Any Books That Feel Really Realistic? 有没有看着很真实的书

1. 1 老 The Con Artist 老千 Ma Xiaohu马小虎Urban3.2M 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! 51.9kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves

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   Those years when I was a con man are absolutely true, I was suspected of being a northern prison inmate

2. 2 民 The Greatest Taboo Among the People 民间第一禁忌 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.7M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 339.5kReads9.4Score30.2kShelves
3. 3 西 The Great Case of Xijin 西金大案 Today's Rivers and Mountains今日山河Mystery60k WordsOngoing In 1997, a dismemberment case at Xijin University caused a nationwide sensation. The case remained unsolved for 27 years. Against the backdrop of criminal investigation innovation at the Provincial Public Security Department, it has now resurfaced as a landmark case. The case forms the thread running through the whole novel, whose story weaves together suspense and deduction, archaeology, cutting-edge technology, love and family, and documentary realism... It paints a picture of the times from t 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It is adapted from the unsolved case [Nantai University Dismemberment Case] ​​28 years ago. The protagonist is a criminal investigation captain, and he brings the computer genius male protagonist and the archeology rookie female graduate student to investigate the case together. These two right-hand men are also lovers. How do they solve the case? The whole book covers: suspense reasoning, brain burning, forensic science, archaeology, cutting-edge technology, criminal psychology, gender relations, family relations... With the case as the main line, documentary writing describes the era from the 1990s to 2024.

4. 4 勇 Braving the Classic of Mountains and Seas: A Journey of Discovery 勇穿山海：探秘之旅 Long Lin Abao龙林阿宝Eastern Fantasy218k WordsOngoing Undergoing a rewrite The Nine Cauldrons of the world guarded the mountain-and-sea ley lines. When one was lost, Yangzhou fell into chaos. A thousand years later, a reincarnated soul bearing the spear spirit of his past life arrives at the Lin family’s fishing village in Wurongzhou. At three, he gathers starlight; at five, he condenses threads of the tide. Meteoric iron forms his bones, and sea beasts, his blood. Beyond Qingyan Mountain, three thousand shark-armored warriors of the Tidal Gang hav 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 阴 Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅 Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风Mystery632k WordsCompleted A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut 167Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   Written based on true legends of Chongqing, geographical monuments can be examined

6. 6 你 You Kissed Me Before the Sunrise 你比朝阳先吻我 Yan Zhen炎蓁Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted You Kissed Me Before the Morning Sun —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   If you like this ancient love story, read it.

7. 7 伦 Rain in London, Clear Skies in Beijing 伦敦雨，北京晴 Yan Zhen炎蓁Modern Romance31k WordsCompleted Rain in London, Clear Skies in Beijing —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 普 Echoes of Provence 普罗旺斯的回声 Yan Zhen炎蓁Modern Romance37k WordsCompleted Echoes of Provence —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 离 After My Divorce, I Dated a Greek Male Model 离婚后我泡了希腊男模 Yan Zhen炎蓁Modern Romance29k WordsCompleted After My Divorce, I Dated a Greek Male Model 4Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 林 Lin Guoguo at Twenty 林果果的20岁 White Taro Balls白芋圆Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted One heroine, ages 18 to 28, exploring her sexuality, grounded in reality, and everyday life as a medical student... Twenty-year-old Lin Guoguo is a wealthy only child, a doted-on mama's girl who gets good grades and is sweet and well-behaved. Her bright future seems all laid out for her, but her unresolved sexual orientation throws everything into disarray... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The reality of university campuses

11. 11 危 Years Hidden in a Precarious Building 危楼藏岁 Silent Commotion无声的喧闹Mystery83k WordsCompleted A condemned building by the river in the south of the city, a place of death sealed away by time since the 1990s. Abandoned for twenty years and untouched by anyone, it holds a sealed cold case involving a mass disappearance, a taboo the whole city refuses to discuss. Lin Xu, a recent graduate, unexpectedly inherits this condemned building that no one dares go near, and is forced to enter its prison-like confines. He was an ordinary man of the world, a believer in science and a stickler for logi —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really good to read, the story is compact and not procrastinating, and the text is smooth and easy to read. I turned a few pages on the sofa in the middle of the night and was completely attracted. I finished it in two days and still have more to learn.

