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1. 851 全 I’m the Only One in the World Without Powers 全世界只有我没有异能 Do Not Speak of Immortality莫道长生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted The apocalypse arrives, and after destruction comes new life. Everyone gains special abilities, while Li Chang'an, who has none, lives like a beast. Some teach him to be kind to others; others teach him to fight his way to a better world. Little by little, he comes to believe that there is light even in the darkness. Though the road is hard, he still wants to become one of the strongest, standing at the very top. But one day, the light vanishes before his eyes. 5.1kReads9.4Score785Shelves
2. 852 末 The Doomsday Blade Abyss 末日刀渊 Mu Rong Smiles木容笑笑Male-Channel Fanfiction3.6M WordsCompleted He begins with the game Blade Abyss and steps into the Myriad Worlds! From low-martial-arts jianghu to mid-martial-arts rivalries, then shattering the high-martial-arts firmament; next, sweeping through the Small Thousand Worlds and roaming the vast Middle Thousand Worlds, until he finally takes command of the Great Thousand Worlds' Heavenly Dao and reaches the supreme realm of the primordial chaos! 🌙 In the Gu Long world, he becomes Li Xunhuan's disciple! ⚔️ In the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 23.3kReads7.9Score2kShelves
3. 853 青 Elegy for Aoki 青木挽歌 Doudou’s Darling豆豆的宝贝Ancient Romance268k WordsOngoing The affairs of the world seem to go in circles. Everyone praises the three swordsmen of the Aoki Sect: First Senior Brother, the Sword Immortal Ma Sinan: a humble gentleman, as warm and gentle as jade. His sword, "Trace-Free," sweeps away injustice across the land. Second Senior Brother, the Mad Blade Li Yi: unrestrained and flamboyant, arrogant and unbound. His "Mad Blade" is dedicated to cutting down petty villains. Third Senior Brother, the Wandering Sword Xu Yue: free-spirited, carefree, and 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'm shamelessly recommending this novel, a more traditional cultivation story. There's no reincarnation, no time travel, and no cheat codes. I want to create my own unique cultivation world where the chosen ones must strive to cultivate. Talent is just the entry threshold; what truly determines how far one goes is perseverance and hard work.

