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1. 851 偷 Stealing a Corpse to Borrow a Life 偷尸借命 Fake Cigarettes假烟Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted The year I was born, strange signs appeared in the sky. That day, many people saw hundreds of ragged prisoners in shackles carrying a huge black coffin toward the forbidden ground behind the mountain. Ten years later, a fortune-telling monk came to our village. He said I had been dead for ten years, and that I was borrowing my life from a corpse. He said I wouldn't live much longer. But before I could die, he suddenly dropped dead. The next day, however, his body, already buried, mysteriously ap 7.5kReads7.8Score915Shelves
2. 852 玄 The Mystic Queen Returns and Turns the Ghost Realm Upside Down 玄学女王回归后，炸翻鬼界 Galaxy Dream星河梦Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + redemption + ghost hunting] Lu Chi, a gifted young man, loses his sight and becomes paralyzed in a car accident. Everyone tramples on and humiliates him, and he grows dark and twisted. Ye Qing, a grandmaster of metaphysics, comes to repay a debt of gratitude. She treats his illness, treats him kindly, and gives him all the tenderness she can. His pale, frightening face turns toward her. “What do you want?” Ye Qing smiles brightly. “I want you to be well.” In an instant, all the em 8.1kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves
3. 853 重 After Being Reborn, Room 806 Survives the Apocalypse by Stockpiling Supplies 重生后，806女寝靠囤货在末世 Mai Xiaoman麦小满Sci-Fi & Apocalypse609k WordsCompleted ❗(Reborn in the apocalypse, space, no zombies, somewhat ensemble-focused, male lead, multiple couples, pets) The apocalypse arrives, but the five women in Dorm 806 have yet to realize how serious the situation is. Only after their roommates die one by one before their eyes, and a blade is held to Cheng Zhi’s own neck, does she begin to regret it. Perhaps Heaven heard the resentment of Dorm 806. Not only are all five women reborn, they are also given a pocket dimension! Reborn two days before the 7kReads9.0Score933Shelves
4. 854 后 Reborn in the Backrooms: I'm a Top-Tier Explorer 后室重生：我是顶级探索者 Words Among the Clouds l云中语lMystery720k WordsOngoing [No System] [No characters losing their wits] [No goody-two-shoes heroine] [Carefully crafted and hard-core] [Exploration] [The completed work has a 9.5 rating and 1.95 million words. Read with confidence.] After an accident, Jiang Shu stumbled into a pocket of space beyond reality. In the endless yellow maze, the silent, boundless underground parking garage, and the abandoned, rotting hotel, the eerie levels overlapped one after another. Physical monsters lurked in the shadows, while greed and 132.6kReads9.2Score24kShelves

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   I personally think it's pretty good; I quite enjoy watching it.

5. 855 西EN Journey to the West: Master Wants to Tell Another Story 西游：师父又要讲故事了 Hermit Xia Mu夏木山人Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Type]: Journey to the West / historical Xuanzang / retracing the Journey to the West / Buddhist cultivation / not the Primordial World / only a great calamity setting / no conspiracy-driven plot. Guanyin Bodhisattva had been having a terrible headache lately. A great calamity was about to begin, and the Buddha had ordered him to find a Pilgrim and bring him to the Western Heaven to undertake the Journey to the West. Everything had originally been arranged. But this Pilgrim seemed a little stran 128.2kReads9.3Score13.3kShelves
6. 856 夭 Good Grief! I Woke Up as the Traitorous Official's Wife, Destined to Die Young 夭寿啦！一睁眼穿成奸臣早死原配 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted Shen Heng transmigrates into an alternate history as the secret first wife of Xie Jian, the most notorious corrupt chancellor of all time, and finds herself on the way to elope with someone. She doesn't even know where to begin complaining. This is what the Record of True Chancellors says about Xie Jian: Xie Jian, courtesy name Zixuan, was the last chancellor of the Great Cong Dynasty. Through his own efforts, he brought down the dynasty, which had stood for over six hundred years. His life: He 17.2kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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   It's been a long time since I've had a novel that captivated me so completely, one that I couldn't tear myself away from it! The story is full of twists and turns. The author's writing is truly exceptional. Every character is vivid, three-dimensional, and fully developed. The departure of a supporting character left me heartbroken and aching for a long time! But it's a sweet story!

