There Are Hardly Any Good Foodie Stories These Days. I Dare You to Prove Me Wrong 现在能打的美食文几乎没有，不服来辩

1. 301 变 Mutated Wasteland: Exotic Delicacies on the Tip of the Tongue 变异废土，舌尖上的异种美食 Lin Tianjia林添加Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Mutant Disaster] [Gourmet] [Slice of Life] [Business and Farming] How many times more protein do mutated creatures have than beef? Having just arrived in this world, Liu Bi was shocked by his own thought. He awakened a Master Chef System on land polluted by spores. Was something wrong here? Could every kind of mutated creature be turned into a gourmet dish? Then hurry up and serve it! A specialty restaurant on the edge of the safe zone, serving unconventional comfort food in the midst of everyd 9.3kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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   Enjoy! 9/10 Certified! If you can't find love, then food is the best thing in the world!

2. 302 异 When an Alien Race Invaded, the Ingredients Started Fighting Back 异族入侵，作为食材居然还打人了 Spicy Little Crawfish劲爆小龙虾Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Jiang Tian has an unbeatable talent but wants to be a chef. After dying in battle, he arrives in a parallel world: Blue Star. Here, alien races are invading, and humanity is in decline. The aliens devour humans as food to enhance their spiritual power. Jiang Tian never wanted to fight again. He only wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a chef, until he discovers that the finest ingredients are these very aliens! And the strongest school beauty on his team has a special ability called the God's 16.7kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
3. 303 摆 I Became a God-Tier Tycoon by Running a Street Stall, and My Customers Chase Me All Over Town 摆摊成神豪，食客追我满城跑 Loves Coconut Water c爱喝椰子水cUrban127k WordsOngoing [Food + Tycoon + Comedy + System + No Romance + No Heroine + Daily Life + Comfort Food + Wish Fulfillment] Li Hai is a wage earner who longs to get rich. By chance, he binds to the Food Tycoon System. From then on, he sets out to run street-food stalls. The locations and dishes are random. Every time he completes a stall-running task provided by the System, he receives a generous reward. [Congratulations, Host! Task complete. Reward: ten million yuan.] [Congratulations, Host! Task complete. Rewa 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Self-promotion, self-promotion, self-promotion

4. 304 我 I Became the Richest Person in the Kingdom Through Food 我靠美食成为了全朝首富 Xiaobai Sells Xiaoxin小白卖小新Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical romance + transmigration + beloved by the whole family + food + sweet romance + farming + building a fortune + 1v1] (A warm family with no troublesome relatives, so read with confidence) After transmigrating, Shen Yuanshu became the only girl in the Shen family in six generations. Her grandparents doted on her, then her parents, and she had six older brothers who were all fiercely protective of their little sister. Unfortunately, the girl was frail. Ever since she became conscious at 4.5kReads8.5Score325Shelves

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   🧀🧀🧀In a single moment, Shen Yuanshu transmigrated and became the only girl in six generations of the Shen family. She was doted on by her grandparents and parents, and had six brothers, each a doting sister. Unfortunately, the girl was in poor health, and the Shen family exhausted their wealth to pay for her medical treatment, leaving them barely able to survive on meager rations. 🫐🫐Shen Yuanshu thought to herself, "How could I, a modern-day food blogger, possibly starve myself?" Let's see how Yuanshu leads her family to prosperity…

5. 305 睁 She Woke Up Clutching a Medicine Jar, and Her Whole Family Dotes on Her Like She's Made of Glass 睁眼抱着药罐，全家萌哭了怕化了 Ling Fei Yan凌菲烟Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted A doted-on family favorite + food + farming and business + sweet romance (a warm family with no awful relatives) Su Yinyin, a young woman who has never dated and is clueless about romance, transmigrates to another world. There, she has good fortune, wealth, and luck. Isn't she the legendary lucky koi? Her eldest brother isn't much of a scholar, but he loves cooking? Perfect! She has countless recipes and can turn him into a restaurant tycoon in no time! Her second and third brothers love studyin 3.7kReads9.2Score390Shelves

