Seasoned Readers, Come On In and Swap Book Recommendations 老书虫进，换书

1. 951 行 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 1.9kReads9.2Score117Shelves
2. 952 序EN Sequence: Ascension 序列：升华 Listening to Peacocks听孔雀Sports3.6M WordsOngoing [Train Survival + Lone Wolf + Always One Step Ahead + Ascension and Evolution + No Saintly Heroine + No Spineless Hero] The moment Ye Qiyan opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of train survival. Everyone had to get off at a series of stations and explore to stay alive. The lucky found treasure; the unlucky lost their lives. Opportunity and danger went hand in hand. Gather supplies, upgrade your train, and build a train world of your own. As for Ye Qiyan, he possessed a one-of-a-kind asc 254.1kReads8.3Score23.6kShelves

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   These are alright, but the last one updates quite slowly.

3. 953 天 Sky Screen: My Modern-Day Commentary Is Being Broadcast on the Sky Screen 天幕：我在现代的讲解被天幕直播 Tangerine Throne橘座啊Historical596k WordsCompleted Li Enfan stood at the lectern and said calmly, “Looking back over the long course of history, some events may seem accidental to us. But given the society of the time and all the forces at work, they were actually inevitable!” “Take the Qin state’s unification of the realm. That was inevitable!” “And Emperor Wu of Han’s campaigns against the Xiongnu? Those, too, were an inevitable result of history!” “From our perspective, Sima Yi’s oath by the Luo River was merely a personal decision. But given 14kReads8.1Score580Shelves
4. 954 浮 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦，我顶缸穿五零 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 1.7kReads9.2Score127Shelves
5. 955 狠 A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈，破碎的家，不屈的我 If You’re No Eagle, Don’t Be a Snail不是雄鹰做蜗牛Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his 28.1kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves

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   A masterpiece of period fiction, its plot is full of twists and turns, deeply movingly depicting a young boy from a mountain village who, despite facing numerous hardships and a broken family, refuses to succumb to fate and ultimately achieves great success.

6. 956 上EN The Dragon Son-in-Law 上门龙婿 Young Master Ye叶公子Urban8.8M WordsOngoing The Ye family is one of the most powerful families in Yanjing and across the country. Yet Ye Chen is a live-in son-in-law everyone looks down on. No one knows who he really is. Those who despise him will eventually kneel before him, trembling with fear, and call him “Master”! 228.5kReads9.2Score9.4kShelves

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   "The Door-to-Door Son-in-Law," starring Ye Chen, is a mindless and enjoyable read. It's an ongoing series with high ratings, and highly recommended by fans.

