The Top 10 Must-Read Novels from Tomato's Annual Rankings 历年番茄排行榜前10神书

1. 151 乡 The Countryside Is Beautiful Beyond Measure 乡村无限好 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban178k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 467Reads—Score109Shelves

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   Top top top top top!!!

2. 152 公 My In-Laws Have Occupied My Dowry Apartment for Five Years, and Now My Sister-in-Law Wants Me to Vacate It for Her Engagement Party 公婆霸占陪嫁房五年，小姑子订婚宴上还要我腾房 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted My in-laws occupied my dowry home for five years, and my sister-in-law still expected me to move out for her engagement banquet. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 153 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 127.1kReads9.6Score17.2kShelves

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   These are 10 books I carefully selected after reading over 200 on Tomato Bookstore. Every single one is excellent, and I stayed up all night to read them.

4. 154 乘 The Purser Told Me to Get Out of Business Class, But She Didn't Know I Own the Airline 乘务长让我滚出商务舱，可她不知这家航空公司都是我的 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted The Purser Told Me to Get Out of Business Class, but She Had No Idea I Own the Airline 16Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 155 何 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Xian Yuke羡鱼珂Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 143kReads9.7Score106.8kShelves
6. 156 我 I Made the Toughest Men in the Three Realms Cry 我把三界最强糙汉撩哭了 Leisurely Handsome Young Master休闲帅公子Two Male Leads761k WordsCompleted #Two Male Leads #Rugged Man #Hunk #Love at First Sight #Transmigrate Into a Book #Sweet Romance #Happy Ending Xu Hao, a top trust-fund kid with an MBA from Harvard, had grown tired of the wild nightlife. Then he woke up to find himself in the Heavenly Court. At a lavish banquet in the Jade Pool, he fixed his thirsty gaze on the man to the left of the main seat: Zheng Xiong, the greatest war god in the Three Realms. He was 2.2 meters tall, built like a tank, bursting with testosterone, with sha 525Reads8.2Score131Shelves

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7. 157 绑 Bound to a Cannon Fodder System, I Became the Whole Sect's Favorite by Slacking Off 绑定炮灰系统后，我靠摆烂成了全宗门团宠 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭11k WordsCompleted After Binding to the Cannon Fodder System, I Became the Whole Sect’s Favorite by Slacking Off 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 158 女 My Girlfriend’s Whole Family Are Big Shots! What’s Wrong with Playing It Safe? 女友全家大佬！我苟亿点怎么了？ Xi Jiu Huang溪九皇Sports1.9M WordsCompleted The Ancestral Star is a world where games and reality have merged. “Lifespan” is the only currency! With an endless supply of “Lifespan,” one can live forever. Once one's “Lifespan” runs out, one dies on the spot. Every expense in the world is paid for with “Lifespan.” There is only one way to obtain “Lifespan”: the surreal online game Universe OL! Lin Du, a top game designer, wakes up one day to find he has transmigrated into the body of a live-in son-in-law from a wealthy family, force 28.5kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves

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   This is truly the first book to break the conventional understanding of online games.

