Looking for Books That Feel Especially Realistic 求特别真实的书。

1. 201 浮 A Glorious Dream, Mountains and Rivers Far Away 浮华梦山河远 Angelica Grows by the Southern Shore白芷生南浦Ancient Romance521k WordsOngoing Is marrying up into a noble family a ladder to the clouds, or a blade at your throat? Everyone envies a merchant’s daughter who marries into a marquis’s household. But after a torrential rain in Huazhou, everything changes. Her husband gets caught up in the succession struggle, and she’s abducted by human traffickers... Even her family thinks she’ll never come back. But she not only returns, she also becomes the owner of Baoxing Trading House. Every time you think she’s finally found her foo 87Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Regarding the vampire story, I even specifically consulted with relevant personnel; the writer's dedication is undeniable.

2. 202 满 The Secret History of Manchuria, Part Two 满洲秘史（中部） Ma Jinping马金萍Historical224k WordsCompleted [Bandits + Northeast China + War + Japanese spies + Manchukuo + Republican era + Romance + Collaborators] A woman's turbulent journey through a chaotic age, a blood-soaked epic of Northeast China. From bandit chieftain's wife to a secret pawn of the Japanese, she witnesses every secret behind Manchuria's birth, caught between love and hate, home and country… Manchurian Secret History, Part Two continues the first volume. Set against the real historical background of Northeast China from late 193 3.1kReads9.5Score490Shelves
3. 203 官 The Official and His Charms 官人官色 Curtain-Rolling West Wind 666卷帘西风666Urban5.7M WordsOngoing The road to becoming an official is narrow, so narrow that if you want to climb it, you can only step on other people's shoulders. Yet it is also broad enough to encompass everyday life and the people's hardships. Along this road lie intrigue and shifting fortunes, ruthless decisions, and love and hatred... 264.5kReads9.4Score18.9kShelves

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   [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up] The most realistic novel about officialdom, the plot is incredibly close to reality, and the sense of immersion is extremely strong. It seems that in all novels about officialdom, the male protagonist's path to promotion is inevitably embellished by women. Power is the best aphrodisiac for men. To obtain it, they are willing to sacrifice everything, even their bodies.

4. 204 深 A Romance at a Shenzhen Factory 深圳工厂情缘 Jiangnan Yixiao江南一肖Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted My new story is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads8.9Score217Shelves

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   It felt very realistic; watching it reminded me of my own days working in Dongguan.

5. 205 国 Pillars of the Nation: A Century of Chinese Business Rivalries, Parts One and Two 国之重器：百年中国商战传奇（上下部） Li Tiejun李铁君Historical699k WordsCompleted [Grand historical saga + Self-Strengthening Movement + coastal and frontier defense + Sino-French War + China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company] The late Qing business world is rocked by turbulent waves, and a tycoon of his generation turns the tide! See how pioneers of industry build an economic Great Wall in the face of despair! In the final years of the Qing dynasty, Western powers force the Qing government to open treaty ports, while Western steamships monopolize China's shipping. Chinese 201Reads9.6Score—Shelves
6. 206 月 There Is No Door to the Moon Palace 月宫没有门 Angelica Grows by the Southern Shore白芷生南浦7k WordsCompleted The Moon Palace Has No Doors 61Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 207 山 Among the Mountains 山野间 Li Nianzhi李念执Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Countryside + Miracle Doctor + Farming + Getting Rich] Baichuan Village was nestled between beautiful mountains and clear waters. Yet all the men from its poor mountain valley had gone away to work. Those left behind were either lazy or wicked, along with one big fool: Li Dazhu. By a twist of fate, the simple-minded Li Dazhu was bitten by a strange snake and swallowed a fire toad. He suddenly came to his senses and, on top of that, unexpectedly obtained an ancient book. Once a fool who had live 7.1kReads9.2Score875Shelves

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   🔥🔥🔥These three books are absolutely fantastic, you'll definitely want to add them to your bookshelf! I especially recommend the third one, where the protagonist is so beautiful that she's often mistaken for a girl! This leads to a series of hilarious stories!

