Absolutely Heartbreaking, I Cried Myself to Sleep 超虐，半夜哭死

1. 1 大 When the Great Fog Cleared 大雾散尽 The Old Moon Is at Peace旧月安好Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted When Jiang Yue was young, she met a man who shone like pure moonlight, like the moon hanging high in the sky. She was infatuated with him, obsessed with him. But he remained seated high above, looking down at her, until one day she died a terrible death. Then the story began again. Jiang Yue set out to take revenge on and claim that dazzling light for herself. This time, she would stain the divine and keep that radiance all to herself. She would make him fall to the mortal world for her, never t 5.3kReads8.1Score197Shelves

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   I'm here! I recommend these three books. The third one is a modern fantasy novel where all the happiness is just his fantasy; the female lead never comes back. It's heartbreaking. The second one is angsty at first, but then the male lead changes and it becomes sweet.

2. 2 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 90.9kReads9.6Score12.1kShelves
3. 3 王 My Lord, the Princess Consort Says She’ll Never See You Again 王爷，王妃说此生不复相见 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance421k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance Tragedy + No Getting Back Together + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A tragic romance! A tragic romance! A tragic romance! Ye Chuyan loved Pei Xiuyan for twelve years, but never moved him in the slightest. All she got in return was Pei Xiuyan wiping out the Ye family and having her father and brothers tortured to death over three days in the snow. At last, she understood: for the rest of her life, there would be no love between her and Pei Xiuyan, only hatred, until one o 26.7kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   Family, I have to say, this book made me cry so much right from the beginning.

4. 4 渣 The Scumbag Can't Have Me, Quick Transmigration 渣男对我求而不得【快穿】 Shui Mu Qing水木青Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted After a car accident leaves her in a vegetative state, Lin Ruo is forced to bind herself to the Scumbag System and begins a masochistic quest to cling to the scumbag’s coattails. First World The scumbag emperor destroys her family and leaves her to die in a sea of flames in order to seize military power. After she dies, the emperor undergoes a dramatic change in personality and spends more than a decade consumed by regret. Lin Ruo rolls her eyes in disdain. [Scumbag Experience: 10%] Second World 5.2kReads9.1Score504Shelves

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   Recommend some niche ones

5. 5 他 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 Jing Xing景行Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 25.2kReads9.7Score4.8kShelves

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   Synopsis: A renowned female journalist, a narcotics squad leader, a fierce battle between opposing sides, a poignant love story told over short letters—beneath the seemingly calm surface, turbulent waves surge, foreshadowing the extraordinary nature of their relationship. He is in Yunnan, where the most beautiful scenery lies, at the boundary between light and darkness.

6. 6 我 I Told You I Love You in Heaven 我在天堂说爱你 Ling Xi灵希Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted At fifteen, Junxi accidentally got blood from an AIDS patient into one of his wounds and contracted the disease. From then on, his normal life was completely upended, and he lived in constant fear that he could die at any moment. But Li Poxiao never left his side, giving him the courage to carry on. Through his pain, he smiled through his tears. “Brother Junxi, my greatest wish is to become your bride. You have to fight to stay alive, because… this is a dream only you can help me fulfill.” A lov 944Reads9.5Score210Shelves
7. 7 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
8. 8 全 After Everyone Got a Bad Ending, the Worlds Merged 全员be后，世界融合了 Courtyard of Still Water止水之庭Two Male Leads463k WordsCompleted The Ex-Wife-Chasing Crematorium Blurb: Yan Mo, an ordinary young man, is whisked away by a conquest System and somehow becomes someone else's beloved wife. A complete novice who has never been in love, he diligently learns how to love someone. Other people rely on their acting skills to win someone over. He relies on sincerity. All his efforts and sacrifices, all his waiting and affection, earn him nothing but ruthless abandonment. At last, utterly disillusioned, Yan Mo loses his temper. He's do 3.3kReads8.1Score501Shelves