7. 957 赤 The Red Tide Overwhelms the Qing 赤潮覆清 Golden Chicken Wings金黄的鸡翅膀Historical4.0M WordsCompleted [No System + No Cheat Skills + Transmigration to the Qing Dynasty + Farming + Rebellion] In the spring of 1673, the twelfth year of the Kangxi reign, Wu Sangui killed Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Yunnan, and rebelled against the Qing. The whole realm rose in response, setting off the greatest upheaval of the early Qing dynasty, known to history as the Revolt of the Three Feudatories. Hou Juncheng transmigrates to the Qing dynasty on the eve of the revolt. Chinese history has veered onto a dark pa 5kReads9.1Score492Shelves
8. 958 无 I Can't Contract a Heroic Spirit, So I Went on a Killing Spree 无法契约英灵的我杀疯了 Lazy Bookworm懒惰的啃书虫Urban697k WordsOngoing [Heroic Spirits + Simulations + Unconventional + No Female Lead] The Age of Spirit Contracts had arrived, and people made contracts with heroic spirits from other worlds to fight for them. Some heroic spirits could split mountains and seas with a wave of their hand. Others could write a few strokes and put the world under their heel, living with carefree abandon. Chen Ming had transmigrated to this world, but he couldn’t make a contract with any heroic spirit. Instead, he awakened the talent cal —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 959 万 In the Thirty-Eighth Year of Wanli, I Became the Princess Who Guards the Nation 万历三十八年，我成了镇国公主 The River-Tracing Lantern Bearer溯河燃灯者Ancient Romance700k WordsOngoing Tags: #MingDynastyPowerStruggles #RebornAsAPrincess #RigorousHistoricalResearch #SolvingAndInvestigatingCases #HouseholdAndCourtIntrigue #InfrastructureAndReform Beneath the tiny body of a child lies the soul of a forty-year-old who has seen it all. Everyone takes her for an innocent little girl, indulging and patronizing her without a second thought. But they don't know that behind those seemingly clear childlike eyes, she has already seen through the ills plaguing the Ming Dynasty. Illegal k 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The most striking aspect of this book is that "the female protagonist is unhappy." 1. It makes "rebirth" no longer a satisfying experience. In most rebirth novels, the protagonist returns to the past to "win"—to win money, power, and even their life. Zhu Zhengda's rebirth is about "bearing" burdens. She saw the Ming Dynasty's ills at the age of four. She knew Fang Congzhe's path, Wanli's hesitation, and the conflict between the Donglin and Zhejiang factions. She knew everything in advance. But the more she knew, the harder it was for her to live like a child. Sitting before a table laden with delicacies, all she could see were the empty rice bins of the lowly craftsmen. Standing on the palace walls, all she could see was rivers of blood flowing ten years later. Held in someone's arms, her thoughts were on grain prices three months from now. This wasn't intelligence; it was a curse. 2. It distances the female protagonist from all the other characters. The young master cries, the young lady laughs, Wanli softens, and the crown prince feels guilty. Only Zhu Zhengda is always "doing the right thing," not "doing what she wants to do." She was right to have Sun Shenxing impeach her. She was right to send officials to serve outside the capital. She was right to investigate people but not grain. But she found no joy in doing these things. A four-year-old child lived like a forty-year-old strategist. She was originally a forty-year-old soul, but was stuffed into the shell of a four-year-old. She didn't even have the right to "be a child again." Because if she were truly as innocent and happy as a child, the Ming Dynasty would be finished. 3. It gives "Grandfather, you've worked so hard" a double meaning. This sentence was said by Zhu Zhengda to Wanli. But it could also be said to Zhu Zhengda herself. "Grandfather, you've worked so hard. Your subject feels sorry for you." Hidden in this sentence is her own self-pity. She was also someone who worked very hard. She was also someone who couldn't rest. She was also someone who, at four years old, had to worry about the entire dynasty. When she said Wanli had worked hard, she was using Wanli to express her own pity.

10. 960 七 1970s Space: A Transmigrated Daughter and Her Reborn Mother 七零空间：穿越闺女重生妈 Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生Modern Romance392k WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1970s] [Transmigration] [Space] [Reborn] [Mutual devotion] [A touch of ensemble cast] [Educated youth] [Two worlds connected] She opens her eyes and has transmigrated into a book set in the 1970s. Even the paper character's slap across her face hurts like hell. She has become a short-lived cannon-fodder character. Damn it! This woman is going to defy fate and change her destiny! 46.5kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves

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    A treasure trove of great books from the 1970s has arrived! The plots are fresh and not melodramatic, the language is humorous and hilarious, you won't regret buying them, you'll read them again and again!

11. 961 易 A Handy Guide to I Ching Ramblings 易学碎碎念宝典 Star Lord Yuede月德星君Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted [A practical guide to the I Ching + fortune-telling + feng shui + luck + arrangement + adjustment + psychology] How can you harness good fortune and make life better with every step? How can the I Ching move beyond ancient books and become an everyday tool for seeing through patterns and solving problems? This is my open-source I Ching project. I'm sharing the underlying principles of Bazi, feng shui, Plum Blossom numerology, and physiognomy with you. Practical and verifiable. No obscure termi 434Reads8.5Score101Shelves

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    If you don't gain anything from reading this, you can come back and scold me! Haven't you read Dao Zhi Guang's books and Yue De Xing Jun's books yet?

12. 962 三 Three Kingdoms: I Am the True Imperial Uncle, Reviving the Han Dynasty for Three Generations 三国：我，真皇叔，三兴大汉 No Mortal Delicacies不吃烟火Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [Three Kingdoms] [Invincible] [Warring for supremacy] [The real imperial uncle] [System] Do all dynasties perish because they grow weak, while the Han alone falls because it is strong? After four hundred years, beacons of war burn across the land. Everything lies in ruin, and the people wail in misery. Thirteen provinces are strewn with bones, so numerous that even the fertile fields beside the roads cannot contain them. Some maneuver through the world of politics, while others roam as heroes wi 42.4kReads9.3Score3kShelves

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    I'm exchanging books; I've read all of these and think they're suitable.

