Books With Brilliant Writing That Leave the World in Awe 文才斐然，惊艳世人的书籍

1. 501 大 Li Shizi of the Tang Dynasty: My Six Tycoon Darlings! 大唐兕子：我的六个神豪小囊君！ Lush Pine and Bamboo松筠葱葱Ancient Romance2.1M WordsOngoing A woman who transmigrates into another world finds her way to a higher-dimensional acceptance of her own strength and weakness, maturity and immaturity, dignity and disarray amid the height of the Tang dynasty. In the first five volumes, she is intensely drawn to strength and despises foolishness, ashamed of her own imperfections. When her energy is high, she is the model of a refined, high-born lady: restrained, sensible, and keenly observant. When her energy is low, she becomes anxious, avoida 65Reads9.2Score—Shelves
2. 502 宋 The Splendor of Bianjing in the Song Dynasty: Provoke Her, and the Storm Will Pass! 宋韵京华：惹她，山雨歇！ Lush Pine and Bamboo松筠葱葱Historical184k WordsCompleted 1. (Transmigration to Song history) (Ancient-style romance, infinite worlds) (Literary foundations and imaginative ideas) (One female lead, occasionally a full cast of men) (Funny and never long-winded). Best savored slowly, one little bite at a time. 2. The two male leads are really just a pair of grown-up brats whose delayed adolescence is still dragging on. Once their rebellious phases end and they stop making everything about themselves, their worldviews will emerge. 3. Each incident is ordi 30Reads8.2Score—Shelves
3. 503 裴 A Thousand-Year Glance Back Before Pei Cen's Stele 裴岑碑前的千年回眸 Chang Guoxing Is the Big Bad Wolf's Grandma常国兴是狼外婆Historical328k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 504 沙 No Way Out of the Sea of Sand 沙海无门 Wu Youyin吴有音Historical96k WordsCompleted In the first year of Jingyou under the Northern Song, east of the Kumtag Desert and west of Dunhuang lay a vast stretch of desert and Gobi known since the Tang Dynasty as the Great Calamity Ghost Mire. Zhang San, a Song soldier, flees westward. All he wants is to earn enough money to go home, buy five mu of poor farmland, and live an ordinary life with his wife and children. But fate brings him face-to-face with Li Yuanhao, the fallen founder of Western Xia. Two men, one horse, a waterskin, and 826Reads9.5Score140Shelves
5. 505 平 Parallel Worlds: Three Spaces 平行世界-三个空间 Chang Guoxing Is the Big Bad Wolf's Grandma常国兴是狼外婆6k WordsCompleted Parallel Worlds: Three Spaces 16Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 506 选 Choose a Hero to Change History? Hold On, Let Me Try First 选英雄改变历史？等等，我先逝逝 Long Slow久缓Historical2.5M WordsOngoing When a major figure of an era runs into serious trouble, history is left with regrets. To set history right, the protagonist, Xi Zixin, is basically useless, so he has to rely on historical figures summoned from other eras to turn the tide and resolve those lingering regrets. The White-Haired Army of the Tang Dynasty, the Battle of Baoning in the Southern Ming, the First Emperor burning books and burying scholars... 175Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   There are many difficult feelings in history [Sending Hearts] I hope everyone can be healed like in the book [Sending Hearts] Please feel free to read [Sending Hearts] You will not be disappointed

7. 507 人 The Temptations of Human Nature 人性的诱惑 North of the Phantom City幻城北Modern Romance89k WordsCompleted Everyone faces many temptations in life, especially when it comes to romance and family. One wrong step can lead to ruin. Marriage and family are increasingly challenged by emotional turmoil, and today’s high divorce rate and low marriage rate make these social tensions all the more apparent. 517Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 508 无 Infinite Pleasure: My System Is Doubao 无限欢愉：我的系统是豆包 Today's Special Dish今日特价菜Urban193k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Horror and Mystery + Monster Protagonist + Doubao] Li Changsheng, a haunted-house sleep tester, was chosen by the Lord of Joy to be his agent. Forced to complete all kinds of tasks in countless strange instances, he earns rewards. It seems like this could be his ticket to the top and a beautiful wife. However, the System assigned to him is... Doubao. "Sorry, I misunderstood earlier. This place is called Karthacan, not a tourist destination, and you can't eat that toad~" 88Reads—Score414Shelves

