Urban Fiction Is Getting Worse and Worse. Please Recommend a Truly Great Book. 现在都市文真是越来越差劲。求一本真正的好书。
GPT-6 Luna
In this list
Reader notes translated by Google Translate
1.3k
- 1201 The Day the Chef Left, the Diners Wept Until Their Tears Ran Dry 厨子跑的那一天，食客老泪都流干 Xu Yuan never expected that, as a recent college graduate, he would one day get bound to a System. The System said, “As a chef, your job is to let diners experience delicious food.” Then it added, “But as the creator of delicious food, how can you let work tie you down?” And so... “Ding! This month’s mission: Apply for a job as a restaurant chef, then quit after working for half a month to claim your System reward...” Xu Yuan: “You little schemer!” And so it went. Restaurant owner: “I’m not brag 8.7kReads8.5Score764Shelves
-
1202
Peninsula: My Girl Group Exorcism Diary 半岛：我的女团驱魔日记
In a modern world where spiritual energy has run dry, Chen Ming, who has cultivated to the peak, goes on a trip to the peninsula, only to stumble into a story about a peninsula teeming with ghosts and monsters! Obsessions and starlight intertwine as he gently protects those around him! (This is a story about helping girl idols drive out evil spirits while falling in love with them! Multiple heroines! A harem novel!)
1.1kReads—Score131Shelves
Reader note
- 1203 Grandpa Starts a Rebellion in Another World, While I Rule the Modern City! 爷爷异界造反，我在都市无敌了！ [Urban, school life, everyday life, campus belle, supernatural powers, keeping a low profile] In the middle of the night, someone knocked on the bathroom mirror. Xiao Fan discovered that his grandfather, Xiao Hai, who had been missing for nine years, was contacting him through a treasured artifact called the Void Mirror. The emperor of another world was incompetent, and his grandfather, who had mastered the art of cultivation, had actually launched a rebellion. Through the mirror, Xiao Fan could 28.9kReads9.1Score4kShelves
-
1204
Supernatural Affairs Bureau 超凡监管局
(Don't worry about the rating. It only diminishes the author's hard work.) [Urban high martial arts + Chinese fantasy power system + mysterious vibes + Cthulhu Mythos + SCP + one heroine + no characters acting stupidly + no clichés] The war between human civilization and Them has never ended. Peace is merely a fleeting, illusory dream. Only a handful of people know that the ultimate secrets of the world lie hidden behind the dynastic changes and natural and man-made disasters recorded in history
15.9kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves
Reader note
- 1205 Mount & Blade: Kingdom of Heaven 骑砍：天国王朝 When he opens his eyes, he has become a two-year-old boy: Elias of Anjou, the youngest son of Fulk V, Count of Anjou. In this era, French castles are built of stone, winters are cold enough to leave your fingers stiff, and noble lords fight in the mud wearing chain mail. His elder brother Geoffrey, the historical Duke of Normandy and father of the founder of the Plantagenet dynasty, is the heir to Anjou. The good news is that he has a golden finger: the Mount & Blade: Bannerlord System. Troops, 1.8kReads—Score226Shelves
-
1206
After I Started Rating Careers, Beautiful Women Surrounded Me 开始职业评分后，我被美女包围了
[System] [Golden Finger] [Everyday Wish Fulfillment] [Multiple Female Leads] [No AI] [Handcrafted] [Wild Imagination] Jiang Xiaochuan unlocks the "Professional Rating" system. The higher his score, the better the rewards. To earn points, first do your job well and win the System's approval. At the same time, hold on to your position: don't quit or get fired. Jiang Xiaochuan's first job: security guard. His second job: masseur at a beauty salon. His third job: His fourth job: Once Jiang Xiaoc
5Reads—Score116Shelves
Reader note
- 1207 I’m a Hero, but I’ve Ended Up on the Streets, Kept by the Demon King 英雄的我流落街头，被魔王包养了 [Everyday life] [One heroine] [Plenty of sweetness] “My name is Lin En. I'm a hero... or rather, I used to be one.” In the ruins, a radio crackled to life: “Hero Lin En has killed his former comrades! The Hero Association launched a desperate assault, but all thirteen S-rank heroes were wiped out... The Federation has sentenced Lin En for crimes against humanity! Wanted throughout the Federation!” On a stormy night, the retired Demon King Keliya opened the door. Her mortal enemy 59.3kReads9.4Score8.5kShelves
-
1208
Half a Life on the Battlefield, Yet I Return as the Same Old War God 战死沙场戎半生，归来仍是旧武神
Wang Xian, a half-step Martial God at the eighth realm of Old Martial Arts, died on an alien battlefield protecting ordinary people, only to return in a dream to his youth in his senior year of high school. In my previous life, I achieved greatness late, reaching the peak of the half-step Martial God realm, only to stop at the eighth realm and die with regrets. In this life, I will use my self-created Starry Sky Body-Tempering Art to forge a starry sky martial body capable of devouring stars and
94.2kReads9.1Score7.1kShelves
Reader note
-
1209
I'm Already Invincible, So Why Are You Still Making Me Go to School? 我都无敌了，你还让我去上学？
If people grow stronger to show off, to pursue an even more perfect realm... “Sorry, but I'm already invincible!” Lin Feng dusts off nonexistent specks of dirt and says calmly. The invincible Lin Feng has come down from the mountain...
