Books Middle-Aged People Love and Young People Should Read! 中年人喜欢看，年轻人应该看的书！

1. 601 五 The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance394k WordsCompleted Among contemporary Chinese literature's portrayals of rural women's lives, Zheng Guozhen's story grips readers with its astonishing realism and tragic depth. Through an ordinary rural woman's five failed marriages, this novel sketches the hardships of rural women's lives and inner worlds during China's social transformation in the 1990s. From an arranged marriage imposed by her parents to a self-serving union built on dependence on power, from an emotional wasteland scarred by violence to a brie 1.8kReads7.9Score224Shelves
2. 602 新 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance636k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.5kReads6.5Score102Shelves
3. 603 那 The Happy Years I Spent in Dongguan 那些年我在东莞的幸福往事 Sparse Shadows in the Courtyard疏影庭前Urban299k WordsCompleted [Urban everyday life] + [multiple heroines] + [first person] My name is Hao Jian. I'm a college graduate who left a small inland county to make a living in Dongguan. A female classmate who'd been quite a flirt back in school introduced me to the city. I thought I'd find a factory job and earn some money, but things didn't go as planned. I ended up in a bar, and that's where my life took an unexpected turn. 5.6kReads6.0Score510Shelves

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   A super good book... *^O^*

4. 604 直 Livestream: Teaching Kids to Write Essays and Be Good People 直播：教孩子写作文，学做人 Ouyang Miguo欧阳米果235k WordsCompleted Writing compositions is easy! This book shows parents how to guide their children in writing and in learning how to be good people. Drawing on traditional Chinese thought, it explores methods and techniques for parent-child education. 59Reads—Score101Shelves

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   A great book you'll miss if you don't read it.

5. 605 花 The Legend of a Huacheng Programmer 花城程序员传 Little Vampire Cat血族小猫Urban881k WordsOngoing The story takes place in a beautiful flower city in the south. A group of IT professionals from a major metropolis have gathered to form a community they grandly call the “Flower City Programmers’ Home.” In truth, it’s a motley crowd: mostly IT elites and code slaves (programmers), mixed in with bosses, HR staff, stock-market gurus, lawyers, accountants, the unemployed, club princes, and nightlife goddesses. As the saying goes, wherever there are people, there’s a world of its own, and every day 28Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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   The story takes place in a beautiful flower city in the south. A group of IT professionals living in a first-tier city have gathered together to form a circle, euphemistically called "Flower City Programmer's Home." In reality, this circle is a mixed bag: the vast majority are IT elites and coding slaves, mixed with bosses, HR professionals, stock market gurus, lawyers, accountants, the unemployed, as well as club princes and nightclub goddesses. As the saying goes, where there are people, there is a world of its own, and every day, some interesting and absurd legends circulate within this world… [awkward laugh][almost crying]

6. 606 大 Chronicles of the Qing Dynasty's Waning Moon 大清折月录 Gluttonous Monk饕餮和尚Historical290k WordsOngoing Chang Jingzhen, a history PhD, transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty’s most heartbroken man: Nalan Xingde. He opened his eyes in the fifteenth year of the Kangxi reign, with the Rebellion of the Three Feudatories raging and undercurrents surging at court. He was the foremost literary talent among the Manchus, the emperor’s personal bodyguard, and the eldest son of Nalan Mingzhu. Each role put him in the eye of the storm. Worse, the original owner had died young, and now only ten years remained on 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Two books I absolutely love, sharing them with all my heart.

