Help! I'm Desperate for Something to Read. Can Anyone Save Me? 救命啊，我严重书荒了，谁能救救我？

1. 51 叶 Ye Luoli: The Frost Princess 叶罗丽之雪霜公主 Night Stay宿夜Anime Fanfiction91k WordsCompleted [Dark Mo and Hei! Dark Mo and Hei! If you don’t like that, don’t read. Shui Mo and Yan Bing are not endgame. Everyone dotes on the heroine] Original female protagonist and Yan Jue. The Snow and Frost Princess, who had slept for a thousand years and commanded the power of frost and snow, awoke. Seeing that the human world had ravaged the fairy realm, that fairies were disappearing and the forces of nature were weakening, she decided to give humanity one more chance. When she realized she was begi 539Reads8.7Score101Shelves
2. 52 快 Quick Transmigration: Love at First Sight 快穿：一见钟情 Hua Cheng华澄Ancient Romance571k WordsCompleted [Green Tea + White Lotus + Scheming + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Everyone’s Darling + Love at First Sight + Sweet Romance] Xin Miao is always either a vicious villainess or an utterly forgettable passerby, yet in the end, the male lead, supporting male characters, and villains all fall in love with her. [World One] The Half-Sister Who Stole Her Sister’s Credit After transmigrating into a book as the vicious half-sister who stole the legitimate daughter’s jade pendant and took credit for saving the ma 31.2kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
3. 53 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6kShelves

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   The story of the beasts involves time travel and awakening, a tale of love and hate between the awakened and the beasts. The plot is full of twists and turns, intricately linked, and the protagonist is clear-headed—it's very good! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Ten Days to the End" belongs to that kind of eerie game world. I rarely read this kind of novel, so I'm not sure if this term is accurate. The male protagonist has an off-the-charts intelligence, the author is amazing, and every game the male protagonist participates in exudes three words—high-level competition! I'm still reading it; this book is definitely mind-bending!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The Longevity Technique" is suitable for those who like a Buddhist, non-competitive style. He starts with a bull, and his cultivation relies entirely on survival. He's clear-headed, powerful, and loyal. Especially later on, seeing the male protagonist gradually become a powerful figure through survival, his family is like the black bull he started with—they won't betray each other, really! It's incredibly good! And the more you read, the more Buddhist you become! It feels like your perspective is being broadened! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Slaying Gods" is probably overrated, but this book is very exciting and sweet! The beginning might be a little boring, but you'll get through those first few chapters! The later parts are really tear-jerking... No, really good! The protagonist's body is inside a mental hospital, where six gods are imprisoned. What exactly are their illnesses? Please enjoy watching me learn to slay gods in a mental hospital! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Love Should Laugh at Me" is about a younger, wandering prince and a street urchin sister disguised as a boy. From the moment the heroine, after much internal struggle, finally brings the dangerous, seemingly down-on-his-luck boy home, she's been targeted... It's a short story, but incredibly sweet!!! 😳⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The last one! A seemingly weak but actually powerful heroine disguised as a boy × a strong, loyal, cold-faced but warm-hearted hero. You think I'm that obedient, weak little puppy brother? No, no, no, Uncle, I am...⭐️⭐️⭐️ Okay, these books are really good! If you don't find anything you like, you can check them out when you want a change! [Attention][Attention][Attention]

4. 54 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
5. 55 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves
6. 56 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
7. 57 多 Surely You Laugh at My Passion 多情应笑我 Jiu Xiaoqi酒小七Ancient Romance216k WordsCompleted Lin Fang has been disguised as a boy since childhood, and she can't help feeling helpless about it. Her household registration says she's male, so what can she do? But the secret she has sworn to protect is discovered by a young boy she accidentally rescues! Lin Fang thought she'd picked up a deadweight, but once the boy, Yun Weiming, regains his identity, she feels as if she's sitting on a mountain of gold. “Who would've thought! I've picked up all kinds of things before, but you're the most va 70.3kReads9.7Score9.3kShelves
8. 58 女 I Fled in Disguise as a Man, and Now Master Bo Is Hunting Me 女扮男装出逃后，我被薄爷通缉了 Ye Jingyi夜京亿Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted You Li is the useless little pet Lord Bo keeps at home. He can’t fight or talk back, and he’s soft, timid, and great at acting cute. Lord Bo has just two rules for Young Master You: be home by eight, and dating is fine, but don’t cross the line. Lord Bo is too busy guarding against girls to realize the person he should really be watching out for is a man. You Li is pregnant! Lord Bo admits he was blind. All these years, he never realized You Li was a woman pretending to be a man. That day, with 10kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
9. 59 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 181.6kReads9.5Score23.4kShelves

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   I think these books are all quite good.

