In a Reading Slump. Can Anyone Recommend Long Novels with Great Writing? 书荒了，有没有人推荐点字数多，文笔好的小说
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Lost in the Night: A Educated Youth's Escape 情迷夜色：知青逃亡之路
During the years Liu Haibo spent in the countryside as an educated youth, he fell in love with Yang Xiuqing, a girl from the village. When he eagerly asked Yang Xiuqing's parents for her hand in marriage, they refused. He fled Shibantian Village and returned to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he married a woman named Wu Jie and prepared to start a new life, Yang Xiuqing came to his door...
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Super God Academy: Rose's Everyday Adventures Across the Heavens 超神学院：蔷薇的诸天日常
He gets another chance at life, only to find himself as one of the female characters in an anime he once watched! Is it fate or a conspiracy? What is the origin of the Ultimate Fear that haunts the Myriad Worlds? In these endless worlds, where am I supposed to go?
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The Substitute Bride: Her Billionaire Husband Spoils Her 替嫁新娘：亿万老公宠上天
A conspiracy brings Xia Xiwang back from the countryside to marry him and cure his illness. Ugly and untalented in medicine? Watch her work wonders with her healing hands and reveal her breathtaking beauty! The famous young ladies of Haicheng, their faces swollen from defeat, complain to him. “Young Master Lu...” Wait, the frail husband she married is actually a business tycoon who can command the world with one hand! She throws herself at his leg and clings to it. “Honey, weren't you on your la
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The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局
“If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau
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He Lives in the Moonlight 他住在月光里
A moving story about a young woman with depression who gradually finds the courage to confront it and fight back.
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Surrendering to Summer 夏日沦陷
[Signed and soon to be published] [Elegant, gentle illustrator × bold, spirited puppy] In the summer when she was twenty-two, Gu Wanqing met a young man. He was flirtatious and wild, with a pair of captivating, peach-blossom eyes that always seemed to smile. Every so often, he would lean close to her ear and murmur, “Sis.” It was a long time before she realized that she had fallen for him that summer because of a silent crush he’d harbored since he was young. “When you happen to meet someone as
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Reborn: The Reclusive Genius’s Beloved Is Here 重生：偏执学神的心尖宠已上线
[Healing and redemption / school romance and wedding dresses / unrequited love becomes mutual / sweet romance] [Gentle, sunny little fairy / sickly, obsessive top student] The stars protect the moon, and I’ll protect you. My dear boy, it’s not that nobody loves you. I just came too late. In her previous life, Su Yuening only realized she had fallen for Ye Yunmian after he died in a shabby rented room. Reborn, all Su Yuening wanted was to walk resolutely toward her boy and give him everything goo
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Sharing Glory with You 与你共荣光
[One-on-One, Adorable Harem Sweet Romance] She’s an enviable rich heiress and AON’s rising star sniper, a legendary player who led her team to victory at the world championship. But who could have guessed that someone like Jiang Luoqi would hit a wall when she first tried to join AON? Lu Jingran looked at her with a handsome face and a cold expression. “No. You don’t have enough experience.” “I have money.” “You’re not mentally tough enough.” “I have money.” “Your reaction speed isn’t good enoug
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手
Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is
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Call Me Lord Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人
After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became
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In Cultivation, It’s All About Your Connections. Who Do You Think You Are? 出来修仙要讲背景，你哪道上的？
“Cultivators are people too, and people die.” Chen Dao sits at the table, staring at the calligraphy and painting before him. After a moment of silence, he says softly, “Pass down the order. Tell our Dao Gang brothers to get ready for tonight’s operation. The target is the Tianxian Restaurant.” “Keep it quiet. I don’t want my father finding out that there’s a band of bandits outside the city who belong to his precious son.” In a secret chamber somewhere in the Chen residence. Chen Dao’s
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Every Protagonist Is a Monster. How Am I Supposed to Be the Boss? 全是妖孽主角，你让我怎么当老大
[Recruiting protagonists + ensemble cast + slow start] The black-hearted System gives me an impossible mission: make the urban war god, the miraculous doctor, the martial arts prodigy, the Dragon King God of War, the reincarnated emperor, the blind Sword Sovereign, the reincarnation, the reborn one... submit to me. What the hell? They’re all absurdly powerful protagonists. You expect them to take me as their boss? I quit!
