In a Terrible Reading Slump: I Drop 9.8-Rated Books After Ten Chapters and 9.7-Rated Ones After Five 顶级书荒，9.8看十章就扔，9.7五章就停止

1. 1 长 The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal Realm 长生剑，红尘仙 Feng Le枫乐Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Steady even in the thick of things, sharp-minded, kind-hearted, skilled in both combat and scholarship.] [Upright values, a conscience, and unmatched strength. Keep a low profile to the extreme, and you can afford to live boldly.] A little Taoist priest who has not yet mastered his skills arrives on the Flowing Cloud Continent. True to his unwavering Taoist convictions, he slays demons, exorcises evil, and upholds justice. This book is also titled The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal 28.1kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves

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   Of the books I've read recently, *The Taoist's Sword* is a rare gem from Pan Jia, so I don't understand why it has such a low rating. *The Gods' Fool's Play* speaks for itself based on its rating: a well-developed world, all intelligent characters, no system, no invincibility, and not a wish-fulfillment story. *The Angry Sea* is a book I've been following for a long time, and I've finally finished it. It's an incredibly thought-provoking book; the first part is practically a prison survival guide. *The Northern School* needs little introduction; it's an older book, and I only recently started reading it. *The Snake Ancestor* probably puts many people off by the title, but it's a rare fantasy novel, and the author's ability to fill in the plot holes is top-notch. This book was also let down by Pan Jia.

2. 2 弹 The Second Book by Tan Jian Ting Chao 弹剑听潮的第2本书 Strumming a Sword and Listening to the Tide弹剑听潮Urban5.8M WordsCompleted In the world of fame and fortune, he keeps his resolve hidden beneath a steely exterior. He never compromises his principles, and every move reveals his true mettle... He plans before he acts, breaks deadlocks through hard work, and builds his reputation with foresight. Through the ups and downs of officialdom, he never forgets his original purpose. 127kReads9.4Score13.5kShelves

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   These two books are the most enjoyable and comfortable books I've read on Tomato Bookstore so far! The second one has 5 million readers and is a major contributor to Tomato Bookstore's success! It's already completed.

3. 3 见 What the Heck? Just How Many Clones Does This Guy Have? 见鬼了，这家伙到底有多少分身？ No Drinking, No Abstinence戒酒不戒色Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted [Clone-focused story + Invincible Clones + Cautious Original + Behind-the-Scenes + Master Schemer + Ensemble Cast + Every Art of Immortal Cultivation + Character Growth + All-Rounder + Lighthearted Power Fantasy + All-Around Genius] Lin Yu has barely transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation when he nearly loses an arm. After narrowly escaping disaster, he awakens the Infinite Clones System. He can obtain one clone every month. His clones can be molded into any shape, and they possess the 3.6kReads6.1Score355Shelves

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   The first book made me laugh until my stomach hurt; the second was a developmental story; the third started with a father and son recognizing each other, the protagonist leveling up, and the summoned assassins also leveling up!!! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Eating melon][Eating melon][Bump this post]

4. 4 人 In My Twilight Years, I Reunite with My Son from the Start 人已暮年，开局父子相认 Immortal Venerable Rice大米仙尊Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [No Harem: Readers Who Like Womanizers with Lots of Children, Stay Away] [System Novel] [Father-and-Son Story] [Gradually Escalating Thrills] [Behind-the-Scenes Focus] [Pragmatic Self-Interest] [Older Protagonist] As life entered its twilight years, most people waited for their final chapter. Yun Ze was no exception. Just as he thought the curtain was about to fall on his life, he got hit by a truck. The cultivation world was still the same cultivation world, but from that moment on, it looked f 6.8kReads8.2Score292Shelves
5. 5 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 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
6. 6 玄 Xuanhuan: Defying Fate Through Ten Thousand Lifetimes, I Beat the Immortal Emperor to a Pulp 玄幻：逆命万世，我打爆仙帝 The Cat That Doesn't Love Fish不恋鱼的猫Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [The print edition of "Mayfly Chronicle" is now on sale] If life is as fleeting as a mayfly, how can it shake the heavens? After dying in poverty in old age, Su Chen discovered that his golden finger was a book that defied fate. After death, he could earn Fate-Reversal Points based on his life's achievements and keep reincarnating. He could spend those points to improve his next life's aptitude, comprehension, and even background. Across the long years, he was the ineffectual young master of a m 116.7kReads9.0Score10.6kShelves

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   The third and fourth books both have over a million readers, and the fifth and sixth books still have hundreds of thousands of readers even after they were completed, demonstrating their high quality.