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   This is amazing, and it even has a live narrator! I've read quite a few food-themed books, and just now I was browsing my bookshelf, and it seems like this is the only one I have. It's really good. I usually prefer short stories, and this one is a bit long for me, but I've already read most of it. [Eating melon emoji]

6. 306 中 After Winning a Hundred Million, I Became My Company's Savior 中奖一个亿后，我成了公司救世主 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Urban424k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, but it'll slowly improve! No risk in getting on board!] Shen Yanshen casually bought two lottery tickets and won a hundred million. His miserable working life was over for good, and from then on he lived in a mansion and drove a Mercedes. His ex-girlfriend, who had once looked down on him for being poor, came back in tears, begging him to take her back. Shen Yanshen kicked her a hundred meters away. “Get as far away as you can. Can't you see I'm washing my wife's feet? 3kReads5.9Score116Shelves

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   I don't believe anyone can cook better than Jiang Wantang. [Smirk][Sending heart]

7. 307 公 Highway Survival: Why Is the Boss Inspecting Monster Supplies? 公路求生：大佬咋在验收怪物物资 Icebreaking Sledgehammer破冰大锤子Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Road Survival raft + Infinite Dungeon Progression + Stockpiling] [Not an ensemble story, with a lone-wolf focus. Team battles only begin much later, after around chapter 450. Not a war-between-nations story, and not a rebirth story.] The early chapters borrow general elements from road-survival stories, such as vehicles, professions, and service stations. The story gradually opens up around chapter 100, combining an infinite-dungeon format with a road-survival setting. Current dungeons include 87.8kReads9.2Score8.5kShelves

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   There are also food-related ones.

8. 308 降 After Taking a Pay Cut and Quietly Giving Up, My Boss Begged Me for Forgiveness All Night 降薪摆烂后，老板连夜跪求我原谅 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted After My Pay Was Cut, I Started Slacking Off. My Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Forgive Him That Very Night —Reads—Score1.1kShelves
9. 309 降 After Being Demoted and Quietly Giving Up, My Incompetent Boss Begged Me to Accept a Promotion 降职摆烂后，草包领导跪求我升职 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After I Was Demoted and Started Slacking Off, My Incompetent Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Promote Me 2.5kReads—Score—Shelves
10. 310 月 During My Confinement, I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out 月子里，我赶跑了婆婆 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out During My Postpartum Month 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
11. 311 不 My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Her Grave 不听劝的婆婆归西了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭13k WordsCompleted My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Meet Her Maker 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
12. 312 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56.5kReads9.4Score7.3kShelves

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    The female lead in it is really good at cooking. There are even tutorials, which the author said came from Baidu. I almost fainted from hunger when I watched it late at night.

13. 313 我 I'm Just a Chef, Director, Stop Adding Drama! 我只是个厨子啊，导演别加戏了吧 Give Me an Egg Burger来个鸡蛋汉堡Urban161k WordsCompleted [Food + film sets + everyday life + comfort food + warmth + healing + comedy + fun] Lin Zhou joins a casting call for extras and unexpectedly gets bound to a Gourmet System. From then on, he only ever plays cooks. He can be a five-star chef in a domineering CEO drama, or the head cook at a country banquet in a rural drama. He can whip up roadside restaurant dishes so fragrant they fill the air for miles, or make stall food so delicious you'll savor every bite. Whatever the role calls for, he'll 2kReads7.5Score145Shelves

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    You absolutely can't miss Egg Burger's books when it comes to food literature! I love every single one of them! [Heart emojis]

14. 314 美 A Food Blogger Builds Wealth in Ancient Times 美食博主在古代发家致富 Cocoa and Black Tea可可红茶Two Male Leads2.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + food and farming + raising kids] Food blogger Song Yuan transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder elder brother in a farming novel. His parents are both dead, leaving him with three children. One, two, three children, all of them little villains. Song Yuan: Damn it, I'm going to lie flat. Fortunately, his portable space comes with a modern kitchen and an endless supply of ingredients in the fridge. No food? Tomato and egg stir-fry, followed by chili meat sauce, and 4.7kReads8.9Score628Shelves

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    It's alright, I've read them all, but I think I dropped them halfway through. The first one was a continuously serialized book, and I couldn't stand following the updates. The second one was about a female lead who had a crazy manager. The third one was about a crazy princess, which had a few minor issues.

