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1. 1701 深 A Drifter in Shenzhen: Today Is My 35th Birthday 深漂:今天35岁生日 A Jialula阿加鲁拉7k WordsCompleted A Drifter in Shenzhen: Today Is My 35th Birthday —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1702 弃 You Cast Me Aside, Now I’m Beyond Your Reach 弃我如敝，他日高不可攀 A Jialula阿加鲁拉Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted You Cast Me Aside Like Trash. One Day, You'll Be Unable to Reach Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 1703 四 At Forty-Five, My Daughter and I Swapped Bodies, and I Made a Hundred Million 四十五岁，我和女儿互换身体后狂赚一个亿 A Jialula阿加鲁拉15k WordsCompleted At Forty-Five, My Daughter and I Swapped Bodies, and I Made a Hundred Million —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1704 惊 Thriller Game: Awakening the Betting System from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局觉醒对赌系统 Sun Fanxing损梵行Mystery751k WordsOngoing [Horror game invasion + rule-based horror + Infinite Flow + reborn + national destiny + no romance + strong female lead + ensemble cast] The low rating is only because it just came out 🙇‍♂️ Yu Cong was reborn, returning to three days before the horror game descended. She knew better than anyone that this terrifying game sweeping across the globe was no coincidence. It was the opening act of an alien invasion of Earth. With the apocalypse approaching, she sprinted out the door “Hello, relevant au 2.9kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves

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   [Blow a kiss] The beginning will subvert your understanding of thrillers! The heroine is reborn not to survive, but to take the initiative! The moment she lifts the gambling table, you will never guess how amazing the reversal will be in the next second!

5. 1705 生 Born in the Mortal World, Step by Step Toward Immortality 生于凡尘，步步登仙 In a Big Hurry着急忙慌Eastern Fantasy360k WordsCompleted Born in a mountain village far from the world, raised amid the bustle of ordinary life. Lin Fan thought he would spend his whole life chopping wood and hunting, living an unremarkable life into old age. But after a mysterious disturbance in the mountains, spiritual energy for cultivation quietly awakened within him. Three hundred miles away, the Cangwu Sect was opening its gates to recruit disciples: a mortal’s only chance to defy fate and change his life. He bade farewell to the neighbors who h 124Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Nothing to say, just watch it

6. 1706 盗 The Tomb Raider's Treasure Chronicle 盗墓藏宝录 Skilled Farmer种地能手Urban650k WordsOngoing Gu Yue comes from a family of tomb raiders. His family has been raiding tombs since his grandfather’s generation. It is said that his grandfather was a soldier when he was young, serving under Sun Dianying. When Sun Dianying plundered Empress Dowager Cixi’s tomb, Gu Yue’s grandfather was sent inside as one of Sun Dianying’s personal guards to carry out the treasures. Amid the chaos, he hid one of them in his backside. After their defeat, he fled back to his hometown. In those turbulent times, he 10.2kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves
7. 1707 重 Reborn in the Great Dye House: Bandits Run Wild 重生大染坊之土匪横行 Skilled Farmer种地能手Urban288k WordsCompleted Raised at Shaolin Temple from childhood, twenty years of ascetic discipline couldn’t withstand one night of passion with a female pilgrim. In the end, I was tricked into going to northern Myanmar. Just as I was about to lose a kidney, I fought for my life. I managed to keep my kidney, but lost my life. Perhaps those twenty years of cultivation finally paid off, because I was reborn in the body of a minor bandit in Shandong. Watch as this little bandit turns the tide in an age beset by foreign en 453Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 1708 重 Reborn: There’s No Escape, I’m a Bandit 重生插翅难逃我为悍匪 Skilled Farmer种地能手Urban234k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You're welcome to 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! 4.8kReads—Score140Shelves
9. 1709 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy727k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 2.7kReads5.4Score234Shelves

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   The traditional cultivation of immortals includes Qi training, foundation building, elixir formation, Nascent Soul, and spirit transformation. The protagonist is decisive in killing, cunning, cold-blooded, and ruthless, and will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. There is no system, no heroine, and it is a dark novel without brain damage. [Sending Hearts]

10. 1710 魏 The Wei Clan's Cursed Son Becomes Grand Secretary—Now They Beg Me to Return 魏家孽种成首辅，全族跪求我认祖 A Salted Fish in Everyday Life生活中的咸鱼Historical1.5M WordsOngoing (Also known as The Wei Fox) [Political Schemes][One Female Lead][Ensemble Cast][The Wei Faction] Condemned from birth, I was given the name Niesheng. On the day I was born, my mother died in childbirth, and my grandfather mourned before the ancestral hall. The whole household looked at me askance, all calling me a disaster star who had stolen another's fate. My biological father hated me like an enemy, my elder half-brother regarded me as an omen of bad luck, and my stepmother hid a knife behind 745kReads9.1Score110.2kShelves

