I'm Really Out of Books Lately. It Feels Like the Same Few Themes Keep Getting Recommended 最近真的书荒了，感觉推的主题反反复复就那么几个
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Imprisoned by Love 困爱成囚
Rumor has it that Gu Yansheng, the adopted daughter of the Gu family, had loved the Ninth Master of the Lu family in the imperial capital for years. He couldn't stand her, and for the sake of the woman he cherished, he sent her to prison and had her tortured for five whole years. But no one expected that when the Ninth Master eventually married, his bride would be none other than Gu Yansheng, the woman with a prison record! Everyone eagerly awaited the spectacle, expecting to see how the Ninth M
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The Deadline for Evidence [Criminal Investigation] 罪证时限[刑侦]
Ye Xiao is a forensic pathologist in Lingnan City, quick-witted and sharp. Decades in the profession have seen her dissect well over a thousand bodies, giving her an exceptionally wealth of experience. Qi Yun is the head of the task force. Skilled at analysis and reading people, he has solved many major cases and is legendary within the police force as a specialist in cracking cases. The task force untangles a web of clues, piece by piece, and catches the real culprit. Among their cases are cold
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Spring Banquet 春日宴
She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis
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The Movie Emperor Keeps Trying to Make a Move on Me 影帝他总想对我图谋不轨
Shen Yi, stage name Wei Long, was an actor of superstar caliber who took the world by storm in the 1970s. But after he disappeared one day, he vanished from history without a trace, as if he had never existed. One day, Rong Qian spotted a photo of herself with Shen Yi, taken more than thirty years ago... This incredible discovery sent her on journey after journey through time, transmigrating into the past to save him! For Rong Qian, only a few days passed between each trip to the past. But for S
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The Max-Level Expert Transmigrates into a Book and Crushes the Secret Identity Novel's Heroine 满级大佬穿书后完爆马甲文女主
[Dual transmigration into a book + Exposing Each Other's Secret Identities + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment + Supporting Character Takes Down the Female Lead] Lin Yingzhuo transmigrated into a book about secret identities and became the original heroine's fake-sweetheart older sister. The original heroine had countless secret identities and was the beloved goddess of the whole story, both cool and dazzling. Lin Yingzhuo's mission was to expose all of the heroine's secret identities and become friend
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From the Start, I Confess to the Divorced Female CEO at the Civil Affairs Bureau 开局，民政局表白刚离婚的女总裁
[Daily Life + Showbiz + Lighthearted Comedy + Doting Dad + System + One Female Lead + Adorable Kid + Sweet Romance + No Dark Themes] After failing a job interview, Han Shichu was successfully talked into joining an entertainment company by a professional agent. After signing the contract, he suddenly activated a dormant silly System: the Wacky Adventure Entertainment System. [Three-part starting mission! Part one: Host, within ten minutes, go to the street, hug a utility pole covered in ads for
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My Junior Sister Is Overpowered, Yet Ridiculously Goofy 小师妹明明超强却过分沙雕
(The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh
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After Being Four Big Shots’ Stand-Ins, I Earn a Billion a Year 给四个大佬当替身后，我年薪百亿
[No fixed pairing + everyone gets their comeuppance + transmigrated female supporting character + female lead diligently follows the plot but doesn’t get emotionally involved] After dying from a brain hemorrhage, Jiang Nuannuan transmigrated into a book, specifically a chaotic mash-up of melodramatic CEO romances. She got the role of a disposable fake heiress and stand-in, and activated the Hundred-Billion Stand-In System. Jiang Nuannuan: For the sake of making a living, I’ll put up with it! I’l
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Quick Transmigration: The Yandere Big Shot Has Fallen to the Dark Side Again 快穿攻略之病娇大佬又黑化了
[Sweet romance + devoted couple with mutual fidelity + lovesick obsession] Shi Yao dies suddenly after staying up all night reading a novel. Luckily, she encounters System Xiao Liu. If she completes the missions in each world, she can come back to life on the spot. But the missions gradually take a strange turn: in every world, a lovesick obsessive starts clinging to her! A possessive tyrant does her laundry and cooks for her, then offers to warm her bed? A wild and mysterious young man from Mia
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I Strive for My Country’s Prosperity! [System] 我，为祖国富强而奋斗！【系统】
[Reborn + System + top student + patriotism + positive energy + feel-good story + no awful relatives] Su Xing was always on her own, the aloof goddess in everyone else's eyes. It seemed everyone took it for granted that beautiful women should keep their distance and remain unapproachable. Only Su Xing knew she was pretending to be aloof. In truth, she had severe social anxiety! She hated dealing with people and being noticed. All she wanted was to hide in the shell she thought was safe and coast
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The Flawed God and His Nonexistent Wife's Everyday Romance 无良神明与不存在老婆的恋爱日常
[Quality guaranteed by an author with two million words under their belt] [One female lead] [Everyday life] [Ridiculous comedy] [Sweet romance] [Invincible] On the Rune Continent lives a god who doesn’t want to be a god. He spends every day slacking off and never doing anything useful. People in the underworld call him the Irresponsible God! His greatest pleasure is playing pranks on his people. When the god is asleep, the world is at its most peaceful. That is, until one day he fell in love wit
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The Water-Taming Beast 镇水兽
They say a fish couldn't possibly survive for seventy years, yet this one has been wreaking havoc for just as long! What lies beneath the waters of the Mian River, so shocking that it has dragged so many people down to their deaths? The surface of the rivers you see may seem calm, but you might not know that in those terrifying, eerie depths, a water guardian beast could be lurking, striking at lives as fragile as moths before they even know it's there, like a demon on the hunt...
