Any Books That Aren’t Stupid? Everything I Read Is Frustrating. Are There Any Books Without Romance? 有没有不弱智的书，看的人都烦躁，无cp的书有没有

1. 1 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds

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   I also have a dislike for stupidity! This story is supposed to be a no-romance story! The main character is incredibly intelligent! And their acting is superb!

2. 2 无 Infinite Game, With Lifespan as the Stake 无限游戏，筹码是寿命 A Certain Someone, Ah祝某人啊Mystery346k WordsCompleted A pure battle of wits, with no superpowers and no System. Born from the Human Genome Project, the protagonist possesses absolute intelligence, putting him at the very pinnacle, like a god. His endless battle of wits begins the moment he enters the Domain of Fate. Genius is merely the entry ticket to this gamble. What does true peak intelligence look like? What is the truth about this world? And it turns out the final opponent is… [Some readers may worry that the protagonist’s zero personality a 213Reads6.2Score—14d adds

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   Pure intellectual battle, no superpowers, no system, protagonist's intelligence is at its peak.

3. 3 负 Negative Entropy Body 负熵体 Jiao Jiao JiaoL焦焦焦LSci-Fi & Apocalypse101k WordsOngoing Mystery + survival + bizarre thrills + a tough-as-nails protagonist As the universe approaches heat death, only those who defy entropy remember the way forward. In an apocalypse corroded by acid rain, the double-ring mark behind Chen Mimi’s ear is the only anomaly. The metal-bodied mutants of Jinming City, the cannibal tear-woman of Tang City, the flesh-and-blood plants running rampant in Wutong City... Five cities in succession are plunged into nightmares of annihilation. A higher-dimensional w 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   No romantic pairings, ensemble cast, mystery with plot twists

4. 4 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 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds

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   Go see it!! Go see it!! It's so good! Super good! If you don't like it, find the problem with yourself!!

5. 5 写 I Wrote a Fairy Tale and Forged the Twilight of the Gods 写个童话，铸成诸神黄昏 Milk Tea Cats and Dogs奶茶猫狗Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing One day, countless [Gates] suddenly appeared across the world. At the same time, a power known as [Truth] began to echo through the human realm. Some awakened the Truth of Isaac Newton, father of mechanics, and learned the sky-rending magic of manipulating gravity. Some awakened the Truth of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear bomb demon, and could turn an entire city to lifeless ruins with a wave of their hand. Some awakened the Truth of Li Bai, the immortal banished from heaven, and could d 63.7kReads9.3Score5.3k14d adds

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   Does it perfectly match?

6. 6 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232kReads9.5Score28.6k14d adds
7. 7 我 Dreaming a Long Dream of Immortality in the Taixu Sect 我在太虚宗大梦长生 Seven-Seven Nights七七夜夜Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted Meng Bai, a fortunate transmigrator, transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a disciple of the Taixu Sect. A copy of the Great Dream Scripture comes with him. Those who cultivate the Great Dream Scripture must train in their dreams, and from then on Meng Bai embarks on a journey of sleep. Sword intent of mountains and seas, domains of divine powers, avatar transformation, creation of a grotto-heaven. He comprehends one astonishing skill after another in his dreams. A thousand years pa 2.5kReads8.0Score17814d adds
8. 8 昭 The Chaos of Zhaohua 昭华乱 See Fortune at First Sight, Meow一见生财瞄Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Available in print. Search "Zhaohua Rebellion" on any platform to purchase.] [Strong female lead, satisfying revenge, high-IQ palace intrigue, the heroine schemes against the entire harem, a dangerously unhinged antagonist] Song Zhao has always been a woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, and she has always seen the world more clearly than anyone else. From the moment she learned that Xiao Jingheng had chosen her to enter the palace as a consort, her goal was crystal clear: "I en 87.1kReads9.5Score9.7k14d adds

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   Trust me, I'm incredibly good-looking and intelligent.

9. 9 逆 The Time Rewriter: Changing the Ending in the Gaps of History 逆时者：我在历史缝隙改写结局 An Fan's Fleeting Moments安凡拾光Ancient Romance214k WordsCompleted My new story is here! You’re welcome to visit Tomato Novel and read my work. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Watch now, you'll regret it if you don't!