7. 7 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [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 956.6kReads9.6Score123.1kShelves
8. 8 十 Class Ten Is the Main Stage, Bring Your Best Jokes! 十班大舞台，有梗你就来！ Lang You郎柚Sci-Fi & Apocalypse66k WordsOngoing [Ridiculous comedy, effortless feel-good fun, a bedtime fairy tale for unwinding, no romance, a touch of ensemble cast, varied genres, dream ending. No shipping couples! If you absolutely must ship them, keep it to yourself and don't bring it into other people's space.] If you're interested, try reading a few chapters first. If you don't like it, you can stop! Young men and women have their own chuunibyou fantasies, too! When Liu Yu first joined the class 10 collective, she was quite happy about 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Plant one meme today, and you'll get ten more tomorrow! [Attention][Attention]

9. 9 恐 Horror Game: From the Start, the Skin Bride's Bones Terrified the World! 恐怖游戏：开局皮嫁骨吓哭全球！ Cheese Spade芝士黑桃Mystery367k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted with Traditional Techniques, No AI] [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] The horror game has arrived! Lin Ye transmigrated here and was selected to take part in designing a global horror game. He had planned to bring out the "Ghost Bride" to save Daxia, only to discover that its culture hadn't been lost at all! Traditional Daxia ghost stories had been used to death, and the whole nation was in despair! Daxia had suffered ten straight losses. The supernatural was invading, and the land was 992.5kReads8.6Score211.2kShelves
10. 10 都 A City Wage Earner's Rise to Legend 都市打工人，逆袭成传奇 Maplewhisper Writes枫语作Urban2.2M WordsOngoing [Millennium Era] [Factory Comeback] [Mature Women] [Multiple Female Leads] [Workplace] [Romance] [Urban Underworld] [Feel-Good Story] [Heiresses] [Campus Beauties] [Goddesses] [Rich Beauties] [Older Women] [Everyday Family Life] [Urban Comeback] [Adapted from Real Life] This is an inspirational story about Hao Qiangzhuang, an ordinary wage worker who suddenly gets the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the boss's son-in-law and heir! But he has no idea that a web of schemes lies behind it all. 33kReads7.7Score4.4kShelves

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    1. It's really good! The plot and characters are great, and the writing is pleasant. Highly recommended!

11. 11 震 Shocking! My Boyfriend Turned Out to Be the Horror Dungeon Boss 震惊！男友竟是恐怖副本BOSS Tuoba Dumpling拓跋饺子Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Two powerful leads + Horror-game instances + Lighthearted and funny + Boyfriend is the BOSS + Devoted husband + Both are virgins] On her birthday, Shen Jiahe’s boyfriend told her that the number of players entering horror-game instances had surged, and as the instance’s big BOSS, he had to work overtime and couldn’t come home. Shen Jiahe laughed in anger. He could have just said he was cheating on her! Instead, he came up with such a ridiculous excuse! She dumped the scumbag that 51.4kReads9.2Score5.9kShelves

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    🍇🍇This! The female lead was pulled into the dungeon, and she felt that the warden's back looked familiar. She tentatively called out, "Lin Yuanzhou?" The warden "plop" knelt on the ground and tried to deny it, "Wife, I'm not Lin Yuanzhou!" [Facepalm][Laughing] Shen Jiahe..." It turned out that her boyfriend hadn't lied to her. He really was the boss of the terrifying dungeon.

12. 12 怪 Monster Hunter: The Only Soul Aperture, Devouring Without End 怪物猎人：唯一魂窍，无限吞噬 Consonant Chart, First One, Then Another声母表先司一司Anime Fanfiction220k WordsOngoing On this continent, everyone awakens their soul apertures at the age of sixteen. The more apertures a person has, the more dragon souls they can equip, the greater their talent, and the brighter their future. Nine apertures make a once-in-a-century king. Six apertures make an elite coveted by guilds. Three apertures are just enough to get by at the bottom of society. Lorne has only one soul aperture. This world has used the number of soul apertures to assign everyone their place in society. And s 92Reads—Score129Shelves

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    New book recommendation!