13. 963 穿 Transmigrating Through Thirty Years of the 1960s 穿越六零三十年 Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Transmigration] [Space] [Reborn] [Educated Youth] [A Light Ensemble Cast] [Building Wealth] [The 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s] Chen Xi, the heroine, is transported to the 1960s by a silver-white dragon-and-phoenix ring. She becomes a ten-year-old girl with the same name, and her dream comes true: she gains an enormous space for farming and raising livestock. Blinded by a handsome face, she even takes in the gorgeous Chu Xuan. The only thing she regrets is giving him too much spirit spring w 13.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
14. 964 修 The Ten Heavenly Stems: Cultivation’s Secret Code 修真密码十天干 Star Lord Yuede月德星君118k WordsCompleted Here, I will reveal the underlying principles behind the flow of time and space, knowledge passed down only to the worthy. I have two junior sisters. They have heavy workloads every day, and still have to cultivate with me. They said they wished they could study while they worked. So I wrote down the most essential parts of what our master taught us in this book. I thought there must be others like them, enduring the same hardships but never giving up on the pursuit of truth. 1.1kReads8.4Score499Shelves
15. 965 神 Mythic Dungeon: From the Start, I Led the Azure Ox for the Dao Ancestor 神话副本：开局我为道祖牵青牛 Riding the Wind into the Painting扶摇入画来Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Mythic Treasure Mirror binding successful.] [Current instance: Traveling west from Hangu Pass.] [Reward: A copy of the Dao De Jing personally written by a Sage.] [Current instance: Five-Finger Mountain.] [Reward: The 108 Transformations of the Tiangang and Disha.] [Current instance: The First Emperor’s Tribulation.] [Reward: Ancestral Dragon’s blood essence.] [Current instance: Investiture of the Gods] [Reward: The Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.] [Current instance: The War Between the Witche 64.3kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves
16. 966 八 The Eight Characters of Destiny Are the Ancestors of Science 八字是科学它祖宗 Star Lord Yuede月德星君173k WordsCompleted Newly released books tend to get low ratings, but everyone who has read this one gives it five stars. Many readers enjoy it so much that they have to read it twice. Some even ask, "Why isn't a book this good popular? Is there no justice?" Haha, thank you for your support. [This book follows the principle of "observing the Way of Heaven and carrying out its course": understand your own fate, find the bugs in your System, stand at the highest point of the Heavenly Way, and look down on all living 11kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves
17. 967 刑 Criminal Investigation: I Can See Crime Records 刑侦：我能看见犯罪记录 Beneath the Fuli Shrine佛狸祠下Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Cen Lian was a junior-college general education teacher who did just enough to get by, and always thought he would keep coasting through life. Then a cheat ability fell into his lap: every criminal revealed their crimes in front of him. Driven by a simple sense of justice, Cen Lian began matching wits with criminals, both smart and stupid. He became a specially appointed consultant and, alongside a group of like-minded partners, embarked on a career solving criminal cases. 27.8kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
18. 968 我 My Ten Years Working at the Xishan Base 我在西山基地工作的那十年 Have Some Cat Tea喝点猫茶Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Anomaly containment, an overpowered protagonist? No. High IQ. One heroine. Some heartbreaking plot twists. Beijing, Xishan, 3,000 meters underground: hundreds of anomalous objects. A digital Earth that drifted through space for ten thousand years; a woman who transmigrated a thousand years into the past and died during the Shang dynasty; a colossal stone pillar that appeared on the North China Plain; Yan Emperor and Yellow Emperor, who have survived for four eras; a pen that can improve people’s 18.7kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
19. 969 聊 Chat Group: Starting with Nothing but Information Sharing 聊天群：从只有信息互通开始 Sea of Information信息海Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Choice One: Receive one random special bloodline] [Choice Two: Receive a random sum of at least one billion] [Warning: Different choices lead to different futures. Consider carefully before making your choice.] Not fan fiction 21.8kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
20. 970 欢 Celebrating Song 欢宋 Weiwei's Wei微微的薇Historical675k WordsOngoing I, Qi Wu, like to speak the truth. I am a disgraced soldier from the northwest, yet I have served as an honest and upright official. As for my faction, my senior fellow disciples Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Zhou Dunyi, and my junior fellow disciples Zhang Heng, Su Shi, Lü Huiqing, and others all belong to it. You ask about heroes? My teachers are my heroes: Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Pang Ji, Wen Yanbo, and many others! I’m just a scholar. I don’t know much. If you have a problem, go talk to my 134.4kReads9.4Score16.3kShelves

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    For historical stories, you can read chapters 1 and 4, but chapter 1 isn't finished yet. Chapter 2 is also very good; I've been following it for at least a year! It's still not finished. Chapters 3, 6, 7, and 8 are about women's marriages; they're quite realistic, and the writing is good. Chapter 5 is also good.

