In a Reading Slump, Looking for Good Books 书荒 吸引好的书

1. 151 状 The Top Scholar's Scheme: The Caged Sparrow of the Eastern Palace 状元谋：东宫囚雀 Young Master Xingyue星月公子Ancient Romance240k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads, both devoted to one another + woman disguised as a man + obsessive, unhinged love + political intrigue + the male lead pursues his wife] Male lead: Gentle and refined on the surface, deranged within. Female lead: Disguised as a man, clear-headed and self-possessed. She disguises herself as a man to clear her family's name. Instead, she catches the eye of an obsessive, unhinged crown prince. He thinks he's the one pulling the strings, never realizing that in the end, he will 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   If you're looking for an emotionally intense story, this is for you. It features a woman disguised as a man versus a mad prince, both with sharp intellects. The one who plays the game ends up getting scolded. This is a slow-burn story, so please proceed with caution if you're impatient.

2. 152 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Sweet, Delicate Educated Youth Wins Over the Cold, Tough Hero 重生七零娇软知青撩翻冷面硬汉 Lin Yuemo霖玥墨Modern Romance589k WordsCompleted In her past life, Su Wan was deceived by a scumbag educated youth. She saw Lu Xingzhou, the village "road bully" with a bad family background and a fearsome reputation, as a monster and avoided him at all costs. In the end, the scumbag sold her, and she met a tragic death deep in the mountains. As she lay dying, only Lu Xingzhou risked his life to retrieve her body. Reborn on her first day sent down to the countryside, she finds herself caught in a torrential downpour, while the scumbag is setti 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Reincarnated as a tragically murdered female supporting character in the 1970s, Su Wan smiled. Romancing a domineering CEO? Making money is much better! A scumbag schemes against her for a chance to return to the city? She reports him and forces him to transform the farm. A toxic relative tries to sell her for a dowry? She gives them a pair of silver bracelets. Relying on her prophetic abilities, she starts by digging wild ginseng, then leads the entire village in duck farming, turning discarded duck feathers into sought-after down jackets. At the Canton Fair, while others' stalls go unnoticed, she uses an "iceberg challenge" at the toilet entrance to attract foreign buyers, securing millions of dollars in orders! Years later, when a reporter interviews Su Wan about her secret to success, she looks at her loyal, tough husband: "My first pot of gold? It was thanks to my husband… that down jacket he was wearing."

3. 153 重 Reborn in the 1970s, I Use My Billions in Supplies to Crush the Villains 重生七零，带百亿物资虐渣 Lin Yuemo霖玥墨Modern Romance628k WordsCompleted Shen Qinghuan was a top socialite in her previous life, but in the 1970s, her in-laws tormented her to death and her biological son was switched for an ungrateful adopted daughter. Only as she lay dying did she learn that her usually cold and ruthless officer husband had died on the battlefield trying to save her entire family! Reborn on the very day the babies are switched, Shen Qinghuan has a pocket space stocked with billions' worth of supplies. She kicks down the sister-in-law who arranged t 503Reads6.5Score112Shelves
4. 154 重 Reborn in Northern Wei: The Powerful Minister Crushes East and West to Win His Wife's Heart? 重生北魏：权臣踏平东西为宠妻？ Teasing the Autumn Rain逗秋雨Ancient Romance537k WordsOngoing When Northern Wei split apart, five years into the chaos, Princess Fengyi Yuan Yue, sister of Emperor Xiaowu Yuan Xiu, died a horrible death in a whirlpool of political intrigue. Her body was dumped in a mass grave! Reborn in a new life, her soul enters the body of A Yue, a palace maid framed for a crime. But the moment she opens her eyes, she’s pinned down beside a burial pit, about to be buried alive again?! At the critical moment, the Western Wei powerbroker Yuwen Tai, a mad demon feared by a 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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5. 155 烽 Love Amid the Flames of War 烽火劫缘 Teasing the Autumn Rain逗秋雨Martial Arts284k WordsCompleted During the Shaoguang era, the flames of war swept across the Nine Provinces, and the divided realm had long since become a board where warlords vied for supremacy. Xiao Junhong, Great Zhuo’s Grand General of the Western Expedition, was hailed by both court and country as a true dragon in waiting. He led his troops to the borders of Xuanxi, his iron cavalry trampling across frozen mountains and rivers. Wherever his sword pointed, he proclaimed, “Unify the realm,” vowing to carve out a bright new 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 156 火 Temple of Mars 火星神殿 Fishing for Gravitational Waves引力波垂钓Sci-Fi & Apocalypse322k WordsCompleted On a foggy Paris morning, a routine technology demonstration suddenly goes off the rails, ending with the founder’s blood on the floor and an investor left paralyzed. But that is only the first domino. The world of technology prodigy Cheng Ming comes crashing down around him. His career, family, and former life are shattered in the disaster’s aftermath. As the chain reaction spirals out of control, countless seemingly unrelated lives become bound together in ways they can neither foresee nor res 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I recommend this one: it starts with a nuclear war and the global conflict extends all the way to Mars.