15. 315 穿 Transmigrated as the Evil Little Aunt of the Dragon-Proud Protagonist 穿成龙傲天的恶毒小姨 Yang Ye央也Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrating Into a Book + Sweet Story About Raising a Kid + Everyday Life + Not a Showbiz Novel] An audiobook adaptation has been released. As a devoted fan of novels, Wen Shuqiao never imagined she'd one day join the transmigration trend herself. The bad news was that she'd transmigrated into a feel-good power fantasy novel and become the villainous aunt who abused the young male lead and denied him food. Then the male lead's uncle came looking for him. Seeing how badly the boy had been abu 24.6kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
16. 316 末 Random Stalls in the Apocalypse, Snapped Up by Every Major Base 末世随机摆摊，我被各大基地疯抢 Sweet Peach Cheese Iced Tea甜桃芝芝冰茶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented] [Apocalypse management + invincible, no romance + top-tier hotties + lighthearted] Natural disasters + zombies A food-focused business story. Not fully automated in the early stages! Not a superpowered heroine! * Xie Purou had just finished her last mission and hadn't even had a chance to enjoy herself when the System dumped her into the apocalypse. She has to draw cards just to unlock food? From the start, all she has is a run-down little inn and a food truck, and she has to g 19.6kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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    If this world turned into the apocalypse, what would be the first thing you'd want to do...? As an ordinary person, I'd definitely want to transmigrate into Little Grape's guesthouse and be a beast of burden! After all, the guesthouse has all the delicious food I've never tried in real life, ahhh [smirk]

17. 317 边 The Great Female Chef of the Frontier 边关女大厨 A Handful of Greenery一把绿植Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Tartars from beyond Shantong Pass came three times. The first time, Yuan Wuwei’s family’s lavish restaurant became a wonton shop. The second time, the wonton shop became a wonton stall. The third time, Yuan Wuwei lost her father, Chef Yuan. When it rains, it pours. Her stepmother, Bai Qiqi, tried to elope one night, only to be swindled, and ended up bringing home a chubby little bundle of joy. The little one had quite a background: he was the young master of the Cheng family, whose estate ha 2.8kReads9.0Score383Shelves

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    The characters are vivid and relatable, the story blends crime-solving with delicious food, the plot is engaging and fast-paced, and it's incredibly entertaining.

18. 318 美 Gourmet: Mr. Ye, Where Do You Think You'll Run This Time? 美食：叶先生，看你这次往哪跑 Born a Foolish Child天生笨小孩Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Everyday Life] [No Romance] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [A Good Read Over Meals] In his previous life, Ye Fan had an accident and was dragged to the underworld by Ox-Head and Horse-Face. With a wave of his hand, King Yama changed Ye Fan's fate. He is given a brand-new identity as a master chef. Watch him complete his missions while enjoying life. Random dishes, random street-stall locations, one thing always stays the same: everything tastes amazing! Selling buns beside a restroom, lobster outs 909Reads6.6Score100Shelves

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    You can keep reading these food articles, I've gained weight from them, so you can forget about losing weight either! [Smirk][smirk][smirk]