4. 854 落 The Story of Empress Meng of the Great Song: Plum Blossoms Reflected in Snow 落梅映雪大宋孟皇后传 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted Plum Blossoms Reflected in Snow: The Story of Empress Meng of the Great Song Dynasty —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 855 文 Text-Based Wuxia: From the Start, a Nighttime Meeting with the Gang Leader's Wife at a Ruined Temple 文字武侠：开局破庙夜会帮主夫人 I Want to Go Out to Sea我想下海Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Text-based game] [Affects reality] [High Martial] [No female lead, multiple women] Chen Xuan accidentally came across a text-based "game" called Martial Arts. To his surprise, this seemingly unremarkable little game was terrifyingly realistic. Even more astonishing, it could affect reality. He also awakened a special talent: at the cost of reducing his own attributes to zero, he could see the triggers for every hidden encounter quest in the game! [Triggered Mortal-grade hidden encounter: "Years 1.4MReads9.3Score170.5kShelves
6. 856 惹 Pick a Fight with Him? His Guild Is Full of God-Tier Players. How Do You Expect to Win? 惹他？他公会全是神级，拿头打？ Snow Flies, the Sky Is Young飞雪连夭Sports2.7M WordsCompleted [Online gaming + an entire cast of god-tier players + guild-focused + ensemble cast + plot-driven] Reborn for the fourth time, he returns once again to the day the game Illusion Realm launches! He chooses the legendary guild talent Eternal Overlord, which can grow to SSS rank. And so, every player in his guild becomes a god-tier player! A super artillery mage with 1,000 times the damage and 1,000 times the range! A warrior who can unleash, without charging up, a skill that normally takes three y 56.1kReads9.2Score7.7kShelves
7. 857 不 I Only Refuse to Betray the World 不负天下而已 Doudou’s Darling豆豆的宝贝Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Cultivation setting + no rebirth + no transmigration + not a wish-fulfillment novel] A kind person may be swept along by the ways of the world and fall into darkness; A great villain with blood on his hands may also turn over a new leaf through a single act of kindness; Li Chenxi is one of the rare people who, even after experiencing a major upheaval, can still hold fast to his true nature; The fates of people like him are often more troubled than those of ordinary people; They are usually eit 295Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 858 2 200 Side Hustles for Young People in 2026 2026年适合年轻人的200个赚钱副业 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Completed 200 Side Hustles for Young People to Make Money in 2026 —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 859 末 Doomsday Evolution: The Zombie Overlord 末日进化：丧尸大魔王 Three Winds 11三风11Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted A blood-red sun hangs high in the sky, and the world is transformed! An utterly ordinary little zombie faces countless perils in the apocalypse, evolving again and again until it becomes the Zombie Demon King! 7.6kReads8.9Score568Shelves
10. 860 金 Legends of Jinshan 金山遗事 Doudou’s Darling豆豆的宝贝Ancient Romance405k WordsCompleted This is a little story set in a small mountain village tucked away in the Dragon Kingdom’s secular world. There are no earth-shattering feuds or tangled romances, only a faint sense of regret and melancholy 38Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 861 王 County Magistrate Wang’s Secretary 王县长的女秘书 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景6k WordsCompleted County Magistrate Wang’s Secretary —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 862 情 I Have No Emotions, So I Found a Sniper for a Girlfriend 情感缺失的我找了个狙击手女友 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban664k WordsCompleted (One heroine. She isn't a campus beauty, just above average in looks. The moment they meet, they both realize the other is a big shot.) (The romance develops slowly.) On the surface, the world where humanity lives after World War II is peaceful. But in the hidden world of shadows, national organizations like Xuanyuan Sword, Eagle's Wing, and Winterhold are locked in constant conflict. Genetically enhanced people hiding among the crowds possess physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary huma 30.3kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
13. 863 这 In This Life, I Only Want Her: The Legendary Love Story of Sister Wan and Zhu Jianshen 这一生，我只要她，万姐姐和朱见深的传奇爱情故事 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景Historical8k WordsCompleted In this life, I want only her: the legendary love story of Sister Wan and Zhu Jianshen —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 864 灰EN Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 Anti-Static防静电Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 90.1kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
15. 865 我 My Years as an Educated Youth: Winter Floods and Raging Waves 我的知青岁月，冬汛与惊涛 Xiaoya Takes in the Scenery小雅看风景6k WordsCompleted My Educated Youth Years: Winter Floods and Raging Waves —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 866 大EN The Gravekeeper of Great Xia 大夏守墓人 Rain Falls, Bamboo Turns Cold雨落竹冷Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Ten years ago, after three consecutive days of blood moons, ghosts, gods, strange-eyed beings, and eerie tales began arriving one after another… As the mysterious and the occult descended upon the human world. As terror and despair roamed the land. As human beings, should we kneel and bow our heads, break down in tears, or…draw our blades? This is a brand-new era. And this era belongs to the supernaturals! After stepping through the door to the supernatural, Su Bai saw a whole new world. And i 37.3kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
17. 867 高 High Martial: My Attribute Panel Is All Thanks to Hard Training 高武：我有属性面板全靠苦练 Seeing Shapes Through a Borrowed Mirror借镜观形Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [No Heroine] [The cautious hero pays attention to detail + Slow Timeline + Logical, No Dumbing Down + Not a Fast-Paced, Invincible Power Fantasy] [Not a Playing-It-Safe Story! Not a Playing-It-Safe Story! Not a Playing-It-Safe Story!!!] [The Hero Is a Workaholic and a Competitor, and He’s Got Issues!] Wen Lin transmigrates to a parallel high-martial world of warriors, ferocious beasts, and divine powers, where he discovers he has a stats panel that lets him see his martial arts proficiency. Othe 16.5kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
18. 868 星 Starry Sweet Love 星之甜爱 Star-Clear Future星澈未来Modern Romance129k WordsCompleted Gu Yue fainted the first time she saw Zhou Yuan. When she woke up, she discovered that some strange connection had formed between her and this man. Gu Yue began sleepwalking again and again. In her dreams, she was like a puppet pulled along by strange threads, constantly trying to get closer to him. Gu Yue wanted to know why she kept seeing this man in her dreams, and why, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, she kept searching for him in her sleep. This man must mean something extraordin 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I read it in one go. It's not mindless, it doesn't follow clichés, and the writing style is unique.

