Oh, Vast Heavens, Why Have You Treated Me So? Without Another Divine Novel to Sustain Me, My Way Is Lost! 悠悠苍天，何薄于我。再无神书续命，吾道绝矣！

1. 51 重 Reborn as a Country Girl, I Outwit My Neighbors, Build a Fortune, and Protect My Family 重生村姑被邻里算计发家致富护全家人 Catching the Moon on a Spring Day 1春日捕月18k WordsCompleted Reborn as a Village Girl, She Outwits Her Neighbors, Builds a Fortune, and Protects Her Whole Family 9Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 52 地 A Hell Bureaucrat in Charge of Order Between the Worlds of the Living and the Dead 地府打工仔掌管阴阳两界秩序 Catching the Moon on a Spring Day 1春日捕月114k WordsCompleted A Netherworld Employee Takes Charge of Order Between the Worlds of the Living and the Dead 186Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 53 福 Our Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Blessing Has Eight Hundred Tricks Up Her Sleeve 福宝三岁半，她有八百个心眼子 Catching the Moon on a Spring Day 1春日捕月16k WordsCompleted At Three and a Half, Fu Bao Has Eight Hundred Tricks Up Her Sleeve 7Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 54 五 A History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十国史 Qing Yi青易Historical450k WordsCompleted A focused analysis of the briefest and most chaotic period of division in Chinese history. The book reveals how, behind the military men’s grip on power, society struggled to rebuild its order, and how this turmoil gave rise to the civil official politics of the later Song dynasty. A profound study of social transformation and the patterns of power changing hands, it offers a distinctive perspective and rigorous reasoning. 71.1kReads9.6Score9.6kShelves

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5. 55 乌 Black Gauze and Rouge 乌纱与胭脂 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted Human nature is like the sun: impossible to look at directly. Many people appear charming and refined on the surface, but strip away the facade and you’ll see human nature laid bare. By portraying the real chaos of society, this work exposes the evil and filth within human nature and calls on people to choose kindness and uphold social decency. 7.8kReads—Score508Shelves

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   The entire film is captivating, with a fresh and engaging plot and a fantastic story.

6. 56 浮 The Strange Tales of Mortal Life: Li Longbiao 浮生乱象之李龙彪 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Urban253k WordsCompleted I'm the scum at the bottom of society, the trash you all talk about. I don't have much education, money, status, a house, a car, or a wife. I'm a single man, just some hoodlum. It's not my fault I ended up this way. When I was a kid, I had big dreams and ambitions, too. I wanted to study hard, get into a good university, then find work in the city and become a respectable office worker. But the cruel realities of life shattered every one of those beautiful dreams. Through its portrayal of Li Lon 1.8kReads—Score144Shelves
7. 57 胭 The Rouge Spinster 胭脂剩女 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance117k WordsCompleted Through the emotional journey of Yang Jingjing, a single woman past the age traditionally considered ideal for marriage, the story offers glimpses of every facet of society and the warmth and coldness of human life, exposing the ugliness and greed of human nature. Full of twists and turns, it paints a penetrating portrait of the realities faced by women like her. 2kReads—Score150Shelves
8. 58 看 Seeing Through Half a Lifetime 看破浮生过半 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance170k WordsCompleted Life is a journey of self-cultivation. As we keep moving forward, we correct our mistakes in time and gradually become better versions of ourselves. Life is full of suffering, and we can only save ourselves. If only we could live our lives over again. At the very least, we could avoid a lot of detours. 623Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Books are like medicine; a good reader can cure illness...

9. 59 火 Why Was I Covered with Red Cloth When They Cremated a Cat? 火化一只猫，为什么要用红布镇着我？ White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音22k WordsCompleted Why Did They Wrap Me in Red Cloth to Cremate a Cat? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There are very few short story books that I would be willing to reread a second time, but this one has superb details and more and more to offer as you read it. I sincerely recommend it to anyone who is looking for something to read!