7. 857 开 I Reclaimed a Ten-Billion-Yuan Mansion from the Start, and Now I'm Thriving in the Apocalypse 开局回收百亿豪宅，末世我躺赢了 Auntie Yan厌阿姨Sci-Fi & Apocalypse114k WordsCompleted Apocalypse, reborn, stockpiling, infinite pocket dimension, high-tech RV, ruthless female lead In her previous life, Shen Xingdu was found by her wealthy family, only to become a blood bank for the fake heiress. In the end, her biological parents and fiancé abandoned her without mercy, and she died in the freezing floodwaters. Reborn one month before the apocalypse, she awakens the Everything Recycling System. What others see as trash, she turns into valuable resources. The natural disasters 41.8kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
8. 858 白 After My White Moonlight Faked Her Death, the Yandere Big Shot Wouldn't Leave Her Alone 白月光死遁后，病娇大佬穷追不舍 Clear Dreams in March三月清梦Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Su Meng transmigrated into a book as a sickly, ill-fated supporting woman who coughed up blood every few steps and tormented the villain early in the story. The System told her that if she helped the villain grow up, she could be reborn, so she began diligently raising him. At first, he looked distant and gloomy, like a fierce wolf cub, claws bared. “Don’t come near me.” Later, he began hoping for more and more affection. He reined in his dark, terrifying possessiveness and obsession, acted obed 17.5kReads9.5Score2kShelves
9. 859 铁 Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明 Ke Shanmeng柯山梦Historical2.5M WordsOngoing In the late Ming dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow that the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial and smallholder economies that coexisted under the Ming were both hit by deflation. Combined with the effects of the Little Ice Age, one domino after another fell, plunging the realm into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, the roving rebels crossed the river south of Mianc 104.5kReads9.4Score11kShelves

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   These two books are truly masterpieces and shouldn't be included in the online novel category.

10. 860 规 Rule Horror: The Haunted School 规则怪谈：诡异学校 Seventh Month July柒月JulyMystery580k WordsCompleted [System + Mystery + Deduction] I grew up in an ordinary family. To broaden my horizons in another city, I deliberately applied to a university far from home. But then strange things began happening one after another: bizarre campus rules, a mysterious countdown, and the secrets hidden behind the school slowly coming to light... 40.4kReads9.3Score4kShelves
11. 861 万 Myriad Realms: Starting in the Backrooms 万界：从后室开始 Mr. Huang's Resolve黄某的坚持Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Minecraft] [Transmigration Across Multiple Worlds] [Film and TV Worlds + Anime Worlds] [I have no idea what kind of person the protagonist will turn out to be] At first, people thought it was just an ordinary trade. No one paid it any mind. But every gift fate bestows comes with a clearly marked price. A few blocks of dirt, some stones, a few trees... It was far too greedy, and in the end, everything would become the price to pay. 18.2kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
12. 862 认 After I Took a Passing Stranger as My Dad, I Got the Villain's Whole Family 认路人甲当爹后我喜提反派全家桶 Gazing at the Bright Moon明月望Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, after Shen Yi was found by her wealthy family, her scumbag father and younger brother were already living a happy life with the adopted daughter, all loving father and devoted son. Bullied for picking fights with the adopted daughter, she eventually chose to take her own life. Reborn outside the gates of an orphanage, before her scumbag father had come looking for her, she decisively latched onto a man who looked like an ordinary passerby. She insisted on sticking with him. 321.9kReads9.5Score52.9kShelves

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    You can tell by how long I read it, highly recommended! 😘

13. 863 空 The Beloved Farm Girl Wins by Doing Nothing on the Road to Escape 空间：团宠农女她在逃荒路上躺赢 Qiqi Mu七七木Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted As natural disasters and human calamities struck, barbarians invaded and warfare raged without end. The old Shen family joined the villagers on the road to escape famine. But hunger and cold were no concern: the Shen family had a beloved good-luck charm who brought them blessings. Wild boars came knocking, pheasants and rabbits ran right into their cooking pot, and game could be gathered in droves. She knew medicine and had a pocket dimension, and she saved children and cured the sick. But why d 11.4kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
14. 864 序EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ Roaring Mountains and Seas山海呼啸Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 618kReads8.5Score41.5kShelves
15. 865 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 74.4kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves
16. 866 萤 A World of Fireflies 萤萤众生 Xiao Xu小叙Rural Life3.8M WordsCompleted When I was thirteen, I had an accident and nearly died. Everything I saw and felt was horrifying, and I could only keep company with bad luck. But I swore a solemn oath: I would not fail Heaven and Earth or my parents, nor harm my friends and family. I would hurt only myself, devote myself to goodness, and hold fast to sincerity! From then on, I walked between the realms of yin and yang, sought a master and learned the Dao, awakened my spiritual senses, and slew demons and evil spirits... I fear 8.1kReads9.2Score797Shelves

