I’ve Noticed a Problem: Most New Books Are Extremely Lackluster 发现一个问题，新书大多数都非常惨淡。

1. 1501 九 Nine Heavens: Record of Shattering the Void 九霄天域：破碎虚空录 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘Eastern Fantasy112k WordsCompleted Slay the Heavenly Dao, shatter the cycle of reincarnation, and forge myself into a Divine King with a mortal body! [Defying Fate × Passionate Cultivation] War fires rage across the lower realm. A young man raises his blade and challenges the heavens! Lu Cangxuan was born the discarded son of the Marquis of Zhenbei’s household. He never knew the birthmark between his brows was a shattered seal capable of cleaving the void, carved by an ancient Divine King just before his fall. When the Northern 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend this new book...

2. 1502 星 The Galaxy Reflected in Your Eyes 星河映你眼底 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘Modern Romance106k WordsCompleted When the tyrant of a tech empire hands her a marriage contract, she uses a star chart of Dunhuang as a blade to pierce his lies, only to fall into the universe of indulgent romance he has woven with his own hands: “The contract marriage is fake. Wanting you for life is real.” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 1503 天 Racing Across the World 天下驰骋 Pen Falls on Immortal Mountain笔落仙山Eastern Fantasy906k WordsOngoing All under heaven revere strength, unaware of the wonders of softness. Su Wuhen, the fallen young master of the Su family in Luoyun City, is often bullied and called a “good-for-nothing.” Who could have guessed that after awakening the Formless Body, he would become the eighteenth-generation heir of the Formless Sect, inheriting the lost, supremely soft cultivation art, The True Understanding of Formlessness? The formless will of Heaven, which treats all living beings as pieces on a chessboard, s 14Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1504 时 Time Stretches On, Where Are We Now? 时光漫长，我们身在何方 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘15k WordsCompleted Time Stretches On, Where Are We? —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 1505 算 The Floating Pagoda of the Sea of Numbers 算海浮屠 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘13k WordsCompleted Calculating the Seas, Floating Pagoda 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 1506 朱 A Lament in Vermilion 朱砂诔 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted Cinnabar Elegy —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 1507 无 Silent Waiting 无声等待 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘11k WordsCompleted Silent Waiting —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 1508 太 Warm Lanterns in Taiyuan, Brightening the Rest of My Life 太原灯火暖余生 Old Liu from the Northeast东北老刘8k WordsCompleted Warm Lanterns in Taiyuan, Warming the Rest of My Life —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 1509 今 Working Overtime Again Today to Stop the Universe from Going Crazy 今天也在努力加班阻止宇宙发癫 Some Unknown Cultivation Fan某不知名修仙党Eastern Fantasy844k WordsCompleted Also known as: A Record of Cultivation Across the Multiverse. Fantasy + Sci-Fi + Wonder + Comedy; Exploration + Ensemble Cast + Everyday Life. Ji Wuxiu is a mediator for the Interuniversal Administration Bureau. His job used to be breaking up fights between the three great universes, but a disastrous teleportation accident sends him to a strange world of cultivation. Here, the Hehuan Sect is actually an orthodox sect, the little Saintess is a succubus, and his senior brother's flying sword hides 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Ji Wuxiu is a mediator at the Inter-Universe Administration Bureau, originally tasked with mediating between the three major universes. However, a disastrous teleportation accident transports him to a strange cultivation world—where the Hehuan Sect is a prestigious sect, the young saintess is a succubus, and his senior brother's flying sword holds something extraordinary. Even more bizarrely, the composition of spiritual energy, the physiques of cultivators, and the methods of Core Formation are all quite different from what he knows about the cultivation world. Therefore, he decides to cultivate discreetly while secretly investigating the truth. Little does he know that he is gradually uncovering the deepest secret of this world—a shocking secret concerning the survival of the entire universe.