7. 157 败 Spoiler System: Complete the Task and Get a Furnace Physique as a Bonus? 败家系统：完成后附赠炉鼎体质？ If It Were a Love Song若情歌Fantastical Romance193k WordsOngoing [Adored by Everyone, Sweet and Soft Girl | Male Rivals Competing | 1vN] Yang Wan transmigrates into a book and becomes bound to a Spendthrift System. With no choice in the matter, she squanders her fortune just to stay alive and protect the people she loves. But she is born with a bewitching beauty that leaves everyone around her spellbound. The refined, noble chancellor longs to share her bed, the wandering physician gives her all his tenderness, the obsessive assassin drags her into his arms, 9.7kReads—Score847Shelves

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   In their struggle to win her over, the third wife sent the second wife to prison and drove the first wife away. The fourth wife, unaware that she had fallen for her daughter-in-law, was still gossiping about the family. By the time the fifth wife met her, the daughter-in-law had already given birth. 😎

8. 158 回 Back to 2019: The Physics Genius Is My Junior Schoolmate 回到2019，物理天才是我学弟 Edamame Lover爱吃醋毛豆Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted When office worker Jiang Xiao Yu returned to her alma mater for its seventieth-anniversary celebration, she felt a dusty physics book tucked into a crack in a wall in a corner of the library. On a whim, she took it home. She fell asleep, and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a boy’s dormitory in 2019, lying on a bed and staring into a pair of eyes filled with shock and restrained anger. Wen Ci Yan, a genius in the physics department, was tearing his hair out over a crucial pro 3.7kReads8.4Score444Shelves

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   Having read for twenty years, I only discovered this book yesterday. The male lead is a physics genius who dies mysteriously. The female lead travels to 2019 and meets him again. Their interactions are incredibly charming and playful, a story of mutual redemption, and a captivating plot! Super sweet and addictive! I absolutely love this book!

9. 159 全 Godhood for All: There's Something Off About My Divine Realm 全民神祇：我的神域有点不对劲 Mumu Sees Changqing沐沐见长青Urban448k WordsOngoing [Godhood for All] [Farming] [Mutation] [No CP] [Multiple Cultivation Systems] [An Increasingly Unhinged Zoo] In the era of divine domains for all, everyone awakens their own divine domain in high school. Tang Shi awakens an A-rank talent: [A Wild, Chaotic Explosion of Growth]. Its effect is simple: the plants and animals in his divine domain mutate at random. The good news is, they might get stronger. The bad news is, they might grow in all the wrong ways. Luckily, he also has a special building 170kReads8.3Score23.9kShelves

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   Let's take a look at this~

10. 160 龙 Dragon’s Rise: The Wu Family’s Battle for a Second Child in the Provincial Capital 龙抬头，省城吴家的超生战 Xiaomeng's Peach Blossom Spring晓梦之桃花源Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Family planning was enforced more strictly than ever during the Millennium Year. Jiang Meng'er gave birth to three daughters in a row, and her mother-in-law reported her and hunted her down. She fled overnight with her youngest daughter in her arms, escaping with a bedsheet her husband's ex-wife had used to hang herself from a tree. Her husband went to the family planning office alone, while her mother-in-law forced her to undergo sterilization on his behalf and even made her find a woman for hi 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In 2000, Jiang Meng'er gave birth to triplets, which led to her being plotted against by the Wu family and her mother-in-law. They reported her for violating the one-child policy, forcing her to flee with her daughters. To protect her, her husband, Wu Chisheng, underwent sterilization at the family planning office. However, after the sterilization, she unexpectedly became pregnant with twin sons! Her in-laws turned against her, her concubine, Wu Laogen, secretly sabotaged her, and her relatives even tried to replace her with another woman. This time, she refused to tolerate it any longer, protecting her children and her family.