19. 319 三 A Three-Year-Old Prodigy Shows the Way: Mom’s Welding Machine Leads to Immortality 三岁萌宝指路：妈妈的电焊机通仙 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted Three-year-old Gu Tiaotiao squatted on the threshold of a hardware store, pointing at an empty alley. “Mommy, there’s a leak in the alley.” She looked up. A crack split the wall, and a man covered in golden fissures stepped out of it. He said she was the unfinished crack from a thousand years ago. The eighty-yuan secondhand welding torch in her hand lit up. The man was called Lu Beiyin. When he took his first bite of noodles, he froze: for the first time in a thousand years, he could taste som 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The 10th food novel

20. 320 美 Gourmet: My Late-Night Diner Might Not Be Entirely Scientific 美食：我的深夜食堂可能不太科学 Eat Like Crazy, Never Gain Weight狂吃不胖Urban751k WordsOngoing [Food + System + entertainment industry + lighthearted daily life] If someone asked where an unconventional late-night diner came from, Luo Jia would tell them it all started with him standing up for the people and beating up a mage whose ritual was disturbing the neighborhood. He knew because he had experienced it himself. Thanks to the immense merit he earned by sacrificing the mage from the start, Luo Jia got a System and embarked on the path to becoming a God of Cooking. He moved to a film s 54Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 321 镇 The Legitimate Daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo Rises to Greatness 镇国公嫡女的青云路 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Ancient Romance858k WordsCompleted Su Qing, a top surgeon aged twenty-eight, transmigrates after a car accident into the body of Shen Qingci, the frail legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, who is constantly bullied. Her birth mother died young, her stepmother makes life difficult for her, and her half-sister even steals her mother’s keepsakes and pushes her into the water, leaving her to die. When she opens her eyes again, the timid girl has become a bold soul of a doctor. The unassuming wooden bangle on her wr 9Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 322 美 Gourmet: Selling Meals at School Sends Students and Teachers into a Frenzy 美食：学校卖饭，师生抢疯了 Boiled Fish水煮鱼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Gourmet | Everyday Life | Lighthearted | Relaxing | Slow-Paced | Comforting] Jiang Fan got a Gourmet System and rented a small food stall in his school cafeteria. “There aren’t any students eating here. You should close up.” “The food’s terrible. You’ll be out of business in a few days.” “Here comes another idiot, selling food in this place.” Everyone mocked him. Jiang Fan ignored them and checked his mission. He had to sell a hundred shaomai in one day. Could he pull that off? “Wow, these shao 2.6kReads7.1Score171Shelves

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    You can read these food posts all you want; I've gained weight from them, so don't even think about losing it either 😏😏😏

23. 323 我 The Days I Was Scammed 我被诈骗的日子 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban448k WordsCompleted A wild, imaginative science-fiction novel featuring artificial intelligence, a System, and a 99-death time loop. It begins with a scam and a debt, setting the protagonist on a path of revenge that changes both the virtual and real worlds. The AI protagonist fights against its creator. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 324 美 Gourmet: Stop Stewing It, Even the Village Dogs Are Drooling! 美食：别炖了，村里狗都馋哭了！ Tai Shinaifu泰史奈夫Urban2.7M WordsOngoing Kuang Rui refuses to get caught up in the rat race and chooses to lie flat back in his hometown. He inherits his father’s braised meat shop and, after rejecting the rat race, gains a Food System. Together, they breathe new life into the shop. The humble home-cooked dishes that once went unnoticed are transformed into viral hits that customers flock to check in and try. Take steamed stinky tofu with minced meat, for example. It smells awful but tastes delicious, and one bite is enough to leave y 2.3kReads6.4Score156Shelves
25. 325 尊 For Real? Can I Cash Out My In-Game Money? 尊嘟假嘟？我的游戏资金能变现？ Qian Ji牵机Modern Romance744k WordsCompleted [No CP + Working to Raise and Train + Making Money Like Crazy + Slow Pace + Stockpiling Supplies] After graduating from college, Rong Yi can't find a job. Her mother is sick and in the hospital, and her younger brother has just started high school. With nowhere else to turn, she signs up to test the full-immersion game Life. Not only does it pay 150 a day, settled daily, but the money she earns in the game can also be transferred to her real-world account at a certain exchange rate. Oh my gosh, 3.8kReads9.2Score467Shelves

