Give Me Some Truly Great Reads. I'm Really, Really Out of Books 来点细糠好粮吧，真的真的没书了

1. 1201 领 On the Day We Were to Get Our Marriage License, My Fiancée Ran Off with Her First Love 领证当天，未婚妻跟白月光跑了 RTY, Rich for Life一生有钱的RTY11k WordsCompleted On the Day We Got Our Marriage License, My Fiancée Ran Off with Her First Love 1kReads—Score—Shelves
2. 1202 末 The Apocalypse’s Most Ruthless Survivor 末世之第一狠人 Xiao Ming's Cousin小明的表哥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic Catastrophe + Racial War + Struggling to Survive + Farming] Blue Star has existed for 4.6 billion years and endured five mass extinctions. Yet the wealth accumulated over all that time was exhausted by humankind in a mere few centuries! The Way of Heaven takes from what is abundant to make up for what is lacking. The way of man is different: it takes from what is lacking to serve what is abundant. Humanity has always taken and destroyed, never given anything back! What has humanity 7.6kReads8.1Score512Shelves
3. 1203 妻 My Wife Wants to Be with Her Lover, So of Course I Wish Them Well. 妻子要和小三在一起，我当然是祝福了。 RTY, Rich for Life一生有钱的RTY6k WordsCompleted My wife wants to be with her affair partner, so of course I wish them well. 636Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1204 系 System Detected a Male God! Wait, I'm a Guy! 系统检测到男神！不对，我男的啊 Explosive Tomato番茄炸天Urban530k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Cashback] [Tycoon] [Subversive Tropes] Chen Ze has acquired a Male God Cashback System. “The System wants me to spend money on men to get cashback? I, Chen Ze, would rather starve to death, die outside, or jump off this building than spend money on a man.” “Great System, don't go! There were a lot of people around just now. Your humble servant is on his knees now.” The abstinent campus heartthrob, the aloof technician, the athletic male idol, the campus cop, the influencer s 70Reads5.5Score134Shelves

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   Urban comedy, unconventional, no-romance

5. 1205 天 Sky Screen Livestream: Republican-Era Big Shots Collectively Lose Their Cool 天幕直播：民国大佬集体破防 Yile Zao伊乐藻Urban711k WordsOngoing A sky screen drops into the Republic of China era, broadcasting on schedule every night! Streamer Song Chi thinks he’s just educating his viewers about Republic-era literati and discussing their controversial achievements... He has no idea his livestream is being projected into the year 1930! When Lu Xiaoman sees people in the future call her a femme fatale, When Hu Lancheng learns he’ll become a traitor and be nailed to the pillar of shame, When Xu Zhimo discovers he’ll lose his life in the ski 32.9kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves

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   These five books, especially the last one, are all great!

6. 1206 钓 Fishing My Way to Wealth: Starting by Robbing a Stray Dog 钓鱼发家：从打劫土狗开始 This Daoist Is Yuyang贫道渔洋Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Fish farming + fishing + urban farming + multiple female supporting characters] “Bro, don’t say that. Has wine and women left you completely drained? Then come fishing! Sunbathing is great for boosting your kidneys. Hiking up and down hills is good exercise, and staring at a bobber by the water lets you clear your mind and forget your worries. You can get away from the noise, breathe some fresh air, and do your heart and lungs good too!” 14.7kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
7. 1207 双 Dual Transmigration: From Nobody to Lone Wolf 双穿：屌丝进化成独狼 Bored and Bald无聊秃顶Historical1.4M WordsOngoing A portal connecting two worlds suddenly crashed down on He San, a modern-day corporate drudge. On the other side was a completely unfamiliar ancient world. All he wanted was enough to eat and wear, and a peaceful life. Little did he know that the meager experience and ways of dealing with people he had picked up through the bumps and scrapes of modern society would be woefully out of place in another world. Starting with one setback after another, He San had to keep learning anew: the rules, the 1.3kReads6.4Score129Shelves
8. 1208 我 In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢，长生不死 Jie Jie戒界Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w 316.1kReads8.7Score14.5kShelves
9. 1209 我 I Became a Living Corpse and Went on a Hundred-Day Killing Spree for Revenge 我化身活死人，百日复仇杀疯了 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Mystery571k WordsCompleted [Revenge] [No female lead] [Suspenseful pacing] The protagonist's entire family was slaughtered by a “mysterious organization,” and he himself was stabbed to death in a frenzy of knife blows. Yet he returned to the world as a living corpse. He feels no pain or cold, doesn't need to breathe or eat... He has nothing left but revenge. He will send every one of his enemies to hell in the most brutal way possible. One hundred days remain, and his body is slowly rotting away. Each time he deals with a 58.4kReads9.1Score6.4kShelves