13. 13 离 Unbelievable! The Little Highness Was Kidnapped Right After Coming Home! 离谱！小殿下刚回家就被拐跑了！ Traveler Drinking Beneath the Moon月下饮归客Two Male Leads247k WordsCompleted [Sentinel/Guide + Interstellar + Everyone’s favorite + Older love interest + Both virgins + Spirit beasts + Power couple] Shi Mian lived on a barren planet in the Federation for eighteen whole years. On the day he came of age, he awakened as a Guide. To escape capture by the Federation, his spirit beast, a nine-tailed white fox, appeared at his side and killed the Federation’s lackeys. Then Shi Mian stole a Federation starship. So, newly of age and without a license, Shi Mian went on a wild joyr 32.8kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves

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    ✨😄A pampered prince of the royal family, there's no real or fake young master. The protagonist was stolen at birth and lost for eighteen years. 🥰🥰After growing up, he accidentally entered the empire and was found. 🔥He has three older brothers, all of whom dote on him. The brothers' pairings are also great to ship. You won't regret investing in any of them and will enjoy multiple layers of happiness.

14. 14 京 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 Midsummer Rain仲夏雨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 182.5kReads9.6Score28.3kShelves

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    Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people. This is definitely my number one book. I couldn't read anything else for a long time after finishing it. The writing is also superb, and the male and female protagonists are both very intelligent.

15. 15 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [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 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves

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    Having read novels for over ten years, I've only managed to find a few that I can somewhat appreciate. These books either don't involve shipping (romantic pairings) or they are definitely shipping stories. I really dislike those novels that claim to be male-oriented but are actually about shipping. I'm currently experiencing a reading slump, so I'm looking for some good books.

16. 16 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.9kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves
17. 17 魔 The Demon King Transmigrates into the Victim? He Goes on a Rampage, Killing Everyone in Sight! 魔王穿越苦主？血溅五步杀疯了！ Hai Jingliangong海静凉宫Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Male-Oriented Quick Transmigration] + [Wish Fulfillment] + [Meme-Filled] + [Just Here for the Fun] + [Ruling Multiple Worlds] The demon king of civilization, Su Chen, is bored out of his mind. After capturing a System belonging to a wronged protagonist, the great demon king sets out to conquer mission worlds! The wronged victim of bullying: Su Chen mercilessly slaughters the bullies! Take them out, every last one! The tragic life of a wealthy family's real heir: Su Chen rules like an emperor at 12.2kReads8.8Score757Shelves
18. 18 火EN The Strongest Force of the Shinobi World 火影之最强势力 Hand Of The Burnt End燃烬之手Anime Fanfiction2.8M WordsCompleted I transmigrated into the Uchiha clan, ready to laze around and rot. Then the System showed up. Well, guess I’ll have to rise from the dead! You’re ostracizing the Uchiha? Sorry, we quit! Let anyone who wants the Military Police Force take it! “Kakashi, Danzo orchestrated White Fang’s death, and the Third Hokage let it happen. And you’re still working for Konoha!?” “Itachi, this time I’ll awaken your Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.” “Shisui, your combat skills are too weak. I’m sending you to t 30.8kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
19. 19 重 Reborn in 2000: My Childhood Sweetheart, the School Belle, Is 18 重生2000，青梅校花18岁 Hardworking Old Jiu奋斗老九Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Childhood Friend and School Beauty + Everyday Romance + Sweet Couple Moments + One Heroine] Yi Feng, who is terminally ill, is reborn in the year 2000. That year, his childhood friend and school beauty, Gu Muxi, is eighteen. “Yi Feng, lend me a pen!” “...Didn’t you borrow one yesterday?” “Yesterday was yesterday, today is today. Things have changed, get it?” “...You win. Fine, here.” “Yi Feng, tear off a sheet of paper for me!” “...Why tear mine? Don’t you have your own?” “I do, but I 49.4kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves
20. 20 网 Online Game: Confessing to a Noble Lady from the Start 网游：开局表白贵族千金 A Tom一只汤姆丶Sports3.6M WordsCompleted [Fake Villain + Lighthearted + Invincible + Online Game = Maximum Thrills!] After playing a game all night, he suddenly died and transmigrated into the game as a notorious villain. He confesses to the noble duke’s daughter right from the start, only for the duke to decide he wants him dead? He had thought he’d only made one enemy, but when Victor came to his senses, he realized something. Everyone around him wanted him dead. The aloof Valkyrie boss was dead set on taking his head, while the all- 65.1kReads9.3Score5.9kShelves
21. 21 身 You Can Steal My Identity, But What About My Mental Illness? 身份可以偷走，那我的精神病呢？ Flickering Candle Stub残烛跳荡Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed ✚ Absurd memes ✚ Chaotic variety show ✚ Animal mind reading] Ming Li wakes up in the body of a celebrity who was sent to a psychiatric hospital by her family. From the start, she’s mocked by the entire internet, saddled with a family that leeches off her, and called mentally ill! Ming Li: Whatever. The things that don’t kill her will only make her even crazier! When a sharp-tongued entertainment reporter comes after her, she says, “A tadpole with a frog tattoo, and you 56kReads9.6Score7.7kShelves

