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  1. 251 A General History of China 中国通史 Historical491k WordsCompleted The world-famous writer Cervantes said, “History gives birth to truth; it can withstand time and preserve old tales and past events. It is a record of ancient times, a warning for the present, and a lesson for future generations.” History is a mirror that records the successes and failures, prosperity and decline, triumphs and tragedies, transitions and renewal of human society. It also foreshadows humanity's future. 26.1kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
  2. 252 Learn Chinese History Without Memorizing a Thing 不用背照样学好中国史 Historical140k WordsCompleted One game for every key concept: learning history is as fun as playing. Carefully selected core concepts make it easy to understand the patterns behind the development of Chinese history! If you were a leader in primitive society, how would you guide a group of people in surviving on a deserted island? If you were playing a management simulation during the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, how would you expand your power? If you went back in time to become an emperor of the Ming dyna 2.6kReads9.5Score480Shelves
  3. 253 Thirty and Radiant 三十而骊 Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted [Women’s Fiction + Personal Growth + Comeback + Healing + Inspirational + Strong Female Lead + Married Life] At thirty, she’s done with her sham marriage. Time to become a bold, dazzling queen of the single life! When a freak accident tore the wrapping off her seemingly perfect marriage overnight, Mi Xiaobai, who had always seemed blessed by fortune, hit the first major setback of her life behind the walls of marriage: A mother-in-law with a knife behind her smile, a two-faced husband, a critica 17.4kReads9.6Score2.5kShelves
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  4. 254 A Wenzhou Native's Diary of Getting Rich 温州人发财日记 Urban139k WordsCompleted Dare to endure every hardship under heaven, dare to travel every road, dare to overcome every obstacle, and dare to seize every fortune. This is the Wenzhou people’s philosophy of wealth. They are surpassing Indians in their drive, the British in their wealth, Americans in their money, and Jews in their intellect. With entirely new business models and ways to build wealth, they are changing reality and making history. Wherever there is wealth, there are people from Wenzhou. The future belongs to 17.9kReads9.6Score2.2kShelves
  5. 255 EN I'm a Type II Civilization with a Dimensionality Reduction Strike, Isn't That Perfectly Reasonable? 我一个二级文明有二向箔很合理吧 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted [Technology + Disaster + Interstellar + Tech Tree] In the year 2050 AD, the Sun is affected by an unknown force, and a helium flash is imminent! Is Earth on the brink of destruction? No matter. I’ll handle it! Is the Trisolaris system’s Proxima Centauri civilization about to invade? No matter. I’ll handle it! Are advanced civilizations locked in conflict across the dark universe? No matter. I’ll handle it! … Starting with controlled nuclear fusion, the protagonist, Lü Yongchang, ushers humanity 90.1kReads9.6Score7.9kShelves
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  6. 256 Our Glorious China Strides Across the Multiverse 我泱泱华夏纵横多元宇宙 Male-Channel Fanfiction6.8M WordsOngoing Fang Jing somehow came into possession of a magical machine that could let him transmigrate into all kinds of science-fiction films and TV shows! In response to the United States' suppression, he starts with The Wandering Earth, developing exoskeletons, crewed lunar missions, a moon base, and a space elevator... China rises all the way from The Wandering Earth to The Three-Body Problem, conquering the multiverse until it eventually ascends into an eternal multiverse civilization! 60.3kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves
  7. 257 After Fleeing the Chaotic Era, I Became the Founding Empress 乱世逃亡后,我成了开国女帝 Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed] [Strong heroine + political intrigue + turbulent times + power struggles + ensemble cast] She’s fleeing from the start, a female warlord in a chaotic age. Lin Zhihuang, originally named Lin Zhihuan, transmigrates as a county magistrate’s daughter, only to find tens of thousands of refugees attacking the city from the start! While others transmigrate into palace or household intrigue, she transmigrates straight into a chaotic age and a desperate flight from famine. The 95.8kReads9.4Score13.2kShelves
  8. 258 EN Notes from a Taoist Medicine Clinic 道医馆笔记 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [All plotlines in this book are fictional and included solely for the purposes of the story. They do not represent real-life views. Please keep that in mind and don't confuse fiction with reality.] After graduating with a master's degree from an ordinary university of traditional Chinese medicine, the protagonist didn't go to work at a hospital. Instead, they joined a Daoist medical clinic and began recording their encounters with strange and baffling illnesses. 242.1kReads9.5Score90.7kShelves