10. 1510 大 The Heiress Takes Down the Illegitimate Daughter and Her Jerk Father 大小姐手撕私生女和渣爹 Yao YOU Yao瑶YOU瑶Modern Romance209k WordsOngoing [Wealthy Family + Heiress + Secret Identity + Strong Female Lead + Romance + Devoted Couple + Childhood Friends + Pampered by Everyone] When she was five, her mother discovered that her father was having an affair. After a huge fight with him, she died of illness with bitterness in her heart. In her second year of high school, He Jinxin brought home He Xin, the illegitimate daughter who had been living away from the family. He Xin made things difficult for He Jinhuan at every turn, wanting to tr —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 1511 人 Born Half Human, Half Dragon 人龙双生 Scarlet Blade anaxa绯刀anaxaUrban169k WordsOngoing [Gender Swap] + [Coming of Age] + [Urban Fantasy] After an accident brought Wang Anyi to rock bottom, he met a Azure Dragon in a dream. Seeing him trapped in a desperate situation, the dragon took pity on him and gave him its power, offering him a chance to turn his doomed fate around. But what would it cost? When Wang Anyi awoke, his mind still hazy, and walked to the bathroom, he looked in the mirror and discovered that she had become a girl. Everything that had once proved who he was had long —Reads—Score—Shelves

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12. 1512 这 This Kid Can Turn Invisible 这小子会隐身 Yang Chai Zhu洋柴主Urban889k WordsOngoing [Rural Folk Abilities + Culinary Arts + Global Wonders + The Unorthodox Path to Wealth + Passionate Heroism] Ever felt a sense of closeness to someone you have never met? Do you find yourself staring at the stars whenever you feel hurt or wronged? Yang Dashi, a country boy from the mountains, retired from the army with a heavy heart to raise money for his terminally ill mother’s medical bills and step into the real world. Instead, his brothers betrayed him and his lover humiliated him. Heartbrok 87Reads8.6Score113Shelves

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    This is a strange book about the workplace, love, social life, and the supernatural. It has more than 600,000 words and only has 4 readers today.

13. 1513 诡 The Creepypasta Game Invades: Who Are You? 诡异游戏入侵：你是谁？ A Fish from the North of the City城北一条鱼Two Male Leads411k WordsCompleted [Games + Instances + Romantic Rivalry + Unhinged Yandere] Yu Zhou just wants to lie flat, but then the apocalypse arrives. His childhood friend is devoured by the supernatural, and humanity is plunged into an endless game of slaughter. Pass the Handkerchief, Dou Dizhu, Billions of Zombies, Jurassic Park, Are You the One?, Escape from the Bermuda Triangle, the Age of Extreme Cold... Games of all kinds: play badly, and you die! Humanity lives on because of its obsessions: What is the truth about t 88Reads—Score111Shelves

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    It's beautiful, incredibly beautiful, I've already saved the entire draft.

14. 1514 奴 Nunu 奴奴 Jing Lang璟琅Ancient Romance384k WordsCompleted The inner palace was hushed, while Zhaoyang Hall was warm. She was a little cat from Spirit Cat Mountain, who wandered innocently into the world of a human emperor. He gave her boundless affection, but also a gilded cage she could never escape. He was an emperor, with all the ruthlessness and cunning that came with the title. His love for her was real, and so was his use of her. He told her she was his slave, his alone. 60Reads—Score125Shelves

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    This book is really good, but the number of readers has been stuck there, which is a pity.

15. 1515 黑 Tracking the Black Zone 黑域追踪 Eternal Restlessness无恒安息Mystery424k WordsCompleted A sweeping crime thriller about combating organized crime. All stories in this book are fictionalized adaptations of real cases and events. Names and places have been changed; any similarities are purely coincidental. A cold case has been pursued for ten years, and at last the gray sky screen over Linjiang is torn open. The corrupt empire collapses, and the protectors behind it fall from power. Detective Zheng Xiaotian wins the battle, yet chooses to leave the front line. His departure tells eve 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this new book, it's currently being serialized!

