Looking for High-IQ Novels with Intricate Plans and Plenty of Deduction 求高智商的小说，尽量有什么一步十算，推理的

1. 1 冒 Passing Myself Off as a Langya Native 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.5M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 551.2kReads9.7Score62.4kShelves

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   Highly recommended. I am a ten-year-old bookworm. There are few books that don't skip chapters.

2. 2 十 The End of Ten Days 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.8MReads9.9Score232.5kShelves
3. 3 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 185.3kReads9.7Score20.3kShelves

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   These three books definitely have brains... No, they have brains... Ah, they have high IQs... They burn up the CPU. Look at the ratings and the number of people reading them, they are pretty great! Only the third book is completed, but believe me, even if the first two books are not completed, you will definitely not be able to catch up with the author's serialization speed. Take the first one as an example. I spent more than a month on it and am still stuck in the championship copy. . It is said that it takes a bucket of water to teach a drop of water. The author's brain is wholesaled by the ton, right?

4. 4 规 Rule Horror: I Crush You in the Name of Dragon Country 规则怪谈：代表龙国碾压你 Duanmu Kuai Zi端木筷子Mystery765k WordsOngoing [No Romance + No System + A Little Backrooms + Foundation Universe + Packed with Memes] But note that this story takes plenty of liberties ⚠️⚠️ [Current progress: The eighth dungeon, Xiaojing Town, is complete. The ninth dungeon, “Nian,” is currently updating.] Rule-based horror descends upon Blue Star. Each country has one chosen person selected at random to fight in a horror world on another plane, representing their nation! Victory strengthens their National Fate; defeat means death and a dec 3kReads9.4Score402Shelves
5. 5 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 40.7kReads9.6Score5.7kShelves
6. 6 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M 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 906.4kReads9.6Score176.7kShelves

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   [Learned] Take a look at these three books. The protagonists all have high IQs, and the story plots are full of ups and downs, making people involved. They can't help but think that this step is a foreshadowing for the next step. The reasoning is very strong.

7. 7 一 One Sword to Bring Peace to the World 一剑安天下 Morning Farewell to Old Friends朝辞故旧Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [A completely fictional xianxia history: political intrigue + xianxia + no System.] “Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince has broken through all four passes. He has led his army across the Yinma River and is closing in on Tianmen Pass.” The ministers were speechless. How could that dissolute heir, who spent every day drinking and womanizing and even brought dancers on military campaigns, have broken through all four passes? From the looks of it, he was going to attack the strongest pass in Western Shu 14.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
8. 8 神 The Land Where Gods Speak 神说之地 Ge Yan阁言Mystery61k WordsOngoing Death Game + Mystery + Puzzle-Solving + Superpowers + Battle of Wits + Ensemble Cast + Passion When Dongfang Yao woke up, he found himself trapped in a strange room. To get out, he had to solve a puzzle game. But he never expected the starting room to contain a Destruction-level game where his life was on the line… Only after he cleared it and made it out did he learn that this was merely the beginning… Welcome to the Land of God's Word! A top-tier brain-teasing battle of wits! Who wil 191Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I can understand the first three chapters, and I'm still reading them.

9. 9 三 The Three-Part Tea Game 三分茶局 Dreaming of Tea's Fragrance茶韵梦栖Ancient Romance753k WordsOngoing A pot of clear tea, a few remnants of scripture. She only wanted to survive in a turbulent age, but amid the crashing waves of political intrigue, she took tea as her boat, ferrying herself and others across. In Jiankang's elite circles, who hasn't heard of “Master Hua”? That cup of clear tea earned her the respect of the literati, and made her the most dazzling “outsider.” With a few words and a laugh, she could make even stubborn stones nod, or turn the tides of the realm. But Jiankang was f 107Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Everyone, including the villain, is highly intelligent! Reading it feels like following a high-IQ game. The crushing feeling brought by knowledge, the high-energy battle of wits, and the "intellectual refreshment" and "increase of knowledge" in it can be called a breath of fresh air!