8. 208 论 Why Vampires Need to Read Their Blood Test Reports 论吸血鬼看血检报告的重要性 Angelica Grows by the Southern Shore白芷生南浦36k WordsCompleted On Why Vampires Should Pay Attention to Blood Test Results 246Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 垂 On the Brink of Death, the System Tells Me to Grow My Family 垂死病中，系统让我开枝散叶 What a Cold Winter多冷的隆冬Eastern Fantasy8.2M WordsOngoing [Invincible + Comedy + Multiple Heroines] If the food's no good, don't read this. We're worried you won't get enough nutrition. Li Changsheng transmigrates to another world and awakens the More Children, More Blessings System on his deathbed. To grow stronger, he has to marry and have children. Li Changsheng is delighted. “In that case, I won't hold back.” Years later, the entire continent is full of his own people. Then Li Changsheng suddenly discovers that the Heavenly Dao is a beautiful young 11kReads7.9Score834Shelves
10. 210 长 I’m So Beautiful, the Dorm Matron Mistook Me for a Girl 长得太美，被宿管阿姨误当成女生 Wake Up, Stars醒醒吧星星Urban505k WordsCompleted [Showbiz] [Song Plagiarism] [One Female Lead] [No Toxic Drama or Tragedies] [Sweet Everyday Romance] Freshman Xia Chong was so beautiful that, from the start, the dorm supervisor mistook him for a girl and nearly refused to let him into the men’s dorm. The summer heat turned the dorm into a steamer. The school held a Top Ten Singers contest. Hoping to win the air conditioner prize, his unscrupulous roommates forced Xia Chong to enter dressed in women’s clothes... 18.2kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
11. 211 中 The Prequel to the Chinese Empire: The Hegemony of the Spring and Autumn Period 中华帝国前传之春秋争霸 Cheng Xueyi程雪衣Historical215k WordsCompleted [History + Chinese orthodoxy + the transformation from Zhou to Qin + institutional reform] After two hundred years of rival powers rising, see how a hegemon rewrites history. Based on historical works such as the Zuo Zhuan, the Records of the Grand Historian, and the Discourses of the States, this book tells the stories and introduces the figures of more than two centuries of Spring and Autumn history in vivid detail. Centered on the struggle for supremacy, it weaves together the major events an 58Reads9.3Score—Shelves
12. 212 金 A Golden Marriage 金婚 IMCModern Romance442k WordsCompleted One is a fool in everyone's eyes, the other a young hoodlum in the village's eyes. Yet fate ties them together. Zhou Xing always thought himself above others, but never imagined he'd marry a fool and fill a whole house with children, boys and girls alike. What's more, in this life and the next, and the life after that, he only wants to be with her. At first, Li Zhi'an was terrified of living under the same roof as Zhou Xing, that bad man. Gradually, she came to accept him. In the end, she decide 14.4kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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    The first is a vivid and lively novel about mutual redemption, imbued with the atmosphere of Shanghai's alleyways, concerning family, love, and friendship. The second is a period drama about a petty hoodlum who marries a mentally challenged woman, and their journey of mutual support and struggle.

13. 213 道 The Taoist Came Down the Mountain to Give His Heart Away, Then Got Scammed Out of 98,000 Yuan in an Online Romance 道士下山把心搭，网恋被骗九万八 Wu Yishu伍一书Urban423k WordsOngoing (Fast-paced, light comedy, no horror, packed with laughs from start to finish, no memes) On his first day down the mountain, he got swindled out of 98,000 yuan by his online girlfriend. On the second, his landlord kicked him out. On the third, he was drugged on a blind date. His name is Nan Feng, a trainee in the Daoist sect. To earn enough merit to return to the mountain and receive his ordination certificate, he gritted his teeth and started taking jobs in the city to exorcise spirits and perf 905Reads7.2Score128Shelves