  9. 259 Discipline Makes You Free, Not Free to Chase Beautiful Women 自律让你自由,没让你美女自由 Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [System + Growth + Comeback Wish Fulfillment + Marathon + Road Cycling + Freestyle Swimming + Cross-Country Skiing + Biathlon] (Two short dramas adapted from this book are already streaming. Go check them out: “Discipline Gives You Freedom, Not Freedom with Beautiful Women” and “From Self-Discipline to the Pinnacle: She Regretted It Too Late.”) So what if his ex-girlfriend dumped him? Li Bai got a Self-Discipline System. Keeping a regular schedule every day earns him money. Working out every day 17.9kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
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  10. 260 The Devil Reversed 恶魔逆位 Mystery737k WordsCompleted “If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t use a method this laughably clumsy.” After the black-haired girl in black finished speaking in the interrogation room, she didn’t say another word. The way she calmly studied the photograph made it seem more like she was admiring the victim’s gruesome death. In the photo was a cold, white bathtub filled with shocking amounts of blood. A man lay slumped inside, his deathly pale body visible only from the shoulders up. The deceased was Zhou Haixiong. He had 39kReads9.5Score6kShelves
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  11. 261 When the Spring Breeze Stirs 春风乍起 Modern Romance177k WordsCompleted Seven years after they parted, Jing Zhe unexpectedly ran into the guy she had secretly loved in high school at the psychiatric clinic: the intern doctor Yi Yuheng. Separated by the long desk in the consultation room, they stared at each other in surprise. The two who had once been fiercely competitive in school still seemed evenly matched: She was weighed down by depression caused by attention deficit disorder (ADD), while his face clearly showed how thoroughly he had given up on himself. Fortun 8.9kReads9.6Score1.4kShelves
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  12. 262 A Wheatfield Reversal: From the Countryside to Chief Health Officer 麦田逆袭,从乡村到首席健康官 Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted Three days before the college entrance exam, she was still harvesting wheat in the fields. Everyone in the village said, “What use is all that schooling for a girl?” When her admission letter arrived, her younger brother left a note and headed south: “Sis, you have to keep studying for me.” Years later, she became the youngest community health management expert in the country. When a company offered her an annual salary of 500,000 yuan to poach her, she said, “My profits lie in keeping the el 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  13. 263 A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈,破碎的家,不屈的我 Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his 28.4kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves
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  14. 264 The Real Heiress's Passionate Life 真千金的热血人生 1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth | A technologically powerful nation | Patriotism and family | The real heiress | No System | Female-led career story] She closed her eyes amid the smoke of war and opened them in an age of prosperity. In 1942, underground operative Ruan Siling's identity was exposed during a mission, and she died a heroic death. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in the year 2000 as Jiang Yunning, the real heiress who had just been brought home by a wealthy family. Her pistol had become 5.7kReads8.9Score548Shelves
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  15. 265 Eagle Sister, Wolf Brother 雄鹰姐姐野狼弟弟 Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted [Female lead: an avoidant little sourpuss who goes from never speaking her mind to finally speaking up] [Male lead: shameless, and wins by outlasting every rival in love] [Main story: sweet, lighthearted HE; subplot: no painless growth; a school-days secret crush] This story follows the female lead's relationships with different boys at different stages of her life. The heartbreak begins with her secret crush on the second male lead, but she ultimately ends up with the male lead. 1. If only yo 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  16. 266 Shocking! The Secret Identity Big Shot Takes the White Lotus Down From Every Angle 惊!马甲大佬她对白莲花横踢竖卷 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Publishing deal signed] [Satisfying revenge, lighthearted comedy, secret identities, putting scumbags in their place, a quirky and formidable mercenary boss VS a principled young heir from Beijing’s elite circles, devoted heroine] At their first meeting, Shu Lan shoots Lu Jinhan and leaves him badly wounded. She chases him all the way back to China, then becomes an ordinary university student. He runs, she chases; he has nowhere to hide. She’s the world’s number-one mercenary king! She’s a foun 56kReads9.5Score6.6kShelves
