The National-Treasure Book Drought Zone, Beginners Stay Away 国宝级书荒区（新手勿入）

1. 1851 什 So What If I Lack Morals? I’m Already Number One in All of Jiuzhou 什么仙道天道？呵！我修的是杀道 Jiang Xiaoyan姜小言Ancient Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [Print edition out September 12 + refuses to look back + satisfying growth story + ensemble cast] In her past life, Wanwan died at the hands of her master and six senior brothers, pierced through the heart by seven swords and left without a whole body. Her master only loved her little junior sister, and her senior brothers only doted on her. When the little junior sister lost her Golden Core, they dug out Wanwan's to replace it. When the little junior sister was wronged, Ye Wanwan was made to su 156.4kReads9.4Score12.5kShelves
2. 1852 阴 Yin Immortal 阴仙 Jiang Muxi江沐淅Eastern Fantasy7.5M WordsOngoing Born inside a coffin, the young man honors the dying wish of the old caretaker of the charity cemetery and personally sends his sworn younger sister to join an immortal sect. After she enters the sect, he accidentally stumbles into the Yin Mountain of a Hundred Ghosts and has no choice but to embark on the path of ghosts… Thus begins the legendary cultivation journey of a ghost cultivator wielding a ghost blade, slaying giant demon overlords and cleaving immortal sect masters in two… 16.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
3. 1853 穿 Reborn as a Cannon Fodder, I Go Undercover in the Righteous Sect 穿成炮灰后，我在正派当卧底 Quiet Orchid幽幽郁兰Fantastical Romance90k WordsOngoing [Eastern cultivation + magic + no CP + ensemble cast] Wait! Oh! No! Well, She didn't die after all! Hmm! She's amazing! No, hang on! Oh my god! Isn't this the plot of that novel, “After I Transmigrated, I Became the Qingyun Sword Sect's Favorite”? This, this! She missed out on all the good things, but somehow got caught up in this wave of transmigration. Then... could she be the same-named cannon fodder, Ran Ningyue? Holy crap! She's from the Ten Thousand Fiends Bloodbone Sect! It's over! Is thi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1854 末 The Apocalypse: I Drew a Team of God-Tier Traveling Frogs 末世，我抽奖神级旅行青蛙团 We Mere Mortals我等凡人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Farming + daily life + lighthearted fun + building + beast taming = ?] When the apocalypse game arrived, Qin He bound himself to a God-tier Traveling Frog System. He took naming his little frogs very seriously, despite being hopeless at coming up with names. Da Vinci: I have to find a pretty female zombie to be my master's wife. Cheng Yaojin: I bring two axes back from every trip. Is there a problem with that? Ding Chunqiu: As a poison dart frog, I'm a real assassin. Search for items? No, I wan 17.6kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
5. 1855 废 The Wasteland Era 废土纪元 Lord of the Great White大白之主Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Sixty years ago, a natural disaster changed the human world forever. Species evolved at a breakneck pace, and humanity retreated behind the walls, struggling to survive. Three years ago, his father disappeared and was branded a traitor to humanity. His younger sister became a blood-drinking infected, hunted by everyone. Two young souls struggled to survive in a slum rife with violence and crime. A lockdown put his sister at risk of being exposed. Gu Chen had no choice but to get blood on his han 5.7kReads9.0Score793Shelves
6. 1856 快 Quick Transmigration: Raising Villains Is My Specialty 快穿之养反派我是专业的 Yuanyuan Isn't Yuanyuan, Okay?源源不是圆圆哦Two Male Leads615k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Nurturing] [Younger Love Interest] [Occasional Splitting into Fragments] [Adorable System] [Unusual Worlds and Big Ideas] Cool and gentle bottom VS younger love interest who grows up to become a top Shen Heqing died in a car accident while saving a mother and daughter. After being bound to the rookie System 666, who was raised by a villain, he travels through various worlds to save villains with tragic fates... But every little bean he painstakingly raises ends up harbori 3.2kReads9.4Score464Shelves
7. 1857 穿 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, but My Brother Seems Even More Like a Transmigrator Than I Do 穿越古代我哥比我还像穿越者 Pavilion by the Pond池上楼台Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Alternate World / Ancient Era / Farming / Imperial Exams After a plane crash, Chen Jingming transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a farmer's son. His family is split up because they need to pay for his medical treatment, and his older brother goes missing. Later, the eldest brother returns from a long journey and sends him to school. Eldest Brother: “Little brother, our family's honor rests entirely on you!” But later, as he watches the family estate grow, Chen Jingming realizes that the 15.5kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves

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8. 1858 卷 King of the Grind: I Worked My Way to Tears, Along with Countless Prodigies 卷王之王，从肝哭亿万天骄开始 Tian Hong Zimu天鸿子木Urban1.5M WordsCompleted In a world where the Age of Cultivation has begun, he gains the talent to make up for shortcomings through hard work. Fang Che discovers that his talent seems to have a tiny little problem. … Talent: Make Up for Shortcomings Through Hard Work Cultivation: Third Qi Refining Level Diligence: 1000 Shortcomings to Make Up For: [Spiritual Root], [Spiritual Sense], [Alchemy], [Talismans], [Formations], [Combat] … As long as he cultivates diligently, he can earn [Diligence] to make up for the areas whe 17.4kReads8.8Score2kShelves
9. 1859 穿 I Became the Villain’s Evil Girlfriend in a Supernatural Novel 穿成灵异文反派的恶毒女友 Yin Zaishui尹在水Modern Romance700k WordsOngoing Chu Xun transmigrates into an old-school supernatural novel as the villainess: materialistic, vain, and selfish. Jiang Su provides for her, paying for her food, lodging, and education. But after latching onto a rich heir, she wants to abandon Jiang Su. One stormy day, Jiang Su gets into a car accident while hurrying to see his girlfriend... Unable to let go of his resentment, Jiang Su lingers outside his girlfriend’s dormitory, hoping to see her one last time. But his girlfriend is fed up wit 35.7kReads8.9Score4.2kShelves
10. 1860 末 Apocalypse: I Stockpile Supplies and Coast to Victory Worldwide 末世：我囤物资躺赢全球 Listen to the Wind Sing V且听风吟VSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsOngoing Also known as "The Apocalypse: Saving the Dawn", winner of the Cold Lake writing contest. (Apocalypse + zombies + stockpiling supplies + special abilities + divine pets + ruthless protagonist + building a faction + humorous power fantasy) The apocalypse arrived. Zombies ran rampant, and species began to mutate. Lin Xuan was reborn before the apocalypse and seized control of an oil town, stockpiling supplies like crazy. First, a hundred thousand cases of instant noodles! Then a hundred thousand c 316Reads9.0Score101Shelves

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11. 1861 在 One Heart for Cultivation Amid the Frantic Flirting of Seven Villains 在七个反派的狂撩下一心修仙 Mountain Demon山魅Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted She transmigrated into a book as cannon fodder, and all the male leads want to win her over and get 100% of her favorability! Luo Qingyan was inexplicably hit on by all kinds of powerful men: a twisted senior brother from the immortal sect, a licentious young master of the demon clan, a gorgeous Peacock King, and the mysterious ruler of the Ghost Realm. They pulled out every trick in the book, leaving her utterly baffled. Luo Qingyan: ??? After thinking it over, she suddenly understood. “Good th 20.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves

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    This collection includes lighthearted, sweet, angsty, cultivation-themed, female-centric, and wish-fulfillment novels, both with and without romantic pairings. All are rated 9.5 Or higher, with excellent writing. The author has accumulated over 3000 hours of reading time and is trustworthy.