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   I personally think these books are quite good; I really like them.

10. 1210 公 Turning the Tables in the Civil Service Exam: Climbing the Ladder from the Interview Onward 公考逆袭：从面试开始一路攀登 Yuanming Xiaoyang元明小阳Urban3.3M WordsOngoing People's affections are as thin as paper, and the world changes like a new chess game with every turn. Li Xiuyuan starts at the grassroots level, driven by a desire to get ahead. He takes one steady step after another, climbing higher with every move! 742.1kReads9.2Score59.8kShelves
11. 1211 西EN Swords & Sorcery: My Adventurer's Guide 西幻：我有一本冒险者指南 Quick to Adapt快速适应Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing [DND-Inspired + Adventurers + Warriors + Fantasy] A soul from Earth unexpectedly transmigrated to a world of swords and magic. The good news: He has a golden finger, an obscure book called The Adventurer's Guide. Complete quests to earn experience, level up, and gain feats and attributes. The bad news: He transmigrated right into a cult's sacrificial ritual, and he himself is the offering. Things aren't as grand and glorious as he imagined. Renato's life in this otherworld isn't going smoothly. 130.7kReads9.1Score16.7kShelves

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    Baby, everyone who's seen it says it's great.

12. 1212 不 The Unfortunate Ones: Does the Xuanming Cult Have to Be the Villain? 不良人：玄冥教就一定是反派吗 Definitely Not a Pigeon真不是鸽子Anime Fanfiction2.1M WordsOngoing No, what are you expecting? My Xuanming Sect is not the villain, so why should I help an old lady cross the street? Have they all left? Okay, let's begin the formal introduction: The eerie ghostly fire illuminates my crippled body. The blood of sin is not yet cold, and evil deeds still haunt the soul. He entered the world to atone for his sins, and used killing to stop the fighting. Pity my people, who have long been trapped in this chaotic world. With swords, evil is eradicated; with blood, the 6.1kReads7.9Score304Shelves
13. 1213 全 Nationwide High Martial Arts: Only I Cultivate Immortality by the Book 全民高武：只有我在一板一眼修仙 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Everyone else practices martial arts while I cultivate immortality. They all laugh and say I'm crazy. Wang Jie transmigrated into an era where everyone practiced superhuman martial arts. From the start, he unlocked [Steadfast and Methodical]. As long as he diligently cultivated immortality, his path to immortality would have no bottlenecks, and his lifespan would have no limit! From then on, while everyone else trained in fist arts, he cultivated immortality, steadily climbing to the summit. By 93.4kReads7.8Score8.9kShelves

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    The first one is the one that just finished.

14. 1214 开EN I Threaten the Female Lead from the Start, and I'm Set on Being the Villain 开局威胁女主，这个反派我当定了 A Hundred Years of Nurturing Benevolence百年树仁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Scheming, shameless, hilarious. Pure-love fans, beware] Jiang Che transmigrated into the role of a rich second-generation villain in a modern wish-fulfillment novel, and was bound to a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he happened to catch the heroine trying to sneak a peek at the exam papers. A villain’s choice was triggered! [Choice One: Pretend you saw nothing] [Choice Two: Shout at her, drawing a crowd] [Choice Three: ...] And so, a perverted supervillain was born. To avoid being 79.3kReads8.9Score6.6kShelves

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    Everyone who's seen it says it's good.