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  17. 267 Reborn! Maxing Out My Mathematical Talent 重生!将数学天赋拉满 Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [Gifted, hardworking heroine vs. aloof top student hero + equally matched leads] [Song Wan vs. Lu Qingci] Song Wan returned to eight years ago, resolved to study hard, stay away from novels and games, and maintain her top-student image. First place in the league? Nailed it! First prize at the national level? Nailed it! For the honor of her country, an IMO gold medal? She'll take them all! As she kept studying, until all Song Wan cared about was academic competitions, Huh? Can someone tell her wh 2.7kReads8.7Score365Shelves
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  18. 268 Those Years of Youth We Can Never Get Back (Complete in 2 Volumes) 那些回不去的年少时光(全二册) Anime Fanfiction351k WordsCompleted Those Days of Youth We Can Never Go Back To (Complete in Two Volumes) is a classic nostalgic coming-of-age novel by Tong Hua, presented here in a revised edition. Both volumes are collected in this perfect set. Some stretches of time only reveal how deeply they are etched in our memories after they have passed. The final decade of the twentieth century holds the coming-of-age memories of an entire generation: the Little Tigers, Shanghai Bund, the Four Heavenly Kings. Whenever we mention them, w 1.7kReads9.6Score373Shelves
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  19. 269 The Tycoon Is Reborn: The Queen Alpha Takes the World by Storm 大佬重生:女王A炸了 Modern Romance857k WordsCompleted [One-on-one + secret identities + exclusive devotion + strong heroine + strong hero + no angst + insanely satisfying] Betrayed by her younger sister and fiancé, caught in a torrential downpour, and struck by a cold blade, Leng Moyou became a lone spirit wandering the world. She witnessed with her own eyes just how cruel the scumbag and the vile woman could be. She also saw the man she had once hated most clutching her corpse and sobbing uncontrollably, before finally following her in death. Rebo 299Reads9.0Score100Shelves
  20. 270 Beautiful, Powerful, and Thriving: Back to Fifteen 美强爽之重回十五岁 Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Campus + Sweet Romance + Personal Growth] [Hardworking, gentle heroine × aloof top scholar hero] Lin Tong never expected that one fall would send her from age twenty-five back to age fifteen. Since she was here, she decided to make the best of it. To make up for the regrets of her past life, she firmly set two goals: first, to study hard and get into her dream school, Peking University; second, to become beautiful. She never wanted to be the girl who spent more than a decade feeling in 9.8kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
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  21. 271 Back to the Nineties: The Master Makeup Artist 回到九零年代之化妆大师 Modern Romance189k WordsOngoing [No Pocket Dimension, No System + Transmigration] [1990s] [An Inspiring Coming-of-Age Story] Kong Yuge: I don’t want to get married this young! Li Baohua: Me neither! Kong Yuge: Then let’s figure out how to get out of this village and see the world! Yang Muye: I’m coming with you! No money, no travel fare? Then let’s earn some! Kong Yuge transmigrates to the rural 1990s and becomes Kong Zhaodi. She’s still a child, and they already want her to get married? Kong Yuge firmly says no! Fortunately, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 272 I Strive for My Country’s Prosperity! [System] 我,为祖国富强而奋斗!【系统】 Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn + System + top student + patriotism + positive energy + feel-good story + no awful relatives] Su Xing was always on her own, the aloof goddess in everyone else's eyes. It seemed everyone took it for granted that beautiful women should keep their distance and remain unapproachable. Only Su Xing knew she was pretending to be aloof. In truth, she had severe social anxiety! She hated dealing with people and being noticed. All she wanted was to hide in the shell she thought was safe and coast 43.1kReads9.6Score4kShelves
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  23. 273 High-Frequency CET-4 Vocabulary: Quick Memorization 英语四级高频词汇速记 273k WordsCompleted Hey, everyone! Do you feel guilty about reading novels every day, but still don't want to study? Come on in and learn high-frequency English CET-4 vocabulary with us! Each chapter covers ten words, including pronunciation, parts of speech, example sentences, phrases, and inflected forms. Keep it up, everyone! Let's pass, pass, pass together! 32Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 274 Saving My Hopelessly Romantic Brother: I Tutor Him for the Top Universities 拯救恋爱脑亲哥,我辅导他考清北 Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted Su Zijin is fifteen years younger than her brother, Su Gu. Su Gu has been the perfect child since he was little: handsome, academically gifted, and possessed of sound values. Everyone says he’s bound for one of China’s top universities, but no one could have predicted that he’d fall for Xie Sisi, a master manipulator. The golden boy falls from grace. The title of “academic genius” gradually gives way to “delinquent,” and their parents smile less and less. Su Zijin wants to change things, but she 6.5kReads9.4Score902Shelves