10. 10 我 My Script Will Kill 我的剧本会杀人 An Fan's Fleeting Moments安凡拾光Mystery141k WordsOngoing I gave words the power to twist reality, never realizing that I had become a character in the story. When every stroke of the yellowed script began to come true, I finally understood: I wasn’t rewriting a story, but the lives of real people. Now a fresh page is taking shape, the ink still wet, and the protagonist’s name... is mine. —Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 11 野 Wild Chrysanthemums, No Tears 野菊花，不流泪 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 2.2kReads8.4Score15214d adds

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    A realistic historical novel about the arduous life of an abandoned girl.

12. 12 丹 Danyangzi: This Daoist Transmigrated from the Start 丹阳子：道爷我开局穿越 Great Peng True Lord大鹏真君Eastern Fantasy237k WordsCompleted [Not mindless + Daoist Gu + mild Lovecraftian horror] (Friendly reminder: The protagonist enters the Immortal Realm in Chapter 62 and begins interacting with the World of the Great Nuo in Chapter 113.) (After Chapter 158, the story draws close to the original Daoist Gu timeline. From here on, you can read the chapters before and after in any order. The two places feature Danyangzi at the same time, but in different circumstances. What I mean is the idea that neither moving forward nor standing s 444Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    This book 🤔

13. 13 什 What? The Story Is Writing Itself 什么？有故事在自己书写 There's a Notebook Writing About Me有笔记本在写我Eastern Fantasy151k WordsCompleted I’m a failed novelist, and the protagonist of my own story has threatened to kill me. To stay alive, I take up my keyboard to protect the world. But no matter how I revise things, the plot races toward destruction. Until I discover that even my “revisions” are just another part of the design. If I, a three-dimensional being, can’t fight the unseen hand from a higher dimension, then… what if I lower myself into two dimensions and become an anime character? (I’ll write more later, please be patien —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Yes, it's me again ↓

14. 14 无 The Godless Realm: The Empty Throne 无神之境：空王座 Lone Goose Over the Desert漠上孤雁Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted On a continent where the gods have long since fallen, Prince Faser of the Kingdom of Brook sets out on a journey to the "Land of the Divine Coffin" with the mysterious traveler Aserola, hoping to escape the shadow of his mother's death from illness. Along the way, they meet Pronika, an elf who has lost her memories, and Ya, a girl who shares a life with the Demon King. Their hastily assembled party must fend off one bloodthirsty Demon King after another while contending with the mysterious "Kin 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Self-promoted, slow-paced, no system, no time travel, pure fantasy adventure ԅ(¯¯ԅ)

15. 15 嘘 Shh, Whatever You Do, Don't Play a Murder Game on a Dating Show 嘘，千万别在恋综里玩杀人游戏 My Cat Went Bald我家猫秃头了Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted Cen Yueyue is a D-list actress who gets incredibly lucky when her agent shoves her onto a dating reality show starring famous actors, where she’s cast as a disposable extra. The director’s script calls for her to make a scene and squeeze every last drop of usefulness out of her supporting role. So on the very first night, the man Cen Yueyue is supposed to fall for gets a short arrow through the head. Night has fallen. Close your eyes. Killer, open your eyes and choose your prey... A mountain vil 7.2kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds

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    If you lose focus for a while in the first book, you won't understand the rest at all. The second book features two strong protagonists in a dungeon-crawling storyline. The third book also features two strong protagonists, a dungeon-crawling mystery with a touch of horror, and one book without a male lead.

16. 16 无 Infinite: People Can Die, but You Must Never Lose the Game 无限：人可以死游戏绝不能输 Ran Tu染途Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Infinite Flow + Logical Deduction + Death Games + Brain-Burning + Slightly Unhinged Female Lead + Strong Leads] (Content warnings at the end of Chapter 1) After her parents died, Xin Zhixia witnessed the ugly faces of her relatives during a dispute over the inheritance and grew disgusted with the world. She devoted herself to the games she loved and drifted through life in a daze. Finding life pointless, she decided to jump off a building and kill herself. A man appeared beside her. 12.8kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
17. 17 无 Infinite Escape: I Earn Rent Money in Horror Games 无限逃生：我在惊悚游戏里挣房费 Mo Sibei陌肆白Mystery800k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + strong female lead + team + plot-focused] [Ding~ Welcome, player, to the Survival Inn! Please do your best to clear the instances and earn your room fees~ We offer dormitory rooms, guesthouse rooms, hotel rooms, and more, as well as a top-tier luxury VIP club waiting for you to unlock~] A gloomy, blood-soaked compound A school crawling with death A cursed painting that brings death to anyone who looks at it An old village teeming with stra 20.3kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
18. 18 暮 Mu Sinan 暮思南 Fish of the Cabbage白菜的鱼Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Blurb drafted on 2022.10.6. [At last, dawn arrives, and she lies buried in the earth as it breaks.] On her barren, cracked land, he planted sunflowers for her with his own hands. She had been in the dark for so long that she had forgotten what it felt like to be bathed in light. Then one day, she finally found the sun. It shone on her for so long that she foolishly began to think she could make it her own. But she forgot: the sun and she belonged to different worlds. When she was eighteen, s 1.2kReads9.3Score31414d adds