21. 971 家 Family System: I, the Villainous Patriarch, Develop Steadily 家族系统：我，反派家主稳健发育 April Green Gardenia肆月青栀Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsOngoing [Dark Writing, Do Not Read If You're a Goody-Two-Shoes] + [Cautious] + [On the Side of Righteousness, but With a Demonic Heart] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Family Interests Above All] + [Cruel and Merciless] + [No Holds Barred] + [Family Unity] At seventeen, he takes charge of a cultivation clan and forges it into an immortal family through cold-blooded slaughter! “The old family head died suddenly, enemies surround us, and the clan is in panic. I'll take the seat!” Li Xingge was born into a 222.1kReads8.9Score17.2kShelves
22. 972 易 Mastering the Book of Changes, Rising to the Heavens in One Leap 易学纵横一步登天 Star Lord Yuede月德星君Ancient Romance164k WordsCompleted Cultivation, Qi Refining, esoteric arts, feng shui, and sacrifice: everything you’ve heard of and everything you haven’t is in this book. Each technique is clearly explained and effective in practice. By the first few chapters, readers in the know have already realized that people outside would charge hundreds of thousands for this information, if they were willing to share it at all. Some readers even exclaimed that after searching for years, they’d finally found a shortcut to cultivation, only 7.5kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
23. 973 易 The Way of Changes Can Reach the Divine 易可通神 Star Lord Yuede月德星君132k WordsCompleted If you seek the spark of wisdom, step into this book. It shares only profound teachings, suited to those with spiritual insight and mature minds. These are lessons from my own experience. I will write with care, and you can read with care. That's how fate works: it comes unbidden, sparked by a single thought, and deepens into devotion... May we help one another flourish and find fulfillment. 2.5kReads7.4Score542Shelves
24. 974 都 We’re All Reborn, So Who Isn’t a Rich Second-Generation Heir? 都重生了，谁还不是个富二代？ Howling Husky哀嚎的哈士奇Urban2.1M WordsCompleted I’m Jiang Lai. I woke up one day and found myself reborn in the days when my dad was still the richest man! Ahem. Sure, he’s only the richest man in the county, and he’s about to land in prison, but don’t worry, Dad. I’ll take care of it! I’m Jiang Lai, and I’m a vulgar guy. If I’ve had to get rained on, I want everyone else to get soaked too. I’m vulgar, with no grand ambitions. I just want to be an arrogant, domineering rich second-generation playboy. I’m vulgar. Bullying girls doesn’t make me 48.2kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
25. 975 从 Exploring the Myriad Worlds, Starting with KonoSuba 从素晴开始玩转诸天 She Shantang佘山樘Anime Fanfiction700k WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy] [Comedy] [The Myriad Worlds] [Golden Spirit] [Black Will] [Close-Combat Mage] [Magnetic Field Rotation] [Brain storage area] [KonoSuba] is the main everyday world, focused on silly, joyful daily life, with trips to other worlds for training. [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure] [The Outcast] [Demon Slayer] [Naruto] [The Storm Riders, manga version] Crossover worlds When Qingmu was still a nobody, he acquired a completely nonsensical skill. He used that ridiculous skill to create a ridiculo 7.5kReads9.3Score498Shelves
26. 976 婚 The Truth About Marriage 婚姻里的真相 An Unknown Little Daisy不知名的小雏菊Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Angst]+ [Women's Growth] At thirty-four, the well-behaved Yu Lan was struck by one upheaval after another. Her parents' deaths, her husband's infidelity, and the pain of being unable to have children robbed her life of its foundation. She chose to end her life on a busy street, but by a twist of fate, a new life began instead. 14.8kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
27. 977 全EN Global Dungeons: Giving the World a Little Taste of the P5's Might 全球副本：给世界亿点点五常震撼 Monk Wujie无戒僧Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Lin Ye transmigrates to a world covered by a sky screen, an era in which anyone can create battlefield instances. To his amazement, the people here still understand war as it was in Blue Star's S1 era... So he decides to give this world a tiny taste of the Five Permanent Members' shock and awe! In the first instance, “Raging Seas,” Lin Ye introduces them to nuclear-powered submarine fleets and nuclear bombing, advancing humanity's understanding of war by a full fifty years! In the second instanc 8.9kReads8.4Score823Shelves

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    The plot itself isn't particularly groundbreaking, but the storyline is well-written. It's a niche genre, but it's a lifesaver when you're looking for something to read.

