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. 251 岁 A Glimmer in the Years 岁月里的微光 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希22k WordsCompleted A Glimmer in the Years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 252 那 That Red Land 那片红色的土地 Xiong Dayu熊大雨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr 11.9kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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   A hidden gem whose title doesn't do it justice; it's incredibly addictive. It's not a formulaic story with its first three chapters; the more you read, the more captivating it becomes.

3. 253 发 After Discovering My Wife’s Secret, I Went Out to Buy Super Glue 发现妻子的秘密后，我去买了502 Round Lantern Festival Dumplings圆宵圆子Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted After Discovering My Wife's Secret, I Went Out to Buy Super Glue —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 254 结 The Wife of Five Years 结婚五年的妻 Round Lantern Festival Dumplings圆宵圆子13k WordsCompleted The Wife of Five Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 255 非 After Eight Years of Building Infrastructure in Africa, I Came Home Early and Discovered My Wife’s Secret 非洲基建八年，提前回家撞破妻子的秘密 Round Lantern Festival Dumplings圆宵圆子8k WordsCompleted After Eight Years of Infrastructure Work in Africa, I Came Home Early and Discovered My Wife's Secret —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 256 留 I Came Home Early After a Year Abroad to Surprise My Girlfriend 留学一年提前回家，想给女友一个大惊喜 Round Lantern Festival Dumplings圆宵圆子10k WordsCompleted I Came Home Early After a Year Studying Abroad, Hoping to Surprise My Girlfriend 1Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 重 Reborn, I Hid in My Brother-in-Law’s Attic 重生后，躲进姐夫家阁楼 Round Lantern Festival Dumplings圆宵圆子14k WordsCompleted After Being Reborn, I Hid in My Brother-in-Law's Attic 46Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 258 和 After My Husband and I Swapped Bodies, He Went Crazy 和老公互换身体后，老公要疯了 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Modern Romance137k WordsCompleted Modern romance + premium novel + body swap + funny everyday life Five years after registering their marriage, Shen Jing received not an anniversary gift from Lin Yu, but divorce papers. For the sake of his pregnant secretary, her husband wanted to leave her with nothing. On their way to the Civil Affairs Bureau, they got into a car accident and swapped souls. Looking at Lin Yu’s handsome face in the mirror, Shen Jing smiled. “You want a divorce? Let’s see if ‘you’ agree!” Wearing her husband’s s 710Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I found some really good books today, I couldn't put them down once I started reading.

9. 259 中 Middle-Aged and Still at Sea, I Was Forced to Become a Web Novel Superstar 中年不惑，我被迫成为网文大神 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Urban166k WordsCompleted Real Life + Urban Fantasy Chen Wang was turning forty this year. Today was his birthday, and as it happened, he had also been laid off. Back home, he threw himself onto the sofa and pulled out his phone. He opened a novel-reading app. It had been his habit for over ten years. He read everything: wuxia, fantasy, urban fiction, historical novels. When the workshop got too noisy, he'd spend his lunch break crouched outside reading. When he couldn't sleep at night, he'd turn off the sound and read i 20Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 260 禁 Forbidden Love, Buried Before My Daughter's Wedding 禁忌之恋，葬在女儿婚礼前 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted Forbidden Love, Buried Before My Daughter's Wedding 481Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 老 After My Husband Died, I Became Their Prey 老公死后，我成了他们的猎物目标 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山15k WordsCompleted After My Husband Died, I Became Their Prey 157Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 年 Those Loves of Our Youth 年轻时的那些情 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted Those Feelings from Our Youth 341Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 263 结 After Ten Years of Marriage, I Refuse to Be Invisible at Home Anymore 结婚十年，我不再做家里的透明人 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted After Ten Years of Marriage, I Refuse to Be Invisible at Home Anymore 530Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 264 年 The Love Lives of Young Men and Women 年轻男女的那点事 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The Things Young Men and Women Get Up To 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
15. 265 修 Cultivating Immortality in the Hehuan Sect: They Treat Me Like a Magical Artifact 修仙合欢宗，她们把我当法器 Little Peanut's Great Adventure小花生大冒险Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted He is the top male model at a club in the mortal realm, and a reincarnated Immortal Emperor. She is a low-ranking elder of the Hehuan Sect in the cultivation world, a bewitching demoness. He plays among the flowers, indulging in the pleasures of the world without ever getting attached. She exhausts every scheme, deceives the world, and traps him in the palm of her hand. He uses her as a chess piece, slaughters his way through the immortal realm, and reshapes the Heavenly Dao. She wields him as a 7kReads9.1Score653Shelves