10. 60 别 While Others Cultivate Immortality, I Cultivate My Fate. Even the Heroine Can't Outlast Me 别人修仙我修命，女主也没我命硬 Knife, Medicine, Pen刀药笔Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book, cultivation, strong female lead, System, fire spiritual root, no romance] Chu Luo transmigrates into a cultivation world and binds herself to a Destiny System, starting off with her luck reduced by 9,999 points. It turns out that she and her twin sister share the fate of twin flowers on a single stem. All of Chu Luo's luck has been drained by her elder sister, the heroine of the original novel. Worse, her own family wants to kill her outright so the heroine can becom 7.7kReads9.3Score950Shelves

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    They have all kinds of genres, and I've watched them all. They're all highly rated and excellent.

11. 61 人 In the Cultivation World, My White Moonlight Chooses to Side with the Villain 人在修仙界，白月光选择跟反派混 Durian-Flavored Cheese榴莲味奶酪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female lead: slyly keeping a low profile while thinking she's the hunter / Male lead: sweet on the outside, dark within, and willing to be the prey] Gu Nanyan transmigrated into a cultivation novel about a stand-in and was forced to play the supporting role for an entire lifetime. After painstakingly following the plot to the end, she never expected to be reborn in the novel's world. Gu Nanyan: “I really can't thank you enough!” Thinking back on the previous life's plot, she had barely made it 37.2kReads9.1Score5.8kShelves
12. 62 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Refused to Be the Scapegoat on a Dating Show 穿书后，我拒绝在恋综当炮灰 Yu Ersan妤二三Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The entertainment industry is the main focus!! Strong female lead, taking down scumbags, dating show, with a male lead!] Li Shuyu looked at her beautiful face, perfect figure, and healthy bank balance, and smiled. Whoever wants to be the cannon-fodder contestant on this dating show can have the job. Original male lead: “Can you stop clinging to me?” Original female lead: “Sister Shuyu, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.” Li Shuyu quietly distanced herself from the two of them. Why were these minor ch 2.1kReads9.3Score221Shelves
13. 63 娱 Queen of Showbiz: The Top-Tier Goddess Takes the World by Storm 娱乐圈女王：顶流女神A翻全世界 Not Bad不孬Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Secret identities + taking down scumbags + absurd comedy + patriotic fervor + no romance] Yan Yaoyao, an employee of the Time and Space Administration, was set up and became mentally unstable. She never did things the usual way. Her AI assistant, Guigui, reassured itself: At least the Host is a big shot. She can do whatever she wants and still pull it off. When she joined a talent show, her fans shouted: “Sister Yao, take center stage and walk the road to glory!” After the show, her fans were s 1.6kReads9.4Score192Shelves
14. 64 我 My Suppliers Span Three Thousand Small Worlds 我的供货商遍布三千小世界 Ran Xi Xi染习习Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted Sang Yi’an worked so much overtime that she nearly dropped dead. After being brought back from the brink, she immediately quit her job and opened a small supermarket. Her relatives and friends didn’t think much of it, convinced it would go out of business. Sang Yi’an didn’t care. She wasn’t trying to make a fortune, just enough to cover her daily expenses, as long as she didn’t have to work overtime and stay up all night. Little did she know, her supermarket started acting up every night at midn 23.1kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
15. 65 恋 The Most Hated Contestant on the Dating Show Becomes Beautiful, and They Regret It Too Late 恋综万人嫌变美后，他们追悔莫及 Nine-Lived Fairy九命妖精Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete + quick transmigration + dating show + everyone’s favorite + romantic rivalry + regret and redemption + comeback + feel-good + heroine shines on her own] Pei Xuan, the most unfortunate quick transmigration survivor in history, entered a dating show and found herself in a nightmare scenario from the start. The other young women were either rich heiresses or popular online influencers. Her... older, divorced, and raising a child. The other young women flirted beneath the moon and flowers 6.4kReads9.0Score662Shelves