10. 60 我 I Tore the Transmigrator Out of My Body, but My Family Wants Me to Pay With My Life 我手撕了体内的穿越女，全家却要我偿命 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音Modern Romance24k WordsCompleted I tore the transmigrator out of my body, but my whole family wants me to pay with my life 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 61 我 I Applauded at the Funeral Hall: Wishing My Fiancé and His Apprentice a Happy Marriage 我在灵堂鼓掌：祝未婚夫和学徒新婚快乐 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音38k WordsCompleted I clapped at the funeral hall: Congratulations on your wedding, my fiancé and his apprentice —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 前 I Was Fired, Then Shengshi Group Came Offering Me a Salary of 8,000 a Month 前脚被辞退，后脚盛世集团八千月薪挖我 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音25k WordsCompleted I was fired, then Shengshi Group came right after with a monthly salary of 8,000 to poach me —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 63 鬼 After Sleep Paralysis, I Became the Ghost Bride in the Mirror 鬼压床后，我成了镜中鬼影的新娘 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音22k WordsCompleted After sleep paralysis, I became the ghostly bride reflected in the mirror 6Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 我 I Was Drowning in Online Loans, Then Inherited Two Million 我欠着网贷，却成了两百万遗产继承人 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted I was drowning in online loan debt, yet I became the heir to a two-million inheritance 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 65 以 I Faked My Death and Vanished for Four Years, and My Ex-Girlfriend Went Mad When She Learned the Truth 以死遁消失四年，前女友发现真相急红了眼 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音27k WordsCompleted I faked my death and vanished for four years. When my ex-girlfriend discovered the truth, she went berserk 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 查 After I Was Found Pregnant, the Baby in My Belly Cried and Begged Me Not to Tell the Emperor 查出喜脉后，腹中胎儿哭着求我别告诉陛下 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音Ancient Romance26k WordsCompleted After discovering I was pregnant, the baby in my womb cried and begged me not to tell His Majesty 381Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 67 死 I Faked My Death and Disappeared for Five Years, and My Ice-Cold Ex-Wife Went Mad When She Saw My Amputated Leg 死遁五年，高冷前妻看到我的断腿后疯了 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted I faked my death for five years. When my aloof ex-wife saw my severed leg, she went mad 525Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 68 隐 After Six Years of Secret Marriage, My Wife Treated Me Like Air. I Faked My Death and Vanished with Our Five-Year-Old Daughter, and She Went Mad 隐婚六年被当空气，我带五岁女儿死遁老婆疯了 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音28k WordsCompleted After six years of secret marriage, I was treated like I didn't exist. I faked my death and took our five-year-old daughter with me, and my wife went mad 26Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 69 醉 I Drunkenly Confessed to the Chairman, and the Boss’s Wife Turned Around and Dumped Her Son on Me 醉酒表白董事长，老板娘反手把儿子塞给我 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音22k WordsCompleted I drunkenly confessed my love to the chairman, and the boss's wife turned around and dumped her son on me 104Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 70 出 I Came Home from a Business Trip and Caught My Wife Cheating, So I Moved 200 Million Overnight 出差回家撞破老婆偷情，我连夜转移两亿存款 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音Marriage & Romance23k WordsCompleted I Came Home from a Business Trip and Caught My Wife Cheating, So I Moved 200 Million in Savings Overnight 93Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 缉 I Returned After Three Years in Narcotics, and the Police Academy Exploded After My Death 缉毒3年归来，我死后警校炸了 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音26k WordsCompleted I Returned After Three Years in Narcotics, and the Police Academy Exploded After I Died 2Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 荒 Island Survival Livestream: The Whole Internet Watched as They Tore Off My Clothes 荒岛直播：他们撕我衣服时全网在看 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音21k WordsCompleted Live from a Deserted Island: The Whole Internet Watched as They Tore Off My Clothes —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 建 No Spirits Allowed After the Founding of the Nation, but My Burmese Python Goes Online Behind My Back 建国后不许成精，我的球蟒却背着我上网 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音38k WordsCompleted People Aren’t Allowed to Become Spirits After the Founding of the Nation, but My Ball Python Went Online Behind My Back 1Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 月 If You Don’t Leave the Office by Six at the End of the Month, You’ll Vanish from the World 月底六点不离开公司，就会人间蒸发 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音25k WordsCompleted If You Don’t Leave the Office by Six on the Last Day of the Month, You’ll Vanish from the World —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 我 My Camera Captures the “Thing” You Can’t See 我的镜头，会拍下你看不见的“它” White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音23k WordsCompleted My Camera Captures the “Thing” You Can’t See —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 76 午 At One in the Morning, a Rich Young Master Brought Me His Grandfather’s Skin to Restore 午夜一点，豪门阔少捧着他爷爷的皮找我修复 White Noise and White Noise白噪音与白噪音31k WordsCompleted At One in the Morning, a Young Master from a Powerful Family Brought Me His Grandfather’s Skin to Restore —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 77 诸 Mage of the Myriad Heavens: From the Start, I Awakened Legendary Magic 诸天法师：开局觉醒传奇魔法 Carefree Big pig逍遥大pigMale-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted Yang Tianyun, a young man from the modern world, transmigrated one day and awakened the Legendary Mage System, setting out on a path of cultivation that spanned countless worlds. He thought he was there to subdue demons and exorcise evil, only to discover that the worlds were far more complicated than he had imagined. The Zombie King in Uncle Jiu’s world was blasted into charcoal by his lightning spell, the Black Mountain Demon was pelted with a meteor storm until it questioned its very existenc 203Reads5.6Score148Shelves