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How Can My Wife Be This Adorable? 我的老婆怎么能这么可爱？
A new book from a veteran author~ [Sweet Romance] [Combat] [Everyday Life] [Comedy] [One Heroine] Chen Xing, the youngest god of assassination in the history of the Assassination Star, transmigrates to the Spirit Artifact Continent with a super System. From the start, he finds an abandoned girl named Ling. One glance, and a thousand years pass! He even activates a hidden romance System! The two Systems work together perfectly! Fall in love, and you get stronger! This System just loves watching p
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I Really Am a Law-Abiding Citizen 我真的是守法公民
Twelve years ago, star gates descended from the sky and appeared all over the world. People discovered all kinds of worlds beyond the gates. Thanks to the special game items and technology brought back from them, human technology underwent a massive leap forward. On Block 26, Street 78, Chen Bin, dressed in a fitted black trench coat and a vintage gray tweed English cap, held an AK-47 in one hand. He looked seriously at Old Chicken and said in a low voice, “We are law-abiding citizens. We must n
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The Flawed God and His Nonexistent Wife's Everyday Romance 无良神明与不存在老婆的恋爱日常
[Quality guaranteed by an author with two million words under their belt] [One female lead] [Everyday life] [Ridiculous comedy] [Sweet romance] [Invincible] On the Rune Continent lives a god who doesn’t want to be a god. He spends every day slacking off and never doing anything useful. People in the underworld call him the Irresponsible God! His greatest pleasure is playing pranks on his people. When the god is asleep, the world is at its most peaceful. That is, until one day he fell in love wit
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The Arrogant Divine Doctor and Poison Consort 神医毒妃太嚣张
After transmigrating, Jun Wuyan, a descendant of Shennong, somehow becomes a good-for-nothing. Then, after someone saves her life, she finds herself with a baby on the way. Jun Wuyan is so delighted she nearly flips the table. A baby is wonderful! A baby is a mother’s little bundle of joy! And so Jun Wuyan takes her child everywhere with her. “Your Highness, the Princess Consort has become the greatest alchemy master in the world!” Di Xuan boasts proudly, “As expected of my wife!” “Your Highness
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Xuanhuan: When Did I Become Invincible? 玄幻：我什么时候无敌了
Also known as When Did I Become a Legend of the Cultivation World? Chen Ping'an transmigrates to the world of cultivation and spends several years striving to cultivate. When he sees that he still has no cultivation at all, he decides he's not cut out for it. So every day, he follows the System's instructions, feeding the chickens and fish, washing clothes, and growing vegetables. But one day, the arrival of a breathtakingly beautiful immortal upends his orderly, ordinary life. “Immortal maiden,
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Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Villainess Is on Her Knees Again 快穿：女配又跪了
Chi Yuan, a gold-medal plane-hopping tasker, was betrayed by the System and had no choice but to travel to different worlds to collect the scattered soul fragments of her boss, Shen Zhaomu, across three thousand planes. As an excellent tasker, Chi Yuan was a natural at winning people over. But this ridiculous setup, where she had to chase the same soul through three thousand worlds and win over the same person each time? No way was she agreeing to that! One moment he was a cold, aloof campus hea
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The Young Zombie Hunter 捉僵少年
On one side is a passionate young man just starting out, dreaming of becoming the greatest zombie-hunting celestial master. On the other is a thousand-year-old zombie, the strongest in history, who has slumbered for a century. An unforeseen turn of events sets the rookie young man on the path of hunting zombies. Strength and weakness, good and evil, who will emerge as the ultimate victor?