10. 10 诸 The Gods’ Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 588.4kReads9.7Score75kShelves

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    This should be a play on IQ

11. 11 诡 The Haunted House 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 757.7kReads9.6Score93.6kShelves
12. 12 抓 After Catching the Boss in the Act, His Wife Wants to Meet Me 抓包老板后，老板娘要见我 A Leaf, River, and Mountain一叶川山Urban328k WordsCompleted [Surrounded by beautiful women] [Workplace power games] [Startups and making money] I caught the boss making out with his secretary in the stairwell. She didn’t panic. Instead, she leaned in with a smile and said, “Save the video. Don’t delete it.” I’m a company workhorse who’s been there for ten years. She’s the woman the boss brought back from a karaoke club. She wants Boss Wang Jianqiang’s money. I want his life. The boss’s wife dragged me into the pool and asked, “Do you have feelings for me 123Reads—Score—Shelves

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    At the beginning, the boss and his secretary are caught having an affair! Liu Boer, a great figure in the workplace, worked for ten years, was squeezed for ten years, and was even put on the list for a salary cut! Who would have thought that he was collecting dirty information three years ago? Boss, you are finished...

13. 13 逆 Defying the Classics: A Strategy for the Realm 逆经：山河策 Ren Fanwuyin任梵无音Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [This work has been selected by Hongguo for adaptation into an animated drama] Life is unpredictable; the adaptable follow Heaven's path. Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born to the lowest rung of society, he refuses to accept a life as a nobody. He waves the yin-yang banner and unlocks the secrets of the six-line hexagrams. Watch him play the mystic, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch a hidden dragon soar into 44.5kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves

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    A masterpiece of Machiavellian strategy, "Liu Yao Zangju": a unique beginning of the gambling king's battle, martial arts + suspense + case solving + genius + revenge + humor! Beyond imagination, the writing is sophisticated and can be read by both male and female bookworms! [Eating melon][laughing]

14. 14 深 A Master Plan 深度布局 Mist-Shrouded Mystery雾锁谜局Mystery215k WordsCompleted A High-IQ Revenge With a single move, the “Soul-Severing Meridian Needle,” he can kill without a trace. On a crowded bus, he makes his target die silently, without anyone noticing. Police captain Zhao Gang sees everything clearly on the surveillance footage, yet is powerless to act. This is the third unsolved case, and every clue points to his own older brother, missing for twenty years... When the person closest to him becomes the prime suspect, how will he choose between the law and blood ties 2.5kReads—Score313Shelves

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    This novel is worth reading. It has a well-thought-out plot of revenge and uses people's human nature to plot it out. It's so awesome. I've read a few chapters. There are no bloody scenes or fierce fights.

15. 15 深 Deep-Laid Plans: The Reckoning 深度布局之清算 Mist-Shrouded Mystery雾锁谜局Mystery130k WordsCompleted The discovery of an unidentified body on a bus tears open a bloody wound. Following the trail of an ancient painting, Detective Lin Qiang uncovers elder abuse at the Sunset Years Retirement Center. Behind the farce of a fight over an inheritance lies an unsolved case from fifteen years ago, in which an entire family was murdered. The truth is buried beneath layers of fog. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Orthodox high IQ layout, no system and no harem. The in-depth layout is completed and the series is sorted out. If you like the IQ stream, follow it directly.

16. 16 瘸 A Cripple? No, No. You'll All Kneel and Call Me Your Lordship 瘸子？不不不你们都得跪下喊大人 Mo Bai1莫白1Historical1.4M WordsCompleted [Original title: Ambush] Beneath the awe-inspiring might of Heaven, all living beings are mere ants. And yet he dares, with the strength of an insect, to turn the world upside down. For family, for friends, for the burning hatred in his heart, for the nightmares that haunt him year after year, for justice, and for fairness. This story is set in an imaginary world and has no connection to actual history. Everything in it is fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental. 10.9kReads8.2Score796Shelves

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    Highly recommended treasure strategy article! It's a drama about an imaginary historical court, the writing is excellent, the plot is online, the battle of wits and revenge are both excellent, it's really exciting!

