Underrated Books, Male-Male Romance (Let Your Favorite Underrated Authors Get Noticed!) 冷书,双楠(让你喜欢的冷门作者大大被看见吧!!
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A Cold Night Between Us 冷夜相抵
[Two male leads] + [Devoted to each other] [Lawyer] vs. [CEO] Lawyer Jing is a handsome, well-spoken man with a temper as foul as dog shit. Manager Gu is handsome and rich, yet no one dares look at him for long. The two cross paths after the sudden death of the chairman of Sanhe Group.
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The Villain Is So Beautiful! The Male Lead Is Falling in Love Again 反派过分貌美!男主又恋爱脑了
[Two male leads + obsessive, unhinged, lovesick top + beautiful, two-faced bottom who looks dark but is secretly innocent + taking by force + all kinds of dark rooms + melodrama and jealous showdowns galore] After working 996 hours and dying from an all-nighter, Xia Zeyuan is forcibly bound by a shady System and has no choice but to work himself to the bone for it in one small world after another. In the first world, he transmigrates into a reckless rich second-generation heir. To complete his m
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After an Arranged Marriage, the Little Fool Is Spoiled in His Arms 赐婚后小傻子被宠入怀
The main story is complete! [Cool, gentle prince vs. sweet, slightly silly young man] [Two male leads + ancient setting + imperial marriage decree + healing, sweet romance] Slow burn, everyday life, tooth-achingly sweet, devoted to each other, no angst. A marriage that starts before love, about a sweet, slightly silly young man who wins a cold, powerful man's heart by being direct about his feelings. This story is also known as The Foolish Wife of Prince Ning. An imperial marriage decree, issued
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Reborn: My Mortal Enemy Became an Alpha, but I Became an Omega 重生后死对头成为A我却成了O
[Male-Male Romance / ABO / Both Reborn / Mutual Firsts / Equally Matched / Rivals / 1v1] In his previous life, Mu Ze was powerful and influential. After being reborn, he found himself in the body of his teenage self in a strange new world. And the top student in his class had the exact same name and appearance as the rival who had once been his nemesis. Even more absurdly, the other guy presented as a top-tier Alpha, while Mu Ze presented as an Omega. “Liang Wenjing.” Mu Ze’s voice was hoarse. “
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The Many Ways an Ordinary Person Dies After Transmigrating into a Book 平凡人穿书的各种死法
[Dual male leads + transmigrate into a book + cultivation + insecure, timid, ordinary, and looks-obsessed Yang Fan x cold, manipulative, and awkward Song Xinluo + slow burn + younger male lead + not a power fantasy (the romance and plot both move slowly)] Yang Fan felt that his transmigration into a book had been an accident. There were no prompts, no golden finger, and no encounters with the story's plot. He came to this unfamiliar and dangerous world and spent ten years as an outer sect discip
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The Ultimate Heartthrob: A Gorgeous Cannon Fodder Crashes the Crematorium 万人迷:绝美炮灰横劈火葬场
[Everyone's Favorite / Two Male Leads / Forced Love / Villains / Western + Fantasy] [Everyone Has a One-Sided Crush on Him + Regret After Losing Him] The hilarious evolution of a cannon-fodder character forced to change. College student Ji Yunze gets hit by a car and winds up inside a male-oriented power-fantasy novel he's read before, as a cannon-fodder character who won't survive past chapter 150. But he soon realizes the plot doesn't quite match the original...? The corrupted good-for-nothing
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The Frail Beauty Pants After Three Steps, and Her Childhood Friend Carries Her Home 病美人三步一喘!竹马摇尾抱回家
[Two male leads + childhood friends growing up together + brotherly affection turns into something more + wooing a big puppy] [Cool, aloof, long-haired beauty with a sickly constitution who knows how to reel them in × silver-haired, handsome, wolfish athlete who turns into a loyal puppy; genius painter × archer; sweet romance, one-on-one!] Yun Wulian had been sickly since childhood. He was out of breath after three steps and coughing after five, and would suddenly faint or come down with a fever
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Wild Desire 欲野
[Two childhood friends + ruffian, bad-boy seme x refined, orchid-like uke + Book 2 in a trilogy] Danggui is a Chinese medicinal herb. It is warm in nature and sweet, pungent, and bitter in taste. There is a Chinese medicine clinic in Yuncheng called Danggui. Its owner, Mu Zelan, is named after a medicinal herb. Tall and elegant, he's as refined and otherworldly as an orchid, one of the Four Gentlemen of Chinese art. He is strikingly handsome and has turned down countless admirers. No one knows t
2.6kReads9.3Score325Shelves
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The True Story of My Love with Mr. Shen 我和沈先生的恋爱实录
Pei Ran: I met, understood, and fell in love with Mr. Shen when we were young. From then on, we held hands and stayed together until our hair turned white. Shen Zhixing: I liked Pei Ran. It was a secret I kept when I was young, one I never told anyone. I love Pei Ran. That is a truth that will never change, from now into forever, and I'm willing to tell the whole world.
