Now This Is the Kind of Novel Chinese People Should Read 这才是中国人该看的小说

1. 801 嫁 I Married the Top Scholar, So If He Can Support an Opera Performer, So Can I 嫁给探花郎，他捧戏子我也捧 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭11k WordsCompleted I Married a Top Scholar, So He Can Support His Opera Star and I Can Support Mine 2Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 802 自 Travel the World in a Custom Camper Van 自改房车行天下 Painting a Tiger, Ending Up with a Cat画虎成猫Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [This book isn’t really a novel. More accurately, it’s a travelogue based on the author’s real experiences, chronicling the entire journey along National Highway 219 by car. If you enjoy traveling, come take a look.] What’s the most important thing about going out for fun? Of course, you have to get out there! What does traveling mean? Some say that traveling ten thousand miles is better than reading ten thousand books. Hu Yonggang believes that the meaning of travel is something you have to dis 1.3kReads9.5Score162Shelves

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   You should definitely see China's beautiful scenery, delicious food, and local customs!

3. 803 霓 Neon Odyssey: A Game of Code and Time 霓虹逆旅：代码与时空的博弈 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙80k WordsCompleted Neon Odyssey: A Battle of Code and Time —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 804 鉴 The Lie Detector Insists on Testing Me 鉴谎师非要帮我鉴谎 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭12k WordsCompleted The Lie Detector Wouldn't Stop Trying to Catch Me in a Lie —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 805 天 The World’s Greatest Face Reader 天下第一相术师 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙Mystery31k WordsCompleted The Greatest Face Reader Under Heaven —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 806 儿 My Son Always Tells the Truth, but This Time He Regretted It for the Rest of His Life 儿子总爱说实话，可这次，他后悔了一辈子 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭13k WordsCompleted My Son Always Tells the Truth, but This Time, He Regretted It for the Rest of His Life 27Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 807 发 After I Found Out My Mom Was Cheating, I Gave Her an Online Memorial Service Seen by the Whole Internet 发现我妈出轨后，我送了她一场全网追悼会 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭12k WordsCompleted After I Found Out My Mom Was Cheating, I Held an Online Memorial Service for Her That Went Viral 3Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 808 江 Crossing Jiangcheng: The Wanderer Returns 江城渡：逆旅归人 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙26k WordsCompleted Crossing Jiangcheng: The Traveler Returns 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 809 我 I Love You to the Bone, Now Take My Flying Fists 我爱你入骨，你还我漂漂拳 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙10k WordsCompleted I Love You to the Bone, Now Take My Pretty-Punch Fist 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 810 三 A Complete Record of the Three Great Campaigns 三大战役全记录 Wen Chaoli文朝利Historical225k WordsCompleted War has been a constant theme throughout human history. In every era and every country, it takes on a form unlike any seen before. The brief year from September 1948 to September 1949 was undoubtedly the period of most dramatic change on Chinese soil in more than a century. Victory in the three major campaigns of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin destroyed the main forces on which the Kuomintang depended to maintain its rule, completely changing the country's course. In this war, the fates of great 3.7kReads9.6Score628Shelves
11. 811 都 I Told You My Sister Is a Powerful Mystic, but You Just Wouldn’t Believe Me 都说了我姐是玄门大佬，你们偏不信 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭12k WordsCompleted I told you my sister is a powerful mystic, but you just wouldn't believe me. —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 812 神 I’m a God-Tier Support, Roaming Everywhere with the Nation at My Back 神级辅助到处浪，背靠国家不要慌 Gong Zhang Third Master弓长三爷Sports3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Rousing + Funny + Pledges Allegiance to the Nation + Main Character Is Purely Support + Cathartic!!] Song Feng transmigrates to Blue Star, where games have become reality, and awakens the one-of-a-kind hidden class: Support Master. But it’s mocked as a “freeloader class”: ❌ Can’t specialize into a subclass! ❌ Skills are spread across the board, but none can be mastered! ❌ Attack power is even worse than an ordinary person’s! Until he activates the [God-Tier Support System], 1.4kReads8.8Score170Shelves
13. 813 天 The End of the World’s Divine Post: Predicting the Future 天涯神贴之推演未来 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙7k WordsCompleted The Legendary Tianya Post: Predicting the Future 14Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 814 当 When a Web-Novel Superstar Meets Her Number One Hater 当网文大神遇上她的头号黑粉 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted When a Web Novel Superstar Meets Her Biggest Hater 7Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 815 大 Great Qin: The Ruthless Chancellor, Whom the First Emperor Begs Not to Kill 大秦：最狠丞相，始皇求我别杀了 Never Saw the Moon of Qin不曾见秦时月Historical2.5M WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless + The Protagonist Is a Master Schemer + No Romance + Career-Focused Protagonist] After transmigrating into the Great Qin dynasty, Liu Bai rose straight to the position of Great Qin's Left Chancellor. From the start, he had seven thousand surrendered rebels buried alive. When he returned to Xianyang, everyone was sharpening their knives, ready to impeach the chancellor. Only then did they realize it was all just the beginning. “Your Majesty, Left Chancellor Liu Bai beat Zha 32.1kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