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    Real fiction, fictional reality

14. 214 岳 The Old Grandmother of Yue Family Village 岳家庄的老祖母 Mountainside Man in the Rain雨落山人Historical107k WordsCompleted [A grandmother builds a business + Yue Fei's family teachings + brotherhood] A mother's love makes her strong, and she becomes the soul of her clan. One mother's thirty-year flight lays the foundation for her family's six-hundred-year legacy. During the Hongwu reign of the Ming dynasty, Yue Guangyong, the thirteenth-generation descendant of Yue Fei, dies young in Tangyin County, Henan Province, where his family has lived for generations. He leaves behind his widowed wife, Yue Yushi, and their tw 563Reads9.3Score104Shelves
15. 215 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score755Shelves
16. 216 白 White Mountains, Black Waters 白山黑水 Lei Sheng雷笙Urban1.2M WordsCompleted In a small forestry town in Northeast China, an ordinary vocational high school graduate steps into society. He starts out as a forest ranger, seizes an opportunity to transfer to a government office, and enters public service. By a stroke of luck, he gets involved in the seedling trade and becomes a profit-driven plant dealer, earning his first fortune. Gradually, he realizes that getting further in life requires the backing of power. So he earns money while cultivating his political career. A 177Reads8.8Score119Shelves

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    I recommend these two books. The one with the lower rating is one I saw on the best-of-update list; it's a realistic novel, no system, no time travel, very authentic, about a forest ranger's political journey. The other one, as the title suggests, is about the Vietnam War; those who don't like war stories can skip it.

17. 217 破 The Windbreaker 破风者 Half a Sunbeam半扇阳光Historical181k WordsCompleted In 1931, Jiang Hanwen, head of the Shanghai Central underground organization of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested and promptly betrayed the revolution. Under the command of special commissioner Wu Shude, the Shanghai district of the Kuomintang Central Investigation Department, predecessor of the Zhongtong, used information provided by the turncoat Jiang Hanwen to launch a sweeping manhunt and purge of our underground intelligence network in Shanghai and its key operatives. Chen Tongzhou, 2.4kReads8.8Score253Shelves

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    It realistically recreates a brutal and bloody battle that took place on the secret front of our Party in Shanghai in 1931.

18. 218 打 Breaking the Bottom Line 打破底线 Song Qian宋乾Urban549k WordsCompleted In the eyes of others, he has it all: an executive title at a branch company and a happy family. But he also has plenty of secrets he can’t let see the light of day… A routine audit at the head office becomes the turning point in his fate… 15.3kReads8.2Score738Shelves

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    A particularly realistic book,

19. 219 我 I Have an Immortal Mountain in the Countryside 我在乡下有座仙山 Brewing a Pot of Big Red Robe Tea泡杯大红袍Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Urban cultivation + rural underdog comeback + thrilling wish fulfillment] Zhang Wei, a poor young man from the depths of the mountains, was patient and devoted to his parents from childhood. But on his third-year college birthday, a rich classmate set him up and beat him to death. He thought his life had ended, but a gray stone slab that gathered souls, hidden in a cave in the backyard vegetable garden of his family home, pulled him back from the morgue. It also unexpectedly unlocked a vast tro 10.2kReads8.7Score1kShelves

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    A country boy rules a sacred mountain, a crippled youth slays gods at the pinnacle—two high-octane cultivation novels, well worth staying up all night to read! [Laughs][laughs][laughs][laughs][laughs][laughs]