17. 17 说 I Was Supposed to Be Reborn, But Is This a Mission Anyone Can Accept? 说好的重生，这任务是人能接的？ Cabbage Needs Boiling白菜要开水煮Mystery141k WordsOngoing (No System, not invincible, no mindless power fantasy. Read with caution if that bothers you.) I died for no apparent reason, only to discover I still had a chance to be reborn. When I embarked on a series of challenges, hoping to make my way back by overcoming them one by one, I realized this path was doomed to fail. I have no interest in becoming a lofty god. All I want is to return to the world I came from… —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I have to recommend this book. The intelligence of the protagonist is really impressive! I knelt down at the first challenge in the first few chapters. I thought I had guessed it correctly, but I didn't realize I was on the third floor and the protagonist was in the atmosphere!

18. 18 开 The Six Kingdoms Debate from the Start: I Govern the Nation and Bring Peace with Plagiarism 开局六国论，我靠文抄治国平天下 Song Yan宋湮Historical1.2M WordsCompleted [No System + Court Intrigue + Literary Plagiarism + Rigorous Logic] Lu Linchuan, a top student in classical Chinese literature, unexpectedly transmigrates to the fictional Great Yu dynasty and becomes a poor scholar falsely accused of cheating in the imperial exams. Faced with oppression by the powerful, he takes up his brush and writes On the Six States, every word as sharp as a blade, stunning the entire court. From a dark prison cell to the steps of the Golden Hall, he uses his modern knowled 17.2kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    In this novel, the protagonist has a very high IQ and is a strategist.

19. 19 我 I Play for a Comeback in a Mind-Game 我在智斗游戏里玩逆转 Nine Mouths Take Flight九口飞天Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Original mind-game competitions + Deception + Reversals + No romance + Brain-bending, read with caution] This isn't a survival game, but a pure battle of wits. There are no supernatural horrors, only schemes. No scares, just the thrill of putting your brain through its paces. Deception, exposing lies, and wild gambling aren't enough. You need an unexpected trick to turn defeat into victory. I entered the [Mic Hog Game], where I have to outsmart my way to freedom. “Hahaha! You pathetic ants 385Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The second game, [Maiba Game]: 15 people, each person has five cards. Want to use the song request card to request songs? Then make sure the people behind you don't have to insert song cards. It's a pure wit game that will burn out your CPU. If you don't like it, don't join it.

20. 20 唯 One Goal: Stay Alive 唯一目标：活着 Auspicious Brother祥瑞哥Mystery473k WordsOngoing (Survival + high intelligence + deduction + no saintly protagonist + mild horror. Read with caution if you’re sensitive to these elements.) A stream of fire pierced the atmosphere and struck the ground. In an instant, the world was plunged into chaotic darkness, and the buildings of civilization people had once taken pride in became lifeless ruins. Yet among the ruins, one building alone remained standing, like a watchtower surveying all the darkness. Beneath the apocalypse, strange phenomena we 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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    (Full brain-burning, suspenseful reasoning, not the Virgin, survival, micro-thriller) Let us witness the birth of a [god] together. (Brain-burning + Suspense reasoning + Not the Holy Mother + Survival + Micro-thriller) After the earthquake, the world fell into endless darkness. Just when everyone thought it was just an ordinary earthquake disaster, just when everyone thought it was just a prank... Until a door appeared, it made a cold and ruthless voice: Dear players, welcome to the doomsday world. At this time, the survivors realized that this was a doomsday game about staying alive at all costs. ——:

