I'm Out of Books to Read. I Can Tell the Whole Plot from the Opening 书荒了，看开头就知道是啥套路了

1. 1 婚 Marriage Is a Scam 婚姻似骗局 Shopkeeper Xu Who Loves Jasmine Snow Pears爱吃茉莉雪梨的徐掌柜Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted This novel tells several little stories about love and marriage, in the hope of helping married and unmarried women alike see marriage for what it really is. A certain well-known contemporary male writer once said that the essence of marriage is that it devours people. Actually, whether it devours people or not is beside the point. Human nature is inherently selfish. If you’re a woman with a hopelessly romantic heart and want a cure, you should definitely read this. You can get married, but make 5.5kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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   Try this, it doesn't follow the rules at all, it's pretty good

2. 2 乱 After Fleeing the Chaotic Era, I Became the Founding Empress 乱世逃亡后，我成了开国女帝 Nan Wanxu南婉徐Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed] [Strong heroine + political intrigue + turbulent times + power struggles + ensemble cast] She’s fleeing from the start, a female warlord in a chaotic age. Lin Zhihuang, originally named Lin Zhihuan, transmigrates as a county magistrate’s daughter, only to find tens of thousands of refugees attacking the city from the start! While others transmigrate into palace or household intrigue, she transmigrates straight into a chaotic age and a desperate flight from famine. The 107.3kReads9.4Score16.6kShelves

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   Two 9.6 Books~ The first one has a heroine who is neither a time travel nor a rebirth ~ a story about fighting for hegemony in troubled times ~ every prince has a brain. The second one has two male protagonists. You can read one chapter and decide if you want to continue reading.

3. 3 本 This King's Sleeve Is Thoroughly Severed 本王这袖，断的彻底 Born Under a Lucky Star八字过硬Two Male Leads562k WordsCompleted [Preorders for The World Cannot Keep What It Loves Most open at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15. For the first 15 minutes, signed copies are available with no quantity limit; from 16 to 30 minutes, copies personally signed by the author are available with no quantity limit!] [Two male leads + The prince has a bit of a sense of humor] Everyone knew Prince Pu was gay. Even the man on the imperial throne turned a blind eye. Prince Pu had loved many people in his life. A horseman from the frontier 37.3kReads9.6Score5.5kShelves
4. 4 落 After Falling into My Archenemy’s Hands 落到死对头手里之后 Joy Born of Nothing, NPC无妄生欢NPCAncient Romance500k WordsCompleted Possessive male lead VS big-hearted amnesiac heroine Yuan Tang has lost her memory. The good news: she's the emperor. The bad news: her kingdom has fallen. So her bodyguard takes her along, and she sets off on a long escape with nothing but her amnesiac mind for company. She lives a quiet life in an overlooked corner of the world, thinking she can spend the rest of her days there. But who should come knocking at her door but Shen Duo, a man known for bringing death? Shen Duo refuses to let Yu 1.9kReads8.6Score158Shelves

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   It's a pure indigenous ancient saying. The heroine in the first book is a lost king who lost his memory and died. The hero is a prince of the new dynasty. He used to be the heroine's companion. The beginning is the reunion of the two, and there is a twist. The ending is HE. The heroine in the second book appears to be a weak daughter of the prince. In fact, she grew up in the martial arts. On the way back to Beijing to celebrate his birthday, he bumped into the murder scene of the prince, which led to an entanglement with the hero. The hero is a shady powerful official. The ending of HE is sweet.

5. 5 侯 The Marquis’s Daughter Can Fly 侯府千金她会飞 Joy Born of Nothing, NPC无妄生欢NPCAncient Romance291k WordsCompleted Though Lin Xi was born into a marquis’s household, she grew up among the martial world. On her maternal grandmother’s sixtieth birthday, she bid farewell to her master and traveled alone to the capital to pay her respects. Unexpectedly, she stumbled upon the scene of a prince being murdered. Terrified, she put her one real talent, an escape technique, to extraordinary use and fled all the way back to the capital with a secret in tow. Once home, she dutifully took up her role as the young lady of 2.5kReads8.8Score271Shelves
6. 6 自 Ever Since I Got a Mental Illness, I’ve Been Feeling Much Better 自从得了精神病，整个人都精神了 Barbecue Salted Fish Knight碳烤咸鱼骑士Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + eerie happenings + multiple personalities + comedy + slow burn + everyday life] A red moon appears, and contamination descends. Most people in the world become mentally ill, carrying mental contamination. Xiao Liang is a mentally ill man who has been contaminated but hasn't gone mad. He uses his dissociative identities to beat eerie creatures, and moonlights as a one-stop murder-and-body-disposal service. Only when a god dies beneath his own iron shovel does he realize that he 9.1kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   Then you guessed it right

7. 7 异 City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 464.2kReads9.7Score71.4kShelves
8. 8 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 50.4kReads9.4Score6kShelves
9. 9 南 Nanfang, I Want You All to Myself 南方，我要你只属于我 DddddTModern Romance327k WordsCompleted "Contemporary romance for adults" Reader advisory: domineering CEO, love rivalry, emotional push and pull, sexual tension, schemes, and redemption A fateful encounter, an intensely turbulent romance, an unexpected killing, a conspiracy spanning years, a painful sacrifice, and a desperate ending... The world is one giant battlefield of passions. Nan Fang is an art student. Her beauty is impossible to ignore, and her cool aloofness makes her seem untouched by the clamor of the world. Her broken f 436Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   One chapter into the trap...