11. 161 重 Reborn, I Use the White Lotus System to Crush Scum 重生后我靠白莲系统虐渣 Night Rain, White Dawn夜雨白曦Modern Romance577k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out. It’ll go up later.) [Reborn + two powerful leads + contrasting cuteness + System + mutual devotion] [Max-level powerhouse vs. fiercely protective husband] Because of what happened in her previous life, Shen Qianxi was despised by her biological father, bullied by her older siblings, and ultimately set up to marry an abusive man, who beat her to death. Reborn one month before her eighteenth birthday, she bound herself to the [Saintly White Lotus System]. On the surface, —Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend everyone take a look. You won't regret it! [Upvote][Upvote][Upvote]

12. 162 天 Heavenly Tribulation: When a Steam City Crashes Through the Cultivation World 天劫：当修仙界被蒸汽城砸穿 Sick Fish Turns Over病鱼翻身Eastern Fantasy205k WordsCompleted Warning! This book may make you laugh so hard on the toilet that you bleed, then leave you so horrified when you think it over that you forget to wipe! Fang Ling spent ten years undercover, painstakingly learning to steam buns and sweep floors. At last, she became the Dao Chief's personal maid, only to discover that her enemy had been crushed to death by a toilet falling from the sky! Even more absurdly, the “murder weapon” that killed the Dao Chief came from a steel metropolis, where people ear —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Two realms collide, laws merge, rules become cancerous, unequal observation, everyone is sick... A bizarre classic that can make you laugh until you bleed while squatting on the toilet, and then be so horrifying upon closer inspection that you forget to wipe your butt.

13. 163 他 He Ended Up at a Widow's House 他穿到了寡妇家 Northern Snow Hut北方雪屋Ancient Romance531k WordsCompleted Because of the wicked eldest uncle’s scheme, the original Wen Liang inexplicably died in a widow’s bed. Wen Liang from the apocalypse happened to transmigrate into his body, beat up the widow, then went back and gave the Wen family a thorough beating. But the people at the Wen family’s old home were like vampires, setting their sights on Wen Liang’s family. Later, the original’s younger sister, Wen Yu, was also framed by the eldest uncle and the widow, forced to become someone’s concubine, and d 2.9kReads—Score177Shelves

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    Good books should be read together.

14. 164 男 A Man's Unusual Life as a Woman 男穿女的别样人生 Northern Snow Hut北方雪屋Ancient Romance454k WordsCompleted Xia Hongyang, a modern martial arts instructor, got drunk and transmigrated into the body of Xia Hong, a woman with the same surname but a different name. The tragic part was that he had ended up in a beautiful woman's body. Even more absurdly, he transmigrated right onto a bridal bed on her wedding night. Frustrated and lost, he had no idea what to do. He tried to fight fate, but reality got the better of him. In the end, he could only give in and accept his circumstances, settling down to live 1.4kReads—Score108Shelves
15. 165 女 A Woman in a Man's Body, and I'm Drop-Dead Gorgeous! 女穿男，我美翻了！ Northern Snow Hut北方雪屋Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted Wu Songmei, a modern military doctor, fell asleep from exhaustion after performing an operation for someone in her unit. When she woke up, she discovered that she had transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and into the body of Wu Songbai, a young general who had been unconscious on the front lines for three days. She was delighted to have changed from a woman into a man, but she was poisoned with a deadly toxin and badly wounded. Then the little orb in her spatial dimension gave her an antidote and a 544Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 166 纳 Take Ten Husbands and Torment the Scum Who Ruined My Past Life 纳十夫虐前世渣夫 Northern Snow Hut北方雪屋Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted Tian Mei and her betraying husband, Ma Mingyang, fall together into a bottomless mountain gorge. Their souls travel into the bodies of a young couple in another world where men greatly outnumber women. The female lead is still called Tian Mei, while Ma Mingyang ends up in the body of Li Dashan, a man with a broken leg. From then on, Li Dashan’s life of misery begins. Tian Mei keeps bringing home more husbands, and Li Dashan has to cook for the whole family, wash Tian Mei’s clothes and those of 3.4kReads—Score303Shelves
17. 167 三 Three Kingdoms: Turning the Tide at Red Cliffs 三国：从逆转赤壁开始 Grouper's Essays桂鱼随笔Historical600k WordsCompleted [Three Kingdoms] + [Reborn] + [Power Fantasy] + [Court Intrigue] + [Conquest] Cao Ang is Reborn! He returns to the night in Wancheng that decided his fate. The first thing he does is save Dian Wei and Cao Cao. He takes precautions against Sima Yi’s “wolf-like gaze” and uproots the entire Sima clan. He sees through Huang Gai’s “self-inflicted wounds ploy” and Pang Tong’s “chain ships stratagem.” At the Battle of Red Cliffs, he makes clever use of the east wind, builds imitation warships, and sets 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    When you're looking for something to read, try this: Reborn in the Three Kingdoms era, Cao Ang uses his wisdom to win, crushing Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, and sweeping away the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei.

