 Not My Beloved非我良人Ancient Romance7.1M WordsOngoing Ye Chuyue, the notorious foolish and ugly woman of the Shenwu Empire, had an illicit affair and gave birth to an illegitimate child. On the day her fiancé was to marry, she leapt from the city wall in her wedding robes and died for love. When her beautiful eyes opened again, the ancient martial arts sect leader from the 21st century was ready to unleash a storm of blood and wash away her disgrace! A good-for-nothing? She can shake an empire with her bare hands and trample the world beneath her f 36.4kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves

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    The first book is super, super good! The female lead is incredibly awesome, always managing to escape danger and achieve amazing breakthroughs. It gets more and more addictive the more you read. The male lead is especially awesome, always making a powerful entrance when the female lead is in danger. I love it! Recommendation rating: 5 stars. The second book has a particularly awesome male lead, I've forgotten the specifics 😭, but it's also really super good. Recommendation rating: 4 stars. The third book is a very typical story of a loser transforming into a genius. The process is very satisfying to watch, and it has a great story. Worth reading. Recommendation rating: 4 stars. I haven't finished the fourth book yet, but it's also very good.

19. 269 摆 The Slacker Princess: Fight for the Throne? Don’t Be Ridiculous! I Can’t Even Get Out of Bed! 摆烂公主：夺嫡？别闹！我起不来 Easygoing Bro不易老哥Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Good news] She transmigrated into the sixth princess in an empire ruled by an empress. [Bad news] From the start, she drugged the chancellor's legitimate son, and now he's writhing on the bed, hey! [The Princess's Inner Thoughts] Fight for the throne? Don't even start! No way, not in this lifetime. Get up at three in the morning, attend court at five, and work all year without a break? Sorry, I can't get out of bed. 14kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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    🫧🫧Who understands this? I was listening to an audiobook while slacking off at work, and it made my stomach hurt from laughing so much. The male lead was asleep on his desk, but the female lead overheard his inner thoughts: [Facepalm][Laughing] "I'll pretend to be asleep and see who dares to wake me. I'll pretend I'm still half asleep and trick them." This was followed by a strange, eerie laugh. Female lead: ...

20. 270 天 Heaven's Mandate Poison Consort 天命毒妃 Su Li Gets Rich暴富的苏梨Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted She was born into a family of generals, but her fiancé had already betrayed her by conspiring with her cousin. Then her cousin framed her and left her to die! When a new soul takes over a good-for-nothing’s body, she is bound to turn the world upside down! A divine pearl bonds with her, divine beasts submit to her, and she possesses every spiritual vein. No one can match her! She thought she could travel the world with her little boy and enjoy a carefree life. Then a stunning, bewitching man app 17.2kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
21. 271 国 A Peerless Patriot: Reborn in Officialdom, 1976 国士无双：官场重生1976 Uncle Pie馅饼大叔Urban1.3M WordsCompleted First: Liu Hongyi is a top science student with two roles, one within the government system and the other as a university professor. Reborn in 1976, what must he do? You guessed it: enrich the nation and build a powerful military! Using his vast knowledge and insights far ahead of his time, he leads the people to prosperity while building powerful technology and armed forces. A great nation rises, the dragon soars in the East, and the foreign powers turn out to be me! Second: This is a genuine, 15.7kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
22. 272 官 Aspirations in the Political Arena 官场之青云志 Rivers and Mountains of Cosmic Light宙光山河Urban3.7M WordsCompleted Reborn in 2002, he was hit by a car while saving a little girl and regrettably missed his civil service interview. His materialistic girlfriend wanted to break up with him, but Liang Jiangtao unexpectedly discovered that the girl’s grandfather seemed to be no ordinary man... Watch how he uses a perspective and experience twenty years ahead of his time, along with a heart devoted to serving the people, to build a remarkable career! Look forward to more in Officialdom: Ambition for the Clouds. 61.6kReads9.2Score6.6kShelves
23. 273 一 One Step, One Look Back 一步一回头 Lin Xi临傒Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsCompleted Traditional cultivation, with no cheats, no golden finger, and no idiotic characters. Every step of cultivation is earned, and life is calm and unhurried... A fresh take on cultivation, with rigorous logic. What sets this work apart is its focus on enlightenment. Cultivate the Dao, cultivate the heart... 5.9kReads8.5Score472Shelves
24. 274 极 Ultimate Martial Venerable 极限武尊 Ouyang Yun欧阳晕Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsCompleted “Martial artists wield tremendous strength. Qi cultivators are unpredictable. Lu Fan is a practitioner of both martial arts and qi cultivation. I was an ordinary man, but fate had other plans. Yin and yang in my left hand, heaven and earth in my right. Above heaven and below heaven, I alone reign supreme!” 14.4kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
25. 275 蚀 A Marriage That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨茧婚 Five Percent Sweet五分甜Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Ticket Competition] After a vast fire consumed the city, everyone in the imperial capital knew that Mrs. Ye had perished in the flames, leaving no trace of her remains. Young Master Ye was so heartbroken that he fell ill and became distraught, raising their young son alone. Matchmakers soon crowded the Ye family home, but Young Master Ye coldly turned them all away. Just as his friends were privately betting on whether he'd remain unmarried for life, he quietly 417Reads7.6Score101Shelves

