Truly Great Books with a Good Plot and Prose (Nothing Cringeworthy) 真正好书，有情节，有文笔(不要脚趾抠地的)

1. 1 镜 Song in the Mirror: The Female Regent’s Beloved Slave Husband 镜中歌：女摄政王的奴隶宠夫 Living It Up Like a Fool活着瞎胡闹Ancient Romance432k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + mutual devotion + powerful heroine + stunning twists + happy ending] In the Tianling Kingdom, women ruled, and one woman could have several husbands. She, Bai Jinghe, was the true power behind the Tianling Kingdom. Accomplished in both letters and arms, beautiful and talented, she held the court in her grasp. He, A Mo, was a slave offered as tribute to Tianling by Jingyan. He was dressed in rags, sickly and broken, with a shattered arm. Angry after a quarrel with her secondary 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In Tianling Kingdom, women are respected and polyandry is practiced. She, Bai Jinghe, is the real ruler of the Tianling Kingdom. She is talented and beautiful, and has great power in both the government and the public. He, Ah Mo, was a slave that Jing Yan contributed to Tianling. He was in rags, with a sick body and broken arms and bones. Because she was angry with her concubine Rong Yuan, she named him, an ugly slave, to be her concubine. He refused to die and was whipped until he was dying. Bai Jinghe was angry at being rejected by a slave in public, so he spared him a breath, planning to revive him and torture him slowly, but he never thought that while treating and recuperating his injuries, he developed an inexplicable preference for him. Just when Bai Jinghe thought he was really willing to stay for her, he didn't know that the slave Amo was actually the long-lost prince of Chishu. He was not really willing to stay for her. His goal was just the "Mirror of Universe" in her hand. According to legend, whoever gets this mirror will win the world...

2. 2 前 The Ex’s Survival Guide 前任的生存法则 Words by the East Wall东墙词Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted Survival in the wilderness of another world: no golden finger, just survival, good food, stockpiling supplies, and farming, with a touch of the supernatural (nothing scary). [Cool-headed archaeological researcher VS obsessive big bad wolf whose love goes unrequited] [Reunion after a long separation / darkened, rugged male lead / forced wilderness survival together / rekindled romance] When disaster strikes, Jiang Xi is transported to a primeval forest just as she is about to die. When she wakes, 2.2kReads8.7Score276Shelves

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   No fuss, full of useful stuff. A bookworm for ten years, I have read more than 2,000 hours on Tomato. You will love this book, trust me. Refuse to be cliche! The plot is novel! The settings are awesome! This book is very imaginative and well-written. From a backpack to self-sufficiency, it really worries and comforts them about the hardships along the way. Make clothes, build a residence, meet bears, mysterious species, etc. Whenever I feel dull and don't want to continue reading, I will immediately go to the next plot (I love this [adoration][adoration]), it is exciting and mysterious㊙️, it's fun

3. 3 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 75.1kReads9.4Score9kShelves

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   Although the first novel is a girl's book, the plot is progressive and the story is rigorous. The second novel's character relationships and image descriptions are very good. The third novel is so wild and wild that it will surprise you. The fourth one is also very good and worth reading.

4. 4 重 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Married My Sister’s Best Friend 重生1980：开局迎娶姐姐闺蜜 Cang Yue Aotian沧月傲天Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [The new novel Reborn in 1975: I Want It All, From a Loving Wife to a Fortune in Scientific Research is now a hit! Click the author's name to read it!] Li Yi is reborn, back in a small mountain village in 1980! When Tang Xue asks him to marry her once again, he doesn't hesitate. His answer rings out loud and clear: “I do!” In his previous life, he was blinded by his own foolishness and watched helplessly as Tang Xue fell into darkness! With a second chance at life, he swears to make her the happ 14.7kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
5. 5 极 The Best Veterinarian 极品兽医 Fragrant Dog香香狗Urban1.3M WordsCompleted A kidney costs 600,000 on the black market, but a pork kidney at the market costs just 16 yuan. Wen Quan chuckled. I'll replace someone's kidney with a pork one and pocket a cool 600,000! A man has been blind since birth and has no eyeballs. To help him see again, Wen Quan chuckled and brought over a pair of dog eyes... Suppose you put a dog's brain in a human body. Does the dog become human, or does the human become a dog? Wen Quan chuckled again. Watch me take over a body the old-fashioned way 746Reads8.0Score103Shelves
6. 6 从 Starting with Sign-In Survival Supplies on The Wandering Earth 从流浪地球签到生存物资开始 Jiu He九合Male-Channel Fanfiction747k WordsCompleted Chu Xuan transmigrates into the world of the movie The Wandering Earth, bringing a sign-in System with him! [Congratulations, Host! You signed in and received a bag of fragrant rice!] […] [Congratulations, Host! You signed in and received a fat sheep!] […] [Congratulations, Host! You signed in and received a growth-type dimensional space!] […] While everyone else is eating earthworms, Chu Xuan is fretting over whether to have hot pot or seafood for dinner. Tell me, aren’t you jeal 14kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
7. 7 网 Online Game: Rebooting My Esports Era 网游：重启我的电竞时代 I Am Gu Nai在下顾奈Sports3.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional MMORPG + esports competitions + ensemble cast of professional players] Three years ago, prodigy Gu Qingzhu swept the world with a pair of light swords, undefeated wherever he went. But just before he could step onto the professional stage, he was framed and banned from competing, forced to bid farewell to the arena. From then on, the legend of the light swords vanished from the scene. Three years later, the brand-new MMORPG Realm opens its public beta. The former prodigy returns, st 11.6kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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   No one is arrogant and wastes his youth. No one has smooth sailing. Only the rainbow after experiencing the wind and rain is the most beautiful. Gu Qingzhu is really super cool when using a light sword. Although he was framed and retired from the competition, he is very strong in his heart and steps out of the shadows to welcome greater victory. This online game novel is very inspiring.

