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1. 1 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 92kReads9.6Score12.3kShelves

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   Synopsis: These three books are different genres but all very enjoyable. Don't be misled by the title of the first one; it's excellent and has been planned for a long time. The second one is a historical romance by the same author as "Hua Zhi," and feels similar. The third one is a period drama to change things up.

2. 2 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
3. 3 毛 The Little Housekeeper at Lawyer Mao's Home 毛律师家的小保姆 Sunflower Seeds, Peanuts, And Walnuts瓜子花生核桃仁Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted For the sake of the man she loves, who is ill, college student Lü Chenchen gives up her white-collar office job and chooses the better-paying work of a nanny. After a few twists and turns, she ends up in Mao Yuanning’s household. The Mao family has a complicated history. Mao Yuanning’s stepmother isn’t his biological mother, but his maternal aunt. His wife is the daughter of his stepmother’s first love, spoiled into a willful, delicate young woman. After more than ten years of marriage, the coup 4.8kReads9.5Score723Shelves

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   A book written by an old bookworm, it's still worth reading 😏

4. 4 宦 Tides of the Political Sea 宦海浮沉 Liang Zhoumu梁州牧Urban4.7M WordsCompleted No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but 249kReads9.5Score27.2kShelves
5. 5 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves

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   [Please follow] Reborn in the 1970s, Wen Jingshu, armed with a limited-time flash sale system, rises from a lowly purchasing clerk at a supply and marketing cooperative to a meteoric rise. She hoards scarce goods, secures massive foreign trade deals, and spearheads the construction of an instant noodle factory, earning awards and promotions through sheer ability—her career soars. With unwavering support from her family, the story is richly detailed and full of satisfying moments, a truly addictive and satisfying period drama.

6. 6 贼 The Thief's Way 贼道 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.2kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves

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   You should check it out! It's really good.

7. 7 重 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.2kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
8. 8 佔 Possessing Jiang Xi 佔有姜西 Fish Doesn't Speak鱼不语Modern Romance4.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads + PDA-Filled Romance + Mutual Devotion] A job interview at a bar leads two people with nothing in common to meet for the first time. One is a private tutor, the other a cold-faced King of Hell. One does the flirting, the other does the pampering. Later, no one could have guessed that the elegant, aloof Qin Zhan would turn into a clingy burr. Their everyday life after getting together is even too much to watch... “Wifey...” “Hmm?” “Could you comfort me 48.1kReads9.5Score4.9kShelves

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   The first book is by one of my favorite authors. It's about a romance between the male and female protagonists ❤️‍🔥, and every couple in it has a similar story to those I know. The book is well-written and the plot is very engaging! The second book is about how a stepmother gains her stepson's acceptance, and it also tells the story of how the male and female protagonists fall in love. The third book has a very realistic theme: to have children or not? If you don't want children, then just marry someone who already has children! You can even have a painless motherhood! 😅

9. 9 怎 What Do I Do? I Was Forced to Become the Stepmother of a Mouthy Brat 怎么办？被迫成了杠精崽子的后娘 Embracing Fragrance抱香Ancient Romance453k WordsCompleted Tags: Everyday child-rearing, married first then falling in love, fictional dynasty, no need to research the details Modern office worker Luo Chaoyan has always had terrible luck. One day, a typhoon sweeps her into an unfamiliar ancient era. Her father is a minor fifth-rank official, and her mother is the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Jizhou. She thinks she’ll have an easy life this time around, but at a banquet, five-year-old Huo Rui tricks her. She’s forced to marry his father and become 15.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
10. 10 闪 A Whirlwind Wedding: I Married My Divorced Classmate 闪婚：嫁给二婚男同学 Huai Yue淮玥Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Strong Female Lead + Mutual Devotion + Healing] After ten years in the workforce, Bei Xiao finally saved enough money to quit her job. At a class reunion, she and Zhang Yi hit it off. Zhang Yi is divorced and has a son who is old enough for kindergarten, so he needs to find the boy a mother. Taken with Bei Xiao, he proposes to her on WeChat. She readily agrees, bluntly saying that the main reason she wants to marry him is that she likes his son and can avoid having a child herse 3.7kReads9.3Score334Shelves
11. 11 带 Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970s 带着淘宝系统穿七零 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ 23kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves

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    The first one is still unfinished; it's about a career-oriented female protagonist. The others are novels I've read, and they all have ratings of 9.5 or higher.