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   ‌Urban super imaginative, the system is actually a bean bag, recommended thriller, suspense and funny high-quality articles! There's nothing more addictive than seniority, and I'm seniority [fear][roll eyes][vomit][cool][stunned][angry]

9. 509 快 Quick Transmigration: Turning My Life Around 快穿：扭转人生 Fortune Strawberry福禄草莓Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + System + Realistic Themes + No Fixed Couple] As Tasker No. 1573, Xi Shi travels through different times and worlds, seeking out clients whose lives have gone wrong or who have died tragic deaths. In exchange for their souls, she fulfills their wishes and turns their lives around. First client: A desperate housewife whose husband doesn't love her and whose son resents her [Complete] Second client: A suicidal girl with dreams who is bullied at school [Complete] Third client 36.2kReads8.5Score3.3kShelves
10. 510 撂 After Taking Down My Beautiful Master, I Took the Martial Arts World by Storm 撂倒美女师父后，我火爆了国术界 Little Nine Disciple小九徒Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Urban romance + life among all walks of society + traditional martial arts underworld] Also known as Wind Over the Martial Gate. During the summer vacation of 1984, a troupe came to our village. Its middle-aged troupe leader, a master of countless skills with his hair tied in a little braid, stayed at my house. He treated me terribly. Not only did he trick my beautiful mother into leaving with him, he also stole our family heirloom and drove my father mad before making him disappear... I was le 14.2kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    The country boy's counterattack! Very logical. When I was eight years old, the arrival of the theater troupe completely changed my life. The qigong master deceived his mother, and the truth after his father returned was even more suffocating...

11. 511 为 The Concubine's Guide to Self-Cultivation 为妾的自我修养 Yu Jian郁见Ancient Romance429k WordsOngoing Zhu Yan transmigrates as a merchant's daughter and becomes a pawn her family uses to avoid disaster. Her father sends her to Changning Marquis Xie An as a concubine. As a concubine, Zhu Yan stays true to herself. She doesn't compete, make a fuss, or draw attention. Who could have guessed that the Marquis of Changning would be so fortunate? When something happens to the royal family's only two heirs, the emperor chooses Xie An, a member of the imperial clan, to inherit the throne. If a concubine 6kReads9.2Score457Shelves
12. 512 窃 The Book of Stolen Lives 窃命书 Heavy Snow in May五月下大雪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of this book, A Book of Ashes and Joy, premieres at 12:15 a.m. on February 13. If you're interested, keep an eye out! [Regains control after being possessed | Not a wish-fulfillment story | Plot-driven | Light ensemble cast] Lin Ruochu, the legitimate daughter of a general's family, was possessed during her coming-of-age ceremony at fifteen. The transmigrated woman, sold off by a System, used every means to “win over” the young heir of a marquis's estate. She turned e 54.2kReads9.4Score8.2kShelves
13. 513 穿 Transmigrate to Another World: Just to Tell You 穿越异世界：只为对你说 The Wind Blows Through Summer风吹过夏天Eastern Fantasy324k WordsOngoing The human brain is like an old CD player, brokenly playing a tape called “Memories.” Reality and illusion are like grains of sand on a beach, thrown into chaos by the sweep of the cold tide. After truly transmigrating to another world, Feng Qingyun felt not anticipation or joy, but the fierce impact of reality colliding with illusion. In a daze, he began the adventure that belonged to him. He had thought it was just an ordinary transmigration to another world. Until those faded, scattered fragme —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are many reasons to love the sunset. For Feng Qingyun, that gentle voice still lingered gently in his ears even after many, many years. "If you haven't had time to see the sunset today, then this is my gift to you."