7. 607 天 The Heavenly Wolf Feng Shui Master 天狼风水师 Gluttonous Monk饕餮和尚Urban314k WordsCompleted “The Heavenly Wolf reborn, feng shui as the blade, medicine as the heart; through the mortal world's purgatory, beauty at his side, he breaks the deadlock and changes fate!” He is a lone star born under the Heavenly Wolf, and humanity’s savior. The night Li Xingfan was born, the Heavenly Wolf star fell into the mortal world. The three elders of Zhongnan declared: “If this child does not learn the secret arts, he will not live past twelve.” At seven, he heads up Zhongnan Mountain. There, he learn 154Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 608 快 Quick Transmigration: I Am Your Comeuppance 快穿你的报应就是我 Home in a Dream梦里家园Fantastical Romance820k WordsCompleted A long-form quick transmigration story, not a mindless slaughterfest. The heroine lives out a whole lifetime in each world. In every life, she first builds herself a good life, then takes revenge bit by bit. No fixed CP. Romance doesn't take up the main plot; it's only there to support it. A refined egoist. Hu Moli was a nine-tailed mystic fox. While weakened during her transformation, she was stabbed to death. She binds herself to a System and transmigrates across worlds, fulfilling the wishes 9.9kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
9. 609 末 An Apocalypse Survivor Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder, Leaving Her Enemies Completely Wiped Out 末世女穿成炮灰，仇人片甲不留 Home in a Dream梦里家园Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Alternate Universe] [Tearing Down Scumbags] [Living Life to the Fullest] [Period] [Ancient Times] [Doesn’t Rely on Men, But Makes Use of Them When Needed] Qi Lele spent ten years surviving by the blade in the apocalypse. Just as she was dying, she unexpectedly became bound to a System. She transmigrates into tragic cannon fodder characters across different worlds, avenging the wrongfully killed originals and fulfilling their wishes. “What do you mean, yours? What’s yours 9.1kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
10. 610 千 Heading South at the Turn of the Millennium: Rolling Coins 千禧南下：翻滚的钢镚 Seven Sons of the Wind扶摇七子Urban273k WordsCompleted During the rainy season of the millennium, torrential rain poured down on Ruili. Bai Hao and his group sped along National Highway 556 in a four-wheel-drive Toyota Prado, relying on their off-roader’s powerful performance to plow through the terrible road conditions. As they drove past the embankment in Leiyun Village, they came across Burmese border residents moving supplies across the border. They learned that it was legitimate border trade. The group stopped to watch, unaware that danger was 40Reads—Score—Shelves

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    For middle-aged people, it's likely to be a recollection; for young people, it's easy to understand and can save them from making many mistakes over a decade!

11. 611 不 The Undying Starveling 不死饿殍 Yu Jinhe余瑾和Eastern Fantasy996k WordsOngoing Tomato Original: They all call me Shen Qianqiu, or the Undying Wretch. I survived the meat hooks used to butcher people for food, weathered the storms of the Tang and Song dynasties, and witnessed the flames of war under the Yuan and Ming... I have walked this mortal world for a thousand years. “They ate me for a thousand years. At last, they ate me into a god.” 3.3kReads—Score260Shelves

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    The premise of this book is absolutely brilliant—the protagonist has another person's flesh growing inside him, and his hands are unresponsive because he owes someone a debt. This sense of terror, that "his body doesn't belong to him," is even more chilling than ghosts themselves.

12. 612 明 The Ming Dynasty’s Special Reconnaissance Troops: The Night Watchmen 明朝特种侦察兵夜不收 Shu Yao Jiu舒窈纠Historical456k WordsCompleted A battle of wits between elite scouts, a shadow war of espionage full of twists, and a poignant romance between two people caught in forces beyond their control: all this awaits in the legendary tale of the Ming Dynasty’s Night-Rejecting scouts! During the Jiajing era, unrest flares along the frontier as the Mongols and Jurchens watch hungrily from the shadows. An elite reconnaissance unit known as the Night-Rejectors becomes the sharpest hidden blade guarding the Ming border. Shen Yan, the son 441Reads6.4Score100Shelves

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    A passionate Ming Dynasty... Night Watchman [Thumbs up][Heart]

13. 613 官 The Official Road, Starting at Level Three 官道，从三段开始 Mr. Fishjoy鱼乐先生Urban512k WordsOngoing My name is Bu Qingyun. (I hold a senior government post and have a fortune worth over a hundred million.) Let me tell you a secret. Ever since I was in elementary school, entering politics has been the light of my ideals and the flame of my ambition. It was buried in my heart like a seed, ready to take root and sprout as soon as the soil was right... 18.6kReads7.6Score2.9kShelves

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    These two books are absolutely true and of high quality! They are incredibly inspiring! They are stories of overcoming adversity through sheer hard work and perseverance.