16. 1516 岭 The Lingnan Swordsman 岭南剑客 Yun Zanpu云赞普Historical323k WordsCompleted The miasma of Lingnan hung over Mount Cangwu like ink that would never dissolve, sealing it off completely. Liu Nanren gripped his rusted iron sword. Its tip sliced through the dense fog, revealing an old crescent-shaped scar on his wrist: the mark left fifteen years ago, when he crawled out of a mountain of corpses after Tianyu City fell. “Your Highness, it's time to leave.” A hoarse voice came from behind him. The old minister Yuchi Chun leaned on his bamboo staff, the hair at his temples whit 66Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book has a great plot and excellent content; it's of high quality and definitely worth reading. Highly recommended.

17. 1517 别 Stop Trying to Talk Me Out of It, Boss Won’t Survive the Night 别劝了，老板真活不过今晚 Brother Chen Yuan尘缘哥Urban145k WordsCompleted The day HR called me in for a talk, I became bound to the Face-Reading Fortune System. The System glanced at my boss and issued a warning: His brow was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He was certain to die within 72 hours. Save him, and I’d get a million yuan. Leave him to die, and I’d get a hundred thousand. I chose the latter. As I was leaving, I “kindly” warned him, “Mr. Wang, don’t drive tonight.” He called me a lunatic and had security throw me out. That evening, a news alert popped up: —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Could someone please take a look at my book? Can you tell me what the problem is? Nobody seems to be looking at it. Thank you!

18. 1518 宇 The Astronaut’s Path to Immortality 宇航仙途 Gray and Color灰与彩Eastern Fantasy419k WordsOngoing The world shifted, and a rare treasure emerged, tearing through the sky and breaking across realms. Peerless immortals fought to seize a heaven-defying opportunity. Their battle shook the heavens and changed the color of the sky, while the mortal realm collapsed. Zhou Yuhang's parents died in the catastrophe. The boy, left homeless and bereft of his family, vowed to pursue the path of immortality and avenge his parents. He joined a sect and devoted himself to cultivating its arts, facing one ob 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a great book and worth reading! Please enjoy and recommend it!

19. 1519 时 A Day in the Life of a Time-Space Administration Bureau Employee: Moonlight Over China 时空管理局打工日常：神州月明 Listening to Music, Enjoying Art聆音悦画Fantastical Romance263k WordsOngoing After Qing Yue avenged her great wrong, her mental sea was drained. She thought she was going to die young. But when she opened her eyes, she found an employment offer from the Space-Time Administration waiting for her. She was enchanted by the wonders of the world and curious about the countless realms, so she jumped at the chance to take on a trial mission. The mission was easy and quickly completed. But along the way, she met a little white snake she couldn't bring herself to leave behind. He 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Having avenged her grudge, Qing Yue's spiritual sea was drained, and she thought she was going to die young. But when she opened her eyes, she received a job offer from the Time and Space Administration. She was captivated by the vibrant beauty of the world and filled with curiosity about its myriad aspects—so she decisively participated in the testing mission. The mission wasn't difficult, and she completed it quickly. However, this time, she encountered a little white snake she couldn't let go of. He was beautiful, pure, and alone, yet his fate was fraught with hardship. Reluctant to part with him, she could only accompany him, stay by his side, and escort him home. The journey home was long, and along the way, she met a human prince, a divine prodigy, and a descendant of divine beasts, uncovering the mystery of the world's destruction. For the sake of the one she cared about, this newbie had to challenge her limits and become a savior. Since things had come to this, she had to give it her all! [This volume, "The Moon Shines Over Shenzhou," is a fantasy romance set against a mythological backdrop. Watch as Qing Yue, a worker at the Time and Space Administration, enters the mortal world, experiences its many flavors, and breaks free from a seemingly inevitable cycle of fate.] [Slow-paced time travel] A long novel with one volume per world, delving into the characters and plot. It is not a traditional fast-paced time travel story. If you mind this, please proceed with caution.