28. 978 无 Infinite Life: Trapped in a Lifetime 无限人生：被困在了一生的时间里 Ten Thousand a Day一天一万Urban1.3M WordsCompleted He had once been an explorer, a war correspondent, a business genius, and the king of investment. He had also been a notorious war profiteer, a world-famous charlatan and prophet. He was also the greatest composer and novelist of the century. And a materials scientist, a physicist, a giant in the history of science... Countless times, in countless different ways, he had stood at the pinnacle of the world. Only he knew any of it, however, before he broke through the limits of a single lifetime. U 24.1kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
29. 979 谁 Who Let Him Become a Ghost Constable? 谁让他当鬼差的？ A Hundred Flowers万花丛Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted After dying, Su Fan transmigrates into the body of a spirit in the Three Realms and becomes a soul-reaping ghost constable in the Underworld. From then on, the whole culture of the Underworld changes. “First of all, let me make this clear: I’m not the one who corrupted the culture of the Underworld. Ghost constables are supposed to reap souls. I’m just doing my job.” “If you can’t keep up with me, don’t blame me for changing the culture.” With that, Su Fan walks out through the Gate of Hell, car 77.1kReads9.3Score6kShelves
30. 980 三 Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Adou, Am Definitely Not Cao Cao's Son 三国：我刘阿斗真不是曹操的种啊 Suddenly, You Look Like You秃然好像你Historical1.9M WordsCompleted [Political intrigue, iron-blooded, no System, little romance] There’s no time to explain. It’s the twenty-fourth year of Jian’an, and Liu Shan is coming your way with the bearing of a formidable warlord. What gives you the right to lecture me? The two capitals and thirteen provinces of Great Han rest on my shoulders. Those of you from powerful clans have no right to speak for the people of this world! We can just confiscate more from the powerful clans. Someone else can take the blame. Zhao Yun: 7kReads8.8Score718Shelves
31. 981 最 The Strongest Lord: I Am the Lord of Angels and the Undead 最强领主：我，天使与亡灵之主 A Puffed-Up Fish一条鼓气鱼Sports1.0M WordsCompleted [Lord Game + Angels + Undead + Conquest + Invincible] The endless abyss is invading. The only chance of survival is to enter The Myriad Realms and become a lord or a class holder. Jiang Yan, a commander of the Origin Star Federation, falls in a crucial battle due to faulty intelligence and an ally's betrayal. When he wakes, he has been reborn ten years earlier, on the eve of The Myriad Realms' launch. This time, he'll use his memories from his previous life to take on more difficult trial dungeo 20.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
32. 982 人 Writing Self-Help in America, I Become the Nation's Choice for President 人在鹰酱写鸡汤，全民求我当总统 Steamed Plum Pastry Sauce蒸梅油酥汁Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Tang Darcy transmigrates to America and becomes a sheriff. He activates the Influencer System: all he has to do is write toxic inspirational quotes and cultivate influencers to earn rewards. How hard can that be? He fires off all kinds of self-contradictory quotes to fool foreigners: “America, Please Wait for Your People!” “Don't Make America Great Again! Give the Little People Their Dignity!” “Why Does China Wash Its Dishes Seven Times?!” The more foreigners he fools, the more buffs the System 16.7kReads9.6Score2.2kShelves
33. 983 老 Honey, If You Don’t Love Me, Let Me Go 老公，不爱请放手 An Unknown Little Daisy不知名的小雏菊Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After twenty years of sharing life’s joys and hardships with her husband, a wife is betrayed and left to struggle with heartache. For the sake of her child, she focuses on her studies while bearing humiliation and resentment alone. Time and again, she resolves to leave, only to waver when her husband begs her to stay and her own love for him, built over more than twenty years, pulls her back. It is like a drowning person struggling in the water, ready to give up from exhaustion, only for her hus 17.7kReads9.1Score851Shelves
34. 984 长 Longevity: Others Cultivate Immortality While I Train in Martial Arts 长生：别人修仙我练武 Old Donkey Who Eats Fish吃鱼的老驴Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Immortality + Playing It Safe + No System + Behind the Scenes + Humorous Everyday Life!] [Slow-paced, not a wish-fulfillment story. Read at your own risk!] They say you shouldn't show off, or you'll get struck by lightning. Bai Yu didn't listen, and got struck by lightning. Reborn as a martial arts prodigy, his golden finger is a tree that grants him eternal life. After becoming invincible among mortals, Bai Yu sets out on the path to immortality, only to get a harsh reality check just as he's 19.6kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
35. 985 仙 Fairy, Let Me Explain 仙子你听我解释 Beyond Life and Death离境无生灭Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Multiple female leads | seducing the master | no System | comic antics | slice of life, light on the main plot] Before joining Tianxu, I thought cultivating immortality meant slaying demons, carrying a three-foot sword, proving the Dao and attaining eternal life, and living free of grudges. After joining Tianxu, I discovered that every one of my fellow disciples was a brilliant oddball, all the elders were masters of wild antics, and the ultimate destination of cultivation was apparently pure a 63.5kReads9.0Score5.7kShelves
36. 986 离 The Day We Divorced, I Had a Whirlwind Marriage with a Young Man from the Compound 离婚当天，闪婚了大院子弟 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Family life] [Second marriage] In 1990, Jin Lihong was twenty-five. Her parents were rural residents without jobs. She had married quietly a year earlier, but divorced a year later, stirring up all kinds of gossip. Her ex-husband said, “She’s just a half-trained quack who graduated from a medical school for nurses. Do you really think she can treat patients and save lives? Apart from being pretty, she’s useless.” Her colleagues said, “She wanted to keep her pride, so she went 11.3kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
37. 987 白 The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age. 16.1kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
38. 988 神 Mythology: I Specialize in Raiding Monkey Dens 神话：专捅猴子窝 Playboy Ximen of the Beijing Film Academy北电西门大官人Eastern Fantasy394k WordsOngoing No System, no prehistoric-fantasy setting, no orthodox Investiture of the Gods, and no traditional cultivation. The plot is wildly imaginative. If you have ideas, bro, share them and we’ll make trouble together. (The novel is currently being revised...) Li Xiao transmigrates to the world of Journey to the West... He studies cultivation, learns magical arts, and plays to his heart’s content, joining everyone in becoming a world-conquering demon king. Take the wildest path and cultivate the harde 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It has to be him; he has a wildly imaginative mind, no ancient fantasy system or saints, it's like a Hong Kong version of Journey to the West.