23.4kReads9.6Score5.5kShelves
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Prison of No Escape 囚狱
[Neither is chaste + older, insecure pursuer x gentle, straightforward recipient + Book 1 of a trilogy] When they first met, Tang Qian walked up to Sheng Bei and tapped his glass with his own. He was direct. “Are you seeing anyone? Would you like to... get to know me?” Sheng Bei's eyes were cold. “No. Don't bother.” Tang Qian had never been one to give up before hitting a wall. “Hi, I'm Tang Qian. Is even getting to know each other a little out of the question?” He had never met a man like him,
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Quick Transmigration: The Charismatic Flirt Gets Outplayed by the Male Lead 快穿:万人迷钓系被男主反攻略了
Quick transmigration + two male leads + top pursuing bottom + no fixed couple + mild love-triangle drama On his first day at work, Xie Xingchen was transferred from the Romance Department to the Scumbag Top and Doormat Bottom Department. He was a random cannon-fodder character, the sort who only appeared for a few episodes. For the sake of the job, straight man Xie Xingchen took the position with tears in his eyes. His mission was to reform the bottoms in the small worlds and cure them of their
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I Woke Up as the Younger Brother Who Dies Tragically in the Original Story! 一觉醒来成了男主惨死的弟弟!
[A little absurd + no angst + a touch of wish fulfillment + a hint of the supernatural + two male leads + the male lead looks expressionless and a little withdrawn, but is bouncing around inside + everyone's favorite + doesn't break up the original CP] Zhen Zi stayed up late reading a horror novel before bed and complained about how unreasonable the author's various plot devices were. As a result, he woke up as the novel's male protagonist's younger brother. Original owner: I don't want to live
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But I'm Just a Capybara 可是,我只是一只水豚啊
[Two male leads, entertainment industry, hilarious and absurd] An Chen is a capybara who wakes up in the body of a villain. After his parents died, the original owner was taken in by the Fu family. But he caused trouble everywhere, picking fights with and framing the male lead, until the male lead got revenge and sent him to prison. An Chen thought, “As long as I don’t cause trouble or get greedy, I can live out my days at the Fu family’s expense, thanks to my big brother and second brother’s mo
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I Transmigrated into a Villain and Became the Hero’s Stepdad 穿成反派以后成了男主后爸
[One-on-one, both devoted only to each other, sweet romance, two male leads, a handsome and wealthy man who's aloof to others but attentive to his partner and loves desserts x a refined, pretty young man who knows how to act sweet and obedient] After Ye Tingwan dies, he transmigrates into the world of the novel The CEO Chased Me a Hundred Times. He never expected that he'd become the villain in the book. Nor did he expect the male lead to be a little kid at this point in the story. And he certai
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SANity Plummeting! Host, Stop Trying to Win Him Over san值狂掉,请宿主停止攻略
[Two male leads + crematorium chase + happy ending] “Make him fall in love with you, then abandon him without mercy. Get your corruption points, then make him regret everything.” The System issued the mission in a flat, emotionless voice. Luo Shi'an: “???” First world. The male lead gradually broke Luo Shi'an's pride, trampling all over his self-respect. Yet after Luo Shi'an died, the man went mad clutching his corpse, repeating over and over that he loved him and wanted to marry him. Second wor
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Two Souls in One Body: I Become the Demon King in a Horror Game 一体双魂:我在惊悚游戏里当魔王
[Two souls in one body + two male leads + infinite-flow + mystery and wild twists + cathartic revenge + a max-level expert teaches the System a lesson] A sickly, tea-sipping, cultured, highly intelligent male lead VS a high-dimensional System-slaying weapon, a viciously powerful tool-user Plot-focused synopsis: Si Yan is trapped in the horror game [Lord God’s Paradise]. After finally saving enough points, he is betrayed by his only friend. In an instant, he goes from a max-level expert back to l
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Stop Flirting with Me, I'm Really Straight! 别撩了,我真是直男!
