Looking for a Genuinely Good Book. Lately, I Keep Dropping Everything I Start... 求一本正儿八经好看的书,最近总是在弃文…
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The Star Hub Shines on Han 星枢映汉
[Three Kingdoms + no transmigration + no System + not invincible + not reborn + no harem + decisive and ruthless + restore the Han dynasty + supporting Liu Bei despite the odds] A wildly imaginative, perception-shattering take on the Oath of the Peach Garden. All there is are the swords of the Three Kingdoms, the blades of the late Han, the stars above, and a group of people moving the pieces amid chaos. Reading the stars to determine fate × holding the mountains to break formations × hidden ra
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Memories of 1931: Hunting, Fighting the Japanese, and Raising a Family 回忆一九三一养家打猎打鬼子日子
In 1931, the Japanese invaded China. Ling Feng hunted to feed his family and fought the Japanese to capture supplies. He and his good brothers enjoyed the good life, built houses, and got married.
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Reborn: I Become a Sensation on a Boy Band Survival Show 重生后我在男团选秀综艺爆火了
[Reborn / Top-tier star / Sweet romance / Two strong leads] Genius music producer Song Nanxing is reborn in the body of a newcomer covered in scandals before he has even debuted. The original owner entered a boy-band competition as a male contestant. Dead last in ability and ostracized by everyone, he became the target of ridicule across the internet! Then Song Nanxing arrived. The nobody who used to sing terribly and seemed good for nothing opened his mouth again, and his singing was breathtaki
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Beloved Member of a Boy Band Show 穿书后,我成了男团节目里的团宠
After Shen Ning was dumped and immediately replaced by someone else, she transmigrated into a book and became bound to a System. According to the System’s requirements, she has to become the male lead’s first love. But she’s in… a boy-band survival show with an all-male cast!! There’s a 200-million-yuan reward for completing the mission. To claim the money and get back home, Shen Ning embarks on a long mission-filled journey. And her dormitory even has three big shots. The key thing is, all thre
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She's Disguised as a Boy! All Her Male Dormmates Want to Turn Her Gay 女扮男装!男寝室友们都想掰歪她
(Secret Identities / No Fixed Pairing / Everyone's Favorite / Regret and Redemption) To change her own fate and that of her twin brother, Qin Mu disguises herself as a man and moves back into the boys' dormitory her brother fears. Bystanders: That sissy's got some nerve, moving back into the male idol's dorm! Onlookers: Just you wait. That sissy will run away with his tail between his legs again! When her secret identities are exposed, all five god-tier roommates are dumbfounded!!! The business
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I Fled in Disguise as a Man, and Now Master Bo Is Hunting Me 女扮男装出逃后,我被薄爷通缉了
You Li is the useless little pet Lord Bo keeps at home. He can’t fight or talk back, and he’s soft, timid, and great at acting cute. Lord Bo has just two rules for Young Master You: be home by eight, and dating is fine, but don’t cross the line. Lord Bo is too busy guarding against girls to realize the person he should really be watching out for is a man. You Li is pregnant! Lord Bo admits he was blind. All these years, he never realized You Li was a woman pretending to be a man. That day, with
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If You Won't Write the Memorial, Why Are You Going on the Northern Campaign? 不写出师表,你北什么伐呀!
“This place is so delightful, I could forget all about Shu!” Liu Shan, who left behind this timeless saying, thought he had died. But when he opened his eyes again, he had become Zhao Gou, the emperor of the Great Song. With none of Zhao Gou's memories, he gazed at the officials filling the court and fell into deep thought. They have a chancellor here too? The name Qin Hui might not sound like much, but surely he's as capable in both letters and arms as my foster father! Hmm? Wait, why is there
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Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂
Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the
22.4kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
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The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区
After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey...
238.4kReads9.6Score27.3kShelves
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I Got Li Shimin So Worked Up, He Wanted to Trade His Life for Mine 把李世民说急了,他想跟我一换一
[Hilarious, satisfying, lighthearted, historical, ancient China] Cheng Jun transmigrated to the third year of the Zhenguan era in the Tang Dynasty, becoming the son of the military officer Cheng Yaojin. As it happened, Li Shimin was recruiting imperial censors! Years later, Li Shimin said to the Crown Prince, “Cheng Jun is a peerless sword of our Great Tang. Only a virtuous person can wield him. You're young, so I'll leave him to you.” The Crown Prince burst into tears. “I don't want it anymore!
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Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世:全公司否认18楼存在
[Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn
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The Road to Promotion: An Unusual Secretary 升迁之路之非常秘书
A reform landed him in a workplace he never could have imagined. An accident brought him a fortune he never could have imagined. A chance encounter gave him an opportunity he never could have imagined. An argument set him on a path he never could have imagined...
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Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神
A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled
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The Peerless X-Ray Worker 极品透视民工
Ye Tao, a migrant worker, injures his eyes in an accident involving a cement mixer and suddenly gains X-ray vision. With his extraordinary eyes, he quietly rises to the top, tramples the worst people, becomes the best of the best, and reaches the pinnacle of life.