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    Yu Buyu's books are all good.

26. 276 日 Day and Night, I Obsess Over You 日夜妄想 Fish Doesn't Speak鱼不语Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + two powerful leads taking down scumbags + mutual secret crushes + world-class stubbornness + two scene-stealing power players] He’s a cold-blooded business tycoon, with enough rumored girlfriends to fill ten mahjong tables. She’s a ruthless heiress from a prominent family, with admirers and followers lined up all the way to Paris. A marriage of convenience, with each side keeping their distance. On the rooftop, they smoked side by side. Jiang Chenglin asked, “Ever conside 8.4kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
27. 277 进 After Entering the Wrong Bridal Chamber, My Injured Husband Spoiled Me Rotten 进错洞房后，我被伤残相公宠上天 Mu Yan木烟Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The End [An Original Story About a Clever Ancient-Era Farmer's Daughter Outsmarting a Modern Transmigrator] An Yueming wants little from life: peaceful days, a lifelong partner by her side, and a houseful of adorable children. But her family has an unruly elder sister. On her wedding day, her sister schemes to get her into bed with her husband's fourth younger brother. The man she once loved took her sister's virtue, then decided he wanted a household with multiple wives. Thinking back on all th 298Reads8.9Score100Shelves
28. 278 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 164.3kReads9.8Score18.9kShelves

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    This is truly a 9.9-Point masterpiece! Although it's a bit angsty, it's incredibly captivating! It's the best romance novel I've ever read! Every chapter is exquisite; I'll stay up all night to read it, I won't stop until I finish it!

29. 279 神 The Magic Lamp's Hundredfold Rewards: I'm Invincible 神灯万倍返利：我无敌了 Quiet Little Salted Fish安静小咸鱼Eastern Fantasy288k WordsOngoing [Western Fantasy, Imaginative Premise] [Slow-Burn Homestead Building] [Sword and Sorcery] [Fantasy Adventure] [Conquest] [System] After opening his eyes, Jiang Lin, who had been hit by a speeding truck, found himself reborn as a blacksmith’s apprentice in a border town of an empire in another world. The blacksmith’s apprentice, Edren... Had no System, no golden finger, only a battered old oil lamp passed down through his family. Then, one late night, its wick flared with a ghostly blue flame, an —Reads6.5Score1.6kShelves

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    A modern-day worker is transported to a world of swords and magic, becoming an insignificant blacksmith apprentice. His kind master is killed by a nobleman who is jealous of his talent. He unexpectedly obtains a magic lamp that returns ten thousand times the cost, allowing him to become rich and forge divine weapons simply by throwing in some materials. On his path of revenge, he sweeps away powerful enemies along the way.