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Horror: From Puppet to Demon God of Fear! 恐怖：从木偶到恐惧魔神！
When Lin Qi opened his eyes, he had become a puppet of the “paranormal” type. All he had to do was earn fear points to grow stronger and stronger. “When you see me, it means fear has arrived!” “Struggle! Scream!” “I am the Demon God of Fear!” An era of resurgent terror, an era when ghosts roam the night. Lin Qi commands fear!
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The Autobiography of a Tomb Raider 来自一位盗墓者的自传
[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
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The Long Night’s Journey 长夜行
The eyes are the angle observers most often scrutinize, so you must learn to disguise your own., Li Mu. From making up his mind to carrying out his plan, he spent a full three years. His first murder, his second, his third... Even when he was teetering on the brink of death, he would take a gamble if it meant he might escape. To everyone else, he was merely a weakling, not even as capable as an ordinary person...
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A Tipsy Kiss! The Abstinent Movie Star Begs for Kisses on a Dating Show Livestream 微醺吻！禁欲影帝恋综直播求亲亲
The print editions of the novel and manga adaptation of Secret Crush Echoes are now available for purchase across all platforms. Li Jiu is hailed as a breathtaking beauty in Beijing’s elite circles, with sultry eyes, long legs, a slender waist, and a dazzling, unrestrained beauty. One drunken night, she accidentally flirts with Pei Shisi, a top-tier star and actor, then gets boycotted across the internet after a trending video shows her pinching his butt. What no one knows is that the two grew u
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Global Survival: My System Wife Is Overpowered 全民求生：我的系统娇妻强无敌
I’m Shi Chang’an! Right after I transmigrated, a beautiful immortal sister kissed me for eight hours. After that, I gained the ability to transmigrate to the Myriad Worlds and sing “You’re So Beautiful” in different worlds. I transmigrate and pick up a female CEO who’s just gone bankrupt. I transmigrate again and get forcibly married by a female sect leader. I transmigrate yet again and take on a female emperor as my disciple. Then I transmigrate once more and get kidnapped by a female demon emp
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Master Xi, Your Wife Has More Than a Few Secret Identities 席爷，夫人她有亿点马甲
[Secret identities + no-brainer power fantasy + powerful male and female leads] Lu Yi always told everyone that her parents were dead, until they showed up just before her eighteenth birthday. “How do I know you're really my parents?” “Didn't you look into it yourself?” After her cover was blown, Lu Yi returned to the imperial capital with her parents, where the young masters and misses mocked her as “a country bumpkin” and “a clueless hick.” Then Lu Yi's secret identities started coming to
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The Jin Army Besieges the City: Reborn as Emperor Qinzong of Song 金军围城，重生宋钦宗
In the halls of government, rotten wood holds office. Between the palace steps, beasts feast on their salaries. Men with hearts like wolves and the ways of dogs crowd the halls of power. Toadies and bootlickers fill the ranks of government, bringing the state to ruin and the people to misery! You dare demand to know whether the sword in my hand is sharp?