8. 8 新 The Bride Was Sold on Her Wedding Night: The Fallout After the Divorce 新婚夜新娘被卖离婚后的风波 Han Yu寒禹Modern Romance158k WordsCompleted Everyone, follow me and experience my roller-coaster of love and heartbreak! Trust me, it’s more thrilling than watching an eighty-episode melodrama, and I guarantee you’ll be on the edge of your seat the whole way! I’m a somewhat well-known womenswear designer. I thought my wedding night would mark the start of a happy life, with me and my beloved facing the future hand in hand. I never imagined reality would slap me hard enough to jolt me awake. My husband’s betrayal and deception instantly s 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The heroine takes you to experience her love and hatred from a first-person perspective. As a women's clothing designer, she was ruthlessly betrayed by her husband on their wedding night. She thought it was a simple betrayal, but after the divorce, she discovered that there was a shocking secret hidden behind it. Read it as soon as possible!

9. 9 紫 Purple Sun 紫阳 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing When the Hu invaded, he lost his family, his home, and his newlywed wife, who was taken from him. He searched for her across a thousand miles but failed to find her. Through a twist of fate, he embarked on the path of Shangqing cultivation. A pedantic scholar gained immortal arts, mastered the immortal way, saved the people, and brought order to the world. 7.9kReads9.2Score931Shelves

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   The two best-written books that Tomato has ever read

10. 10 明 Mingyi Takes Flight 明夷于飞 Li Xieyi李写意Ancient Romance3.3M WordsCompleted A young master as beautiful as jade, yet destined for tragedy. Immortals fall, and demons run rampant. A tale set in a world of immortals and martial arts. The heroine is a mortal with good-for-nothing talent who stumbles by chance into the world of immortals. A country girl blunders into a journey to seek the Dao and question her heart... While other girls compete over family background and beauty, or swoon over the four great young masters of the cultivation world, she is busy earning spirit s 894Reads8.2Score163Shelves
11. 11 你 You're the Richest Man Alive, So Why Are You Opening the Car Door for Customers Yourself? 你一个首富，亲自给顾客开车门？ Qi Yao Yao柒幺妖Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Standing before you is Yicheng City's top scorer in the college entrance exam, a millionaire entrepreneur by his freshman year, founder of Dami Tech after dropping out in his sophomore year, the man who made Dami Tech the country's number-one company by age 26, worth hundreds of billions by 28, founder of Dami Motors at 29, and the richest person in the country at 30. His bank account holds billions in cold, hard cash. He's the head of Dami Tech Group, founder of the Dami Standards Alliance, the 42.8kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    This article is pretty good! It's a bit like the history of Lei Jun's struggle. The author is pretty awesome, and he uses Lei Jun as the prototype.

12. 12 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M 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 894.3kReads9.6Score225.5kShelves

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    I recommend three books first, all of them are well written and have interesting plots. The first two are old books, classics, and will last forever, while the last one is a new book that you can read and play.