30. 280 福 At Three and a Half, Fu Bao Is Doted on by Her Eight Uncles 福宝三岁半，她被八个舅舅团宠了 Cute Guy萌汉子Modern Romance3.5M WordsCompleted When her stepmother miscarried after falling down the stairs, little Su Bao was punished by being forced to kneel in the snow for a day and a night, then branded a jinx and driven from home. Just as she was about to die, her eight domineering CEO uncles rushed to her side and gathered little Su Bao in their arms! The eldest uncle's face turned icy. “It's getting cold. I think it's time the Lin family went bankrupt.” The second uncle glared furiously. “Anyone who hurts my little Bao will be hunte 23.2kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves

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    Synopsis: I'm still reading the first book, "Bound Spring Love," it's super good, the kind you can't stop reading, I'd love to stay up all night reading it. The following books are also good, they're still being serialized, and they're all amazing! [Admiration]

31. 281 五 A History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十国史 Qing Yi青易Historical450k WordsCompleted A focused analysis of the briefest and most chaotic period of division in Chinese history. The book reveals how, behind the military men’s grip on power, society struggled to rebuild its order, and how this turmoil gave rise to the civil official politics of the later Song dynasty. A profound study of social transformation and the patterns of power changing hands, it offers a distinctive perspective and rigorous reasoning. 71.1kReads9.6Score9.6kShelves

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    I really have to recommend these highly-rated, gem books to you!

32. 282 重 Back to the 1990s: The Frail Daoist Healer Holds the Legacy of Chinese Medicine 重返九零：娇弱道医手握国粹传承 Yao Jiu姚九Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Daoist Medicine + Iron-Blooded Young Officer + Cultural Revival + Powerful Couple, Sweet and Satisfying] Reborn in the 1990s, Yao Pingxiang returns with the legacy of Daoist medicine. With silver needles in her left hand to heal others and Daoist cultivation in her right to build her foundation, she unexpectedly embarks on a path where medicine and Daoism lead to the heavens. She heals the sick, saves lives, dishes out face-slapping to the despicable, and revives ancient Daoist 5.6kReads9.2Score714Shelves
33. 283 东 The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms 东周列国志 Feng Menglong冯梦龙Historical677k WordsCompleted More than five hundred years of upheaval in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods unfold in this book! The Zhou royal house declined and the feudal lords rose. The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period took turns dominating, while the Seven Warring States fought for control of the Central Plains. From the brief hegemony of Duke Zhuang of Zheng to Duke Huan of Qi uniting the feudal lords; from Wu Zixu’s quest for revenge to the battle of wits between Sun Bin and Pang Juan; from 83Reads9.1Score—Shelves
34. 284 让 We Asked You to Hike Around the World, Not Catch People and Shake Them Down 让你徒步环球，没让你抓人薅羊毛 Update Beast爆更兽Urban2.4M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation under the same title is now online: They Said We’d Hike Around the World, So Why Am I Going Hungry Nine Times in Three Days? [Wilderness survival + crime-catching + comedy + sly tricks + action-packed + no female lead?] From the start, after transmigrating, Su Mo discovers he is taking part in a show called Hike Around the World. The rules: All expenses along the way must be earned legally by the contestant himself. He thought it would be a miserable competition of sleeping 6.2kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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    These two books are absolutely underrated masterpieces!!! Classics among classics!!!