15. 1215 化 A Thousand Avatars: Secretly Becoming an Immortal in the Cultivation World 化身千万，苟在修仙界成仙 A Big Worm一条大的虫Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it should rise soon.) (The pacing is fairly slow; this is not traditional cultivation.) Cultivators stand high above the world, raising mortals like pigs and dogs. Gu Nan transmigrated here. He had no connections, but still wanted to cultivate immortality. His only choice was to rely on the ability to seize bodies and create clones, transforming into a soul-snatching demon and blazing his own path. No gender-bending, no female-oriented fiction, no gender-swapped mar 2kReads7.2Score166Shelves
16. 1216 山 The Shanhai Relic Scroll and the Moonlit Eyes 山海遗卷惊月瞳 Yi Zhilin易芝林Modern Romance208k WordsOngoing Long ago, Yu the Great tamed the floods and traveled the world, creating the eighteen volumes of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which recorded every treasure under heaven, along with spirits and strange beasts. People longed to see them, but few could find a way. Recently, rumors suddenly spread that Yu the Great had hidden another volume outside the collection. Whoever found it could enter the secret realm of the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Before long, merchants, bandits, and poachers a 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend you read this book.

17. 1217 未 Cultivation, Futuristic Style 未来式修仙 A Little Longer久一分Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Centuries after the spiritual qi revival on Earth, spiritual technology reigns supreme. Cultivation no longer requires spiritual roots, talent, or insight. A miniature spiritual qi reactor can be implanted in the dantian, and a chip can be implanted directly in the brain to attain enlightenment. Even the Heavenly Dao is just something that can be observed and exploited by a supercomputer. Yet on this Earth, where even pigs can become immortals, the rampant proliferation of cultivators has caused 12.5kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    This is a very good book.

18. 1218 模 Simulation: After I Became a Blaze, My Childhood Sweetheart Regretted It for Life 模拟：身化烈焰后，青梅后悔终生 Nine-Turn Great Ginseng九转大人参Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsOngoing Zhang Jie, a corporate drone at an interstellar company, crashes on his way to negotiate a deal in another star region, but unexpectedly activates a life simulator. So Zhang Jie chooses “Turn My Broken Body into a Blaze,” “Gene Hacker,” and “Failed Art Student” to begin his first simulation. “You are born on a planet built around genetic technology. You have a loving family and a childhood friend your age. You grew up together, close as can be.” “Then the human front against the catastrophe coll 24.4kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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    If you can't get through the beginning of the first book, you can skip to chapters 568 to read the 7th simulation (each simulation will cause you to lose your previous memories and start in a new world; you can treat each simulation as a new book, and the 7th simulation can be treated as a novel of about 140 chapters; after finishing the 7th simulation, you can also look for the 6th and 3rd simulations, which are also good).

