A Veteran Reader with Picky Tastes in a Reading Slump 老书虫，口味挑，书荒了

1. 151 星 Interstellar Son-in-Law: I Can Materialize Game Items 星际赘婿:我能具现游戏道具 Inch of Heart寸心Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing Ning Ying recently “married” a husband. But all her husband does is hole up in his room playing games or go out wandering around. He never does anything useful. Ning Ying is at a loss, so she consoles herself by pretending she’s just keeping a pet. Gradually, she discovers that her seemingly unambitious husband has quietly gained a string of titles: leader of the Baishui Mercenary Corps, shadow owner of AK Arms Corporation, Imperial Elector of the Shenluo Empire, commander-in-chief of the First 1.5kReads8.4Score141Shelves

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   These books are all quite well-written, mainly in the humor category.

2. 152 师EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 Rain Falls from South of the City to the West城南有雨落城西Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.3kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves
3. 153 作 I Did Something Reckless and Secretly Sold the Holy Land 作死，我把圣地给偷偷卖了 Sharing a Cup of Wine杯酒与共Eastern Fantasy638k WordsOngoing "I Did Something Stupid and Secretly Sold the Holy Land"; "I Wreak Havoc Across the Worlds, and Every World Is Miserable" After obtaining a Trouble-Making System, Fang Zi'an went further and further down the path of doing reckless things. He didn't just secretly sell the Holy Land. He even talked his own imperial weapon into leaving. He wreaked havoc not only on his own Holy Land, but on the other Holy Lands as well, leaving them all groaning in despair. And he didn't stop at the Holy Lands. Eve 35Reads8.5Score—Shelves
4. 154 末EN Apocalypse: Stockpiling a Billion in Supplies from Day One 末世：开局先囤十亿物资 Hate Being Young and Naive恨年少无知Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Spatial Ability + Stockpiling Supplies + Ruthless, No Saintly Savior + Building a Faction] “Mr. Chen, your one hundred family buckets of fried chicken have arrived.” “Mr. Chen, your one hundred roast ducks have arrived.” “Boss Chen, your ten thousand tons of pork have arrived.” Chen Luo, known as the Void King, relied on his unmatched ability to lie low until every survivor had died. In the whole world, only monsters remained; there were no humans left. With nothing left 117.5kReads9.3Score9.5kShelves
5. 155 天 Fish of the World 天下游鱼 Happy Acorn开心橡果Eastern Fantasy7.5M WordsCompleted By the Canglan River, a young man wears a straw raincoat and bamboo hat, holding wine in one hand and a fishing rod in the other. His heart has no place in the world, yet he finds himself in the jianghu... I come from a place beyond knowing. I want to see this world, just as unknown to me... 90.7kReads9.0Score8.9kShelves
6. 156 我 I Pick Up Trash Across the Myriad Worlds 我在诸天万界捡垃圾 Big Tree大树Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Two worlds + an entire nation ascends + powerful backing + no angst or abuse] Su Ping picked up a whole world from the start, and can travel back and forth between worlds. The entire globe was stunned! The chief: “Su Ping is a vital national asset. He must not come to any harm!” The leader of M Country: “That mysterious Eastern nation is rising... Look into it!” A top Federation powerhouse: “Reporting to my superior: I failed. I sneaked into Su Ping's backyard and nearly got beaten to death by 10.6kReads8.7Score974Shelves
7. 157 玄 Xuanhuan: From Scruffy Wolf to Moon-Howling Wolf King 玄幻：从杂毛狼到啸月狼王 Protect the Environment保护环境Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Beast races battling for supremacy + Spiritual qi revival + No saintly heroine + No female lead + No human transformation + Building a faction] Heaven and earth underwent a great transformation, and spiritual qi returned. Su Bo was reborn as a little wolf cub. Even beasts need dreams, so he led his clan in fighting humans and ferocious beasts to conquer their corner of the world. But gradually, he discovered that this world was hiding far too many secrets. Countless mysterious beings slumbered 499Reads7.9Score239Shelves
8. 158 刚 I Just Became a Corpse King, and They Mistook Me for an Antique on Display! 刚成尸王，被当成古董展览了！ Time Makes No Sound时光无声Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Ren Feng transmigrated into the body of a centuries-old corpse in a parallel world. He discovered that he was lying in a transparent coffin. A crowd stood around him, pointing and whispering. They thought the corpse was being played by a museum employee, and demanded refunds. Some visitors wanted to smash the crystal coffin and expose the museum’s true colors. Others pulled out their phones to record, saying they would defend their consumer rights. Just then, “Ding! System successfully bound!” “ 3.5kReads8.1Score382Shelves