35. 285 重 Reborn: Fragrance Falls on Splendid Brocade 重生之香落锦绣 Chen Xiaofan Who Loves Yellow Heart Greens喜欢黄心菜的陈小凡Ancient Romance452k WordsCompleted Yang Lishu had plenty of regrets in her previous life. Reborn, her first order of business was to delay her mother’s trip back to her hometown for her great-uncle’s wife’s birthday celebration, avoiding a deadly trap. Yang Lishu’s life changed along with it, but after all the twists and turns, it was still that same person who took her hand and led her toward a life of splendor. 5.4kReads9.2Score586Shelves
36. 286 青 Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉 Agate Squire玛瑙员外Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available) [Love after marriage, age gap, slow-burn everyday sweetness] *A gentle beauty from a family of scholars × a refined, fatherly man *A comic artist with a billion in assets × an influential Beijing aristocrat and chamber of commerce chairman Chu Shuang knew from childhood that she was promised to the Sheng family of the imperial capital, but she had never met her fiancé. Later, by a twist of fate, she moved into the Sheng residence and met her friend’s older br 140kReads9.5Score16.1kShelves

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    [Drooling][Drooling] These two books have high ratings, excellent writing, and great plots. The first one is about an arranged marriage that blossoms into love. It's a sweet, slow-burning romance between a gentle, beautiful woman from a scholarly family and a domineering, fatherly man. The male lead has always loved the female lead. The second one is about a real and fake heiress. The female lead exposes everyone's lies, and the male lead has been coveting her for years. The female lead is a beautiful ballet princess, and the male lead is a top-tier, arrogant heir.

37. 287 将 A General's Daughter's Comeback: No More Coddling, It's Time to Rise 将门逆袭：不要娇宠要上位 Sweet Potato with Plum Powder甘梅地瓜Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted When her aunt was on her deathbed, she entrusted her child to Wanqing. Out of gratitude, Wanqing became the concubine of the general’s eldest son. The rules for concubines in the general’s household: be dutiful and proper, and have no children. The household had no need for children born to concubines. Yet Wanqing bore four sons and a daughter, then took her place as the eldest son’s principal wife. The Empress Dowager personally bestowed on her the title of First-Rank Lady of Virtue. Someone sc 41.3kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
38. 288 醉 A Drunken Nighttime Kiss! One Flirt from Her, and the Arrogant Big Shot’s Heart Races 醉吻夜！她一撩，桀骜大佬心狂跳 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Climbing the Capital’s Family Tree is now available on all platforms.] [Top Capital City Tycoon · Rebellious, Devoted Suit-Wearing Bad Boy vs. Ballet Princess · Radiant, Proud Little Swan] Li Zhi and Fu Yanze grew up together, but Li Zhi turned out to be the fake heiress. For the sake of his own interests, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress, a leading actress in the entertainment industry. He hoped Li Zhi would understand and said he would come back to marr 59.4kReads9.5Score7.3kShelves
39. 289 重 Reborn: Back to 1983 to Become a Tycoon 重生：回到1983当富翁 Half Gratitude, Half Grudge恩怨各一半Urban3.4M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available on JD.com! The text has been carefully revised and is even more exciting. There are plenty of discounts right now, so if you're interested, go grab a copy!) Zhou Yufeng, a corporate CEO, unexpectedly returns to 1983, an era of planned economies and feeling one's way across the river by touching the stones. With his lovely wife wanting a divorce and his younger brother and sister struggling to get by, watch as he turns the business world upside down and changes 130.9kReads9.3Score16.1kShelves
40. 290 重 Reborn, I Made My Ex-Husband's Imperial Uncle Come Fight for My Hand 重生后我让前夫皇叔来抢亲 Molten Honey Candy流心蜜糖Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Petals Fall, Fireflies Appear, now streaming on Hongguo Short Drama and Tomato Novel. [Rebirth + physician consort + punishing scum + sweet romance + wish fulfillment + equally matched leads + devoted couple] Original title: After Being Reborn, I Had My Ex-Husband's Royal Uncle Come Claim Me In her previous life, she was tricked by a scoundrel into marrying into Prince Cheng's household, only to bring ruin upon the entire Su Duke's family. Reborn 5.7kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
41. 291 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86.5kReads9.6Score11.3kShelves

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    This is the only book I found enjoyable by Tomato. The content is tight, the plot doesn't drag, and I absolutely love stories with a strong female lead.