19. 1219 打 What If I Can't Beat Them? Guess I'll Have to Win Them Over 打不赢怎么办？只好选择攻略了 A Useless One a一只废物aEastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [One heroine, lots of everyday life, no angst, a single romance] Su Bei tries to clear the game Fantasy World. After staying up all night and failing a hundred times, he finally ends this miserable experience. Not by beating the game, but by giving up. Wait! How did I transmigrate? But as Su Bei digs deeper, the truth has already changed beyond recognition… This is a redemption story spanning fifty thousand years. 34.3kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
20. 1220 祂 They Call This Polite. How Will You Respond? 祂管这叫礼貌，阁下如何应对！ Being Human Is So Hard做人真难哇Fantastical Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Travels of the Lord of the Strange + no romance + strong heroine] On the day Qi Jiu was swallowed by a rift into the strange world, the strange beings she had dragged along for countless years rejoiced and fled back to their respective scenarios. But people outside had no idea that a series of deadly encounters was about to begin. A friendly reminder from Qi Jiu: Please remember to be polite. Little ones who aren't polite might end up losing their lives, you know. 805Reads6.6Score101Shelves
21. 1221 神 The Divine Cage Game 神笼游戏 AshzzoieUrban2.2M WordsOngoing In a dazzling technological future, a powerful being descends, calling itself a god and ruling over all. Everything becomes a game for the gods. The gods become humanity’s sole objects of faith. Above all faith, humans are the pieces and the gods move them. The world is a cage, and this is a game ruled by the gods. The gods rule everything! The gods create the games! The gods make the rules! Rule One: Every human must take part in the game. You need a ticket to compete, but the winner takes all, 26.6kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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22. 1222 歧 The Lost Undead and the Twin Silver Wings 歧路亡灵与银翼双星 Mo Dragon墨DragonSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted At the moment of birth, our eyes are full of innocence, holding the whole sea of stars. But in the end, they gradually grow dim until they are empty, leaving only a murky haze. A lost soul wandering down the wrong path in search of a place to bury its bones waits for endless war to lay it to rest. But fate has other plans, bringing it together with a pair of unacknowledged twin stars. And so, from the day Xing Xue and Xing Yu first met, Mo Long realized that this godforsaken world could somehow 3.1kReads9.2Score335Shelves
23. 1223 我EN Achieving Transcendence Through Corpse Burning 我靠焚尸超凡入圣 Ye Tiannan夜天南Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the 123.2kReads9.2Score14.7kShelves

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    "The Great Dao is the Pinnacle" and "Shocking! I Became a Turtle!" Are both by Red Tomato. The former is a proper martial arts and cultivation novel, while the latter is a pretentious, infinite flow, nonsensical novel that plays with memes. You can give them a try. Both of them are probably from 5 years ago, so the quality is guaranteed. I have 3800 hours of reading time. If you have any good books to recommend, please let me know.

24. 1224 天 Hard Work Pays Off: I Became a Martial Saint Through a Flawed Technique 天道酬勤我靠残功练成武圣 Dao Senmiao道森淼Eastern Fantasy253k WordsOngoing [Feel-good power fantasy] [Cautious survival] [Hard work pays off] [Dominating a chaotic age] [Decisive and ruthless] In the final years of the Great Yu dynasty, disasters came one after another, demons ran rampant, and wars erupted everywhere. The court was rotten, officials preyed on the people, powerful clans seized land and declared themselves kings, gangsters treated human lives as provisions, and cultists preached by day and devoured people by night. In this world, the rich sat high above 164Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    This book is good, and the latest chapter is very detailed. If you don't like it after reading it, feel free to criticize me.

25. 1225 东 Tokyo Love Story 东京都爱情故事 Lian Po Is Getting Old廉颇老矣Urban937k WordsOngoing [Yandere] + [Love rivals] + [Light novel style] + [No System] + [Control] + [Romantic slice of life] By day, Akiba U is the captain of the kendo club. By night, he’s Tokyo’s reigning king of part-time jobs. Turn down the cute underclassman; Say goodbye to the drunk widow; Remind the aloof teacher to remember her place... They’ll only slow down my money-making. That is, until that woman shows up... “Be my servant for a month.” “Dignity and feelings aren’t for sale!” “Ten million yen.” “B 36.1kReads8.5Score4.6kShelves

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    The first book is amazing, and the remaining three are free gifts.