20. 220 强 Bold Pursuit, Secret Indulgence 强撩与暗宠 Song Qian宋乾Urban330k WordsCompleted On one side, his female boss pulls him into an emotional tug-of-war. On the other, the female dean offers him a healing companionship. Caught between them, he doesn't want to give up his stable job, but he can't bear to let go of the peace and comfort she brings, either. Choosing between them becomes his greatest dilemma. 4.7kReads7.1Score398Shelves
21. 221 别 Stop Training, You Cultivate Immortality Slower Than I Level Up by Killing Monsters 别练了，你修仙没我杀怪升级快 Brewing a Pot of Big Red Robe Tea泡杯大红袍Eastern Fantasy803k WordsOngoing From the start, a broken body. The ultimate slash slays a god! Every level you break through is a prelude to the Heavenly Dao trembling! Chen Baxian, a man from Earth, has his soul transported to another world, only to become a dying ant at the second level of Qi Refining. His skull is shattered, his spine broken, and as he teeters on the brink of death... “Ding! Game System activated!” Slay demons in the Green Bamboo Snake Valley, smash crocodiles in the Rotbone Marsh! Every battle can turn the 5.3kReads9.2Score600Shelves
22. 222 升 Bargaining Chips on the Road to Promotion 升职路上的筹码 Song Qian宋乾Urban155k WordsCompleted Song Minghui is like a spider at the center of a web, maintaining relationships with three women in different ways. A 26-year-old workplace newcomer, a 35-year-old sales director, and a 41-year-old corporate executive: the web is beginning to unravel as its three “bargaining chips” awaken. - The rules of survival in the workplace's dark forest - How the “prey” turns the tables from a male perspective - The growth of three women, from being used to awakening - Emotional manipulation and counterma 2.8kReads6.3Score168Shelves
23. 223 职 Women on the Career Ladder 职场路上的女人们 Song Qian宋乾Urban300k WordsCompleted Amid the shifting tides of the crowded world, people are always boarding ships and leaving them behind. When they came riding the waves, they carried unspoken obsessions. When they turned away, the hems of their robes swept up the stars, while the warmth frozen in their palms seeped forever into the course of the voyage. 846Reads7.1Score104Shelves
24. 224 无 The Invincible Mountain Village Miracle Doctor 无敌山村神医 Stone Simmered Soup石头熬汤Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Feel-good medical fiction | Rags-to-riches comeback | Farming and fortune Xiang Yunfei, an orphan with an intellectual disability, had endured countless sneers. While helping a friend, he unexpectedly awakened a divine healer’s inheritance! One needle cures a hundred illnesses, one medicine brings the dead back to life! From then on, the village bully feared him, his neighbors respected him, and beautiful women fell for him! Put the worst troublemakers in their place, heal the sick and save live 7.8kReads8.9Score938Shelves

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    Extremely realistic, and extremely explosive.

25. 225 极 The Ultimate Village Doctor 极品村神医 A Stone Blooms石头开花Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Rural miracle doctor + get rich + farming] Ye Xiaofan has terminal cancer and thinks he doesn’t have long to live. By a twist of fate, he recovers and gains peerless medical skills and an immortal cultivation art. He can cure any rare or difficult illness with ease, and he’s not afraid to take on anyone, face-slapping expert after expert. Watch as this ordinary man climbs, step by step, to the peak of life... 2kReads8.9Score316Shelves
26. 226 乱 Chaos! Utter Chaos! The More Chaos, the Better! 乱！都乱！乱点好啊！ One Smile Through the Spring and Autumn一笑春秋Urban413k WordsCompleted [A wild, passionate power fantasy for adult readers] Chu Tian finally scraped together enough for the bride price and prepared to get married, never dreaming that it was all a scheme. The so-called marriage was nothing more than a plot to get their hands on his bride price. Through a twist of fate, Chu Tian acquired the Disease-Devouring System. When a beautiful CEO learned that Chu Tian possessed peerless medical skills, she publicly confessed her love for him at the hospital, becoming his stea 20.7kReads7.6Score1.8kShelves
27. 227 我 My 23-Year-Old Northeastern Chinese CEO 我的23岁东北女总裁 Old Jiu's Records of History老九史记Urban809k WordsCompleted Multiple heroines, wish fulfillment. A true top-tier hunter always appears to be the prey. Who’s the real prey? After his girlfriend cheats on him, he plans to get revenge on the rival who stole both his patent and his girlfriend. His target is Su Qing, a university professor. But the professor turns the tables and “gets revenge” on him instead. His phone rings. It’s the woman who treated him like a pawn and sacrificed him at the negotiating table just that afternoon, Lin Zhixia. “Come work with 11.3kReads8.5Score927Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book; it's incredibly enjoyable, especially chapters 1, 2, 9, 33, 35, 37, 76, and 77! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Laughs]