9. 159 大EN The Tang Dynasty's Pearl-Dispelling Record (Original Novel of the TV Adaptation Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong) 大唐辟珠记（田曦薇、宋威龙主演同名影视原著） Meal Card饭卡Martial Arts810k WordsCompleted [All-New Bonus Edition] [A Screen Adaptation with the Same Title Has Been Officially Announced, Starring Tian Xiwei and Song Weilong] [Beloved Princess Reborn: Looks Like a Delicate Crybaby, Actually a Well-Rounded Warrior] ✖ [Defiant, Doomed, Devoted, Pure-Hearted Top Jianghu Big Shot] [Their Romance Is So Sweet It Makes You Cry] Princess Wanshou, blessed with the Tang emperor's favor and love, died of an illness at just seventeen. A thief secretly opened the eerie underground palace, only to d 210kReads9.7Score28.1kShelves
10. 160 我 I Won Over the World's Top Hero, but I'm My Best Friend's Alliance Leader's Wife 我泡了天下第一，但我是闺蜜的盟主夫人 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted I seduced the best man in the world, but I’m my best friend’s wife, the leader of the alliance. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 161 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
12. 162 老 My Husband Calls Himself the Chosen One, So I Sent Him Ascending with My Own Hands 老公自称天选之人，我亲手送他“飞升” Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭11k WordsCompleted My husband calls himself the chosen one. I personally sent him “ascending to immortality.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 163 当 After All of Humanity Disappeared 当全世界人类都消失以后 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After all humanity disappears from the world, there comes a knock at the door... Li Ge thought this was the kind of thing that only happened in science fiction movies and novels. He never dreamed he’d actually experience it himself! What’s it like to be the only human left in the world? Li Ge: Thanks for asking. I’m in Pengcheng, just got off the plane, and I have three things to say. I just found a gun and some grenades, blew up a bank, and set the cash on fire. Wanxiang City, the museum, the l 11.4kReads8.8Score778Shelves

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    If you're tired of the usual formulaic plots, you might want to check out these books. They're all incredibly imaginative. I highly recommend the first one, books 2, 3, and 4 are in the infinite flow genre, and the last one is from a long time ago, but I still remember it vividly.

