Tomato Novel’s Ten Greatest Classics: Read This List or Regret It for the Rest of Your Life 番茄小说十大经典，这份书单不看后悔终生
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- 501 EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 688.5kReads9.4Score49.1kShelves
- 502 The Usurper 犯上者 [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 218.8kReads9.4Score35.1kShelves
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Gathering Ears of Grain 拾穗儿
In an era without electricity, phones, or the internet, youth was made of books, sweat, and burning ideals. Her name is Shisui'er. Born in the desert and orphaned young, she was given nothing but desolation by fate, yet she was determined to make flowers bloom across the mountains. She studied hard, then turned the college entrance exams around, leaving the depths of the Gobi for a university campus. With an unyielding spirit, she grew toward the sun and blossomed against the wind. After gradu
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- 504 Marrying Up 攀高枝 [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 162.8kReads9.6Score22.7kShelves
- 505 EN This Cultivator Comes from Earth 这位修士来自地球 [Cyber cultivation] [Hardcore cultivation techniques] [the Myriad Worlds] A grand epic with a very long buildup. Readers who prefer fast-paced, feel-good stories may want to steer clear. The story reaches the stars in Volume Three. The cyberpunk element in this book chronicles how Shenzhou gradually evolves from a modern civilization into a cyber-cultivation civilization. It doesn't start out in a cyberpunk world. The setting unfolds gradually, and the cyber-cultivation theory doesn't begin unti 26.6kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
- 506 Online Gaming: A God-Tier Talent from the Start 网游：开局获得神级天赋 When online gaming and reality merge. After being betrayed by his brothers and lover, Zhang Yi returns reborn from eight years in the apocalypse. Armed with a supreme artifact and god-tier talent he obtained before his rebirth, he enters the game once more. The world will be reset in Zhang Yi’s hands... 10.8kReads8.5Score1.8kShelves
- 507 A Zombie Transmigrates and Gets Tricked by a Villain into Becoming a Stepmother 丧尸穿越后，被反派诓去当后娘 What should I do after transmigrating? Chu Chi held her head in her hands and thought for ages. A zombie's brain has only just grown in, so she has to make good use of it. When in doubt, sleep on it first. After Lin You'an woke up, the first thing she did was grab her little sister and escape the wolf's den. Along the way, she also found herself a stepmother. “So, you’re saying you’re my son?” “Mm-hmm.” “How old am I?” “Eighteen?” “How old are you?” “Eight.” “I’ve read plenty of books, so don’t 24.8kReads9.5Score3kShelves
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Lili and Yuanshang 离离与原上
[The characters in this book grow and change. Nobody is perfect, and each has their own flaws and room to grow. If that bothers you, please steer clear. Much love.] Jiang Lili is a good girl. Abandoned ever since birth, she grew up timid and meek, frightened of even the smallest things. Though she lived every day on edge, she remained sunny and optimistic, full of hope for the future. Yuan Shang is a bad student. Ruling the school is his norm, and getting into fights is part of his daily routine
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Possessing Jiang Xi 佔有姜西
[One-on-One Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads + PDA-Filled Romance + Mutual Devotion] A job interview at a bar leads two people with nothing in common to meet for the first time. One is a private tutor, the other a cold-faced King of Hell. One does the flirting, the other does the pampering. Later, no one could have guessed that the elegant, aloof Qin Zhan would turn into a clingy burr. Their everyday life after getting together is even too much to watch... “Wifey...” “Hmm?” “Could you comfort me
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- 510 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 [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 117.8kReads9.6Score13.7kShelves
- 511 The Metaphysics Master Shakes the World After Coming Down from the Mountain 玄学大佬下山后轰动全世界 [Mysticism + satisfying read + sweet romance] Everyone in the industry says the newly reunited eldest daughter of the Su family is a menace. One sentence from her can break up a marriage, shatter a family, drive someone into bankruptcy, or land them in jail, so people steer clear of her. What’s more, she has opened a Taoist temple and does fortune-telling, face-reading, feng shui, sells talismans, and catches ghosts. She’s done every sort of scam imaginable! Later, word gets around that the elde 82.7kReads9.5Score12.9kShelves
- 512 Zero-Degree Intimacy 零度暧昧 [The print edition goes on sale across all platforms on August 1] [Short drama now streaming] Previously titled: Zero-Degree Intimacy [One-on-one romance + both leads’ first love + happy ending + secret marriage + sweet romance ♥ Double-layer milk foam, 70% sugar!] (Rich, sharp-tongued, scheming investor Jian Yuchen VS money-loving, mischievous young designer Wen Ni) In a nutshell: She married her nemesis. In physics, zero degrees is the point where ice and water coexist. Zero-degree intimacy is 79.2kReads9.5Score9.5kShelves
