Only the Absolute Best Books, Please. I'm in a Reading Slump. 绝对好书，书荒就行

1. 1 我 My Senior Brother Is Too Strong 我的师兄太强了 Ke Ning可宁Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsCompleted Original title: My Senior Brother Is Too Strong The eldest senior brother is diligent and tireless, while the second senior brother likes to sneak off and take it easy. The eldest senior brother is hailed as a genius, while the second is the disgrace of the sect. Until one day, the junior sister discovers that the second senior brother is pretty amazing too... This blurb does it no justice. Read the story for yourself... 61.2kReads8.2Score4.4kShelves

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   These books are all good, especially the first one. Although it is a bit intellectually depressing, the plot and plot are relatively smooth. Needless to say, the second one is about Tudou, and the fourth one is about love and justice, and the protagonist is not invincible. The plot is relatively smooth.

2. 2 剑 Sword of Coming 剑来 The Warlord Who Played with Princes烽火戏诸侯Eastern Fantasy11.6M WordsOngoing The world is vast, and anything is possible. I, Chen Ping’an, have but one sword. With it, I can move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress devils, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, level cities, and split the heavens! 38.2kReads9.7Score1.1kShelves
3. 3 万 King of Myriad Forms 万相之王 Author126b03作者126b03Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing There are ten thousand aspects between heaven and earth. I, Li Luo, will one day become the King of Ten Thousand Aspects. Another epic fantasy from Tian Can Tu Dou, following Yuan Zun. 3.3kReads9.2Score243Shelves
4. 4 榆 Elm Immortal 榆仙 Situ Qingchen司徒清尘Eastern Fantasy5.3M WordsCompleted The new book, “The Age of Demons: Cultivating the Unorthodox Path to Immortality, Starting with the Livestock-Creation Method,” is now available. [No System, no harem, traditional xianxia, decisive and ruthless, mortal cultivation.] Cultivation is about questioning your own heart. Yu Xian, an orphan from Dayushu Village, formed a bond with a great elm tree. Before dying, the Elm Tree Matriarch opened his spiritual root, and from then on he embarked on the path of cultivation. Using the elm’s spi 169.4kReads9.1Score21.7kShelves
5. 5 救 Help! The Villain's Son Has an Attention-Seeking Mom 救命！反派儿子的亲妈是个显眼包 Banana Ice Cream香蕉冰激凌Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Shameless Wish Fulfillment + Comedy + Adorable Kids] Overnight, Jiang Wanyan transmigrates into the role of the villain's biological mother and gets bound to a Redemption System. Her mission is to save the villain and keep him from going down the path of darkness. Jiang Wanyan thinks this is absolutely wonderful!!! So, she takes her villainous son to a film set to play a Japanese soldier, to work as an NPC in a haunted house at an amusement park, and even to a KTV to sing songs 3.7kReads8.9Score296Shelves

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   "Mom, do you not want me anymore?" The boy pursed his lips and stared directly at Jiang Wanyan lying on the bed with his dark eyes. There was a hint of worry in his eyes, but more of it was a clear understanding of his fate. It was as if he had foreseen the future life without his mother. Jiang Wanyan glanced at the little boy in front of her with a complicated expression. Now, she wanted to light a cigarette to express her inner depression. 🍓

6. 6 重 Reborn and Doted On by All: The Princess of Beijing’s Elite Is Maxed Out 重生团宠：京圈皇太女是满级大佬 Qi Yue Shisan漆月拾叁Modern Romance899k WordsCompleted [Family Bonds + Reborn + Everyone’s Darling + Powerful Figures + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Heroine + Redemption + Everyone Loves Her + Regret and Retribution] [1] Sang Ning begged for the Shen family’s affection her entire life, but never received even a shred of warmth. In the end, her beloved father and brother killed her, after squeezing every last bit of value out of her. She thought Qin Wang, her boyfriend of ten years, truly cared for her. Then she accidentally discovered that he had t 37.6kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
7. 7 十 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 1.7MReads9.9Score234.1kShelves