21. 21 暗 Shadows All Around 暗影重重 Revelry Before Dawn黎明前的狂欢Mystery777k WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation] [Mystery and Deduction] [Murder-Mystery Game] [Romantic Suspense] [Strong Leads Clash] [Social Realism] [A Cross-Section of Humanity] Some lose the love of their life. Some commit murder in a fit of passion to protect the person they love. Some hurt everyone around them in the name of love. Some are willing to give up everything in pursuit of a little light and warmth! This is a tribute to Keigo Higashino. The writing is delicate, the emotions profound! The plot is tight 573Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    High IQ layout... He had a tragic life experience, was framed, and came back for revenge after Nirvana. With his superb methods, he sent countless people to the guillotine, but never left any evidence of his crime at the crime scene?! Realistic themes, urban criminal investigation and solving crimes, the script kills the novel. Just finished, a male and female detective teamed up to solve a case and uncovered a fraud case many years ago. The plot is intertwined with one wave after another... The real murderer behind the scenes is decisive in killing and setting up a huge puzzle. In the end, he wants to escape unscathed. Can he really do it? A tribute to Keigo Higashino's work, highly recommended!

22. 22 十 Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子 Lu Ban Banban鲁班班班Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted My new book, Nine Hells: The Strange Nuo, is now out! It’s a sequel to this one. You can find it on my profile. Come check it out! (Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m 38.5kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves

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    I am immersed in a very brain-burning divine book, which is narrated in the first person. In this book, I feel like I have stepped into an endless confusion, one game after another, nested layer by layer, like a deep whirlpool that sucks me in. I couldn't help but frown, my heart was full of confusion and fear, and I thought to myself: Is the world we live in a real existence, or is it just a false dream? 😰

23. 23 生 No Hope of Survival 生还无期 Young Master Changle长乐公子Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [No CP, No Female Lead] + [Infinite Deaths and Resurrections] + [Superpower Awakening] + [Mind Games and Strategy] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Life in Review] The keywords of this book are “human nature,” “death games,” and “setting traps.” The thirteen characters who appear from the start all play important roles! Each has a distinct personality, and every one of them will have a major part to play later in the story. This book also features endless deaths, so if that’s not your thing, please read wit 10.6kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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    High IQ, you must have Zuo Tang!!! 🔥🔥🔥

24. 24 来 The Bad Woman from Prison 来自监狱的坏女人 Who Could Be My Match谁与为偶Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: The Chaste Police Commissioner: I've Locked Away Your Heart Workplace romance + suspenseful romance + soul swapping + unhinged villainess forces her love + forbidden cop-and-criminal romance + the queen returns I'm Su Yu. The “Goddess of Finance” admired by everyone in the business world. A meticulously planned car accident sent me tumbling from the clouds into the mud. I became the “suspect” everyone cursed and was personally delivered to a detention center. My best friend betra 627Reads9.2Score103Shelves

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    [Business war suspense and brain-based crime solving] Financial female suspect vs male police officer. In order to escape from prison and clear her name, she calculated every step of the way, just to get back everything that belonged to her.

25. 25 霸 The Domineering Soldier King in the City 霸道兵王在都市 Ten Miles Away, Gazing at Your Face十里望君颜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Yu Long, a decorated soldier, was discharged after crossing the border to kill drug traffickers. Now the once-renowned soldier lives in the city and marries an icy CEO. What man need worry about finding a wife? 655Reads7.3Score—Shelves
26. 26 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 153kReads9.6Score19kShelves

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    No need to say anything good looking

27. 27 我 I Can Reload Infinitely, and See Through Every Hidden Card 我无限回档，洞悉所有底牌 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 376.8kReads9.5Score48.9kShelves
28. 28 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 195.9kReads9.6Score24.6kShelves
29. 29 第 My Ten-Thousandth Rebirth 第一万次重生 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After spending the last three months of his life battling a terminal illness, Chen Luo discovered that he had been reborn on the day his cancer was confirmed. Overjoyed, Chen Luo soon found that three months later, he still died of cancer. But what he never expected was that he’d be reborn again on New Year’s Day in 2019, the day he was diagnosed with cancer. By now, Chen Luo had been reborn ten thousand times. Over the more than two thousand years of this endless loop, Chen Luo had learned ever 36.6kReads8.6Score3.5kShelves

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    Recommended star rating: 5