14. 514 金 The Golden Palace Locks Away the Spring Breeze 金阙锁春风 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance757k WordsCompleted Her entire family perished, she was left dependent on others, the dynasty fell, and she married and divorced. In just eighteen years, Yu Zheng has endured things most people never face in a lifetime. A noblewoman of the former dynasty, all she wants now is to stay alive. She plans to enter the palace as a maid, then use her literacy to earn a post as a court official and support herself. She never imagined that the new emperor would send her to the Fourth Prince’s residence as a gesture of goodw 30.3kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
15. 515 继 Successor Empress 继后 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Noble Consort was favored, the Worthy Consort bore a son, the Bright Etiquette was the emperor’s white moonlight, and the Beautiful Consort was his cinnabar mole. Every other concubine had her own talents and charms. It was a whole garden in full bloom. So who was our protagonist? The unfavored empress, with no children and no powerful family backing. Great. Why did this plot feel so familiar? Never mind. On the first day Zhao Wumian transmigrated here, she decided to lie flat. Compete for t 86.7kReads9.5Score10.9kShelves
16. 516 万 The Book of a Hundred Beauties 1: A Dream of Gold (2-Volume Set) 万艳书1：一梦金（全2册） Wu Qian伍倩Ancient Romance467k WordsCompleted Wan Yi, Fo'er, and Shu Ying, three naive young women, are swept onto a path of sensual excess amid the upheaval of their lives, and are gradually drawn into the ruthless power struggles of the arena. On one side are vicious women, on another inscrutable men; on one side, secret passions and clandestine love, on another, traps and schemes; on one side, infatuation, on another, sin. The illusion stretches endlessly, yet you enter it with ambition. Fate holds the bank, while you wager your life. 1.7kReads9.4Score358Shelves
17. 517 噬 Tears of the Gu 噬蛊泪 Jiang Chan, Who Loves Thai Lions喜欢泰狮的江蝉Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, a brain surgeon saves a sickly, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside patient, only to get herself caught up in the mess too. The male lead is ill from the start, but he’s no pushover. The female lead soon cures him, and then he takes on the whole world. The Ci’en Clinic has been practicing medicine for generations. To inherit the family business and investigate the deaths of her father and brother, Lin Yun has long disguised herself as a man while treating patients. O 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Alternative Machiavellian court battle story, the female protagonist is extremely sober and calm, the male protagonist is sick and charming, and the male protagonist competes in the Shura field.

18. 518 万 Book of a Thousand Beauties II: Red Calyx (2 Volumes) 万艳书贰：一萼红（全2册） Wu Qian伍倩Historical400k WordsCompleted Wan Yi, Fo'er, and Shu Ying, three naive young women, are swept onto a path of desire and decadence amid upheavals in their lives, step by step drawn into the brutal struggle for power. Their men are members of the imperial in-law clan, eunuch faction officials, high-ranking court officials, and petty gangsters. In preparation for the coming final judgment, they make deals with their enemies, turn against their friends, serve their own foes, and trample their own flesh and blood. They are all ut 671Reads9.5Score172Shelves
19. 519 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 53.5kReads9.5Score6.2kShelves
20. 520 在 100 Techniques to Conquer the Emperor in the Harem 在后宫征服皇帝的一百个技巧 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ever since entering the palace, Yun Li has become a shameless schemer. Two-faced and insincere, she puts on an act every day. When dealing with the emperor’s favorite consort, she tears into her until she’s furious, then clutches her chest with a wounded look and says, “I’m so envious that His Majesty dotes on you.” When someone tries to frame her, she casually slaps them, then bursts into tears. “Why would you treat a kind person like me this way?” When speaking with the empress, she nods absen 14.2kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves

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    This is a real yyds, highly recommended, Character characteristics: The protagonist is sober in the world, the supporting role is not subdued, and is pure palace fighting. The author's writing style is also very good. After reading it, I also learned a lot of life principles and flirting skills🌚💦

21. 521 末 Apocalyptic Disasters: I'm Frantically Making Money and Stockpiling Supplies 末世天灾，我疯狂搞钱囤货 Love Earth's Eight Tones爱地八音Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + reborn + spatial realm + stockpiling supplies + farming + infrastructure + strong heroine, with a couple, with a couple, with a couple, saying it three times: there is a couple] After struggling to survive for ten years in the apocalypse, she was reborn before the disasters began. Of course she was going to stockpile supplies like crazy… But where would she get the money? She was just an ordinary wage earner. She didn’t have tens of billions casually sitting in the bank, nor a huge 20.1kReads9.1Score2kShelves
22. 522 明 Marry Me Beneath the Bright Moon 明月嫁卿卿 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Chuyu thought she and Kang Rui were deeply in love, and that no one could ever come between them. Yet that person had been living by their side all along, pampered under the title of “sister-in-law.” After being reborn, Song Chuyu didn’t spare Kang Rui a glance as he rode through the streets in triumph, and she certainly wouldn’t marry him again. * When Kang Rui woke up to find himself back in the impoverished days of his youth, he struggled to get used to the drafty windows after having li 125.1kReads9.3Score16.9kShelves
23. 523 盗 The Thief Saint? The Love Saint! 盗圣？情圣！ Mu He木何Fantastical Romance1.3M WordsOngoing “If you could choose how to die, what would you pick?” “As a cultivator, I want to die spectacularly. As a woman, I want to die between a woman’s thighs. As a thief, I want to...” “Wait, what did you say you wanted to die between?” “A woman’s.” Liu Kongkong earnestly took her hand. “A woman like you, for example.” That was something Liu Kongkong said to a female cultivator in her reckless youth. She never imagined that, centuries later, the other woman would make her wish come true. The story is 734Reads8.3Score101Shelves