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    This amazing story was locked up for another month, just got out! [Heart emoji] The writing and details are fantastic, the character portrayals and inner monologues are truly strong! [Kiss emoji] There's a live storyteller, guaranteed to make you happy! [Smirk emoji]

16. 266 梦 I Kissed the Campus Beauty in My Dreams, and When I Woke Up, She Really Fell for Me 梦里抱着校花亲，醒了她真爱上我 Your Dentures Just Flew Out你假牙飞出来了Urban132k WordsOngoing [The Ultimate Tent-Pitching Trick] [Lots and Lots of Heroines] [All Kinds of Types] Whatever you want, it's here. This book focuses on the details, but doesn't get too detailed. You know what I mean. So I hope you'll pay close attention as you read. The more carefully you read, the better the experience. You can use your imagination to fill in the gaps. Feel free to add the book to your shelf, interact, leave comments, and tip. You can also tell me what kinds of characters you'd like to see late 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend these two books, especially the second one, "The Blind Healer." It features multiple female protagonists, and the author's descriptions are detailed, vivid, and incredibly immersive. I even fell in love with the female characters! And each one is amazing; the author's character development is simply superb.

17. 267 重 Back to College, I Found That All the Beauties Were Gluttonous Girls 重返大学，发现美女都是大馋丫头 Lay Disciple俗家弟子Urban1.9M WordsOngoing (Multiple heroines + beauty gallery + System + daily life + tycoon + food delivery + light business + campus) Mu Changgeng got incredibly lucky by chance: he unexpectedly returned to his college days and awakened a System. Once his wallet was brimming with money, he gradually realized something was off. The campus beauty, the senior student, the professor, and the restaurant owner around him all seemed aloof and alluring, but behind closed doors, every last one of them was a ravenous little glut 119kReads7.2Score9.8kShelves
18. 268 外EN My Food Deliveries Are So Good, the Young Moms Won't Leave Me Alone 外卖太香，少妇妈妈们缠着我不放 Lay Disciple俗家弟子Urban1.7M WordsCompleted (Multiple heroines + everyday life + college + urban life + all-around delivery rider + sister-in-law) “Ding-dong! Ms. Tang, your delivery is here.” Mu Changsheng, dressed in his delivery uniform, knocked on the door, holding a takeout order in his hand. “Just leave it by the door!” A pleasant female voice came from inside. Mu Changsheng gently set the food down outside. Just as he was about to turn and leave, the door suddenly opened, and Ms. Tang stepped out in her pajamas. “Hey, young man, wa 53.6kReads7.7Score4.1kShelves
19. 269 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book as the Protagonist. You Think You Know Villain Tricks Better Than Me? 穿书主角，反派套路你能比我熟？ Lay Disciple俗家弟子Urban633k WordsCompleted [Chosen protagonist + female CEO + satisfying revenge + urban + multiple heroines + System] Xiao Changye slowly opens his eyes and sees the beautiful CEO downstairs, who has just been dumped. He stares in disbelief. How could anyone turn down such a gorgeous woman? But the next second, memories flood back, and Xiao Changye's expression turns strange. His bewilderment quickly gives way to dismay when he realizes he's transmigrated into the protagonist, not the big villain, but the protagonist! Th 7kReads5.8Score529Shelves
20. 270 糟 Oh No, the Campus Beauty Cried After I Pulled My Advisor into My Arms 糟糕，搂导员入怀后，校花姐哭了 Lay Disciple俗家弟子Urban152k WordsCompleted (Urban + campus + multiple heroines + favorability + System + everyday life + campus belle) At Tiannan University of Science and Technology, in a classroom... Mu Changming was fast asleep at his desk. Just then, substitute counselor Luo Xue Ning’s beautiful eyes landed on him. He was sleeping right in front of her... How dare he? Luo Xue Ning strode toward Mu Changming on her long legs, but before she could say a word, he suddenly sat upright and reached out to pull her into his arms. Luo Xue Ni 5.9kReads—Score659Shelves
21. 271 被 After I Was Pushed Out in All but Name, the Whole Company Begged Me to Step In 被变相裁员后，全公司跪求我出手 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After I Was Forced Out in All but Name, the Entire Company Begged Me to Step In 2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Short stories that middle-aged people must read