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    I like the second book the most, but the title doesn't do it justice. The content is actually incredibly captivating. It's my favorite of the three, but it's not finished yet, so following it is a bit tiring. 😁😁😁

17. 867 星 The Biggest Playboy in the Starry Sky 星空第一纨绔 Three Winds 11三风11Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Three-star mission issued: Go to Glimmer Star and mine ten thousand tons of starlight ore] Lu Xiaobai: “Dad, Mr. Councilor, give me some funding. I want to hire ten thousand professional miners for a project!” [Five-star mission issued: Capture the leader of the Bloodsky Star Pirates, who are operating throughout the Radiant Starfield. His crew is said to number over a hundred, so proceed with caution] Lu Xiaobai: “Dad, Mr. Councilor, lend me the hundred thousand soldiers of the Lu family army! 135.3kReads8.0Score12.4kShelves
18. 868 双 Twin God-Tier Martial Souls, Shocking the Demon Emperor's Wife! 双生神级武魂，震惊妖帝老婆！ The White Dragon Is No Dragon白龙非龙Eastern Fantasy7.3M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines + shocking, passionate action + fairies and demons with unexpected sides + hilarious, outrageous “filial sons”] The thrills never stop after he leaves the mountains, and neither do the schemes. Luo Fanchen, a legendary heartbreaker and “playboy,” transmigrates and is dragged back to a village by his demoness wife from the very start. He awakens two heaven-defying, mysterious martial souls, encounters fairies and demonesses, and pulls one outrageous stunt after another… In this 222.9kReads9.5Score18kShelves
19. 869 药EN Cauldron of the Medicine God 药神鼎 Chubby Radish胖胖的萝卜Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation + no System + lighthearted + not a saint + multiple female leads + fast-paced) At the Foundation Establishment stage, he wins over a Nascent Soul uncle-master and a Core Formation senior sister; at the Deity Transformation stage, a Mahayana saintess. See how Ye Fei, an ordinary mortal, encounters one lucky opportunity after another and joyfully cultivates toward immortality. It starts slowly, but gets better and better as it goes. If something doesn't make sense at first, try 78.6kReads9.0Score8.6kShelves

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    🔥🔥🔥The only masterpiece on the entire Tomato website! High-energy from start to finish, with a brilliant and captivating plot, vivid and realistic content—it's absolutely stunning and explosive. You'll find it incredibly addictive, you simply can't stop reading. If you haven't read it yet, come check it out!

20. 870 网 Online Game: Confessing to a Noble Lady from the Start 网游：开局表白贵族千金 A Tom一只汤姆丶Sports3.6M WordsCompleted [Fake Villain + Lighthearted + Invincible + Online Game = Maximum Thrills!] After playing a game all night, he suddenly died and transmigrated into the game as a notorious villain. He confesses to the noble duke’s daughter right from the start, only for the duke to decide he wants him dead? He had thought he’d only made one enemy, but when Victor came to his senses, he realized something. Everyone around him wanted him dead. The aloof Valkyrie boss was dead set on taking his head, while the all- 65.8kReads9.3Score6kShelves
21. 871 八 In the 1980s, the Commander Stopped Pursuing Me, and I Found Happiness Divorcing with My Child 八零，首长不追了，带崽离婚真香 Spicy Strips That Aren't Spicy辣条不辣Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed, with bonus chapters. A short drama adaptation is now online. (Rebirth, comeback, ex-husband begs for her back, second male lead wins) In her previous life, her son and the son of her husband's fallen comrade's widow fell into the water at the same time. Her husband saved the widow's son. After suffering the loss of her child, Jiang Yi spent thirty years in a miserable marriage, then died of grief. Reborn in a single moment, she returns to the time before her son falls into the water. 35.7kReads8.7Score3.5kShelves

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    "Su Wanqing!" "Su Wanqing" is this woman, who has been interfering between her and Lu Yunxiao for more than thirty years! Reborn and returning to the time before her son fell into the water, her first action was to divorce her husband and take her son away.

