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

1. 1601 铁 The Iron-Blooded Swordswoman 铁血巾帼剑 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里9k WordsCompleted Iron-Blooded Heroine's Sword 38Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1602 为 Why China? 为什么是中国 Jin Yinan金一南Historical137k WordsCompleted General Jin Yinan's latest work. A stirring epic of struggle, and the Chinese spirit forged by generation after generation. It offers a profound interpretation of the inner forces behind the historic transformations of New China, and passionately tells China's story through the nation's most important historical developments. It answers the historic question, “Why China?” and provides powerful spiritual inspiration for the Party and the people. Drawing on historical events from the First Sino-Ja 7.6kReads9.6Score1.5kShelves
3. 1603 过 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Fear, Night Suona 过客十三签·惧之卷·夜唢呐 The Little Dolphin's Story小海豚的故事9k WordsCompleted Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Fear: Night Suona 5Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1604 仓 Treasure Hunting in Warehouses: From the Start, I Donate the Twelve Animal Heads 仓库寻宝，开局捐回十二兽首 Huabei Payment Overdue花呗已到期Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yang Yi becomes a professional storage-unit treasure hunter in the United States. Countless abandoned storage units across the country hold all kinds of treasures. Marilyn Monroe's dress, Captain America's shield, Iron Man's armor... What delights Yang Yi most is discovering one of the Twelve Zodiac Animal Heads: the Snake Head. From then on, he searches for treasures all over the world, determined to bring all twelve of China's zodiac animal heads home! 2.2kReads8.3Score191Shelves
5. 1605 人 At Peach Blossom Dock, I Won Sister Meng Over with a Song of Seven Miles of Fragrance 人在桃花坞，一首七里香拿下孟姐 Little Red Bean the Fox Spirit狐仙小红豆Urban557k WordsCompleted Su Qin is a special forces soldier. He was injured and poisoned during a mission, and now has only six months to live. While recovering, he’s suddenly asked to appear on a variety show. Well, since he’s never been in a relationship, surely it wouldn’t be too much to make a superstar his wife? [Variety show + one female lead + cozy, funny everyday life] The protagonist is a discharged soldier, and the story starts with the variety show Peach Blossom Land. Meng Ziyi is the sole female lead, and bo 5.9kReads8.7Score268Shelves

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   The male protagonist is a veteran and has a great outlook on life.

6. 1606 阴 The True Essence of Yin and Yang 阴阳归真诀 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted The True Art of Yin and Yang 84Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 1607 过 Thirteen Signs of the Wanderer: Volume of Desire, Red Nails 过客十三签·欲之卷·指甲红 The Little Dolphin's Story小海豚的故事Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Desire: Red Nails —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 1608 谍 Espionage: I Can Earn Rewards by Playing the Villain! 谍战：我当恶霸能爆奖励！ Loves Honey Longjing Tea爱喝蜂蜜龙井茶Urban2.7M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a minor secret agent at Beiping Station, he unexpectedly awakened the Tyrant System!! As long as the System judges something to be bad behavior, he gets a reward! Kidnap a dog traitor and torture him for information. Ding! For using serious violence against another person, reward: the Japanese devils’ top-secret military intelligence! Lin Ze: ??? Beating up traitors counts too? “Mrs. Miyamoto, I have a new assignment for you!” Ding! For coercing an innocent young woman, 152.3kReads9.4Score12.5kShelves

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   If you like spy wars, you can read these two books, they are quite good

9. 1609 惨 After a Brutal Breakup, I Announced Controllable Nuclear Fusion 惨遭分手后我公布了可控核聚变 Braised Carp No. 1红烧鲤鱼1号Urban500k WordsCompleted Jiang Hao, who is devoted to researching nuclear weapons, gets a call from his girlfriend. Her family looks down on him because he’s been too busy researching nuclear weapons to prepare for graduate school exams, and she breaks up with him. Jiang Hao turns his heartbreak into motivation and develops all kinds of scientific equipment. In this world, where nuclear weapons technology doesn’t yet exist, he begins expanding his scientific empire without restraint. The distant Eagle Nation sees that J 2.7kReads7.8Score114Shelves
10. 1610 须 The Sumeru Ring: My Road to a Comeback 须弥戒，我的逆袭之路 Turning the Tide of the Mortal World逆转红尘Urban1.3M WordsOngoing I was reborn on a rainy night in late autumn. Not far away, my second uncle and his son were digging a pit for me, preparing to bury me in a graveyard. In my previous life, I woke up and escaped, never to return. I drifted through life, and just before I died, I came across a news report. On this very day, my second uncle sold my newlywed wife to human traffickers, leading to her being abused and killed. This time, I won't run away. Whoever digs the pit will be buried in it. 10kReads7.4Score885Shelves