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Growing One Point a Year: From Country Bumpkin to Ancestor of the Immortal Realm 每年加一点从山野村夫成仙界道祖
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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Becoming an Emperor from the Start, Then Shocking the Empress 开局成为大帝，接着震惊女帝
[Villain + System + Invincible + Seriously Satisfying + Dark + Ruthless + Absolutely No Saintly Heroics!] After transmigrating to the Eternal Great World, Chen Changsheng becomes an outer disciple of the Supreme Nine Purities Palace. To upgrade his System to version 2.0, the Villainous Demon King System, Chen Changsheng takes on a first-kill mission and kills a female cultivator who tried to throw herself at him, a scheming green-tea bitch. His rewards include an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon and
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In a Cultivation World, I Can Go Even with Anyone 人在修仙世界，和谁都能五五开
In Li Zhoujun's fortieth year after transmigrating to become the mountain lord of an immortal sect, he finally obtained a System that let him match anyone fifty-fifty. Are you a ten-thousand-year-old monster who has spent ages hidden from the world? I'm your equal. Are you an unparalleled Immortal Emperor of peerless elegance? I'm your equal. Are you a demonic fiend whose very name strikes terror into people's hearts? I'm your equal.
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I’m the Zombie Mother: From the Start, I Assimilate a Hundred Million 我，丧尸母体，开局先同化一个亿
A sudden zombie crisis in Qingzhou sent shockwaves around the world and sparked widespread panic. To protect the bigger picture, the authorities chose not to send help. Instead, they sealed off Qingzhou and killed countless survivors trying to flee. To put an end to the crisis once and for all, they even planned to destroy Qingzhou, stripping every survivor of their right to live. All the survivors fell into utter despair... But at that moment, Lin Chuan smiled. Because he was the zombie progeni
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Transmigrated as a Background Character, I Beat Up the Hero and Villain 穿越路人甲，爆打主角和反派
[Funny + absurd + academy + schemer + fiery + everyday life + underhanded + not an invincible-protagonist story] Reporter: “Excuse me, passerby, are you happy?” Passerby A: “I guess I'm about to be. My spirit pet is a schemer, my buddies are schemers, everyone around me is a schemer, and I'm a schemer too. Every morning, I open my eyes and get mad half to death. I'm definitely about to be!” Reporter: “Uh... are you blessed?” Passerby A: “My surname isn't Fu. It's Jiang. Jiang Li. Li, as in Li Sa
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Your Holiness, I’m Your Last Disciple 教皇陛下，我可是你的关门弟子
Lu Wuchen accidentally transmigrates to the Wuteng Continent and merges with a Villain System. When he learns that the cultivation of the master who humiliated him has been completely lost, Lu Wuchen is overjoyed. “Master, you wouldn’t want anyone else to find out that you’ve lost all your cultivation, would you?” Now he has two choices before him: take the front door or the back way. Ning Yunbing grits her teeth. “You ungrateful disciple! Once I recover my cultivation, I’ll grind your bones to
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I Lift Mountains and Carry Cauldrons in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Terrifying Yang Guang 我在隋唐拔山扛鼎，吓坏杨广
Qin Yuan transmigrated into the chaotic Sui-Tang era. By chance, he obtained a System and began cultivating mystical arts that defied the natural order. According to its cultivation methods, he could gain the strength of dragons and elephants. He would show every hero of the Sui and Tang dynasties what it meant to overcome every technique with sheer strength. “What? Li Yuanba lifted a three-thousand-catty bronze lion statue?” “Bring me a five-thousand-catty one to warm up my legs!” When Qin Yuan
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Great Tang: From the Start, I Severed My Father-Son Ties with Li Er 大唐：开局与李二断绝父子关系
The protagonist, Li Ke, Prince of Shu, is framed during his wedding to Zhangsun Lin and mistakenly kills the daughter of Wang Shi, an Imperial Court Gentleman for Deliberation. He is thrown into prison. Li Ke wakes up in the Ministry of Justice's prison and learns what happened. Then an imperial edict from Li Er arrives, and the Overlord System binds to him, issuing its first mission: sever his father-son relationship with Li Er. Rewards: 30,000 iron cavalry, 50,000 shi of provisions, and the ma
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Villain: Demon Emperor, Heed My Command and Slay the Protagonist 反派：魔帝听令，诛杀主角
After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Mo Wunian discovers that he has become the strongest Demon Lord in the Jue Tian Demon Domain, bearing the world's scorn. But he saw this coming long ago, certain that a Chosen One would appear to exploit him... “Reporting to the Demon Lord, we've found someone blessed with immense fortune.” “????” “This person has a remnant soul inside him, one with deep ties to our Demon Domain, and even to the Gu family...” Sure enough, the plot had arrived. How could M
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Nine Lifetimes as a Furnace, and the Empress Begs Me to Cultivate 九世为炉，女帝求我修炼