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  25. 275 A Popular History of the Five Dynasties 五代史通俗演义 Historical344k WordsCompleted [A Classical, Accessible History of the Entire Era | A Beginner's Guide to History | A Complete Overview of the Ten Kingdoms] Can't get through dry official histories? This popularized retelling of the Five Dynasties uses a story-driven, episodic format to make this lesser-known period of turmoil easy to understand. Its sixty chapters cover the rise and fall of all five dynasties, Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, while also tracing the history of the Ten Kingdoms' r 62Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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  26. 276 EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集?我带国家队下场 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5kShelves
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  27. 277 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 12.6kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves
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  28. 278 Farewell to the Mirror-Flower: Two Shadows, One Return 镜花辞:双影同归 Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted Shen Qingci, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister’s residence, was gentle, virtuous, and exceptionally talented. But after trusting the wrong people, her fiancé Gu Yanzhi and her half-sister Shen Qingrou, she lost her family fortune, was falsely accused of treason, and was eventually drowned. Su Ningwei of the Loyal and Brave Marquis’s household was pushed into the water by her legitimate elder sister and died in an “accident.” She became the vessel through which Shen Qingci, th 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 279 A Popular History of the Later Han 后汉通俗演义 Historical582k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance Grounded in the Official Record, The Complete History of the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms, An Easy Introduction to Official History] A Popular History of the Later Han is a classic historical novel in episodic form and a continuation of A Popular History of the Former Han. Across one hundred chapters, it follows the full historical arc from Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han and Emperor Guangwu's restoration, through the decline of the Eastern Han, to the division of the rea 105Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  30. 280 Back to Senior Year: My Comeback to the Top 重回高三逆袭成大佬 Urban4.2M WordsCompleted This book is available in print, so enjoy it with confidence! [Reborn Academic Ace + No System + Sound Logic + Schemes and Power Plays + Decisive and Ruthless + A Comeback in the Business World] If you could live your life over, what would you do? In my previous life, I gave my life for my country. In this one, I’ll rise from my senior year of high school to become a business tycoon. I’m going to ace the college entrance exams, and I’m taking the money of those unscrupulous capitalists, too. Onl 53.9kReads8.8Score5.7kShelves
  31. 281 A Popular History of the Former Han 前汉通俗演义 Historical563k WordsCompleted [Cai Dongfan's Historical Romance, The Complete Founding History of the Han Dynasty, The Qin-Han Rivalry, A Plain-Language History, Political Intrigue and War] This book is Cai Dongfan's A Popular History of the Former Han, a classic historical novel that recounts the dynasty's rise and fall from the chaos at the end of the Qin through the middle and late Western Han. Spanning one hundred chapters, it begins with Lü Buwei's extraordinary investment and Qin Shi Huang's unification of the realm, a 128Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  32. 282 Cell Biology 细胞生物学 207k WordsCompleted Content related to cell biology, suitable for final exam or graduate entrance exam review. This is mainly for personal use and covers: Introduction; methods of cell biology research; the plasma membrane; transmembrane transport; the cytosol and endomembrane system; protein sorting and vesicular transport; mitochondria and chloroplasts; the cytoskeleton; the nucleus and cytoplasm; ribosomes; cell signal transduction; the cell cycle and cell division; regulation of cell proliferation and cancer ce 113Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 283 If I Don’t Spend Money, I’ll Become a Fool [System] 不花钱就会变痴呆【系统】 Modern Romance628k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + a woman’s growth + family life + tycoon System + older woman pursues younger man] In her previous life, Hong Xiuxiu devoted everything to her son. After developing dementia in old age, she was despised and died alone outside. Reborn at age forty-two, she returns to 2010, just after her husband’s death and before her son starts bleeding her dry! Not only has she been reborn, she’s also bound to a System that only lets her spend money on herself. Spend 10,000 yuan in ten minutes Learn t 5.9kReads9.3Score619Shelves
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  34. 284 Monster Codes: Journey to the West 妖怪密码:西游记 Eastern Fantasy333k WordsCompleted How many demons are there in Journey to the West? The White Bone Spirit, Tiger Vanguard, the Red-Rumped Macaque, Red Boy... Only after enduring the Eighty-One Tribulations can one look upon the world's fortunes with a smile. What are their true forms? What becomes of them? Is there a connection between demons and natural phenomena? Here, I'll reveal the answers to all these questions, one by one. 157Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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  35. 285 EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫,都癫,癫点好啊 Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335kReads9.8Score46.9kShelves