12. 1862 树EN The Tree Spirit Aunt Raises Kids, and She's Killing It 树精小姨养娃，她杀疯了 The Wind Goes Whoosh大风呼呼的Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No romance + lighthearted comedy + ridiculous everyday antics + villain education at its finest! Village → county town → prefectural city → capital. This series of mini-arcs keeps leveling up, delivering both laughs and satisfying moments. Jin Shanyao had cultivated for a thousand years and finally ascended, only to be stopped outside the Southern Heavenly Gate because she still owed someone a favor and couldn’t be granted divine status. What’s the difference between a deity without a divine tit 42.5kReads9.3Score7.1kShelves
13. 1863 童 Douma: My Sister Is Still Alive Today! 童磨：妹妹今天依旧活着呢！ Catnip猫抓草Anime Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing Douma × Mitama (Original) [Familial Bond] No redemption arc; the heroine is a demon, and this is a coming-of-age story. Note: The first chapter is narrated in first person; all subsequent chapters use third person. In this story, Douma has no romantic pairing, and Mitama has no romantic pairing. Mitama had known since she was very young that something was wrong with her older brother, Douma’s mind. After all, who worries about whether the floor is dirty right after their parents die? It wasn’t u 41.9kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves
14. 1864 绝 The Stunning Villain Is Severely Antisocial 绝美反派他重度社恐 Xie Buwan谢不晚Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted Tsundere at first, devoted and obsessively possessive later, versus a beautiful, laid-back, socially anxious man After transmigrating into a book as the great villain, Liu Zhezhi spent five hundred years without completing a single mission, until the System, furious, confiscated his cultivation. The righteous path’s foremost cultivator, Immortal Lord Zhezhi, became a useless cripple, abandoned by his sect. Everyone pitied him, but only he knew how much he liked not having to see anyone. He had s 28.4kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
15. 1865 我 I Cut My Way from Blue Star Through the Ten Thousand Races, and You Want Me to Be a Strategist 我从蓝星砍到万族，你劝我当军师 I Am Eighteen吾十八Urban1.4M WordsCompleted In a world where everyone awakens supernatural abilities, alien beasts run rampant and civilization teeters on the brink of collapse. Su Yu transmigrates into this world and, from the start, awakens the Myriad Things Encyclopedia System, becoming a tactician. All he has to do is take a photo to grow stronger! [Photographing the campus belle: SSS-rank talent, Ice Age copied successfully!] [Photographing a master: max-level skill, Phantom Steps copied successfully!] [Photographing an alien beast: 45.9kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
16. 1866 从 After Returning from Infinite Flow, I Became the True Young Master 从无限流回归后，我成了真少爷 The Bandage-Wrapped Black Cat缠绷带的黑猫Urban1.4M WordsOngoing (No romance, semi-ensemble cast, infinite-flow, real and fake young masters, supporting characters have romantic pairings) Shen Chifan is a famous powerhouse in the infinite game “Pure White World.” After defeating the main god of “Pure White World” alongside his fellow players, he earns the ultimate reward and returns to the real world. At last, Shen Chifan can relax. Three months later, someone shows up at his door claiming to be family. Shen Chifan, who has been an orphan his entire life: ? H 8.2kReads8.8Score917Shelves
17. 1867 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Had a Child with a Demon Dragon 穿越后，我和魔龙有个崽 Bestowed Clear Frost予以清霜Ancient Romance284k WordsCompleted Xia Mian transmigrated, and the first thing she did was sleep with a black dragon. She ran off as soon as it was over, then joined the Medicine Sect, where a bright future awaited her. But then... She got pregnant, became a mother, and contracted a little crow. It was fine, she told herself. Having two companions was nice. They could live a quiet, happy life together as a family. That sounded pretty good. But things didn't go as she wished. She was cursed to cough up blood every full moon. To br 393Reads8.8Score100Shelves
18. 1868 转 Turn Around, and See How Vast the World Is 转身，原来世界那么大 Love Eating Big Peaches爱吃大桃子Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Reborn in 2006 + No System + Female Director + No Male Lead] Reborn on the night after the college entrance exam, just before her parents tell her they are divorcing, she refuses to get hysterical and agonize over the gains and losses of family ties this time! She applies to the directing and cinematography program at the Beijing Film Academy! Then she starts making movies over the summer. Step by step, she rises from the daughter of a Hengdian photo studio owner to a film director at the very 743Reads6.5Score102Shelves
19. 1869 俺 My Name Is Wei Shufen! 俺叫魏淑芬！ Trembling哆哆嗦嗦Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Granny Wei is eighty-eight years old this year. She runs up the mountain every morning without even getting out of breath. Following the water pipe at home, she can climb all the way to the third floor with her bare hands! Wei Shufen, the Ancestor of Xuantian, failed her tribulation and arrived at Mount Dawang. She happened upon Granny Wei, who had just taken her last breath, and became her! After binding to a bragging System, she embarked on the road to the pinnacle of life! When her granddaugh 6.4kReads9.1Score858Shelves
20. 1870 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 93kReads9.6Score12.4kShelves
21. 1871 鬼 Demon Slayer: Giyu Tomioka! I'm Telling on My Brother! 鬼灭：富冈义勇！我要告我哥！ Ming Chuchuchu名楚楚楚Anime Fanfiction443k WordsCompleted Giyu Tomioka is the romantic pairing. If that's not for you, don't read. All other canon pairings and the overall plot and setting remain unchanged. The story is rich in romance, with relatively few fight scenes. A fan work. Many years later, Giyu Tomioka and Tsukimorisato No still break down in tears together whenever they remember Sabito. Giyu Tomioka spent many lonely years consumed by the pain of losing his sister and closest friend. Then someone suddenly told him that Sabito had a young 2kReads8.2Score409Shelves