9. 159 我 I Became the Newbie Village Boss 我成了新手村BOSS Seven Two Zero Zero七二零零Sports1.8M WordsCompleted [Monsters, Game Fusion, Transmigration, Fantasy, Female Lead] Li Sanjian transmigrates into a game and becomes the Newbie Village Boss from the start! He has a status panel just like the players. From then on, the players' nightmare begins. "He's just the Newbie Village boss, right? Ah! How did he kill me with one sword strike?" "No way! That guy's a pro player. How did he get wiped out too?!" "Damn it, how can a newbie village have such an overpowered boss? He's not giving us a chance to live.. 20.9kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
10. 160 神 Divination: From the Start, I Reject the Empress! 神算：开局拒绝女帝！ Empress666女帝666Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [System + empress + one female lead + keeping a low profile] Xiao Fan, an ordinary person from Earth, transmigrates to Qianlong Continent and awakens the Heavenly Secrets Fortune-Telling System. The System can calculate everything, past and present! The protagonist earns points by telling people's fortunes. The points can be exchanged for all kinds of abilities. They can also be used to withstand all kinds of attacks. The protagonist can't cultivate and is usually just an ordinary person, bu 26.5kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
11. 161 这 This Navy's the Real Deal: They Actually Dare to Kill Whitebeard! 这海军能处，白胡子他真敢杀！ Mario Eats Chicken Breast马里奥吃鸡胸肉Anime Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted ([Slow burn] + [Justice] + [High energy]. The early pacing is a little slow, so feel free to skip ahead if you can't get into it. It takes off from Chapter 56!!) The Great Pirate Era is rife with conflict, and pirates run rampant. I am Ron. In the name of a hero, I protect the weak and stand firm in defense of the justice that is mine. Akainu: No matter what it takes, I want him as my adjutant! Sengoku: Damn it! How did I, the Fleet Admiral of the Marines, end up as a figurehead? Zephyr: He is t —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 162 我 My Landlord Is a Pop Idol 我的房东是偶像歌手 131313Urban3.2M WordsCompleted Gu Zhinan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an online novelist. Could his beautiful landlady really be a washed-up idol singer? One day, she leaves her guitar in the living room... "I can't write songs. I'm just a novelist. I was only messing around." That is, until his landlady is left stunned by the song Gu Zhinan wrote. "Didn't you say you couldn't write songs?" "I know a little, I know a little." 52kReads9.2Score5.8kShelves
13. 163 大 Great Ming: No More Pretending, Your Grandpa Is Zhu Yuanzhang 大明：不装了，你爷爷我是朱元璋 All Under Heaven Are One天下大同Historical2.1M WordsOngoing Zhu Shou woke up one morning to find that he had transmigrated to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty. His family was fairly well-off, but to his shock, he discovered that he was a wastrel with a brain disorder. After calculating the date of Crown Prince Zhu Biao’s impending early death, Zhu Shou hurried to discuss an important matter with his grandfather, who had always looked after him. “Old man, Crown Prince Zhu Biao is about to die. We’d better run!” That one sentence left his grandfather stu 1.9kReads9.1Score304Shelves
14. 164 海 One Piece: Wudang Bai Ye, Vice Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates 海贼王：武当白夜，草帽团副船长 Xiao Yi Feng萧逸风Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [Joins the crew + chuunibyou + comedy + making up for regrets + no female lead + the most authentic worldbuilding=?] The story starts slowly. The East Blue arc sticks closer to the original plot, and things really take off with the Alabasta arc! A young Wudang Taoist is brought to the Pirate King world by a strange book. He happens upon Luffy just as he sets sail and gets invited aboard. To change this world, Bai Ye chooses to become Luffy’s vice-captain. During the Paramount War, Bai Ye uses 6.9kReads9.3Score513Shelves
15. 165 举 Report! There's a Magician Here Casting Spells 举报！这有个魔术师在施展魔法 A Little Rascal一条小坏蛋Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [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 8.3kReads9.2Score837Shelves