19. 869 全 Global Class Change: I Can Stack Artifact Affixes Without Limit 全民转职：我神器词条无限叠加 Snow Flies, the Sky Is Young飞雪连夭Sports1.2M WordsCompleted Lu Cang transmigrated to a world where everyone could choose a class. Instead, he awakened as a B-rank Armorer. His class had only one special feature: he could equip every type of gear. Fortunately, Lu Cang awakened the Divine Gear Compendium. He could synthesize every divine artifact in the world! And he could combine all of their stats into one! From then on, Lu Cang was unstoppable! Nuclear Annihilation Bow + Million-Split Bow = one basic attack that fires a million nuclear annihilation arro 31.8kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
20. 870 献 Lord of Sacrifice 献祭之主 Wang Xin王信Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [A new book from a veteran author, guaranteed quality and regular updates.] [No System, beast taming, high martial arts, fantasy] Chen Gu transmigrates into a fantasy world where martial artists reign supreme and strength is everything. However, most people have no talent for martial arts. For ordinary people, the only way to reach the top is to spend nine years studying beast-taming theory and become a... Beast Tamer! While others cautiously spend their few spirit stones at the beast market, ch 2.9kReads8.6Score310Shelves
21. 871 让 I Told You to Go Undercover! Not to Turn Lingshan Upside Down! 让你去卧底！没让你把灵山掀了啊 Writing Weird Little Things写些奇奇怪怪Xianxia164k WordsOngoing [A Sequel to Journey to the West, Dark Journey to the West, Undercover Espionage, Cyberpunk] “They said that once the journey west was complete, the Three Realms would enjoy peace for all eternity… But they were wrong!” “When the so-called Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss is only a hair’s breadth away from the Abyss of Infinite Suffering… what does it mean to attain enlightenment?” This is an age when gods and Buddhas have fallen, and demons revel. It is known as the Era of False Buddhas. The Three R —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He's got brains and writes very well.

22. 872 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
23. 873 快 Quick Transmigration: Starting by Staying Away from the Plot 快穿：从远离剧情开始 Moonflower No. 1月见一号Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Original title: The Quick-Transmigration Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Doesn’t Follow the Plot [Quick transmigration + fictional worlds + some stories conclude in one chapter + varied lengths + doesn’t follow the original plot + absolutely no helping the poor + all male leads are virgins + personal space] [No fixed couple, but the male leads must be pure] The cannon-fodder female characters in the plot suddenly awaken. After growing a brain, Luo Yang refuses to follow the sucker’s script anymore. Sh 19.1kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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    A treasure trove of books to discover during a reading slump

24. 874 都 Since I've Been Reborn, I'll Master Both the Pen and the Sword 都重来了，我当然要文武双全 Ximen Kun西门坤Historical1.6M WordsOngoing Set in an alternate early Ming Dynasty, this is a story about a science student who transmigrates. Simple middle-school physics experiments are enough to amaze everyone. He sparks a scientific awakening, founds a new school of thought, and brings materialism into Confucianism to accelerate social progress. You just need a little scientific knowledge. You can do it too, and there’s no golden finger!! 1.6kReads6.5Score101Shelves

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    It's very rigorous, logical, and meticulously plotted; it's not a light novel, hence the low rating.

25. 875 从 From Cannon Fodder to Protagonist: Filling In Across Three Thousand Worlds 从炮灰到主角，我在三千世界补位 Yam Gurgling Soup山药咕咕汤Modern Romance2.2M WordsOngoing Female-oriented quick transmigration + male lead's perspective + no redemption + self-serving wish fulfillment. The protagonist is cold and career-focused, neither a saint nor lovesick. What readers love The protagonist isn't a saint or lovesick. She's clear-eyed despite her double standards, puts missions and her own interests first, and takes decisive action. It's incredibly satisfying to read. Each world is short, tightly paced, and never padded. A quick-transmigration fan's dream. Reasons to 43.4kReads8.3Score2.6kShelves
26. 876 一 Painting Yin and Yang with a Single Stroke 一笔绘阴阳 The Waves Are a Whale's Tears海浪是鲸鱼的眼泪Mystery661k WordsOngoing As I gazed down the shadowy corridor and across the empty hall, the strange order of light and darkness stirred a fear of the unknown deep inside me. The elders always said, “The ancestral hall is home to spirits that have yet to depart.” “Don’t step on the threshold, don’t touch the ancestral tablets, and don’t whistle in the ancestral hall.” “The names on the tablets weren’t carved there. They moved in.” When the wind blew past the row of wooden windows, the latticework let out a mournful wail 200Reads—Score101Shelves

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    A purely supernatural story based on true events. As the protagonist grows, the story delves into various professions and tales related to the realms of Yin and Yang. Thrilling and supernatural, with a strong aftertaste. Enter at your own risk if you are easily frightened.

