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1. 601 失 The Unbalanced Abyss 失衡归墟 Although Not But Is虽然不但是Mystery584k WordsOngoing [Original | Not a power fantasy | Not mindless | Golden finger | Suspense and horror game | Self-redemption] “Let’s play hide-and-seek. You be It, and I’ll hide. Can you find me?” A text from an unknown number dragged Liu Xu into a deadly game set in the world of a novel. When he woke, he was inside an ancient theater governed by bizarre rules. Its master delighted in watching people die, and anyone who lost the game would vanish into a wisp of green smoke beneath the stage. As the other players —Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   The villain is not brainless, his obsession is connected to the imbalance of heaven and earth, and his three-dimensional personality makes people hate him!

2. 602 说 I Was Supposed to Be the Top Sword Cultivator, So Why Is It the Sword of Being a Jerk? 说好第一剑修，怎么是犯贱的贱 Qi Yi Zi七一子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Physical edition preorder opens at 7:00 p.m. on the 22nd] [Hilarious, absurd, no-romance power fantasy + meme references + the female lead is the root of all evil] [One female lead corrupts every prodigy] At the sect entrance examination, everyone else was busy testing their spiritual roots. I was busy scamming people. Chi Miao transmigrated into the cultivation world ten years ago and got bound to a System that could only be unlocked after she committed a hundred scams. It promised she could b 114.1kReads9.5Score16.9kShelves
3. 603 柴 Bupleurum 柴胡 Juice Isn't Fruit果汁不是果子Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted [Devoted husband + satisfying revenge + broken engagement + strong female lead + everyone's favorite + second marriage, first time] Chai Hu is an herb in traditional Chinese medicine used to soothe the liver, relieve depression, and raise yang energy. In this novel, it is also the name of a woman with a stunning figure. Born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, she has little interest in the field. In middle school, her appearance brings her plenty of grief. It even indir 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Absolutely rigorous, it has everything you want to see

4. 604 关 How I Summoned the Fourth Calamity 关于我召唤了第四天灾这件事 Half a Pickled Fish半只酸菜鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse685k WordsCompleted [Wasteland Survival] + [Infrastructure Building] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [No Romance] The Fourth Calamity refers to players whose thoughts, actions, and goals in the game are all unpredictable. Luo Zhi transmigrates to Blue Star after the great cataclysm, becoming a noble young lady in a shantytown with a radiation level of 90 percent, on the verge of death. The original owner had no family, no friends, and not even any memories, but she did have a System that claimed it could summon The Fourt 5.2kReads8.9Score696Shelves
5. 605 非 The Realm Beyond Logic 非逻辑领域 Watermelon and Bamboo Rat西瓜竹鼠Sports172k WordsOngoing (Online game + ensemble cast + mind games + no formulaic tropes) Welcome to VLA (Virtual Legend Account), a game world brought to you by Destiny-Ordained, an independent game publisher. Powered by the “Worldforge” AI, VLA offers an extraordinary degree of openness and freedom, freeing you from fixed plots and dialogue so you can truly experience what it means to be human. Users can register for a VLA account using their personal information. Each identity may be linked to only one account. Your —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Recommend your own book, please read it

6. 606 转 Reincarnated as a Divine Tree, I’m Building a Yin Soldier Clan 转生神树，我打造阴兵家族 Mu Feng Feng木风峰Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast + System + Clan Saga + No Female Lead + The Protagonist Isn’t Human!] Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is injured! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people is on the brink of death! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree! Clan Chief, this is bad! One of our people just passed away! Quick, take them to the Divine Tree. We can’t let the body get cold on the way! Reincarnated as a frail locust tree, Ji Yang only wanted to bask in the sun, 104.2kReads8.8Score14.6kShelves
7. 607 都 City Romance: Code Activated 都市情缘：暗号启动 Someone Who Loves Hamburgers爱吃汉堡的某某Mystery121k WordsOngoing In the clamor of a bustling city, some loves streak across the night sky like shooting stars, dazzling but brief. Lin Qian and Su Mo were once deeply in love, but a misunderstanding and the cruel hand of fate sent them their separate ways at a crossroads in the city. Their story is like a shattered mirror, reflecting the cracks in two hearts. As the years pass, Lin Qian becomes a gifted programmer, while Su Mo makes his way in the business world and becomes a successful entrepreneur. They each r —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 608 全 The Nation’s Beloved Four-Year-Old Takes Her Soldier Brothers on a Transmigration 全国团宠：四岁宝宝带兵哥哥穿越 Meng Yining萌艺宁Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Truly Adorable Child + Everyone’s Darling + Feel-Good Revenge + The Nation Is Her Real Dad + No Romance] Ever since her mother fell ill and passed away, Mu Chen has been a child with no one to love her. Her father married a stepmother and had a son, so he paid even less attention to Mu Chen. Mu Chen never gets enough to eat. Like the old man next door who collects scrap, she sneaks out every day to collect empty water bottles and sell them, just to buy a little food for her tummy. One day, Mu C 29.9kReads9.5Score3.1kShelves
9. 609 矮 Lori the Dwarf 矮人洛里 I Love Borscht我爱罗宋汤Eastern Fantasy242k WordsOngoing What can a dwarf do? Dig for treasure? Hunt? Or have a little barley beer? Lori says, “No, dwarves can do anything. We can fight, roast lizard tails, run in the sunshine, and even try learning a little magic!” A dwarf learning magic? Oh, heavens, that's hilarious. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Very beautiful, funny and beautiful