30. 30 我 I Can Bring Anything from My Dreams into Reality 我能把梦中的一切带入现实 Little Ning the Hero小宁大侠Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Whenever Li Yi falls asleep, he enters a strange dream. Each dream brings an incredible experience, and he gains all kinds of abilities within them. Astonishingly, he can bring those abilities into the real world. As Li Yi grows stronger and stronger, he searches for the secrets of the dreams, both in sleep and in reality. 818Reads8.3Score147Shelves
31. 31 当 After All of Humanity Disappeared 当全世界人类都消失以后 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After all humanity disappears from the world, there comes a knock at the door... Li Ge thought this was the kind of thing that only happened in science fiction movies and novels. He never dreamed he’d actually experience it himself! What’s it like to be the only human left in the world? Li Ge: Thanks for asking. I’m in Pengcheng, just got off the plane, and I have three things to say. I just found a gun and some grenades, blew up a bank, and set the cash on fire. Wanxiang City, the museum, the l 23.9kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
32. 32 重 Reborn, I Awakened My Ancestral Pocket Dimension 重生后我唤醒了祖传空间 Xufeng Niaoniao栩风袅袅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Reborn + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Campus Life + Strong Female and Male Leads + Top Student + Character Growth + Patriotism) The female lead, Mu Wan, is kind but not a pushover. She has principles and always gets even with those who wrong her. The male lead, Xiao Jinyu, is the son of a military compound family and a military-affiliated scientific researcher. Before she was reborn, Mu Wan accidentally stayed up too late and died of cardiac arrest. A family heirloom, a Merit Pearl, took 6.9kReads9.1Score824Shelves

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    Scientific research articles of the 1990s

33. 33 看 See That NPC? Just Go Ahead and Con Them 看见那个npc了吗？忽悠就对了 My Cat Went Bald我家猫秃头了Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Funny Supernatural + Sharp-Tongued Heroine + Showbiz + No Romance] She was a bottom-rung actress, blacklisted across the internet after being framed. Just when she was at the end of her rope, a System appeared inside her. The System told her that if she kept acting arrogant and maintained her haughty persona, she could reach the pinnacle of success. But the day after it finished speaking, it disappeared. She believed what it had told her. After signing up for a horror livestream variety show, h 1.6kReads9.1Score242Shelves

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    The female protagonists in these two books are awesome and have super high IQs!! The first one is so funny! The second book is about pursuing a career and contributing to the country!!

34. 34 系 The System's a Clown, I Make Things Worse: Rebellious to the Core 系统沙雕我添堵，一身反骨离大谱 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance9.1M WordsCompleted They came from distinguished families and were beautiful, talented, and exceptional. But whenever they crossed paths with the male and female leads, they became brainless cannon fodder, burning themselves up to make the leads’ romance flourish until their dying breath. And now Gu Mo has become all those women from countless novels. System: Boss, you can face-slap the villains and break up those couples! Go get ’em! Gu Mo: I’m awesome! I can do this! Much later, the System stares in bewilderment 46.8kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
35. 35 都 Urban Ancient Immortal Physician 都市古仙医 Super Smooth Black Beer超爽黑啤Urban9.6M WordsCompleted Ye Bufan, a college junior, stages a fake accident to raise money for his mother's medical bills, but runs into a female driver who refuses to play along. After she hits him, he inherits the legacy of an ancient school of medicine. From then on, he masters medical arts, cultivates powerful techniques, takes the city by storm, and wins the favor of countless beautiful women. 1.9kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    Reading can cultivate your character. Reading can cultivate your temperament and make you gentle and bookish. Reading more than ten thousand volumes will make you feel confident when writing. Reading more can improve your writing ability and you will be quick-thinking when writing articles. You will never tire of reading old books hundreds of times. If you read them carefully, you will know yourself. , ~ Reading can improve your understanding. As long as you read it carefully and think deeply, you will know the truth; reading can accumulate your own knowledge, and a gentleman can gather what he has learned. In short, it is a good thing to like reading. Forty-eight including pick-up and drop-off