13. 13 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 210.5kReads9.6Score29.7kShelves
14. 14 乱 An Unexpected Arrival in Honghuang: I Pose as a Sage in the Age of Investiture of the Gods 乱入洪荒，我在封神时代装圣人 Not Enough to Fill a Basket不盈倾筐Eastern Fantasy364k WordsOngoing The day the Investiture of the Gods platform was completed, Ancestor Hongjun clasped his hands in celebration, the Three Pure Ones wept in each other’s arms, and King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, cried tears of joy. He’s gone! That troublemaker is finally gone! Hongjun: At last, I can merge with the Dao in peace. Yuanshi Tianzun: The Daoist sect can finally restore order to the mortal world. Ji Fa: I’ve finally fulfilled my ancestors’ wish. The Zhou dynasty will prosper! A voice rang out: “Remember our ag —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
15. 15 绘 Painting the Stardust of the World 绘世星尘 Flying Down Jacket会飞的羽绒服Sci-Fi & Apocalypse450k WordsCompleted The universe is a prison, and fate is a lock. Beneath the calm of the Twin-Mind Planet, judgment has long been hidden in the cycle of reincarnation: older than civilization, more secret than breathing. “Deep are the mysteries of the star prison; the delusive crystal conceals the truth. Let the heart turn toward the hidden depths, and when illusion breaks, the Way remains.” The voice from beyond that lit the mind of Qingping Star Sovereign did more than that. It was the first beam of light to pi 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommend this book! It is not only logically rigorous, but also detailed and in-depth. It is worth reading.

16. 16 夫 Madam Has Secret Identities Galore, and Rules Both Sides of the Law 夫人马甲多又多黑白两道任她行 Su Zihuan苏子欢Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [[A genuine heiress with secret identities, an outrageously cool and handsome all-rounder with formidable combat skills VS wealthy, handsome, calculating Master Xiao, who dotes on her from the start] [Comeback | Two powerful leads | Satisfying story | Max-level expert | Constantly face-slapping scumbags] Three years ago, a setup nearly cost Ye Qingyuan her life. Three years later, Ye Qingyuan suddenly appeared in the capital, revealing the first hint of her brilliance. Everyone said she was tale 445Reads7.5Score104Shelves

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    These three novels have their own characteristics, but what they have in common is that they all take the dual-power setting as the core, the plots are compact and not procrastinating, and every detail is carefully crafted to avoid common traps, presenting the treasures with story worlds that are both exciting and logically self-consistent.

17. 17 末 After the Apocalypse, I Became the Big Shot’s Most Cherished Darling 末世后，成了大佬的心尖宠 Send Me Money钱发来Sci-Fi & Apocalypse413k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + transmigrate into a book + infinite storage space + special abilities + stockpiling supplies + base-building + strong female lead + strong male lead + face-slapping] Lin Miaoge never imagined that a single complaint while reading an apocalypse novel, “This author's an idiot, the plot makes no sense, and the protagonist has the most ridiculous plot armor,” would send her transmigrating into the book as a cannon-fodder female side character! Fortunately, she has a golden finger: a st 508Reads—Score100Shelves
18. 18 京 The Capital's Mr. Lu Has a Wildcat Who's Both Alluring and Well-Behaved 京圈陆总的小野猫又欲又乖 Qian Duoduo7钱多多7Modern Romance265k WordsCompleted [The overbearing eldest Miss Xie vs. the capital’s dream man, the powerful Lu] Miss Xie’s favorite pastime is hitting the clubs and flirting with handsome men. President Lu can’t stand women like that, but, unfortunately, Miss Xie is his fiancée. Everyone thinks the powerful Lu would never fall for the brash, domineering Miss Xie. But later, President Lu, so refined and untouchable, is photographed holding Xie Yuwan against a car door and kissing her. “President Lu, should we take down the trend 110Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 山 The Mountain Village Bestiary 山村妖怪录 Eight Hundred Miles of Wind and Clouds风云八百里Eastern Fantasy655k WordsCompleted A series of novels brimming with mystery and fantasy. The story takes place in a remote mountain village that conceals a world of monsters unknown to most. Ancient legends intertwine with strange encounters in the real world. Travelers venturing alone beneath the night sky must be especially cautious, for every corner of the mountains and forests may hide an unimaginable creature. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a series of novels full of mystery and fantasy. The story takes place in a remote mountain village, where an unknown world of monsters is hidden. Ancient legends are intertwined with real-life adventures. Travelers walking alone at night need to be extra cautious, because incredible creatures may be lurking in every corner of the mountain forest.

20. 20 销 The Legend of the Top Salesperson 销冠传奇 Mojie Impression摩吉印象Urban2.1M WordsCompleted No connections, only a shadow. But competition cannot be stopped. In an age when there are too many people chasing too few opportunities, you have to compete constantly to claim your share of the resources, with no end in sight... 2.4kReads8.9Score211Shelves

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    The second new book, please give me more advice

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