20. 1520 万 Tavern of Ten Thousand Worlds: I’m Invincible the Moment I Step Inside! 万界酒馆：我！进店即无敌 Chen Fengyao Kun辰枫曜坤Eastern Fantasy204k WordsOngoing The Hundred Schools of Thought have become ten shops. Ning Bulang wields the Chaos Bell, possesses peerless cultivation, commands the celestial books of the Three Teachings, and glimpses the secrets of the Great Dao. Will he pass into legend for future generations, or claim it all for himself… 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm actually quite happy when I see my daily income reach even a penny; is this some kind of life-threatening situation?

21. 1521 佛 Laid-Back Slacker, Hailed Online as a Tourism Mogul 佛系摸鱼，被全网吹成文旅大佬 Ling Naizi, Who Loves Steamed Grass Carp爱吃粉蒸草鱼的凌脑子Urban717k WordsOngoing Twenty-four-year-old new graduate Su Chen joins the Linzhou Culture and Tourism Center with just one ultimate goal in life: no rat race, no overtime, no taking the blame, no picking sides. He wants to leave work on time and coast peacefully until retirement. From his very first day, he keeps his head down and says little, ignores workplace manipulation, and refuses to join pointless competitions. He becomes the most laid-back, work-dodging newcomer in the entire department. But he has an extraor 468Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very good book, highly recommended! [Thumbs up]

22. 1522 魔 The Book of Mara 魔罗书 The Wandering Minstrel, General Saddle游吟马鞍将Eastern Fantasy387k WordsCompleted An Eastern fantasy novel of mystery and magic: In an era of chaos, the millennia-old undying demons once sealed away, the Dark Demon, Soul-Eater Demon, Plague Demon, Earth Mother, and others, reappear in the mortal world, coveting the Grandmasters’ sacred tome of wisdom, the Book of Mara, and plotting a dark conspiracy that could destroy heaven and earth... As the powerful Grandmasters travel far and wide to seal away demonic threats, they struggle to uncover the key hidden within the Book of Ma 85Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I feel the same way. I hope things get better soon.

23. 1523 有 Who Gets to Decide Whether You Have a Spiritual Root? 有没有灵根谁说了算 Add a Little More Sour to the Sweet甜多加点酸Eastern Fantasy196k WordsCompleted The Qingming Mountains of Xuanzhou were once the supreme ancestral grounds of the ancient Taixu Dao Sect. A Cataclysm of Returning to Dust overturned mountains and rivers, collapsing the ancient paths and severing the immortal veins. The sect’s sacred grounds, once renowned throughout the heavens, fell into ruin and became the home of the second-rate Qingxuan Sect. After the cataclysm, the Immortal Realm buried the truth and rewrote the Dao lineage, leaving later generations with an incomplete a 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Why is this happening? Cultivating immortality is a scam; the real truth is turning the tables and slapping people in the face. You won't believe it until you see it, and what you find will shock you.

24. 1524 一 I Never Stopped Along the Way 一路上我没有停下来过 Add a Little More Sour to the Sweet甜多加点酸Xianxia219k WordsCompleted Young Lin Yan enters the immortal sect, shatters the mortal world, and builds a great path spanning mountains and seas. He endures countless tribulations to seek the Dao and braves endless dangers in search of truth. He takes the mountains as his domain, suppressing demons and evil across the eight wildernesses; he takes the seas as his immortal realm, sweeping away the murk that clouds the nine heavens. At the mountain peaks and the ends of the sea, I alone am the Mountain Sovereign and Sea Imm 1Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 1525 巡 Patrolling the Dark 巡黯 GrievetXRMystery389k WordsOngoing Just started gaining ratings. [Contains BL themes, dual male leads] Main pairing: [Subtly obsessive detective × a consultant who's not what he seems]. A crime-solving story. Volume One: Focuses mainly on the tension and clashes between the detective and the consultant. Volume Two onward: The two leads gradually grow closer, the cases involve a wider web of relationships, and various factions begin to emerge. Chaos is frequent, and disasters are man-made. Filth piles up, corruption takes root. Ye 6Reads6.5Score102Shelves