36. 36 神 The Venerable of the Divine Dao 神道帝尊 Snail Rushing Wildly蜗牛狂奔Eastern Fantasy9.7M WordsOngoing The genius Qin Chen had his Star Gate stolen and his cultivation crippled, but this awakened the memories of his nine past lives and set him on the path of his tenth. His former disciple became the Azure Cloud Heavenly King. His former mount transformed into a mighty divine beast. His cultivation companion was revered as a goddess of the myriad worlds. In this life, I am the Emperor Supreme. Who dares defy me? 8.2kReads8.9Score916Shelves
37. 37 六 The Six Gates: A Battle Against the Demons 六扇门：与魔争锋 Niu Dun牛墩Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Full-cast audio adaptation now available] [Court and martial world, political intrigue and mystery, decisive and ruthless] Who is caught in the scheme, and who stands outside it? Who is a pawn, and who has been cast aside? The only thing that makes their enemies tremble isn't the pair of blades in their hands... With a group of like-minded friends by their side, they can find the strength to keep going, no matter how dark the road ahead! 2.4kReads8.8Score196Shelves

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    Solve the case without a system, how can you do it without a brain? Solve the case in ancient costumes, suspense reasoning, brain-burning online, what is the truth? Is there really only one truth? How many people choose to hide the truth?

38. 38 神 The Gods Devour Earth 神噬地球 The Old Donkey Keeps Braying驴子老叫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse493k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast] [Anti-Cheat System] [Political Intrigue] [No Stereotypical Characters] [Mind Games] (The first 36 chapters have been revised, and the rest will be updated in due course.) The benefits of any method for increasing one's power diminish over time, eventually reaching zero. The protagonist has no plot armor. Even a random passerby might beat the golden finger user to a pulp. Everyone makes mistakes and steps on landmines, including the protagonist. Risk is proportional to reward, and 16.7kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves

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    A passer-by beats Goldfinger violently, and an atheist outsmarts Cthulhu. New genre of anti-hanging. The protagonist has a high IQ and high cognition, and can scheme against others. The supporting characters also have IQs, and the battle of wits is brain-burning. It takes a little patience to get started slowly in the early stage. Make strategic plans, take one step and think ten steps, and walk between gods and gods.

39. 39 离 Unbelievable! From the Start, I Was at a Crime Scene 离谱！开局就是案发现场 Cloud Bao Tangtang云宝糖糖Mystery413k WordsCompleted [The rating has just been posted; it will rise later] When Xia Zhu woke up, she had become the prime suspect in a dismemberment case, and the victim's head was in her refrigerator. She was the unluckiest person alive! While others panicked and rushed to prove their innocence, she stayed at the crime scene to examine the details. Drawing on her forensic expertise, she pieced together the clues, investigated the inconsistencies, cleared her name, and helped the police identify the real culprit. Sh 4.9kReads7.0Score622Shelves

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    This book is quite good. You should check it out. It is a story about a female forensic doctor and the captain of the criminal police team who have been in love for a long time. The female forensic doctor is different from normal people. She is paranoid, but she and he can solve the case together, and they cooperate with each other from displeasure to each other to finally being together.