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Following His Footsteps From Youth to the Height of Her Glory 追随他脚步从青葱岁月到韶华灼灼
From high school to university and then into the workplace, she followed him for years. Ye Mu had long known that the road they walked together would end in separation, but she held on until she had no strength left. Li Ling always believed marriage was nothing more than an equal exchange based on weighing the pros and cons, and that's exactly how he treated it. It wasn't until Ye Mu vanished from his life completely that he realized she had taken all the joy from his life. From then on, life be
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Malicious Seduction 恶意引诱
[One-on-one romance, two male leads, both reborn, unhinged × obsessive] In the twelfth year of being imprisoned by Gu Linxian, Chen Qingchi is reborn. Chen Qingchi decides to strike first. The night Gu Linxian comes to see him, he shoves him into his family’s basement. “Brother Linxian, you like me so much. Surely you don’t mind being locked up by me?”
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Those Two Dragon-Prince Twins Are My Nephews 那对龙傲天双胞胎是我外甥
[Dual Male Leads * Reborn * Sweet Romance * Anti-System] Wen Tianmu thought he had transmigrated into a power fantasy novel, and resolved to adopt the twin heroes, raising them to have the right values. The twins were reborn as children, only to be adopted in this life by the one relative they had come to hate. It turned out that all their hatred had been nothing more than shackles they had forged for themselves. Xia Huaiyu intercepted the System’s power and gave Wen Tianmu a dream, giving the t
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I Am the Villain Chosen by Fate: Invincible from the Moment I Crush the Male Lead 我,天命反派,无敌从碾压男主开始
Every male-oriented novel has a domineering protagonist who relies on forced posturing to pull off face-slapping, along with a crowd of cannon fodder whose intelligence is forcibly lowered by his protagonist aura. Gu Xiao's job is to become a brain-boosting hero in these web novels, raise the intelligence of everyone in each world, and relentlessly rub the male lead's face in the dirt. In a son-in-law story, he's the loyal sidekick who helps the male lead show off, only to have the male lead pat
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I Only Sneaked a Glance at Him 我只偷看他一眼
During the speech by the freshman class representative, Chen Nan fell for Lu Xu at first sight, and for the rest of her life. The pink sunset beyond the window filled the entire sky, like a beautiful landscape painting. The clouds looked drunk, their cheeks flushed with color. Chen Nan held her breath and stole a sidelong glance at Lu Xu. His profile was youthful and striking, and he held his book with perfect posture. A ray of light fell on the yellowed pages, and touched him as well. The dayli
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Little Junior Sister, Don’t Be Reckless! The Whole Cultivation World Is Yours! 小师妹别莽了整个修真界都归你了
[Transmigration into a book, cultivation, strong female lead, System, fire spiritual root, no romance] Chu Luo transmigrates into a cultivation world and binds herself to a Destiny System, starting off with her luck reduced by 9,999 points. It turns out that she and her twin sister share the fate of twin flowers on a single stem. All of Chu Luo's luck has been drained by her elder sister, the heroine of the original novel. Worse, her own family wants to kill her outright so the heroine can becom
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After Becoming a Cultivation Novel's Female Side Character, I Don't Want to Be Cannon Fodder 穿成修仙女配后不想当炮灰
[Female-Led Cultivation, No Romance] [Mutated Wind Spirit Root + Hidden Weapons] Reincarnated as the villainess in a cultivation novel, she gets the best setup possible: the Northern Border’s greatest beauty and a genius disciple with a mutated Wind Spirit Root. But since she isn’t destined to be the heroine, Duan Jiaojiao decides to stay away from her and turn down the powerful Canglan Sect, joining the “pickpocket sect” Kongkong Sect instead. Who could have guessed that this much-hated “pickpo
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My Little Martial Uncle Really Doesn't Push Herself. She Just Wants to Kill the Female Lead 小师叔真不卷,她只想杀女主而已
[Ensemble cast] [People say the blurb did this book a disservice. I'm no good at writing blurbs, so just read the story.] Reincarnated as a doomed female supporting character destined for a gruesome death? No problem. Kill the heroine from the start, wreck the plot, and reset everything. This time, I'm the heroine. The original heroine was a pitiful girl born to a concubine. She had a lowly start but a powerful protagonist's aura. No matter what danger she faced, she always escaped disaster, ros
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So Daring, She’s the Villainess Whose Loved Ones Are All Gods 飒上天!女配她,至亲至爱全是神
From the start, Meng Jiaojiao is being abused, so the moment she transmigrates into a book, she reveals who she is: “Dad, help! I'm your daughter!” The First Sect's leader immediately panics and protects his daughter, while her five villainous senior brothers rush to defend their little sister! The Xuanjian Sect, which punishes criminals, is dumbfounded. How did this orphaned criminal suddenly become the First Sect's beloved treasure? They're in deep trouble now! After claiming her father on
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Laughing Proudly in Siheyuan 笑傲四合院
Also known as Laughing at the Courtyard, this novel is full of humor and wit. Set in a traditional courtyard compound, it tells a series of hilarious stories about the tangled relationships and everyday lives of the different families in this unique community. With vivid descriptions and a sharp eye, it deftly combines the human dramas of courtyard life with the bustle of the city, capturing the joys and sorrows of urban living. To prove that Silly Zhu isn't stupid, he sneaks into the TV drama L
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New Tales from the Thatched Cottage of Close Readings 阅微草堂新记
Drawing on the tales of fox spirits, ghosts, and deities in the classic Notes from the Thatched Abode of Close Observations, this book brings to life the legacy of Guan Gong’s foolish simplicity. New wine in an old bottle, moonlight over clear waters; still twenty-four volumes, though countless eons have passed. New notes from the Thatched Abode of Close Observations, cultivated until the plum blossoms know first.