28. 228 教 Learn to Unlock Your Brain with Ease 教你轻松掌握大脑开窍术 Eight Hundred Miles of Wind and Clouds风云八百里737k WordsCompleted Do you keep getting stuck on problems with social relationships, making money, or changing your fate? This book, Teach Yourself to Unlock Your Brain, lays bare the unwritten rules of society. From “you need to understand the Way of Heaven to protect your wealth” to “get benefactors on your side by aligning your interests,” from “steer clear of a weak mindset to hold on to good fortune” to “even swatting a mosquito can teach you how to handle people,” it breaks down practical advice on social tie 1.2kReads—Score211Shelves
29. 229 白 Starting from Scratch: Three Years Flipping Little Boxes Made Me a Millionaire 白手起家，倒腾小盒子三年千万 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Mocked for selling birth control products in the dorm from the start? Disciplined? No problem! Make money while teaching in the countryside. Build a fortune worth tens of millions over four years, bringing ideals, love, and wealth into reality. [The novel will be finished within a week, so read with confidence] [No transmigration + no System + no pocket dimension + no overpowered characters + no golden finger + an extraordinarily realistic story of hard work] 14kReads8.1Score979Shelves

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    A university campus novel, no time travel, no system, no space, no overpowered characters, logically sound, and superbly written.

30. 230 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 26kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves

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    Both books have no system or spatial ability, especially the first one, which doesn't even involve time travel.

31. 231 3 Divorced at 35, I Left My Son Behind 35岁离婚，我没有带走儿子 Slow and Steady Goes Far事缓则远Modern Romance100k WordsCompleted We got together at 20. We had fifteen years together and ten years of marriage. Before other people had even started dating, I was already divorced. I asked for nothing in the divorce; I only wanted to escape this suffocating home and the man in it. At 35, I'm neither too young nor too old. Let's see how I live for myself this time. I may have no special skills, but I'll fight back from the brink. I want my ex-husband to see me in a new light. I want a better life and a better love. This time, I 14.7kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves

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    If you want authenticity, look at this.

32. 232 我 The Years I Was Scammed into Northern Myanmar 我被骗去缅北那些年 A Zui阿最Urban845k WordsOngoing My name is A Zui. I’m someone who accidentally ended up in northern Myanmar. As a boy, I wandered into the Mekong by mistake. Wrapped in a sack, my corpse floated back home. Heaven? Hell? It all depends on a single thought. Human lives are as worthless as weeds, and the dead are no different from dead chickens. 96Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    The first book: the author has been to northern Myanmar. The second book: based on true events, but the author exaggerated a bit, but that cannot hide its authenticity. The third book: I haven't read it, but the author of the second book said that the content is based on true events, and the author of the third book said that the author of the third book was also a person from the underworld.