12. 12 黑 The Black Mule's Funeral 黑骡的葬礼 Wild Little Scallion野小葱Urban113k WordsCompleted The idle men from the village squatted on the slope, smoking and watching the commotion. Between the flickers of their cigarette embers, scraps of conversation drifted over: “It's just a mule, and they're burying it like a person!...” “...Dr. Qin says it could fetch eight hundred in meat money...” Old Luo's ears perked up like a mule's, and he dug harder and harder with his hoe…! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book tells the story of an empty-nester man and a mule in a rural area! The writing skills may not be that solid, but the story is indeed a good one!

13. 13 小 A Portrait of the Women of a Small Town 小镇女子图鉴 Jin Caier金彩儿Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted They are geniuses, and they are ordinary people too. This is a portrait of young women in a small town at the turn of the millennium. It is also a mind-reading tale of the internet. A rebellious heiress uses witchcraft to attract love. And above all, it is a renaissance of romance. At the turn of the millennium, they are students in their high school's art class, and Xiaojing dreams of becoming a manga artist. In 2000, the internet reaches their small town, connecting them with digital prodigies —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The origin of the Internet age, real events

14. 14 政 Emperor Zheng’s Shared Bicycles 政哥的共享单车 Yue Hai, Who Loves Dumpling-Wrapped Dumplings爱吃饺子包的岳海Historical40k WordsCompleted When Qin Shi Huang saw a bike-sharing project in a magic mirror, he immediately launched the policy, “Scan the code, pedal your way eight hundred li a day.” The result was that nobles from all six kingdoms scanned the codes and rose in rebellion, citing one reason: “We can't get our deposits back.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 神 Detective Chen Xiaodou 2 神探陈小兜2 Yue Hai, Who Loves Dumpling-Wrapped Dumplings爱吃饺子包的岳海Urban84k WordsCompleted In the next installment, Chen Xiaodou is transferred from the Xijing City Criminal Investigation Detachment to a Bay Area police station due to online public opinion and other factors. The story then follows the station's everyday life. The novel is realistic. The author will keep researching topics like feng shui and do their best to give it a three-star rating. —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 爱 Falling for a Divorced Woman 爱上离婚的女人 Wild Little Scallion野小葱Modern Romance141k WordsCompleted Spring, when all things come back to life. The hillsides of Qianjia Village are a sea of gold, with bees and butterflies dancing above the rapeseed flowers. In the flower fields, a man and a woman roll around without a care in the world. The protagonist and a little dog see it all...! 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There is no tall, rich, handsome, white, rich and beautiful, they are all ordinary...!

17. 17 梁 The Hidden Gold of Liangwang Mountain 梁王山藏金录 Little Fish Spits Rice小鱼吐米饭Urban87k WordsOngoing In the chaotic years of the Republic of China, war fires rage across Yunnan. Pu Xiaohong takes to the hills of Liangwang Mountain, but when government troops surround him and leave him with no way out, he stumbles upon a thousand-year-old treasure cave riddled with traps. Rust-eaten weapons and armor, along with ancient grain reduced to black dust, are all worthless. Only huge quantities of silver, jade, and gold ingots remain intact. To survive, he pretends to accept the government’s offer of —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This story of the Republic of China is half true [laughing]

18. 18 北 A True Account of Drifting in Beijing 北漂记实 Xiao Er Loves Xiao San小二爱小三Modern Romance182k WordsOngoing My new work is now available! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to keep writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very real journey of Beidiao journey

19. 19 西 Secrets of Xiguan: The Embroiderer and the Time Box 西关秘语：绣娘与时光匣 Writing on the Clouds云上挥笔Modern Romance51k WordsOngoing Lin Sui'an, an artisan of intangible cultural heritage embroidery, and Cheng Yanzhi, burdened by his family's ancestral sins, decipher the Blood-Merged Silk Code in the mirror chamber of a century-old Xiguan mansion and among the wreckage of a red boat. Using Cantonese embroidery as their blade and time as their box, they put an end to the Cheng family's soul-swapping art, only to discover that she is the last living piece in a century-old blood game. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Big truth

20. 20 老 Record of Soul-Stitching on the Old Street 老街缝魂录 Nine-Centimeter Fish九厘米的鱼Mystery93k WordsCompleted Deep in an old street paved with blue-gray stone slabs, the Lin family has guarded a shroud shop for generations. Before Grandma died, she left behind an old pair of sinister shears and repeatedly warned me not to meddle in the street’s supernatural affairs. Thirty years ago, on a stormy night, a bloodbath unfolded in the tailor shop. Wang Cai, the younger brother, used seven soul-nailing needles to imprison his elder sister’s spirit so he could practice the forbidden art of soul-stitching. He —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The writing is good, you can read it