12. 12 簪 The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their 10.4kReads9.6Score1.6kShelves
13. 13 穿 Transmigrating into a Refugee Exodus: I Use the System to Raise an Emperor 穿越逃荒：我靠系统扶持一代帝王 Xiao Se小色Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Gu Jiu unexpectedly transmigrated to ancient times, where everything was already inconvenient. Then disaster struck. With no other way to survive, she clung desperately to the person who had saved her. With her benefactor by her side, she had nothing to fear on the road to refuge. What could she do when disease, hunger, wild beasts, and villains all came at once? Bring it on! She was a jack of all trades with a System pocket dimension, capable of taking down anything. (Xie Zhan: You can't put o 35.5kReads9.5Score4.7kShelves
14. 14 军 The Warlord's Cherished Bride: Marshal, Come Here! 军阀权宠：大帅，你过来！ Fan Sheng梵升Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name, The Marshal, Come Here, is now streaming] In the years of the Republic, war and chaos swept the land, and each warlord ruled his own territory. The day Su City fell, Qiao Wan was treated like a piece of cargo and offered to the new ruler of the three northwestern provinces. They said Ninth Master Ji was cold-blooded and ruthless, and that he had caused the deaths of three wives. He was a man cursed by fate. Ji Shiyan strolled out from beneath the hanging-flower 9.4kReads9.4Score996Shelves
15. 15 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 18.6kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
16. 16 听 Listen to the South 听南 Parting Words诀别词Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, Xia Tingnan was in her third year of middle school, while her next-door neighbor Xu Bingran was a sophomore in high school. Both the Xia and Xu parents were busy, so Xia Tingnan, who loved sleeping in, was put in Xu Bingran's care. Xu Bingran was disciplined, sensible, a good student with dreams, and known as “Xu Bingran of No. 1 High School.” Xia Tingnan was lazy, scatterbrained, a happy slacker with decent grades, and everyone's beloved “cutie.” And so began a four-year routine: 29.2kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
17. 17 重 Reborn in the 1980s: A Fortunate Wife Builds a Fortune 重生八零福运娇妻致富忙 Wei Xi唯奚Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Old Song’s family in Lahegou has three lovely daughters, from oldest to youngest: Song Zhaodi, Song Pandi, and Song Laidi. Song Yanning was talked into trying wingsuit flying by her best friend. As she descended to the halfway point of the mountain, a strange gust of wind blew up at just the wrong moment. When the world stopped spinning, she had become the middle daughter in Old Song’s family of three girls. She also learned that she had transmigrated into a novel about a beloved daughter in the 2kReads8.9Score124Shelves

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    The first book has a tight plot, and the female protagonist is brave and resourceful, earnestly leading her family to become rich and gradually guiding them back to the right path. The second book has delicate language, and the female protagonist and the male protagonist have a passionate encounter. The third book features a female protagonist who is cunning, charming, and clear-headed.

