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1. 451 嘴 The Stubborn Childhood Friend: Brother Lu Was the One Who Fell First 嘴硬青梅：是陆哥他先动的心 Ye Shuangshuang from the Shallows of the Clouds云浅处的叶霜霜Modern Romance178k WordsCompleted [A new author and a new novel. Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, no one reborn.] [Both leads are inexperienced in love; one-on-one romance, a little angst and lots of sweetness, with a focus on everyday life.] [Everyday life, Chinese-style school setting.] When Lin Jing starts at Experimental Middle School, she has two wishes. First, she hopes no one finds out that the aloof heartthrob Lin Yi is her older brother! Second, she wants to stay far away from Lu Yun. She manages to keep her fir 49Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Two academic masters, the male protagonist is a master of academics, and the female protagonist is particularly diligent and her grades will be unstable, but she keeps gritting her teeth and persevering just so that the male protagonist can see her.

2. 452 刚 Just as I Was Getting Ready for the College Entrance Exam, a Yandere Became Attached to Me 刚准备高考，重女依赖上我 Scholar Ka卡书生Urban842k WordsOngoing (The rating just went live, so it'll rise soon. Quality guaranteed.) [Campus slice of life + multiple heroines + light System elements + strong female leads] Jiang Yu had made it into Class Zero through his own hard work, and he was brimming with confidence. Just as he was about to share his happiness with his former ordinary classmates, the National Man's Comeback System showed up. At eighteen, Jiang Yu looked back over his life as displayed on the System panel: [Married a wife with a 588,000-y 4.4kReads6.3Score475Shelves

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   The male protagonist loves to study very much. This book is completely at the fairy grass level, both the writing style and Shuangdian are online

3. 453 高 Does the Aloof Top Student Have a Crush on Me? 高冷学神暗恋我？ Spicy Rice香辣饭Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush] [Sweet Youthful Romance] [Happy Ending] [One-on-One] The male lead talks himself into falling in love, and knows exactly how he feels. He has a secret crush on the female lead, and this story is packed with sweetness. After they get together… Lin Yijing reached out with both hands and started squishing Gu Qingshi’s cheeks. “You know I can’t resist your looks, and you still try to tempt me? You’re so wicked!” Gu Qingshi let her pinch his face, his eyes full of amusement. “How are y 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The heroine loves to study very much, and the hero knows this very well and studies with the heroine.

4. 454 高 Countdown to the College Entrance Exam: My Wrong Answers Can Level Up 高考倒计时，我的错题能升级 Green Bamboo Reflected on the Wall青竹映墙Urban157k WordsOngoing [School Life + College Entrance Exams + One Female Lead + System + Lighthearted + Face-Slapping Comeback] On his first diagnostic exam in his senior year of high school, Zhou Yan scored just 412 points. His teacher said it wasn’t that he didn’t work hard. He just kept making the same mistakes, again and again... But why? As he sorted through his mistakes, the “Mistake Correction System” suddenly awakened. The System lets him submit only one wrong answer a day. It gives him no answers or knowledg 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The logic of error correction for high school knowledge is explained clearly, and different learning methods and study habits are thoroughly explained. I learn while watching. It's fun to watch.

5. 455 站 At the Crossroads of Fate 站在命运的十字路口 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban243k WordsCompleted This book explores Standing at the Crossroads of Fate through five major sections. 1. Fleeing for Their Lives: This section recounts how the protagonist Sun Shigui’s grandparents left their landlord’s household to make a life of their own amid the hardships of the old society, and how, after enduring countless trials during the War of Resistance Against Japan, they fled all the way from Nanjing to Shiqi Village and finally settled there. 2. A Life of Hardship: This section follows the many hards 55Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There are more books about the dilemma of personal survival in the times, destiny choices, the complexity of human nature and self-consciousness📖📖📖 Interested book friends can read [Already Planted][Already Planted][Already Planted]