22. 872 七 The Charming, Alluring Military Wife of the 1970s and Her Fearsome, Stone-Faced Husband 七零军嫂娇又媚，冷面老公太威猛 Little Cat Doesn't Eat Lychees小猫不吃荔枝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + marriage before love + groveling pursuit] [An alternate-world sweet romance + a calculating, scheming male lead + a remarkably oblivious female lead] Wen Ruan transmigrated into a book and became the pathetic original wife in a period novel, destined to die young after her husband’s affair. When she opened her eyes, her mother-in-law was putting on a false show of kindness, her sister-in-law was a compulsive liar, her h 5.5kReads8.1Score698Shelves
23. 873 喜 Joy in the Tang Dynasty 喜唐 Weiwei's Wei微微的薇Historical3.6M WordsCompleted Bright and glorious is the Tang, favored by Heaven to rule the myriad lands. Our founding ancestors answered Heaven’s call, and the four imperial clans followed its ways. Heaven granted us boundless blessings, and our clans share a common virtue. Our descendants carry on the legacy, offering sacrifices to the gods and matching the Pole Star. What did it really mean for all nations to pay tribute? Was it about uncritically worshipping foreign languages, or going abroad and being treated as honore 123.6kReads9.4Score12.8kShelves

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    😫It used to be a 9🤔.9. I can't sleep and have to sneak a peek at it🤭, I'm afraid you'll end up like me, holding it in [eye roll] and getting internal injuries. I've already watched it about five [fear] or six times, and the jokes never feel bland no matter how many times I rewatch them😄, I love it so much❗ 😂 [currently rushing to finish]🤮

24. 874 忘 The Tribulation of the Forgotten River 忘川劫 Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Ancient Romance172k WordsCompleted [“Cold and ruthless God of War” Moxi VS “Heartless Stone Spirit” Sansheng] “If you can catch me, I’ll be yours!” She is the Three-Life Spirit Stone by the River of Forgetfulness, beside the other shore’s flowers, guiding souls through the consequences of their deeds. He is the renowned God of War of the Nine Heavens, with no room for personal feelings, devoted only to all living beings. A stone has no heart, and a warrior no tenderness. Though they are worlds apart, a casual remark binds them to 29.5kReads9.6Score3.9kShelves

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    Every single one of them is incredibly good. "The River of Oblivion" and "The Palace Wall Willow" aren't angsty, but they still brought tears to my eyes—there are so many touching moments. "Climbing the Social Ladder" is relatively easy, and the romance between the male and female leads is very interesting. The female lead is incredibly clever, pretending to be weak while actually being strong. I especially love the male lead in "The Dragon King's Wife." The beginning is a bit scary, but it gets super good later on. Highly recommended!

25. 875 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 177.1kReads9.5Score18.3kShelves

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    Tomato's 20 most popular books are all classics, perfect for solving your reading slump. No need for introductions, just read them—there's bound to be one that suits you! Feel free to add more!

26. 876 领 She Was Jilted on Their Wedding Registration Day, So She Remarried into a Powerful Family with Her Child 领证当天被悔婚，她带崽改嫁豪门 Wu Yixing舞奕星Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted On the day they’re supposed to register their marriage, his mistress calls arrogantly: “I’m carrying a boy. Beichen isn’t coming to register with you!” She turns around at once, abandons the scumbag, and takes her daughter to marry a handsome man at the same Civil Affairs Bureau, where he’s also in desperate need of a marriage certificate. Lin Chuxia initially thinks Jiang Mohan is just an ordinary pediatric doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. To her surprise, he is the heir to the provincia 9.3kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    This book is finished. It's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, and the male lead genuinely dotes on the female lead. The female lead is down-to-earth and doesn't have any hidden identities. The baby isn't a genius, but a very realistic child with flaws and strengths; he can be mischievous, but he's also adorable. The male lead is only warm towards the female lead and the baby; he's a good family man, earns money, and resolves misunderstandings promptly.

27. 877 财 The Tycoon’s Sweetheart: Darling, Be Good and Spoil Me 财阀小甜妻：老公，乖乖宠我 Flower-Surprised Magpie花惊鹊Modern Romance7.2M WordsOngoing Jiang Chenyu, the business world's emperor, swore he would never marry. Then one day, he was saddled with a sweet little wife, and Young Master Jiang began a whole new chapter of his life! “CEO, your wife smashed up the Wei family’s place.” “Has she calmed down?” “Not yet...” “Get a few more people over there to help her.” “CEO, your wife got into a fight and sent someone to the hospital.” “Is she satisfied?” “No.” The man kept working. “Carry on.” One day, when he heard that she’d gotten into a 87.3kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves

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    The first book I recommend features a female protagonist who is like a cat and catnip to the male protagonist—full of love.