  36. 286 Proud Little Cat, See You Tomorrow 傲娇猫,明天见 Two Male Leads457k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Tsundere Cat, See You Tomorrow is now available on all platforms] What should you do when an abandoned tsundere cat becomes clingy? Sweet romance + one-on-one couple + happy ending + transmigration + mutual devotion + healing fairy-tale vibes Tsundere, sharp-tongued beauty cat top VS gentle, cheerful hero bottom Ling Qingjue was just like his name: aloof and solitary, taciturn, and so gifted that he stood above all things. He looked at everyone as if they were dogs. His 44.1kReads9.5Score8.6kShelves
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  37. 287 Starting from High School, the Supporting Actress Maxes Out Her Math Talent 开局高一,女配点满数学天赋 Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted Chu Yao had just been admitted to B University for graduate school after graduating from a second-tier college. Before her acceptance letter even arrived, she was in a car accident and transmigrated into a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name in the novel Sweet Moments in the Entertainment Industry, which she had read before. Now in the supporting character's body, Chu Yao looked at the admission letter from a top high school and her already maxed-out math talent. What was the e 7.1kReads8.5Score591Shelves
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  38. 288 The Three Kingdoms: History So Addictive, You Can’t Put It Down 一读就上瘾的三国史 Historical191k WordsCompleted The Three Kingdoms era was marked by endless warfare and rival warlords, and is now familiar to everyone thanks to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. But the novel isn't history, and some of the famous stories we all know never actually happened! Did Zhuge Liang really borrow arrows with straw boats? Why is Zhang He known as “the Three Kingdoms strength tester”? How did Fei Yi live a life worthy of the title “master of pacing”? Did Cao Zhi really love his sister-in-law? Why is Cao Cao's life said to 1.2kReads9.5Score100Shelves
  39. 289 Move Again and I'll Kiss You 再动就亲你 Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available, published under the title He's So Sweet] A new neighbor moves in upstairs, and she's a transfer student in the same year as him. What a coincidence: this devastatingly handsome guy ends up sitting next to her. He's gorgeous, but dangerous. One little touch and she might not make it out alive. “Big bro, don't move. I'll stay away from you. Please don't hit me!” To her surprise, her usually cold desk mate frowns, looks at her, grabs her retreating hand, and holds it i 21.8kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves
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  40. 290 Reborn, I Was Adopted by an Upper-Class Family Abroad 重来一世,我被国外上流家庭收养 Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted From a remote mountain village where she had never owned a pair of shoes, she walked barefoot all the way to the city. By chance, a foreign couple adopted her. Through hard work, she got into a prestigious elite school and found the value of her life anew. Standing on the high awards podium, facing questions from reporters from around the world, she answered: “I’m Vera Wilson. No matter what my nationality is, Chinese blood will always run through my veins. And I’m also happy that you call me Zh 10kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
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  41. 291 Peach Juice Invitation 桃汁邀邀 Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [Tsundere, pure-hearted professor VS timid philosophy top student. They are each other’s first and only, and dote on each other] A young mathematics professor joined the century-old University of Science and Technology. He was handsome, gentle, and composed. He loved peaches and peach juice, and his irresistible peachy scent successfully bewitched an outstanding student from a completely different field. From then on, she had a new daily task: resisting the irresistible professor’s attempts to c 1.5kReads9.4Score194Shelves
  42. 292 A Half-Hour Cartoon History of China (Complete in Five Volumes) 半小时漫画中国史(全五册) Historical149k WordsCompleted Read comics for half an hour and master three thousand years of history, with a crystal-clear timeline you can recite backward as soon as you finish. Using nothing but hand-drawn illustrations and jokes, Er Hunzi lays out the grand sweep of history with impressive clarity: the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were like a classroom; the Qin dynasty burned brightly and died young; the Three Kingdoms era came down to three great battles; the chaotic Wei and Jin period was full of oddbal 2.3kReads9.6Score555Shelves