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11. 1611 阴 A Yin Bond Before the Coffin on Yin Mountain, Guiding the Dead to Their Fates 阴山棺前结阴缘，赶尸渡魂定三生 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里Marriage & Romance20k WordsCompleted A Yin Bond Before a Coffin on Yin Mountain, Exorcising Corpses and Guiding Souls to Settle Three Lifetimes 4Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1612 过 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Anger, Whip Beneath the Pagoda Tree 过客十三签·怒之卷·槐下鞭 The Little Dolphin's Story小海豚的故事Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Anger: Whipping Beneath the Pagoda Tree 10Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1613 红 A Cultivator in the Mortal World 红尘修士 Tianchen Xingyu天辰星语Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted One day, Yun Xi's soul left Blue Star, and she fell into the vast world of cultivation. She never expected to start out as a lowly nobody, with a life as fragile as a blade of grass. In the face of despair, she seeks out opportunities, rises from the dust, and gradually stirs up the entire cultivation world! 7kReads8.5Score708Shelves
14. 1614 音 A Captivating Voice: The Mouse Fell in Love with the Cat 音色动人：老鼠爱上猫 Running Script草书行Urban250k WordsCompleted [Supernatural, Dual Cultivation, Urban High Martial Arts] Carefully written, high-IQ fiction, following a journey from prisoner to god. A book for the soul, beginning with everyday urban life before venturing into the supernatural and then cultivation. One heroine, with the ancient soul Wan'er merging with her as part of the story. A work of traditional literature told in first person. The story is written across three levels of meaning. See how many you can uncover. Bringing you a different 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The major recommendation posts, the works that are not ranked among the top three. People who have seen it have given it a lot of likes and praise. The beginning is a continuation of the previous part. Refuse to be routine. From the beginning of urban daily life to supernatural adventure to urban immortality. Keep reading 👀 for works you have never seen before.

15. 1615 莲 Forging a Sword with a Lotus Heart, a Graceful Shadow Takes Flight 莲心铸剑，荷影惊鸿 The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings for Ninety Thousand Miles凤凰展翅九万里Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted A Sword Forged from Lotus Hearts, a Lotus Shadow Startling as a Swan 43Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 1616 过 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Sorrow, Saving a Meal 过客十三签·哀之卷·留饭 The Little Dolphin's Story小海豚的故事Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Grief: Saving a Meal 3Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1617 开 From the Start, I Revealed the Achievements of Ancient Emperors and Stunned the Emperors 开局曝光古人皇功业，惊呆皇帝们 Trainee001练习生001Historical4.2M WordsOngoing [Historical retrospectives] + [a commoner's view of history] + [spoilers in the comments] + [emperors goofing around] + [A complete run-through of Chinese history from the Yan and Huang emperors, starting with the Shang] Chen Yong was hired to make a series of historical retrospectives. He planned to start with the Shang dynasty. To set his videos apart from the many others, he decided to follow standard historical methodology. Source priority: archaeological artifacts > official histories > 87.7kReads9.0Score6.5kShelves
18. 1618 土 The Potato Oracle’s All-Purpose Comeback Theory 土豆万能接话神棍论 Tao's World涛视界8k WordsCompleted The Potato: An All-Purpose Conversationalist and Mastermind 430Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1619 过 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Love, The Person Behind the Mirror 过客十三签·爱之卷·镜背人 The Little Dolphin's Story小海豚的故事8k WordsCompleted Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Love: The Person Behind the Mirror 6Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1620 空 I Turn Over My Space to the Nation, and Lead Huaxia to Sweep Across the Apocalypse 空间上交国家，我带华夏横扫末世 Heart Set on the South Among the Trees心有木之南Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Animated comic adaptation of "Everyone Else Stocks Supplies, I Stock an Entire World" in production. Stay tuned!] [Patriotism + national fortune + strong female lead + unapologetic power fantasy] The apocalypse isn't the end. It's the beginning of Huaxia's return to the top of the world. Reborn before the apocalypse arrived, Lin Qinghuang did four things: First: Turned her spatial power over to the nation and bound it to the country's fortune. Second: Settled accounts with her scumbag father a 6.4kReads7.9Score680Shelves