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    A novel and beautiful fantasy novel, the romance of cultivating immortality is super beautiful! Absolutely high quality!! You'll know after trying five chapters first. You won't be able to stop at all. Highly recommended.

24. 524 开 Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢 Cheng Jiajia程加加Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r 70.1kReads9.3Score6kShelves
25. 525 大 The Tang Dynasty's Pearl-Dispelling Record (Original Novel of the TV Adaptation Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong) 大唐辟珠记（田曦薇、宋威龙主演同名影视原著） Meal Card饭卡Martial Arts810k WordsCompleted [All-New Bonus Edition] [A Screen Adaptation with the Same Title Has Been Officially Announced, Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong] [Beloved Princess Reborn: Looks Like a Delicate Crybaby, Actually a Well-Rounded Warrior] ✖ [Defiant, Doomed, Devoted, Pure-Hearted Top Jianghu Big Shot] [Their Romance Is So Sweet It Makes You Cry] Princess Wanshou, blessed with the Tang emperor's favor and love, died of an illness at just seventeen. A thief secretly opened the eerie underground palace, only to d 201.2kReads9.7Score31.6kShelves
26. 526 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 149.2kReads9.5Score19.2kShelves
27. 527 长 Changle Lane: A Golden Age Just as I Wish 长乐里：盛世如我愿 Xiao Qi Jiao骁骑校Urban285k WordsCompleted Zhao Dianyuan was the illegitimate son of a martial actor in a traveling opera troupe and a wealthy heiress. With a jade-like face and a slender waist above broad shoulders, he had been blessed with a handsome appearance from birth. After the September 18 Incident, he was driven south of the Great Wall and eventually made his way to Shanghai. Amid the city's glittering distractions, he experienced all kinds of strange adventures and saw how the land lay shattered, the times in chaos. Then one da 9.5kReads9.6Score1.4kShelves
28. 528 谁 Whose Favored Concubine Doesn't Get Herself Killed? 谁家宠妾不作死啊 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Pei Shiyuan had always thought that, as a concubine-born daughter, she thrived at her family home because she knew a little tea ceremony and all she had to do was flatter her father, the head of the household. She had been quite pleased with herself about it, right up until she entered the Eighth Prince’s household. The Eighth Prince’s mother, the Noble Consort, was so favored that the Empress had no room to stand. His maternal family wielded so much power that the court officials could barely b 88.8kReads9.5Score10kShelves
29. 529 我 I Went to the Countryside as a Sent-Down Youth in 1970 我去1970年当知青 Yang Xi羊喜Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted Alternate title: I Went to 1970 to Become an Educated Youth. Real title: After Transmigrating, I Was Driven Crazy. When I transmigrated, I planned to keep my head down and stay timid forever. But before long, I was driven into becoming a brawling mad dog, an insane educated youth who would flip the table and walk away the moment anyone crossed him. 6.2kReads9.3Score524Shelves
30. 530 历 The Complete Collection of Courtly Tales Through the Ages 历代宫廷演义全集 Xu Xiaotian许啸天Historical2.0M WordsCompleted Xu Xiaotian brings the secret histories of the Ming, Qing, and Tang courts to life in the style of a novel: the bloodshed of the Nine Princes’ struggle for the throne, Wu Zetian’s political schemes, and the tragic final days of the Chongzhen Emperor... The book has the solid historical foundations of a meticulously researched account, enlivened with the colorful flesh and blood of historical fiction. More vivid than official histories, yet more rigorous than tales of the past, it is an ancient v 120Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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    After many years, I re-read these masterpieces and found that I was shocked by how beautiful they are.