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   ✨✨✨Two male leads: a domineering older man, childhood sweethearts, a metaphysical master, a top celebrity, a gaming prodigy, a twisted psychologist, and a firm owner (the seme).🍆🍆🍆 The uke is inexplicably taken away by a strategy system to become someone else's wife. He diligently learns how to love, giving his all, working hard, and waiting patiently, only to be ruthlessly abandoned in the end. 🔥🔥🔥Slowly, the uke comes to his senses, stops doing the missions, and abandons the scumbag. As he prepares to go home, he discovers that the final world is beginning to merge.

9. 9 惊 Leaves Fall in Autumn 惊秋落叶 Not a Good Day to Talk今日不宜讲話Modern Romance62k WordsCompleted [Campus Tragedy] [Mutual Secret Crush] Tang Qiu and Pei Jingnian On Ningchuan No. 1 High School's wall of outstanding graduates (its wall of fame), Pei Jingnian took the top spot that year, while Tang Qiu was relegated to the very bottom. "Wasn't Senior Tang Qiu a good student back then? Weren't she and Pei Jingnian the twin stars of the arts and sciences? How did she end up at the bottom?" "She wasn't even on the wall at first. They added her later." "I heard she didn't do very well on her exam 173Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 女 Matriarchal Republic of China: The Violent Tycoon's Little Nightingale 女尊民国：暴戾财阀的小夜莺 Bai Youyou白油油Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted Toxic melodrama, female pursuer, angst, one-on-one and mutually faithful. Don't talk to me about morals. I'm shallow, and if you don't like it, move along. Zhu Mingzhi always knew his place: a quiet ornament who was expected to be obedient. Once, Young Master Zhu was the light of a powerful financial family. Everything changed when the once-gentle, thoughtful heiress viciously tore apart the congratulatory gift he'd prepared with such care and demanded that he pay for a life with his own. Simply 782Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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    The first book is a female-dominated world where the male lead suffers greatly. This author also wrote another book with a similar theme, but it was banned; it was extremely tragic. The second is a contemporary romance, also with the male lead suffering greatly, as the female lead has a crush on a certain ideal love interest, which is very heartbreaking. The third book spans multiple worlds, both ancient and modern, where the male lead is repeatedly betrayed. The fourth book features dual rebirth, with the female lead tormenting the male lead in her past life. The fifth, sixth, and seventh books are memory-revealing stories. The eighth book features a villain who is reborn, and the female leads experience a tumultuous pursuit of their husbands, with broken relationships never being mended. The ninth book is a female-dominated world with a tragic element. The last two books need no introduction; they are all very tragic.