22. 1872 开 From the Start, I Lost My Job: Selling Lunchboxes on the Way Home 开局就失业：返乡途中卖盒饭 Wind Quenches Flowers风熄花Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [A System golden finger, food, fast meals and lunch boxes, a leisurely slice-of-life pace, no romance in the main story. At readers’ request, the bonus chapters have a male lead. Male-oriented, male-oriented, male-oriented, said three times.] After working hard for three years, he’d just been made a full-time employee when the restaurant he worked at shut down. Bai Ye drove home in the secondhand car his boss had given him in lieu of pay, a heap of junk piled in the back. He never expected a S 34.3kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
23. 1873 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Girl Who Disappeared 盗墓：消失的那个她 Leader of the Blind瞎子头子Mystery438k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Tragedy, Extremely Heartbreaking, Read with Caution. Female Lead: Black Glasses’ Girlfriend] (In my story, Black Glasses is suspicious and ruthless, unlike his personality in The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. This is the author’s own interpretation, so please don’t compare the two. Read with caution, thank you.) No one knew that Black Glasses had once had a girlfriend. No one knew that she had vanished without a trace. Ten years later, Wu Xie, Wang Pangzi, Xie Yuchen, and the others 4.9kReads8.3Score397Shelves
24. 1874 穿 Reborn as the Villain's Sister, the Divine Doctor Princess Tears Up the Script 穿成反派亲妹，神医王妃手撕剧本 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance605k WordsCompleted Three years ago, Ye Yunmian awakened to the plot and discovered that her entire family were destined to be cannon fodder in a book. Her eldest brother is fierce and violent, picking fights with everyone until he gradually becomes twisted and ends up dying without a whole corpse. Her second brother was kidnapped as a child, poisoned, and turned into the male lead's obedient lackey! Her little brother is a coward who clings to life. He sides with whoever seems strongest and could be dragged out as 22.3kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
25. 1875 我 I Conquer the Entire Dynasty by Pretending to Be a Goddess 我靠伪装神女攻略整个皇朝 Yu Xiao虞笑Ancient Romance443k WordsCompleted [System + No Secret Identity Reveals + Divine Goddess Persona + No Romance] After Jiang Wu is bound to the System, money clouds her judgment. The System takes her to some obscure dynasty in the middle of nowhere to complete a mission. Only then does she learn that she is an ordinary commoner, while her targets include the emperor, empress, crown prince, princess, general, marquis, heir to a noble title... Great. Her targets include fathers and sons, husbands and wives, and brothers and sisters. 20.2kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
26. 1876 我 I Have a Home in the Far East 我在远东有个家 Ton Ton Fei吨吨肥Urban520k WordsCompleted She farms, herds cattle and sheep, and goes hunting with local specialties when she has time. She keeps a few Siberian big cats and giant hamsters. What a carefree life! The Far East: a magical land that seems desolate and, in truth, is desolate. His story begins here… 4.3kReads9.0Score282Shelves
27. 1877 弃 The Abandoned Daughter Is Fierce: The Scheming Poison Doctor Only Wants to Get Ahead! 弃女好凶：腹黑毒医只求上进！ Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance518k WordsCompleted [No romance + a little System + transmigrate into a book + poison and medicine + genius scholar + female supporting character awakens] Only after Song Yin dies does she learn that she's merely a tool of a supporting character in a book. She has to endure a painful childhood and inhuman experiences, possess extraordinary talent, and be utterly alone and desireless, all so she can become the heroine's all-purpose companion and shine for her. She has to cure the male lead, pave the way for the h 21.9kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
28. 1878 重 Reborn as Grandma Zhang, Beating Up Old Men in the 1990s 重生之张老太在九零年代打老头 Settled in the Mist落定飘渺Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Dear readers, this book is not mainly about a military marriage. The abuse of a martyr’s widow is just one part of the story later on, so please read the synopsis. The title you see is the best one chosen after testing it with a million readers, and it can’t be changed. Sob, the author isn’t happy about it either! Protagonist: Zhang Shufen [Period] [Nineties] [Reborn] [Feel-Good Story] [Family Life] [No Golden Finger] Granny Zhang is reborn, returning to the time before her eldest son started hi 972Reads8.0Score125Shelves
29. 1879 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 156.7kReads9.6Score20.6kShelves
30. 1880 科 The Imperial Exams: A Bookish Son in a Clan of Illiterates 科举：九族文盲出了个读书郎 I'm a Pighead我是猪头Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Imperial Examinations] [Transmigration + No System] [No heroine in the early story; there may or may not be one later, and if there is, she won't get much page time] Not a single person in the Gu clan, spanning nine generations, could read or write. Even the family genealogy had been written by the clan chief through a mixture of guesswork and asking around. Then, all of a sudden, this family produced a scholar. At first, the villagers and the Gu clan relatives had little faith in Gu 81.7kReads8.7Score9.3kShelves
31. 1881 捡 The Art of the Steal 捡漏 The Real Gold Yuanbao金元宝本尊Urban11.9M WordsCompleted One glance spans a hundred years, and I am reborn in the modern city. A golden age of art, a world of antique collecting. Qin Dynasty steles and Zhou Dynasty ritual vessels, ancient inscriptions and paintings. Bronze and blue-and-white porcelain, jadeite and precious gems. Every rare treasure under heaven is in my hands. Reborn in the modern city, Jin Feng relies on his peerless eye for antiques to rise, step by step, to the top. He will carry forward the nation’s most time-honored culture and p 16.7kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves

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    These books are definitely masterpieces, and they are books I would read a second time.

32. 1882 救 After Failing to Redeem Upper Moon Two 救赎上弦二失败后 The Person in the Window窗里人Anime Fanfiction790k WordsCompleted [Demon Slayer ✘ Everyone’s Favorite ✘ Redemption ✘ Healing ✘ Transmigration] Demons: Kokushibo, Doma, Akaza, the Upper Six siblings, Rui, (Muzan) Non-main plot: Yoriichi, Uta, Koyuki Main plot: Everyone except Obanai, Mitsuri, and Kagaya No couples After accidentally transmigrating into the world of Demon Slayer, should she slaughter her way through everything and kick the bucket, or…? The ideal is always rosy, while reality is harsh. Xiaoshi Qinghe has no System or golden finger, no identity or 7.4kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
33. 1883 绝 The Desolate Seafloor 绝望海底 Little Bird Stewed in an Iron Pot铁锅炖小鸟Urban332k WordsCompleted [Entertainment + Singing + Sickly Hero + Healing + Tearjerker + Positive Energy + Redemption] Bai Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he has cancer and needs a huge sum of money for treatment. A singing contest hosted by pdd is underway, drawing a massive audience and offering a huge cash prize! So Bai Chen joins to earn money for his medical bills. In the preliminaries, Bai Chen sings “Under the Sea,” and the entire livestream falls silent, lost in thought. In the knoc 30.5kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    Those three are awesome!

34. 1884 牛 Amazing! The Strong Farm Girl Digs Up Ginseng and Strikes It Rich! 牛啦！大力女知青挖人参暴富啦！ Jiaqi佳奇Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A trinket that modern-day girl Yao Dongxue bought on a whim while shopping suddenly gave her access to a pocket dimension. But she discovered that she might not be the only one who had it. One night, she began watching the daily life of a girl from the 1970s who shared her name, all through her dreams. The girl had a happy family and was incredibly strong. Even in an era that Yao Dongxue considered harsh, she lived a happy life. For three years, Yao Dongxue watched her in her dreams every night. 9.5kReads8.9Score825Shelves
35. 1885 主 So What If You're the Protagonist? The Senior Sister Takes You Down With One Sword 主角了不起？大师姐一剑一个 Joy at Every Step步步见喜Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted Only after Yao Wan dies does she realize she was living in a harem novel about a domineering male lead. The good news: she isn't part of his harem. The bad news: she's dead from the start. In the book, she exists as a corpse for the male lead to use and as the junior sisters' beloved. The four junior sisters are tricked by the male lead into giving up their money and virtue to bring her back, and none of them meets a happy end. On the seventh day after her death, Yao Wan rises from the grave. Fr 4.5kReads9.4Score668Shelves
36. 1886 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.1kReads9.6Score10.7kShelves
37. 1887 三 The King of Hell's Third Bride 三嫁阎君 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery614k WordsOngoing When I turned twenty, my father forced me into a marriage everyone dreaded. The wedding was set for the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the Ghost Festival, and the man I was to marry... Wasn't human either. I was born without a heartbeat. My father used a secret art to keep me alive, and marrying this mysterious husband was my only chance of survival. On our wedding night, paper money swirled through the sky as eerie paper figures descended from above, carrying an eight-bearer phoenix 81.9kReads9.1Score12.9kShelves
38. 1888 我 My Glory Days in Dongguan 我在东莞的高光岁月 Warm Wine, Waiting for the Wind温酒等风来Urban394k WordsOngoing My name is Chang Da Qiang. I was born in a small, underdeveloped county town in the late 1980s. My parents were farmers, and in those days, when everything was desperately poor, I graduated from a junior college and looked for work in my hometown. After hitting one dead end after another, I made a bold decision: I headed south to Guangdong to try my luck. Through hard work, I finally had the experiences that inspired this novel. 2.1kReads—Score117Shelves