39. 989 路 An Ordinary Passerby, Yet I Got Matched with a Cadre's Son from a Military Compound 路人，但相亲到了大院高干子弟 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The 1990s] + [Family life] + [Ensemble cast] + [Not a power fantasy, not a strong female lead] After her own younger sister steals her boyfriend, Wang Lanlan goes home with her blind date to meet his family. She calls the lame man “Third Brother.” Later, Third Brother becomes her husband. Wang Lanlan: Who could’ve guessed? My newlywed husband is abstinent by day and clingy by night. He wears me out mentally during the day and physically at night. 51.4kReads8.0Score6.4kShelves
40. 990 京 Peking Opera Cats: Even as a Little Female Cat of the Literary Sect, I Can Fight 京剧猫：穿成文宗小母猫也很能打 Meteor Eternal流星丶千秋Anime Fanfiction514k WordsOngoing [The protagonist is a demon pill | Lighthearted and funny | Gets more satisfying as it goes | Turns dark later (already has) | You can read this without knowing the original] (Former title: Jingju Cats: I Transmigrated into a Little Female Cat from the Wen Sect, and I Can Fight, Too) The protagonist has a little-girl body and the personality of a demon pill. No CP, just one-on-one romance. Read without worry. An ordinary college student was taken out by a truck and turned into a snow-white Persi 26.5kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves

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    [Learned it] Peking Opera Cat

41. 991 一 A Loser’s Godforsaken Life 一个屌丝的混账人生 Qizai Who Loves Electronic Instruments喜欢电声乐器的七仔Urban728k WordsCompleted This book follows a loser who starts out as a penniless wage laborer and, through the twists of fate, makes a comeback to become a wealthy man. But then, with a great hand in his grasp and a winning card to play, he falls into a trap meticulously laid by those in power. In the end, he loses everything, leaving only chaos in his wake 275Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A book for an old bookworm!