14. 164 恶 The Wicked Supporting Lady Is Doomed to Live as a Widow? Brother-in-Law, I’m Scared 恶毒女配守活寡？夫兄，人家好怕 Ye Buhong叶不鸿Ancient Romance558k WordsCompleted [Elder Brother Steals Younger Brother’s Wife + Deliberate Seduction] (Black-hearted scheming villainess ✖️ abstinent, cold-hearted junior tutor) In her previous life, Pei Jingxu remained a widow for three years for her husband, Rong Xuanzhou, who had died in battle. But then he returned to the capital with Bai Shutong, the widow of his comrade-in-arms, and her two children. The Rong family elders said nothing, only urging Pei to be virtuous and magnanimous. The widow was peerlessly beautiful. No 113.3kReads9.3Score19.4kShelves
15. 165 领 On the Day We Got Our Marriage License, My Mother-in-Law Demanded I Give Our Demolition Compensation to My Brother-in-Law for a House 领证当天，婆婆让我把拆迁款拿出来给小叔子买房 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted On the day we got our marriage certificates, my mother-in-law told me to hand over my demolition compensation so my brother-in-law could buy a house. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 166 重 Reborn, I Become My Arch-Enemy's Living Widow Sister-in-Law 重生后，我成了死敌的活寡嫂子 Two Times Four Means Prosperity二四得发Ancient Romance517k WordsCompleted [Both leads are reborn + sister-in-law and brother-in-law + an aloof beauty brought down from her pedestal + emotional push and pull + winning her heart and her body + devoted couple] The Eastern Palace has no crown prince, and the princes are locked in a fierce struggle for the throne. Ning Miao and Yan Mobai are the top strategists of their generation, each serving a different master. They cross paths over a map of iron mines and kill each other. Only after her death does Ning Miao learn tha 39.6kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves
17. 167 校 The Campus Belle Stole My Manuscript and Won First Prize. Ten Years Later, I Became a Master She Could Never Hope to Reach 校花偷我手稿拿一等奖，十年后我成了她高攀不起的大神 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted The Campus Belle Stole My Manuscript and Won First Prize. Ten Years Later, I Became a Master She Could Never Hope to Reach 4Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 弑 After Killing the Emperor, My Archenemy and I Are Bound Together for Good 弑君后，我和死对头锁死了 Two Times Four Means Prosperity二四得发Ancient Romance438k WordsCompleted [Mutual Purity] [Uncle and Sister-in-Law] [Emotional Push and Pull] [Mind Games and Steamy Romance] [Bickering Couple] [Two Strong Leads] [Happy Ending] The comic is now available. Search Tomato Novel for "After Killing the Emperor, My Archenemy and I Were Bound Together" to read it. -- Empress Su Li had a dream. In it, Emperor Jingchang took her on a trip south of the Yangtze, then poisoned her at an inn and made it look like suicide. After her death, Emperor Jingchang also schemed to have her 20.8kReads9.2Score3kShelves
19. 169 四 Four-Dimensional Survival: I’m the Only One Who Can Predict the Future 四维求生:只有我能预测未来 Become a God成神Sports1.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead] He wakes up to find that the entire world has transmigrated. Everyone has entered a four-dimensional trial world. Each day, they get ten chances to open a door. What lies beyond could be a trove of supplies, or a parallel world, a time barrier, a wormhole, a desert, an ocean, an ice field, or a sea of stars. Fortunately, Jiang Zhe awakens the ability to foresee the future. See the future! [All things are silent. Don't blink after entering, or you'll lose your memories.] [Quantum 2kReads8.8Score282Shelves
20. 170 偏 My Biased Parents Forced Me to Sell Our Ancestral Home So My Brother Could Get Married. I Flipped the Table on the Spot 偏心爸妈逼我卖祖宅给弟弟娶媳妇，我当场掀桌 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted My Biased Parents Forced Me to Sell Our Ancestral Home So My Brother Could Get Married. I Flipped the Table on the Spot 3Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 171 全 The Age of Global Esports: I'm the Only Cheater 全球电竞时代，我是唯一作弊玩家 Not Yet Gone未灭Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Gaming metropolis + choose-your-own cheat + invincible + goofy and irreverent + shameless protagonist, worse than the villains + no goody-two-shoes] Cartridge worlds, runaway data, phantom gaming realms, esports players… Lin Tian transmigrates to a gaming metropolis where games have become the focus of competition across the globe. The universal currency is game cards, and status and power are determined by rank. Supernatural abilities, rare treasures, extraordinary pets and beasts, mercenaries 48.5kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
22. 172 小 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 Bright Moon Tilts明月倾Ancient Romance876k WordsCompleted A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.1kReads9.6Score5.7kShelves
23. 173 婆 My Superstitious, Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law Got on My Nerves, So I Summoned the Ancestral Guardian That Very Night 婆婆迷信爱作妖，我连夜请出镇宅老祖宗 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted My Superstitious Mother-in-Law Loved Stirring Up Trouble, So I Summoned the Ancestral Guardian of the House in the Middle of the Night 2Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 174 剧 Script Simulation: My Talent Is Amplified a Hundredfold 剧本模拟：我的天赋百倍增幅 Not Yet Gone未灭Urban601k WordsCompleted [Simulation + wild imagination + horror + scheming + comedy + invincible] Lin Tian transmigrates into a world where the dimensional barriers have shattered. Monsters that should exist only in movies and novels roam the real world, while humans can enter various scripted scenarios and simulate their plots to gain extraordinary powers and protect themselves... From the start, Lin Tian unlocks the primordial power “Talent: Hundredfold Amplification,” multiplying the effect of every talent by a hund 5.8kReads8.8Score342Shelves
25. 175 当 Back Then, I Refused to Marry the East Wind (A Companion to A Spring Rain on a Night in a Small Tower, a Historical Pride and Prejudice) 当年不肯嫁东风（《小楼一夜听春雨》姊妹篇，古代版傲慢与偏见) Bright Moon Tilts明月倾Ancient Romance556k WordsCompleted [Sisters united + rekindled romance + historical ensemble cast] The Ye sisters’ battle to protect their romantic prospects: a long-planned, romantic counterattack. With sisters sticking together, nothing is too difficult! After their mother died, the three Ye sisters broke with their father, who favored his concubine and neglected his wife. They lived in a separate residence and took in A Cuo, the adopted daughter of their late maternal aunt, relying on one another to get by. Four years ago, the 17.2kReads9.6Score2.8kShelves
26. 176 我 I Was Just Rehearsing Lines with a Female Classmate. Why Does the Whole School Think We're Eloping? 我就是和女同学对个台词，怎么全校都以为我们要私奔 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭12k WordsCompleted I Was Just Practicing Lines with a Female Classmate. How Did the Whole School Decide We Were Going to Run Away Together? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 177 京 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 Midsummer Rain仲夏雨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 182.5kReads9.6Score28.3kShelves
28. 178 我EN My IQ Can Be Recharged 我的智商能充值 Meat-Eating Panda吃肉的熊猫Urban1.5M WordsCompleted “Your IQ balance is running low. Please top up immediately!” Chen Zhao, a high school student, accidentally acquires a System that can raise his IQ and transmigrates to a parallel world much like Earth. As long as he completes the System's missions, he can top up his IQ and become the smartest person in the world! And just like that, he becomes insanely impressive! He glances at the questions on an exam and calculates the answers in his head! As a gaming streamer, his lightning-fast judgment mak 8.2kReads9.0Score884Shelves
29. 179 弹 The Comments Say I'm the Sharp-Tongued Childhood Friend of a Farming Novel's Heroine 弹幕说我是种田文女主的毒舌发小 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted The Sharp-Tongued Childhood Friend of the Farming Novel's Heroine, According to the On-Screen Comments 1Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 收 After Adopting the Down-and-Out Female Lead, I Died Horribly in Front of Her 收养落魄女主后，惨死在她面前 Li Huan离焕Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [In your first simulation, you transmigrate to a cultivation world.] [You become a refugee fleeing famine. Along the way, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her older brother.] [You depend on each other and become one another's only support.] [At the end of the simulation, you shield the grown girl and give your life to hold off a horde of demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in her eyes goes out too.] [In your second simulation, you transmigrate to a world where steam and mag 119kReads9.1Score13.9kShelves