6. 456 镜 Awakening from a Mirror Dream 镜梦觉 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban119k WordsCompleted What is a dream? Is it an illusion, an extension of reality from the tangible to the intangible, another “distorted” reflection of life, or perhaps all of these? And what is a mirror dream? I think it is a process of introspection: by observing, examining, and reflecting on dreams, one comes to an understanding and is then able to see what kind of person “I” ought to be. This book explores the theme “See as it is, think as it is, act as it is” through three main sections: Mirror Dream, Looking 33Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 457 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Who'd Still Study Civil Engineering? 都重生了谁还学土木 Medium Cup, No Ice, 30% Sweet中杯去冰三分甜Urban380k WordsOngoing [Slice of life + college campus + investing and entrepreneurship + literary style + not a beginner-level novel + no harem] [This new book is in its trial period. Dear readers, add it to your library so you don't lose track of it!] In 2024, Lin You stood on the ruins of his alma mater, clutching a demolition supervision report. A star graduate of Tongji University's civil engineering program, a real estate group's project director, earning a million a year. And then what? The industry collapsed, 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I dug out an inspirational text for growth and learning that fully meets your requirements. "Who still studies civil engineering after being reborn?". There is no cheating. All progress depends on the protagonist's self-discipline and hard work day after day. The male protagonist stepped through all the pitfalls in the industry in his previous life and was reborn as a senior in high school. He no longer failed. Starting from a weak foundation, he frantically answered questions, sorted out wrong questions, improved his scores step by step, and changed his college entrance examination aspirations and life trajectory on his own. The female protagonist Shen Zhiyi is even more inspiring. She was born with a talent for piano, but her family forcefully forced her to give up music. She secretly practiced the piano while taking cultural classes, and withstood the emotional internal friction and family pressure, she was admitted to a top music academy through years of practice. The two people's studies and dream pursuits are written very realistically, and they will not easily win the first place. The details of staying up late to study questions, repeatedly polishing their majors, and overcoming anxiety and internal friction are very touching. After watching it, it is easy to be led, and I also want to calm down and study. The male protagonist's role can be light or heavy, and it is absolutely okay to focus on the female protagonist's struggle line. By the way, the author has a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, and the content he writes about college entrance and major selection is very real and down-to-earth, without any clichés.

8. 458 残 The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺 Long Chu龙杵Urban900k WordsCompleted “Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending 5.1kReads8.4Score606Shelves

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   It is a high-quality novel with new themes, a hard-core work for men in science and engineering, low-end, high-end, and slow-burning. It is science fiction, realism, suspense, and brain-burning. The writing is eye-catching and the logic is rigorous. The narrative is funny but not boring. There is no golden finger of the time-travel and rebirth system. The content covers history, workplace, military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, scheming, murder, as well as high-tech espionage, hacker warfare, and aerospace electronic warfare. The ending has a profound reversal and is tailor-made for old bookworms. If it doesn't look good, I will kill myself to death!

9. 459 分 The Day We Broke Up, One Needle Made Me a Master Healer 分手当天，我一针封神成国医 Fair Weather and Clear Skies时和景明Urban170k WordsOngoing On graduation day, his girlfriend says, “I don’t want to hold you back,” then turns and walks into the Lin Medical Group. Shen Mobai clutches the old acupuncture kit his father left behind, remembering the phone call from his previous life, the black SUV, and how nothing came after that. This time, he won’t chase her. He walks into No. 17 Wenchang Alley and becomes the student of an old man who drinks tea from a chipped enamel mug. In three days, he cures thirty years of neck and shoulder pain; 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Learn about TCM health care knowledge, basic knowledge of TCM and TCM dialectics.