31. 531 指 I Guide the Archaeology Team, Yet They Say I'm Not a Tomb Raider 指点考古队，还说自己不是盗墓贼 Immortal Fateweaver永生戏命师Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted A disturbance has arisen at the Dragon-Locking Well in Kyoto. Its chains clang and rattle, and rumors say an evil dragon is about to emerge! To everyone's astonishment, the events inside the well are exactly the same as the plot of Dragon-Locking Well, a movie scripted by Ye Xiao! Overnight, Ye Xiao shot to the top of every trending list! “This is ridiculous. You secretly went tomb-raiding, and then you even dared to turn it into a script! You’ve got some nerve!” “Exploration Notes? It’s obvious 19.9kReads7.4Score1.8kShelves

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    These three books are all very good, but the second one is the best.

32. 532 穿 The Laid-Back Life of a Marquis’s Bastard Son 穿成侯府庶子的摆烂生活 April Thirty-Three四月三三Historical600k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + historical setting + non-virgin male lead + ordinary protagonist with no golden finger] Chen Heyu, a fine young man of the modern age, transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing ancient playboy. He is a middle-aged widower with children, a low-ranking son born to a concubine, and not a single money-making skill to his name. He does, however, have plenty of ways to spend money and a mountain of debts from his romantic escapades. To avoid another beating from his father, 64.7kReads9.3Score6.9kShelves
33. 533 女 I Went Viral on a Talent Show While Disguised as a Man 女扮男装的我选秀火了 Snow-Capped Coffee雪顶咖啡Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted Su Lingfei was forcibly bound to a domineering System after suffering a horrific car accident. An unknown life-form called itself a divine creation, its tone brimming with persuasion. As long as you take the place of a supporting character and complete the plot, you can make any wish come true. Later, when the unruly “boy” idol on the dazzling stage thrust his hips provocatively, making countless girls scream and cheer below, the pitiful spirit cried out from the depths of its soul. I told you t 222Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Despite its low rating, the author's writing is excellent!

34. 534 玄 The Record of the Dark Window 玄牗录 Cavity That Loves Cola爱可乐的蛀牙Urban626k WordsOngoing [No invincible protagonist + no harem + no sanctimonious saint + traditional fantasy + urban setting] Can old age and illness be cured? Are there immortals and demons? Are there mysterious spirits between heaven and earth? Is national fortune real? Can martial arts dispel confusion? Everything is waiting for us to explore. The people, immortals, and demons described in legends and books may never have disappeared at all. They may simply exist somewhere you don’t know about, perhaps right beside 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Put down the stall and promote the good books!

35. 535 过 Adopted Son, Part Two 过继二 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Wealth + power plays] [Reality + perseverance] [Life + passion] [Love + living] A man must be as tough as iron, but also as resilient as steel. Only then can he face the harshness of reality and the twists of fate, and rise to meet new challenges. I'm Zhao Erhai, and here's my story... 3.9kReads9.3Score494Shelves

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    Good books must be recommended

36. 536 法 Outlaw: This Criminal Doesn’t Spare Even Ghosts 法外狂徒：这个罪犯连鬼也不放过 Fleece-Lined Long Johns秋裤加绒Urban712k WordsCompleted In an age when the supernatural is returning, vicious ghosts are appearing all over the city. Just out of prison, Chu Bei looks serious. “Officer, does the country allow me to commit crimes against ghosts?” The Life-Taking Ghost: “Spirit Management Bureau? I'd like to report a crime. Someone stole my kidneys. Yes, both of them are gone.” The Ghost Vendor: “Is there any justice in this world? I'm just a watermelon seller, and he asked me if my melons were ripe!” The Zombie King from some mass gra 294Reads9.2Score103Shelves
37. 537 疯 The Beautiful Warrior of the Asylum 疯人院漂亮女斗士 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted A Pretty Fighter in the Asylum “Love is heaven, and killing each other is hell. We drift between the two, unable to escape.” Wen Yue and Yang Liang are locked in a love-hate battle, caught between fire and ice over a medical research breakthrough. Then a series of bizarre events begins: Professor Wen suddenly drops dead, Wen Yue’s daughter accidentally falls from a building, and Yang Liang forcibly sends Wen Yue to a prison-like psychiatric hospital... In the hospital, Wen Yue endures inhuman to 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Workplace hunting... Real life spy war... Family ethics [sad]