[Empress]+ [Swordsmanship]+ [Choices] Xiao Jue transmigrates to a fantasy world, expecting to awaken a golden finger like most people. Instead, he dies of exhaustion in each of his first nine reincarnations. Luckily, in his tenth life, the System finally arrives. From the start, he gets an Emperor’s weapon and hides his cultivation level. As long as his cultivation stays low, he won’t be persecuted by the vicious empress from his seventh life. Empress Zixi, Leng Ningyan: “As long as you c
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Shocking! The Demon Lord Is Actually My Mom? Time to Slack Off! 震惊！魔尊竟是我老妈，开摆咯！
After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Lu Nianli became the heir to the Prince of Zhenbei of the Dafeng Dynasty. Born with a useless body and unable to cultivate, he was forced to become the dynasty’s number one wastrel, and obtained a Slacking Off System. As long as he slacks off, he can earn rewards: the world’s foremost intelligence agency, the All-Knowing Hall; the peerless assassins, the Six Sword Servants; the legendary sword, Heaven’s Question; the Snow Dragon Cavalry, renowned across
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Reborn: From Selling Water to Becoming the World's Richest Man 重生：从卖水开始成为世界首富
He woke up to find himself back in 1995. That year, his family owned just a small water-bottling plant. Watch how a college student like me makes my first fortune by selling water! From then on, I’ll turn the tables and command the winds and clouds! I’ll build a world-class business empire and lead China back to the top of the world! Also known as: Reborn: From Selling Water to Becoming the World’s Richest Man; Just Started College, and I Accidentally Became a Global Powerhouse; From Sel
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Great Qin: Emperor Qin Shi Huang, I Really Don't Want to Live Off You! 大秦：始皇帝，我真不吃软饭啊！
[The Analects + Hilarious + Cunning + Lighthearted + His Majesty Zheng + Shamelessly Stealing + Absolutely Outrageous] Qin Feng inexplicably transmigrates to the Qin dynasty before Qin unifies the six states, and the First Emperor overhears his thoughts. The two then embark on a hilarious daily battle of wits. “Qin Feng, tell me, what does ‘The Master does not speak of prodigies, force, disorder, or spirits’ mean?” “It means the Master doesn’t want to talk to you, and will use brute force to bea
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The Troll Streamer and His Poor, Put-Upon Viewers 老六主播和他的怨种观众
[Livestreaming + Comedy + No Romance + Infuriating + Shameless] After binding himself to a Hatred Farming System, Xu Muge stops acting like a decent person. At university military training, he steals the campus beauty's drink from the start, then makes her cry with a single remark. On livestream, he constantly unleashes savage, sarcastic takedowns on his viewers. He writes a novel, then leaves it on a cliffhanger at the climax for half a month, making readers so furious they want to mail him raz
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I Woke with a Start from a Dream, Only to Find Out I'm the Villain 病从梦中惊坐起，反派竟是我自己
[Get stronger when attacked by monsters + Transmigration + System + Invincible + Comedy + Villain + Demon Suppression Bureau] After transmigrating to a fantasy world overrun by monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a prison guard in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty’s Demon Suppression Bureau. From that day on, strange cases begin piling up in the prison, once known as a living hell and feared for its eerie, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the monsters in the prison scream every night?
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Immortal Martial Emperor 仙武帝尊
Nine thousand years ago, the Immortal Martial Emperor led a million divine generals into the ancient primordial wilderness. Not one of them returned, and only a wisp of true fire remained in the world. Nine thousand years later, Ye Chen, a discarded disciple, was driven from his sect and left with nowhere to go. By a twist of fate, he came into possession of the true fire and set foot on the path of immortal martial cultivation once more. This is a world where gods, demons, immortals, and Buddha
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A Traitor from the Start? Li Yunlong Wants Me Dead! 开局成汉奸？李云龙要杀我！
(Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei, and Wei Heshang from Drawing Sword; Zhou Weiguo from Snow Leopard; the Special Forces.) I have a mighty name: Li Turi! Just like my name says, I will slaughter the Japanese! With the guns and blades in my hands, I'll drive the invaders out of China! And restore peace and order to this land! I have a dream, and I'll fight for it all my life! When September 8 comes next year, I'll ride across the island and admire the cherry blossoms!
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Maxed-Out True Damage: I’ll Slay Even Ghosts and Gods for You to See! 真伤拉满，连鬼神也杀给你看！
[School Life, Everyday Comedy, Hilarious, spiritual qi revival, No Longer Human, Absurd, Shameless] When Qin Ke opened his eyes, he found himself in a parallel world undergoing spiritual qi revival! Right from the start, a bully showed up looking for trouble and asked him if he knew how to write the word “death”! No need to panic. He flipped open a dictionary and showed him exactly how to write it! “Repeat after me: si, as in ‘death’! Its opposite is ‘live,’ as in ‘stay alive’!” If the Syst
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The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令
[Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave
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