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    Very patriotic, national luck + national treasure return, you can watch it if you like it, recommended

21. 1621 过 Thirteen Lots for the Wayfarer: The Volume of Evil, White Flowers 过客十三签·恶之卷·白花 The Little Dolphin's Story小海豚的故事Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Thirteen Lots for Passersby: Volume of Evil: White Flower 7Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 1622 洪 Honghuang: Rising from Ziwei Star God 洪荒：从紫微星神开始崛起 Always Drinking Boiled Water经常喝开水Xianxia891k WordsOngoing Pangu creates the heavens, the Dragon-Han Calamity, the battle for supremacy between the Wu and the demons, the Sages' struggles, the Investiture of the Gods calamity... Zhou Xuan, an office worker, transmigrates into the primordial world and becomes the innate divine Ziwei Star God. He is born alongside two supreme treasures, the Zhoutian Star Chart and the Ziwei Imperial Seal, and learns the Zhoutian Star Art. Armed with knowledge of the future, he quietly builds his strength and carefully pla 21.2kReads6.3Score1.3kShelves

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    This is a very interesting prehistoric novel. It has a lot of imagination and a unique perspective. It is unsystematic and unintelligible. The protagonist's understanding is unparalleled. The laws, the physical world and the enlightenment of three bodies (self-created) are the trinity. Recommended!

23. 1623 留 The Season of Staying Behind 留守季节 Dongting Fish Song洞庭鱼歌Urban173k WordsCompleted A portrait of the emotional lives of people left behind in today’s society. The protagonists are ordinary people living at the bottom of society, all of them among those left behind. Yet through their lives, we glimpse the many facets of modern society and feel their tenacity and determination as they struggle against their inner turmoil and fate! 67Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Readers who like to pay attention to the current social situation in China may wish to read these two books carefully!

24. 1624 脓 Tide of Pus 脓潮 Chuliang qaq初凉qaqUrban356k WordsOngoing [No System + No Rebirth + Hard-Core City Defense + Worldbuilding Foreshadowing] Low-level filth beasts shouldn't have eyes. Three days after he encountered one, people began dying in that city. His adoptive father pressed a pocket watch into his hand and managed to say just one thing: "Take this to Yunqi." Inside the watch was a secret that even monsters couldn't digest. 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at it, group portrait, ~( ´••` )~

25. 1625 不 I Die If I Don’t Spend Money? Then I’ll Hand It Over to the State 不花钱就死？那我上交国家 Not Bad不孬Modern Romance487k WordsCompleted {Dear passenger, this is the female-oriented novel train. Please check your ticket before boarding. We wish you a pleasant journey~!} [Fake System + Passionate + Face-Slapping + No Romance + The Growth of an Imperfect Heroine] “What’s so hard about spending money?” “Making money is hard. Spending it is easy, right?” “If you gave me that money, I could blow through it all in no time!” Su Su was lying in bed, complaining about Wang Duoyu from a movie, who had money but couldn’t spend it. Then, out 22kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
26. 1626 穿 I Survive a Torture Novel by Being Ridiculously Absurd 穿进虐文的我靠沙雕苟命 Man Xi漫夕Two Male Leads427k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate-into-a-book System + forced romance, one-on-one] Lin Zhen transmigrates into a melodramatic angst novel, and from the start, because he knows the heroine, the sickly male lead is about to chop off his fingers. To stay alive, Lin Zhen has no choice but to abandon all dignity and shout, “I’m here to seduce you!” Lu Yan: ??? To make matters worse, he’s also bound to a thoroughly unreliable top heartthrob System and draws a pile of ridiculous items like a “Perky Butt Card” and “Capt 6.4kReads9.3Score822Shelves

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    In order to survive, Lin Zhen had to abandon his lower limit and shouted: "I'm here to seduce you!" Lu Yan:??? What made Lin Zhen even more speechless was that he was also bound to a very unreliable top male god system, and he got a lot of messy things such as "hip card" and "capture pupil". What a top male god, he is clearly a perverted trap. He wanted to resist, but the psychotic male protagonist pointed a gun at his head, "Baby, do you want to run away?" Lin Zhen's desire to live came up again, "No, I just want to lie down."