18. 168 儒 The Great Sage of Confucianism: My Literary Aura Can Slay Demons 儒道至圣：我的文气能斩妖 Let's Collect Seashells Together一起捡贝壳Ancient Romance548k WordsCompleted A top modern university student, excelling in both history and physics, transmigrates to a parallel world resembling the Tang and Song dynasties, but inhabited by demons and monsters. In this world, scholars can cultivate “literary aura,” and poetry and prose can channel the power of heaven and earth to slay demons and monsters! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 169 惊 At the Horror Film Set, I Use Ideological and Political Education to Subdue the Ghost King 惊悚片场，我用思想政治收服鬼王 Let's Collect Seashells Together一起捡贝壳Mystery630k WordsCompleted Chen Mo is well versed in philosophy and acquires the [Film Set Management System]. He travels through numerous horror movie sets, where he can pause and rewind scenes. From the start, he enters The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village, encounters Chu Renmei, Mr. Vampire, and Painted Skin, then establishes an interdimensional labor dispatch company. He recruits ghosts as employees to fight by his side, negotiates with the Ghost King, and rises to become a partner in the underworld! —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 170 都 Urban Dragon Healer: Demons Slain by Silver Needles 都市龙医：银针斩魔 Grouper's Essays桂鱼随笔Urban436k WordsCompleted Lin Xuan, a great sect master in the cultivation world, is attacked by nine immortal sects while undergoing tribulation. He self-destructs his primordial spirit, and a wisp of his shattered soul transmigrates to a modern city. Adopted by his master as a child, Lin Xuan grew up to become a rural doctor and is bound by nine marriage contracts. Before his master dies, he leaves him with three instructions: “Go down the mountain, break off the engagements, practice medicine, and don’t use immortal a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 171 废 Is the Good-for-Nothing Princess the Future World-Destroying Boss? 废柴郡主是未来灭世BOSS？ Plain White Stone白石无华Fantastical Romance436k WordsOngoing [Both are virgins + equally powerful + satisfying read + a chaotic love triangle at first, then 1v1 + slow burn at first] One moment, she is so furious about failing Advanced Algebra that she wants to destroy the whole world. The next, she has become a good-for-nothing princess despised by everyone. Ask Feng Jing what it's like to transmigrate into the body of a useless princess? Her spiritual roots are destroyed, her stepmother is harsh, and her half-sister spends every day plotting how to kill —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🤔🤔Please give me a shout-out, my stats are terrible 🥺

22. 172 魔 The Witch's Farm: Build a Home in a Survival Game 魔女的农场：生存游戏建造家园 Nanbei Yuan南北鸳Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [No Romance] [Everyone Survives in a Western Fantasy World] [Building and Farming] [Lone Wolf] Su Mo opened her eyes and found herself in a massive Western fantasy survival game. From the start, she had a 2x2 patch of soil, an axe, and a fishing rod. She needed to obtain building blueprints and establish her own territory. With a Strength stat of 1, even carrying a crate of water was exhausting. It was a nightmare start to a survival game. After killing a slime, she obtained a s 97.2kReads8.5Score13.4kShelves

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    Territory upgrade + system + witch/demoness theme, female protagonist, vast world with multiple maps, many of the settings are very novel, want to check it out? 💕💕💕

23. 173 冠 Unparalleled Throughout the Ages 冠古绝今 Man Lou蛮楼Urban471k WordsOngoing Spiritual qi revival, mythology descends! Olympus, the gods of India, and deities from every heaven appear in the mortal world to reap their harvest. Whispers from the Old Ones crawl out of the abyss, and unspeakable horrors erode reality. Zhang Guangu, whose fate twists and turns and who endures countless tribulations, eventually discovers that he is the product of an ancient god's leader and the source of Earth's cultivation civilization fused together. He deduces the laws, dismantles divine a 12Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Hey, this one's pretty good. I read up to the Gonggong part last night. It's a story about the revival of spiritual energy, a mythological descent, the kind of book that keeps you turning the pages without getting tired. The protagonist starts as a cultivator in the Great Xia Dynasty, fighting his way up, battling against Greece, India, and even Cthulhu. The pacing is steady, and it's handwritten—definitely no AI involved.

24. 174 隐 The Hidden Phoenix Tree 隐凤梧 White Peach Soda 86白桃味苏打水86Ancient Romance329k WordsCompleted Born mute and forced to leave the palace, she made a life for herself in a border town as General Shen, a woman no one dared cross. She lived freely and on her own terms, until a war thrust her into the spotlight. She donned her armor, defeated the enemy, and returned in triumph to receive an honor, setting the capital's political currents swirling. She had no desire to get caught up in the turmoil, but the world would not leave her in peace. Saving a princess, capturing spies, defending the sou 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ancient Chinese romance, General Shen, completed, very good, you won't regret watching it.