684Reads9.2Score—Shelves
Reader note
- 1210 The System Took Me into Korean Showbiz, but I Only Want to Pick Up Girls 系统带我混韩娱，我却只想泡妞 [Multiple Heroines]+ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy]+ [Korean Showbiz]+ [System]+ [Girl Group Bulldozer] On July 11, 2010, Running Man premiered. Hosts: Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Ha Dong-hoon, Gary (Kang Hee-gun), Lee Kwang-soo, Song Joong-ki, and Ximen Liuxiang! Ximen Liuxiang? That's right! Young Master Ximen is determined to learn from “The Thief,” Chu Liuxiang. 4.4kReads5.4Score298Shelves
- 1211 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起 This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera) 79Reads—Score106Shelves
- 1212 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 197kReads8.8Score7.4kShelves
- 1213 A Guide to Everyday Life with Nonhumans 非人类日常注意事项 [Speculative sci-fi + urban + no System + one heroine + slice of life] After the world’s order collapsed and was rebuilt following the sudden appearance of monsters, an ordinary person who wanted nothing more than a quiet life gained the ability to turn into a monster. His everyday life was anything but ordinary. 25.9kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
- 1214 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.6kReads—Score144Shelves
- 1215 Outsider of Shenzhou 神州方外人 [Chinese-Style Superpowers] [One Female Lead] [Not a Power Fantasy] On an ordinary day, all the people of Huaxia were dropped onto an unfamiliar planet seemingly stuck in the Stone Age. The alien atmosphere gave rise to the "Outlanders," people with supernatural abilities. As Huaxia rebuilt its civilization and fought bloody wars against other races, it eventually came to dominate the Shenzhou Continent. A strange Outlander named Qin Wuyang was said by everyone to have seven personalities. He hi 12.9kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
- 1216 This Playthrough with the Maid 戏处理女仆相伴的这一周目 This is a transformation from 1 Player to 2 Players [A ton of gaming and gaming memes, one female lead, campus life, light novel, esports] “According to the contract, starting today, I’ll be your ‘gameplay maid,’ Master.” A maid-dressed girl named Bai E’na barges into the room of Gu Kongtong, a hardcore gaming otaku and hopeless college student. She boasts an outrageous level of gaming skill and stunning looks, and claims his dad hired her for a hefty sum to provide him with “premium gaming comp 4.1kReads9.6Score449Shelves
- 1217 The Young Lady and Her Childhood Friend Fight Over Me Every Day, Both Demanding Kisses 大小姐青梅又争又抢，每天要亲亲 (A new book from a veteran author, so you can count on the quality!) "A sharp-tongued, tsundere heiress who says one thing and means another, and a childhood friend; urban slice of life; healing and redemption; growing together; extra sweet romance; no System or golden finger; slow-burn coming-of-age; both reborn" "Miss Xu: She says the harshest things and acts the sweetest." After ten years of working himself to the bone, he was forced to marry the "useless" heiress of the richest family... Reb 30.1kReads8.7Score3.4kShelves
-
1218
Move Aside! Is Your Pet Shop Stocked with All Five Venomous Creatures? 让开宠物店，你店里五毒俱全？
The day Shen Qing transmigrates, she inherits her parents’ only possession: a pet shop. Her System awakens. By collecting emotional energy from her livestream viewers, she can earn rewards. She also unlocks the ability to hear animals’ thoughts. But something seems off about the pet shop in front of her. There are no adorable kittens or puppies, only bird-eating spiders, black widows, panda ants, poison dart frogs, killer scorpions, stonefish... Bird-eating spider: “Human, it’s time to eat. Why
3.3kReads8.8Score454Shelves
Reader note
-
1219
EN
Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
Reader note
-
1220
A Pure Heart: A Life-or-Death Game 纯净的心：生死牌局
A Pure Heart: The Life-and-Death Card Game
424Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
1221
The Green Satchel Medical Text: A Divine Doctor in the City 青囊医书之都市医仙
In a materialistic society, people resort to any means to fight over their own interests. The book's rich knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine is its greatest draw. What you see may not be the truth. People live behind masks, and only when those masks come off do you see how appalling things are beneath the glamorous surface. The person you trust most can hurt you the deepest. And those you look down on, or feel are beneath your company, may be the very people who help you the most. Human n