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Global Bounty: I Become a God by Killing Players 全球悬赏：我击杀玩家就能成神
A mysterious black box is brought back. A vision of a magnificent, collapsing world is projected! And so, the game Battlefield of the Myriad Heavens is born. A huge bounty is offered to recruit players from around the world, in an attempt to uncover its secrets... Lu Ming, who is in a vegetative state, has his consciousness pulled into the game. A path lies before him: kill players and become a god... The players are enraged and vow to take Lu Ming down. The international alliance is enraged and
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Honghuang: I Am Hongjun, and I Take Out the System from the Start 洪荒：我鸿钧，开局干掉系统
[Comedy + Satisfying Revenge + No Female Lead] Tongtian One: I am Tongtian. I will never found a sect. Tongtian Two: I am Tongtian. I will never become a saint. Tongtian Three: I am Tongtian. I will never confer the gods. King Father of the East: I will build the strongest Heavenly Court. Zhao Gongming: I will expose Hongjun's conspiracy. The transmigrators descend upon the Primordial World, naturally believing themselves righteous and making it their mission to overthrow Hongjun's rule. All Hon
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I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！
A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp
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Endless Killing Intent 无尽杀机
The groundbreaking online game Endless Killing appeared out of nowhere, dragging the entire world into an abyss of terror. Bai Qiong opened his eyes and discovered that he had been reborn at the time the game first launched. Looking at the familiar game and its new players, Bai Qiong recalled the killing techniques and gaming experience stored in his mind, then laughed aloud. (A game-world novel in the style of Dead by Daylight and Identity V, bringing you an experience unlike anything you've
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Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神
A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled
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Honghuang: Reborn as a Giant Horned Rat, I’m No Villain 洪荒：重生大角鼠，我真不是反派
[Evil God + Conquest + Ruthless + Multiple Secret Identities + No System] Tired of the same old Primordial World? Why not try something different! What’s there to fear? Now that you’re in the Primordial World, turn it upside down! Schemes and machinations, compassion and righteousness: who will rule this vast Primordial World? After transmigrating into the Primordial World, he becomes an evil god. Wei Qing thought he was no pushover, but after getting beaten up, he uses knowledge from a later ag
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Xuanhuan: This Cultivator’s Moral Standards Are Flexible 玄幻:这个修士的道德底线很灵活
[Infinite transmigration] [Plunder] [Dark] [Smart protagonist] [Plot-driven] Typical transmigration protagonist: A master strategist who wins from a thousand miles away, a cautious schemer who hides in the shadows. The protagonist of this book: Poisoning, assassination, splitting up the group. Seduction by beauty, seduction by a handsome man, and thirty-something other tricks! One second you're calling each other brothers, the next, your mother is dead! Typical transmigration protagonist: “Hahah
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The Queen Starts Out as a Top-Tier Star 女王从顶流做起
[Print edition preorders open September 5, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.] From the start, she transmigrates and nearly kills her younger brother. If she doesn't complete the System's missions, she'll be punished with electric shocks. Following the System's instructions, Nan Xiangwan joins a survival show for aspiring idols. While the other young women sing and dance... Nan Xiangwan: “I'll perform a brick-breaking trick with my bare hands!”
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The Lie-Detecting Master 识谎大师
She is a master at detecting lies, able to see the true emotions hidden on every face and behind the slightest expression. He is a celebrated crime-solving genius and a rising star in the police force. They meet during a bank robbery. But who could have guessed that this seemingly simple robbery would lead to a vast international crime syndicate? A dismembered body dumped in a river, the bizarre disappearance of a close friend, a mysterious letter S, an unexplainable diamond ring, DNA that match
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The Underworld Detective 阴间神探
My new work is out! You can 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!
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The Underworld Merchant 阴间商人
I’m a merchant who specializes in collecting sinister, supernatural objects. Anything that belonged to the dead is valuable! In the hands of ordinary people, these things can bring anything from a haunting to the ruin of an entire family. But in my hands, they can help you get promoted, make a fortune, defy fate, and meet every need a client could have. Want to know why? Shh. If you’re brave enough, come hear about the first terrifying deal I took after entering the business...
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The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生
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!