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    These books on my bookshelf took me a long time to find, and they're all very good.

16. 166 玄EN Fantasy: My Sudden Enlightenment of the Chaos Physique 玄幻，我顿悟了混沌体 Ye Dadao叶大刀Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted Xiao Yun's System has only one function: epiphany! Ordinary constitution? Have an epiphany and gain the Chaos Body! Cultivation technique too difficult? Have an epiphany and reach perfection! Divine ability too difficult? Have an epiphany and reach perfection! There's nothing an epiphany can't solve. And if there is, then have an epiphany ten times, a hundred times... 64.3kReads9.1Score8.1kShelves
17. 167 爷 Grandpa, Did You Really Start a Rebellion in the Underworld? 爷爷，您真在地府造反了？ A Big Shark一头大鲨鱼Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Campus Life, Everyday Moments, Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy, Supernatural, Shameless Antics, Unhinged Behavior] “Good grandson, Grandpa's out of money for the war. Hurry up and burn me some cash!” Zhang Di got nightmares like this at least once a day, but never thought much of them. Until one day, he dreamed his grandpa was fuming: “You little brat, why is it so hard to burn me some money? Fine, I'll send someone up there to teach you how to burn joss paper, step by step!” Grandpa's attacking a city? 17.3kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
18. 168 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted 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 112.4kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves
19. 169 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 173kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves
20. 170 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [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 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
21. 171 这 This Protagonist Won't Take Orders, So I'm Done 这届主角不服管，老子不干了 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [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! 100.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves
22. 172 人 I’m in a Book: How Did I Become the Protagonist’s Sidekick? 人在书中:我居然成了主角的小弟 A Piece of Rotten Wood一块烂木头Urban1.0M WordsCompleted When Yang Tian wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of a novel about an Immortal Emperor reborn, and has somehow become the protagonist’s sidekick. Most importantly, he has a System! “Ding! System mission issued. Host, find a way to survive being hunted by ten wolfhounds! Survive and receive a System reward!” “Ye Chen, help me! Wolfhounds are after me!” “Ding! System mission issued. Survive the pursuit of a top assassin!” “Ye Chen!” “Ding!” Yang Tian held up the finger 1.6kReads8.6Score173Shelves
23. 173 从 Starting with Ying Zheng: Emperors of Every Dynasty Arrive One After Another 从嬴政开始：历代君王陆续降临 A Bowl of Hot Dry Noodles来碗热干面Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + humorous + adventure] History buffs, enter at your own risk After Qin Shi Huang died, he was transported to a walled city. One day inside equaled one year in the outside world. Each time the city gates opened, the setting was different, bringing all kinds of fantastical adventures. On the third day, Hu Hai arrived. “Father, you have to get justice for me!” Twelve days later, Liu Bang arrived. “Brother Zheng, don't tell me you still don't know your Qin has fallen!” Wang Mang arriv 136.4kReads9.6Score21.6kShelves
24. 174 直 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.1kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
25. 175 刀EN The Reticent Blade 刀不语 LazyEastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Someone once asked me, “What is the jianghu?” I thought for a moment. I thought of a jug of rough wine on the table, a distant figure walking away beneath the setting sun, a grave beneath the moon, and the cigarette burning down to ash in my hand right now. That person asked again, “Where is the jianghu?” I smiled and looked out the window. There were countless jianghus out there. One person is a story. Two people make a jianghu. 28kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves

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    Large quantity, please be careful when consuming.