42. 292 大 Great Ming: Your Son Zhu Changluo Requests That Wanli Abdicate 大明：儿臣朱常洛，请万历退位 Exhausted Sheep力尽羊Historical1.7M WordsOngoing [Not a beginner-friendly read + historical power struggles + no farming + court factional battles. The author is a seasoned political operator who used to work in government, and knows power games inside out.] After transmigrating, he discovers he has become the most pathetic Crown Prince in the Ming Dynasty. For thirty-two years, he has been everyone’s punching bag. His court robes are patched, his mother has been imprisoned until she went blind, and his father lavishes forty thousand qing of f 44.8kReads8.5Score4.5kShelves

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    Here are a few highly recommended, addictive historical time-travel novels without a system. The first new book: Depicting the late Ming Dynasty, a time of frequent natural disasters, an incompetent court, an empty treasury, border unrest, and widespread poverty, beset by internal and external troubles. Witness how Emperor Zhu Changluo, in a single month, navigates the treacherous palace intrigues, ultimately turning the tide and ascending to the throne. The book's highlights include logical consistency, strategic planning, and a deep analysis of human nature, highlighting the author's hidden wisdom, self-reflection, and emotional restraint. It uses understanding as a weapon to dismantle inner demons and break through others' schemes. The second and third books: Written with profound and natural fluency, the plots unfold logically and meticulously, featuring vivid and intelligent characters. They fill in the gaps in the lineage of Crown Prince Zhu Biao, showing the simple yet profound relationships of three generations of the imperial family—grandson Zhu Xiong Ying, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Yuanzhang—each bearing their own imperial mission and carefully navigating the world. The fourth book: rich in historical depth, sharp in its writing, and rigorous in its logic, it explores the impermanence of fate and the ruthlessness of self-interest, depicting how the short-lived carpenter-emperor Zhu Youxiao schemed for the overall situation and the fate of the nation. The fifth and sixth books: battling the rebel leader Li Zicheng, defending the capital, attacking the Jurchens, stabilizing the borders, eliminating the bandit leader Xian Yuan, fighting against officials and gentry, and rectifying corruption… When natural disasters, war, and the barriers of officialdom become shackles of destiny, he uses wisdom to break through these shackles, risking his life; when the laws of survival intertwine with human weaknesses, he uses strategy to break through the web, using the game as a chess piece. Only those who can outmaneuver fate by half a move are true heroes. In short, the book depicts the turbulent political landscape, the power struggles and intrigues, the journey through time, the legends of emperors, the regrets of dynasties, and the allure of history, showcasing the rise and fall of dynasties as the wheels of history roll ever onward.