25. 175 千 History's Greatest Femme Fatale: The Unmatched Beauty Xia Ji 千古第一红颜祸水：美丽无双夏姬 Sage in Plain Robes素袍哲人Ancient Romance288k WordsCompleted Born with a vermilion mark between her brows, she was said to be the kind of woman who could bring a kingdom to ruin. Her half-brother died for her, her husband perished because of her, her son killed a ruler for her, and a king lost his kingdom over her. In the official histories, she was branded a seductress who “killed three husbands, a ruler, and a son, and brought down a kingdom and two ministers.” But she knew the truth. She had never set out to hurt anyone. Men slaughtered one another o 147Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An alternative life of a stunningly beautiful woman from a female perspective.

26. 176 刺 The Assassin Big Sister Is Back, and the Capital Is in for a Shake-Up 刺客姐姐回来了，京城要变天 Lotus Seeds and Longan莲子桂圆Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + satisfying revenge + political intrigue + wuxia style + humor + very little romance + memorable male supporting characters] From the moment she was born, Lü Shangen, the second branch’s young lady in the Hanlin Academy residence, was regarded by her grandmother as an ill omen. When she was just over a year old, she was sent far away. The servants responsible for raising her were greedy to the core. They pocketed the money meant for her upkeep, let their own daughter take Lü 7.5kReads8.9Score884Shelves

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    Give this book a try. It's not highly rated, but it's a decent read, albeit a niche one. It's an assassin story with a smart and capable female lead. It's a fast-paced, enjoyable read, half court and half martial arts world. There's no time travel, no reincarnation, no cheat codes, and no simplistic plot points. The story is tight and engaging, everyone is intelligent, and it's humorous and witty. It gets better with each chapter; you won't want to skip any chapters and will want to read until the very end.

27. 177 归 After Returning to the Garden, I Healed the Madman 归园后，我治愈了疯魔 The Phoenix and the Sunbird Are Both in Flight凤凰和太阳鸟都在飞翔Urban213k WordsCompleted I used to be the CEO of a formidable investment firm, climbing out of the mud of a rural village to stand at the peak of the financial world. Then a scandal hit, and I destroyed someone else’s life with my own hands. Guilt and pressure haunted me, keeping me awake night after night as my mind teetered on the brink of collapse. I’m not crazy. I’m guilty. I resigned from my high-ranking position and cut ties with my past. I returned to the little mountain village where I was born and raised. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you think it's a good book, no amount of self-praise will help; you still need to carefully discern its merits.

28. 178 快 Quick Transmigration: This Time, I Refuse to Be a Jerk! 快穿：这一世，拒绝当渣男！ Quieted Down 1102安静了1102Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration / no fixed couple / fictional setting / pocket dimension / scumbag redemption) 1. An honest man in ancient times 2. An Eighties simp 3. A victim of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law war 4. A dutiful son 5. A gambling addict 6. A golden phoenix who flies out of the mountains 7. An educated youth sent to the countryside 8. A younger sister living with her parents … 2.8kReads7.0Score140Shelves

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    This book is the best one, highly recommended! It's about a scumbag who gets redeemed, only to end up with tragedy and retribution! The protagonist is reborn to save the women harmed by this scumbag, allowing them to atone for their mistakes and live a happy life.

29. 179 你 There’s Something Strange in Your Heart 你的心里有鬼 Xu Bai叙白Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [A print edition under the same title is available from Dimension Core] [Chinese-style horror + folk legends and strange tales + over 70 standalone cases + suspense + romance between two powerful leads + hugely popular series!] “Yin-Yang Studio bridges the worlds of yin and yang. The living come to ask the dead about their affairs, and the dead speak to the living about theirs.” Ye Miao was an orphan born with a special constitution and a pair of “yin-yang eyes.” She grew up with her grandfather 579Reads8.3Score109Shelves

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    🌹🌹A favorite book of mine. Little He Miao is always very strong. She lost her parents and grew up relying on her grandfather. She can see ghosts since she was a child, but she also tries her best to find ways to overcome them. She meets her husband and leads him from darkness to light!

30. 180 枷 Beneath the Shackles, Born Toward the Light 枷锁之下，向光而生 Qiaomai Yao荞麦瑶Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted Orphaned Jiang Yufei bears the truth behind her mother’s brutal death. Struggling to survive her stepmother’s abuse and her father’s betrayal, she grows up and enters a love-hate relationship with Lin Yimo, the boy her mother once saved. Together, they uncover the conspiracy and find redemption in a revenge romance full of pain. Exceptionally tender, thrilling, and sweetly indulgent: the heroine is cherished like a queen. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come on, if you're looking for something to read, check this out! It's a sweet and romantic novel.