14. 614 过 Adoption into the Family 过继 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 29.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
15. 615 东 Drowning in Tokyo's Shadows: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 东京暗溺：他的唇，染着霓虹与罪 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝10k WordsCompleted Tokyo’s Dark Descent: His Lips Stained with Neon and Sin 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He won every battle, except for his fate and her.

16. 616 犬 Inuyasha: Kikyo's Defiant Fate, A Heart Set Ablaze 犬夜叉·桔梗：逆命焚心录 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝Ancient Romance22k WordsCompleted Inuyasha and Kikyo: A Record of Burning Hearts Against Fate 27Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 617 梧 Ashes of the Parasol Tree: The Evening Breeze Can't Reach an Old Flame 梧桐烬：晚风不渡旧情人 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝7k WordsCompleted Ashes of the Wutong: The Evening Breeze Cannot Carry an Old Flame 7Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 618 血 Blood Staircase: The Eighteen Floors of Death That Never End 血梯：永不下坠的十八层死门 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝6k WordsCompleted The Blood Staircase: Eighteen Levels of Death with No Way Down 4Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 619 深 Starlight Echoes from the Abyss 深渊回响有星光 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝12k WordsCompleted Starlight Echoes from the Abyss 15Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 620 深 Sunward Grain in the Abyss 深渊里的向阳禾 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝12k WordsCompleted Sunward Grain in the Abyss 3Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 621 校 The School Bully’s Love Is the Knife I Kill With 校霸的爱，是我杀人的刀 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝13k WordsCompleted The School Bully's Love Is the Knife I Kill With 7Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 622 转 After Transferring Schools, I Joined My Brothers to Crush the Bullying 转校后，我带兄弟掀翻了校园霸凌 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝13k WordsCompleted After Transferring Schools, I Joined My Friends to Bring Down Campus Bullies 5Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 623 求 Survival Game: From the Start, I Get an SSS-Rank Talent 求生游戏，开局获得SSS天赋 Lun Who Moves Bricks Every Day每日搬砖的伦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse557k WordsCompleted [Growing heroine + no romance + natural disasters + survival for all + plant-based supernatural ability + infinite flow + rule-based horror] Without warning, ten billion people around the world are dragged into a survival game. From the start, Ye Hangxia relies on the lightning-fast reflexes she honed by competing for class registrations, and hits the jackpot. She draws an SSS-rank talent: plant-based supernatural abilities, a perfect fit for her background as an agricultural student. Islands co 2.5kReads5.0Score208Shelves

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    The novel is really well written.

24. 624 岳 Mount Yue 岳鉴 Ah Yawn阿哈欠Eastern Fantasy244k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + traditional xianxia + no harem + slow burn] Heaven and earth are the board, all living beings the pieces. A single thought can overturn mountains and seas; a legacy passed down through generations can subdue the eight directions. The Earthcraft lineage wields the laws of heaven and earth. Senior Brother Gu Yang killed his own brother under extraordinary circumstances, bearing both a blood debt and the heavy responsibilities of the Earthcraft lineage. His wife, Ao Pin, a Dragon P 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm running out of books to read and can't keep up, so I'm reserving this spot to promote it! Based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it features two main characters, one invincible and the other growing stronger. Built on an episodic, ensemble-style narrative, the pacing is slow. It's a fantasy novel with a significant emphasis on dialogue, including elements of sects, marriage, intrigue, and mythology… I won't comment on the plot logic or writing style, but I welcome your feedback. It's a new book, but I have a lot of chapters saved up. I was too lazy to come up with chapter titles, so each chapter is quite long and satisfying. If you find it enjoyable, you can add it to your bookshelf to build up your reading experience or read it immediately.