43. 293 洞 On Our Wedding Night, the Brutal Regent Was Kicked Out of Bed 洞房新婚，暴戾摄政王被踢下床榻 Watermelon-Flavored Sparkling Water西瓜味的气泡水Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Everyone in the capital knew that the prime minister’s legitimate daughter, Gu Qingcheng, was the greatest beauty in the city. What they didn’t know was that Gu Jinge was actually the prime minister’s eldest legitimate daughter. Prime Minister Gu Cheng’en came from a poor family. After placing first in the imperial examinations, he married Lu Junqing, the younger sister of a first-rank cavalry general. Everyone said they were a match made in heaven, a perfect couple. After their marriage, they h 3.5kReads9.2Score729Shelves
44. 294 洪 The Descendants of the Hongwu Emperor 洪武朝的子孙们 Bald Li San光头李三Historical1.6M WordsOngoing After an accident, his soul travels a century into the past. On an ordinary day in the seventh year of Hongwu, he is born in the imperial palace of Yingtian Prefecture. He is the most honored child in all of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang’s beloved grandson. Zhu Biao’s eldest legitimate son. And yet, in the history books, he is merely a passing mention: Prince Yu Huai. Looking at the still-healthy Crown Prince Zhu Biao, at Hu Weiyong and the Blue Jade case, which have yet to unleash their blood 106.6kReads8.3Score7.7kShelves
45. 295 大 Great Ming: Zhu Biao Turns Evil, and the Jingnan Campaign Is No More 大明：朱标黑化，靖难没了 Other Shore Three-Seven彼岸三七Historical815k WordsOngoing History records that Crown Prince Zhu Biao died of illness in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu. What history does not record: he died once, then came back to life. His soul wandered for three days, and he saw the entire fate of the Ming dynasty over the next 276 years: The Jingnan Campaign, the burning palace, Tumu Fortress, and the strip of white silk hanging from a tree on Coal Hill. When he opened his eyes again, he was in his sickbed in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu. The charcoal fire blaz 53.1kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
46. 296 大 Great Ming: If the Tianqi Emperor Lives, Great Ming Will Never Fall 大明：天启不死，大明不灭 Four Big Elephants四头大象Historical904k WordsOngoing [Rating just released, and it’ll rise later] [Handcrafted] + [No System] + [No mindless protagonist] + [Power struggles] + [Imperial court] + [Battle for supremacy] The soul of the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming dynasty drifted through four hundred years before he was reborn on the eleventh day of the eighth month of the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just eleven days before his historical death. At this point, the Ming dynasty had just won the Battle of Ningjin. The Mongol tribes had 93kReads9.0Score12.3kShelves
47. 297 帝 The Emperor's Mysterious Wife 帝国总裁神秘妻 Madame Butterfly1蝴蝶夫人1Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted He was an all-powerful emperor, rich beyond measure, cold and aloof, ruthless and impossible to read. Yet the moment he saw her, he lost his heart. She saw him as a devil and tried to escape time and time again... “Ai Ai, do you remember what I told you?” His icy breath brushed across the girl's deathly pale face. “Please, just let me go.” Her voice trembled. Her face had turned ashen, and she shrank back into the corner. The next second, his kisses landed on her lips, swallowing every protest. 130Reads8.1Score—Shelves
48. 298 一 I Woke Up to Find That My Great Ming Had Only Ten Days Left? 一觉醒来，朕的大明只剩十天了？ Crumble to Pieces土崩瓦解Historical1.7M WordsOngoing Original title: I Woke Up, and My Great Ming Has Only Ten Days Left? In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the countdown to the fall of the Great Ming begins. (No System) While lying unconscious on the dragon throne, Zhu Youjian had a long, vivid dream. In the dream, he became a child and studied centuries in the future. He opened The History of Ming, a book filled with the humiliating end that awaited him. In the end, he became a hardened soldier, tempered by modern military training. After twe 280.2kReads9.0Score39.6kShelves
49. 299 闪 After a Flash Marriage to a Country Bumpkin, the Trillionaire CEO Can't Stop Clinging to Me 闪婚土包子后，千亿总裁要贴贴 Dreaming Drunk on Black Coffee清咖醉梦Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + whirlwind marriage + marriage first, love later + love grows over time + clingy CEO + extra sweet + doting husband + jealous king] Su Wanwan comes from the countryside, while Fu Yiheng, a man from Beicheng whose family is richer than kings, is completely out of her league. After a hundred failed matchmaking dates, Fu Yiheng marries Su Wanwan and leaves it to fate. On the day they get their marriage licenses, he tells her, “I could never fall in love with you. Once our agreement 132Reads8.7Score—Shelves
50. 300 曾 Zeng Guofan's Methods of Scholarship 曾国藩治学方法 Hu Zhefu胡哲敷Historical77k WordsCompleted This book explores three dimensions: self-cultivation, managing affairs, and reading. Its discussion of self-cultivation advocates integrating “resolve, insight, and perseverance,” building a foundation for body and mind through meditation and a regular routine. Its approach to managing affairs reveals, through practical examples such as running a household and leading an army, the unity of hands-on action and institutional innovation. Its discussion of reading emphasizes “mastering one field” a 342Reads9.0Score159Shelves

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    Don't be put off by the titles of these kinds of books. Take it slow at the beginning, but it gets more and more addictive as you go on. After finishing them, you might even feel like you wasted all your time watching short videos.

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