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    🌿🌿It's currently very good, with over 1 million online reads. The male protagonist is bound to a "Beautiful Life" simulator and saves a baby girl. However, after repeated simulations, the witches and sword immortals he redeemed and healed in the simulated world all come to find him in reality! [Admiration] Hahaha, things are getting interesting now…!

31. 181 真 The Real Heiress Doesn't Care About Family, Only Money 真千金她不认亲，只认钱 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted The Real Heiress Doesn't Care About Family, Only Money 41Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 182 山 Night-Blooming Jasmine in the Mountain Village 山村夜来香 Langya Swordsman琅琊刀客Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Mitao Village has beautiful mountains, beautiful waters, and even more beautiful people. There's a young man in the village named Tiezhu. This lucky fool unexpectedly gains an unparalleled inheritance, and from then on the mountain village is transformed. The roads improve, the people grow wealthy... 17.8kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves

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    [Kiss][Explore][Explore] These three books are absolutely amazing! The first three chapters will completely blow you away. The whole book is packed with energy; you won't be able to stop reading even if you stay up all night. For those who haven't read them yet, don't miss out! Highly recommended!

33. 183 重 Reborn in 1975: The Fool's Unusual Life 重生1975，傻子的别样人生 The Two Fengs of Huayang华阳二冯Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Chen Qingshan was reborn. In his previous life, production team leader Liu Fugui used him as a pawn, and someone pushed him off a cliff, where wolves devoured him. When he opened his eyes again, he was still the same easily bullied “dimwit” from 1975. But now, his eyes held nothing but frozen hatred. If everyone thought he was an idiot, then he'd play the fool to the bitter end! In the cornfield, he stood watch while Liu Fugui had an affair with Widow Chen, earning a stale steamed bun in retur 10kReads7.8Score794Shelves

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    This is great! It's set in a different era and has many female leads. I'm hooked! [Laughing][crying with laughter][smirking][smirking][admiring]