- 513 The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script and Lazily Gives Up 假千金手撕剧本，沙雕摆烂躺麻了 The short drama, The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script, is now streaming [Showbiz + absurd humor and memes + everyone’s favorite + wild imagination + gossip + going off the rails] Chi Qian failed her tribulation and returned to the real world, only to discover she was the villainous fake heiress in a novel! The plot had already reached the point where the real heiress came back, and Chi Qian was about to be kicked out of the family home. A broken engagement, a wave of online hate, and a grueso 131.6kReads9.6Score14.1kShelves
- 514 The Fanfic I Wrote Actually Replaced the Original!? 我写的同人文竟然代替了原著！？ The fanfiction I wrote actually replaced the original work!? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 515 His Iris 他的鸢尾 [Marriage Before Love] [Long-planned scheme] [Secret crush] [Sweet romance] [Devoted one-on-one couple] Pei Chi was a notorious playboy in the capital, a real ladies' man. Then, quite out of character, he agreed to the arranged marriage that the other privileged young heirs looked down on most. After the wedding, he came home late and left early every day, as if marriage had completely chained his freedom. The privileged young heirs were in an uproar. Ruan Yuan must be a tyrant! They had thought 35.4kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
- 516 Why Does the CEO Keep Running Into Me? 总裁他怎么老是偶遇我？ Qi Yucheng × Yu Dong Scheming, wealthy CEO top × hot-tempered little chili bottom The first time Qi Yucheng saw Yu Dong, he set his sights on the hot-tempered little chili. He carefully plotted every step to win him over. Later, Yu Dong asked what he wanted from him. He replied, “I want you to be my summer, and mine alone.” 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 517 His Gentle Seduction 他轻诱 #A short drama adaptation under the same title is now streaming# [Love after marriage + he has been plotting this for years + slice of life + warm and sweet romance + the second male lead gets the girl] With her wedding day approaching, Jiang Nuanzhu runs into her fiancé at the hospital with his ex-girlfriend, whom he broke up with six years ago, as she undergoes a prenatal checkup. He claims he's only helping a widowed mother and her child. Jiang Nuanzhu refuses to raise someone else's child an 18.7kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
- 518 The First Secretary 第一秘书 Also known as The Perplexing Road to Office. Take one step while looking two ahead, and plan three moves in advance. How can one cut a path through the perilous world of officialdom, with beautiful women by his side? Watch as an unassuming young man from the grassroots slowly builds a brilliant future of his own. 9.3kReads8.9Score985Shelves
- 519 Reversal: Conquest Is Forbidden 逆袭之禁止攻略 Wu Suowei and Chi Cheng return to the time when they first met. Wu Suowei has a System, and its tasks forbid him from seeking out Chi Cheng first or revealing that he has transmigrated. Even after Chi Cheng finds him, he can't make the first move or try to lure him in. He can only wait and see how Chi Cheng behaves. Once the tasks are complete, the two of them can return to their original world. If they fail or the System shuts down, this world will collapse, and they will disappear along with i 181Reads—Score—Shelves
- 520 Roguish Seduction 痞诱 [Marriage First, Love Later + Flash Marriage into a Top-Tier Family + Rekindled Romance + Sweet Romance + Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One] [Rebellious Architectural Prodigy Who Can't Love × Scheming, Grudge-Holding Business Mogul] Rong Zhiyan went on a business trip to Denmark. When she came back, she had a fiancé, and even the wedding date had been set. Since it was a business alliance, she nodded and went back to work. She didn't even know what the other person looked like, and had no int 13.1kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
- 521 My Stunning CEO Fiancée 我的绝色总裁未婚妻 A mysterious master slips into the city, where he becomes engaged to a beautiful, icy CEO, only to be rejected. Poor Shen Lang has no choice but to go out and look for food. Unexpectedly, one beautiful woman after another comes his way, and Shen Lang is swept into a whirlpool of romantic entanglements. Of course, his main goal is still to win over the icy CEO. 14kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
- 522 The Worst Major Rules the World 天坑专业统治世界 A global catastrophe transforms the world. Toxic substances fill the air, water and soil are polluted, and mutated creatures run rampant. The military is powerless, and the world order collapses. The fields once mocked as the “Four Great Dead-End Majors”, biology, chemistry, environmental science, and materials science, become humanity’s only hope overnight. Shen Yan (biology), Jiang Yubai (chemistry), Su Wan (environmental science), and Lu Ze (materials science): four geniuses from these suppo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 523 My Neglected Ex-Husband from My Past Life Won't Pay Me Any Attention Now 上辈子被冷落的前夫，他不理我了 (The short drama is now available) [Both reborn + devoted to each other + awkward pursuit of her + henpecked husband + college campus] [Aloof, socially anxious goddess VS softhearted, sharp-tongued young master] * At their first meeting, Yue Jitong's tender gaze bewitched Mo Xilou, stealing his soul and his heart. From then on, he was happy to be her devoted lapdog. * At twenty, Yue Jitong was drugged as part of a plot, and Mo Xilou became her antidote. But she hated him for taking her first tim 45.8kReads8.5Score5.3kShelves