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Li Bai, Courtesy Name Taibai 李白字太白
Born to help readers unwind after the college entrance exams, this book revisits the heady spirit of Li Bai's poems and prose. The stories behind the poet can be appreciated in silence or shared in conversation. Let his bold passion nourish hearts yearning to run free.
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Drunk on the Fragrance of Books 书香惹人醉
Reading classic texts, creating new stories. This collection brings ancient books to life, carrying on their literary traditions. It offers reflections on classics such as The Romance of the Western Chamber, The Palace of Eternal Life, The Peach Blossom Fan, The Peony Pavilion, A New Account of the Tales of the World, The Scholars, What the Master Would Not Discuss, and Notes from the Thatched Abode of Close Observations, while also creating sequels, adaptations, and entirely new stories.
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A Different Way to Live: The Road of Life 换个活法人生之路
A New Way to Live: The Road of Life. The plot is entirely imaginary, dreamed up while watching TV. In the 1980s, Gao Jialin was the village’s top student, but unexpectedly failed the college entrance exam. Despite the twists of fate, he didn’t lose heart and instead became a teacher at a village primary school. But competition for permanent teaching posts brought him down once again. Encouraged by his friend Liu Qiaozhen, he picked himself up and kept wr
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The New Legend of the Investiture of the Gods 封神新传
In the ancient Zhou era, the Shang dynasty was cruel and tyrannical, and all the people suffered under its rule. Jiang Ziya, a Taoist with profound magic and wisdom, took on the mission of helping the Zhou court overthrow Shang Zhouwang. Along the way, Jiang Ziya led a band of immortals in a fierce battle against Shang Zhouwang’s army. They used all kinds of magic and supernatural powers to break formations and slay generals, ultimately sealing away many evil deities. The immortals wielded magic
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My Plan to Create Humanity 我的造人计划
The only creatures on Earth associated with dragons are dinosaurs, but they've been extinct for ages. And I don't have the power to bring them back to life. Even if I could, a dinosaur and I wouldn't be a good match, would we? So I used scientific technologies such as quantum technology, artificial intelligence, gene editing, robotics and automation, the metaverse and blockchain, digital twins, and 3D printing to begin my human-creation plan.
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The Monkey King Strikes Back: Scavenger of the Starfields 猴王逆袭,星域间的清道夫
Far from the hustle and bustle, the star realms are no peaceful place. Evil forces run rampant, threatening their tranquility. Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, possesses extraordinary strength and wisdom. He decides to leave worldly conflicts behind and devote himself to cleaning up the star realms. With his unique moral code and wisdom, he becomes their interstellar janitor. In this complicated cosmic struggle, Sun Wukong will fight fiercely against all manner of immortals, demons, and monsters, wh
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A One-on-One Relationship 一对一关系
You fall in love with her, and she falls in love with you. One stubborn thought, a lifetime of heartache. A destined match made in heaven, yet not a couple despite accepting fate; a passionate romance, a life together driven by primal instinct; a fated union born of harmony, an love story that passed each other by.
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The Twelve Beauties of the Red Chamber 红楼十二钗
Where do the Twelve Beauties of the Red Chamber awaken from their dream? After attaining enlightenment, Jia Baoyu realizes that everything is an illusory dream. Each of the Twelve Beauties of the Red Chamber, including Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Jia Yuanchun, Jia Tanchun, Shi Xiangyun, Miaoyu, Jia Yingchun, Jia Xichun, Wang Xifeng, Jia Qiaojie, Li Wan, and Qin Keqing, has a fate of her own. A captivating ancient-style tale full of imaginative twists, it leaves readers with much to ponder.
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Which Rank Are the Eight Immortals Descending to the Sea? 八仙下海位哪班
Which class does the Eight Immortals belong to when they go down to the sea? The answer: the ranks of the immortals. Where were the Eight Immortals pushed into the sea? Where did they swim ashore? Where did they clock in for work? Who was Du Fu’s “Song of the Eight Immortals While Drinking” written for? Was it a pop song? Did they compete on Penglai’s Got Talent? The Eight Immortals savor life in Shandong, enjoy the flavors of Qilu, admire breathtaking flower fields, and tour all the internet-fa
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