34. 184 我 I’m Just a Delivery Guy, So How Did I Become the Savior of the World? 我只是送外卖的，怎么就成了救世主 Catching the Moon on a Spring Day 1春日捕月17k WordsCompleted I’m Just a Delivery Driver, So How Did I Become Humanity’s Savior? 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Top Post][Sparrow Eater's Masterpiece]

35. 185 室 After My Roommate Used My Card to Become a Rich Woman 室友靠我的卡当富婆后 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After My Roommate Used My Card to Become a Rich Woman 4Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 186 长 Longevity: Days of Splendor in the Ye You Court 长生：我在掖幽庭风华日月 The Breeze Comes Quietly清风静来Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Xing Bang transmigrates into the palace as a fake eunuch. From the start, he is sent to the Cold Palace, where he finds not only deposed consorts but also the families of disgraced officials. Even the stunningly beautiful birth mother of the Crown Prince has been imprisoned there. Xing Bang’s eyes light up, and he activates the System... (The synopsis doesn’t do it justice. Please read the story.) 37.3kReads8.8Score4kShelves
37. 187 心 A Heartbeat That Ends With Youth 心动止于少年 Catching the Moon on a Spring Day 1春日捕月17k WordsCompleted A Crush That Ends in Youth 8Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 188 帅 The Handsome Young Man 帅小伙 A Dao阿刀Urban1.8M WordsCompleted The Wang and Hai families had been neighbors and friends, but a dispute over building a house turned them into sworn enemies. Wang Xiaoshuai, a third-generation member of the Wang family, became a thorn in Haitang’s side. Every day after school, Haitang would block his way and beat him to a pulp, never tiring of it. Desperate to escape Haitang’s shadow, Wang Xiaoshuai racked his brains, and Haitang became the goal he was determined to surpass. 38.7kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves

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    You can watch it with your brain.

39. 189 重 Reborn Top Scholar: Tales of the Entertainment Quarter 重生状元：教坊司风云录 The Herdsman Is Busy牧夫很忙Historical301k WordsCompleted #Reborn #Historical #Top-Schorar-Turned-Merchant #Political Intrigue and Face-Slapping #Two Powerful Leads #Comeback #Ancient-Era Commerce #Righting Old Injustices at Court #Reform #Feel-Good Read #Heroine’s Redemption #Courtesan Pageant In his previous life, office worker Zhu Yongming transmigrated into the body of a newly appointed top scholar. Before he’d even settled into his seat, his habit of speaking too honestly earned him a swift kick from the emperor straight into the Imperial Music B 501Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My top four favorites in Tomato!

40. 190 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 250.5kReads9.5Score27.5kShelves
41. 191 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 160.6kReads9.5Score17.8kShelves

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    🌴🌴🌴So good! A masterpiece! Superb! An unparalleled strategist is reborn. In his previous life, he was blinded by greed, abandoning his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter suffered a tragic death. Reborn, Zhou Yang only wants a warm home with his wife and children, spoiling them endlessly!

42. 192 从EN 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. 160.1kReads9.6Score18kShelves
43. 193 请EN 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 103.4kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves
44. 194 重 Reborn in 1999: From the Start, I Get Beaten Up by the Cool School Beauty 重生1999：开局被清冷校花揍 Little Qin from Kindergarten幼儿园小秦Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Campus Beauty + No System + Multiple Heroines + Romance + Everyday Life] Campus beauty: “Wang Yi, my feet are sore. Rub them…” Campus beauty: “Wang Yi, I'm scared of the dark. Hold my hand…” Campus beauty: “Wang Yi, you're mine now. You can't get away!” … Wang Yi woke from a deep sleep, reborn twenty years in the past at the college entrance exam. Faced with a paper that might as well have been written in another language, he was completely stumped. The exam had gone badly enough, 41.9kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves

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    All are top-notch [Heavy punch]