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    These two books are super good! >3

39. 1889 他 His Rose Is So Sweet 他的玫瑰好甜 Orange Jasmine九里香Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted What’s the right thing to do when the woman you once loved deeply cruelly abandoned you? When Han Beibei first returns to the country, Ning Weiyuan treats her coldly, every word and gesture conveying aloofness and distance. “Do you always turn your back on people when you talk to them?” “Han Beibei, do you think you’re worthy of calling me that?” “Don’t ever show up in front of me again.” “Han Beibei, do you think I’m easy to win over?” But within days, he completely changes. “You chase me, I sp 2.9kReads9.1Score210Shelves

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    💋💋💋This book is amazing!!! The female lead initiates the breakup (I won't spoil the reason), and returns to China three years later. The male lead is initially cold and aloof, but he immediately breaks down the moment the female lead cries—it's just too adorable, haha. Even before knowing the truth, he spoils her rotten, and it only gets worse later on. Definitely worth reading!

40. 1890 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 225.7kReads9.6Score64.5kShelves
41. 1891 废 Wasteland Scavenger: I Ride to Glory with Bug-Speak 废土拾荒：我靠虫语一路开挂 Worry-Free Blossoms花开无忧Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Wasteland Scavenging + Adventure + Farming + Daily Life + Natural Disasters + No Romance] Fifteen years ago, disaster struck Blue Star, unleashing massive amounts of radiation. Overnight, Blue Star became a living hell. Plants and animals seemed to be on steroids, growing to several times, or even dozens of times, their original size. Humanity’s living space kept shrinking. People had no choice but to abandon the cities and build enormous safe zones elsewhere, huddling inside them like turtle 12.1kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
42. 1892 户 I'm an Outdoor Expert, So Why Am I Always Getting Called Out? 户外大佬的我，怎么老是出警 The Bar's Tiger酒吧的虎Urban965k WordsOngoing [No cultivation, no heroine] [No research, just stereotypes] Other people livestream outdoor hikes. This guy livestreams himself answering police calls outdoors... Goodbye rat race, goodbye burnout, goodbye 996! Green grass, earthy paths, birdsong and fragrant flowers. Here I come, Li Er! [The Safe Hiking System has been activated] Stolen money detected... Victim detected... Wanted criminal detected... Li Er: ??? Officer, let me explain! I really am a hiker, not a murderer! 13.1kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
43. 1893 卧 Crouching Tiger 卧虎 Xun Fei寻飞Urban2.1M WordsOngoing A hidden dragon rises from the depths and devours all things; a crouching tiger commands the mountains and guards a thousand frontiers! When I was little, the strange older girl next door always asked me to help wash her. When I got a little older, she taught me how to be a real man! Twenty years of flashing blades, eighteen years of changing seasons. The black throne may change hands, but true kingship belongs only to madmen who dare to dance with the devil! 14.8kReads7.7Score3kShelves

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    If you don't like this, just go ahead and cyberbully me. I'm a guy with nine accounts across all apps, and I've watched it for over 10,000 hours, from when Tomato was still just a game to now. Trust me, it's incredibly satisfying!