10. 610 海 Survival at Sea: The Female Lead's Combat Power Is Off the Charts 海上求生：女主她武力值爆表了 Nannan Who Loves Shredded Potatoes爱吃土豆丝的南南Sports1.4M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Survival for All + No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Stockpiling + Infrastructure Building] [The heroine is the strongest person in the world, bar none] [She's no self-sacrificing saint. Many choices are made for the benefits they bring] The world changes overnight. A mysterious System descends, and people across the globe transmigrate to a world of survival. You start with a raft, and must fish for all your resources. Your family is nowhere to be found, and loneliness lasts fo 6.4kReads8.9Score449Shelves
11. 611 0 0713: Black Screen Record 0713：黑屏记录 Blue Sea, Made Entirely of Pork Belly浑身都是五花肉的蓝海Eastern Fantasy463k WordsCompleted In 2010, in Plaburg, a small town in northern New York State, A Country, campus and town surveillance cameras always go black for seven minutes and thirteen seconds at critical moments after an accident on a snowy night. During one of those missing intervals, Tu Yaoyang, an international student in the physics department, sees something for the first time: a transparent spirit, and another figure who looks like him, yet is colder and more familiar. He is forced to join forces with Leslie, a Chi 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ☘️An accident on a snowy night shrouded Pula Castle in strangeness. Ghostly figures frequently appeared in the 73-second surveillance blank. Tu Yaoyang and the others traced the truth, but found that every time they used their own power, a piece of reality would be ruthlessly cut off, and the secret behind the black screen became more and more confusing.

12. 612 穿 Transmigrated as an Unlucky Villain, I’m Giving Up and Taking It Easy 穿成倒霉反派后，我直接摆烂了 Little Flower Eats Melon小花吃瓜Ancient Romance3.8M WordsOngoing Also known as: After the Villainess Started Slacking, She Still Held Power Over the Court [Content warnings: Ensemble cast! Ensemble cast! Ensemble cast! Absurd comedy! Absurd comedy! Absurd comedy! Lots of irreverent daily life, slow pacing] Disguised as a man + strong female lead + political intrigue + lighthearted comedy + ensemble cast + a touch of the supernatural The protagonist has a romantic storyline, but not much of one. She is a true villain, the kind destined to fight the original pr 1.8kReads9.2Score187Shelves
13. 613 全 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 Holding Hands by the Fire执手烟火Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 198.3kReads9.5Score27.7kShelves
14. 614 女 I’m a Three-Year-Old Empress, Yet Dad Keeps Tossing Me Out! 女帝三岁半，我又被爹爹丢出去啦 My Mom Told Me to Go on a Blind Date我妈喊我去相亲Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Short drama now available] (Search for Ye Tuantuan) [Animated comic now available] (Search for Ye Tuantuan) Ye Tuantuan was sneaking snacks in the kitchen when her prince father caught her red-handed. As he grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up, she was still secretly biting down on a shrimp with all her might. Ninth Prince: “Is this really my kid? How can she be so dumb? Maybe I should just throw her away.” Ye Tuantuan’s eyes sparkled. “Wow, Daddy is so handsome.” Empress System: “I’ve n 19.4kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
15. 615 出 Invincible the Moment I Leave the Village: How Will You Deal with Me? 出村就无敌，阁下如何应对 Three Jin of Grapes三斤葡萄Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Liu Ye had always thought he was a good person, especially a devoted son. He was particularly filial to his mother. The Festive Funeral Ghost: What a load of crap! He was kind and gentle toward his father. The Water Ghost: Waaaah... Don’t come any closer! If you do, I’ll kill myself! He would go through fire and water for his friends. The other ghosts: You mean you’d stab us twice, right? All in all, Liu Ye felt that he was a very happy person. All the ghosts: Isn’t your happiness just our tragi 217.4kReads9.5Score33.3kShelves
16. 616 万 Hello, Wanli Era 万历朝，你好 Little City Flying Dragon小城飞龙Historical401k WordsOngoing Four hundred years later, he awakens in a museum, only to plunge through the glow of a blue-and-white plum vase into a rain-soaked alley in the tenth year of the Wanli reign. Born to a poor family, he carries the memories of two lifetimes. Lin Yuanzhou, armed with a future historian’s foresight, steps into the most treacherous game of the Ming dynasty. Zhang Juzheng’s bones are barely cold, yet the purge has begun; the emperor secludes himself and neglects state affairs, while factional strife i 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    High-scoring historical novels are being serialized. If you are not convinced, come and argue.

17. 617 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 302.4kReads9.6Score33.7kShelves

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    This, this, is super funny, the junior sister is a professional at tricking people, she plays with heartbeats, and even catches you off guard! Because you never know what she's going to do next, and she can find a way no matter what the situation is. It's really fun! I'm in love! The little junior sister cried and moaned, but one sword destroyed the world [Cool][Cool]

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