18. 18 顶 Top-Tier Taming 顶级驯服 Sang Ning桑宁Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted Lin Yan is a relationship evaluator. She has three rules: no sex, no kissing, and no getting involved with married men. A notorious playboy's girlfriend comes to her, asking her to test her boyfriend's fidelity. Once the job is done, she plans to leave. But instead, the man becomes obsessed with her, his eyes bloodshot. “A Yan, look at me.” Relationship evaluator x playboy 2.8kReads8.9Score274Shelves
19. 19 娘 The Consort Is All Charm and Cunning, Scheming Her Way to the Top 娘娘又茶又媚，一路宫斗上位 Tea Little Ink茶小墨Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication In the third year of the Yifeng era, a concubine-born daughter of the Ningyang Marquis’s household enters the palace. The palace is a vast, treacherous place, where the one thing you must never do is give your heart away. Ning Shuyan is clear-eyed: she wants wealth and prestige, along with the emperor’s favor. For three years, she carefully plots each step, wins the emperor’s attention, and rises from Talented Lady to Noble Consort. Rumor has it that the emperor only 56.9kReads9.5Score7.1kShelves
20. 20 解 The Spirit Medium Who Eases Worries 解忧通灵师 Gu Xiaoshi顾小施Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics · reborn · sweet romance · mutual salvation] When people die, they leave behind thoughts and resentment. If fate grants them the chance, they can become ghosts and monsters. Ghosts and monsters cannot enter the underworld or be reincarnated. Gu Yousheng inherited a bloodline legacy and was born a spirit medium. Before she turned six, she cried and tried every way she could to get rid of her gift. After she turned six, she worked diligently to resolve grievances and troubles, becomin 25.1kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves

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    The first one is currently being read, an ongoing series of ancient Chinese fantasy ghost stories. The second and third are books I've read before; they don't have high ratings, but the plots are good and the writing is excellent. Highly recommended! 👍

21. 21 东 The First Branch of Spring in the East Wind 东风第一枝 Zhuang the Great Blade庄大刀Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Prince Li Jingmo of Kang, missing for many years, suddenly turns up next door to the Cold Palace. The prince is refined and elegant, with an otherworldly air. The only flaw is that he has an eye disease. Zhao Fuling takes pity on the patient (and has her eye on his money), so she climbs over the wall every day to bring him things. She starts with fresh fruits and vegetables, then moves on to rare weapons manuals, and eventually delivers herself into his arms. Zhao Fuling: “…” The emperor’s sist 343Reads8.7Score104Shelves
22. 22 青 Qing Yan, Long Time No See 青岩，许久未见 Lone Boat Angler孤舟垂钓者Ancient Romance403k WordsCompleted An ordinary wage slave transmigrated into the body of an ordinary woman in another world after an accident. She was also a poor unfortunate whose birth parents were dead and who had been sold as a concubine by her stepmother. But she had no intention of becoming anyone's concubine, and running away was her only way out. After making plans for a long time, she finally escaped, only to find herself fleeing straight into his heart. Her unyielding courage in facing life inspired him, too, and helped 549Reads9.1Score107Shelves
23. 23 风 Wind Through the Pines 风入松 Guan Li管栎Modern Romance163k WordsOngoing Reading Guide: Extreme Push and Pull; 6:4 sweet-to-angsty ratio; status gap and age gap; he A master schemer and a puzzle-solving expert, locked in a love-hate battle Yu Song grew up in Linhai. When she was seven, a visitor traveled all the way from Longcheng to her home. The boy, Ji Qingyuan, became her best childhood friend and awakened her first innocent crush. Nearly ten years after they parted, she finally got into graduate school at Longcheng University, hoping to reunite with Qingyuan, wh 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Historical mystery + real-life scenarios + multiple perspectives