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8. 8 我 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 1.7MReads9.9Score191.7kShelves
9. 9 开 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 781.1kReads9.7Score91.1kShelves
10. 10 请 Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 118.8kReads9.5Score11.8kShelves
11. 11 传 Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 210.3kReads9.6Score29.2kShelves
12. 12 大 First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?! 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban3.9M 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 604.6kReads9.5Score54.8kShelves
13. 13 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 134.2kReads9.5Score12.5kShelves
14. 14 大 Great Tang: I Transmigrated to the Zhenguan Era and Became the Unbeatable Commander! 大唐：我，穿越贞观，成不良帅！ Writing and Painting the Jianghu执笔亦画江湖Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted [Derivative Work + No System + Fan Creation + Alternate History + Author’s Imagination + Speculation + Wuxia] Li Yunxiao transmigrates to the first year of the Zhenguan era, where he happens upon Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang as they return after arranging for Li Yuanji’s severed head to be laid to rest. Unable to see through Li Yunxiao, the two men become sworn brothers with him. Along the way, Li Yunxiao uses skills from more than a thousand years in the future to earn people’s admiration. Whi 26.4kReads9.5Score2.2kShelves
15. 15 民 Strange Tales from the Min Tiao Bureau: Mian Zhuan 民调局异闻录之勉传 Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery8.3M WordsCompleted This is the story of an immortal man spanning two thousand years. In every corner of history, he left his name behind. To some, he was a nightmare. To others, he awakened them from the nightmares that haunted them. At the beginning of the story, his name was Wu Mian. By the end, his name was Invincible. 23.7kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
16. 16 从 Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 187.9kReads9.6Score22.2kShelves
17. 17 百 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 Yi People's Firelight彝人烟火Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 88.2kReads9.5Score7kShelves
18. 18 诡 Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 219.5kReads9.5Score26.3kShelves
19. 19 重 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 319.1kReads9.6Score40.4kShelves
20. 20 道 Supreme Taoist: A Calamity of Bloodshed 道门太上：血光之灾 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery480k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven, and slay every evil thing. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. All the great paths beneath Heaven come from Taishang. The Taishang lineage belongs to my Li family alone. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, makes a solemn vow to eradicate every evil demon beneath Heaven: he will never ascend, but remain in the mortal world for thousands of years. 10.4kReads9.4Score844Shelves
21. 21 道 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery482k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 29.2kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
22. 22 让 I Told You to Cultivate Immortality, Not Wreak Havoc in the Cultivation World! 让你修仙，没让你祸害修仙界啊！ The Angler Who Catches Big Fish钓鱼佬钓大鱼Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Comedy][Sneaky Schemer][Lighthearted][Absurd][Gets Better the Further You Read] [This book focuses on comedy and fun. The pace is somewhat slow, so please do not read it if that bothers you.] Year 17,863 of the Cultivation Calendar When Emperor Qin Yu became an immortal and ascended, powerful figures from every realm came to see him off. Firecrackers exploded, and everyone had tears in their eyes as they murmured their farewells. Sect Elder: “He's leaving. This scourge is finally leaving. We ca 154.2kReads9.1Score12.7kShelves
23. 23 诸 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 535.7kReads9.7Score73.6kShelves
24. 24 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 33.8kReads9.6Score4.6kShelves
25. 25 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.9kReads9.1Score385Shelves
26. 26 我 I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is 22kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
27. 27 只 As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌 Sour Candy酸宝Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 86.7kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves

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    They are all books about cultivating immortals, and they all have a rating of 9.0 Or above. Character characteristics: The first immortality novel, which can be regarded as the originator of immortality literature. Character characteristics: The second farming novel, and the third one may vary from person to person (the above points are all personal differences, so I'm sorry)