[Male-Male Romance, Younger Man, Both First-Timers, Equally Matched, Healing, Half Raising Him, Love Grows Over Time] Qin Cheng thought he’d brought home a puppy that had fallen into the water. Turns out it was a wolf cub. In the end, the caretaker became the prey, eaten bite by bite. Qin Cheng was a cocky, domineering media company owner who loved watching romance dramas. He had success in both his career and love life, but after asking for a fortune at the Matchmaker Temple, he was told he was
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Host, Run! The Obsessive Psycho Is Catching Up! 宿主快跑,偏执疯批追上来了
[Two male leads, no female lead] Chu Xing travels between worlds to complete missions. He has always been cold and indifferent, until he gets entangled with an obsessive big shot. From then on, that man captures him in every world. A disgraced, D-list actor is cornered backstage after an awards ceremony by a possessive movie star: “Let me hold you. I’ll give you anything.” A cannon-fodder apprentice unexpectedly wins his master’s favor. The man, as ethereal as an immortal, speaks in a husky voic
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The Fierce, Flirtatious Male Lead Crosses Worlds, and the Villain Can't Handle It 裂界男主狠又撩,反派他遭不住
[Two Male Leads + Both Powerful + Both Devoted + Lots of Original Settings + Forced Love] [Top Reborn, Loves Beauty + Love at First Sight] He is Xiao Hechuan, living in Ren’an City, a human stronghold that survived the apocalypse ten thousand years in the future. The Heavenly Dao of Blue Star is weakening and can no longer support humanity’s further development. To gather fortune, Xiao Hechuan joins the Riftwalkers and travels to the Rift Realm to collect it. In his first life, he is a contra
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Both Reborn! On a Dating Show! The Seduction of the Top Actor Is Getting Out of Hand 双重生!上恋综!强撩影帝失控中
[Two male leads + dual rebirth + equally powerful leads + dating show + unrequited love + showbiz] Bright, beautiful flirtatious bottom VS devoted, restrained, hopelessly lovestruck top Top-tier star Shen Nan’an was framed and killed in his previous life. After his death, his archenemy Pei Yanjing avenged him. Only when Pei Yanjing took his own life at Shen Nan’an’s grave did Shen realize that Pei Yanjing had loved him more than anything. Reborn, Shen Nan’an made up his mind: even if he had to s
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The Soft and Delicate Beauty Is Bullied by the Unhinged Male Lead Again 娇软小美人又被疯批男主欺负了
This novel has two male leads. If that's not your thing, don't read. When Gu Cha was eight, his parents abandoned him on a street in the slums. Nobody wanted him, and nobody helped him. Gu Cha became a little beggar everyone in the slums knew. He survived on food discarded by nearby shops and in a dilapidated temple. He rarely interacted with outsiders and was very innocent by nature. He struggled to make it to the age of eighteen, only to freeze to death in the temple during an unexpected heavy
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Deadly Sweet Temptation! My Obsessive Arch-Nemesis Wants Me All to Himself 致命甜诱!病娇死对头总想独占我
(Two male leads + both devoted to each other + sweet romance + no female lead) Ju Minghao transmigrates into a romance novel, becoming the wicked male supporting character who's about to meet his end. To stay alive, he becomes the male lead's personal doctor. With only half-baked medical skills, he spends every day treating him with his heart in his throat. Everyone says Fu Ze is aloof and arrogant, fabulously wealthy yet cold and abstinent. But who would have guessed that Fu Ze, a ruthless vill