22. 272 入 After Three Years in Prison, the Marquis Regretted It 入狱三年，侯爷他悔疯了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted After Three Years in Prison, the Marquis Regretted It Too Late 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 儿 My Son and Daughter-in-Law Schemed for My Retirement Savings. After I Cut Ties with Them, They Regretted It 儿子儿媳算计我的养老钱，我断绝关系后，他们悔疯了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted My Son and Daughter-in-Law Schemed to Take My Retirement Savings. After I Cut Ties with Them, They Regretted It Too Late 506Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 1 My 1-Million-Year-End Bonus Became a 'Certificate of Encouragement,' So I Made Dozens of Times That Amount Back from the Company 100万年终奖变“鼓励奖状”，我反手从公司赚回几十倍 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted My 1-Million Year-End Bonus Became a "Certificate of Encouragement," So I Turned Around and Made Dozens of Times That Amount from the Company 214Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 闪 After Our Flash Marriage, I Could No Longer Hide My Billionaire Identity 闪婚后，我的首富身份藏不住了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After a Flash Marriage, I Could No Longer Hide My Billionaire Identity 780Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 被 After Being Struck by Lightning, I Could Understand My In-Laws’ Dialect 被雷劈后，我听懂了婆家方言 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted After Being Struck by Lightning, I Could Understand My In-Laws' Dialect 287Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 御 Sole Beast Tamer: It All Began When My Fairy Senior Sister Pushed Me Down 御兽独尊：从被仙女姐姐推倒开始 Ning Jing Zhiyuan2035宁静志远2035Urban260k WordsCompleted At the end of every chapter, the author's notes include a picture of the corresponding heroine. After failing the college entrance exams, I went into the mountains to clear my head, and accidentally found a fairy who had fallen from the sky, gravely injured. And so began a marvelous encounter. Afterward, my family's ancestral jade pendant vanished, and I awakened the divine power to command beasts! I can commune with spirits and perceive everything around me. All creatures in the world are at my 439Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    I guess you like this kind of thing.

28. 278 挖 The Driver Who Stole His Boss's Woman 挖了老板后院的司机 Ning Jing Zhiyuan2035宁静志远20357k WordsCompleted The Driver Who Stole His Boss's Wife 5.6kReads—Score—Shelves
29. 279 美 The Beautiful First Half of Her Life 美艳的前半生 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance516k WordsOngoing The story takes place in a rural village in Hebei in 1999. Meiyan has been sweet, beautiful, and clever since childhood, and everyone in the village agrees she's the local beauty. After failing her university entrance exams on her second attempt, she has no choice but to face the path fate has laid out for her. Swept up by Li Gangqiang's relentless pursuit, she gives him everything. But on the very day he steps through the gates of college, he gets together with another woman. Betrayed, Meiyan s 11kReads7.1Score248Shelves
30. 280 铁 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.4kReads6.8Score210Shelves
31. 281 俏 The Charming Nanny and Her Spoiled Billionaire Husband 俏奶妈和她的首富娇夫 Yun Chuyin云楚吟Modern Romance531k WordsCompleted In the depths of postpartum desperation, Liu Zaozao lands a lucrative live-in nanny contract. When she opens the door, she’s stunned to discover that the employer is her ex-boyfriend, Jiang Yu, who once said he never wanted children. And the baby she’s supposed to care for is the son she thought had died at birth! To protect her child, she swallows her emotions and stays with the Jiang family, earning her place with her professional nanny skills. She keeps her top-level English qualification und 4.3kReads—Score151Shelves