42. 992 大 The Tang Dynasty’s Fine Prince 大唐好贤王 The Six Arts of the Gentlemen君子六艺Historical3.3M WordsCompleted [Funny and Stress-Relieving + Fiery Battles + Alternate History + “A Loving Father and Filial Son” + Top-Tier Jokesters Teaming Up + No System, Just a Golden Finger + Deep Grandparent-Grandchild Bond] In an alternate universe, in another Tang dynasty, the blood of the Xuanwu Gate Incident stained the flagstones beneath the palace walls red, and a different legend of the prosperous Tang began! Li Kuan, the second prince raised by his grandmother, Empress Dowager Taimu, survived a brush with dea 56.2kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves
43. 993 惊 A Case That Shook the Nation 惊天巨案 Qizai Who Loves Electronic Instruments喜欢电声乐器的七仔Urban299k WordsCompleted This is an anti-corruption novel about an interest group that abuses its power to fabricate wrongful convictions and seize the assets of a local private company. The story follows the people’s police, represented by Gao Fei, as they investigate this miscarriage of justice, uphold social fairness and justice, defend the authority of the law, and protect the lives and property of the public. Undaunted by sacrifice or hardship, they pit their wits against the interest group in a grueling struggle, 31.3kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
44. 994 风 Storms and Upheavals: Love Binds Chang'an 风雨惊变情锁长安 Yizhou Scholar沂州书生Historical137k WordsOngoing He opened his eyes to find himself Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty. The court was controlled by Zhangsun Wuji, the harem by Empress Wang, and he, the Son of Heaven, was nothing but a puppet on strings. The only variable was Wu Meiniang, the late emperor's concubine, who had been tonsured and sent to Ganye Temple. On a rainy night, he left the palace in disguise. In the temple's prayer hall, he kissed her deeply and made a promise: "I will come for you." But an assassination attempt awaited 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a book that even seasoned bookworms are reading.

45. 995 生 Life and Death at Full Throttle 生死狂飙 Qizai Who Loves Electronic Instruments喜欢电声乐器的七仔Mystery293k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, two shocking murders took place in a row in Hannan City, in a certain province. Both victims were men, local officials and entrepreneurs, and both were found at the crime scene missing their lower parts. Was it a crime of passion? Or revenge? Thus begins a gripping story of political power struggles, the darkness of human nature, the hand of fate, and the helplessness of life in this world... The ending is mournful and beautiful, deeply moving and heartbreaking. All one can do is s 789Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 996 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 59.5kReads8.5Score7.3kShelves

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    [Please follow] The female protagonist travels back to 1970 with a system that allows her to instantly kill (a metaphor for quick sales). She rises from a purchasing agent at a supply and marketing cooperative to become an exporter. Her career is successful, her family dotes on her, and the film is full of nostalgia. It's definitely worth watching!

47. 997 港 Hong Kong Films: A Story of the Police 港片之警察故事 Wolf from Zhongshan中山里的狼Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted In 1984, Peng Wenshan was reborn on Hong Kong Island as a cop. Because his previous self had tried to curry favor with an examiner during the public recruitment exam for trainee inspectors, his interview had ended in failure on the spot. All he could do was graduate from the Police Training School as a constable. Li Haitang: Promote him and transfer him somewhere else. Whatever you do, don't let him see the stolen goods or the cash. Peng Wenshan: I don't want it, but the least you could do is as 9.8kReads8.8Score505Shelves
48. 998 修 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to the Mystic Thunder 修真文明指南——序章1，玄雷前传 Crispy Pork Belly香脆五花肉11k WordsCompleted A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to Xuan Lei 2.2kReads—Score130Shelves

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    This one is alright, I'll share it with you all!

49. 999 新 New Utopia 新，乌托邦 Broken Strings in the Rain雨中断弦Urban397k WordsOngoing [Political Thriller] [Montage Style] [Psychological Oppression] [Dystopian] (The story moves slowly at first, but more kinds of ghosts will appear later.) The calamity ended, and a city-state rose from the ground. People called it the New Utopia. Beneath its gleaming order, those in power were no longer human. Monsters wore human skin and occupied positions of authority. Their visions were linked, and everything was under surveillance. A colossal beast hung in the sky, while monsters roamed th 2.3kReads—Score195Shelves

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    No heartburn after watching [thinking]

50. 1000 榆 Elm Immortal 榆仙 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 159.5kReads9.1Score18.5kShelves

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