16. 66 七 At Seven Years Old, I Was Chosen to Take Part in the Rules Horror Game 七岁的我，被选中参加规则怪谈 One-Sixth六分之一Mystery522k WordsCompleted No female lead + national fate + eerie mysteries + comedy + unconventional ideas Lin Yuan transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world, and is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game. From the start, he activates an SSS-rank talent. [SSS-Rank Talent: Ghostbane] [Talent Effect 1: Rules are completely useless against you. When you break the rules of a horror scenario, the corruption of its world has no effect on you.] [Talent Effect 2: When a creature in a horror scenario feels negative e 56.9kReads9.6Score6.3kShelves
17. 67 电EN Elevator Survival, I Can Foresee Floor Information! 电梯求生，我能预知楼层信息！ North City One Mao北城一毛Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [System, Survival, Unconventional Infinite-World Novel, Power Fantasy] [No do-gooder heroine!] When Lin Feng woke up, humanity had entered a world where people had to survive in elevators. Each day, an elevator randomly arrived at a floor. People could choose to explore it or stay inside the elevator and wait for the next day. Lin Feng unexpectedly awakened a precognition System that could warn him about the dangers and treasures on each floor. [The floor you are about to enter contains 20 ordin 37.9kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
18. 68 末EN Apocalypse: Stockpiling a Billion in Supplies from Day One 末世：开局先囤十亿物资 Hate Being Young and Naive恨年少无知Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Spatial Ability + Stockpiling Supplies + Ruthless, No Saintly Savior + Building a Faction] “Mr. Chen, your one hundred family buckets of fried chicken have arrived.” “Mr. Chen, your one hundred roast ducks have arrived.” “Boss Chen, your ten thousand tons of pork have arrived.” Chen Luo, known as the Void King, relied on his unmatched ability to lie low until every survivor had died. In the whole world, only monsters remained; there were no humans left. With nothing left 117.9kReads9.3Score9.4kShelves
19. 69 一 One Man Destroyed My Spiritual Root, So I Summoned the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands to Beat Him Up 一人毁我灵根，我摇四海八荒群殴 Fruit Tea with Pearls果茶加珍珠Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Goofy strong female lead + hilarious feel-good power fantasy] Qin Qian Ning transmigrates into a book! She becomes the miserable female supporting character in a story where everyone dotes on the heroine. The heroine is the chosen one, who finds rare spirit herbs just by walking around and wins without lifting a finger. Meanwhile, Qin Qian Ning studies and trains hard, only to get struck by lightning on her way to the bathroom, and eventually beaten to death by her senior brothers. What a sucke 5.9kReads9.3Score953Shelves
20. 70 囤EN Stockpiling a Hundred Billion in Supplies: An Assassin Squad Clears the Apocalypse 囤百亿物资，杀手小队通关末世 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted (Female-led story, zombies, team-based, decisive and ruthless, not a bleeding heart) Bai Yaoyao, ranked number one on the assassin leaderboard, awakened a spatial ability after the apocalypse began. She led her brothers from the organization to carve out a path through the carnage and reach the top of the apocalypse's Ten Strongest list. Yet, in the end, she still died in the apocalypse's tenth year, cut to pieces by an Emperor-rank spatial zombie. She thought her life was over. But when she ope 114.3kReads9.5Score11kShelves
21. 71 末 Apocalypse Disasters: I Strip My Scumbag Ex of His Supplies and Stockpile a Trillion's Worth 末世天灾，薅光渣男物资囤货千亿 Melon Egg瓜蛋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse388k WordsCompleted [Natural disasters, reborn, pocket dimension, no romance, women’s base] (This is a story about a woman leading other women to wipe out every vile man in the world. There will be many female characters, all decisive and unsentimental, serving as the heroine’s right-hand women.) By the seventh year of the apocalypse, women had long since been reduced to playthings. Men could abuse them as they pleased, and Li Qing had survived for seven years only by disguising herself as a man. Reborn into a new 260Reads9.0Score101Shelves
22. 72 末EN King of the Apocalypse! 末世之王！ Two Taels of Wine a Day一天二两酒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Stockpiling Supplies + Evolving Zombies + Violent Aesthetics] Lin Dong is reborn on the eve of a terrifying apocalypse, and gains a storage space. A normal person would stockpile huge amounts of supplies, food, and water. But Lin Dong buys vast quantities of raw meat and fresh blood. Because... he is about to become a zombie! Flesh and blood are the source of a zombie's power. As long as it eats meat, it can keep evolving. A zombie fed on plenty of flesh grows at a terrif 77kReads9.3Score6.4kShelves