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After I Transmigrated as the Sickly Male Lead's Archenemy 穿成病娇男主的死对头后
[Two Powerful Leads + Yandere + Scheming] Writer Qi Song transmigrated into a book as Shen Ci's useless stumbling block of a character. With the protagonist not yet grown strong enough, Qi Song had no choice but to do his best to make things right. He could only hope that once this worthless character played out his part, his ending wouldn't be quite so tragic. But... why were things gradually taking such a strange turn? One night, Shen Ci gazed dreamily at Qi Song and murmured, “Who are you? Yo
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Warning: Host Has Angered the Yandere Male Lead Again! 小黑屋警告!宿主又惹病娇男主了
Two male leads + First love for both + 1v1 After dying young, Yan Xi was whisked away by the System to the Three Thousand Worlds. His first mission was to become the male lead. He plotted step by step, and just when he thought he'd made his comeback, the mission was declared a failure. Yan Xi was completely dumbfounded. System: “Ding! Mission failure confirmed. Rewinding time.” When he opened his eyes again, the male lead sneered, “This time, you're staying with me.” System: “Ding! The male lead
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I Cowered After the Obsessive Male Lead Clung to Me 被偏执男主缠上后我怂了
[Both Leads Are Inexperienced / Partly Set on Campus / Gentle Beauty vs. Gloomy and Obsessive] Xie Xilou transmigrates into a romance novel as a frail cannon-fodder character. In the story, the heroine and hero meet on campus, go through a long, twisted relationship of love and conflict, and only get together at the very end. As for him, he’s a vicious minor character the powerful male lead meets early on, and he’s destined to die horribly. After unexpectedly dropping dead, Xie Xilou takes a dee
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Reborn: The Puppet Little Emperor Tears the Regent Apart 重生:傀儡小皇帝,手撕摄政王
Su Qing transmigrates and becomes a puppet emperor of a dynasty. He discovers that he is trapped in this era, and whenever he dies, everything starts over. He tries to fight back and turn the tables, but the regent is truly a big shot. Playing with him is like playing with an ant. He also tries to lie low for a while, thinking that if he can hold out long enough, he'll surely succeed. But then he realizes that the regent never lets his guard down and gives him no opportunities at all! Su Qing ha
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After the Dragon-Aotian Fakes His Death, the Male Lead Turns Dark Again and Again 龙傲天死遁后男主又又又黑化了
[Two male leads + Absurd comedy + Transmigrate into a book + Both devoted and powerful + System + Coercive love + Psychotic and perverted + A darkened mad dog + The groveling husband’s long road to redemption] [Strong-willed, hot-tempered, restrained straight male recipient X possessive, obsessive, darkened, unhinged male pursuer] Completed. * Ling Aotian Shui transmigrates into a book for no apparent reason! To make it home in one piece, he makes enormous sacrifices, doing everything imaginable
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Eyes in the Dark, Longing for Light 暗目欲明
[Completed] [Two male leads, forced love] Psychotic, unstable seme x calm, gentle uke who suffers When Li Wenyu was eighteen, he saved someone, only to fall into hell himself, a hell named Pei Xin. He was threatened, coerced, and humiliated. But later, this person told him, “I love you.” Li Wenyu gave a cold laugh. “Do you think of me as a person or a dog? Do you love a person, or a dog?”
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