10. 460 H Harry Potter: Hard Work Never Goes to Waste HP努力不枉然 Don't Stop Me from Crying别拦着我哭Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted This story has no romance pairing. The title means “trying hard so that the little I have left won't end up being completely meaningless,” not “if you try hard, it will work.” There was a little witch with rusty-red hair. She went from her shabby home to school. She kept a fat snake that was a little narrow-minded. At school, she was classmates with Snape. After graduation, she became a colleague of Lucius. She idolized Grindelwald and made newspaper clippings about him. During the final battle 6.6kReads9.2Score735Shelves

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    This is very inspiring, no cp, the heroine is too miserable, the hp version is alive

11. 461 落 The Martial World at Sunset 落日江湖 Little Wolf S, Yang Guo's Uncle-in-Law小狼S杨过的姑父Historical443k WordsOngoing (The work should be tagged “Historical” and “Wuxia.”) One reason I chose the late Ming and early Qing as the setting for this book was that I quit my job in 2020 and went to the Northeast to focus on writing. I wanted the setting to reflect my surroundings, so I settled on that period. As it happened, a wave of interest in the Ming and Qing dynasties swept across the internet recently. I had planned to ride that wave, but found that many videos distorted historical facts and misled viewers. That 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really good. It is based on real history. It contains grievances and court intrigues, interspersed with real historical figures and events. The most important thing is that the author has clear thinking and reasonable logic. I highly recommend it!

12. 462 五 The Five Tigers Pacify the South 五虎平南 Li Yutang李雨堂Historical127k WordsCompleted The Five Tigers Pacify the South is set during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Great Song, when the southern barbarian king Nong Zhigao rebelled and war engulfed the southern frontier. Di Qing, Prince of Pacifying the West, received the imperial order to lead the army and set out once more with the Five Tiger Generals. But they were thwarted by the sorcery of a strange martial expert from the southern tribes: Duan Hongyu, daughter of Duan Hong of Mengyun Pass. Trained in the Way of the Immor 2Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Patriotism is engraved in our bones [note][note][note]

13. 463 平 Record of the Pacification of Wu 平吴录 Sun Xu孙旭Historical10k WordsCompleted This is a confidential historical dossier that overturns the orthodox view of history! Writing from the perspective of an eyewitness, Sun Xu of the Qing dynasty unveils the power struggles and betrayals behind “a fit of rage for the sake of a beauty.” The book not only reveals Wu Sangui’s true motives for inviting the Qing army through the pass, but also exposes for the first time the secret of Chen Yuanyuan’s abduction, the inside story of the Yongli Emperor of the Southern Ming being strangled 3Reads7.6Score—Shelves
14. 464 平 Record of the Pacification of Song 平宋录 Liu Minzhong刘敏中Historical14k WordsCompleted The Records of the Pacification of Song is a vivid firsthand account of war written by Liu Minzhong, a renowned official of the Yuan dynasty. In sweeping prose, it chronicles the glorious campaign in which Bayan, the Yuan chancellor, led his troops south in 1274 and brought about the fall of the Southern Song. Divided into three volumes, it is not merely a work of military history, but a heroic tribute to the union of strategy and courage. The book vividly portrays Bayan as a commander who could 7Reads7.6Score—Shelves
15. 465 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: The Concubine-Born Heir's Rise to Power 女穿男，庶房嫡子的逆袭 Liu Jilian刘忌廉Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Now available as an audiobook with a full cast. [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates as a man] + [Born into this world] + [Imperial exams and business in the early story] + [Court politics later on] + [One female lead, with a relatively small role] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [No golden finger] Xie Chengxi was born into another world as the sixth son of the Xie family, a minor family in Bianjing's Grain Transport Guild. His father was the clan's rejected son, kept under pressure for yea 43.3kReads8.3Score5.6kShelves

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    This book is so beautiful

16. 466 警 Warning! The Streamer You Follow Has Been Banned 警告！您关注的主播已被封禁 Charge, Furious Wind冲锋风怒Mystery608k WordsOngoing He was just a wage slave until a car accident gave him an unexpected perspective on reality through the lens of magical realism. Who would have thought the new struggle would unfold like this? You still have to hustle after you die. You still have to sell yourself after you die. You still can't get it back after you die. You still have to give even after you're dead. The villains are naturally good at misleading people. Can you see through them? The big bad has stirred up another conflict and sl 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This work is full of philosophical meaning, and you will find a blind spot in knowledge at first glance. See how rich your knowledge system is