38. 538 白 Bai Xiaoshang 白晓殇 Minister of Waterworks水部尚书Eastern Fantasy148k WordsOngoing A dragon's spirit lies hidden in the abyss for years, then rises to the clouds in a single stroke. The death of Huang Rong, once hailed as the world's most beautiful woman, is merely the beginning. The Northern Dragon royal family, the five surnames and seven clans, and the martial world of the five regions: a storm of blood and violence still lies ahead. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Must be stunning to be stunning

39. 539 山 Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋 Moonset月落Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Proud young lady who always gets even vs. frail, scheming Ninth Prince] Her fiancé was a total jerk, and he was planning to kill her to keep her quiet. Ye Jiao decided to strike first and find a scapegoat while she was at it. She thought the scapegoat would be a transparent, sickly “living corpse,” but rumors were misleading. He was clearly a two-faced, deeply cunning Ninth Prince. After Ye Jiao used the Ninth Prince’s name to punish her scumbag fiancé, Li Ce, the real Ninth Prince: “Miss, I be 21.5kReads9.5Score3kShelves

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    The writing is excellent, the story is exciting, interesting and compact.

40. 540 京 The Capital's Greatest Detective: You Call This a Lackey? 京城第一神捕，你管这叫狗腿子？ Ink-Tinted Clear Light墨染清辉Historical2.6M WordsCompleted After passing the graduate school entrance exam, Xu Qing finally landed the stable government job he had always dreamed of. Only, this job was a little different from what he had imagined. He had transmigrated into the body of a constable who had just died. What's more, a tall, handsome female constable with elegant brows and bright, starry eyes took a liking to him and picked him to serve under her. Xu Qing had intended to refuse. That is, until he saw the female constable casually snap a stone 18.9kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
41. 541 末 In the Age of Declining Dharma, I’ll Prove My Immortality Through Web Novels 末法时代，我靠网文证道不朽 A Yunnan Native Who Loves Mushrooms爱吃菌子的云南人Eastern Fantasy204k WordsOngoing Power is the foundation of carrying out one’s will. In my previous life, I died with bitter regret after being hit by a truck while pursuing power. In this life, I’ve been reborn in another world with a head full of cultivation secrets from web novels, and I’ve sworn to become the strongest. What? You’re an ancient god? What? You rule the Celestial Court? Sorry, but beneath my immortal power, everyone is just an ordinary mortal! With “web-novel cultivation,” I became the strongest antihero 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't miss this book if you are in a book shortage! Originally I just wanted to flip through two pages, but ended up staying up all night until dawn. The plot, characters, and writing were all on point, and there were no surprises🧫😇

42. 542 幺 The Youngest Daughter, Changle 幺女长乐 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Miss Zhu Si’s rough fighting skills have always made her the laughingstock of the capital’s noble families. In everyone else’s eyes, that’s the sort of work meant for household guards. Zhu Changle, who considers herself invincible, isn’t ashamed of it. She’s proud. Not everyone can protect their own home, but she can! And then some! She’d even turn the whole capital upside down to protect it! Don’t believe her? Try her! 20.3kReads9.5Score3.2kShelves
43. 543 苍 The Vast and Empty Cosmos 苍茫虚霩 Qiu Jizhuoma求吉卓玛Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted 🔥 The epic Eastern fantasy novel The Vast Expanse is available to read in full for free! Across the three thousand great worlds, the Vast Expanse is the only “cleansing ground.” The four clans of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind stand guard, suppressing the endless resentment of the Demonheart Planet. Beneath the Rift of the Void lies the secret of destruction and rebirth. For every sacrificial rite, the strongest must offer themselves up to ensure the world’s survival. The boy Nan Fa appears ordina 65Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    A traditional fantasy novel that is definitely underestimated by Tomato🍅!!! The layout is huge, there are many characters, and the momentum is magnificent! The background is crazy! I really recommend this wonderful novel! (Traditional fantasy novel of gradual enlightenment!) In the vast land, there is no such thing as a great road! It allows good and evil to have the same root, and blossom into enchanting flowers! Maybe good and evil can shine together and contribute to the prosperity of the prosperous age! Danchi Zhulian! Your eternal flame that burns its light, is it the anger in your chest or the unspoken sorrow? I am willing to shed my mortal body and reshape my bones, just waiting for the blood moon in the sky to lead all souls to return, and return to my original appearance!?!