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    It's loved by people of all ages, suitable for everyone, and definitely worth watching! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

32. 282 天 Born with a Bewitching Charm and Overwhelmed by Desire, I’m Spoiled by Beijing’s Most Eligible Heir 天生媚骨遇上极度高热，我被京圈太子爷宠上天 Yun Chuyin云楚吟11k WordsCompleted Born with an irresistible allure and struck by a scorching fever, I became the pampered darling of the capital's most powerful young heir. 14.2kReads—Score123Shelves
33. 283 天 Oh My God! My Parrot Shares Sensations with the CEO, and Now He’s at My Mercy 天了噜！我的鹦鹉和总裁共感，他被我拿捏了 Yun Chuyin云楚吟12k WordsCompleted Good heavens! My parrot shares sensations with the CEO, and I've got him wrapped around my finger. 1.9kReads—Score—Shelves
34. 284 暗 My Secret-Crush Comic Went Viral, and the CEO Himself Is Begging for Updates 暗恋漫画爆火，霸总亲自催更 Yun Chuyin云楚吟Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted Her secret-crush comic goes viral, and the domineering CEO personally begs her for updates. 381Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 被 Beautiful and Bold After Being Cast Aside, Four Top-Tier Stars Pursue Me 被休弃妇美又飒，四个顶流追着嫁 Yun Chuyin云楚吟Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted The Beautiful, Cast-Off Wife Has Four Top-Tier Stars Chasing After Her 449Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 286 成 Why Should Adults Have to Choose? You Wouldn’t Understand How I Have Fun 成年人做什么选择，姐的快乐你不懂 Yun Chuyin云楚吟17k WordsCompleted Why should grown women have to choose? You wouldn't understand what makes me happy. 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
37. 287 听 I Can Understand Animals, and I Got Rich by Snapping Up a Wolf King Husband! 听懂兽语，我靠捡漏狼王老公暴富！ Yun Chuyin云楚吟12k WordsCompleted I can understand animal speech, and I struck it rich by snagging a bargain on a Wolf King husband! 35Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 288 穿 Reborn as a Concubine Forced to Die as a Sacrifice, I Had the Mad Prince Begging Me to Live 穿成了殉葬太妃，疯批皇叔跪求我别死 Yun Chuyin云楚吟13k WordsCompleted Reborn as a concubine doomed to die with the emperor, I had the mad prince kneel and beg me not to die 163Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 289 绑 Bound to a Social Death System, I Kissed the Ice-Cold CEO in Public 绑定社死系统，我当众强吻了冰山总裁 Yun Chuyin云楚吟11k WordsCompleted Bound to a Public Humiliation System, I kissed the icy CEO in front of everyone 27Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 290 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book as a Terminally Ill Side Character. I Faked My Death and Ran, and Now My Ex-Husband Has Gone Mad 穿书绝症女配？我假死跑路，前夫疯了 Yun Chuyin云楚吟Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into a Book as a Terminally Ill Villainess? I Faked My Death and Ran Away, and My Ex-Husband Went Mad 25Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 291 古 Gu Yuan Rescued My Sister, but I Became the Master of Her Blood-Robed Sister 【男频短篇】古渊救下姐姐，我却成了她血衣妹妹的主人 This Is the Second Eye这是第二颗眼睛12k WordsCompleted [Male-Oriented Short Story] Gu Yuan Saved My Older Sister, but I Became the Master of Her Blood-Robed Younger Sister —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend some less common short stories for male readers, where the male protagonist won't experience any frustrating situations. (Plus, these are adaptations of tabletop role-playing games. Tabletop role-playing games have a script and a moderator to control the plot's progression, although there can be unexpected situations like troublemakers or the dice goddess suddenly flipping the table.)