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    Food Guide: [Kiss] I loved reading the first three completed books. I followed them from serialization to the end, and they were incredibly good! The characters were very well-developed. I highly recommend the third book; the male lead in the female-centric story is so refreshing. The ensemble cast is really great, and there are unexpected comedic moments. [Shy] The next two books... The fourth one is good, the male lead is so cute, and his friends are amazing too. As for the fifth book, I hope someone likes it; I can't really get into it. [Heart][Heart] If you like published books, you can check this one out; the writing is more mature and delicate, and the pacing isn't too fast.

26. 326 都 Urban Spirit Planter: I Grow Immortal Fields in the CBD 都市灵植师：我在CBD种仙田 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban550k WordsCompleted When the urban jungle of steel and concrete devours the last patch of farmland, he inherits the legacy of an ancient spirit-plant cultivator. Atop a skyscraper, he carves out a celestial garden, nurturing hearts with the spirit of plants and rebuilding the city’s veins with the grace of flowers. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 327 经 Running a Plane-Space Restaurant, I Rise to the Top 经营位面餐厅，走向人生巅峰 Qingqing and the Fish卿卿与鱼Ancient Romance276k WordsOngoing [Cuisine x business x card draws x interdimensional travel x ensemble cast x growth x lighthearted] Chu Tian, a pampered young lady who had never lifted a finger around the house, had just graduated and was dragging her suitcase out of her dorm when an unknown System pulled her into the universe, making her the first person to venture beyond the solar system into an unknown star system. [Run an interdimensional restaurant successfully and complete all your missions, and you'll be able to return 12Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 328 文 Text Invasion: The Villains I Write Go on a Killing Spree 文字入侵：我笔下的反派杀疯 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban574k WordsCompleted Near future, 202X · Sporadic reports of “text anomalies” have appeared around the world, but most are dismissed as mass hallucinations or a new kind of scam. · The online literary industry is booming. Writing ten thousand words a day is standard for professional authors, and a huge number of works are slapdash and poorly made. · Three months before the Jiang Jinyue incident, a well-known author died suddenly. The key item “Eternal Pocket Watch” from their unfinished novel appeared at an auction 1Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 329 超 The Super Food God Tycoon 超级食神大亨 Meow Meow Who Loves to Cook爱做菜的喵喵Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Yang Song happens upon the Chef God System. With nothing but a secondhand food cart selling grilled gluten skewers, he steadily climbs to the peak of success. The richest man's son works for him as a waiter, goddesses throw themselves at him to help run his shop, and top female students from campus come to peel potatoes for him... A beautiful TV reporter asks in an interview, "I hear lots of celebrities come to dine at Baifeng Pavilion. Do they have to wait in line too?" Yang Song replies calmly 236Reads7.3Score—Shelves
30. 330 靠 Healing a Pitiful Little Cub with Good Food 靠美食治愈小可怜幼崽 Pin Dou Er拼豆儿Modern Romance188k WordsOngoing Jian Ning was an eight-star gourmet, but someone sabotaged her during an examination. What rotten luck! Just as she was about to die, she was caught by a System and transmigrated to various minor worlds to save all kinds of unlucky souls. 140Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Food articles are still possible.

31. 331 闺 After My Best Friend Cheated, Her Brother Spoiled Me Rotten 闺蜜劈腿后，我被闺蜜哥哥宠上天 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted 👇 This book has it all: melodrama, catharsis, and sweetness! Wen Yining had been dating her boyfriend for three years. They bought a home together and were preparing to marry. She saved her first time for their wedding night and treated her best friend like a younger sister for six years. Then she opened the door to their marital home and found her boyfriend tangled up with her best friend on the lavender bedsheets she'd laid out herself. She slapped them both and went out drinking. Through 620Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Book 12 of Food Stories