25. 625 一 Yizhi Xiaoqi's 17th Book 一纸小旗第17本书 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban648k WordsCompleted A country boy with superb medical skills lands a job at an electronics factory in the kingdom of women. From then on, there's no stopping him. With charm and skill to back him up, he thrives and rises to the pinnacle of life! 1.3kReads8.1Score139Shelves

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    You'll thank me after seeing this.

26. 626 东 The Secret of the Dongguan Sisters 东莞姐姐的秘密 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban152k WordsCompleted "Roaming the Martial World" "Multiple Heroines" Chen Yang and Wang Tao grew up together. By chance, they became disciples of a great master and headed north to Guancheng to seek out Chen Yang’s older sister, Xu Chunhua. When they arrived, they discovered things were nothing like they had imagined. From then on, they chose different paths, and each of their lives changed beyond recognition… 511Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 627 男 My Boyfriend Has a Female Best Friend, and I Have a Male Best Friend 男朋友有女兄弟，我有男闺蜜 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭16k WordsCompleted My boyfriend has a girl best friend, so I have a guy best friend. 1.9kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended short stories for middle-aged readers

28. 628 竹 My Childhood Friend and Bestie Turned Down a Top Firm’s Offer for Me, So I Got Them Both Fired 竹马和闺蜜替我拒了巨头offer，我反手让他们被开除 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月10k WordsCompleted My Childhood Friend and Bestie Turned Down a Top Company’s Offer for Me, So I Got Them Fired Instead 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
29. 629 爱 A Testament to Love 爱的遗嘱 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted A Will of Love 1kReads—Score—Shelves
30. 630 我 After I Was Ordered to Divorce, My Ex-Husband Regretted It 我奉旨和离后，前夫悔不当初 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance36k WordsCompleted After I received the imperial decree to divorce, my ex-husband regretted it too late. 10kReads—Score203Shelves
31. 631 妹 My Sister Stole My Identity, Not Knowing She Was Marrying the General Who Died in Battle in My Place 妹妹抢我身份，却不知是替我嫁给战死的将军 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted My younger sister stole my identity, never knowing she was taking my place in marrying a general who would die in battle. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
32. 632 妈 Mom Hired Her Best Friend’s Daughter to Avoid Suspicion, But They Panicked When I Audited Them Without Mercy 妈妈为避嫌只录取闺蜜女儿，我铁面审计时她们却慌了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted My Mom Hired Only Her Best Friend’s Daughter to Avoid Favoritism. But When I Started Auditing Them Without Mercy, They Panicked 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
33. 633 订 My Future Mother-in-Law Slapped Me at Our Engagement Party, So I Canceled the Wedding and Made Her Whole Family Kneel to Repay Me 订婚宴婆婆当众扇我耳光，我取消婚礼让她全家跪着还钱 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted My Mother-in-Law Slapped Me at the Engagement Banquet, So I Called Off the Wedding and Made Her Whole Family Get on Their Knees to Pay Me Back 551Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 634 闺 My Best Friend’s Private Kitchen 闺蜜私房菜 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭6k WordsCompleted My Best Friend’s Private Kitchen 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
35. 635 重 Reborn, I Took All of the Zhao Family’s Fortune 重生后，我夺了赵家全部家产 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Took All of the Zhao Family's Property 1kReads—Score—Shelves
36. 636 看 After Seeing the On-Screen Comments, I Dumped the Brother-Obsessed Leech 看见弹幕后，我甩了扶弟魔 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭12k WordsCompleted After Seeing the On-Screen Comments, I Dumped My Brother-Enabling Ex 83Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 637 带 Transmigrating to 1975 with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间穿越1975 Pickled Mustard Greens and Lean Pork Congee榨菜瘦肉粥Urban1.7M WordsCompleted A new story is out! You can read my work 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! 5.4kReads7.2Score356Shelves
38. 638 看 After Seeing the On-Screen Comments, I Started a Livestream to Do Absolutely Nothing 看见弹幕后，我开直播摆烂 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted After Seeing the On-Screen Comments, I Started Livestreaming and Giving Up 226Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 639 小 Those Things That Happened in the Little Mountain Village 小山村里的那些事 Standing Alone in the World苏世独立Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Li Dapeng, a country boy, had his fate changed by a strange twist of chance at his neighbor's wedding. From then on, he embarked on a carefree and exhilarating journey through life. 23.4kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves
40. 640 感 Thanks to My Mother-in-Law's Washbasin, I Saw This Family for What It Really Is 感谢婆婆的洗菜盆，让我看清这个家的真面目 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Thanks to my mother-in-law’s vegetable-washing basin, I finally saw this family for what it really is 276Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend these short stories that everyone can read.