27.2kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
Reader note
- 1222 The Empire's Setting Sun 帝国夕阳 The Empire's Twilight 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1223 The Fourth Book by Jiezi Weichen 介子微尘的第4本书 First traditional Chinese medicine, then officialdom, and finally, where will it all lead? Read on and find out. The sections on traditional Chinese medicine are highly technical, so readers without a grounding in the subject may want to skip them. The officialdom storyline is realistic and focuses on the lessons of life. You're sure to take something away from it. Those who understand will see the many sides of life. Those who don't will only see… No one is perfect, and we're all ordinary p 11.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
- 1224 Moonsea Flower Pavilion: Cloudtop City 月海花亭：云顶城市 Moonsea Flower Pavilion: Cities Above the Clouds 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1225 Desires Beneath the Mask 面具下的欲望 Bacon said that human desire is the driving force behind social progress. This is true: desire can spur people to work harder, bring out their full potential, and push humanity ever forward. But whoever you are, if you cannot control your desires and they turn into greed, disaster is bound to follow. Those without desire are things; those with desire are people; those who can control their desires can become people of consequence. But how many can truly control their desires and know when to sto 12kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 1226 You Are a Different Kind of Scenery 你是别样的风景 You Are a Different Kind of Scenery 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1227 Burning Passion 燃烧的热血 “With heads held high and spirits soaring, we crossed the Yalu River. To preserve peace and defend our motherland is to defend our home. The finest sons and daughters of China stand united as one, resisting American aggression and aiding Korea, defeating the American imperialist wolf!” Whenever I read books or watch films and TV dramas about the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, my heart surges with emotion, and I feel the deepest respect for the martyrs who gave their lives so bravel 684Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 1228 A Kiss from the Clouds 白云之吻 A Kiss from the White Clouds 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1229 The Criminal’s Revelation 犯罪启示录 The story follows a detective's day-to-day casework, recounting how a number of representative cases are solved. The plot is full of twists and turns, and every case offers plenty to think about. I hope readers will take something away from the story. 385Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 1230 Iron-Blooded Late Ming I: The Decisive Battle of Ruzhou 铁血晚明（一）汝州决战 Iron-Blooded Late Ming (Part One): The Decisive Battle at Ruzhou 81Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1231 Reborn: In the Korean Peninsula, Plotting a Coup from the Start 重生：人在半岛，开局策划造反 [Reborn + no System + not mindless wish fulfillment + no harem + military coup] Jiang Yunseong was reborn in South Korea as a young officer, only to be framed and thrown in prison from the start. Fortunately, at the critical moment, he awakened the ability to read people’s minds and temporarily escaped danger. But he soon discovered that he was at the center of an unavoidable political struggle! To stay alive, he incited a group of senior commanders to launch a military coup! “Fail, and you’re r 827Reads9.1Score102Shelves
- 1232 Across the Ocean 大洋彼岸 Across the Ocean 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1233 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 68.8kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves
- 1234 Dreams of Tokyo: Love Through the Four Seasons 东京梦华：爱有四季 Tokyo Dreams: Love Through the Seasons 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1235 Walking Beneath the Moon: The Age of Machines 踏月而行：机械纪元 Walking Beneath the Moon: The Mechanical Era 103Reads—Score—Shelves
-
1236
I Woke Up to Three Old Men Calling Me Dad 一觉醒来，三个老头叫我爸
He slept for 50 years and woke up to find himself widowed and raising three kids. But why were the kids already so grown up, and why did they all have different surnames? Somehow, he'd become the oldest person in the family, even though he was only 18!