16. 816 历 A Wild Historical Mashup: I Build China's Greatest City of All Time 历史大乱炖，我打造华夏千古城 Six Coins六个硬币Urban2.6M WordsOngoing An ensemble story, no romance, helping people from every dynasty and changing the stories that left readers heartbroken! One by one, key points in history are unlocked, and figures from the past arrive at modern tourist attractions, where they collide with visitors from the present! Strolling along old-fashioned streets, you can see those who made their names in the histories, as well as those whose names never left the slightest trace in the record books. You can see lost crafts and the ingenio 36.1kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
17. 817 变 The Variable Game 变量游戏 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙22k WordsCompleted The Variable Game —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 818 为 My Father Took the Blame for Her for Twenty Years. Now I’m Rejecting Her Promotion Review 为救她，我爸背了二十年污名，她的职称评审我不予通过 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted My father took the blame for twenty years to save her. I refuse to approve her application for a professional title. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 819 H HR Refused to Sign My Resignation, So I Sued the Company into Bankruptcy HR不给我签离职单，我反手把公司告垮了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted HR refused to sign my resignation form, so I turned around and sued the company into bankruptcy. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 820 你 You Forgot the Years, I Forgot My Worries 你忘岁月我忘无忧 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙8k WordsCompleted You Forget the Years, I Forget My Worries —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 821 娱 Showbiz: The Entire Entertainment Industry Is Scared Stiff! You Call This a Variety Show? 娱乐：内娱吓尿了！你这是综艺？ Lan Yi婪依Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Su Chen transmigrates into a parallel world and becomes a music critic on [Gifted Voice]. The original host had been livestreaming when he said that a popular star's song was just average. His fanatical fans flamed him so badly that he suffered a sudden heart attack! Su Chen immediately avenges the original host. After all, in Su Chen's dictionary, grudges are never left overnight. In front of a million online viewers, he uses [ABCDEFU] to make the fanatical fans cry. Still not convinced? One so 8.1kReads7.7Score797Shelves
22. 822 鼠 Rat + God 鼠+神 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙25k WordsCompleted Rat + God —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 823 摄 The Regent Wants to Overstep His Bounds Every Day 摄政王每天都想以下犯上 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted The Regent Wants to Overstep His Bounds Every Day 1Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 824 身 Terminally Ill, I Danced My Way Back to Fame in Showbiz 身患绝症，我靠跳舞翻红娱乐圈 YingYing YingYingYing滢Urban251k WordsCompleted [Showbiz] [No Female Lead] [Nontraditional Entertainment Novel] Su Huai, a top classical dancer in Huaguo, transmigrates to a parallel world much like Blue Star after a plane crash. The Su Huai of this parallel world is a minor celebrity with a terminal illness. He is mocked for his awful singing, dancing, and acting, and everyone says he’s an empty-headed know-nothing. Classical dance doesn’t exist here, and traditional folk music and Chinese studies are dismissed as tacky and outdated. After a 1.7kReads9.2Score174Shelves
25. 825 八 The New Adventures of Bajie: A Kind Heart Takes on the World 八戒新传：心善闯天涯。 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙15k WordsCompleted The New Legend of Bajie: A Kind Heart Braving the World —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 826 穿 Reborn as an Academic Slacker in the Entertainment Industry, I Casually Scored Full Marks in Math 穿成娱乐圈学渣，我随手拿了数学满分 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted I Transmigrated Into an Entertainment Industry Dumb-Dumb and Casually Got Full Marks in Math 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 827 直 Livestream Auctioning Wanted Criminals: You Call This Selling Products? 直播甩卖通缉犯，你管这叫带货？ Strolling in the Night Breeze漫步夜风Urban146k WordsCompleted Lin Chen quits the police force. He only meant to become a livestreamer who teaches people about the law, but unexpectedly activates a livestream sales System. [Order confirmed. Target: A-rank wanted criminal.] [Sell A-rank wanted criminal, reward: 1,000 Crime Points] Lin Chen: “Come on over, take a look! Freshly caught serial killer, on a huge livestream discount!” At first, viewers think Lin Chen is playing a prank. But as police departments across the country start paying attention to him, ev 6.3kReads8.1Score934Shelves
28. 828 万 All Things as One: Transmigrating Across Light-Years to Protect You 万有一体：穿越光年守护你 Zi Dan紫萏Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing Fantasy cultivation, Eastern Zen, and post-apocalyptic science fiction intertwine in a beautiful romance between immortal and mortal. An immortal spirit descends to the mortal world to turn the tables and change her fate. With an expansive imagination and a plot full of twists and turns, the story blends cultivation and tribulations, a love spanning dimensions, and the secrets behind the universe’s ascension to a higher dimension. Set against Earth’s ascension to a higher dimension, the novel fo 134Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🔥A blend of reality and fiction, set in an urban world of cultivation, amidst the apocalypse. 🔥A genius female cultivator meets a genius young man in finance. One loves cultivation, the other loves making money. How will they awaken and ascend to immortality?