- 524 The Handsome CEO's Bodyguard 贴身兵王俏总裁 As a former king, Xia Tian feels under a lot of pressure. He never knows why those spoiled young masters and young upstarts keep picking fights with him for no reason. Having just avenged himself, Xia Tian quietly returned to China and went into seclusion. With his harmless appearance, this seemingly sunny fellow is as mysterious as they come. Plenty of people can’t stand this harmless-looking guy. But after they personally create one tragedy after another, they’re stunned to discover that he’s 13.5kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
- 525 We’ll Break Up Eventually. Who Are You Talking About? 迟早要分——你说谁？ We’re Bound to Break Up Sooner or Later, Who Are You Talking About? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 526 After the Divorce, I Became a God My Ex-Wife Could Only Look Up To 离婚后，我成了前妻高攀不起的神 He was a Heavenly Master rarely seen once in a century. On his master’s orders, he married and stayed married for three years, only for his wife to force him into a divorce. On the day of the divorce, a beautiful CEO instead dragged him off to get married. From then on, he became a Heavenly Master who protected women. With peerless medical skills in his left hand and unmatched Daoist arts in his right, he roams the city and enjoys the company of beautiful women. When kind, he is a physician who 23kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
- 527 After the Mad Big Shot Forced His Sickly White Moonlight to Be His Wife 疯批大佬强制白月光病娇老婆后 Short drama now available [Both leads are each other’s first and only love + happy ending + top-tier wealthy families + unhinged vs. yandere + mutual coercion + marriage first, love later + sizzling chemistry + black-hearted heroine + male lead grovels for forgiveness] Original title: Tear Her Clothes, Grab Her by the Throat: The Unhinged Tycoon Regrets It A blend of exquisite beauty and madness, with a combative yandere couple saving each other The heroine loves courting death, while the male l 2.6kReads9.3Score311Shelves
- 528 The Demon Lord Is Here to See His Junior Disciple Again. Quick, Shut the Door 魔尊又来找小师弟了，快关门 The Demon Lord Is Here to See Our Junior Brother Again. Quick, Shut the Door! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 529 The Super Son-in-Law 超级上门女婿 Ye Fan, a useless live-in son-in-law, accidentally inherits the Taiji Scripture and the Stone of Life and Death, setting him on a very different path in life. He saves beautiful women with his medical skills and slays enemies with his martial arts. Not only does he overcome the scorn and ridicule of others and win his wife's heart, he also rises to the pinnacle of the world, looking down on all creation. 180.1kReads9.1Score8.6kShelves
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The Clue System: No Criminal Can Escape 提示线索系统之犯罪分子无处可逃
(Urban crime investigation + System + mystery and deduction + team investigations.) The protagonist, Song Mozhou, unexpectedly awakens a System that provides clues to criminal cases. Follow along as he solves one baffling case after another with the System’s help. This is a pure crime-solving novel, with no romance, featuring a series of standalone cases. All cases and characters in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Here’s hoping you’ll enj
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- 531 After Failing the Teacher Qualification Exam Again and Again, I Wrecked the Three Realms 师资多次考不过后，我轰了三界 After Failing the Teacher Certification Exam Time and Again, I Wreaked Havoc Across the Three Realms 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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He’s Barren, I’m a Jinx: Together, We’re a Perfect Match 他绝嗣，我克夫，凑在一起时顶配
[Love After Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion + Age Gap + Veteran] The night before registering their marriage, Chi Ran caught her fiancé cheating with her own sister and discovered that her uncle's family was plotting to steal her inheritance. She quickly teamed up with her best friend to marry on a whim, claim her inheritance, take down the scumbag, and tear her relatives to shreds. With the inheritance secured and all the trash out of the way, she was ready to turn her life around. F
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The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道
(No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati
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- 534 Reborn, I Won’t Let Anyone Bully My Guard 重生后，谁都不能欺负我的侍卫 After Being Reborn, No One Can Bully My Guard 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 535 Love After Marriage: Bound by a Military Wedding 先婚后爱之军婚锁爱 Sheng Xinuo defied her parents and gave up everything to move to the city where the man she loved lived. But as soon as she got off the plane, she was greeted by the betrayal of her beloved and her cousin. Her world fell apart, and she left in despair... Little did she know that the moment she stepped off the plane, she had already entered another man’s heart... He was the youngest commanding officer in the military region, famous for having no interest in women. People around him had long wonde 9kReads8.7Score962Shelves