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    ❤️❤️This book made me laugh so hard I was pounding my bed in the middle of the night. The female lead starts out in a mental hospital. When she's about to be discharged, the doctor asks her, "The light boat has already passed ten thousand mountains." The female lead replies, "I looked down and realized I hadn't boarded the boat." The doctor takes notes. [Flexible thinking] Doctor: "A man's knees are—" The girl: "My calves and feet have height-increasing insoles." [Normal common sense] Doctor: "Do you think going to school or working is better?" The female lead: "Do I have to choose one of two piles of poop to eat?" [Normal social awareness] Doctor: "Which do you think is more important, money or ideals?" The female lead: "Do you work here because you love it?" The doctor pauses, taking notes. [Normal logical thinking with a touch of aggression] It's so funny! 🤣

22. 22 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.7kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
23. 23 人 I'm in a Rule Horror Game, and I'm the Chosen Villain 人在规则怪谈，我是天命大反派 Duanmu Kuai Zi端木筷子Mystery284k WordsCompleted [Subverting expectations + horror administrator + creating rules + no romance, no female lead + invincible] Chen Fan woke up inside a rule-based horror scenario and discovered that everyone else had drawn powerful SSS-rank talents. He alone had no talent and no System. And wasn’t this task a little strange? “Kill the Chosen Ones in the scenario? Am I supposed to kill myself?” “Wait, I’m not a Chosen One. I’m the horror administrator?” “So I don’t have a talent or a System, but I do have all kind 6.1kReads9.0Score789Shelves
24. 24 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232.8kReads9.5Score28.3kShelves
25. 25 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. 26 我EN My Right Eye is a God-Tier Computer 我的右眼是神级计算机 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.2M WordsCompleted I am the super artificial intelligence in your eyes. You humans call an IQ of 85 stupid and an IQ of 135 smart, but you will never understand what an IQ of 125,000 means! From now on, I will be your right-hand man! 162.4kReads9.2Score21.8kShelves

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    All of these are masterpieces scoring 9 points or higher. I don't want to say much, just watch them and you won't hear a single word of thanks.

27. 27 鬼EN Demon Slayer: Reborn as Muzan, the Villainous Boss 鬼灭：穿成反派Boss无惨 Stop Scrolling Videos别刷视频Anime Fanfiction586k WordsCompleted No heroine, no romance, no darkness or saintly do-gooders. I transmigrated into Muzan, five hundred years before the story begins? There’s so much room to work with! The Blue Spider Lily! Overcome sunlight! Become the ultimate life-form! Retire with the Twelve Kizuki (just kidding). Every now and then, scare the Demon Slayer Corps, and maybe have some fun as a spy (ಡωಡ) Live long enough to see smartphones arrive! Games! Novels! Anime! ୧⍢⃝୨ And even... Run into the original scumbag boss, stand in 9.6kReads9.6Score1.2kShelves
28. 28 火 Naruto: I Became Naruto’s Dark Personality 火影：我成了鸣人的黑化人格 Scorpion Hook蝎勾儿Anime Fanfiction715k WordsCompleted [Hokage] [System] [Darkening] [Power Fantasy] Feng Xu transmigrated into the world of Hokage, becoming Naruto’s suppressed, dark personality. After experiencing everything Naruto had gone through, he couldn’t repay evil with kindness, let alone forgive! If the primary personality wouldn’t act, then he, the alter, would take control of everything! Anyone who bullied Naruto would die! Anyone who framed him would die! Anyone who tried to control him would die! At the same time, Feng Xu continued we 14.2kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
29. 29 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves

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    Absolutely gorgeous✔️

30. 30 朕 Memoirs of the Emperor and Empress 朕与皇后回忆录 Qingqing Bao清轻包Ancient Romance44k WordsOngoing (Initial idea? It might be a short story, mainly sweet romance with some political intrigue.) As you can see, these are just my memories. I am an emperor, and by the standards of the people of this realm, I am also a wise ruler. I have an empress. She can be a little slow on the uptake, but I love her all the same. I have so many memories with my empress. Where should I begin? I suppose I'll just pick out a few things I remember. Everyone, it's time to pay attention, because my memories are abou 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Those who enjoy historical romance novels might want to check this out. [Admiration][Admiration]