28. 878 龙 The Dragon King's Bride 龙王聘 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted That year, I came down with a strange illness that nothing could cure. Then, on the night the blood moon hung high in the sky, my family decorated the house with lanterns and streamers. From that day on, I had a husband no one could see. Around that time, my mother warned me gravely that I must remain faithful to my husband and keep my distance from other men, or disaster would befall me! When I was nineteen, I broke the taboo, and he... appeared. 39.9kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
29. 879 夺 Stealing My Fortune? Sorry, I Cultivated Immortality and Came Back 夺我气运？抱一丝我修仙穿回来的 True Samadhi Fire三昧真火Fantastical Romance510k WordsCompleted [Rating just released] [Cultivation powerhouse returns to the mortal world + seizes fortunes + aloof and cold-hearted + invincible + no romance] Shui Qing, the greatest genius in the cultivation world, is struck by heavenly lightning and sent back to the mortal realm, where she becomes the ugly outcast everyone in the Marquis’s household despises. Her father considers her a disgrace. Her mother sees her as a bringer of misfortune. Her three older brothers join forces to send her far away to Yunz 15.6kReads6.3Score1.9kShelves

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    These are all my favorites, and I've watched them countless times (in no particular order).

30. 880 宝 Baby, Will You Choose Me? 宝宝，选我好不好 Sweet Peach Berry Yeah甜桃莓莓耶Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted [Print edition under contract] [Forced romance + school days to city life + secret crush + both are each other’s only one] [Troublemaker heir x sweet, well-behaved girl] Shen Wumian’s younger brother rear-ends a luxury car by accident and is hit with a two-million-yuan bill. The creditor is Ke Ran. Ke Ran is a rich young master who has returned from Britain. Born into a wealthy family, he has a bold, carefree face and is a favored son of heaven at the very top of the social pyramid. Shen Wumian 89.9kReads9.1Score9.6kShelves
31. 881 我 My Years as a Con Artist 我做老千的那些年 Ma Xiaohu马小虎Urban3.3M WordsOngoing The short drama adaptation of the Old Cheater series is now streaming on Red Fruit and Tomato. Come check it out! I'm a professional gambler. At the table, I can turn the odds on their head. But I want to use my own experience to tell you a simple truth: stay away from gambling. Because nine out of ten games are rigged, and you lose every time! 442.4kReads9.5Score48kShelves
32. 882 末 Endgame Survival Game: From the Start, I Have a Bus 末路求生游戏，开局一辆大巴车 Luoshida洛时达Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Stockpiling] [Highway Survival] [Infinite Flow] [Rule Horror] A survival game at the end of the world goes live, and Blue Star is dragged into it. Everyone must fight to survive. Once the journey begins, there is no stopping, and the scythe of death hangs over everyone. In the game world, your assigned vehicle is your safehouse. When the game descended, Jiang Weiyang hit the jackpot. First she drew a limited-edition vehicle, a bus, and then she drew an SSS-rank 20.5kReads8.3Score3.1kShelves
33. 883 近 The Pavilion by the Water Gets the Moon First: I Snagged a Handsome High Schooler 近水楼台先得月，我在学校拐男高 Kung Fu Salty Little Fish功夫咸小鱼Two Male Leads217k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + two female leads + love grows over time + campus romance] [Scheming rich heir Lu Huaiyuan x sunny, cheerful Li Xuyan] [Bold rich girl Fang Ye x poor, stubborn Ren Yi] [Note: Both characters are adults when they get together. This is a normal romance with no harmful messages.] Li Xuyan is an utterly ordinary high school student who likes playing basketball in his spare time. Thanks to this hobby, a rich second-generation heir takes an interest in him at a district sports meet... 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author's tag for "Good-looking" is incorrect; it should be "Two Female Leads." The "Two Male Leads" tag is secondary and doesn't contain many chapters. The main focus is on Ren Yi and Fang Ye. You can check the table of contents for more information.

34. 884 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 103.4kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves
35. 885 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: The Charming Army Wife Raises Kids and Wins Her Husband's Heart 七零军婚：俏军嫂养崽撩夫日常 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + second male lead takes the lead + fictional period setting] [Short drama now streaming] Xiao Qingru doesn't want to raise someone else's child, so she breaks off her engagement to her childhood sweetheart. Just as she's getting ready to focus on her career, she's targeted by a hothead from the capital. Xu Muzhou is the youngest and most promising pilot. The first time he meets her, he falls in love at first sight with his good friend's younger sister. When he hears she's alre 16kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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    The female lead is the daughter of a commander in the Northwest, while the male lead is from Beijing. Both his parents are factory workers, and the female lead is a star performer in a performing arts troupe. The male lead falls in love with her at first sight, but she is already engaged. He silently loves her, and when he learns that she has broken off her engagement, he begins a relentless pursuit. The male lead is a pilot, and his mother also adores the female lead, so there are no mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflicts. The whole story is incredibly sweet and truly amazing! Sisters, you all should check it out!