27. 877 九 The 1990s: They Look Down on Me? I’m a Reborn Workaholic 九零：被瞧不起？呵呵我卷王重生 You Were Born Nameless卿本无名Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Tags: Clear-headed, independent heroine! After a difficult life, Li Xiaonan got to wipe the slate clean and start over. Back on the day she was tricked into buying a job, Li Xiaonan firmly said no! She resolutely decided to return to school and take the exams, and unexpectedly crossed paths with the big shot Zhou Qingbai from her previous life. Li Xiaonan: Big brother, how about being a useful connection for me? 45.6kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves

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    A female protagonist from a bygone era is reborn and enters politics.

28. 878 来 Since I'm Already Here, I'll Save the Great Ming 来都来了，我要救大明 Daoyang's Victorious Fighting Buddha道阳的斗战胜佛Historical2.0M WordsOngoing My new work is out! Please check it out on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 92Reads—Score142Shelves

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    This book must meet the requirements. It features intrigue, bloodshed, and assassination/espionage. Although it's a classic time-travel novel, it avoids clichés, maintains sound logic, and showcases high intelligence.

29. 879 智 Mastering the Business World 智驭商海 Su Kan苏瞰Urban156k WordsCompleted A former software engineer specializing in foreign-trade OA systems was laid off as technology moved on, and had no choice but to make a living as an unlicensed driver. The day his tank ran dry and he had only twenty yuan left, he gave a ride to a CEO caught in a million-yuan contract deadlock. With logic as precise as a line of code, he tore apart her opponent’s trap and turned the million-yuan payment around on the spot! She hired him for 500 yuan a day, bringing him into a cutthroat business —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Everyone is logically sound, with no lapses in intelligence, no cheat codes, and no unexpected good fortune. 100% Genuine business operations and 100% genuine life emotions.

30. 880 七 The 1970s: Who Says a Female Soldier Can't Be a Slacker? 七零，谁说女兵不能当该溜子 A Salty Fish Turns Over and Lie Flat咸鱼翻身躺平Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Female soldier + strong heroine + comedy + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place] After Zheng Hao awakened her memories, she found herself with a biased grandfather, a grandmother who favored boys over girls, and a mother who’d been tormented half to death. Could this setup get any worse? Just as her grandmother was about to stamp the name “Bringer of Brothers” onto her little sister, Zheng Hao struck back, turning their grandparents’ main room upside down and smashing everything to 40.8kReads9.0Score6.5kShelves

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    These books are all very good, and they cover a variety of genres.

31. 881 他 He Came from the Apocalypse and Became the Strongest in the New World 他来自末世，在新世界修成第一人 Wang Fusheng王富生Urban749k WordsCompleted Transmigration + urban superpowers + cases + exploration + intelligent characters + ensemble cast Ding Yuanyi, a superpowered individual from the apocalyptic Blue Star, transmigrates to Kelanna, a mid-sized power on Mi Star. In this peaceful new world of abundance, Ding Yuanyi's power surpasses the highest level he reached in his previous life. Together with his companions, he investigates cases and explores mysteries in search of the truth and resources: the shrewd and cunning bureaucrat Gu Che 1.5kReads9.1Score102Shelves

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    Logic, intelligence, suitable for seasoned bookworms

32. 882 绝 Reborn with a Terminal Illness, I Won’t Treat It This Time 绝症重生后，这病我不治了 A Big Pear Juice一颗大梨汁Modern Romance296k WordsCompleted One-on-one warmth and everyday life + leisurely travel [A heads-up: no backstabbing or face-slapping, no domineering CEO or powerhouse heroine, and no sweeping aside all opposition. This is a pure slice-of-life story.] In her previous life, Qiao Qian was diagnosed with an illness and diligently followed her treatment, but sadly, it did little good. Later, she decided to spend what time she had left seeing the world, only to get into a car accident… After being reborn, Qiao Qian decided not to se —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Do you read slice-of-life novels? I highly recommend this one. It's a heartwarming and healing travelogue, with a delicate writing style that captures the essence of everyday life.