10. 10 让 You Were Supposed to Become a Jianghu Boss, So How Did You End Up a Warlord? 让你当江湖大佬，你成了军阀？ Zoo Superstar动物园巨星Urban2.3M WordsCompleted (Republican era + warlords + martial world + high-octane action + slow burn!) In the seventeenth year of the Republic, the land of Guanzhong stretched for a thousand miles, scorched and barren, with not a single grain to harvest. A desperate man trudged across the cracked earth. When the Luo ran dry, the Xia fell; when the Yellow River ran dry, the Shang fell. Mountains collapsing and rivers drying up were omens of a dynasty's demise. Soldiers gone rogue, bandits, locusts. Zhao Ming looked up at 7.3kReads8.0Score348Shelves

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    In this book, the protagonist has a slight golden finger, is not a pervert, and has an online IQ

11. 11 纯 Pure-Love Warrior Vs. Blanket Warrior 纯爱战神vs被子战神 Hearing the Bell at the Mountain Temple山寺闻钟Ancient Romance35k WordsCompleted Qing Ziyi and Dan Wei Jun are childhood friends, made for each other. But one is a die-hard romantic, while the other is a blanket devotee. What will happen when the die-hard romantic meets the blanket devotee...? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't criticize me [awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh]

12. 12 那 Those Years: Her Story with Her 那些年，她和她的故事 Shopkeeper Xu Who Loves Jasmine Snow Pears爱吃茉莉雪梨的徐掌柜Two Female Leads100k WordsCompleted Dedicated to every soul who has ever been troubled by bullying at school. All the insecurity, loneliness, pain, and uncertainty will ultimately help you become a stronger person. Lastly, I hope the rain in your heart has finally stopped. 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is absolutely anti-routine

13. 13 快 Quick Transmigration: No Pure Romance for Crazy, Twisted Villains 快穿：禁止疯批变态谈纯爱 Sweet Shores甜畔Ancient Romance605k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration, unhinged characters, including forced love, taking someone by force, raising children, and more (ahem); male lead is split into different fragments, all handsome young men!] An unhinged, perverted, two-faced, delicate (???) and devoted (actually hopelessly lovesick) male lead X a female lead who's sweet and naive at first, then just sweet later on (actually, her true nature comes out) Ruan Zhi is forced into the "Villainess Training Game." Apparently, the game thinks she's 89Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Try this pinch?

14. 14 人 In Republican-Era China, from Police Chief to the Strongest Warlord 人在民国，从警察局长到最强军阀 Only Music Can Please the Dantian唯曲悦丹田Urban398k WordsCompleted [Republican Era + Summoning + Mass Troop Deployment + System + Power Fantasy + No Female Lead] After transmigrating to the Republican era, Qin Chuan draws a police station right from the start. Starting as a police chief, he soon wields absolute power! District Police Station: 545 personnel in total. The station has a patrol squad, a garrison squad, and a logistics squad. The garrison squad has 300 officers under one garrison captain, armed with Mosin-Nagant rifles. The patrol squad has 150 off 495Reads9.1Score114Shelves

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    🌈①In the foggy Republic of China, who is in charge of the ups and downs? In an unexpected time travel, Qin Chuan holds the police station in his hands, but hides the dream of a warlord. In the troubled times of the Republic of China, can he use modern wisdom to break out of the situation? ☘️ 🌈The path of plotting without a heroine, every step is full of unknowns. Will it be reduced to dust or become a legend? Waiting for you to find out! ☘️