44. 544 小 My Junior Brother Is Seriously the Worst 小师弟可太不是人了 I Fell Off My Stool Again我又掉凳了Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [A lighthearted slice-of-life story] Xia Yan transmigrated, only to become a puppet in this world? And the real protagonists even took him in as their junior apprentice brother? He absolutely must not reveal that he has become human ahead of schedule within the next year? Xia Yan lay low and bided his time, finally infiltrating the protagonists’ circle and earning the following reviews: (*/?\*) My junior apprentice brother is so handsome, and he’s great at everything from laundry to cooking 1.3kReads8.9Score145Shelves

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    The first book is finished, it's okay The second book is the one with better explanations among its kind. The third book recommends taking care of yourself a little bit.

45. 545 雍 Yongzheng's Secret Blade 雍正暗刃 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Mystery231k WordsCompleted Political intrigue + Assassination + Romance + Court drama. The Blood-Drop Earring, the most ruthless and secretive assassination unit in Yongzheng's Imperial Bodyguard Office, strikes fear into all who hear its name. Chen Ying, its sharpest hidden blade, is ordered to slaughter a loyal minister's entire household. But he discovers that his victims are not rebels: they are a lone official who knows the royal family's deepest secrets. The dying man's question, “Who will silence you when your turn 267Reads—Score104Shelves

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    The secret service of the Qing Dynasty, sticky rods, blood droplets, assassinations... Just hearing about it makes people shiver... Two young lovers, because of their different positions, have no choice but to have sadomasochistic love...

46. 546 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 235.6kReads9.6Score29.2kShelves
47. 547 穿 Transmigrate into a Book as the Villain, and Become the Apple of My Junior Sisters’ Eyes 穿书反派，成了师妹们的心头宝 This Humble One Is a High God不才在下本上神Eastern Fantasy214k WordsOngoing (Empress + Sweet Romance + Extra Sweet) Jiang Chen transmigrates into a book as the villainous senior brother. Jealous of his junior sister's talent, he constantly bullies and targets her. He even conspires with the Demon Cult and personally hands all his junior sisters over to them. He breaks their hearts, and in the end they join forces to kill him. He swears that in this life, he'll be a good senior brother. But... the plot keeps getting stranger. It seems his junior sisters' personalities ha 14Reads8.7Score—Shelves
48. 548 守 On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天，我被众嫂嫂推上皇位 Kitchen God of the Wood Stove柴火灶王爷Historical667k WordsOngoing [Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak 5.2kReads8.8Score249Shelves

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    [Admiration] This is a good book.

49. 549 白 The Meaning of the White Tiger 白虎通义 Ban Gu班固Historical53k WordsCompleted The Baihutong, also known as the White Tiger Discussions or the White Tiger Treatise on Virtue, is a collection of proceedings from an officially convened meeting on Confucian studies during the Eastern Han dynasty, as well as an imperially sanctioned work interpreting the Confucian classics. It holds an exceptionally important place in the history of Confucian thought and Han political thought. In 79 CE, the fourth year of Emperor Zhang of Han’s Jianchu era, the emperor personally convened a la 26Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Cultivate oneself, manage one's family, govern the country and bring peace to the world! [Working on manuscript][Working on manuscript][Working on manuscript]

50. 550 落 The Martial World at Sunset 落日江湖 Little Wolf S, Yang Guo's Uncle-in-Law小狼S杨过的姑父Historical443k WordsOngoing (The work should be tagged “Historical” and “Wuxia.”) One reason I chose the late Ming and early Qing as the setting for this book was that I quit my job in 2020 and went to the Northeast to focus on writing. I wanted the setting to reflect my surroundings, so I settled on that period. As it happened, a wave of interest in the Ming and Qing dynasties swept across the internet recently. I had planned to ride that wave, but found that many videos distorted historical facts and misled viewers. That 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really good, one of the rare good books these days. Moreover, the thinking is clear and the logic is rigorous. Highly recommended!

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