24. 24 嫁 After Marrying the Gloomy Powerful Minister's Younger Brother 嫁给阴郁权臣弟弟后 Startled Magpie惊鹊儿Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available under the title Why Not Ride the Wind Together] Xu Yunjia and Pei Youqing grew up together. After they married, she managed the household and cared for his parents, doing everything a wife could be expected to do. She never imagined that one day a woman would arrive at her door with Pei Youqing’s child. Only then did Yunjia realize that she had been living a joke all these years. She returned to the time before she married Pei Youqing. Xu Yunjia no longer want 13kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
25. 25 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 107.4kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
26. 26 捡 After Taking in Five Brothers, No One in the Capital Dares Cross Me 捡了五个哥哥后，京城无人敢惹 Mo Yuzhi陌于之Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After fifteen years on the streets, Jiang Sheng had found herself five older brothers. For their sake, little Jiang Sheng braved every danger and worked herself to the bone to earn money. Her brothers never let her down, either, giving everything for their little sister. Then the General’s Mansion discovered that its legitimate daughter had been switched at birth and hurried to find her. But they didn’t treat her well, either. Some mocked her as uncouth, some laughed at her ignorance, and others 43kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves
27. 27 逆 From Obscurity to Stardom: A Peking Opera Beauty Takes on International Talent Shows 逆袭封神，京剧美人玩转国际选秀 Moonlit Green Deer月见青鹿Modern Romance578k WordsCompleted Pei Qinyin was once a celebrated opera star renowned throughout the capital, but she died on the battlefield at the age of twenty-five. After transmigrating, she finds herself an obscure trainee on the verge of elimination from an international talent competition. A contestant from Daguo claims calligraphy as her country's cultural heritage? Pei Qinyin will put that to the test on the spot. The media from Liguo refuses to acknowledge the war? Now that they're living in peacetime, she'll show the 4.9kReads9.5Score941Shelves

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    I can't get into most books 📖, it's so hard to find one I can actually read 👀! I've read everything, I'm a bookworm of over ten years.

28. 28 小 The Little Palace Maid's Thoughts Were Read 小宫女被读心了 Jiang Xiaoshi江小十Ancient Romance254k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the palace as a maid, Qin Jianjian works diligently, flatters those above her, and deceives those below her. In the end, she becomes the top-ranked maid serving the Empress Dowager. She has undoubtedly reached the pinnacle of her profession. Money she’s openly entitled to, along with money she shouldn’t have, keeps flowing into Qin Jianjian’s pockets. Delighted, she just has to wait until she’s old enough to leave the palace and retire early. Who could have guessed the 15kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
29. 29 身 Body Swap: The God of War Prince Takes Over My Household Battles 身体互换：战神王爷替我宅斗 Clear Breeze Begonia清风海棠Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [1v1, Fun Romantic Comedy, HE, Wise and Cool-Headed Young Lady vs. Adorable God of War Prince, Both Chaste, Happy Ending] The people of the Jiang household notice that their young lady has been acting strangely lately. The young lady used to be quiet and gentle. Now she’s still quiet, but there’s a murderous aura about her. In the garden, her sweet-talking younger sister affectionately reaches to link arms with her. Ye Zhan dodges at once, her voice full of disdain. “If you want to talk, then ta 11.1kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
30. 30 卿 My Beloved, Through Every Dawn and Dusk 卿是朝朝暮暮 Sugar-Roasted Little Deer糖炒小鹿Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted Shen Yunshu studied archaeology and had been working for just two years. She loved history, and her favorite dynasty was the Rong Dynasty. A few days ago, she had read an unofficial history of the Rong Dynasty's royal family. Little did she expect that after falling asleep, she would wake up in the Rong Dynasty, sent there by the heavens, as Shen Yunshu, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family of Prince Zhenbei's residence. She had transmigrated to her favorite dynasty and become a descendant 24.4kReads9.4Score3kShelves
31. 31 当 After the Puppy-Like Heir Learned to Dote on His Wife 当奶狗世子学会宠妻后 Yue Gou月苟Ancient Romance456k WordsCompleted The clingy young heir × the cold-faced but soft-hearted eldest princess The eldest princess has come of age to choose a husband. Everyone in the Kingdom of Qing debates who could possibly win the heart of this unattainable beauty. No one expects their own princess to be whisked away by a spoiled young heir just returned from Yanbei. The ministers shake their heads, convinced the princess and the young heir are a poor match: he is young, mischievous, and doesn’t know how to cherish anyone. They f 7.7kReads9.3Score800Shelves
32. 32 重 Reborn, I Married the Powerful Regent 重生后，嫁给权倾天下的摄政王 Wen Liu温流Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Wen Jiu woke up reborn at fifteen, only to find her sworn enemy arriving with a bridal sedan to marry her?! Luckily... He was only there to escort his sickly younger brother's bride. Wen Jiu knew her fiancé was short-lived, that the Xie family would one day be a house of powerful nobles, and that the young man before her would become a regent with power over the entire court... With her heart pounding, Wen Jiu secretly tried to win over the future regent. “I'll earn the money and support the 1kReads9.1Score204Shelves
33. 33 系 System: The Savage Lands Crown Princess Just Wants to Herd Sheep 系统：蛮荒太子妃只想放羊 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as The Ambition Isn't Great: Just You and the World A Qi is clever and innocent. Her eldest brother is honest and just wants enough to eat; her second brother is sharp and wants to see the world. Their aunt is always fierce when chopping wood, their father is a wonderful cook, and their grandfather can recognize twenty characters, though he gets thirteen of them wrong. Their ambitions weren't great, but somehow they ended up winning the world. Content warnings: ... 30.2kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves

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    Here are some highly rated books I recommend. The plots are engaging and fast-paced, and there are no brainless protagonists 💕 They're all excellent reads, so bookmark them!

34. 34 最 The Best Lyricist 最佳词作 Kong Liu空留Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] One is a heroine, the other a pampered youngest son who’s always smiling. They work together seamlessly to resolve an unexpected crisis the first time they meet. The second time, she warns her younger cousin not to fall for someone like him. Then comes the Nth meeting, and with it, a lifetime together. 24.4kReads9.6Score3.3kShelves
35. 35 传EN 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 169.4kReads9.6Score21.7kShelves
36. 36 一 Overnight, the Uncle's Life Bounced Back from Rock Bottom 一夜之间，大叔的生活触底反弹 The French Bulldog Isn't a Cow, but It Loves Grass法斗不是牛但是爱吃草Urban888k WordsCompleted Gao Weiguo, a middle-aged man born in the 1970s, had thought he would retire from his insurance company in quiet mediocrity. Little did he know that an opportunity that suddenly came his way would completely change his life… 3.9kReads8.7Score306Shelves

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    I recommend this one, it really seems good.

37. 37 让 You Sent Me Down the Mountain, and I Took Over the Ancestors' Hideout 让你下山，你把祖宗老窝给端了 Great Dragon God大龙神Eastern Fantasy213k WordsCompleted [Master Returns from the Mountain + Invincible Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless + System + Treasure Appraisal + Gambling Skills + Investigations + Tomb Raiding + Immortality] Everyone in the world pursues longevity and seeks to become an immortal. Yet the long-lived are not truly alive, and immortals are not truly human. Xiao Long, a simple young man from a mysterious mountain village, and Xue Yao, a scheming girl of unknown origins, set out under the clan chief’s orders to experience the 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It tells the story of the turbulent times in Shanghai around the 1930s. The characters are suitable for middle-aged people, such as Gao Jin, Chen Zhen, and Ding Li, who are figures of the era. There is also the God of Gamblers, a scheme within a scheme, and the Japanese names are very well designed. The author has a strong hatred for the Japanese. It has a sense of the times. Take a look!

38. 38 重 Reborn as a Great Musician 重生成大音乐家 Bored and Flipping Through Books无聊乱翻书Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted This is the beginning of a miracle, the birth of a legend, the origin of a famous spell, and the moving story of an angel among us. Well, that’s all just the surface. The truth is a mischievous little girl who wins hearts and throws tantrums all over America, then grows into a dazzling star. She is the world’s leading soprano, a world-renowned musical genius, an Olympic-record-breaking queen of gymnastics, and an angel of peace. 152Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Looking for similar books to read.