28. 28 修 Cultivation: Laying Low in the Herb Garden, Growing Crops and Seeking Immortality 修仙：苟在药园种田求长生 Qiu Guagua秋呱呱Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Leisurely cultivation] + [keeping a low profile] + [no System] + [lighthearted and humorous] Master said: “For twenty years, you've been upholding justice to raise the prestige of our Qingyun sect and win people's hearts... You can't keep helping old folks find their sheep. Go do something proper, like slay demons and exorcise evil!” Jiang Yining: “Master, I'm not up to it. I need to hurry back and forth to tend the medicinal garden...” Junior brother said: “Eldest Senior Brother, let's go down 9.7kReads8.9Score662Shelves
29. 29 反 The Villainess Goes on a Rampage Across the Nine Continents! The Protagonists All Kneel 反派女配杀疯九洲！主角们都跪了 Fei Xi妃玺Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted “If the author says there's no romance, then there really isn't.” She became the saintess of one of the Four Great Sacred Lands, with exceptional talent, a prestigious position, and a decent fortune. And yet, with such an impressive setup, she was destined to be a cannon-fodder villain in countless stories about male and female leads. To avoid being won over or defeated, and to stay alive, she had no choice but to strike first. Oh, did I hit too hard? My mistake, my mistake. Go recover, then com 20.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
30. 30 华 The Last Traditional Chinese Doctor in China 华夏最后一个中医 Yiwu Yu亿屋鱼Urban515k WordsCompleted Chen Qing is a young Chinese medicine practitioner just starting out. On his first day seeing patients, he discovers that he can actually hear his patients’ internal organs talking... Spleen: Brrr, it’s so cold. That fatty ate thirteen popsicles yesterday. I nearly froze to death. Lungs: Don’t get me started. He spent all night burping yesterday. I couldn’t get a wink of sleep. What a pain in the lungs. Liver: Stop complaining. He’s just a little greedy. It’s no big deal. Look at how he’s stayed 48.4kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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31. 31 那 That Year, That Cicada, That Sword 那年那蝉那把剑 Mo Yu默煜Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted Holding a cicada from summer doesn’t necessarily mean holding the whole summer in your hand. But grasp that sword, and you hold an entire world of martial arts. Wield a three-foot blade of gleaming steel. Dream of becoming a revered Sword God, if only for a day. Be an invincible Sword Immortal, if only for a moment. Sever the headmaster’s treasured pagoda and knock the emperor’s crown from his head. He laughs aloud: “Eight kings with zithers, lutes, harps, and pipes; four imps with grotesque fac 102.7kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
32. 32 重 Reborn: There's a Desktop Computer Inside Me 重生：我体内带个台式机 Xiao Ziyue萧子曰Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [No mindless plot] [Urban] [Lighthearted] [Technology] [Feel-good power fantasy] Jiang Cheng, a computer repairman, was “electrocuted” back to his senior year of high school, with a desktop computer inside his body. He made a stunning impression on the college entrance exam and got into the best university. At university, he pursued his dreams and founded the most exciting company, catching the wave of a tech boom and going on to lead the world. Just a programmer? No. He was a pioneer in technol 28.5kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
33. 33 灵 Supernatural: I Exorcise Ghosts with Force and Scare the School Beauty Out of Her Wits 灵异：暴力驱鬼，我把校花吓懵了 Cold Words and Leng Words冷言leng语Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + comedy + System. If you read the first 30 chapters and don't laugh, come roast me!] On Zhang Wei’s first day of college, a blood-red sun hung in the sky and his entire class was dragged into a ghost realm. Just then, his Ghost-Teasing System awakened! With the whole class under a ghost’s curse, the campus belle, Lu Lianxue, had no choice but to reveal her hidden identity: a disciple of Longhu Mountain and a member of the Exorcism Bureau. But before she could show off her skills.. 29.2kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
34. 34 点 The Way of Restraint 点道为止 Meng Ru Shen Ji梦入神机Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Meng Ru Shen Ji brings back the spirit of Dragon and Snake! A high school student stumbles into the world of traditional martial arts, and from then on, rises like a dragon amid the storm, surpassing the limits of the human body, taking on artificial intelligence, and shaping the fate of the world! What exactly is kung fu? Flashy moves, or a way to kill? Are the techniques forged through three thousand years of cold-weapon warfare and countless private brawls really a scam? In this book, Meng Ru 27kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves
35. 35 最 The Best Homeroom Teacher Is Actually a PE Teacher! 最强班主任，竟是体育老师！ From Humble Beginnings起于微末Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Stamford Bridge, the Champions League final. Chu Xiaoran, the Dragon Nation's 20-year-old star striker, scores a hat trick on this legendary pitch! He plays a major role in leading the Blues to the Champions League title, stunning the world! In the post-match interview, facing media from around the globe, he says with a smile: “The person I'm most grateful to is my high school teacher, Mr. Xu!” “Without him, I wouldn't be where I am!” … The IAAF Diamond League, the Samba leg. Dragon Nation's fl 11.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
36. 36 原 Genshin Impact: Becoming the Leader of Liyue 原神：从璃月开始当掌门人 Changshou Can't Fly长寿不会飞Anime Fanfiction425k WordsOngoing (Light on combat, light on daily life) (The protagonist can’t instantly defeat everyone and everything. Please look elsewhere if that bothers you.) After transmigrating to Teyvat, Ye Chu had not a single Mora to his name. With no other choice, he took out a loan from the Northland Bank and opened a martial arts school. As the head of a martial arts school, Ye Chu said the pressure on him was immense. Zhongli: “Master Ye’s mastery of martial arts is peerless. He is a treasure of all Liyue.” Raide 995Reads9.0Score101Shelves
37. 37 原 Genshin Impact: Nine Lifetimes of Endless Erosion 原神：九世轮回，我经历无数磨损 Old-Age Rice Scoop老年饭勺Anime Fanfiction628k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to Teyvat, Xiuyuan learns that the System requires him to experience nine lifetimes of reincarnation. In his first life, he becomes Hu Tao's grandfather. He teaches her manners, responsibility, and how to write limericks. “Once Grandpa is gone... remember to eat well... and sleep in your coffin less... Coffins are cold, and you'll catch a chill...” “Be good... Xiao Tao, smile more. When you smile... you really are beautiful...” In his second life, he awakens the se 10.1kReads9.7Score1.4kShelves
38. 38 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 10.2kReads9.6Score1.5kShelves
39. 39 穿 Transmigrate into A Little Reunion: The Racer Is Both Cocky and Sweet 穿越小欢喜，赛车手他又拽又乖 Puff Loves Rice泡芙爱吃米饭Female-Channel Fanfiction478k WordsCompleted “Fang Yifan, stop right there!” The moment Wen Nuo opened her eyes, she saw a huge tortoise by her feet and nearly leaped straight into the air. Two figures dashed past her, accompanied by a string of furious shouts. Was that... Wen Jie in high heels, and Fang Yifan??? Wasn’t this the show her mom watched every day, A Little Reunion? She’d seen all sorts of previews and watched every episode, but the finale, the actual finale, hadn’t come out yet! From the start, she was in her senior year of hi 4.2kReads9.3Score303Shelves