31. 31 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1MReads9.9Score162.2kShelves
32. 32 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
33. 33 只 As Long as They Have Health Bars, I'll Kill Even the Gods 只要有血条，神明也杀给你看 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Hunter: You can see the health bars of all things, and every attack is guaranteed to deal damage, even to gods!] [Stalker: Stealth through the darkness, hunt beneath the light!] [Executioner: The time for your sentence has come!] “Come on, come on, take a blade!” “Immortal? Once your health bar hits zero, you die!” “As long as it has a health bar, I can kill it, even if it’s a god!” The dark side of the world, a shattered map, strange creatures from the abyss... There is no light behind them, 130kReads9.3Score14.6kShelves
34. 34 我 I’m a Local Official. What’s Wrong with Running the Office by Reading Comments? 我，父母官，看评论办公怎么了 Steady Qiqi稳稳的琦Urban1.0M WordsOngoing The good news: Lin Yang has been reborn as a local leader! The bad news: This place is more than thirty billion yuan in debt! And Lin Yang has been entrusted with the responsibility of lifting Yishan City out of poverty and making it prosperous. On his first day in Yishan City, Lin Yang made his account public on a short-video platform. He laid down one rule: “I made my account public for one reason only: fairness! Fairness! And damn it, more fairness! “Citizens, if you come across anything unfa 1.5kReads—Score119Shelves

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    All are great books, covering a wide range of topics. Feel free to take what you like!

35. 35 御 Beast Taming: From the Start, I Got a Monkey and a Cheat 御兽：开局一只猴，一个挂 Sweet Orange甜蜜蜜的橙子Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Beast Taming + Simplification + No Romance + Lighthearted Wish Fulfillment] Yi Tian transmigrates to a world of beast taming and obtains a Simplified Beast Taming System. Anything related to beast taming can be simplified. From the start, he forms a contract with a stone monkey that loves liquor! They say stone monkeys have no evolution path? Then I'll create one! Add a staff, some armor, and a cloud to ride on. Nice, that's got the right feel! When the assembled geniuses see the stone monkey s 85.8kReads9.1Score12kShelves
36. 36 养 I Raise a Bunch of Spirited Girls and Earn Tens of Thousands Every Second by Doing Nothing 养一群精神小妹我每秒躺赚几万块 Typewriter with Lots of Trinkets打字机很多挂件Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [System story + rebellious girl + urban slice of life + goddess development + light and fun] After Li Xiao transmigrates, a rebellious girl takes him home, and he awakens a System called “Invest in a Goddess's Wishes.” Fulfill a goddess's wishes and earn generous rewards! But the goddess bound to the System is actually a rebellious girl? Li Xiao looks at the two girls. Blonde hair, JK uniforms, tattoos. Pink hair, Lolita fashion, tattoos. And you expect me to believe these are goddesses? What? S 3.6kReads5.3Score424Shelves
37. 37 超 Superpowers: I Have a Replication Mirror 超能：我有一面复刻镜 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Gods Descend, Calamity Begins] When cultivators from the divine realm invade Earth, superpowers and modern weapons become humanity's last line of defense! Can Gou Chen and Adam, Earth's only two superpower academies, shoulder humanity's future? What kind of hidden strength does Huaxia, hailed as the Chosen Nation, possess? This is a feast for the Godslayers! A young man gains the power to replicate abilities. With a mortal body and the power of the world in his hands, he will ultimately slay th 118.4kReads9.6Score13.5kShelves
38. 38 你 Are You Some Kind of Lucky Charm? Your House Is Covered in First-Class Merits! 你警鲤啊？家里挂满一等功！ Typewriter with Lots of Trinkets打字机很多挂件Mystery203k WordsCompleted Before being reborn, Li Hao had a dream start from the start, but a botched operation earned him a reputation as a coward. His gold-digging girlfriend abandoned him, and after spending his whole life tending a fishpond, he died discontented... After being reborn, Li Hao returned to the day before the operation began and activated the Crime Deduction System. He corrected his past mistakes, beat his enemies to a pulp, and kicked his gold-digging ex to the curb! He earned so many First-Class Merits 1.5kReads6.8Score107Shelves
39. 39 我 From the Start, I Chose the Fist Cultivator Class and Shattered Fate with My Bare Hands 我开局转职拳修，以双拳击碎命运 Demon's Path魔行Urban1.9M WordsCompleted In this age of countless marvelous talents, no one expects anything from a pair of frail fists! The human realm has swords that outshine all creation, spears that sweep through armies, fire that burns everything, and lightning that shatters the sky! Young people have so many options, and everyone gravitates toward the coolest, most stylish, and most powerful abilities! Only one stubborn boy chooses to train the frail fists in front of him. Everyone thinks he’s gone mad! Until the day disaster st 65.2kReads9.2Score7.6kShelves
40. 40 九 After Maxing Out the Nine Suns Divine Skill, I Became a Living Forbidden Spell 九阳神功满级后，我成了人形禁咒 Drinking Water Won't Make You Gain Weight喝水不长肉Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Ghosts’ Worst Nightmare] [Ghost King Slayer] [Demon Meat Grinder] [Human-Shaped Forbidden Spell] Su Mo transmigrates to an era where the supernatural has returned, and from the start receives a love letter written by a female ghost! It’s unexpected, touching, and potentially deadly! Luckily, his Super Enhancement System awakens. A knockoff Nine Suns Divine Art? Enhance it! Nine Suns Devouring Heaven Art! Turn your body into a furnace, condense your blood and qi into a sun, and refine the evil g 107.9kReads8.6Score7.3kShelves
41. 41 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 154.1kReads9.3Score16.1kShelves
42. 42 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 142.7kReads9.3Score16.7kShelves
43. 43 杀 After Slaying My Way Through Instances, I Raise an Evil God by the Rules 杀穿副本后，我在规则里养大邪神 White Peach Wuwu Dragon白桃呜呜龙Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition is now available under the title: The Fall of the Gods (Not for the faint of heart: nonhuman entities and terrifying monsters.) Yin Xiu has lived in a town governed by rules for six years. Normal players follow the rules and clear instances to stay alive. Yin Xiu, however, stays in town day after day. He doesn’t leave, clear instances, or go near the monsters. He does the bare minimum, takes it easy, and has practically settled into retirement. The town’s monsters have had thei 101.6kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves
44. 44 游 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 Xiao Chu Still Hasn't Slept潇楚还没睡Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege 467kReads9.1Score47.2kShelves