45. 195 开 From the Start, I Have Hundreds of Millions in Hell Money: I'm Invincible in the Age of the Uncanny 开局冥币亿万：诡异时代我无敌 Sis, Don't Be Like That姐姐别这样Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horror + apocalypse + tycoon + ghost money + rules + comedy + no heroine + fast-paced power fantasy (buys a supernatural-horror site by chapter 7, keeps buying everything without dragging things out, and buys an entire city in 200,000 words) + mid-story twists + late-game rule deduction] The supernatural apocalypse arrives, and evil ghosts run rampant. Within the rules, ghosts cannot kill people. While countless people struggle to survive the apocalypse, carefully searching for a w 137.8kReads9.4Score15kShelves

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    [Laugh][Makes face][Cool] Holy crap, this is a masterpiece! It's definitely Tomato's only masterpiece. It's so funny, the more you read, the funnier it gets, the more you want to read, and you can't wait to finish it in one go. It's a novel I'd stay up all night to finish.

46. 196 天 The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局 Little Nine Disciple小九徒Urban2.8M WordsCompleted [Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra 100kReads9.4Score18.2kShelves

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    The first book is excellent, a traditional cultivation novel with reincarnation. The second book is alright, involving scheming in the martial arts world. The third book is a second read, and its quality is high. The fourth book is boring, but you can buy it without thinking. It's practically unbeatable.

47. 197 逆 Reverse-Cultivating the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra Somehow Became a Supreme Immortal Art 逆练玉女心经，竟然成至尊仙功 Narcissus Garlic水仙蒜Eastern Fantasy5.8M WordsOngoing Huang Ye transmigrates and is reborn, only to be attacked from the start by the maid assigned to his bedchamber. The person behind it is shrouded in mystery. To unravel the deadly plot, Huang Ye has no choice but to rack his brains and find a way to save himself. As his abilities continue to grow, he gradually discovers this strange, unknown world. Starting with accepting the maid, he encounters a female mentor, an older-sister type, a loli, a spirit, an ice-cold beauty, twin female ghosts, a de 19.8kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves

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    A masterpiece of harem fiction, the male protagonist creates his own dual cultivation technique and establishes the smallest sect in history. Starting with female teachers, he encounters a diverse cast of women, including maids, lolis, mature women, ice maidens, witches, twin female ghosts, a green and white snake demon, nuns, empresses, and more—each with their own unique characteristics. The immersive experience is strong, realistic, and fulfills fantasies, making it utterly addictive.

48. 198 仙 Above the Immortals 仙人之上 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban1.5M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincible protagonist, no System, no brainless characters, and no wish-fulfillment. Read at your own discretion.) The ancient Immortal Court had crumbled into ruins, and the immortals of old had fallen into slumber. The world changed with every passing day, and seas became fields. All that remained of ancient times existed only in myths. Thousands of years later, the ruins of the Immortal Court once more rose above the nine heavens, and the sleeping immortals be 61.7kReads9.3Score5.7kShelves
49. 199 娱 Secret Feng Shui Tales from the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈风水秘闻 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Urban1.8M WordsOngoing From the big-eyed actress who sacrifices her children for wealth and status, to the martial-arts superstar who uses metaphysics to prolong his life; from the steel-cannon director who turns to metaphysics to conceive a child, to the wealthy actress whom tycoons treat like a human Pixiu, bringing her into the entertainment industry to attract wealth. Few people know how many sordid, dark truths lie beneath the entertainment world’s glittering facade! As a feng shui agent who has spent twenty year 313.2kReads9.3Score41kShelves

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    Even though it's late, I think I'll read one more book before going to sleep.

50. 200 冒EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 494kReads9.7Score70.5kShelves

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    These two books by Tomato are quite different; both authors are very skilled and seem more like professional writers than online novelists, the kind who could be published. The plots might be a bit slow, but they are absolutely meticulous.

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