29. 829 槐 Brotherhood Beneath the Pagoda Tree 槐树下的兄弟情 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙10k WordsCompleted Brotherhood Beneath the Locust Tree —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 830 发 After I Sent the Wrong Message, My Archenemy Took It Seriously 发错消息后，死对头当真了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted After Sending the Wrong Message, His Archenemy Took It Seriously 3Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 831 富 The Rich Kid Who Turned His Life Around by Writing Web Novels After Going into Debt 富二代的我负债后竟用写网文翻身 Gu Chen Writes to Support the Family顾晨写文养家Urban422k WordsOngoing An A9-level rich kid and civil servant, buried in debt, somehow turns his life around by writing web novels and rises to the top… Writing and paying off his debts are the main threads of the story, interwoven with family secrets, analysis of current affairs, reflections on life, clever part-time job tips, writing advice, and more... The novel is packed with knowledge from economics, philosophy, history, sociology, management, and other fields. It’s not a power fantasy, but it will absolutely sho 135Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    Seeing the world from multiple perspectives and through multiple identities, recording historical changes, and finding resonance with it all.

32. 832 男 A Man at Forty 男人四十 Fire Beneath the Moon月下火Urban2.4M WordsCompleted If it hadn’t been for a spur-of-the-moment paternity test, Fang Hao would have gone on believing he was the happiest man in the world. His wife was Jiangdong City’s most beautiful woman, they had a pair of fraternal twins, a car and a house, and he was a resident doctor at the People’s Hospital. But the paternity test revealed that the twins had two different fathers: one was him, and the other was another man. 275Reads7.6Score100Shelves

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    It's really good, believe me. The reason it has a low score is because someone is maliciously boosting the score. These are books whose reputations are not good enough. You'll regret it for the rest of your life if you don't read them.

33. 833 广 Ad Revenue Sharing: The Survival Game of the Free Short-Drama Era 广告分账：短剧免费时代的生存游戏 Seeking to See Its Wonder欲以观其妙14k WordsCompleted Ad Revenue Sharing: The Survival Game in the Free Short-Drama Era —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 834 我 My Mother Is the Heroine of a Tragic Romance 我的母亲是虐文女主 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭6k WordsCompleted My Mother Is the Heroine of an Angsty Romance 2Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 835 古 Lessons from Ancient History 3 古史今鉴3 An Emperor Through the Ages of Clouds, Moon, and Spring云月春秋一帝Historical1.7M WordsOngoing The Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, followed by the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. Beginning amid the Sixteen Kingdoms, the story ends with the fall of the Qing. A novel's surface, forged around the bones of true history. A tale of China's loyal heroes, carrying on the legacy of the Han people. In the early third century AD, the Three Kingdoms were reunited under the Jin dynasty, bringing the realm together. But this brief unity was merely the prelude to an even greater catastr 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. The Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarian Tribes, and the final fall of the Qing Dynasty. Using fiction as a framework, forging the bones of official history. Recording the loyal souls of the Chinese people, continuing the legacy of the Han Dynasty's sons and daughters.