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    This is how it is [crying] I'm trying to get someone to understand [crying]

26. 1526 绑 Bound to an Ancestor, I Make a Fortune in the Modern World 绑定老祖宗，我在现代疯狂暴富 Jin Yan菳言Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted [Rewriting history from the moral high ground + cause and effect + unwavering devotion] She loved Gu Sinan for five thousand years. But her ancestor, Gu Mingze, erased all her memories! Fate took an unexpected turn. In a new world, she fell in love all over again with the cool, calculating Gu Sinan... Though Gu Shengwan was born unlucky and ill-fated in this new world, with little affection from her family and misfortune at every turn, she spent half her life struggling under a cloud of despa 25Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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27. 1527 民 Republican Era: Behind the Sky Screen, I Edit the Lives of All 民国：天幕幕后，我剪辑众生 Passerby A Outside the Academy书院外的路人甲Mystery278k WordsCompleted A new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1528 高 High Martial: There's a Primordial World Inside Me 高武：我体内有座洪荒 Passerby A Outside the Academy书院外的路人甲Urban303k WordsOngoing A new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 1529 桃 Peach Blossom Curse: A Love Lost to a Thousand Years 桃花咒：千年情殇 Passerby A Outside the Academy书院外的路人甲85k WordsCompleted Peach Blossom Curse: A Thousand Years of Heartbreak —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 1530 我 I Embroidered Thirty-Seven Lives Into a Phoenix's Wings, and the Officer Panicked 我把三十七条命绣进凤凰翅膀，军官慌了 Passerby A Outside the Academy书院外的路人甲24k WordsCompleted I embroidered thirty-seven lives into a phoenix’s wings, and the officer panicked —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 1531 洪 The Hidden One of the Primordial World 洪荒之隐者 Passerby A Outside the Academy书院外的路人甲20k WordsCompleted The Hidden One of the Primordial World —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 1532 第 The Tenth Letter 《第十封信》 Passerby A Outside the Academy书院外的路人甲17k WordsCompleted The Tenth Letter 1Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 1533 玄 The Menial Servant of Xuanhuang 玄黄杂役 Passerby A Outside the Academy书院外的路人甲Eastern Fantasy170k WordsCompleted —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 1534 关 Where the Turning Point Lies in the Mountains 关山何处是转折 Passerby A Outside the Academy书院外的路人甲Historical285k WordsCompleted My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 1535 魔 Magic and Science? Don’t Write That in My Sight! 魔法科学？别在我眼里写字！ Old Man Mu慕老头Eastern Fantasy814k WordsOngoing In a Western fantasy world crawling with transmigrators, Dreil is one of them too, probably. Because he's lost his memory. He doesn't know this world, but everyone here knows him. A dispatch from the Transmigrator Club lands him at the Federal Bureau of Operations: "Welcome aboard. Your role is... undercover agent." On his first day, four tasks await him on the assignment board: investigate the Transmigrator Club / steal the Second Empire's scientific research / find the Pope's weakness / assass 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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36. 1536 血 Crimson Awakening: My Apocalypse Monster-Hunting and Leveling Journey 血色觉醒：我的末世打怪升级之路 Feng Ye Wu风野舞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse539k WordsOngoing First of all, this is not a mindless power fantasy, so enjoy with confidence. The apocalypse descends, civilization collapses, and zombies run rampant. The protagonist, Qin Li, sheds his cowardice in the face of desperation and grows rapidly through bloodshed. After awakening supernatural abilities, he wields a black iron cudgel forged from meteoric metal to slay zombies and monsters, holding on to his principles amid the slaughter. Human greed flourishes, while ever more powerful mutant zombie 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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