42. 292 契 We Married by Contract, and My Chaste Husband Helped Me Take Down Seven Unhinged Groomsmen 契约成婚，禁欲老公帮我反杀了七个疯批伴郎 Yun Chuyin云楚吟10k WordsCompleted A Contract Marriage: My Abstinent Husband Helped Me Take Down Seven Insane Groomsmen 237Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 293 咸 [Male-Oriented Short Story] I'm a Lazy Shut-In, Yet the Magical Girl Senpai Rings My Doorbell Every Day 【男频短篇】咸鱼家里蹲，却被魔法少女学姐天天按门铃 This Is the Second Eye这是第二颗眼睛7k WordsCompleted [Male-Oriented Short Story] A Lazy Homebody, Yet the Magical Girl Upperclassman Rings His Doorbell Every Day 1Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 294 穿 [Male-Oriented Short Story] I Transmigrated and Raised a Maid for Twelve Years, and Now She’s My Whole World 【男频短篇】穿越养女仆十二年，她成我命根子后 This Is the Second Eye这是第二颗眼睛9k WordsCompleted [Short Male-Oriented Novel] After Transmigrating and Raising a Maid for Twelve Years, She Became the Most Important Person in My Life 2Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 295 年 Fired at the Annual Gala, I Name My Price to Fix My Boss's Broken Machine 年会被辞，我开天价修废老板的机器 Yun Chuyin云楚吟8k WordsCompleted Fired at the annual meeting, I name my price to fix my deadbeat boss's machine 8Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 296 我 I Was Reborn as a Good-for-Nothing Immortal Stripped of My Immortal Bones, and the God of War Went on a Killing Spree for Me 我穿成被剔仙骨的废柴仙，战神为我杀疯了 Yun Chuyin云楚吟13k WordsCompleted I Reincarnated as a Good-for-Nothing Immortal Whose Immortal Bones Were Stripped Away, and the God of War Went on a Killing Spree for Me 204Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 297 我 [Male-Oriented Short Story] The Years My Wife Grew Weaker After Becoming a Magical Girl 【男频短篇】我的妻子成为魔法少女后在变弱的那些年 This Is the Second Eye这是第二颗眼睛13k WordsCompleted [Short Male-Oriented Novel] The Years My Wife Became Weaker After Turning into a Magical Girl 1Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 298 养 The Son I Raised for Five Years Isn’t Mine, and His Birth Mother Secretly Switched Our Babies 养5年的儿子不是亲生，亲妈竟偷偷换走我的娃 Yun Chuyin云楚吟12k WordsCompleted The son I raised for five years isn’t mine, and his biological mother secretly switched him with my baby 165Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 299 作 As a Dad Who Can See the Future, Isn’t It Only Reasonable to Rewrite a Dead-End Fate? 作为一个有未来视的老爸，改写死局也是合理的吧？ This Is the Second Eye这是第二颗眼睛12k WordsCompleted As a dad who can see the future, isn’t it only reasonable to rewrite a doomed fate? —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 300 我 After I Offered Myself to the State, the Beijing Heir Was Driven to Regret 我把自己上交国家后，京圈太子悔疯了 Yun Chuyin云楚吟6k WordsCompleted After I turned myself over to the state, the capital’s spoiled young heir was consumed with regret 330Reads—Score—Shelves

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