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28. 78 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score313.1kShelves
29. 79 这EN Wait! Who Left Yang Chan in My Manor?! 这！这是谁把杨婵放我府上的？ Beating Up Lemon Green Tea暴打柠檬绿茶Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [A Grand Stage Across the Three Realms]+ [Social Intrigue]+ [The Magic Lotus Lantern]+ [All Kinds of Folk Legends and Myths]+ [Journey to the West Sequel] Chen Wei: “No, Lord Zhenjun, let me explain. Who is this? Who put Yang Chan in my residence?” Yang Jian: “So you admit this is your residence?” The story of how a minor celestial official went from being a pawn to a player in a game of strategy among gods and Buddhas. 92.7kReads9.2Score11.6kShelves
30. 80 慈EN Cihang City 慈航市 Mountain-Patrolling Lord God巡山主神Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing At Cihang's grand arena, don't show up without a cheat. Chen Feng transmigrated to another world and discovered that the bosses here were unbelievably sneaky. “Let's go level up in the newbie village first.” “Ha! Got you, transmigrator.” “I'll be reborn and buy a lottery ticket.” “Ha! Got you, regressor.” “Fine, if you're going to play dirty, I don't need to pretend to be a gentleman either.” Chen Feng discovered that every time he died, he could refresh and get a new System. A System's power ha 1.2MReads9.2Score132.8kShelves
31. 81 你 A Monk of Your Rank Has No Right to Seek the Scriptures Yet 你这个级别的僧人，还没权利取经 Water Bites Paper水咬纸Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Officialdom and Journey to the West + cultivation through construction work + In the Name of the People (Immortal Edition) + wild imagination] I transmigrated to the cultivation world. After ascending, I became a grunt in the Heavenly Court's Infrastructure Department. After three thousand years, I finally worked my way up to project manager, in charge of the South Heavenly Gate expansion project. The day before the final inspection, I was stuffing “local specialties” into an envelope. A constr 169kReads9.4Score18.3kShelves
32. 82 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 62.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
33. 83 我 The Girl I Control Is Becoming an Old One 我操作的少女正在成为旧日之主 Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [This novel has been contracted for print publication: cosmic horror + amber-style cultivation + villain protagonist + no System + decisive killing + black humor + deranged + single female lead + sequence containment] Xu Fei: “In the twenty-second century, all you need is a helmet with a brain-computer interface to experience a fully immersive game with realistic physical sensations.” “You ask why I chose this starting character? Naturally, because she’s a beautiful girl... Oh, no, naturally, be 762.1kReads9.5Score75.2kShelves
34. 84 第 The First Notebook of a Feng Shui Master Passed Down Through Generations 第一本祖传风水师笔记 I Come from the East我自东方Urban904k WordsOngoing [Adapted into a short drama] [A feng shui novel about the world around you] This novel explores feng shui in homes, shops, offices, graves and burial grounds, and people’s personal lives. There’s nothing mysterious or abstruse here, just feng shui stories from everyday life. By the time you come across this book, the gears of fate may already have started turning. Read carefully, and you may find something unexpected... 238.7kReads9.1Score24.2kShelves
35. 85 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
36. 86 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
37. 87 皇 The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Historical2.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave 226.6kReads9.5Score27.3kShelves
38. 88 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 743.2kReads9.4Score41.2kShelves
39. 89 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 948.8kReads9.6Score117.8kShelves
40. 90 中 A General History of China 中国通史 Ren Zhongyuan任中原Historical491k WordsCompleted The world-famous writer Cervantes said, “History gives birth to truth; it can withstand time and preserve old tales and past events. It is a record of ancient times, a warning for the present, and a lesson for future generations.” History is a mirror that records the successes and failures, prosperity and decline, triumphs and tragedies, transitions and renewal of human society. It also foreshadows humanity's future. 26.1kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves

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    Look at history, learn something, and you won't be clueless about what you've read.