31. 181 蓝 The Cat in the Blue Sea of Flowers 蓝色花海里的猫 Green Shoots in the Garden园里青禾Modern Romance766k WordsCompleted The jacarandas are blooming again. I don't know if I'll meet you on this path covered in blue blossoms. You know, I dreamed about you again. I laughed and cried again! I smelled the fragrance of those lotus flowers filling the pond again. Did the drops of water fall from the lotus leaf that was yours? Do you ever think of me, even for a second? She said, “Every smile of yours has an ulterior motive!” He said, “Your motives are even clearer than mine!” It was a mistake from the very beginning, bu —Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Come on, come on! Dating was so easy! 🤦

32. 182 血 Blood Blade, Burning Heavens 血刃焚天 The Snail That Slowly Takes Off慢步起飞的蜗牛Eastern Fantasy518k WordsCompleted Long Dingtian, young lord of the Long clan, carries a blood feud that runs deep. To exact his revenge, he cultivates the forbidden art Ten Thousand Bloods Devour the Heavens. Along the way, he meets Jiang Yinglan, the Jiang clan's castoff daughter, and their acquaintance grows into understanding and love. Together, they slay their enemies and slaughter demons, quell turmoil across the realms, and ultimately reach the pinnacle of martial arts. 213Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Say goodbye to book drought and get your blood pumping!

33. 183 喜 Loving Without Expectations 喜欢无期许 The Rest of My Life in Ruocheng若城余生Modern Romance251k WordsCompleted How long can a summer at twenty-two last? Long enough for Yun Youmian to believe that life could never get any better. After failing her graduate school entrance exams, with an uncertain future ahead, she retreated behind the counter of Shiguang, a milk tea shop. She thought, “Let’s just leave it at that. I’ll figure things out when summer is over.” But Xu Chao’an wouldn’t let her wait. He ordered cheese grape tea and watched her make it, his gaze moving from her face to her hands, then back 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at it, it's beautiful 💕💕🥺

34. 184 春 A Prayer for Spring 春的祷告 The Rest of My Life in Ruocheng若城余生Modern Romance53k WordsCompleted Sui Xiran’s life was marked by uncertainty from the very beginning. Her parents divorced, and her world was confined for years to the pale walls of hospital rooms. On sheets of paper, she drew the sea she had never seen, again and again. Then one day, a boy as warm as sunlight opened the door and entered the silent remainder of her life, bringing light and warmth with him. They met in a hospital room where the smell of disinfectant mingled with the light of spring, and fell for each other amid 54Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 185 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 889Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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    A high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich and delicate writing style, giving it the feel of a period drama. It follows the protagonist's rise from a lumberjack in a Northeast forest farm, creating a highly immersive experience. 👍👍

36. 186 猴 The Monkey King Takes a Wife: A Jungle Romance 猴王娶妻，丛林奇缘 A Swordsman in Books, Wielding a Pen以笔为剑书中侠客Ancient Romance305k WordsCompleted Xiao Lingfeng, the prince’s son, was lost in the forest when his father led troops into battle. He grew up among monkeys and can only speak the language of beasts. His behavior is no different from theirs. Liu Pianran, the beautiful and spoiled daughter of the chief minister, was seized by bandits and taken to their mountain hideout, but managed to escape. When the two meet, a series of hilarious mishaps ensues. In the end, they fall in love, marry, and return to the prince’s residence. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    - The law of the jungle meets court intrigue - Wildness clashes with political maneuvering, delivering maximum thrill - Step by step, from a brute to a master strategist - Using survival skills from the mountains to unravel the mysteries of the capital - Wildness breaks the deadlock, wisdom orchestrates, ultimately leading to emperorship

37. 187 关 On the Demon Lord Reincarnating as a Beast Slave 关于魔王转生成兽奴这件事 Cats Aren't Groundhogs猫猫不是土拨鼠Eastern Fantasy158k WordsOngoing When the Demon King is pierced through the chest by a hero, They awaken again a hundred years later, but this body... seems a little off? “The King said you’re not allowed to pat the King’s head. You’re not! Mm... Fine, just this once...” 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A cute girl's otherworldly adventure story

38. 188 隐 Reclusive Immortal Venerable: Bringing a Cat and a Pocket Dimension to Wreak Havoc in Another World 隐世仙尊：带猫和空间炸穿异界 Shallow Stranger, Alluring City浅陌倾城Ancient Romance792k WordsOngoing [New author here! I hope you'll show your support!] [Traditional growth journey + light ensemble cast + cat-style transmigration + cultivation of all elements + clear-eyed characters who all bring the pain + fated connection between two equally powerful leads] She is the head of a hidden cultivation family on Earth in the twenty-seventh century. While undergoing tribulation, she transmigrates to another world with an arrogant cat in tow and a portable pocket dimension in hand! Her second uncle's 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is really good, everyone should give it a try!