36. 886 和 After My Husband and I Swapped Pain, He Started Fighting With His White Moonlight 和夫君转移痛觉后，他和白月光闹 BBQ Stall Beers烧烤摊啤啤Ancient Romance244k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Jian Yunshu was neglected by her scumbag husband, forced to follow her mother-in-law’s rules, and secretly poisoned by her green-tea cousin. She died full of hatred. Reborn on her wedding night, she unexpectedly binds herself to the “Pain Transfer System.” Whenever she gets even a little hurt, her scumbag husband, Xiao Mingye, suffers ten times the pain! And so, everything takes a drastic turn. Her wicked mother-in-law orders her to kneel in the snow. She accepts cheerfully 12.9kReads8.3Score687Shelves
37. 887 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 956.6kReads9.6Score123.1kShelves
38. 888 画 Drawing Eyes 画眼睛 Light of the Dao道之光Modern Romance306k WordsOngoing Most people are blind in both eyes and heart. They recognize clothes, not people; they see only profit and can’t see cause and effect. The blind are stubborn and foolish. Who will paint eyes for all living beings? 22.3kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves

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39. 889 公 Highway Survival: I Gain the Upper Hand by Chatting in Group Chats 公路求生：我水群获得先机 Smiling Star微笑星Sports1.2M WordsCompleted Meng Qingyin’s phone got a virus. But aside from being added to a mysterious chat group, her phone worked just fine. The group had an odd name, too: Road Survival Management Group. [Residents can enter the game with whatever they have on hand.] Meng Qingyin immediately put together a wilderness survival kit! [Why won’t these residents take a good look at their surroundings?] Meng Qingyin surveyed the area and spotted a beginner’s gift box hidden in the bushes! [This is driving me crazy. Have the 42.9kReads8.7Score6.9kShelves
40. 890 玄EN Fantasy: Starting Blind, I Cultivate with an Erhu 玄幻：开局瞎子，从拉二胡开始 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 136.7kReads9.6Score14.1kShelves
41. 891 显 What's Wrong with Being an Attention Seeker? Go Ahead, Try Cutting Me! 显眼包怎么了，有本事你砍我啊 Give Me a Little Star给我一颗小星星Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Female-led, no romance, transmigrated, pure power fantasy, fake System, no past life] She somehow transmigrates into a cultivation world. The good news: she’s back to age fifteen and has a golden finger. It looks like she’s about to reach the pinnacle of life! The bad news: her golden finger is a cultivation-world upgrade mashup of Pinduoduo and Beauty Cam: the Show-Off System. [Invite an opponent to take one more chop and you can level up!] [Take three more chops in total to unlock the “Bright 29.3kReads9.2Score4.3kShelves
42. 892 劫 The Calamity Furnace 劫炉 Rain Falls, Blade in Hand, No Umbrella落雨带刀不带伞Eastern Fantasy185k WordsCompleted Across the Nine Regions, all living things must “borrow power from Heaven” to cultivate. Every time someone breaks through a major cultivation realm, they sign another “tribulation debt” with the Heavenly Dao. When the debt comes due, a heavenly tribulation descends: survive it, and the debt is cleared and the realm secured; fail, and both body and spirit are destroyed, with no chance of reincarnation. That is why cultivators fear tribulations more than powerful enemies. Only one in a hundred su 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book. Chapter 1: The Corpse Keeper. Dusk fell in the town of Luojie. The sky was gray. Not the gray of an overcast day, but like an old iron plate, blackened a thousand times by the flames of calamity, weighing heavily on the rooftops. The mortuary at the east end of town had no signboard, only a withered willow branch stuck in the lintel: everyone within a hundred miles knew that the place with the withered willow branch was where the dead were collected. Shen Du was squatting on the ground, wiping Wang the blacksmith's face with a burlap sack. It was hardly a face anymore. Three days ago, Wang the blacksmith broke through to the Tribulation Realm in his backyard. The calamity fire poured into his skull, burning him all night. When the neighbors broke down the door, he was charred black, only the family heirloom breastplate embedded in his chest remained, proving his identity. "Shen boy, clean it up properly." Wang Dashi, the blacksmith's son, stood at the door, dressed in mourning clothes, but his tone lacked sorrow, instead displaying impatience. "My father valued dignity in his life; don't let him die a gruesome death." Shen Du didn't look up. His fingers were steady as he carefully wiped away the charred skin with a damp cloth, revealing the still-fragmented flesh beneath. Ordinary morticians wouldn't dare touch a corpse that had failed its tribulation: the remains often carried lingering tribulation energy, and even a touch would cause illness for half a month. But Shen Du wasn't afraid. He had been working in this trade with his master since he was eight, handling thousands of calamity-stricken corpses, his body already stained with an indelible stench of tribulation. The townspeople said he was tough, able to withstand the tribulation energy. Only Shen Du knew that it wasn't toughness, but rather that he could see it. He could see the wisp of crimson tribulation fire dissipating from the blacksmith's corpse. The fire wasn't burning the flesh, but rather coiled