40. 40 退 After Retirement, I Awakened the Golden Eyes 退役后，我觉醒了黄金瞳 Ximen Zhuxue西门煮雪Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Xu Zhengyang, a decorated soldier from Xia State, failed to infiltrate an international criminal organization and was forced to retire after injuring both eyes. His SSSSS-grade file was sealed, and the world believed he had fallen. After returning to the city, Xu Zhengyang awakens golden eyes that let him appraise anything. He becomes the contract boyfriend of a cold, beautiful CEO, only to find himself pressured into marriage. With a hand, he stirs up storms; with a flip, he turns the clouds. H 4.1kReads9.0Score579Shelves
41. 41 神 The God-Tier Multiverse Deliveryman 神级万界外卖员 Palace Tofu宫廷豆腐Male-Channel Fanfiction6.2M WordsCompleted At death's door, Jiang Fan activated the Myriad Worlds Takeout System and began a completely different life! He delivered a cup of hand-ground coffee to Su Daqiang and was rewarded with a marriage certificate that let him marry anyone he wanted! He delivered spicy crayfish to Yang Guifei and was rewarded with the title of First-Rank Duke and a five-hundred-li lychee orchard in Lingnan! He delivered two baskets of kiwifruit to Patriarch Bodhi and instantly learned the Seventy-Two Transformations! 3.9kReads8.7Score477Shelves
42. 42 千 One Slip After a Thousand Careful Thoughts 千虑一失 Old Dong from Yichang宜昌老董Mystery315k WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation] [Mystery and Deduction] [No Supernatural Elements] A man commits a brazen crime in front of the police and jumps into a river during the manhunt, but the body they find in the water is not the culprit’s. Afterward, new victims appear one after another in an apartment elevator, at a hospital, and outside the Public Security Bureau, setting off a kidnapping crisis as well. Four people die in a single day. Is this a deliberate provocation, or is something else at play? Face 17Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    A man jumped into a river after committing a murder, but the body recovered was that of another person. Why is this? In just one day, four people were killed, and three old cases from 25 years ago were also involved. Is there any connection between them? The major suspect turned out to be the elementary school teacher of the male captain of the task force and the childhood savior of the policewoman Hua. What kind of sparks will emerge in the tragic encounter between old friends? The murderer took great pains to avenge his sweetheart, and tried all his tricks, but he made a ridiculous mistake. Which step did he make wrong?

43. 43 我 Who Touched My Novel? 我的小说谁动的 Grinding All Beings' Blood into Ink众生血研墨Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Xue Mo sat at his computer, typing away with great concentration. “Knock, knock, knock!” A series of urgent knocks sounded at the door. “Who is it?” Xue Mo asked, puzzled, as he went to the door. “The police.” Through the peephole, he saw two people in police uniforms standing outside. One of them held up his police identification. “Does Xue Mo live here?” “Yes, that’s me.” Xue Mo hurriedly opened the door. “We’ve found that several recent murder cases closely match your novel. We need you to as 2.8kReads8.8Score350Shelves

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    All have high IQs

44. 44 诡 Eerie Survival Game 诡异生存游戏 Liu Hongchan柳红缠Mystery261k WordsCompleted Mind-bending puzzles + deduction + battles of wits + no overpowered protagonist + dungeon games A beautiful woman shows up at his door with a card. He scans it and becomes a player. From then on, Lin Chen begins his battle to survive in a bizarre game. Sweet Home, the beginning of a dream; a battle for life and death that dispels lies. The Killer Game, where it’s hard to tell police from criminals; votes decide the verdict in the Hall of Judgment. A wedding brings everyone together in a snowy ca 221Reads7.4Score—Shelves
45. 45 逆 Night Voyager Against the Current 逆流夜航人 What Is Wrong with This World?这个世界怎么了啊Urban120k WordsOngoing [No System] [Transmigration] [Highly Intelligent Protagonist] [Mystery] When international police detective Lin Yan woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated to the French Concession in Shanghai in 1923. His new identity was that of a wastrel abandoned by his family and driven to the brink of death by creditors. The Lin family had only three days left: thirty thousand silver dollars in debt, creditors lying in wait, and a hidden hand bent on tearing the family up by its roots. No System, 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It is indeed possible to reason about people's hearts without descending from the intellect.

46. 46 穿 Transmigrated, I Couldn't Stand the Court's Weakness, So I Built My Own Army 穿越看不惯朝廷软弱自己打造军队 Buddha's Seal佛之封印Historical2.1M WordsCompleted A young special forces soldier is struck by lightning and transmigrates into the foolish son of a blacksmith in the Great Xia dynasty. On the very day he arrives, his father dies in battle, his mother dies of grief, and the authorities force a marriage on him. Their already impoverished life is made even harder. Luckily, armed with modern knowledge, the protagonist first makes eel traps and promotes fishing. After the authorities embezzle the reward money for a tiger-slaying hero, he begins a co 2kReads8.5Score178Shelves

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    It's not about high IQ, it's about being unexpected and being able to crush your opponents.