26. 1226 老 I, Fan Jin, Am Retiring in Great Ming 老夫范进，在大明退休养老 Beyond the Mountain山的那边Historical223k WordsCompleted (Already published under the title Madcap in the World of Scholars) (Third Prize in the “Reviving Ancient Books, Passing Down a Love of Reading” writing contest) Good heavens! I passed! Fan Jin from The Scholars is traveling through the Ming Dynasty. “Would you like to live a different life? Want to avoid thirty years of detours? Step out of The Scholars and begin your own journey.” At seventeen, Fan Jin opened his eyes and found himself fifty-four. The next time he opened them, he was thirty. H 5.3kReads9.5Score520Shelves
27. 1227 崩 Honkai: Star Rail: My Path Is the Aeon of Folly 崩铁：命途是愚蠢的星神 I Stumble Along, My Heart Still Set on the Journey我自蹒跚意踌躇Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing Zhi transmigrated into the Honkai: Star Rail universe and became an Aeon. The Path they embodied just happened to have an unflattering name: Folly. To embark upon the Path of Folly, one had to commit a great act of foolishness. Zhi’s great folly was to embody an Aeon’s station through their humanity. The Aeon of Folly, Zhi, would never possess divinity, never be all-knowing, and forever keep searching. A foolish creature should diligently pursue knowledge. So Zhi sought out Rupert, hoping this m 3kReads8.1Score112Shelves
28. 1228 捡 The Assassin Bride I Found Isn't Cold, She's Just Socially Awkward? 捡到的杀手娘子不是高冷是社恐？ Wind and Forest Wings风与林翼Eastern Fantasy573k WordsOngoing [One female lead + alternate mid-level martial arts setting + all-around male lead + invincible female lead + pocket dimension + fantasy + no wanton killing or saintly do-gooding, with plenty of romance between the leads] (The rating just came in, folks. It should go up later... right?) Li Mochen came to an unfamiliar world for a special reason. At last, on the day he came of age, he found his first wife. Later, however, he discovered that his wife seemed a little... socially anxious? Watching Q 11.4kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves

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    It's a wuxia (martial arts) story with a single, invincible female lead and a cunning male lead. It's very good, but too few people read it.

29. 1229 我 I'm Really Running a Pesticide Company! 我这真是一家杀虫剂公司！ Melancholy Shiitake忧郁滴香菇Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing [Umbrella Corporation + apocalypse + underground hive + bio-weapons + containment research + master plan] “Let me make one thing clear: we really are just a company that manufactures insecticides!” Gu Yuan explained helplessly in front of the media. “Then, Mr. Gu, why does a company that makes insecticides have a research facility covering 2,500 mu underground?” a reporter immediately pressed. “Ah, that.” Gu Yuan pondered for a moment, then shamelessly made something up with a straight face. “Be 184kReads8.3Score21.1kShelves

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    I recommend two excellent books; the first is a domestic book, and the second is a foreign book.

30. 1230 在 I Opened a Company in America and Expanded It to Another World 在美国把公司开到异世界 Attention to Detail细节处理Urban140k WordsOngoing Beneath the neon lights of American cities, calamity lurks deep within human faces. Twisted whispers eat away at people's minds, and the shadow of calamity quietly falls over all of America. After transmigrating, Rosen inherits Aurora Biopharmaceuticals and commands a top-tier capitalist empire. He can help the fallen settle their regrets and fulfill the wishes of the desperate, earning massive points and unlimited draws in return. “Fine. You want a god? I'll be one.” Unite America: bring every 3Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 1231 妖EN Demon Cultivator: As the Storm Gathers, Let Me Rise to the Clouds! 妖修：风暴汇聚，托我登云！ Daoist of the Vast Sea沧海道人Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Mythical Beasts] [Enlightenment System] [Fence-Sitter] [Reverse Manipulation] [Shameless] A sect that commands bears? Cultivators are merely their keepers. Beasts are what really matter. Once all the cultivators die of old age, won't that make me the Grandmaster? My name is Shi Jian. I'm an ordinary black bear who happened to obtain an Enlightenment System, which awakened my intelligence and set me on the path of cultivation. Once I've outlived all the cultivators, I'll be the Grandmaster! From 33kReads8.4Score2.8kShelves

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    This is absolutely gorgeous, it's just that it's not well-known.

32. 1232 九 Nine-Rank Talisman Master 九阶符箓师 Beast-Tendon Teapot兽筋小茶壶Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing Wei Duobao was a top integrated circuit (IC) chip designer on Earth. He had extraordinary logical reasoning skills, an exceptionally precise grasp of microscopic structures, and an engineering genius for modularizing and standardizing complex systems. After working through the night to solve a difficult chip-design problem, he died of exhaustion at his workbench. His soul transmigrated into the body of a boy from a mountain village. After transmigrating, the memories of his two lives blended per 12kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves

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    It's really, really beautiful.