36. 836 被 He Went Mad After Training Me to Be the Perfect Wife 被调教成完美妻子后，他疯了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After Being Trained into the Perfect Wife, He Went Mad —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 837 女 A Woman at Thirty-Five 女人三十五 Streetlight街灯Urban612k WordsCompleted Women at thirty-five are like wolves and tigers: After my company went bankrupt, I saw my wife with a strange man... 105Reads6.4Score—Shelves
38. 838 穆 The Travels of King Mu of Zhou 穆天子游记 Second Master Yun云二爷Eastern Fantasy245k WordsCompleted The Travels of King Mu tells the legendary story of King Mu of Zhou, Ji Man, the fifth Son of Heaven of the Western Zhou dynasty. Invited by the Queen Mother of the West, he journeyed west to Kunlun with eight steeds and a company of soldiers, seeking the elixir of immortality. Building on The Tale of King Mu, the novel weaves in numerous mythological episodes, battles between immortals and demons, and elements of Eastern fantasy to create a vast world where humans, gods, monsters, and demons co 10Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 839 寸 A Fleeting Moment 寸阴 Three Pigs Stand Like Tripods三猪鼎立Urban822k WordsOngoing [Infinite-loop adventure in the early stages + an intelligent villain + detailed supporting characters + haven't figured out the later stages yet ^_^] Urging someone to study medicine is a recipe for disaster! Even with a golden finger, you still can't overcome human nature! So let it go. Take off that white coat, as if shedding the shackles weighing you down, only to fall into a cycle, an apparently endless loop. Within the cycle of 2015, you uncover a shocking secret from hundreds of years ago 6.2kReads—Score503Shelves

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    A complex web of schemes spanning ancient and modern times, a game within a game, mind-bending and addictive!

40. 840 爸 My Parents Transferred the House to My Nephew, So I Turned Around and Wrote a Will 爸妈把房过户给侄儿，我转头立遗嘱 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted My Parents Transferred the House to My Nephew, So I Turned Around and Made a Will 1Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 841 重 Reborn: I'll Never Abandon My Wife and Kids Again 重生：我再也不会抛下老婆孩子 Crimson赤色Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Urban Rebirth + Making Up for Past Regrets + Devoted Husband and Doting Dad + Building a Business and a Fortune “Chen Yang, I'll never forgive you for as long as I live. Never!” “Your surname is Chen and mine is Shen. We're not related in the slightest.” “You don't deserve to be called a father. The day you left Mom and me, my father died!” Though Chen Yang had amassed a vast fortune, he had not found a shred of happiness. At midnight, the memory of his wife, tears streaming down her face as she 2.9kReads8.9Score186Shelves

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    Recommended rating: Character traits:

42. 842 让 You Were Supposed to Train the Troops, So Why Are You Leading a Northern Expedition? 让你军训，你带人北伐？ Why Sleep? Get Up and Party睡什么睡起来嗨Urban630k WordsCompleted As foreign cultures flooded in, the young people of the Dragon Nation grew less and less spirited, more and more effeminate, cooing, “Peaches are so chilly.” So a military training program called “A Strong Youth Makes a Strong Nation” was launched nationwide and livestreamed across the Dragon Nation. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Mo became a school principal and threw himself into the fray, opening the door to a whole new world. On the first day of training, Su Mo began his 4.9kReads9.2Score517Shelves

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    The world belongs to you, and to us. But ultimately, it belongs to you. One hundred thousand students, one hundred thousand soldiers; every inch of our land stained with blood, we march forth.