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    So heartbreaking, I cried so much I lost 3 pounds 😢😢

19. 19 农 Stories of the Farmers 农民那些事 Every Day Is Wonderful天天美好Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Modern city + period setting + farming] Xing Ruyi is an ambitious young man who refuses to accept a life of poverty and backwardness. He leads the people to prosperity by farming, raising fish, opening factories, and building businesses. Through hard work and perseverance, he overcomes every obstacle and ultimately rises to great heights, becoming utterly unstoppable. 1.1kReads9.0Score23714d adds

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    This book is great, especially good.

20. 20 黑 The Black Coffin Sword Immortal 黑棺剑仙 Slow-Witted Seagull迟钝的海鸥Eastern Fantasy215k WordsCompleted Three Sages from the three schools join forces to seal the Cave-Heaven World. Shen Mo is born and raised there. When the world finally shatters, he grows into an unparalleled Sword Immortal, standing alone in a city and fighting the entire demon race! 580Reads—Score10514d adds
21. 21 旧 Old Journals 旧日笔记 Uncle Chuyi初一叔Mystery247k WordsOngoing A Western fantasy setting inspired by Lord of the Mysteries, with high-stakes battles of wits. The protagonist is a Magician who transmigrates from the modern world to a world of mutations. Using psychology and circumstances, along with this world's strange and unpredictable abilities, he orchestrates grand illusions played out on a real-world stage. Even when the targets of his pranks realize they've been manipulated, they remain like fish in a bottle, unable to escape or see through the trick. 7Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I hope you enjoy using your brain as much as I do. [Think about it]

22. 22 凡 Mortal Spirit Hunter: The Protagonist Dies from the Start 凡灵猎手：开局死主角 Ghost Seventeen鬼拾柒Urban918k WordsOngoing [Modern martial arts, not a power fantasy] Chen Huan, an ordinary college student, dies in an accident. To his surprise, he is chosen and reborn as a mortal-spirit hunter tasked with maintaining the world's balance. From that moment on, the true nature of the world begins to reveal itself to him, along with all manner of strange factions: hunters, ghosts, monsters, cultivators, martial artists... The great factions scheme and maneuver against one another, and conflicts erupt on all sides. Beneat 77Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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    The Spirit Hunter is a novel story that gets better as it goes on.

23. 23 筑 Dreamspace 筑梦空间 Daodao Wants to Grow Taller刀刀要长高Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Everything in this world has its cause and effect. Legend has it that people who harbor an obsession in their hearts will be guided to a place called the Dream-Building Space. With the help of wish-granting sprites, Ye Li completes a series of missions, fulfilling other people's wishes while drawing ever closer to his own. What wondrous stories will Ye Li experience on this journey of granting wishes? Whom will he meet, and what will he gain? Come along and find out. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Quick transmigration, no romance, family-oriented, come and take a look!

24. 24 休 After Dumping My Scumbag Ex, the Northern War Prince Pursues Me Relentlessly 休了渣男后，战北王狂追我 A Slice of Karma一片业Ancient Romance256k WordsCompleted She transmigrated after returning to life, going from an invincible female general to a cast-off wife everyone in the Qi household despised. To escape the flames, she severed the scumbag’s manhood, divorced him, and struck out on her own. After the divorce, she cleared her maternal grandfather’s family of false accusations and avenged her birth mother. Then she got entangled with the Prince of Zhanbei, who pursued her relentlessly from then on... 23Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    Arrogant princess, she exposes her scumbag boyfriend right from the start, it's so satisfying.

25. 25 快 Quick Transmigration: Do Good Deeds and Don't Ask About the Future 快穿之但行好事莫问前程 Thoughts of the Mortal World红尘念Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted The nation is unified. Flowers should bloom in all their variety. Have you ever hated someone? I have. Have you let it go? Why should I? Didn’t you say you didn’t hold it against him anymore? That’s not a contradiction. I can understand him, so I can choose not to hold it against him. That doesn’t stop me from hating him. The hurt is still there, and it will never disappear. I’ve let it go, but I still hate him. If I’m going to be the one who holds up the sky for you, I can learn those skills an 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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