44. 1894 殷 Courting Death to Fight the Japanese, Gin Says I'm Pursuing Him 殷勤抗日，琴酒说我追求他 Golden Finger Manufacturer金手指制造商Anime Fanfiction703k WordsOngoing [King of Glory’s Lanling King template and equipment slots] [Female protagonist, paired with Gin, OOC] [Morally gray, but not completely evil; once she gets together with Gin, she unconditionally takes his side] The Black Organization in Detective Conan, that mysterious group in black, is basically a distillery. Free room and board, high pay, and a single job can make you financially independent. Get hired and get rich. The distillery may be full of impostors, but the benefits are genuinely grea 25.4kReads8.1Score3.8kShelves
45. 1895 弑 Slaying Gods, Starting with Killing the Male Lead 弑神，从杀男主开始 Shi Sui Tan时岁檀Fantastical Romance480k WordsCompleted [Completed] [No CP + ensemble of women + mutual salvation + anti-cliché + xianxia + metafiction] [Content warnings: The heroine is not a genuinely kind and beautiful saint, and starts killing from the start! She isn't the only one in the spotlight; there will be many other female characters. Not every woman is strong: they can be weak and make mistakes, and they'll need time to grow. Feel free to ship whoever you like; I personally prefer friendship and family bonds.] What would the world becom 706Reads9.2Score155Shelves
46. 1896 郡 The Commandery Princess Is Reborn and Back for Revenge 郡主重生杀回来了 Yi Shuang宜霜Ancient Romance281k WordsOngoing Zhang Jiayue, the Princess of Yufang, was talked into visiting the Sure-Win Gambling House by her half-brother and the Third Prince. She brought along her childhood friend Jiang Yunzhao. After winning at first, she began to lose and got hopelessly hooked, borrowing a million taels of silver. The gambling house came after her to collect, bringing down both the Prince’s and Marquis’s households. She was killed, too. Unable to let go, she was reborn on the road as the gambling house’s collectors cl 367Reads8.1Score100Shelves

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    The writing style is simple and unadorned, yet the emotional portrayal is delicate and rich.

47. 1897 那 The Happy Years I Spent in Dongguan 那些年我在东莞的幸福往事 Sparse Shadows in the Courtyard疏影庭前Urban299k WordsCompleted [Urban everyday life] + [multiple heroines] + [first person] My name is Hao Jian. I'm a college graduate who left a small inland county to make a living in Dongguan. A female classmate who'd been quite a flirt back in school introduced me to the city. I thought I'd find a factory job and earn some money, but things didn't go as planned. I ended up in a bar, and that's where my life took an unexpected turn. 5.5kReads6.0Score500Shelves
48. 1898 卷 Why Work Yourself to the Bone When You Can Work Your Husband? 卷自己不如卷老公 Cats Aren't Picky Eaters猫猫不挑食Modern Romance860k WordsCompleted [Not a feel-good power fantasy + sharp-tongued, irritable, paralyzed, bankrupt male lead + the leads support each other and build from nothing + cozy everyday life] The biggest dream of Ruan Ningxia's life was to marry a rich man, so she climbed into Fu Lincheng's bed, carried a child for ten months, gave birth to a son, and became a wealthy wife. After they married, Fu Lincheng treated her like a decoration and came home fewer than twice a year. Everyone said she had it rough. Ningxia, with her 31.9kReads8.8Score3kShelves

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    🍒🍒Three styles of stories, lighthearted and humorous, both leads are virgins. 1. The male lead is a powder keg, ready to explode at any moment. 2. A charming and sweet wife, a pure and abstinent military officer. 3. A devoted female supporting character who is the male lead's white moonlight, breaking the plot's locks.

49. 1899 被 After He Took Her by Force, He Fell for Her 被她强取豪夺后，他真香了 Hot Summer热夏夏Ancient Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Clearheaded, rational heroine vs. arrogant, scheming hero] [Possessive romance + marriage before love + both leads are sexually inexperienced] In her previous life, Xie Youran refused to be married off to bring good fortune to a sick man. In the end, her father sent her into the Shen family in a humble sedan chair. She had no status and was treated with contempt. Everyone bet she would never amount to anything. Reborn before the marriage, she agreed, but demanded the Shen family follow all the 56.8kReads8.7Score5.8kShelves
50. 1900 全EN The Whole Family Is Insanely Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 全家偷听我心声杀疯了，我负责吃奶 Xia Shengsheng夏声声Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted The Red Fruit short drama adaptation of My Whole Family Hears My Thoughts: Fu Bao Chaochao is now open for reservations! Please show it lots of support and give it a follow! [Whole-family mind reading + cannon fodder + beloved by the whole family + powerful figure transmigrates into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good story] Lu Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book. She became a cannon-fodder character who was drowned at birth, while the heroine stole her identity. The heroine turned 14.9kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves

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