43. 843 张 Zhang Xiaojiu's Adventure Journal 张小酒的冒险笔记 Wuye無夜Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [The animated series is now available] Zhang Xiaojiu has died once. In his original world, the Demon Realm overturned the Human Realm, wiping out humanity across the globe. His soul, carrying regrets, transmigrated into the body of a baby born before the catastrophe. This time, he wanted to hide away and survive in peace, but fate set him on the path to saving the world. A white-clad angel wept for him, a fiery policewoman took a blade for him, and a gentle spirit demon faced death for him witho 6.6kReads9.1Score563Shelves

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    No intellectual impairment, no system, no clichés, novel setting

44. 844 怀 The Pregnant Man 怀孕的男人 Han Yongming韩永明Mystery24k WordsCompleted Du Hong, a male police officer, is investigating a kidnapping case. One of the kidnappers, Yu Ling, is, astonishingly, a beautiful and frail woman. Stranger still, although nobody had discovered the kidnapping, Yu Ling turns herself in of her own accord. More incredible yet, Du Hong, whose name sounds feminine, has somehow become pregnant like a woman. The story is thus filled with suspense. It turns out that the case was faked by Yu Ling to get revenge for a wrong he once did to her, and the ch —Reads7.6Score—Shelves
45. 845 裂 Chang’an in Shattered Order 裂序长安 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今Historical62k WordsOngoing In the late Tang, during the Tianfu era, heavy snow blanketed Chang'an. During the Yuanhe era, a great master of the Star Dao, concerned for all living beings, could not bear the flaws in the Heavenly Dao. He tried to mend the heavens through human effort, but a single thought tore apart the flow of time through the ages, leaving a rift between heaven and earth. A century passed, bringing disasters and strange omens in endless succession. Nightmares haunted the imperial palace, and dark currents —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 846 尸 A Note from the Corpse Whisperer 尸语者的纸条 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今13k WordsCompleted A Note from the Corpse Whisperer 2Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 847 食 The Southern Gourmet 食南之徒 Ma Boyong马伯庸Historical173k WordsCompleted Tang Meng, a gluttonous envoy of the Han Empire, arrives in Nanyue, a land renowned for its cuisine. With ingredients in abundance, it seems like a food lover’s dream. Yet behind the feasts simmer tensions between north and south, divisions between peoples, struggles for power, and battles over the rise and fall of national policies. The twists and turns are even more complex than the flavors of Lingnan’s ingredients. This laid-back Han envoy finds himself caught in the whirlpool of political st 5.7kReads9.6Score1.3kShelves

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    This is a book that only experienced Chinese people can truly understand. Reading it will broaden your understanding and amaze you with its beautiful writing. Keep reading patiently, and you'll thank yourself.

48. 848 让 You Asked Me to Be a Lawyer, So Why Did I Send Everyone to Prison? 让你当律师，你把别人全送进去？ Rice Noodles and Wheat Noodles米线面条Urban387k WordsCompleted Su Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and gains a legal sign-in System. By signing in every day, he can gain legal knowledge. [Ding! Sign-in day one: received legal knowledge about real estate registration!] [Ding! Sign-in day two: received legal knowledge about neighboring rights!] [Ding! Sign-in day three: received legal knowledge about the right to operate contracted land!] One day, an emergency erupts at the law firm. After losing their case, a client cannot accept the outcome and ju 177Reads7.0Score—Shelves
49. 849 玄 Chen Ping, Master Strategist: His Heavenly Calculations Shape the World 玄谋陈平：天机算尽定乾坤 Leisurely Through Past and Present闲中古今22k WordsCompleted Chen Ping's Cunning: Calculating Heaven's Secrets to Shape the World 11Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 850 桃 At the Source of the Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源头 Yicang, Who Loves Microraptors喜欢小盗龙的矢仓Rural Life558k WordsOngoing As Old Zhou Nian lay dying, he took Zhou Liye by the hand and told him, “Xiaoye, it's up to you to carry on the Zhou family line. If you trace our family back far enough, we go all the way to the Zhou dynasty, to King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Chang, and Ji Fa. Our ancestors were once members of the imperial family, and our original surname was Ji. It was only after the dynasties changed that our family took the surname Zhou! Here's our ancestral genealogy and the family heirloom, this ja 118.7kReads7.7Score9.7kShelves

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    I recommend this novel that has hundreds of thousands of people watching it online at the same time!

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