27. 1627 开 Death Sentence from the Start: How Can I Survive Without a Heart of Stone? 开局死刑：我不心狠怎么活？ When the Brush Falls, the Wind Runs Wild笔落风荒Urban6.1M WordsOngoing [Six million words, it's ready to binge!] [Decisive and ruthless + dark revenge + invincible protagonist] [Killing grants energy, breaking through realms is as easy as drinking water! That's what it means to be invincible!] Long Kai transmigrates into the body of a death-row prisoner, and starts out in prison! The System awakens: Kill! Kill! Kill! He kills his way from prison to the stars, from mortal to Dao Lord. He kills until his power runs wild, until he stands invincible beneath the heavens 16.5kReads6.5Score1.2kShelves

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    (Already more than three million words, ready for slaughter!) After waking up from prison, Long Kai became a death row prisoner with his family ruined. System Awakening: Kill enemies and become stronger with violent energy, kill all enemies and explode with divine equipment! From prison to all races in the starry sky, one person, one sword and one gun, walks in blood - destroying the mechanical royal court, shattering the ancestral stars of all races, and pushing across the stars of all realms! When the Xinghai powerhouse knelt down and trembled: "My lord, please spare my life..." Long Kai chuckled: "What are you so anxious about? How far are you from destroying us now? By the way, have you—Have you arranged your numbers for the Ancestral Star?"

28. 1628 京 Feng Shui Records of Beijing and Hong Kong 京港风水实录 Idle Man of Guanzhong关中闲汉Mystery585k WordsCompleted Do you think you’ve found a bargain and bought a cheap home, or have you purchased a haunted house that will cost you your life? A foreclosed property in Beijing’s Second Ring Road discounted by a million, a detached villa in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels with no down payment: every home that seems too good to be true is, in fact, a cursed place stained with human lives. I’m Han Yang, a feng shui master who specializes in haunted houses. With genuine expertise in feng shui and the flow of energy, I unt 1.4kReads—Score308Shelves

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    Do you think the low-priced house you bought through picking up a leak is a home, or a haunted house that threatens your life? Foreclosure houses in Beijing's Second Ring Road with prices reduced by millions, single-family villas with no down payment in the Mid-Levels of Hong Kong, all properties that seem like pie-in-the-sky properties, are all filled with vicious places where human lives have been lost. I am Han Yang, a Feng Shui master who specializes in the business of haunted houses. With my true ability to regulate the situation and Qi, I can untie the Yin meridians, break the deadlock, suppress evil spirits, and revitalize the haunted houses. Others hide in the haunted house, but I make a fortune from the haunted house. When Jiuju's faction creates a sinister and deadly situation, I use Dao to break the situation, use evil to control evil, and make them pay with blood. Beijing and Hong Kong, Feng Shui secrets, Yin and Yang Bagua, are all in this realistic record.

29. 1629 穿 Reborn as the Cannon Fodder's Little Sister, I'm on a Daily Countdown to Death 穿成炮灰妹妹，天天生命倒计时 Shark Fin鱼翅Modern Romance800k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book] [Livestreaming] [Feel-Good Romance] [Has a CP] Tu Yao transmigrated into a book, and a strange life-progress bar appeared in her mind. The good news: She now had three older brothers, and the bar was tied to their fortune values. The bad news: All three brothers were living away from home. The eldest was a top-tier star with a foul temper, caught in a bullying scandal that had sent his career into a tailspin. The second was a musical prodigy who became a sinister, dupl 44.1kReads9.5Score6kShelves
30. 1630 乡 The Village Divine Farmer 乡村神农 Returning from Hoeing锄归Urban5.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: After Returning to the Village, I Have the Time of My Life Every Night Chen Ping, a medical student, is terminally ill. With his illness reaching its final stage, he returns to his village to recuperate. But on his very first night back, a shadow sneaks into his home... 20.6kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
31. 1631 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 502Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 1632 开 From the Start, I Awakened a Forbidden Talent and Slay Immortal Emperors Ten Realms Above Me 开局觉醒禁忌天赋，越十境伐仙帝 A Pig Striving for Greatness一只拼搏向上的猪Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Invasion of the Ten Thousand Races + Tearjerker + Blood-Pumping Action + The Most Courageous Man] This is a tragic age. Heroes defend their dignity with their blood and protect the torch of their legacy with their lives! The ten thousand races invade, feeding on humanity. With the survival of the human race at stake, Chen Nuo enters the battlefield and cuts down the heads of seventeen young prodigies from royal clans. He walks off the battlefield clutching one severed hand and one severed leg. 34.5kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves

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    100% This, backbone

33. 1633 良 A Conscientious Company: We Went Bankrupt and Still Donated to the Disaster Zone 良心企业：都破产了还给灾区捐钱 One-Eared独耳Urban635k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Mu became chairman of Red Elephant Foods, a company worth hundreds of millions. He thought he could finally achieve financial freedom, but instead he got bound to a ridiculous Wealth Reversal System. All of the company’s assets belonged to the System, so Su Mu could only obtain personal wealth through the Wealth Conversion System. He could choose to exchange profits for personal assets at any time, but the exchange rate of 10,000 to 1 was enough to ma 10.7kReads9.0Score382Shelves
34. 1634 秦 Qin's Replacement: A Bricklayer Rewrites Three Hundred Years of Qin History 秦替：泥水匠改写了三百年秦史 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Historical1.3M WordsOngoing Qin's Substitute In 1991, Zhang Daode, a boy from a small town in southwestern Hunan, studied hard and earned excellent results on his high school entrance exam. But someone with power took his place, crushing his hopes of continuing his education and forcing him into a life at the bottom of society as a bricklayer who knew nothing but hardship. Then a sudden fall at a construction site turned his life upside down. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to the end of the Warring States p 1.6kReads9.2Score186Shelves

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    History tells us

35. 1635 中 Two Thousand Years of Chinese History 中华二千年史 Deng Zhicheng邓之诚Historical1.4M WordsCompleted A History of China Through Two Thousand Years was first published in 1934 as one of the University Series, then republished by Zhonghua Book Company in 1956. Written by Deng Zhicheng, it primarily recounts Chinese history from the Qin and Han periods through the Ming and Qing dynasties, while also presenting the author’s historical thought and commentary. 162Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    The shock of top Chinese masterpieces

36. 1636 第 After Being Stood Up for the Eighth Time, I Took the Hand of His Mortal Enemy 第八次被放鸽子，我牵了他死对头的手 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After being stood up for the eighth time, I took his nemesis’s hand. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended short stories that Chinese talents can understand~

37. 1637 神 Divine Oil 神油 Lying-Down Dog躺狗Urban5.6M WordsOngoing The waters of the Gui River cannot wash away old blood debts. A jar of miraculous oil can keep the secrets of a powerful family locked away. The Republic of China is in chaos, the country teetering on the brink of collapse. At the command of his ancestors, the sole surviving heir of the Shi family enters the fray, disguising himself as an anonymous laborer at the Wen family’s oil mill. He appears plain and timid, but in his heart he is plotting a sweeping revenge. The miraculous oil the Wen fami 75.1kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
38. 1638 一 The Number One Brother 一哥 Little Wangzai小小旺仔Urban1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama A Brother is now streaming on Hongguo, with a surprise in store! I used to be a gang boss. Now I’m just a food delivery rider. Ever since I could remember, my father, a former soldier, had been a drunk with a nasty temper. Whenever he got drunk, he liked to beat my mother, often leaving her black and blue. Later, my parents divorced, and while trying to earn money for tuition, I went astray! I had no choice back then. Now, I just want to be a good person! 33.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    This novel is quite nice.