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    Just take a look if you're bored

11. 1711 疯 After My Crazy Mom Was Quarantined, My Life Went into Overdrive 疯妈隔离后，人生开挂 A Pig's Big Dream猪的理想大Urban2.1M WordsCompleted "Ye Bochang, here's what I think. My parents are getting old, and since they've come all this way, let's have them stay." "They can live in that 160-square-meter apartment in the Third Ring residential complex. Your sister and brother-in-law can stay there when they visit, too." "Why aren't you saying anything? Are my parents not good enough for your house?" As the woman grabbed at Ye Bochang's steering wheel, a car accident sent time back to 2004. His father had died just days earlier, and his 19.1kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
12. 1712 快 Quick Transmigration: After Winning Over My Brother’s Beloved, I Panicked 快穿：攻略兄弟白月光后，我慌了 A Stinky Winter Melon一个臭冬瓜Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Male-POV Quick Transmigration Romance + Stealing Someone Else’s Partner + Redemption + Stealing Love + One Heroine + Irresistible Male Green Tea] Su Wang dies of cancer. His life as a workhorse is finally over, or so he thinks. But when he opens his eyes, he has been selected by the planet NAW as an outsourced employee. He unexpectedly saddles himself with a massive soul debt and must travel through different worlds to complete romance missions. [World One] Steal her! My roommate’s girlfriend i 71kReads8.4Score7.5kShelves
13. 1713 黑 Black Rain 2027 黑雨2027 A Cat in a Pig's Clothing扮猫吃大猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Not a power fantasy, no cheats, a hard-core natural-disaster apocalypse] Black Rain 2027 is a chronicle of the end of the world as experienced by a modern family. As the first black rain falls, the world slowly collapses amid journeys and long waits. It doesn't tell the story of heroes. It records the long aftermath for ordinary people after everything falls apart: the process of growing numb and sluggish in extreme conditions, yet having no choice but to keep going. The rain will keep falling. 16.7kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
14. 1714 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is the Heiress of a Capitalist Family 七零，我的老婆是资本家大小姐 Flowers Fly in May五月飞花Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Hunting + capitalist heiress as wife + raising children + getting rich + one heroine] Zhou Wenshan joins the ranks of transmigrators and returns to the 1970s. From the start, his engagement is called off! As luck would have it, a capitalist family is sent down to the village. Zhou Wenshan takes one look at their daughter, Chen Wan, and falls for her… … Chen Wan's family is framed and sent down to Zhoujia Village. They don't get enough to eat and still have to work in the fields. Then Chen Wan s 152.4kReads8.5Score11.5kShelves
15. 1715 宦 Tides of the Political Sea 宦海浮沉 Liang Zhoumu梁州牧Urban4.7M WordsCompleted No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but 270.4kReads9.5Score30.7kShelves
16. 1716 青 Qing Yin's Fight for Survival 青茵的求生之路 Seeing the Original Aspiration Clearly明见初心Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted A quick transmigration novel told through a series of standalone stories. It includes urban life, youth, romance, military, history, suspense, fantasy, transmigration, cultivation, and more. 1.7kReads5.3Score106Shelves

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    This book is a great novel about a heroine. The heroine has three views on career, correct IQ, and an online logical closed loop. She does not attack, does not abuse, does not seek revenge, is not violent, and is not impetuous. She is absolutely brilliant.

17. 1717 金 After I Handed My Golden Finger Over to the State, I Got a Government Job 金手指上交国家之后我有编制了 Add Three Lines to the Door门加三行Modern Romance773k WordsCompleted The rating just came in, but it'll go up later. A story about strengthening the nation, with a heroine who's basically a tool. After a car accident, Luo Ying was not only unharmed, but suddenly gained a golden finger that let her travel between different planes. Only after actually traveling to another plane did she confirm it was real. The first thing she did was contact her country. The things she brought back from different planes helped her country soar to new heights. 683Reads6.4Score102Shelves
18. 1718 回 I Moved Back to the Village to Farm and Lie Flat, and the Whole Internet Went Wild 回村种地躺平后，全网杀疯了 Add Three Lines to the Door门加三行Modern Romance128k WordsOngoing [Pocket Dimension + Spirit Spring Farming + Returning to the Village to Reclaim the Land + Cozy Daily Life] Could she really be Heaven's favorite? Transmigration is something others can only dream of, yet Lin Ting has done it twice. The first time, she was transported to the cultivation world. She worked diligently at her cultivation until she was on the verge of surviving her tribulation and ascending to immortality. Then the final bolt of heavenly lightning sent her right back where she came f 3.6kReads—Score598Shelves

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