32. 332 画 Painted Evil 画煞 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Eastern Fantasy480k WordsCompleted I was once the youngest imperial painter of the Sheng Dynasty, but a forbidden painting got me stripped of my rank and reduced to a commoner. Strangely, anyone I painted would die a violent death within seven days. I put down my brush and retreated from the world, thinking I could escape the curse. Then, on a snowy night, the unfinished portrait of a lady I had never completed knocked on my door. The woman in the painting came to me in dreams night after night, weeping blood as she cried, “My lo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 333 常 Changping Noodle Shop 常平面馆 Green Fat, Red Thin绿肥红廋Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted [Mystery, slice-of-life suspense, healing, ethics, family, and everyday life] Even an honest man living deep in an alley has secrets of his own... At the entrance to an old residential compound in the old city stands a tiny shop. More than twenty years ago, a father and daughter moved here from the north and opened a noodle shop under the daughter's name. The owner, Chang Gui, is in his fifties: lean, short, with small eyes and few words. Still, he is hardworking and resilient, cooking noodles i 64Reads9.1Score—Shelves
34. 334 系 After the System Woke Up, I Started Selling Snacks at My Stall! 系统苏醒后，我摆摊卖上小吃了！ Shengsheng Shushu生生疏Urban879k WordsOngoing [System + local specialties from all over + easygoing comfort read + no heroine] The System wakes up after nearly a year of slumber. The good news: a galactic undocumented immigrant has become a street-food cook and now has an identity. The bad news: after the System spent the Host’s money and went through a whole series of operations, Lin Su is now over 280,000 yuan in debt. Fortunately, the System delivers. It knows exactly what our ancestors would choose, and serves up hulutou, fish-shaped do 8.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
35. 335 白 White Moonlight? No, I’m Just Your Mosquito Blood 白月光？错，我只是你的蚊子血 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance646k WordsCompleted The System wants me to win back my ex? I refuse on the spot. He cheated on me with a rich heiress while studying abroad, and now he’s back hoping to rekindle things? Sorry, I’m worth tens of billions. I don’t need that weed in my garden. But then there’s that junior of mine, three years younger than me. He looks about eighty percent like my ex, yet he insists on following me for five years. I focus on my career, build an empire, and make my custom furniture company the best in the industry. H 17Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 336 在 I, in Short, Am Here for Laughs 在下，纯属搞笑 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted Comedy, and we mean it. Secret crush, and he’s a brooding flirt. Both leads are pure, so dive in without fear of landmines. Qian Duoduo is an entertainment reporter who became famous for writing about “The Mystery of a Certain Top-Tier Star’s Underwear Color.” Her tongue is quicker than her keyboard. Zhou Zhiheng is a dermatologist who saves every word. His biggest secret is that he’s followed her from a burner account for three years, clicking “Like” on every article. They meet again at the h 103Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 337 我 I Run a Cafeteria in the Interstellar World to Feed My Whole Family 我靠在星际承包食堂养活全家 Qin Yuli秦鱼里Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted Setting: Interstellar. Social issue: The rat race. Theme: Food. Ingredient level: Moderate. This novel is complete, so feel free to enjoy! The Qin family’s parents were scammed into taking out a loan to run the unpopular cafeteria at Star University. The original owner was a lovesick fool, obsessed with chasing the Lu family’s young master, to whom she was betrothed as a child. She drank, smoked, and got a perm that made her hair stand on end. After her parents suddenly died, the person who woke 3.2kReads8.9Score309Shelves
38. 338 重 Reborn as a Food Lover 重生之美食爱好者 Cappuccino Rina Ice卡布奇诺瑞纳冰Two Male Leads722k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Ye Lan didn’t have many hobbies. He just liked cooking and reading novels. He’d been prepared from childhood to spend his whole life alone, but one day an accident happened on a plane. He thought his life was over, but when he opened his eyes, he discovered he had transmigrated to a world completely different from his own. This world was full of top-quality ingredients, and not only could he indulge his appetite, he also found himself a ridiculously powerful spirit pet. 1.4kReads8.9Score125Shelves

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    Putting everything else aside, the food was really delicious.