    Reader note

    The first two are online game novels, the third is a female-oriented game novel with multiple identities, the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh are sweet romance novels, the eighth and ninth are about national destiny, and I'm too lazy to mention the others, they're all alright.

45. 45 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 214.7kReads9.4Score34.4kShelves

    Reader note

    Every book is wonderful; you'll get hooked once you start reading! 😏

46. 46 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.6kReads9.6Score70.4kShelves

    Reader note

    Every book is excellent; you'll get hooked once you start reading. [Winking emoji]

47. 47 高EN High Martial Arts: I Know a Billion Little Bits of Every Martial Art 高武：所有武学我都会亿点点 Demon's Path魔行Urban2.8M WordsCompleted [The farther you read, the better it gets, with no filler at all] [Steady updates, guaranteed quality] Origin energy resurges, and eighteen-year-old Xiao Fan leaves a third-tier city. By a twist of fate, he enters the Supergod Class, where all of humanity’s strongest geniuses gather. Having always kept his head down and quietly built up his strength, he decides, under the inspiration of generations of fallen heroes, to burst onto the scene and astonish the world. In the border war zone, he makes 76.8kReads9.0Score8.6kShelves

    Reader note

    The first book was absolutely thrilling, the second one had an indescribable melancholy, and the third and fourth ones featured a normal male protagonist's growth.

48. 48 高EN High Martial Arts: I Became an All-Element Warrior 高武：我成为了全系武者 Fei'er Catches Loaches飞儿捉泥鳅Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Elements + Devouring + Cosmos + Steady Protagonist + Ruthless Combat] In a parallel universe, cultivation depends on the elements. The more types of elements you master, the stronger you become. Qin Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, gets the All-Element System from the start, and awakens a devouring talent. Cultivation? Devour things to advance. Elements? Complete missions to gain more. Talent? Top-tier from the get-go. Body? Sorry, my cells are stars, and my body is the universe. 81.7kReads9.0Score6.5kShelves
49. 49 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves

    Reader note

    Look at the length of my videos, please don't question it! [Smirk] The first 8 are readable, great books by Tomato, covering various series! The later ones are basically masterpieces. [Wink]

50. 50 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 538.5kReads9.5Score43.9kShelves

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