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  43. 293 The Gods Devour Earth 神噬地球 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse536k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast] + [No overpowered cheats] + [Power struggles] + [Slow burn, not a power fantasy] + [No stereotypical characters] + [Wits and strategy] + [A blend of classical and modern prose, not for everyone] (Revised through Chapter 37 of Volume Two. Later chapters will be updated gradually.) Thermodynamics applies in this book. You cannot replenish your mana forever. Any method of gaining power will gradually be discovered by others over time, causing its benefits to diminish until they even 48.6kReads9.5Score8.9kShelves
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  44. 294 When She Returned, She Shone Brighter Than Ever 归来时,她光芒万丈 Modern Romance385k WordsOngoing [Genius returns × childhood sweetheart becomes a top-tier star × a battle of equals × brilliant female scientist × scumbag gets his comeuppance] At twenty-two, she gave up her future and stayed behind for love, only to be utterly crushed by the words, “We’re not from the same world.” Later, she left the country and fought her way to success, becoming MIT’s youngest postdoctoral researcher and a specially appointed researcher at a national laboratory. She returned home covered in honors and went 259Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 295 My Mother Remarried 母亲二婚了 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Based on a true story, this is a work of realistic fiction. In the 1990s, the eldest, Jiang Caiqiu, her younger brother Jiang Caiqi, and their younger sister Jiang Caili moved with their mother, Li Shenglan, to Fugui Village, near their maternal grandfather’s home. Their stepfather, Zhao Dahai, had two grown daughters, Zhao Fen and Zhao Mei, and a middle-school-aged son, their third brother, Zhao Quan. His family was the poorest in the village, living in abject poverty in a bare two-room rammed- 10kReads8.2Score923Shelves
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  46. 296 Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance: Zhou Chronicle, Modern Chinese Edition 资治通鉴·周纪(白话版) Historical66k WordsCompleted Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government is a monumental chronological history of ancient China, compiled by Sima Guang during the Northern Song dynasty. It covers 1,362 years of history, from the Warring States period to the Five Dynasties. This book presents the “Zhou Annals” as a standalone work, translated in full into clear, modern language for contemporary readers. This edition covers all five volumes of the “Zhou Annals,” from the twenty-third year of King Weilie of Zhou (403 BCE) to the 17Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  47. 297 The Song Dynasty, Told with a Twist 趣说大宋王朝 Historical696k WordsCompleted The emperor's art of statecraft in a single cup of wine, the fateful legend of the “fragrant boy's birth,” a prophetic monk who foretold that “the inspector would become emperor,” and the schemes and ambitions behind a yellow imperial robe... The founding of the Song dynasty was far more fascinating than the history books suggest! Discover Zhao Kuangyin's rise from street urchin to founding emperor: his “forced” ascension at Chenqiao Station, the mysterious prophecy at Xiangyang Temple, the lig 5.1kReads9.5Score229Shelves
  48. 298 Tales of Treacherous Ministers: The Five Fiends and Six Bandits of the Northern Song 奸臣传之北宋五鬼六贼 Historical49k WordsCompleted [A roll call of treacherous ministers, with a touch of spicy humor and theatrical satire!] The Biography of Treacherous Ministers: The Five Ghosts and Six Bandits of the Northern Song is like a blacklist of history's ultimate “villain club”! No need to transmigrate to the Song dynasty. You can “watch remotely” as these self-serving, scheming power brokers stir up trouble. Wang Qinruo, Ding Wei, Chen Pengnian, Liu Chenggui, and Lin Te, along with Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Zhu 5Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  49. 299 I Was Reborn in a Farming Novel, but I Don't Want to Pass the Imperial Exams on Talent 穿进种田文里,我不想靠才华科举 Historical1.6M WordsCompleted Su Congli transmigrated. To stay alive, he studied day and night and threw himself into the imperial examinations. Who could have guessed? At the provincial exam: “What are you staring at, chief examiner?” At the metropolitan exam: “Why do these examiners all seem so strange?” At the palace exam: “Oh! Isn’t that guy sitting in the throne hall the one who stares at me every night?” Emperor Qiyuan prided himself on being a wise ruler of his age, blessed with extraordinary fortune. Who knew he’d ru 11.3kReads8.9Score949Shelves
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  50. 300 This Tang Dynasty Is a Little Chilly 这个唐朝有点冷 Historical107k WordsCompleted [Lesser-known Figures + History for Fun] Don't imagine the Tang dynasty as just officials and scholars leaning on railings along Chang'an's avenues to compose poetry, a noble consort gently waving a fan, and Emperor Taizong solemnly surveying the realm. This book opens the “refrigerator door” of history to show how the celebrated figures presented so seriously in official records may actually have been jokesters, master wisecrackers, and purveyors of astonishing twists. Come along, and you'll di 22Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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