11. 11 明 How Many Years Has the Moon Shone on My Heart? 明月何年照我心 Great Dream Tree Man大梦树人Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted (Not a feel-good story. This is angsty. If you want a feel-good story, you may want to skip this one. The low ratings have been getting me down.) Yan Mingchuan said, “Anran, I love you.” Anran was unimpressed, and utterly repulsed by him. The man before her was the nightmare of her life. Later, Anran stood before him, timidly gazing at his face with greedy longing. But he said, “Anran, there can never be anything between us.” Later still. The moon shone especially brightly that day. Yan Mingchua 2.5kReads7.1Score100Shelves
12. 12 男 Male Side Character: After I Leave, the Heroine Will Regret It! 男配：我离去后，女主追悔莫及！ One Squid at a Time一口一个鱿鱼仔Urban2.4M WordsCompleted You spent your life helping me become a legendary songstress, yet you stayed cold and distant toward me? I treated you as the person I loved most, but you wanted to take my heart and become an immortal? I endured every hardship to become your master and teach you, but you wanted to carve me up with a thousand cuts? I was your sharpest blade, helping you become a legendary empress, but once you were done with me, you discarded me like a hunting dog and hid away your bow? You promised we’d grow ol 340Reads8.1Score—Shelves
13. 13 反 Villain: The Heroines Regretted It After I Left 反派，我离开后女主后悔了 The Pencil's Soliloquy铅笔的独白Eastern Fantasy191k WordsOngoing [Villain] [Xuanhuan] [Empress] [Invincible] [Both Reborn] After Long Yu defeated the strongest people in the Central Divine Continent, he was left on the verge of death himself. In the final moments of his life, he seemed to see the woman he had once loved most, and also hated most. He had once been willing to do anything for her, but after she betrayed him, he left in fury and then took his revenge on her and her people. Long Yu: “Is this a hallucination? Even at the very end, I still can't let 63Reads5.5Score—Shelves
14. 14 反 Villain: My Junior Sisters Are All Dark Empresses 反派：我师妹全是黑化女帝 Pure and White很纯很白Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain + System + Empress + corruption + invincible + yandere] [The chase-back-to-win-her-over arc] He transmigrates into a fantasy novel world as the abandoned son of an imperial clan, exiled from an immortal domain to the lower realm. After six lifetimes of reincarnation, he only wants to be a righteous senior brother, despite being a villain by nature. However, The junior sisters he cared about most misunderstood him for five whole lifetimes. In his sixth life, he gives up trying. From then 12.9kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
15. 15 反 The Villainous Master’s Memories Are Revealed, and His Empress Disciple Breaks Down in Tears 反派师尊记忆曝光，女帝徒弟泪崩 No Clouds Tomorrow明天没有云Eastern Fantasy805k WordsCompleted The great villain Xiao Fan was surrounded and attacked by his seven disciples. His eldest disciple shouted, “Demon, the vengeance for my father's death can never be forgiven! Today is the day you die!” His second disciple shouted, “Demon, I kindly saved you back then, but you coveted my Supreme Yin Divine Physique and slaughtered my entire village. Today, I'll hack you into a thousand pieces to comfort the souls of my people in heaven!” Listening to his disciples denounce him, Xiao Fan re 10.8kReads9.0Score988Shelves
16. 16 说 You Said You’d Kill Me, So Why Do You Regret It Now? 说好的要杀我，你们怎么后悔了 The Long Wind Blows Away长风吹去Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Xianxia Fantasy + Memories Revealed + No System + One Heroine + Tragedy + Slow Burn] A friendly warning: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! Important things must be said three times! Before the Heavenly Void Palace. “Chen Zun, you murdered your master and betrayed the Dao. You personally trapped me in a ten-thousand-year ice cave to suffer punishment. Today, you will pay with your life!” “Demon Lord, you slaughtered 3.9kReads8.3Score370Shelves
17. 17 反 Villain: Go Find the Dragon King. Why Are You Looking for Me? 反派：你们去找龙王，找我干啥 Han Ruoxi寒若曦Urban184k WordsCompleted The System blew up, but its abilities remained. The heroines, however, started acting strangely. Each one decided Jiang Yichen was either the moonlight of her life or the cinnabar mole in her heart. Jiang Yichen roared, trying to make them stay away from him, but it was no use. Yueguang: You are my moonlight. Gu Qingcheng: I was foolish once. I can’t afford to be foolish again. Zi Muyi: I love you three thousand times over. Ling Yueran: I can’t put it into words. Gu Qingxue: My love is the most 1.3kReads8.1Score101Shelves
18. 18 我 Simulating Life in a Female-Dominated Cultivation World 我在女尊修仙界模拟人生 Have a Radish吃个萝卜Eastern Fantasy671k WordsCompleted Su Quan, who studied media and acting in his previous life in Huaguo, unexpectedly transmigrates into a matriarchal world. From the start, his vicious, snobbish mother is forcing him to marry the old hag who rules as the current female emperor of the ancient Xia Kingdom. Luckily, he awakens the “Matriarchal Life Simulator” System in time. In his first life, he is the husband of a female war god. When she returns from battle, she discovers that her husband and son are living in a doghouse. In his 22.6kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
19. 19 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves
20. 20 如 I Wish I Could Die in a Dream in Tokyo 如果能在东京的梦中死去就好了 Buckwheat Noodles in a Bowl碗子荞麦面11k WordsCompleted I Wish I Could Die in a Dream of Tokyo 87Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 叶 Ye Yuan Gets Rounder and Rounder, and Keeps Winning 叶媛越圆越胜利 Lili Ke丽丽可Modern Romance52k WordsOngoing Ye Yuan is a chubby young woman who lives up to her name: round and rosy-cheeked, but dressed in a remarkably dowdy style. At 26, wearing a pair of huge, unfashionable black-rimmed glasses, she finds herself caught in a plot straight out of a TV drama, and an utterly melodramatic one at that: her boyfriend of five years is getting married, but she isn't the bride. Foolish Ye Yuan is the last to find out. Heartbroken, she leaves City A and moves to City B. Lin Heng of City B is the heir to the Li —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's sweet at the beginning, but heartbreaking and agonizing at the end!