around the remnants of the soul, like a dark red snake, slowly unraveling. Ordinary people can't see anything, only feel a chill and palpitations when near a corpse. But in Shen Du's eyes, the entire mortuary was shrouded in a faint crimson halo. This was his secret. He could see tribulations. From as far back as he could remember, Shen Du could see what hung above everyone's head. For ordinary people, it was a hazy gray mist, so faint it was almost invisible; for cultivators, the mist was thicker and deeper in color; and when it came time to undergo tribulation, that mist would suddenly shrink and burn, transforming into tribulation fire, tribulation lightning, tribulation wind—all sorts of deadly things. He had warned Wang the blacksmith before. Three days ago, under the old locust tree at the town entrance, he watched as the crimson tribulation aura above Wang the blacksmith's head condensed into the shape of a sharp claw, and couldn't help but say, "Uncle Wang, the tribulation fire above your head is crimson, a sign of great misfortune. Don't attempt a breakthrough within three days." Wang the blacksmith spat at him then. "You little mortician, are you cursing me?" Then Wang Dashi rushed out and shoved him, calling him a "jinx born of a jinx." No one in the crowd spoke up for him; they looked at him like he was a pile of unlucky dog excrement. Shen Du had experienced this kind of thing far too many times. He stopped talking and lowered his head to continue wiping. Wang Dashi stood at the door for a while, probably feeling the room was unlucky, and left with the words, "Come to Wang's blacksmith shop to get your money when you're done." The footsteps faded away, leaving only Shen Du's breathing and the faint crackling sounds of the mortuary fire dissipating from the corpse. When he reached the chest, Shen Du's hand suddenly stopped. Something was wrong. He had clearly seen that the blacksmith's mortuary fire was crimson. But now, deep within the charred sternum, where the breastplate had been pressed, there was a very faint light: not crimson, but a dark gold. The light was too faint, like a firefly in the wind, flickering amidst the crimson flames of the calamity. If it weren't for Shen Du's eyes, no one would have noticed it. He frowned and reached down to remove the breastplate embedded in the bone. A dark golden light flashed for a moment. Shen Du's pupils contracted sharply. It was a wisp of fire. Completely different from the crimson flames clinging to the corpse, this dark golden flame was only the size of a fingernail, quietly hovering in the charred hollow of Wang the blacksmith's sternum. Inside the flame was a vague shadow: like a cauldron, or a furnace, ancient, heavy, radiating an indescribable aura of desolation. It wasn't Wang the blacksmith's calamity fire. Shen Du's intuition screamed, telling him not to touch it. He had been a mortician for nine years, witnessing too many bizarre deaths, knowing what could and couldn't be touched. But that dark golden flame seemed to possess some kind of magic; his gaze was firmly drawn to it, and his body involuntarily moved closer. Just as his face was less than half a foot from the flame, it suddenly trembled. As if coming to life, it transformed into a dark golden stream of light, piercing into Shen Du's brow. "Ugh!" Shen Du groaned, falling backward, his head slamming heavily against the ground. But he felt no pain. An indescribable heat exploded from his brow, like a sun igniting within his skull, surging wildly along his meridians. His body arched, his fingers digging into the mud, blood seeping from between them. The heat raged within him for an unknown amount of time, finally converging on a spot below his lower abdomen—the Qi Sea, as cultivators call it. An ordinary person's Qi Sea is a desolate wasteland, but Shen Du's Qi Sea now contained something new: a furnace. Palm-sized, dark golden, with three legs and two handles, its body covered in dense inscriptions. Shen Du didn't recognize a single one of the inscriptions, yet the moment he saw them, two words naturally surfaced in his mind: Calamity Furnace. Dark golden flames burned slowly in the furnace, while the crimson tribulation energy remaining on the blacksmith Wang's corpse, as if drawn by some force, was drawn along Shen Du's brow, nasal cavity, and pores, into the furnace. The flames in the furnace suddenly leaped higher. The tribulation fire that had once terrified countless cultivators was refined like firewood in the furnace, transforming into an extremely pure power that overflowed from the furnace and slowly flowed into Shen Du's limbs and bones. His body was glowing. This was not a metaphor; a dark golden light flowed beneath his skin, like magma running underground. His shattered meridians were forcibly widened and reshaped, and his atrophied muscle fibers became firm and strong again under the infusion of power. Even his pale skin, which had been deprived of sunlight for years, radiated a warm glow. The entire process lasted for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. As the last wisp of crimson tribulation energy was refined, the flames of the tribulation furnace returned to calm. Shen Du collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. Sweat soaked his clothes, making him look as if he had been pulled from water. But his eyes shone with an alarming light. ...