39. 189 我 In a Damp, Cold Alley, I Embraced the Warm Starlight 我于湿冷深巷，拥抱温暖星光 Shallow Stranger, Alluring City浅陌倾城10k WordsCompleted In a Damp, Chilly Alley, I Embrace the Warm Starlight —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 重 Reborn, I Refused to Marry a Phoenix Man. A Childhood Friend Beats a Man Who Drops from the Sky 重生拒嫁凤凰男，天降哪有竹马香 Lian Zhi莲吱Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Reborn + Ensemble Cast Elements + Childhood Sweethearts + Marriage First, Love Later + Deliberate Seduction + Comic-Style On-Screen Comments + Broken Engagement] 1. On my wedding day, I put the scumbag's affair up on the big screen for everyone to see! 2. I called off the engagement and chose a new groom. My mother-in-law immediately handed me ten million as a welcome-to-the-family gift! 3. I died horribly in my past life. This time, I'll ruin that gold-digging man! 4. My restra 2.1kReads8.4Score375Shelves

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    Childhood sweethearts, face-slapping, the ultimate white moonlight couple

41. 191 小 Little Childhood Sweetheart, Stop Chasing Her! She Won't Look Back! 小竹马，别追啦！她不回头了！ Miss Gu Has a Temper爱发脾气的顾小姐Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted Whose heartstrings does the wind of youth set trembling? The reckless things we do in our youth leave us both lost and longing. After Lin Ruoru enrolls at Jing University, she meets a group of over-the-top roommates and embarks on a fun-filled college life. By chance, she also meets her true love, Li Xiaoran. But then her childhood sweetheart shows up, determined to fight for her. Too bad for him: this young lady doesn’t go back to an old flame! 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Sweet romance, it's finally my turn! 😘😘

42. 192 被 After My Wife Killed Me, I Automatically Reborn 被娘子砍死后，自动重生 East Wind Smiles Radiantly東风笑嫣然Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After his wife chops him to death, a bug triggers and he keeps being reborn. He goes drinking at brothels and gets chopped to death, then reborn! He tries to get frisky, gets chopped to death and reborn again! He discovers his wife’s secret, gets chopped to death, and is reborn once more! Only the male lead is reborn. The female lead has no memories, and time and again she mistakenly thinks he’s a martial arts expert and draws her blade on him... At first, he can’t even withstand a single move. 2.5kReads8.3Score228Shelves

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    Chapter One: A Hilarious Masterpiece! Super funny! The male and female leads are absolutely eccentric! A couple locked in a battle of wits! Daily updates! His newlywed wife won't let him touch her, so he's killed by her, triggering a rebirth loop—a mind-blowing, abstract concept! You'll laugh until you smash the bed!

43. 193 修 The Cultivation Stage Is Huge, So Keep Your Cheats to Yourself 修仙大舞台，挂小你别来 Mo Xiaofan莫小烦Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Bizarre] [Anti-cliché] [Surreal] [Everyone is a lunatic] [If you can't explode in silence, go mad in silence.] [The middle of each volume blows up, and every volume ends with a bang. Each one is better than the last!] [If you come across a scene that makes you want to flame me, I sincerely hope you'll read the whole volume first. The parts you want to criticize might all be foreshadowing.] Mo Yu transmigrated, with a ridiculously lucky start and a save-and-reload golden finger! The corner o 6.7kReads7.7Score710Shelves

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    The competition for supremacy is so outrageous and bizarre! 😆

44. 194 谁 Whoever Dares Force Him to His Death Will Fall First 谁敢逼他赴死，谁就得先倒下 Du Yuan都鸢Eastern Fantasy582k WordsOngoing This is not a story about a noble, righteous hero. Han Yan is an utterly ordinary man who transmigrated to another world. Other people transmigrate with a System, a wise old mentor, or a golden finger. He got nothing at all and had to claw his way forward on his own. He is cautious by nature and lives by the principle that self-interest comes first. Morality? What is that, can you eat it? When it comes to enemies, if he can fight, he won't waste time talking. If he needs to kill, he won't he 4kReads—Score274Shelves

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    This protagonist is absolutely amazing! He'll stop at nothing for profit, his acting is phenomenal, he's surrounded by beauties, and his path from martial arts to immortality is wildly unconventional. The plot is witty and not nonsensical; he's shrewd and cunning, ridiculously shrewd yet inherently funny—he's a true maverick in the world of online novel male protagonists!