39. 339 烧 She’s Waiting for Me Behind the Burnt Screen 烧焦的屏风后，她在等我 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Mystery305k WordsCompleted Mystery, wild imagination, horror, theater stage, continuing the play, Wu dialects There may be a lot of Zhejiang Wu dialect in this story. If you have trouble understanding it, leave a comment and I can explain. Most of it is written in a semi-Wu style, so it’s easy to follow. But to make the local flavor feel more authentic, some of the older characters speak in full Wu dialect. My mother had been insane for six years. Last month, she suddenly came to her senses for ten minutes and said three 15Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 340 末 Opening a Shop in the Apocalypse: The Boss Lady Loves Money 末世开店，老板她是个大财迷 Snail Riding a Shark蜗牛骑鲨鱼Fantastical Romance597k WordsCompleted Qian Chuanchuan is exactly what her name suggests: she loves money like her life depends on it, the modern-day equivalent of the miserly Scrooge. The first thing she does every morning: pray for the God of Wealth to answer her prayers. The last thing she does every night: pray for the God of Wealth to answer her prayers. In the end, the God of Wealth never answered, but the “God of Wealth System” did! [Congratulations, Host! You have been bound to the Apocalypse Business System! Work hard at run 4.8kReads8.6Score648Shelves

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    These three books have good looks but low ratings because they're considered new releases. [Kissing emoji]

41. 341 我 The Book I Was Reading: The Male Lead Came to Life 我追的书，男主出来了 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted The male lead of the book you've been following for three years has appeared. He's covered in blood, sitting on your living room sofa. He says, “I've come out of the book you've been following for three years.” Before you can react, your phone lights up. A line has been carved into the ground downstairs: “Shi Jin, you were following the wrong person.” Behind the window of the building opposite, a camera is pointed straight at you. A third text arrives at the same time: “He's lying to you. He 58Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 342 首 Chief Minister, Your Wife Has Opened a Snack Stall Outside the Academy 首辅，你老婆在书院门口开小吃摊 I Just Want to Get Off Work我只想下班Ancient Romance408k WordsCompleted (Also known as: I Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Make Money from Students) Xu Nuo, a mukbang blogger, transmigrated into a book and became the wife of the male lead, Shangguan Ziqian. A poor scholar who rose to greatness, Shangguan Ziqian passed the imperial exams with top honors at all three levels. He became a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, destined to become a Hanlin academician. Since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. First, she’d latch onto this future big shot and lea 3.2kReads8.5Score271Shelves
43. 343 美 Gourmet: Stuck in Highway Traffic, I Set Up a Stall and Send Customers into a Frenzy 美食：高速堵车摆摊，顾客抢疯了 Again and Again又双叒叕Urban361k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Livestream] [Daily life] [Going home for the New Year] [Holiday traffic jams] [Comedy] [Food to eat while reading] [No romance] As the end of the year approaches, the Spring Festival travel rush begins. People drive home to celebrate the New Year, and traffic jams on the highways become an annual tradition. Three days before the travel rush begins, Jiang Yang, a young man born and raised locally, gets a Gourmet System. Driving an RV, Jiang Yang checks in at traffic-jam hotspots and ea 470Reads6.7Score108Shelves

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    The second book is super good (personal recommendation). The fifth book is also good [thinking].