33. 1233 冠 The Crowned Beast Tamer 冠位御兽师 River, Mooring by Misty Islets江泊烟渚Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Clever protagonist + not an overpowered story + smooth pacing + steady updates + no female lead or just one female lead, with no beast taming companions anthropomorphized. (Adapted into a comic; you can read it in the bottom-right corner.) Su Mu is the leading figure in the beast-taming world: a renowned scholar, tactician, and martial artist. He is a pioneer of the age, leading beast tamers toward becoming spirit tamers, and the foremost of the five people who moved Xia Guo. Under his leadershi 57.3kReads8.6Score7.6kShelves

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    Good books are often niche.

34. 1234 看 Reading Books Grants Stats: The Path to Godhood 看书加属性，成就通神之路 Take It One Step at a Time看一步走一步Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Boosting Stats vs. Gaining Abilities]+ [Personal Growth vs. Plotting Across the Universe]+ [Protagonist vs. Author]+ … [Blurb 1: Reading books boosts your stats. The more you boost them, the more you read; the more you read, the more you boost them. And so you slowly grow stronger. Since the protagonist grows by reading, the change happens gradually. Give it a try if that sounds like your kind of story.] … [Blurb 2: Whether in fiction or reality, reading books gives you knowledge. What would 830Reads7.3Score106Shelves

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    It's a book-type book, very rigorous. The pace is a bit slow, which suits the reading rhythm, and it's very enjoyable.

35. 1235 异 Insectoid Maze City: A Tentacle Girl’s Handbook for Raising Her 异虫迷城：触手娘的养育手册 Xia Shiqi夏士奇Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “No System” + “No Formulaic Plot” + “Not Invincible” + “A Relatively Slow Burn” Darkness falls, and humanity is kept in captivity behind towering walls. Beyond them roam vicious, rampaging alien insects and eerie, walking corpses. Inside the walls, people indulge in sensual pleasures, intoxicated by wealth and the perverse tastes of high society. There are also disguised alien insects wearing human skin, who take pleasure in hunting people. The insects eat people and leave their bones behind. Th 8.5kReads8.8Score756Shelves
36. 1236 源 The Source Martial Era 源武纪元 Music on Speaker音乐外放Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Beautiful illustrations of all kinds of source beasts. Every major character, including the villains, has a story of their own. Not a mindless power fantasy, with a slow pace.] A hundred years ago, secret realms descended, unleashing vast numbers of powerful lifeforms known as source beasts. Stability and order were shattered, and humanity was no longer the ruler of Planet Earth. People were forced to huddle in fortified cities, keeping the flame of civilization alive. Danger and opportunity we 4.8kReads9.1Score355Shelves
37. 1237 以 In the Name of Fate 以命运之名 Jiangnan Inspector江南巡阅使Urban2.0M WordsCompleted The God of War’s spear is already at humanity’s throat. The God of Secrets is peering into the world’s mysteries. The God of Judgment seeks to weigh the world. The God of Prophecy wants to change the future. The body of the God of Redemption is rotting. The God of Reincarnation seeks to transcend the cycle. The God of Life is sculpting his perfect creation. Xu Yuan flicked the Coin of Fate high into the air and explained with a shameless grin: “My ability is mine, and your ability might be mine 5.9kReads8.3Score458Shelves
38. 1238 地 Laugh at Any Dark Joke You Like, I'll Pay the Merit Penalty 地狱笑话随便笑，扣功德算我的 Xia Shiqi夏士奇Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Wei Lai, who loves telling dark jokes, is slapped straight into a wasteland apocalypse 300 years in the future. The Four Pillar Evil Gods from the Chaos Universe are constantly corrupting the entire world. All the technology and knowledge of the old era have been tainted, and only those who hold fast to their sacred faith can weather the storm. Do a good deed each day and earn Merit Points, unlocking an angel's blessing. Commit an evil deed and earn Depravity Points, receiving a demon's blessing 13.1kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
39. 1239 李 Li Er Can Read Minds, and I'm Panicking; Gao Yang Chases Her Husband in Tears 李二读心我慌，高阳追夫泪狂 Stars and Rivers Dyed with Ink砚染星河Historical1.8M WordsCompleted Eavesdropping on inner thoughts + Gao Yang pursuing her husband + hilarious absurdity + a palace-intrigue minefield Li Shimin: “Lin Ping’an, you’ve earned merit for treating the empress. I hereby betroth Gao Yang to you!” Lin Ping’an’s inner thoughts: “What? Marry Gao Yang? Please, I don’t want to become history’s greatest cuckold! You might as well skip a step and betroth her to the monk Bianji!” Li Shimin: “????” Princess Gao Yang: “Waaah... Father, why are you treating me like this? I onl 35.4kReads7.7Score3.5kShelves
40. 1240 半 Peninsula: My Girl Group Exorcism Diary 半岛：我的女团驱魔日记 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Urban412k WordsCompleted In a modern world where spiritual energy has run dry, Chen Ming, who has cultivated to the peak, goes on a trip to the peninsula, only to stumble into a story about a peninsula teeming with ghosts and monsters! Obsessions and starlight intertwine as he gently protects those around him! (This is a story about helping girl idols drive out evil spirits while falling in love with them! Multiple heroines! A harem novel!) 1.1kReads—Score131Shelves