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    Recommended star rating: [Love] [Love] [Love] [Love] [Love] These three books are all very good, but the first and third series are in series. The third one is very good, similar to the Animal Management Bureau, but I can't find similar good books.

40. 40 我 My Husband Has a Spirit Spring Space 我的老公有灵泉空间 No Shiitake Mushrooms不吃香菇Modern Romance526k WordsCompleted Female lead: After returning from her slow-paced transmigration, Zhao Han takes her cat and moves back to the countryside, where her grandparents built her a utopia. She tends the garden and orchard and makes things every day, accompanied by adorable pets. Though she sometimes gets exhausted, her inner world is deeply fulfilled. Male lead: After the pandemic ends, Xiang Zheng discovers a spiritual spring dimension, something previously found only in legends and novels, during a company retreat. 533Reads9.1Score102Shelves

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    Recommended star rating: [Love] [Love] [Love] [Love] [Love] These three books are all very good, but the first and third series are in series. The third one is very good, similar to the Animal Management Bureau, but I can't find similar good-looking books.

41. 41 猫 Feline Devotion 猫系偏爱 Wild Greenery绿野蔓生Modern Romance974k WordsCompleted [A sweet romance, with equal parts love story and plot] After an accident, Ji Jinge joins the city’s special operations team. She assumes it’s a special unit tasked with stopping terrorist attacks and keeping the public safe. But after joining, she discovers that every member is nonhuman. Well, nonhuman or not, they’re still serving the people. But could you stop rubbing up against me in your original form, Boss?! A sweet, naive cutie who can really throw down vs. a tsundere who thinks, “I don’ 3.3kReads9.2Score381Shelves
42. 42 羊 The Sheep Village Son-in-Law: Wolffy Is an Invincible War God 羊村赘婿：灰太狼竟是无敌战神 Gu Qie孤且Anime Fanfiction332k WordsCompleted Hong Tailang never dreamed that the Grey Wolf she had cheated on would turn out to be a wolf clan ruler who could pluck the stars from the sky and command the world! In medicine? Even Bian Que and Hua Tuo are beneath him. In martial arts? He can stabilize the realm, drive off foreign enemies, and ride to victory on the battlefield, unrivaled beneath heaven. In strategy? His knowledge spans heaven and earth, and no one can match him! From then on, he stops keeping a low profile. For the woman he 310Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a good read. It's full of funny stories. It's so funny. I laughed all day long after reading it.