39. 1639 宪 Song Jiaoren, Father of Chinese Constitutionalism 宪政之父宋教仁 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Historical70k WordsCompleted The Father of Constitutionalism: Song Jiaoren presents the sweeping life of Song Jiaoren, a pioneer of constitutional government whose story unfolded amid the tumult of the late Qing and early Republican eras. As a founder of modern Chinese constitutionalism, Song Jiaoren called himself “the Fisherman.” With his pen as his sword and his blood as his ink, he carved a path toward constitutional government in an age shrouded in turmoil. In Japan, he translated Western legal codes, introducing const 40Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 1640 三 The Poisonous Strategist of the Three Kingdoms: Li Ru Seizes Power 三国毒士：李儒夺权 Ink Shadow Fragrance墨影流芳Historical599k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the late Han dynasty, Li Ru becomes the most underestimated schemer under Dong Zhuo. When the eighteen warlords unite to campaign against Dong Zhuo and his faction is beset by troubles both within and without, everyone believes Li Ru is merely a sinister adviser clinging to Dong Zhuo. What they don't know is that Li Ru has long memorized The Art of War and The Thirty-Six Stratagems, and is secretly plotting with the advantage of a thousand years of historical knowledge. F 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    High-energy plot, how can the top strategist of the Three Kingdoms stay under others for a long time [Cool] [Sending Hearts] The more you watch, the better it gets [Like]

41. 1641 慈 The Tale of Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后演义 Cai Dongfan蔡东藩Historical226k WordsCompleted This book offers a detailed account of Cixi’s life, from her birth and entry into the imperial palace to her rule from behind the curtain, her decades wielding power over the Qing dynasty, and her death. It is not only literary and highly readable, but also of some value as a reference for historical research. 16Reads9.4Score—Shelves
42. 1642 全 Before Going Under, I Posted Three Recordings for the Whole Internet to Hear 全麻前，我全网发了三段录音 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted Before going under general anesthesia, I posted three recordings online for the whole world to hear. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 1643 大 Wen Tianxiang, the Great Song’s Lone Loyalist 大宋孤忠文天祥 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Historical342k WordsCompleted As the Southern Song teeters on the brink, its lands lie shattered beneath the ravages of the Yuan army. The Loyal Son of the Great Song: Wen Tianxiang tells the tumultuous story of Wen Tianxiang’s life. He excelled in the imperial examinations at a young age and was determined to serve his country. Though faced with corruption at court, he never wavered from his original ideals. When the Yuan army advanced, he stepped forward, gave away his entire fortune to recruit volunteer troops, and went t 8Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 1644 明 Tales of the Sixteen Reigns of the Ming Court 明宫十六朝演义 Xu Xiaotian许啸天Historical751k WordsCompleted The Romance of the Sixteen Reigns of the Ming Court delves into the imperial palace, recounting the love and enmity between emperors and their consorts, while ranging widely across history to survey the twists and turns of feudal dynasties. Understand this series, and you will understand the court; understand the court, and you will understand history; understand history, and the realities of the world will become clear to you. 56Reads9.4Score—Shelves
45. 1645 当 When a Two-Person Folk Opera Girl Meets a Sister-in-Law Who Pretends to Be Prim 当二人转丫头遇上故作矜持的小姑子 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭12k WordsCompleted When a Errenzhuan performer meets her prim and proper sister-in-law 2Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 1646 洞 On Our Wedding Night, My Husband Begged Me to Join Our Names with His White Moonlight. I Turned and Married the Prince Regent 洞房花烛夜夫君携白月光跪求合籍，我转身嫁给了摄政王 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭6k WordsCompleted On our wedding night, my husband brought his one true love to beg me to register as his co-wife. I turned around and married the regent instead. 66Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 1647 特 Agent: From the Start, I Make Contact with Zheng Yaoxian 特工：开局郑耀先和我接头 Loves Tower Diving for Kills喜欢越塔杀Urban5.4M WordsCompleted Shen Fei transmigrates into a world that brings together several espionage dramas, all fraught with danger. Here, there are Kite, The Infiltrator, The Disguiser... And the person he’s supposed to meet is none other than Zheng Yaoxian, Sixth Brother of the Military Statistics Bureau! And so, a secret agent feared by the enemy emerges, codenamed “Nightmare”! 5.4kReads9.3Score532Shelves

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    These two books are also very good to read. The first is a spy war, and the second is a sci-fi fantasy [like][like][like]

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49. 1649 中 After Winning 565 Million, the Whole Internet Is Waiting for Me to Go Broke 中奖5.65亿后，全网都在等我破产 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭11k WordsCompleted After Winning 565 Million, the Whole Internet Is Waiting for Me to Go Broke 72Reads—Score—Shelves
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    Traditional martial arts, no time travel, no rebirth, no system, all depends on the plot. No boss, no sweetheart, no following trends, just telling stories! [Send heart][Send heart][Send heart]

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