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    Korean entertainment harem novels seeking readers

41. 1241 大 Ming Dynasty Coroner: The Forbidden Records 大明仵作：禁忌录 Zhuang Qi of the Fan Clan凡门的庄祁Mystery406k WordsCompleted [Historical Transmigration, Mind-Bending Mystery] A graduate student in forensic medicine transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and becomes a coroner in a small county town. He discovers that the murders in this world aren’t all committed by people; many are connected to local folk “taboos.” Those who break them meet their end in an extraordinarily bizarre manner, as if they had “killed themselves.” Using modern forensic knowledge and his ability to unravel folk taboos, he must solve strange cases a 21Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Many people know that novels like this, which can be written for a long time, are generally good. This one is especially good towards the end, mainly because the world-building hasn't been fully established yet, and it gets better and better as it unfolds.

42. 1242 我 I Only Plundered a Few Systems, So Why Are You All Panicking? 我就掠夺些系统，你们都慌啥？ Wind Without a Sound风无声Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as From the Start, I Become a System and Plunder the Myriad Worlds and Host, Wait! You Dropped Your Cheat on the Ground. The three principles of the System: 1. The total amount of the Myriad Worlds' source remains unchanged. Ascension is the System's only rule. 2. Systems are drawn to and compete with one another, and their purpose is to plunder. Any show of kindness will turn you into someone else's source. 3. The Myriad Worlds are a dark forest. Keep yourself hidden, and don't let y 14.3kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves

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    The survival scholar can also follow a knowledge-based growth path; the later stages of the "hanging brother" (a character in the game) are quite good. The spirit world follows a Western fantasy power-based theme, but the dream ending feels a bit rushed.

43. 1243 两 Two Worlds: Enjoying Life in the Fantasy Realm and the City 两界：玄幻享福，都市也享福 Jin Shiliu金十六Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing From the start, Lin Feng was thrown into a prison in America. Inside, the Black inmates thought he was a weak, easy-to-bully Chinese American and wanted to torment him at will. Some even hoped to make him “drop the soap.” But once they actually got to know him, they realized they were the little white rabbits. This Asian man was the real demon: impervious to bullets and blades, incredibly strong, practically Superman come to life. What they didn't know was that Lin Feng could transmigrate to a c 146.2kReads8.2Score18.6kShelves
44. 1244 救 Help! This Lousy System Is Making Me Found a Sect! 救命！这破系统让我开宗立派！ The Crying of Xiao Xiao萧萧之鸣Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world as a sickly man, the male lead triggers a System: if he fails to save twenty people within three years, he’ll die of his illness. He sets off on a journey to save people, meeting one lovely confidante after another along the way. In the end, he’s forced to found a sect and finds his happy ending. (This is not a cultivation novel.) The premise is fairly fresh, leaving behind the traditional level-up-and-fight-monsters formula. The protagonist is frail at firs 35.6kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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    This is a really good fantasy novel with multiple female protagonists.