10.9kReads8.6Score642Shelves
Reader note
- 1237 Sunset on Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 云顶落霞：幽灵骑士 Sunset on the Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 38Reads—Score—Shelves
-
1238
I Brought My Twins and Divorced My Husband at His Wedding 我带着双胞胎，在丈夫婚礼上离婚
[Transmigrate into a book + historical setting + pocket dimension + love grows over time] Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don’t nitpick the historical details. This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story. It’s about everyday family life, told at a gentle pace. Shen Ruyi wakes from a nap to find herself transmigrated into a period novel, as the former wife in an arranged marriage to the male lead, a character who gets only a few lines before dying young in the countryside.
24.2kReads8.3Score2.9kShelves
Reader note
- 1239 The Compass of Time 时光罗盘 The Time Compass 37Reads—Score—Shelves
-
1240
My Ten-Thousandth Rebirth 第一万次重生
After spending the last three months of his life battling a terminal illness, Chen Luo discovered that he had been reborn on the day his cancer was confirmed. Overjoyed, Chen Luo soon found that three months later, he still died of cancer. But what he never expected was that he’d be reborn again on New Year’s Day in 2019, the day he was diagnosed with cancer. By now, Chen Luo had been reborn ten thousand times. Over the more than two thousand years of this endless loop, Chen Luo had learned ever
21.6kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
Reader note
- 1241 The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 花海月宫 The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 35Reads—Score—Shelves
-
1242
The Way of Heaven's Evolution: Bureau 503 天衍圣道之503局
A high-speed express train hurtles along its route. An ordinary train conductor gets drunk in a sleeper compartment, breaking the rules, and becomes embroiled in a bizarre tomb-robbing case. When he sobers up, he unexpectedly joins Huaxia’s most mysterious organization, Bureau 503... By chance, he crosses paths with the mysterious Tongji Alliance, setting him on a completely different path in life.
28.2kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
Reader note
- 1243 Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 紫竹林的仙境 A Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1244 Night Shanghai: Making My Name on the Bund 夜上海之扬威上海滩 Lin Ge and Bai Wei transmigrate into the TV series Shanghai Bund, arriving in 1930s Shanghai. They clash fiercely with the Japanese and throw themselves into the nationwide resistance, helping launch the 1932 Battle of Shanghai. 117Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1245 Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔 Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting. 203Reads—Score—Shelves
-
1246
My Years in the Funeral Business 我干白事儿这些年
After his master died, Lin Ran inherited his craft, took over the funeral business, and promised his master he would not leave this small town for three years. Keeping his promise, Lin Ran had to face the world without his master's protection. He saw all the strange sides of human nature that he had never witnessed before! Lin Ran remembered his master's words: “People look down on those of us in this line of work. Compared with ordinary people, we're also missing something. They call it being ‘
71.5kReads9.2Score7.8kShelves
Reader note
- 1247 Drug Enforcement Elite 禁毒精英 Two major drug cartels operate in Mexico: the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. This is the story of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, together with the Department of Homeland Security, the CIA, and US Northern Command, assisting Mexican police in the fight against drug crime. 82Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1248 The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元：金星之路 An ancient alien spacecraft is discovered in a crater on Venus. The mysterious X Organization plots to seize the planet, while Factory 18 wants to use Venus as a dumping ground for waste. Yet atop the clouds of Venus stands an airship academy called Cloudtop Academy, a hallowed school dreamed of by students across the solar system. At last, traveling from Mars to Venus, they witness the planet's land and oceans. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 1249 The Doctor’s Road to Officialdom 医路官途 After graduating from university, genius Chinese medicine doctor Ling You returned to his village to observe three years of mourning for his late grandfather. He also inherited the clinic his grandfather had run, Sānqītáng. Then one day, the arrival of a group of powerful figures changed his life. He had planned to spend his life practicing medicine, but after enduring a series of harsh realities, he came to understand that an ordinary doctor treats people, while a great doctor treats the nation 162.2kReads9.4Score8.5kShelves
-
1250
From the Start, Ten Consecutive Draws: A Goddess Reward Leads Me to the Top 开局十连抽，奖励女神走上巅峰
Sisters, I want to make it on my own! Qin Lang has nine god-tier sisters. His eldest sister is a goddess and the richest woman in the world... His second sister is a renowned miracle doctor... His third sister is the songstress of the entertainment industry... His fourth sister is a female War God... His fifth sister is a martial arts goddess... His sixth sister is a god-tier assassin... His seventh sister is a god-tier scientist... His eighth sister has earned the title of Demon God in the dark
13.8kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
Reader note
Other lists with The Day the Chef Left, the Diners Wept Until Their Tears Ran Dry