47. 47 你 Hey, You! Do You Really Have to Be This Low-Key?! 你小子！用不用这么低调！！ Half a Cup of Lingering Sorrow半盏残忧Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing The immortal, undying ancient dragon left behind only a rotting corpse. The phoenix, unafraid of death, was reduced to a single broken root feather. The auspicious qilin, surrounded by good fortune, could not foresee its own death. The Black Tortoise, master of countless laws, had its shell forcibly stripped away. The cemetery of the gods still stands, watching the ruins endure for millennia, while grass and trees flourish and fade through the seasons. Who dares claim to be immortal… The years t 687Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The ancient dragon with high IQ and immortality has only left its decaying corpse: The phoenix, fearless of death, has only its incomplete root feathers; The auspicious unicorn surrounds him, but his death cannot be predicted; The Xuanwu, which condenses thousands of ways, has been stripped of its carapace by life; The cemetery of the gods remains, and they can bear to see the Yin Ruins for thousands of generations, and the grass and trees in spring and autumn, who dares to say immortality... Time passes by, and time passes by all generations. The long river of time gurgling, gone forever, buried many heroic tragic songs. One day, someone suddenly had a whim, stepped into the river, and went down the river, wanting to see the afterlife. After a long time, he finally saw a young man fishing on the bank of the Changhe River. Then he opened his mouth and asked the young man: What is an immortal? What is Tao? What is immortality? The young man's eyes were empty, and he shook his head and answered: I don't understand! The man asked again: Practice! What you are cultivating is your heart? Or force? The young man scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: I don't know~ Third question: What year is it today? The young man's eyes flashed, he was a little excited, and he said with all his treasures: No matter how old you are, I just hope that there will be living beings in the future generations, and they will last forever!! The man was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "You know everything, you know everything. It's useless for me to worry and come here." That's fine, future generations are really interesting, interesting~ As soon as the words fell, there was no trace of that person. The young man sighed slightly and looked outside the screen: Dear players, do you want to hear the story between us?

48. 48 这 This Cultivator Is Rather Cunning 这个修士有点心计 Cigarette Between the Fingers指间香烟Eastern Fantasy421k WordsOngoing This story focuses on schemes, suspense, and plot twists. If you enjoy this style, dive right in with confidence. Her family is wiped out, a bounty is placed on her head, and she is hunted down. She moves among the great clans, repeatedly teetering between life and death. When talent falls short, cunning makes up the difference. So what if I’m only at the Qi Refining stage? I can still scheme a Golden Core cultivator to death. So what if I have a crippled spiritual root? I can still join a major 58Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Fantasy and wit-fighting type, making and breaking the situation, conspiracy and calculation, killing decisively, and doing whatever it takes to achieve the goal.

49. 49 七 Seven Departures 七出 Plum Has Crossed the Jianghu梅有过江湖Mystery821k WordsCompleted In the 21st century, someone is committing a series of crimes using ancient forms of punishment. This forces two rival senior fellow disciples to join forces, solve the case, and pursue a highly intelligent suspect. But they don't expect this to open a mysterious door… 101Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This definitely meets the requirements [Like][Salute][I also strongly recommend]

50. 50 苍 Cangyuan Demon Emperor: Reborn to Avenge Every Blood Debt! 苍渊魔帝：重生归来，血债血偿！ Young Master Run Yan润衍公子Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing Revenge + Strategy + Invincibility + Myriad Worlds + Ensemble Cast The invincible Demon Emperor Cangyuan ruled the Myriad Worlds, yet he was betrayed by his beloved and his sect, nearly suffering the annihilation of his soul and eternal ruin. With only a remnant of his soul, he was reborn in the lower realm, in Xuanxin Heaven, on the Xuanxin Continent, in the Great Qian Dynasty, in Thundercliff City. Reborn and revived, he returns in a trail of blood! He swears to ascend to the upper realm and m 642Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Just watch it, you won't be disappointed

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