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Livestream Fortune-Telling: A Peerless National Scholar, Blessing Generations to Come! 直播算命：国士无双，福荫后代！
Ye Chen took over his master's Daoist temple. He should have been content to live as an ordinary young Daoist, but instead he started livestreaming fortune-telling. “Daoist priest, do you think I can land this 50-million-yuan project?” Ye Chen scolded him: “You've committed countless evils and used up all your ancestors' accumulated virtue. You already have the look of a dying man!” “Daoist priest, why am I so unlucky?” Ye Chen replied coolly, “Your fate is cursed with loneliness and calamity. Y
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The Ghost's Knocking Was So Loud, the Neighbors Came Over to Beat Me Up 鬼敲门声音太大竟引来邻居毒打
Hear a ghost knocking on your door at night? Don't panic. Call the neighbors and ask them to come claim the “takeout.” Run into a vengeful ghost demanding blood money at a crossroads? Just drop the cash into the Buddha's merit box. A Ghost King disguises himself as a delivery guy and kills people at random. Who knew the delivery would be to the place where the patriarch of Longhu Mountain was in seclusion? After transmigrating to a supernatural world, Li Yi awakened the Unconventional Celestial
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Report! There's a Magician Here Casting Spells 举报！这有个魔术师在施展魔法
[Livestreaming + urban life + System + tycoon + pets + supernatural powers] From the start, magician Bai Ye awakens a System and gains mysterious magic such as fire, ice, and spatial powers. From then on, he livestreams magical performances in public under the guise of magic tricks. Grilling oysters with his bare hands, summoning a meteor shower of fire, making “iced” cola, making a person vanish... The whole internet is stunned: “Streamer! You call this a magic trick? This is obviously real mag
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My System Is Out of Line, and I’ve Become a Trouble-Making Streamer 系统不正经，我成搞事主播
[Livestream] [System] [No Female Lead] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Comedy] [Wild Antics] [Laugh-Out-Loud] A small-time streamer is doing an outdoor Livestream when he runs into a five-step snake and gets bitten! A deadly situation! How can he survive? Li Ke: “Don’t panic, guys. According to local folklore, anyone bitten by a five-step snake will die after taking five steps. So let’s try walking backward five steps and see if we can turn this around!” Li Ke: “If it works, I’ll walk backward ninety
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Anti-Scam Livestream: The Station’s Cells Are Full 反诈直播：所里快蹲不下了
Scammer: Our records show an overseas purchase of 200,000 US dollars on your account. Did you make this purchase yourself? Lu Ze: Yes, I made it myself. What about it? The scammer thought, You sure know how to brag! Lu Ze: I never thought... the fact that I bought weapons overseas would finally come to light! Using his god-tier voice imitation skill, Lu Ze mimics the voices of several underlings, as well as the sound of an AK firing in full auto. The scammer's face turns pale. “I'm calling the p
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Martial Arts Are Too Cutthroat: I Became Invincible Before Finishing My Freshman Year 武功太内卷，大一没读完我无敌了
In a world of high martial arts, my martial skills spend all day cheating for me... Wait, no! It's just sudden enlightenment, plus 24 hours of hard training every day! Ning Chuan had only planned to develop steadily and get into a good university. But at the hundred-day countdown rally before the college entrance exams, Thunder Sparrows attacked. Ning Chuan drew his blade and killed three in an instant! From that moment on, he began sweeping aside every opponent! At the genius training camp, he
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Career Challenge: From the Start, I'm a Firefighter, and I Move the Entire Internet 职业挑战：开局消防员，感动全网
After transmigrating from the start, Su Bai takes part in the show Career Inheritance. He awakens the Strongest Career Master System. He chooses the most dangerous profession: firefighter! He charges into blazing infernos and climbs skyscrapers with his bare hands. His red-clad figure stuns the entire internet! Every profession deserves our respect. In a world where no one wants to choose a dangerous profession, Su Bai will use his actions to make an announcement to everyone! There is no such th
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Pokemon Century: The King's Return 精灵世纪：王者归来
[Feel-good story, fast pace, veteran author, steady updates] The Spirit World is about to descend upon the real world in the form of a game, shocking the entire globe! One week before the game launches, top player Yun Xiao is reborn and, through the System, gains the right to log in early! The regrets and betrayals from his previous life... He’ll rewrite them all in this one!
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Pokemon: The Champion 宠物小精灵之冠军
This is a straightforward Pokemon fanfic with plenty of satisfying moments. It has all the elements you want to see. Gods really do exist in this world. Tang Xing ended up in the Pokemon world because he made a joke and a well-meaning deity took him there… I’m good at games, and my goal is to take the partners I battled alongside in-game and conquer every League. Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Zekrom, and Reshiram: with these six great dragons together, who could stand against us? The road
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Notes from the Tomato Novel Team 番茄小说团队随笔
Hello, dear readers! This book is an original work by the Tomato Novel team. The first volume will introduce you to Tomato Novel in the form of essays. The second will take the form of a novel and reveal the people behind this app and their stories. We hope this helps you get to know us better!
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