- 536 The Cat-Cat Star from Above 天降喵喵星 A Cat Star Falls from the Sky —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 537 Married for Two Years, My Officer Husband Can’t Hold Back Anymore 结婚两年，军官丈夫按耐不住了 [Military Marriage] + [Chaste Romance] + [Prominent Families] + [Mutual Devotion] Before everyone’s eyes, Gu Beinian and Lu Nanchen clasped hands and exchanged their wedding vows. Gazing at each other with deep affection, they made their promises: “I will marry Lu Nanchen and be his wife, walking by his side for the rest of our lives. In poverty or wealth, in sickness or in health, I will never leave him, and we will face every hardship together.” “I will take Gu Beinian as my wife and share m 2kReads9.1Score271Shelves
- 538 The Gods Bow Low, While the Wind God Shines Alone 诸神折腰，风神独美 The Gods Bow, but the Wind God Stands Alone 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Return to Ashes (IV) 归烬（四）
Return to Ashes (Part Four)
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- 540 I Found a Treasure on Antique Street: From the Start, a Hundred-Thousandfold Profit 我在古玩街捡漏，开局十万倍利润 At the end of the Ming dynasty, the mysterious Mohist school vanished from the world. Chen Han, a university student majoring in cultural relics, activates the Mohist legacy by a stroke of luck. The Mohist school’s divine techniques, lost for more than four hundred years, return to the world and astonish everyone. His appraisal skills are terrifying, his talent for restoring antiques is unheard of, and he can perform mysterious mechanical arts and techniques, as well as counter-heavenly feats of 20.5kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
- 541 My Blind Date Is a Construction Contractor 我的相亲对象是个包工头 At their first matchmaking meeting, the fierce, ugly-looking He Feng scared the sweet-natured He Lin so badly that she refused to see him again. But He Feng had already taken a liking to her. What was he supposed to do? He Feng said that, aside from looking fierce and ugly, he was good at sweet-talking and tricking people. He Lin never imagined that, as someone who was a sucker for a good voice, she’d fall for it. How could someone have such a lovely voice and such a fierce, ugly face? And hadn’ 7.3kReads8.1Score623Shelves
- 542 Heaven Has Granted Me a Powerful Minister for a Husband 天官赐我权臣夫 To clear her family’s name and enter the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, Fang Qinyu, daughter of a disgraced official, carefully plots her way into marriage with Qu Xinan, a Vice Minister of Rites who fell in love with her at first sight. She intends to use marriage as a stepping stone, unaware that her cool calculations will soon be met with a battle of devotion. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 543 Siheyuan: Dacan Eliminates the Three Evils 四合院：大灿除三害 [Everyday life in a bygone era] + [Transmigration] + [Pocket dimension, no System] + [Original single heroine] + [Doesn't cause trouble] Xu Dacan is a man who transmigrated, and a close cousin of Xu Damao, the original resident of the courtyard compound. By a twist of fate, he arrived in the era of the notorious courtyard compound, and Xu Dacan was less than thrilled. Worse, he ended up with an older cousin who was lecherous, timid, and extremely jealous. That made things even more infuriating. 7.9kReads7.8Score310Shelves
- 544 What Are You Jealous About? 你醋什么？ What Are You Jealous About? —Reads—Score—Shelves
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She Stands Exposed to the World, While You Shield Her from It 她露天下，你遮人间
She bares herself to the world; you shield her from it
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- 546 Hong Kong Crossover: The Ultimate Smuggler 港综：最强大捞家 In the world of Hong Kong Island, the Money Empire era has just ended. The four great detectives are long gone, and the underworld is in turmoil. The mighty tide of a new age surges in. He Wenyao, who has lived two lives, travels from north to south, crossing the sea to arrive. When the bells of the new century ring out and Lighthouse magazine asks its question, he looks around and finds no equal in the world. 61.2kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
- 547 Her Camera Tells a Story 她的镜头会说话 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 548 I’m Really Not a Player 我真不是中央空调 [Flirting] [Basketball] [Multiple Heroines] [Mostly Everyday Life] [No System] [Womanizer] [Love Triangle Chaos] Liu Anran comes home after three years abroad chasing his dream, following an accident. He comes from a wealthy family and is exceptionally handsome. After returning, he discovers that he has an uncanny way with women. Wherever he goes, he becomes the center of attention. “Liu Anran, do you treat every girl the same way?” “No, I don't. I haven't. Don't make things up!” “Then why do th 6.6kReads9.0Score479Shelves
- 549 What Do You Mean, Wicked Heiress? That’s How We’ll Always Love Her 什么恶毒千金，那是我们永远爱她的心 What do you mean, wicked heiress? That's the heart that will always love her. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 550 You're Poor. What Does That Have to Do with Me? 你穷，关我屁事 You’re broke. What’s that got to do with me? 32Reads—Score—Shelves
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