23. 73 全 Global Zombie Outbreak: The Evil Seeds Descend 全球尸变，恶种降临 Qianjiu Xi千酒夕Sci-Fi & Apocalypse322k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Survival + Zombies + Human Nature + Powerful Male and Female Leads] When he wakes up, the entire world has been struck by a bizarre virus. Everyone infected turns into a highly intelligent killing monster. The once-bustling campus instantly becomes a living hell. Here, honesty, friendship, kindness, and everything else have ceased to exist. He only wanted to lie low and survive, but from the start he is locked in a room full of monsters. He thinks certain death is inevitable, but u 11.1kReads9.1Score952Shelves
24. 74 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.3kReads9.6Score36kShelves
25. 75 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3kShelves
26. 76 全 Everyone in the Sect Is a Sweet Fool, but the Little Junior Sister Is Completely Unhinged 全宗都是傻白甜，小师妹她纯疯批 Mu Jiangjiang慕姜姜Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Master and Disciple + Hilarious Sweet Romance + Unorthodox Cultivation + Growing Heroine] After inexplicably transmigrating into the body of an unlucky cannon-fodder character, Shen Zhiyu suddenly realizes she’s inside a book just as they’re about to gouge out her spiritual root. She’s nothing but a vessel meant to grow a spiritual root for the beloved heroine. If she doesn’t run now, she’ll be dead before the day is out! Shen Zhiyu has had enough. She decides to let loose and embrace her unhin 350Reads8.7Score103Shelves
27. 77 小 Junior Sister, Stop Competing So Hard. The Sect Next Door Is About to Cry 小师妹别卷了，隔壁宗门要哭了 Ten-Thousand-Zhang Dark Ice万丈玄冰Ancient Romance232k WordsCompleted [This book has no male lead] Mu Qianzi transmigrates into a book and becomes the vicious supporting female character who constantly opposes the heroine and even tries to steal her love interest. In the end, the male lead drives her out of the sect, and she doesn't survive past the first episode! Mu Qianzi: ... No way. Stealing someone's love interest is out of the question, especially when it's the heroine. The halo over her head could blind my titanium-alloy dog eyes! Let the male leads, second 2.5kReads9.2Score400Shelves
28. 78 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 247.3kReads9.6Score24.8kShelves
29. 79 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 113kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves
30. 80 全 Everyone's on Their Knees: My Big Brother Begs for Forgiveness Through Tears 全员火葬场：哥哥哭唧唧求我原谅 Riding a Little Pig Around骑着小猪溜溜Modern Romance973k WordsCompleted [New Romance Writing Contest] [Beloved by All / Reborn / No Angst] Her powerful uncle and big-shot brothers from every field dote exclusively on the fake heiress, treating the little girl as if she doesn't exist. After being reborn, her uncle and brothers finally see through the fake heiress and remember how the little girl risked her life to save them in her previous life. They all beg for hugs and forgiveness. The little girl, who's doing missions to save people, is completely bewildered. In t 593Reads7.6Score107Shelves
31. 81 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始 Zhou Dabai周大白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot 97.4kReads9.4Score8.6kShelves
32. 82 快 Quick Transmigration: The Tragic-Novel Heroine Seems to Have a Serious Problem 快穿：虐文女主好像有那个大病 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Goofy + Slacker + Romance-Averse] Male lead: “The only one I've ever loved is her!” Cen Jing (rolling down the car window): “You two have to make it work. I'll take a car.” Second male lead: “You're interesting.” Cen Jing: “You deserve someone better, not someone who's already the best, like me.” Villainous big shot (pointing at the male lead and his mistress): “Why not tell the driver to run them over?” Cen Jing: “Hello? 110? Someone's inciting someone to commit murder... No, I'm not stutterin 9.2kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves
33. 83 八 The 1980s: Hoping My Father Becomes a Dragon 八零之望父成龙 Archer Abu弓手阿布Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s, I want to become a rich second-generation kid. While other people push their kids to succeed, I push my dad. I hoped my father would become a success, and somehow all three of us ended up bona fide self-made rich people. Lin Yu: “This was how it all began. I really just wanted to be a carefree rich kid!” Abubu has done their best to research the details, but it’s bound to be incomplete. Anything that doesn’t make sense is just my own fictional setting. If you ask, it 1.7kReads6.6Score104Shelves