39. 39 重 Reborn in 1985: The Mung Bean Girl Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 重生八五，绿豆姑娘很威武 Pea Blossoms豌豆花开Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted Liu Lin, a policewoman, finds herself in the body of a lovestruck fifteen-year-old girl named Ludou. She declares that she'll carry on the girl's “legacy” and be lovestruck to the very end. Who says she can't? She'll prove that anything is possible through action. The handsome Su Jinyu says, “Wife, I admit defeat. Do whatever you want with me.” 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A down-to-earth and simple book without the lives of domineering CEOs or the wealthy.

40. 40 荷 Lotus in 1983 荷花的一九八三 Ice Plum冰梅Modern Romance826k WordsCompleted Qin Mumu had stayed up all night reading a novel and suddenly died. To her dismay, she transmigrated into the body of fourteen-year-old Xia Hehua. Her father had died young, her mother was timid and incapable, and her eldest brother was a giant baby who would never grow up. She also had a ten-year-old younger brother and an eight-year-old little sister. Her uncle’s family looked down on them, while the villagers pitied them. As Xia Hehua, she had no choice but to shoulder the burden of caring fo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 重 Reborn in 1988: The Captain's Little Fangirl 重生八八，机长的小迷妻 Ice Plum冰梅Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Su Siyu has been reborn. Thinking back on how that scumbag had tricked her into going to G City in coastal G Province, forced her into prostitution, and abandoned her in a rental apartment when she fell ill and died, leaving no one to claim her body, Su Siyu burst into tears. In the end, it was someone she never expected who had taken care of her remains and brought her back to her hometown. In this life, she hasn’t been tricked into leaving by that scumbag yet. Her mother hasn’t drunk pesticide 2Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 风 Hong Xiuquan, the Charismatic Heavenly King 风流天王洪秀全 Yu Songhan郁松寒Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Hong Xiuquan, an impoverished scholar in the late Qing, was quite the extraordinary man. He struck out on a new path, launched the Jintian Uprising, rose from humble beginnings, captured Nanjing, founded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, dominated eighteen provinces, and ruled for fourteen years over half the realm. He was insatiably greedy, consorting with courtesans and surrounding himself with beautiful women. He gathered beauties from across the land, keeping 2,300 women in his harem to serve hi 11.4kReads8.6Score869Shelves

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    It tastes delicious!