21. 21 纸 Reborn at the Paper Mill 纸厂重生记 The Cat on Yinding Bridge银锭桥上的猫Urban81k WordsCompleted A state-owned paper mill, Jinguang Paper, falls into the red and teeters on the brink of bankruptcy due to poor management. With the help of the private company Zhaoming Paper, the mill is successfully restructured and brought back to life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 明 Veritable Records of the Ming Dynasty 明实录 Moonlight Bathing in Dust沐尘月光Historical121k WordsOngoing Want to explore the tumultuous history of the Ming Dynasty? Open the Veritable Records of the Ming, a vast annalistic work that stands as an encyclopedia of Ming history. It systematically records more than 290 years of the dynasty, covering every aspect of politics, economics, military affairs, culture, and foreign relations. From fierce power struggles at court and sweeping changes in imperial policy to subtle shifts in folk customs and vivid accounts of strange tales, it preserves the truth a 591Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 79.9kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves

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    It's very interesting, including Feng Shui, urban luck, weirdness, and geographical monuments. .

24. 24 民 Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水师笔记 Big Eggplant大茄子Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 215.6kReads9.1Score29.9kShelves
25. 25 海 Old Tales of Haiyang County 海阳县旧谈 Yin Su胤甦Urban87k WordsOngoing What kind of story will unfold when a twenty-one-year-old autistic boy meets a timid little old man in his fifties? During the Third Front construction period, various factions in a small southern county competed against one another for their own interests... From the weakening of rural clan powers to the construction of special economic zones, what kind of economic network lay hidden behind it all? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Do you know how the power of rural clans was gradually weakened after the founding of New China? China, the leader of the Third World during the Cold War, was always on the brink of war. How did rural people survive under the general trend...

26. 26 龙 The Dragon Soars Across the Four Seas 龙腾四海 Li the Millstone磨子李Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted Love, reality, and morality intertwine across a variety of themes, with each story portraying a different facet of life. 20Reads9.0Score—Shelves
27. 27 黄 Huang Xiaohu's Wife-Killing Record 黄小虎杀妻记 Peerlessly Elegant Little Chubby风华绝代小胖墩Urban30k WordsOngoing A year ago, in a small town somewhere in Northeast China. By the late 1990s, the spring breeze of reform and opening up had finally opened the hearts of the townspeople. Some went south to make their fortunes and ride the tide of the times. Others stayed in their hometowns for years, only to finally make a somewhat better life for themselves. We all know that in the surging tide of the times, even the most outstanding people can hardly make a name for themselves. All we get for giving it our al —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The resonance of Northeastern people, you will definitely regret not watching it!

28. 28 猎 The Hunter's Final Chapter 猎人牌的终章 Watermelon Terminator大西瓜终结者Eastern Fantasy110k WordsOngoing Everyone dies, including me. Ross gave up everything. He went over to the werewolves, who trampled him underfoot. He went over to the orcs, who treated him like a black slave. He was not worthy of the elves. He could no longer be human. —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 破 The Mystery of the Broken Bowl 破碗之谜 Searching Every Path for Traces of People万径寻人踪Eastern Fantasy236k WordsOngoing Li Wuhen! All my life, I’ve lived in fear, as if walking on thin ice. Thank goodness I had you. What is going on here? The male lead is confessing his love to a broken bowl! Come and find out for yourselves! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Although it is a new book that has just been published, the series is stable and the writing style is outstanding. The most important thing is that it is true and has a strong sense of immersion! Highly recommended!!!

30. 30 澳 Macau Memoirs 澳门回忆录 When Fog Rises in the Deep Woods林深起雾时Urban673k WordsCompleted In 2020, I arrived in Macau and experienced dizzying highs and lows. One person, one city, a stretch of memories, and a bitter regret. This is the story of the pain and passion of that time. I may be unwilling to let go, but I still have to face reality. 44Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Real people, real things, real

31. 31 无 The Rogue Undercover Agent 无良卧底 Unlooked-For2006未望2006Urban198k WordsCompleted An undercover cop who starts by taking down Hong Kong's gangs. He strays onto the "wrong path" and becomes a big shot, experiencing thrills and pain beyond imagination. Long Wuliang, hailed as a biologist, was abandoned by his father at birth. His mother died of grief, and he was raised by his grandmother. He was unruly by nature, yet understood what was right. He had planned to get justice for his mother, but accidentally became an undercover cop… —Reads—Score—Shelves

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