41. 641 哥 Brother, My Blind Date Is Better Than You 哥哥，我的相亲对象比你好 Eighty-Eight八拾捌11k WordsCompleted Big brother, my blind date is better than you 287Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 642 姑 My Sister-in-Law Borrowed Money to Help Her Lover Get an Abortion 姑姐回娘家借钱给小三打胎 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My Sister-in-Law Returned to Her Parents’ Home to Borrow Money for Her Lover’s Abortion 315Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 643 亲 My Relative Took Me to Rent a Haunted House 亲戚带我租凶宅 Eighty-Eight八拾捌10k WordsCompleted A Relative Took Me to Rent a Haunted House 86Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 644 为 I Hid in a Cabinet with the CEO to Catch the Other Woman 为了抓小三我和总裁躲进柜子里 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted I Hid in a Closet with the CEO to Catch My Husband Cheating 499Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 645 被 After Being Cast Out of the Sect, the Demon King Asked Me to Be His Wife 被逐出宗门后，妖王喊我做娘子 Eighty-Eight八拾捌11k WordsCompleted After Being Cast Out of the Sect, the Demon King Asked Me to Be His Wife 271Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 646 瞎 The Blind Young Master Wants to Marry Me 瞎子少爷要娶我 Eighty-Eight八拾捌14k WordsCompleted The Blind Young Master Wants to Marry Me 365Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 647 黄 A Love Letter in the Loess 黄土情书 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban263k WordsCompleted In 1982, a severe drought grips northern Shaanxi. Thirty-year-old village teacher Wang Pu squats on a cracked field ridge, clutching the betrothal money his mother has wrapped in red cloth. The last unmarried man of his age in the village has no idea his life is about to change that very night. When he rescues a young woman in a Lenin suit from a collapsed grain depot, the English copy of Jane Eyre in her suitcase tears open his stunted emotional world. When a village teacher’s love for a “troub 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book to everyone.

48. 648 潜 Lying Low on a Lonely Island 潜伏孤岛 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban126k WordsCompleted Shanghai in 1941 is a battlefield without gunfire. Lin Mo, the youngest chief of the secretariat in the Wang Jingwei regime, conceals a Browning pistol beneath his immaculate suit and deadly sharpness behind his gold-rimmed glasses. When he finds a classified message encrypted with the “Plum Blossom Cipher” in a safe, cold sweat soaks through his shirt. There is a traitor within the organization, and this person knows that he is the Chinese Communist Party’s ace agent, code-named “Winter Plum.” 493Reads—Score104Shelves
49. 649 不 I Won't Be Your Mortal Concubine; I'll Be a Celestial Goddess 不做你凡间妃，要做我九天仙 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted I Won't Be Your Mortal Concubine; I'll Be a Celestial Maiden in the Ninth Heaven 268Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 650 官 A Trap Within a Trap in the Halls of Power 官场局中局 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban537k WordsCompleted [Political intrigue + power struggles + influential figures + suspense + workplace drama + deduction] Cao Zili, head of the Phoenix Mountain project, falls to his death. Rumors claim a suicide note was found at the scene, but its intended recipient is a mystery, and the case is full of unanswered questions... Was it suicide or murder? And what was the motive? The body cannot be found, making the case difficult to solve... The provincial task force arrives, sending the political scene in Huzhou i 1.3kReads8.7Score128Shelves

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