22. 22 恰 Just Like Your Sorrow 恰似你的忧伤 Fish Lantern Su鱼灯苏Modern Romance55k WordsCompleted Much Like Your Sorrow 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I cried so much after watching the ending... When longing becomes an incurable disease, when the time we didn't have time to settle becomes the past and a specimen, after you left, my right hand will ache from time to time, a dull pain, just like your brightness, just like your sorrow.

23. 23 送 A Little Red Flower for You 送你一朵小红花 Fish Lantern Su鱼灯苏13k WordsCompleted A Little Red Flower for You 22Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 蝴 The Butterfly Cannot Cross the Vast Sea 蝴蝶飞不过沧海 Miemie咩咩Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted I thought love’s destination was having it all. Who knew that a lovesick fool could give everything and end up with nothing? I was hopelessly lovestruck, and Mu Ge controlled every part of my life. He was my whole world. Mu Ge was lovesick too, but Wu Tong was his entire galaxy. I loved Mu Ge so desperately I’d throw myself into the flames like a moth. Mu Ge let Wu Tong lead him around by the nose, without a single complaint. As Carnation would put it, it was all fate, all debts: debts that coul 38Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 我 A Lai and I 我和阿来 Frost on the Green Grass青草地上霜Modern Romance103k WordsCompleted [A dashing Tibetan youth × a city pharmaceutical saleswoman dreaming of romance] [Tragedy] [Pure love] [Love at first sight + love that grows over time] [Substitute romance] “Are you the person from my dreams?” Mu Xiangxiang follows her dream to northwestern Sichuan, where she meets Alai, the Tibetan boy from her dreams. Over the course of a month, they fall in love. But a fire cruelly takes Alai's life. Mu Xiangxiang: “You promised to stay with me for the rest of my life. If I could do it a —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 媚 Born with a Bewitching Charm 媚骨生香 Her Highness the Nightmare梦魇殿下Ancient Romance150k WordsCompleted 261Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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    This book is very realistic, and it's definitely angsty. I'm pretty good at handling it, but I don't know about you. It's definitely angsty, but more than anything, it's about the helplessness towards fate.

27. 27 见 Good Grief, Every Beautiful Girl I Meet Is Unhinged 见鬼了，我遇到的美少女都不正常 Stubborn Salted Fish头铁的咸鱼Urban271k WordsCompleted Ye Bai transmigrated into the body of Dongfang Bai, a boy in Japan who had been bullied at school since childhood and had grown up timid and insecure. Next door lives a little blonde, blue-eyed girl with twin tails. In truth, she's a pervert who spies on me through the window every day. There's also the quiet, artsy, long-haired student council president. Don't let her quiet demeanor fool you: she's actually very petty. And a pair of twin sisters are always pestering me to treat their illness 8Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    I cried so much at the end of this book.

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