43. 43 赐 After the Imperial Betrothal, the Princess Consort Just Wants the Prince to Keep Her Alive 赐婚后，王妃只想靠王爷续命 Zha Xiaogua扎小瓜Ancient Romance411k WordsCompleted A historical romance: marriage first, love later. Both leads are intelligent, articulate, and quick-witted. No angst, no silly characters, and sweet moments throughout. Originally titled Who Dares to Define Romance. Everyone in the capital regards Prince Yong as untouchable. Gu Qing is the only exception. Desperate for a life-saving medicine, she takes advantage of the emperor’s arranged marriage and weds Prince Yong, unaware that he is also gravely ill with a deadly poison. She is calm and rati 6kReads9.4Score746Shelves
44. 44 穿 After Becoming a Wicked Wife, She Cherished the Tragic Villain Who Died Young 穿成极品恶妻后，她娇养惨死反派 Jade Ink, Sparse Shadows锦墨疏影Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, both leads are devoted and inexperienced, both strong, no amnesia or misunderstandings, sweet and satisfying with no angst, lighthearted indulgence, reborn, both pursue each other, imperfect healing] After waking from an air disaster, Lu Wanxiao discovered she had transmigrated to a dirt-poor mountain village, where she had become the awful wife of a crippled scholar who lived in a house with bare walls! Just how awful was she? In eight words: lazy, greedy, and utterly rot 24.6kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves
45. 45 疯 This Is Crazy! I Opened My Eyes and Was Already Marrying the Future Chief Minister! 疯了，睁眼就在跟未来首辅拜堂！ Eleven Bridges Here此间十一桥Ancient Romance607k WordsCompleted The celebrated forensic pathologist Ning An opened her eyes and found herself as Zhao Ning’an, the useless eldest legitimate daughter of the General Who Guards the Nation’s household. Apart from her good birth, she had nothing going for her. Bratty. A troublemaker. A man-chaser. Every eligible man in the capital gave her a wide berth, except... the Grand Secretary. Shen Changting: “I hear the four thousand household rules the princess wrote were specifically for me. I’m honored by your favo 2.2kReads9.0Score281Shelves
46. 46 被 After Being Sold to a Blind Scholar, She Took the World by Storm 被卖给瞎眼秀才后她大杀四方了 Song Sanniang宋三娘Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted She can’t even step outside without having an accident, and after transmigrating, she’s broke as can be. Song Ran looks up at the sky in exasperation. Is anyone more unlucky than her? As it turns out, there’s no such thing as the unluckiest person. There’s only someone even unluckier! It’s bad enough that her buyer is poor, but he’s stingy too! And if being stingy weren’t enough, he’s blind as well! What the hell! She gets up before dawn and works until dark to earn silver, running around and de 9.4kReads9.2Score934Shelves
47. 47 糟 Oh No! The Day Before I Flee, I Get Pregnant by the Heir 糟！跑路前一天，我怀了世子的崽 Arubas of the Northern Snowy Wasteland北雪荒原的阿鲁巴斯Ancient Romance949k WordsCompleted Mu Chunqing is a passionate woman of the jianghu who believes in repaying kindness and vengeance. But at twenty, she’s considered an old maid. Her mother worries that she’ll die without anyone to burn paper offerings at her grave, so she wants Mu Chunqing to find a man and have a child. After a long search, Mu Chunqing chooses a handsome, powerfully built, unruly subordinate to father her child. But she never expected him not only to cooperate without a fight, but also to become impossible to sh 4.7kReads9.3Score517Shelves
48. 48 将 The General Only Wants to Be a Live-In Son-in-Law 将军他一心想做赘婿 Spring Tipsiness in March春酲三月Ancient Romance356k WordsCompleted [Money-loving fake little bunny vs. ruthless, genuine big bad wolf] Xu Xiangyi was lucky to have an engagement like this. While she was sick, her fiancé’s family actually came to break off the engagement during the mourning period for her parents. No matter. Once she recovered, finished mourning, and got the family business back on its feet, she’d head straight to Fudu and make sure that whole family paid for it! What? She’d heard that plenty of people in Fudu disliked her! No matter. She had mo 102Reads8.9Score—Shelves
49. 49 宁 Ning Jinge 宁烬歌 Calm as Ever冷静如斯Ancient Romance697k WordsOngoing [Female commander × top-tier spy and assassin | Two equally matched leads | Court intrigue and the martial world | Standing together in troubled times | Devoted 1v1 romance] The sweeping scale of a male-oriented story, with the emotional depth of a female-oriented one. Fast-paced and tightly plotted, with no filler or dragging. The political intrigue is logical, and long-laid clues are brought back into play. A serious world with lighthearted, hilarious everyday moments, and an incredibly sweet 374Reads8.5Score103Shelves

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    This is an absolutely fantastic book online. I've already read 161 chapters, it's incredibly addictive! 😄😄😄

50. 50 坑 Luring Ghosts and Catching Criminals: A Low-Ranking County Magistrate 坑鬼捉凶，一品小县令 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted When Chu Ling opened her eyes, she had become the novel's number-one female side character, a troublemaker who ultimately got herself killed when the heroine shot an arrow through her heart. Knowing how the plot would unfold, Chu Ling spat in disdain, broke free of the story's control, and threw herself into building a career. But being a county magistrate is no easy job. One day, a ghostly maid comes to air her grievances; the next, a ghostly tutor shows up to reprimand her. Even stepping outsi 5.8kReads9.5Score956Shelves

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    Story Synopsis: The female protagonist disguises herself as a man and solves cases through seeing ghosts.

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