33. 883 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 707kReads9.4Score51.8kShelves

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    Since the apocalypse of Earth, it has entered the worlds of Gu Long's heroes, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Tang Dynasty, Storm Riders, Yang Shen, the Great Zhou Dynasty, Shrouding the Heavens, Journey to the West, and Investiture of the Gods, driving the upgrade of planes and ascending to higher-level worlds!

34. 884 快 Quick Transmigration: The Insect Queen Wins by Giving Birth and Taking It Easy 快穿：虫族女王她靠生崽躺赢 A Thousand-Year-Old Ghost千年阿飘啊Ancient Romance5.2M WordsOngoing (Quick transmigration + no fixed couple + System + pocket dimension + having and raising babies) Sang Shu is the queen of an interstellar insectoid race! Her favorite thing is having little ones! Every one of her offspring is brave and battle-ready! Having babies and eating good food: life couldn’t be sweeter. However... After she ate a food called the “System,” everything changed. She was forcibly bound to it and transmigrated through countless worlds, becoming all kinds of... cannon fodder? Th 58.6kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves
35. 885 薛 Schrödinger’s Wage Slave: I Issue Fines to Urban Legends 薛定谔的打工人：我给怪谈开罚单 Dreams Layered Like Light Clouds轻云叠梦Mystery510k WordsCompleted What is life like in a world of cutthroat competition monitored by an AI mainframe? In a world ruled by absolute logic, what future is there for high-entropy emotions? Can AI truly develop feelings? What is a cyber forest? Welcome to Jiangcheng, a sick city of cutthroat competition, closely monitored by its mainframe. A super AI that can calculate every possibility tries to use causality to erase all variables. It can predict the laws of physics, yet it cannot calculate what power might be conce —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's get a book that gets more and more exciting the more you read it [eating popcorn].

36. 886 御 Beast-Taming Adventure: The Wild Support Keeps Refusing to Behave 御兽冒险：狂野辅助又双叒不做人 Admiring Beauties Under the Moonlight月光下看美人Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [No romance + beast taming + leveling up + adventure + competitions] In the Dark Era, the Adventuring Realm descended upon the world. Monsters ran rampant, and food, air, and water were all polluted. Humans were no longer at the top of the food chain. They now shared the planet with intelligent, specially gifted mutated beasts and plants. After slapping her eighth boss into the hospital, Sang Yang, nicknamed the workplace’s worst nightmare, transmigrated into this world. While everyone was striv 127.9kReads9.1Score3.4kShelves
37. 887 黄 The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon, Explained with Laughs 黄帝内经爆笑讲解版 Eight Hundred Miles of Wind and Clouds风云八百里3.8M WordsOngoing Still missing out on China’s millennia-old treasures of health and wellness because classical texts are so hard to understand? This book breaks free from the dry style of traditional texts and uses laugh-out-loud language to unpack the foundational classics of Chinese medicine! It is divided into three volumes. The first offers clear, accessible explanations of the chapters of the Suwen, breaking down the underlying medical principles of yin and yang, the five elements, the organs, and qi and bl 13.1kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves

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    A wonderful collision of millennia-old medical wisdom and modern humor! This groundbreaking work simplifies the ancient and profound classic of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the *Huangdi Neijing*, with a lighthearted and humorous style, making learning fun. From Yin and Yang and the Five Elements to the internal organs and meridians, from health preservation to disease prevention, every obscure medical principle is cleverly integrated into lively and interesting stories and jokes, allowing readers to grasp the essence of Traditional Chinese Medicine while laughing heartily. Whether you are a beginner or an enthusiast of Traditional Chinese Medicine, you can find enjoyment and wisdom in this hilariously explained version, allowing ancient medical wisdom to be reborn in laughter and becoming a helpful guide to healthy living for modern people.

