I'm a High School Student, and Online Classes Have Made Me Slack Off. Any Competitive, Hard-Working Stories? Any Genre Is Fine 高中生，网课有点荒废学业了有内卷的书吗各类都可

1. 1 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Painted Realms 聊斋画境 Pu Songling蒲松龄4k WordsCompleted Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is the culmination of ancient supernatural and strange-tale fiction, hailed as an unrivaled masterpiece. Its subject matter is wide-ranging, its material rich, and its artistic achievements remarkable. It created many memorable artistic archetypes, with vivid, distinctive characters that laid a foundation for visual art. Strange Tales Illustrated selects excerpts from more than 80 renowned classics among the 494 stories in the Zhu Qikai edition, revealing the —Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   Let's roll it up a little. 😂 By the way, do high school students even have time to read this? The first book's illustrations are really good, and the comics below are kind of interesting. Let me just fill in forty characters, hahaha.

2. 2 半 A Half-Hour Cartoon History of China (Complete in Five Volumes) 半小时漫画中国史（全五册） Er Hunzi二混子Historical149k WordsCompleted Read comics for half an hour and master three thousand years of history, with a crystal-clear timeline you can recite backward as soon as you finish. Using nothing but hand-drawn illustrations and jokes, Er Hunzi lays out the grand sweep of history with impressive clarity: the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were like a classroom; the Qin dynasty burned brightly and died young; the Three Kingdoms era came down to three great battles; the chaotic Wei and Jin period was full of oddbal 2.3kReads9.6Score555Shelves
3. 3 人 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Mark P. Donnelly马克·P.唐纳利Historical151k WordsCompleted For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval 7.2kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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   I'm serious about the first one 😏

4. 4 欺 Picking on People Is Not Okay 欺负人可不行 Excellent Lumbar Disc优秀的腰间盘Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted Multiple protagonists. None of them is perfect, but neither is anyone irredeemably evil. Read the blurb before you start so you don’t waste your time. The writing isn’t great, and I can’t do anything to improve it! If you want fine prose, I recommend Cao Xueqin or the winners of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. This is a free platform, so let’s not make things difficult for each other! You can leave whatever comments you like, I don’t care. But if you could simply not read it and still give it a lo 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A sharp-tongued, domineering CEO transmigrates into the body of a pitiful high school student, causing his childhood friend, who had bullied him, to break down in his defenses. He then uses his own strength to effortlessly conquer the world and build his career, gaining a group of observant and devoted fans. No system, no cheat codes—a satisfying read, but not mindless!

5. 5 语 A Great Transmigration Through Chinese Textbooks 语文课本大穿越 Pawn Crossing the River 20过河小卒20Historical147k WordsCompleted What? I have to stop Zhang Fei from going off to grab Brother Liang on his own in The Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage? Am I going to get beaten to death? Help Kong Yiji, who keeps asking, “Is there much? Not much,” find a way to make a living? That'll be tricky. The two sons of Kua E, who appear at the end of The Foolish Old Man Who Moved the Mountains, are actually ordinary mortals, and I have to find a way to help them move the mountain? Isn't that asking too much? In one Chinese textbook 27Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   If I could return more than 20 books, I could have returned even more. They are all about learning; you can see the details for yourself.

6. 6 愣 What Are You Waiting For? Come In and Memorize Vocabulary 愣着干嘛，进来背单词 Spicy Auntie麻辣小姨869k WordsOngoing [Over 6,000 words, suitable for English exams at every level: middle school, high school, university, the national college entrance exam, CET-4 and CET-6, postgraduate entrance exams, and more...] Sweet romance = the sweetness of studying is greater than the sweetness of love For those preparing for English exams For those who simply want to memorize English vocabulary For those who feel guilty about being hooked on novels every day “What are you doing?” “Reading a novel.” Secretly outworkin 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These are all examples. The first book uses mnemonic devices to remember specific words, such as "abroad" (阿伯走到海外). The fifth book contains some math problem-solving strategies and methods, and is for high school students.

7. 7 古 The Grand Princess from Ancient Times Is a Science Prodigy in the Modern World 古穿今，长公主她理科超神 Zombie Gu Gu僵尸咕咕Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-Modern Transmigration + System + Top Student + Strengthening the Nation] In her previous life, Chen Lingying needed only three thousand light cavalry to strike down the enemy's commander. The people of Great Zhou called her the Eldest Princess of Chen, with both reverence and fear. When she opened her eyes again, the princess who had stood second to none had become a modern high school girl. Mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology; The International Mathematical Olympiad, internatio 4.1kReads9.3Score662Shelves
8. 8 中 A Complete Guide to Chinese and World History: A Must-Have for Every Chinese Household 中国历史世界历史一本通 (中国家庭必备书) Editorial Board of Chinese and World History in One Volume《中国历史・世界历史一本通》编委会Historical808k WordsCompleted The renowned British historian Arnold Toynbee once said, “If a person can immerse themselves in an understanding of history, they will surely gain true knowledge, because the lessons of history are the richest treasury of wisdom.” Learning about Chinese and world history in a short time and gaining an understanding of the world as a whole has been the dream and pursuit of many people throughout the ages. If you want to understand history, you must first acquire the necessary historical knowledge 390Reads9.2Score126Shelves
9. 9 中 1,000 Questions About Chinese History 中国历史1000问 Fish in the Water水中鱼Historical394k WordsCompleted Descendants of Yan and Huang, let us open the pages of history, brush away the dust of time, and seek the historic footprints of our founding ancestors as they forged a path for the Chinese nation to survive and thrive! Arranged chronologically, this book begins with prehistoric civilizations in ancient times and continues through the end of 2010. It covers a longer span of time than any comparable book, which is its first distinguishing feature. Second, like other books of its kind, it selects 56.5kReads9.6Score2.7kShelves
10. 10 步 Infantry Assault: Concise Collector's Edition 步兵攻击：精简珍藏版 Erwin Rommel埃尔温·隆美尔Historical76k WordsCompleted Infantry Attacks is a classic work on military tactics. Written by Erwin Rommel, the renowned German general of World War II, based on his personal experiences in World War I, it gives a detailed account of every battle he took part in. It is a classic work of military theory. The Abridged Collector's Edition of Deep Battle Theory is a condensed version of Deep Battle Theory. It aims to help readers absorb the essence of classic foreign military works in less time, in an age of fragmented readin —Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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11. 11 中 1,000 Questions on Ancient Chinese Culture 中国古代常识1000问 Ya Se雅瑟Historical368k WordsCompleted Drawing from the vast ocean of Chinese culture, 1,000 Questions About Ancient Chinese Customs carefully selects a thousand fascinating gems to explain basic knowledge of ancient China in a question-and-answer format. Its wealth of information and beautiful illustrations will make learning a delight as readers enter a world of knowledge. 1.2kReads9.0Score429Shelves

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