33. 233 回 At Twenty-Six, I Didn't Marry Him Again 回到26岁我没再嫁给他 Slow and Steady Goes Far事缓则远Modern Romance105k WordsCompleted After thirteen years of marriage filled with one mess after another, I’d finally had enough. The day I worked up the courage to divorce him, I was reborn two months before our wedding. This time, just watch me ditch my “ex-husband” and throw myself into my career and love life. And that “brooding but secretly passionate” hottie I’d sneered at in college had been secretly in love with me all these years, waiting for me. This time, I won’t try to change anything. I’ll just be more selective. Money 6.9kReads8.1Score465Shelves
34. 234 我 My Years as a Con Artist 我做老千的那些年 Ma Xiaohu马小虎Urban3.3M WordsOngoing The short drama adaptation of the Old Cheater series is now streaming on Red Fruit and Tomato. Come check it out! I'm a professional gambler. At the table, I can turn the odds on their head. But I want to use my own experience to tell you a simple truth: stay away from gambling. Because nine out of ten games are rigged, and you lose every time! 442.4kReads9.5Score48kShelves
35. 235 一 I Transmigrated and Became the Beloved Bride of a Crippled Marquis 一朝穿越，替嫁残侯成团宠 Chen Jiu辰九Ancient Romance230k WordsCompleted [Historical transmigration + medical skills + marriage before love + two strong leads who dote on each other + suspense and court intrigue] Shen Qingci, a top surgeon, transmigrates into the body of a bride forced into a marriage swap. She becomes the new bride meant to bring good fortune to Xiao Yan, the blind and crippled Marquis of Dingbei. On their wedding night, she takes his pulse and immediately sees through it: “My lord, you’ve been poisoned. Someone wants to keep you in darkness forever 112Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come on, let's read the first feng shui novel!

36. 236 丧 Year One of the Zombie Apocalypse: The Gray Mist Laws 丧尸元年：灰雾法则 FlyHsuehSci-Fi & Apocalypse317k WordsCompleted Deep down, everyone longs for the end of the world. A zombie apocalypse story that explores our own lives as the walking dead. To our bodies, destined to rot, and our immortal souls. The first book in the Year of the Zombie trilogy. 72Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's incredibly realistic; the immersion is extremely strong.

37. 237 极 The Terrible Mother-in-Law in My Home 极品婆婆在我家 Slow and Steady Goes Far事缓则远Marriage & Romance20k WordsCompleted The Top-Notch Mother-in-Law in My House 189Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 238 糙 The Rugged Man’s Overwhelming Love: His Sweet Little Wife Falls for Him 糙汉强势爱，娇软小媳妇沦陷了 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Originally titled “A Lonely Bed Is Hard to Bear, While the Rugged Neighbor Scratches at Her Wall Night After Night” [lonely nights / maximum sweetness / period setting / delicate beauty / devoted love / slow-burn romance / building wealth / glimpses of an ensemble cast / love at first sight / close proximity / sisters-in-law as foils] Delicate young wife × iron-willed, rugged man Hua Xiaoyue is left alone in an empty bed, the long nights hard to endure. Her family scolds her, her in-laws berate 9.2kReads8.5Score581Shelves

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    Three meals a day, four seasons a year: a very realistic portrayal of rural life in Northeast China in the 1980s.

39. 239 与 Coexisting with a Big Shot, I Became Unstoppable 与大佬共生，我强到飞起 Chen Jiu辰九Modern Romance284k WordsCompleted One day, I woke up with a man in my head. It wasn't a hallucination or a split personality. He was the real deal, a top-tier boss: Lu Yunzhou. The ruthless business tycoon who ruled the corporate world was now nothing more than a ghost trapped in my mind. And so, things started looking like this: When someone gives me a hard time, he scoffs in my head: [Third file from the bottom left. Throw it in his face.] When someone frames me, he directs me remotely: [The recorder's in the right-hand drawe 140Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 240 江 The Code of the Jianghu 江湖底线 Luo Badou罗霸道Urban898k WordsCompleted My life in the martial world began when I fell in with a gang of thieves. I had no heaven-defying powers or powerful connections. I was just an ordinary man from the streets, struggling against the tide in a society awash with material temptation... 169Reads8.6Score—Shelves
41. 241 我 My Two-Faced Princess Consort 我的双面王妃 Fu Family Seventeen1傅家十七1Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted My Two-Faced Princess 76Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 242 快 Quick Transmigration: The Second Personality 快穿第二人格 Chen Jiu辰九Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted Female lead + dual personality + no saintly martyrdom + takes down scumbags regardless of gender or age + lighthearted and funny Synopsis: Jiang Yan, a female cultivator, was bored when she happened upon a System. She transmigrates through three thousand worlds, disguising herself as the original host's second personality to help them change their personalities and escape their tragic fates. She takes down scumbags, delivers face-slapping comeuppances, completes missions, and explores the myster 41Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 243 短 A Collection of Short Stories 短篇小故事合集 Fu Family Seventeen1傅家十七16k WordsCompleted A Collection of Short Stories 82Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 4.2kReads7.5Score222Shelves