45. 195 失 After Losing My Memory, I Avenged My Celebrity Boyfriend 失忆后，我替明星男友报仇雪恨 Cyrus Siren赛勒斯塞壬Mystery364k WordsOngoing [Celebrities + Entertainment Industry + Fantasy Romance + Mystery + Wild Imagination + Revenge + High-Stakes from Start to Finish + No Dull Moments + Everyone Is Evil + Everyone Is Crazy + No Survivors] Ren Muhuan watched her boyfriend, Yu Mingzhou, get abducted by a group of people. She was seriously injured herself and developed amnesia, leaving her mind a blank. The only thing she could remember was that Yu Mingzhou was her boyfriend. The news that “Yu Mingzhou accidentally fell to his death —Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Come check out mine! Guaranteed to be completely free of meal replacements online!!!

46. 196 诱 Lured Into Bed 诱拐上床 Cyrus Siren赛勒斯塞壬Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted [Gangster Boss X Pure, Delicate Flower X Male Lead Is a Top-Tier Thug: Mad, Obsessive, Scheming, Brutal, Completely Unhinged X Love at First Sight X Coercive Possession X Carefully Laid Traps X Male Lead Is a Rotten Seed Who Stops at Nothing to Get What He Wants X Not Both Their Firsts X Imprisonment X Male Lead Has Vast Influence X Female Lead Has Nowhere to Run X Female Lead Is a Caged Bird and the Black Boss's Plaything] By a twist of fate, she saved him, and he fell for her at first sight: s 3.5kReads8.4Score203Shelves
47. 197 山 Journeying Through Mountains and Seas for Love, Unraveling the Mystery 山海赴爱，卷解迷踪 Sweetness for Every Year岁岁予甜Modern Romance297k WordsCompleted Su Ye never imagined that an impromptu journey through mountains and seas would bring her face-to-face with both romance and a mystery. She is a free-spirited young woman with a life most people can only dream of. She wants to see the sands of Dunhuang, explore the ancient sites of Xi’an, seek out the rain in Jiangnan, and chase the light in Florence. Along the way, she hopes to meet handsome men and enjoy a romance on her own terms: stay together if they’re a good match, and happily remain sin 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Eighteen years old, a sweet and romantic youth story with slight angst and a perfect ending. "Mountains and Seas," a female-centric novel with one female lead and three male leads, featuring suspense.

48. 198 十 At Eighteen, I Met You on a Breeze 十八岁的风，我遇见你 Sweetness for Every Year岁岁予甜Modern Romance108k WordsCompleted That glance back was when I fell for the bad-boy charm of him. So the sunny boy who was always sneaking looks at me really did like me. A bad-boy charmer × a cool, beautiful girl, Love at first sight, a bittersweet romance, and you for the rest of our lives. Our first meal together, our first time holding hands, Drinking from the same milk tea by mistake, blushing to the tips of our ears. But when her long-buried past came to light, he panicked, lost his composure, and even let go of her hand 3Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 199 神 Mythology: I Specialize in Raiding Monkey Dens 神话：专捅猴子窝 Playboy Ximen of the Beijing Film Academy北电西门大官人Eastern Fantasy394k WordsOngoing No System, no prehistoric-fantasy setting, no orthodox Investiture of the Gods, and no traditional cultivation. The plot is wildly imaginative. If you have ideas, bro, share them and we’ll make trouble together. (The novel is currently being revised...) Li Xiao transmigrates to the world of Journey to the West... He studies cultivation, learns magical arts, and plays to his heart’s content, joining everyone in becoming a world-conquering demon king. Take the wildest path and cultivate the harde 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is wildly imaginative and unconventional, starting with a Hong Kong version of Journey to the West, without the prehistoric world system or sages.

50. 200 南 The Splendor of Southern Han 南汉风华录 Lord Meow Meow Head喵喵头大人Ancient Romance985k WordsOngoing The Bride in the Coffin: A Game of Wits in a Turbulent Age After dying suddenly, she finds herself the most bizarre “bride at a funeral” in the chaotic world of the Southern Han. Su Wanjing, a modern girl, unexpectedly transmigrates to Baihe City in the late Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, just as Liu Chang ascends the throne as the last ruler of the Southern Han. She opens her eyes to a horrifying scene: someone has hanged herself, and she is trapped in a coffin. She has become Su Nin —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! Book lovers rejoice!

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