26. 176 剑EN Sword of Coming 剑来 The Warlord Who Played with Princes烽火戏诸侯Eastern Fantasy11.6M WordsOngoing The world is vast, and anything is possible. I, Chen Ping’an, have but one sword. With it, I can move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, level cities, and split the heavens! 36.9kReads9.7Score1.1kShelves
27. 177 少 Dashing Youth 少年白马醉春风 Zhou Munan周木楠Eastern Fantasy769k WordsCompleted The long street was steeped in danger, loud and chaotic. A butcher wielding a cleaver brought it down, carving flowers into bone. An old woman selling embroidered shoes teased a flame from her candle with a needle. Not a soul could be found a hundred feet away. Then there was the oil seller, with eighteen swords hidden in his sleeves, always watching the steamed-bun shop across the street and its little beauty, whose hands could tear away one face and give her nine new ones. At the end of the st 11.6kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
28. 178 少 The Blood of Youth 少年歌行 Zhou Munan周木楠Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted The live-action adaptation of The Blood of Youth premieres exclusively on December 26. A passionate young man dressed in red, a penny-pinching owner of a dilapidated tavern, and the first disciple of a powerful martial clan: the three seem to have nothing in common, until they meet one snowy night. Each with their own agenda, they set out together to escort a coffin made of gold to the frontier city of Bilo. Along the way, they are hunted by forces from every side: the elite assassin duo Yue Ji 5.3kReads9.5Score649Shelves
29. 179 那 That Year, That Cicada, That Sword 那年那蝉那把剑 Mo Yu默煜Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Holding a cicada from summer doesn’t necessarily mean holding the whole summer in your hand. But grasp that sword, and you hold an entire world of martial arts. Wield a three-foot blade of gleaming steel. Dream of becoming a revered Sword God, if only for a day. Be an invincible Sword Immortal, if only for a moment. Sever the headmaster’s treasured pagoda and knock the emperor’s crown from his head. He laughs aloud: “Eight kings with zithers, lutes, harps, and pipes; four imps with grotesque fac 82.2kReads9.3Score8.2kShelves
30. 180 雪 Intrepid Blade’s Path in the Snow 雪中悍刀行 The Warlord Who Played with Princes烽火戏诸侯Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted The jianghu is a beaded curtain. Great and small figures are its beads; great and small stories, the strings that bind them. And loyalty and affection are the spirit that gives those beads their luster. The story is drawing to a close. The final chapter will end with those words: “Waiter, bring us some wine.” 11.5kReads9.7Score603Shelves
31. 181 蝉 Cicadas Sing as the Sun Sets in the West 蝉声且送阳西 Rain Falls, Bamboo Turns Cold雨落竹冷Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Wuxia + swordsmanship + political intrigue + scheming protagonist + comedy + multiple leads] The world’s great currents form a chessboard, and all living beings are its pieces. One player commands the black pieces, another the white. One person has double pupils and looks down coldly on mortal life, overturning heaven and earth with a single gesture. Another is refined and graceful, laying schemes one after another, each linked to the next. Another, though only at the second rank, takes one ste 7.5kReads9.3Score759Shelves
32. 182 雪 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 Guo Xiaotang郭筱棠Mystery868k WordsOngoing A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A collection of short supernatural tales and ghost stories! It even includes alien stories! And lots of zombie and ghost tales!

33. 183 我 I Shock the Empress from the Start 我开局震惊了女帝 Across the River隔江Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Ning Tian arrives in the Tianxuan World and opens his eyes to find himself in a woman's bedroom? Wait, what's going on? He's a good-for-nothing, yet the stunningly beautiful Empress is going to marry him tonight?! Incredible! The System is activated! He can earn rewards by shocking people?! From the start, he shocks the Empress, takes the first step toward a major life event, and leaves the entire world stunned! Ning Tian looks at the countless prodigies and holy sons. “Seriously... I just c 3.3kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves

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    The highly-rated masterpiece, "Empress," was my first book on Tomato.

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