44. 344 相 After a Blind Date, the Egg White Girl Falls for the Egg Yolk CEO 相亲后，蛋白女孩爱上蛋黄总裁 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted Blind Date + Mutual Devotion + She Pursues Him + She Pursues First, Then He Chases Her + Elite Families + Love at First Sight At a blind date her grandmother had forced her to attend, Qin Xi only planned to go through the motions. Then a hard-boiled egg in her salad made her lose her composure on the spot. She picked out the yolk and left it uneaten. The man across from her said calmly, “I like egg yolks. Give it to me. Don’t waste it.” Egg white and egg yolk: a perfect match. She fell for 178Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 345 我 I Have a Divine Cauldron: Slay Demons, Cook, and Cultivate Immortality 我有神鼎，斩妖烹饪修仙 Qi Muzi栖木子Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [The new book has just received its rating, so it'll gradually rise.] [Slow-paced + food + healing + ensemble cast + daily life + medicinal cuisine] I have a divine cauldron. I slay the fiercest demons and cook the most delicious dishes! The sect's fortune has been secretly stolen by a schemer, and my fellow disciples are all at rock bottom! Don't worry. If you've been poisoned, come have a bowl of soothing medicinal soup. If you've suffered broken bones and serious injuries, take a bite of brai 7.6kReads8.6Score750Shelves

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    These are all stories that will easily make you hungry. They all revolve around cultivation and food. They're mostly slice-of-life, and the ensemble cast is quite interesting.

46. 346 她 She Conquers the Entire Capital with Her Cooking 她靠美食征服全京城 Second Master Fan梵二爷Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted After she accidentally transmigrates to ancient times, Chu Yunxiang wins over the stomachs of everyone in the capital with modern-day skewers, zhajiangmian, hot pot, and more. Even the current emperor is no exception. Someone recognizes the emperor in disguise, sneaking out late at night to eat skewers at Yunlai Restaurant. The emperor, pretending to be calm: “You’ve got the wrong person.” Someone else recognizes the Ghost Doctor of the martial world. “Look at these ragged clothes. How do I look 395Reads6.9Score100Shelves
47. 347 绑 After Binding to the King of Hell's Sign-In System, I Gave Up Trying 绑定阎王签到系统后，我摆烂了 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Urban637k WordsCompleted A laid-off office drone gets bound to the King of Hell System. In endless instance worlds, he becomes a god by signing in and slacking off, only to discover that everyone is waiting for him to return and serve as a judge of the dead. But all he wants is to give up and coast. Xuanhuan, system novel, infinite flow, underworld, lighthearted Slacking off, overworked employee, sign-in, subverting expectations, power fantasy, comedy, wild imagination, modern city, past and present lives, mystery One-l 48Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 348 小 The Xiaoman Chronicles: Surviving with the Disgraced Prince 小满纪事：我与被废皇子相依为命 Green and Red Grapes青红葡萄Ancient Romance226k WordsOngoing Food + ensemble cast + lighthearted daily life + ordinary people’s lives Once a prince brought low, once a humble palace maid. The two were cast out of the palace and relied on each other to survive. They sought neither wealth nor glory, only steady meals and a peaceful life together through the ordinary days. 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is very good. It depicts everyday life in a gentle, flowing way, and each character is very well-developed.

49. 349 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, the Aloof Chief Minister's Original Wife Keeps Wanting a Divorce 穿书后，清冷首辅的原配总想和离 The Years Since Then而今岁月Ancient Romance384k WordsCompleted [Audio edition now available] [Wild imagination + alternate setting + lighthearted + food + redemption + doting romance + adorable child] [Also known as: After the Reborn Reserved Chief Minister Wakes, He Only Wants to Cuddle His Wife] Mo Sang Sang knew how her story would end as soon as she transmigrated. To survive until the finale, every morning she opened her eyes thinking about how she could get a divorce. But looking at the little bundle of cuteness, she just couldn't bring herself to do i 3.6kReads8.8Score338Shelves
50. 350 离 I Became a Millionaire Overnight After My Divorce 离婚后我一夜暴富 Dreams Shattered Upon Meeting遇梦若碎Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted My husband held up our property settlement agreement and said, “You’re not good enough for me anymore.” I calmly signed, then used all my savings to buy a lottery ticket. The next day, he clutched his new lover on TV and screamed, “Who stole my jackpot?!” I linked arms with his business rival and waved the lottery ticket at the camera: “Let me introduce you to my new husband.” 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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