45. 1245 归 The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Historical1.0M WordsCompleted To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon. 1.6kReads—Score144Shelves
46. 1246 我 I Am a God in the Spirit Realm 我在灵界当神灵 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy717k WordsCompleted The Spirit Realm is born, and the living beings of Blue Star go wild with excitement. Even a beggar on the roadside might stumble upon the authority of a god of the Spirit Realm and ascend to its divine throne. But after the celebration comes the lucky ones' doom. Some have their thrones toppled by beings from countless worlds; some are assimilated by their divine rank and become new gods; others are abandoned by their followers and fall into the abyss. As the saying goes, those unworthy of thei 2.6kReads8.9Score151Shelves
47. 1247 柴 Machete Simulator 柴刀模拟器 Very Pale Jailer很白的狱卒Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Also known as: “One Girlfriend? Two Girlfriends? A Whole Bunch of Girlfriends!”] [Not a Simulator Story]+ [Broadly Defined Light Novel]+ [System That Blows Its Own Cover]+ [Multiple Heroines] College student Jiang Xian is an intensely devoted anime nerd. At the end of his vacation, he unexpectedly bound himself to the “Shiv Simulator.” To complete the System’s missions, he made an agreement with Song Yiyue, the campus beauty of an art college, to be “nominally dating” for 3,000 yuan a month. La 17.4kReads8.4Score2.1kShelves
48. 1248 大 The Great Abyss: Hell’s Transformation 大渊地狱变 Demon Emperor's Law魔帝法Eastern Fantasy597k WordsOngoing (This is a gender-transformation novel, with a single-romance focus and no gender-swapping marriage. Slow-paced, no System, with a dark supernatural-folklore style. If that's not your thing, please don't read.) Huangfu Zhen was a painter during the Tianbao era of the Tang dynasty. Given time, he might well have been able to rival Wu Daozi. That very ambition brought disaster upon him. Duan Chengshi recorded the incident in Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang. A few brief lines marked the end of h 9.1kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    Dark ancient tales of the strange, really good.

49. 1249 天 The Heavenly Kingdom: The Rise of an Imperial Dynasty 天国王朝：帝朝崛起 Perfected Lord Xuan Zhen, Manifest Sage玄真显圣真君Historical1.6M WordsCompleted This is the legendary life of God's agent, entrusted with shepherding His flock! From a modern transmigrator to a medieval infant, he relied on the Mount & Blade System and his own strategic brilliance to break free from constraints, defend the Holy City, establish an empire, and change the course of history for both the Crusaders and the Islamic world. (Early game: using Mount & Blade to break through; mid-game: political scheming; late game: cyberpunk space opera) 79Reads—Score106Shelves
50. 1250 绿EN Green Tea? She’s Clearly a Hidden Gem! 绿茶？分明是宝藏女孩！ Dolphin Finds Fun for Everyone海豚给大家找乐子Urban713k WordsCompleted [Slice of Life] + [Campus Romance] + [Comedy] Jiang Linyuan got bound to a lousy System... Whenever a bad girl toyed with his feelings, the System would give him a reward. Wait, buddy? Isn't this just making the protagonist suffer? Then one day, after he jokingly confessed and got rejected, the System gave him a reward. Getting rejected after a confession counts as having your feelings toyed with? Heh, now I get it. What bad girls? They're all hidden gems! "Stay focused, cultivate the te 58kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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