38. 888 宿 Host, Stop Transmigrating, the Plot Is a Mess: Quick Transmigration 宿主别穿了，剧情乱套了【快穿】 Snowfall In Winter岁冬下雪了Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance] + [Quick Transmigration] + [Top Student] Every protagonist's life needs a few cannon fodder characters. System: I'll make you cannon fodder, so you can experience a cannon fodder's life. Jiang Xia: A top student can't be cannon fodder. The ex-girlfriend in a campus romance: The leads have a bittersweet love story, and a cannon-fodder girlfriend barges in to serve as the litmus test for their love? No. Jiang Xia only cares about studying. Whoever wants to date can go right ahead. The 26.1kReads8.5Score3.1kShelves
39. 889 快 Quick Transmigration: Everyone Knows I'm a Good Person 快穿：所有人都知道我是好人 Sweet Peach Peach Peach甜桃桃桃Modern Romance4.1M WordsOngoing Across three thousand small worlds, there are countless wicked women. Shu Jiao’s task is to make things right for the people whose lives were ruined by all kinds of wicked women. From then on... [World One: I’m a spendthrift? The nation will support me.] She’s kind, generous, patriotic, and beautiful. So what if she likes spending a little money? Let her have it! [World Two: The marquis’s daughter who lies all the time.] Lies? What lies? She’s so gentle and kind. How could she possibly lie? [Wor 130.2kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves
40. 890 婚 A Turbulent Marriage 婚乱流年 Three Potatoes土豆三颗Urban344k WordsCompleted [No Cheating] + [One Female Lead] + [Not a Power Fantasy] + [Light Mystery] + [A Touch of Angst] Bai Yu had just finished his work presentation at the company headquarters and returned home three days early. Hoping to surprise his wife, he instead found that she had mysteriously disappeared. As he searched everywhere, he unexpectedly found her phone in the car, and the chat history on it hit him like a bolt of lightning. She had gone out after receiving that message. She'd gone to meet that man 3.1kReads5.2Score160Shelves

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    Positive values, intelligent

41. 891 别 Stop Cultivating Spirit Roots! I'll Become a God by Trading Spirit Stocks 别修灵根了！我靠炒灵股封神 Dula Da Chubby嘟啦哒胖胖Eastern Fantasy413k WordsCompleted Eastern Fantasy #Scheming Protagonist #Behind-the-Scenes #Feel-Good Fiction #Subverting Expectations There are no bizarre secret-realm adventures here, only ruthless capital warfare fought with open and hidden blades! This story doesn’t preach about karma and ascending through enlightenment. It believes only in the strong crushing the weak through sect power! Traditional cultivation rules become a laughingstock in the face of capital. Chen Long catches the scent of money filling the air, and the 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story of overwhelming intelligence, passionate ensemble cast, and unconventional, exhilarating plot twists. Hope you enjoy it.

42. 892 重 After Rebirth, I Was Forced to Become the Mafia Princess! 重生后，我被迫成了黑道大小姐！ I Have a Big Blade我有一把大刀Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Reborn at school, strong female lead, no romance, all business, countless black-clad underlings, comedy, and pure wish fulfillment!] (Original title: After Being Reborn, I Was Forced to Become the Underworld's Young Mistress!) In her previous life, Liu Yutong was a lawyer. By a twist of fate, she is reborn on the eve of the 2007 college entrance exams, only to be mistaken by a gang of street thugs for the daughter of an underworld kingpin. The fearsome daughter of an underworld boss? Fighting, 26.1kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves
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    A twelve-year-old's body contains a thirty-year-old's soul; one cannot live without a brain.

44. 894 异 Anomaly: Beginning with a Return from the Abyss 异常：从深渊归来开始 Love Qibao, and It'll Come Full Circle爱七宝会圆Mystery323k WordsOngoing That day, the sun rose as usual, and the world quietly fell apart. Entrances to another world appeared in one hidden corner after another: convenience store stockrooms, subway tunnels, library restrooms... Anyone who entered without knowing the truth was doomed to die. Like a phantom, the dark red otherworld dragged civilization into chaos. With the world on the brink of collapse, one supreme powerhouse gathered elites from across the globe and founded a secret organization, paying the price in 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a good book, a supernatural mystery, and the moments when the clues connect later on are really satisfying.