43. 893 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves
44. 894 续 Four Years Without Sharing a Bed with His Second Wife, Then His Late Wife Returns and He Loves Her Again? 续弦四年不同房，亡妻复活你又爱了？ Young Master Qingcheng公子倾城Ancient Romance473k WordsCompleted [Clear-eyed heroine + second male lead takes the win] Shen Yan had been her husband’s second wife for four years when her late elder sister, the principal wife, came back from the dead. Her husband said, “You only married into this family in your sister’s place. You should know your place and ask to become a concubine!” Her mother-in-law said, “You’re just a daughter born to a concubine. You should be grateful you can be my son’s concubine.” The child she had cared for over the past four years s 14.5kReads8.2Score956Shelves
45. 895 穿 Transmigrated as a Scumbag Alpha, I Cling to My Wife to Survive 穿成渣A后抱老婆大腿求生存 Zhao Yinian昭一年Two Female Leads332k WordsCompleted [Tough on the outside, timid on the inside, puppy-like younger Alpha x Gentle beauty, cat-like older Omega] |Happy ending|Sweet romance|No extra baggage| Du Qingyao transmigrates into a traditional ABO novel, becoming the vicious scumbag Alpha destined to die at the end. The System informs her coldly: [Change your death ending, or you will be torn to pieces.] Faced with Song Wan, the wife she married through a family arrangement and has no affection for, Du Qingyao chooses to cast aside her dign 32.4kReads9.4Score6.1kShelves

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46. 896 修 The Cultivation Investiture of the Gods 修仙封神榜 Light of the Dao道之光Fantastical Romance602k WordsCompleted In the Age of Declining Dharma, immortals and demons wage a great war. The Way of Heaven is the way of humanity. The survival of the Dharma realm rests in the hands of every one of us. This book is tagged as fantasy romance. The love in this story is the Way of Heaven's care for all living beings, and the righteous love that inspires them to work together to uphold its order. Cultivating immortality means cultivating humanity. The righteous path in this world is a rough one. 14.2kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
47. 897 末EN Surviving the Apocalypse: Stock Up on Food and Weapons 末世降临不要慌，先囤粮食后囤枪 Black-and-White Octopus黑白色章鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse rebirth + stockpiling supplies + space + no romance + infrastructure building + ruthless heroine] Jiang You never dreamed that she would evade the zombies’ claws only to be betrayed by the very family she had protected. Years later, she destroyed the research center where she’d been imprisoned. Everyone who betrayed her? Dead! The base that turned against her? Wiped out! Who waits until the next life to get revenge?! With her revenge complete, Jiang You ran out of her supernatu 60kReads9.2Score6.4kShelves

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    Although this book doesn't have a 9.9 rating, in my heart it's practically a 9.9. I personally feel the world-building is vast and engaging; it's incredibly captivating. Those who read it are truly fortunate. At first, I thought it was just an ordinary zombie novel, but it's not. The author skillfully fills in the plot holes, and the later parts are all interconnected. It only recently finished reading, and it's truly excellent. Highly recommended! 💕💕💕

48. 898 我EN 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
49. 899 休 Divorce My Husband 休夫 Xun Sang浔桑Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Shen Yanqing, a rising star in the capital, has enjoyed a smooth ascent to the position of Grand Secretary, with no equal in prestige. Unfortunately, his wife's status is a little too lowly to befit him. She's merely a small-time merchant. After hearing the gossip her maid picked up in an alley, Jiang Miao perks right up. “Who started that rumor? Has the emperor finally had enough and decided to grant him a divorce?” Jiang Miao immediately rushes to pack her bags. As a transmigrator, she has no 27.3kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
50. 900 只EN As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌 Sour Candy酸宝Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 69.6kReads9.3Score6.6kShelves

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    All completed novels with ratings of 9.0 or higher are worth reading in my personal opinion. Don't be put off by the title. 😘😘

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