41. 91 曾 Zeng Guofan's Methods of Scholarship 曾国藩治学方法 Hu Zhefu胡哲敷Historical77k WordsCompleted This book explores three dimensions: self-cultivation, managing affairs, and reading. Its discussion of self-cultivation advocates integrating “resolve, insight, and perseverance,” building a foundation for body and mind through meditation and a regular routine. Its approach to managing affairs reveals, through practical examples such as running a household and leading an army, the unity of hands-on action and institutional innovation. Its discussion of reading emphasizes “mastering one field” a 356Reads9.0Score156Shelves
42. 92 宋 History of the Song: Annals of Emperor Taizu 宋史·太祖本纪 Tuo Tuo脱脱Historical21k WordsCompleted He may have been the best “actor” among the founding emperors in Chinese history. In 960 CE, a carefully orchestrated “forced enthronement” at Chenqiao Station propelled Zhao Kuangyin from a general of the Later Zhou into the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. Over drinks, he stripped the founding generals of their military power; amid the shadows of an axe and candlelight, the mystery surrounding his bizarre death remains unsolved to this day. Some call him a wise ruler who ended the chaos o 147Reads8.4Score—Shelves
43. 93 前 A Popular History of the Former Han 前汉通俗演义 Cai Dongfan蔡东藩Historical563k WordsCompleted [Cai Dongfan's Historical Romance, The Complete Founding History of the Han Dynasty, The Qin-Han Rivalry, A Plain-Language History, Political Intrigue and War] This book is Cai Dongfan's A Popular History of the Former Han, a classic historical novel that recounts the dynasty's rise and fall from the chaos at the end of the Qin through the middle and late Western Han. Spanning one hundred chapters, it begins with Lü Buwei's extraordinary investment and Qin Shi Huang's unification of the realm, a 129Reads8.3Score—Shelves
44. 94 后 A Popular History of the Later Han 后汉通俗演义 Cai Dongfan蔡东藩Historical582k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance Grounded in the Official Record, The Complete History of the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms, An Easy Introduction to Official History] A Popular History of the Later Han is a classic historical novel in episodic form and a continuation of A Popular History of the Former Han. Across one hundred chapters, it follows the full historical arc from Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han and Emperor Guangwu's restoration, through the decline of the Eastern Han, to the division of the rea 95Reads8.6Score—Shelves
45. 95 少 The Sword’s Wound: In the Mortal Realm, I Rule with a Single Blade 少年剑殇：凡界我自一剑横 Yu Mulan虞沐蓝24k WordsCompleted The Young Swordsman’s Tragedy: In the Mortal Realm, I Rule with My Sword 1Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 96 真 The True Phoenix Immortal King: Star God War Chronicles, Extra 真凰仙王之星神战纪番外篇 Listening to the Profound Truths of Ancient Times谛古听玄Ancient Romance201k WordsCompleted (Traditional fantasy, strong female lead, passionate battles across the heavens, an epic quest to protect the Dao, a struggle for supremacy in the Immortal Realm) “The laws of Heaven? Since the day I was born, I have swept across the eight directions and fought bloody battles in a hundred domains. All I have seen are the collapse of Heaven’s laws, chaos in the order of the world, people driven from their homes, and suffering everywhere. You hold high office and wield the laws of Heaven, yet you —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 97 姐 My Sister Was Born to Be Strong 姐姐天生就是强者 Yu Mulan虞沐蓝Ancient Romance895k WordsCompleted (An invincible, powerful female lead + born with twin supreme bloodlines + grows stronger without cultivating + a word decides the fate of the world + a single outburst shakes the nine heavens!) She was born with the supreme bloodlines of both dragon and phoenix. She had no cultivation realm, never practiced, and was invincible from birth. Others cultivated painstakingly for a thousand years to seek the Great Dao; she was born at its very end. The world revered the Heavenly Dao, obeyed its laws, 93Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 顶 The Master Feng Shui Practitioner 顶级风水师 Scallions葱花Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Heaven and Earth are dark and yellow; the universe vast and primordial. The sun and moon wax and wane; the stars are arrayed across the sky… 1.7kReads8.8Score341Shelves
49. 99 女 A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: A Farmer’s Road to the Imperial Exams 女穿男：农家子的科举青云路 Shang Xinghe裳星河Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Female-to-male transmigration + imperial examinations + romance later on + remembered in history + founding the family tree] In her previous life, Qin Huan grew up in an orphanage and worked her way into a university degree. She landed a job at a major company and was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success. Her only regret was never having much family to speak of. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled from modern times to the past, and from a woman to a man. She had become 9.4kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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50. 100 乐 A Journey to Love, Part One 乐游原·上【许凯、景甜主演同名电视剧（排名不分先后）】 Fei Wo Si Cun匪我思存Ancient Romance167k WordsCompleted With hearts as pure as a child’s, they quell the flames of war; riding into spring, they delight in a tour of Leyou Plain! He is a young hero of extraordinary talent, who keeps his brilliance hidden. She is a peerless strategist and a woman who can match any man. Their different identities and allegiances pit them against each other in one battle of wits after another. Yet they soon realize that whether in schemes and strategy or martial skill and learning, they are evenly matched. Each is th 340Reads9.4Score112Shelves

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