45. 895 带 I Take Trillions of Netizens Back to the Eighties to Rebuild the Nation’s Heavy Industry 带万亿网友回八零，重铸大国重工 Ling Tai Three Hearts灵台三心Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Industrial powerhouse + period setting + livestreaming + no heroine] After transmigrating to the Great Northwest in 1980, Lin Xi didn’t want to spend his life as a mere draftsman. When Mr. Qian tried to recruit him, he replied with astonishing boldness: “I’m not going to the design office. I want to make money at the labor services company!” He knew that without money, wind tunnels would shut down, projects would be cut, and the nation’s master craftsmen wouldn’t even be able to afford a new pa 66.4kReads9.2Score8.8kShelves

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    The logic is sound, and there are no major flaws.

46. 896 我 What We Promised Each Other: 我们说好的： Tumi Demon荼靡妖Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted “We’ve grown up. We’re not the same as we were as kids. Do you really think childhood sweethearts would go to all that trouble to find each other just to be friends again?” Lin Yi blinked her clear eyes and laughed carelessly. “I don’t!” Shen Yu blurted out without a moment’s hesitation. “So let’s be together!” Shu Ning looked at Xue Yang and asked, “I’m said to bring bad luck. Aren’t you afraid?” “What’s there to be afraid of? It’s not like I’m a good person!” Xue Yang’s matter-of-fact tone mad 124Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Super sweet and satisfying romance novel, featuring good-looking, intelligent, and morally upright characters! Childhood sweethearts reunite after a long separation, a powerful and ruthless man has been plotting for a long time, revenge is taken on the spot, and words are spoken face to face. A smart academic genius and an athletic school heartthrob, a sexy internet celebrity and a domineering CEO—it gets more and more addictive as you read on! The characters are all very well-developed. You have to read it! You have to read it! You have to read it!

47. 897 开 I Got a Law Insignia from the Start, but I Didn’t Hand It Over to the Government 开局获得法则铭牌，我没上交国家 Eat Lotus Root, Cow吃藕牛Urban1.0M WordsCompleted A murder case makes it impossible for Jiang Jie to survive in the real world, while a rule-inscribed token gives him the ability to travel in and out of another world. See how Jiang Jie uses the power of that other world to punish the injustices he has suffered and witnessed, and bring “justice” back to the world. 9.5kReads6.2Score749Shelves
48. 898 抗 War of Resistance: Counterattacking from a Cannon-Fodder Regiment 抗战：从炮灰团开始反攻 Xu Su许粟Urban888k WordsOngoing Xu Su closes his eyes and opens them to find himself in China's devastating War of Resistance against Japan. A mostly useless System saves his life, but he is powerless in the face of the brutal war. From Jiangnan to the southwest, he retreats all the way. In a small town in western Yunnan, he discovers that he has entered the world of My Chief and My Regiment. The counterattack at Nantianmen, the fierce battle for Changsha, the great counteroffensive across the entire front... The fires of war 2.9kReads8.9Score107Shelves
49. 899 穿 Transmigrating to the Late Ming: From Tightening Screws to Farming 穿越明末：从打螺丝到种田 Chu Huan He楚环河Historical7.5M WordsOngoing Transmigration to the late Ming dynasty + Peasant Rebellion + Resistance against the Ming and Qing! (Respecting history + No cheats + No System + Slow-paced + Not a power fantasy!!) Wang Tie is an ordinary man with no particular skills. By a twist of fate, he transmigrates to the late Ming and early Qing, a chaotic era that is practically a living hell. How will he find a way to survive in this turbulent age?! And once he reaches the pinnacle of power, where will he lead this people and nat 17.3kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
50. 900 糙 The Rugged Man’s Overwhelming Love: His Sweet Little Wife Falls for Him 糙汉强势爱，娇软小媳妇沦陷了 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Originally titled “A Lonely Bed Is Hard to Bear, While the Rugged Neighbor Scratches at Her Wall Night After Night” [lonely nights / maximum sweetness / period setting / delicate beauty / devoted love / slow-burn romance / building wealth / glimpses of an ensemble cast / love at first sight / close proximity / sisters-in-law as foils] Delicate young wife × iron-willed, rugged man Hua Xiaoyue is left alone in an empty bed, the long nights hard to endure. Her family scolds her, her in-laws berate 9.2kReads8.5Score581Shelves

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