17. 467 码 A Coder’s Rewind: The Flying Youth of 1997 码农回档：飞扬的青春1997 Feier Fasa菲尔法瑟Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Programmer Lü Xin is sent back to 1997 after a car accident, his soul traveling through time. Back on his high school campus, he refuses to settle for an ordinary life. With the times at his back and the knowledge and memories of his past life to rely on, why shouldn't his youth soar on the winds of change? [Reborn in a bygone era + no System + no golden finger + campus life + entrepreneurship] 12.2kReads7.4Score868Shelves

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    The soul of a coder travels back to 1997 and starts a business while studying in high school

18. 468 人 Clearing Away the Clutter of Life 人间除杂 Drunken Dream Sand City醉梦沙城Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Adapted from the real-life experiences of a rural woman college graduate] + [Drifting in Beijing] + [Two years alone in a rented room after losing her job] + [Cheated while looking for a rental] + [Parents seriously ill]. If these topics bother you, don't open this book. The reality is heavy. This is seven years of youth in the life of an ordinary country girl with no connections. At 28, I could have been an excellent hydrometallurgical engineer, skilled at removing all kinds of impurities from 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This records the growth of the heroine

19. 469 临 A Final Wish 临终之愿 Lei-jie's Hopeless Simp蕾姐的老舔狗Mystery322k WordsOngoing [Not for everyone: a niche novel with no harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible hero, and no wish fulfillment. The storytelling is detailed, but the pacing is a little slow.] [Why I write: I'm not after money. I don't have much, but I have enough. What I hope for is understanding, and I sincerely look forward to thoughtful readers.] [Keywords: hard science fiction, rigorous logic, wit and humor, critical thinking, and knowledge from seventeen academic disciplines to broaden your perspective] 158Reads—Score102Shelves

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    It is a crossover book with high IQ, many twists and turns, and logic that is so tough that it can poke people to death. It will not be pushed to the setting if it cannot be edited, and it will not deceive anxious young readers under the guise of changing their lives. Following the plot, the book contains the most useful knowledge from 17 disciplines including psychology, economics, logic, game theory, and advanced mathematics, as well as cutting-edge mainstream scientific explanations, which will quickly build your thinking framework and improve your cognitive level. Feng shui metaphysics, divination and fortune telling are no longer things that can fool you (if you have any questions, skip to chapter 134, explain the problem from the root, and rub the charlatan on the ground). The story is funny, but not ridiculous. The group of protagonists is not normal. The reader's fault for laughing has nothing to do with the author. As for the plot, you are really good at guessing it. Even if you put aside the knowledge points, the plot of the whole book itself is a suspense story with rigorous logic. There are a lot of foreshadowings. The second and third chapters are all interesting. It is not a scattered plot put together for the purpose of telling knowledge. Some chapters are specially designed to train diverse thinking. Reading slowly can improve your reasoning ability and make your brain grow stronger after reading it. If you find that the plot logic is unreasonable, the author will lie down on the ground and let you beat him. Good things have different opinions. Some people became bald just to write this book! There is no content in the book and it cannot support this advertisement. How to build a strong self, this book will tell you sincerely.

20. 470 奢 Lavish Indulgence 奢宠 Little Tower Laughs at the East Wind小楼笑东风Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Strong Male and Female Leads + Well-Matched + Reborn Romance] Reborn overnight, she became the only daughter of one of the capital’s most powerful families! Her father held a high-ranking position, her mother controlled a financial empire, and her grandfather was a living legend of the capital. As the apple of everyone’s eye, Leng Yunqi looked calmly at the ex-boyfriend who had betrayed her in her previous life. Hah! Even if you’re a “god” in the business world, I’ll still crush you underfoot u 12.2kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    Super invincible and beautiful!!

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