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    Reborn in the 1980s, I wanted to be a rich second-generation heir. While others pushed their kids, I pushed my dad. Hoping for my father to become a dragon among men, the three of us ended up becoming bona fide self-made millionaires—Lin Yu: At the beginning, I really just wanted to be a carefree rich second-generation heir! [Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work]

34. 84 人 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Mark P. Donnelly马克·P.唐纳利Historical151k WordsCompleted For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval 7.2kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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    Thank you all for saving me from my reading slump. I'd also like to give you all some gifts in return.

35. 85 既 When We Meet Again 既相逢 Honghong, Who Loves Xiaoyang爱小洋的红红Modern Romance952k WordsOngoing Fate is always so mysterious. Some people are parallel lines, living their separate lives without ever disturbing one another. Some are intersecting lines that merge after crossing paths. Others cross, then drift apart... Is this hazy love about chasing after someone, or protecting each other? My gaze is always drawn to her, beyond my control. I suddenly remembered her on that rainy day. She must be someone who needs protecting. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Campus romance, the coming-of-age story

36. 86 天 Chronicles of the Tianlong Empire 天龙帝国纪 Dreams Beneath the Stars繁星予梦Eastern Fantasy479k WordsOngoing On the continent of Aslan, humans and dragons have a history stretching back ten thousand years. Once, they fought side by side against creatures from the Void. Later, their struggle for resources turned them into sworn enemies. Five thousand years ago, Tian Xun emerged as the leader of humanity and led the people of the continent to victory over the dragons. He signed a pact with them, confining the two great dragon clans, the Western Dragons and the Eastern Dragons, to their ancestral lands. A 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The gentle breeze... Is both a silent, mournful lament for the dead and a silent, hopeful blessing.

37. 87 直 After Livestreaming My Flower Garden, I Became a National Treasure 直播种花后，我成了国宠 Love Without Doubt爱不疑Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Farming + livestreaming + turning things over to the country + interstellar + wild imagination + developing technology + everyone’s darling + promoting Chinese civilization + sweet romance] [There is a male lead, who appears midway through the story] After quitting her job, flower enthusiast Su Tian returns to the countryside. At her best friend’s suggestion, she starts livestreaming online. She figures she can enjoy rural life while chatting and exchanging tips with flower lovers from all over 16.1kReads9.0Score3kShelves

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    There are many types, and I've watched them all. They're all very good, and none of them have a score below nine.

38. 88 修 After Returning from Cultivation, I Farm and Raise Kids Among the Stars 修仙回来后：我在星际种田养崽 Liancheng Wunian连城无念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Interstellar + Immortal Cultivation + Fluffy Beasts + Beastfolk Cubs] On the brink of death, Yun Qing bound herself to a System so she could survive. She went to the world of immortal cultivation to take the place of the original heroine, who had died unexpectedly. After lying low for five hundred years, she finally died and returned to the interstellar era once the main storyline had concluded. As soon as she got back, Yun Qing sensed something was wrong. Three years had passed. Not only was s 4.7kReads9.1Score646Shelves
39. 89 星 Interstellar: With Two Systems, She Became a Big Shot 星际：带着两个系统她成了大佬 A Home with a Tabby家有狸花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Xia Tian transmigrates into Blue Star as its sole survivor. Right after getting out of the hospital, he encounters two Systems. Spending System: Host, you need to spend 10,000 coins within one hour today. Please complete the task as soon as possible. Gacha System: Host, today's task is to make one ten-pull. The reward is random~ Neither System knows the other exists. So Xia Tian takes the 10,000 coins he just received and buys two ten-pulls. It takes three seconds. Spending/Gacha System: My Host 2kReads9.0Score327Shelves
40. 90 和 After an Arranged Marriage to an Interstellar Tycoon, I Became an Alpha 和星际大佬包办婚姻后，我A了 Strawberry Shortcake草莓酥Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After successfully subduing the last wave of zombies in the apocalypse and earning the title of Apocalypse Queen, Sui Shi hadn’t even had time to enjoy the full-service zombie face-washing and foot-washing treatment before she successfully transmigrated to an interstellar society. A wealthy family, a doting father and loving mother? Sui Shi successfully decided to lie flat. She had one grand dream: to be a lazy fish. Who could have guessed? On day one after transmigrating, you want to play the i 868Reads9.2Score171Shelves
41. 91 全 Livestreaming to the World: I Revealed My True Form in the Movie Emperor's Arms 全球直播：我在影帝怀里现原形 Jiang Juhua江菊花Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Adorable pet transformation + laugh-out-loud comedy + everyone’s favorite + unconventional, offbeat xianxia] Yu Baibai fails her tribulation and gets struck by heavenly lightning, turning into a Chinese alligator. She freeloads as a pet in the home of an aloof movie star, mooching meals, treats, and Wangwang Snow Cookies. The movie star hugs her in her alligator form and says with eager hope, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could turn into a beauty like Yu Baibai!” One day, Yu Baibai can’t 5.3kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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