43. 43 小 The Little Demon Above, the Master Below 小妖在上，师尊在下 Three Pine Nuts三只松子Ancient Romance665k WordsCompleted A fox from a thousand years ago carefully painted its pelt, hoping to become a peerlessly beautiful woman. A woman from a thousand years later carefully painted her face, hoping to become a bewitching fox spirit. To win the love of a man as ethereal as an immortal, A Qian cultivated from a little fox spirit into a mighty demon, graceful in every gesture. But her master never once spared her a second glance. To become worthy of her beloved master, she would rather be struck by heavenly lightning, 163Reads8.1Score—Shelves
44. 44 白 Ode to White Hair 白头赋 Little Paper Boat纸船儿Ancient Romance41k WordsCompleted In a daze, she seemed to see that young man again, standing in the spring sunshine as he asked her: “Do you have feelings for me?” 129Reads5.4Score—Shelves
45. 45 世 No One in the World Is Like Her Anymore 世上无人再像她 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted Shen Ange knew that love could leave you battered to the bone, but without love she would become a walking corpse. Stubbornly, she believed that life was long enough for her to wait until he came back to her. In the end, though, she could no longer hold on... 1.8kReads8.1Score205Shelves
46. 46 让 You Were Put in Charge of a Zoo, So Why Did You Drive All the Animals Crazy? 让你接管动物园，你把动物都逼疯 Grand Preceptor of Immortal Qin仙秦太师Urban1.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to Blue Star, Yang Lin inherits an old, run-down zoo from his parents. The bad news is that the zoo barely has any animals. The good news is that he gets a talent-training System. Other people's Systems let them boost their own stats. His lets him boost animals' stats. Boost a chimpanzee, and it awakens incredible throwing skills, hitting any target within a hundred meters. Boost a gibbon, and it awakens an amazing talent for imitation, mastering singing, dancing, and rap. B 8.1kReads9.3Score1kShelves
47. 47 曾 There Was Once Someone Who Loved Me Like Life Itself 曾有一个人，爱我如生命 Rolling the Sun into a Ball搓圆太阳Modern Romance47k WordsCompleted For more than twenty years, Shen Siyan had stubbornly loved a man named Xiao Zonghan. Even when he resented and hated her, she had never thought of giving up. But now, she was reaching the end of her strength... 1.2kReads6.5Score188Shelves
48. 48 熊 Boonie Bears: What If Logger Vick Had a Wife? 熊出没：当光头强有了老婆 Rice with Abalone Sauce鲍汁捞饭Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted [Ever since Bald Qiang got a wife, Boss Li has never dared to withhold his wages again!] Qingyu was a strong, independent woman who had never wanted to get married. That is, until her aunt introduced her to a man named Bald Qiang from Bear Ridge... Qingyu rolled her eyes at the bashful look on Bald Qiang’s face. Ugly, poor, short, and bald! Would she ever marry a man like that?! Bald Qiang: “I have two bears at home that can talk.” Qingyu: “I’ll marry you!” Note: Romance-focused. Read with caut 38Reads8.9Score—Shelves
49. 49 胡 Don’t Be Afraid, Tutu! Grandpa Niu Is the Dragon King God of War 胡图图别怕，牛爷爷我是龙王战神 The Setting Sun Lights the Dragon夕阳点龙Anime Fanfiction364k WordsOngoing He was a peerless genius the likes of whom appeared only once every 13.5 billion years. He once single-handedly held off a million alien invaders. He was once the strongest fighter in the entire universe. During a ten-year campaign, the woman he loved most left him, and his best friend betrayed him in secret. Heartbroken, he went into seclusion at Fandou Garden Estate. He had planned to stay out of worldly affairs, live quietly on tea and simple meals, and let his life run its course. But then h 1.7kReads9.1Score137Shelves
50. 50 开 Making Sheep a Sheep from the Start, Breaking Players Worldwide 开局制作羊了个羊，全球玩家破防 Stay Disciplined坚持自律Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Strongly recommended by the editor + game design + livestreaming + everyday life] [Sheep a Sheep only earns the protagonist his first pot of gold; it has nothing to do with the later plot] Zhao Kai transmigrates to a parallel world and vows to build his own gaming empire. He obtains the “Rage-Inducing Game System.” As long as he frustrates players, he earns rewards. Zhao Kai says, “I just want to make good games. The System is the one forcing me to do this.” His first game is Sheep a Sheep. Pla 10.5kReads9.1Score970Shelves

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