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    Don't look at the score! Don't look at the score! Don't look at the score! I recommend a different kind of period drama. It's the story of a group of people born in the 1970s growing up. In that wild and untamed era, everyone was striving and fighting for tomorrow. Friendship, family, love, business warfare, and scheming. It's very good. Readers who are tired of Tomato's formulaic and overly exciting novels should definitely check this out. You won't regret it.

45. 245 小 Little Bee 小蜜蜂 Song San of Yizhou义洲宋三Modern Romance39k WordsCompleted A man came from Shandong. A woman came from Guangxi. In the summer of 2025, they became desk mates at an English teacher training course at a teachers’ college in Beijing. Hu Qiming was 38, divorced for two years, with an 11-year-old son. Feng Xiaomi was 27, just one month out of her divorce, with a 4-year-old daughter. Twenty days. They attended classes together, ate together, and strolled through the garden at night. He got her food; she taught him songs. In a group photo, he held her hand beh 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not a single detail is fictional; it's entirely based on factual information. I hope those who appreciate true stories will enjoy reading it.

46. 246 城 Diary of Survival in the City 城市生存日记 Rouge Moon胭脂月Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No Golden Finger + A Terrible Start from the Start + Self-Redemption + A Realistic Guide to Urban Homelessness] Watch a little waif scavenge and save money, making life a little better, one step at a time. He Qinghuan barely escaped her home deep in the mountains with her life, and now wanders the city. She must avoid being discovered as homeless and sent back, while making full use of the city's resources to feed herself and survive until she's old enough to work and support herself. Looking u 331Reads8.3Score153Shelves

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    Absolutely relatable to real life, this is a newly completed book, perfect for starting now. It's a realistic, slow-paced story where the female protagonist escapes a family that favors sons over daughters, growing from a pitiful, homeless girl into a resilient and independent ray of sunshine, gaining friendship, love, and family along the way. All of this is recorded in daily life, making it feel very real.

47. 247 困 The Woman Who Couldn’t Be Caged 困不住的她 Freeman Ski自由人斯基Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Pei Xiaocao is someone who refuses to follow the usual path. Along the road of life, she has erased everything she was supposed to do. Her life follows no one else’s rules. She believes only in her own! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 248 监 Prison Memoirs 监狱回忆录 Er Mao the Book Hunter猎书的二毛Urban183k WordsCompleted This is a true account of what happened to me a few years ago. I was a junior college student who went to prison after getting into a fight. In the span of a single thought, I went from student to convict. This is the story of how I grew step by step in prison. Since I was expelled from school after being imprisoned, I never graduated from junior college. I only have a high school education, so please bear with me if my writing is rough. 8.8kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves

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    Written based on the author's real experiences

49. 249 京 Kisses on a Beijing Night 京夜有吻 Ye Xiaofu叶晓芙Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted The rating was just posted, so don't worry about it! [Unrequited Love | Mutual Pining After Reunion | Powerful Family Background] Xiao Ning had received praise her whole life. She came from a good family, did well in school, had a successful career, and had the face of everyone's first love. With her parents' protection and support, as well as her own hard work, she rose higher and higher, with nothing but smooth sailing ahead. The one place she hit a wall was marriage, which plunged her into de 11.8kReads8.9Score1kShelves

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    Recommended, you can watch it.

50. 250 被 After I Was Pushed Out in All but Name, the Whole Company Begged Me to Step In 被变相裁员后，全公司跪求我出手 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After I Was Forced Out in All but Name, the Entire Company Begged Me to Step In 2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Adapted from a true story

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