15. 15 谍 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 Winter Isn't Hot冬天不热Urban2.8M WordsCompleted He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 214.1kReads9.5Score20.5kShelves
16. 16 抗 War of Resistance: This Killer Is Only Nine 抗战之这个杀星才9岁 Half a Cup of Cold Moonlight半樽寒月Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Bai Luo, former commander of a special operations brigade, transmigrates to a parallel world during the War of Resistance Against Japan. The good news: his long-awaited chance to tear Japanese soldiers apart with his bare hands has finally come. The bad news: his body is less than nine years old. I'm not great at writing blurbs, so please check out the story itself. This is a new author's first book. Please go easy on me, dear readers. 605Reads9.3Score124Shelves
17. 17 谍 Espionage: I Can Earn Rewards by Playing the Villain! 谍战：我当恶霸能爆奖励！ Loves Honey Longjing Tea爱喝蜂蜜龙井茶Urban2.7M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a minor secret agent at Beiping Station, he unexpectedly awakened the Tyrant System!! As long as the System judges something to be bad behavior, he gets a reward! Kidnap a dog traitor and torture him for information. Ding! For using serious violence against another person, reward: the Japanese devils’ top-secret military intelligence! Lin Ze: ??? Beating up traitors counts too? “Mrs. Miyamoto, I have a new assignment for you!” Ding! For coercing an innocent young woman, 153.9kReads9.4Score12.5kShelves
18. 18 神 Divine Oil 神油 Lying-Down Dog躺狗Urban5.6M WordsOngoing The waters of the Gui River cannot wash away old blood debts. A jar of miraculous oil can keep the secrets of a powerful family locked away. The Republic of China is in chaos, the country teetering on the brink of collapse. At the command of his ancestors, the sole surviving heir of the Shi family enters the fray, disguising himself as an anonymous laborer at the Wen family’s oil mill. He appears plain and timid, but in his heart he is plotting a sweeping revenge. The miraculous oil the Wen fami 75.4kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
19. 19 抗 War of Resistance: I Can Grant Traits to My Soldiers 抗战：我能赋予小兵词条 Write It into Zhang落笔成張Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Traits] + [Sign-In] + [Steamrolling] (Already commanding five groups and 150,000 troops, so dive right in.) After transmigrating to the War of Resistance era, Qin Feng becomes a Jin-Sui Army regiment commander. At the same time, he activates the Sign-In Trait System. As long as he signs in every day, he gets trait rewards that can be bestowed upon his officers and soldiers. [Tiger General: Greatly improves aircraft handling and equipment development, but increases the chance of disobeying o 19.7kReads8.9Score880Shelves
20. 20 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Could Hear People's Thoughts and Expose Japanese Spies 谍战：开局偷听心声，识破日谍 Daily Ten-Thousand-Word Writer日万小写手Urban3.7M WordsCompleted Su Mu wakes up one morning and finds he has transmigrated to the Republic of China, becoming a low-ranking agent for the Military Statistics Bureau! Just as he’s losing hope, he gains the ability to read people’s thoughts! Agent at No. 76: Damn it, how did our secret plan to arrest the deputy chief of the Military Statistics Bureau get leaked? Chief of the Special Services Section: Damn it, who exposed the top-secret agent infiltrating Mountain City? I’ll kill him! Headquarters of the Plum Bloss 71.6kReads8.8Score5.3kShelves
21. 21 穿 Transmigrating into a Spy War: My Codename Is God of Wealth 穿越谍战，我的代号是财神 A Thousand Stars Like Fire千星如火Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Espionage + Political Intrigue + Undercover Agent + Supply Trading + The Ultimate Power Fantasy = A Must-Read] Chen Yang, a disposable agent from the Fuxing Society's military training brigade, is ordered to infiltrate Shanghai and gather intelligence. By chance, he gets into a collaborationist Japanese agency and is put in charge of transportation. To better conceal his identity, Chen Yang puts the art of trading money and sex, perfected in a later era, to good use. He conspires with logist 2.3kReads9.3Score309Shelves
22. 22 亮 Bright Sword: Brigade Commander, Congratulations on Your Fortune 亮剑：旅长，我恭喜你发财啊 My Dog Snores我家有只狗呼噜Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [No System + hardcore technology] This time, I, our military industry big shot Yu Ye, will make sure to turn the tide. This time, Ping'an Gele will be the true turning point. This time, my Independent Regiment will be terrifyingly strong! 58.3kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
23. 23 抗 War of Resistance: Starting an All-Out War from the Northeast Army 抗战：从东北军开始全面战争 Xuanlong Tongxue炫龙童学Historical5.2M WordsOngoing That day, he was reborn in 1932, having been a member of the Chinese Army’s special forces! The nation had fallen, and the Northeast was on the brink of collapse! He rose up to resist foreign invaders alongside the heroes of his country! He entered politics to serve as a provincial governor; He joined the military to become his enemies’ nightmare! He led a million-strong army to guard the borders, all for the sake of peaceful homes and safe days for everyone! 35kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
24. 24 亮 Bright Sword: What, Your Lieutenant Has So Many Ranks Below Him? 亮剑：什么，你连长下面这么多级 Ironclad Little Boy钢铁小男孩Urban931k WordsOngoing Li Yunlong: “Well, look at you. You really know how to play the fool while keeping your cards close.” The brigade commander: “You’re a company commander. Then what am I?” Wu Jing looked at the platoon leaders, squad leaders, team leaders, and captains under his command... 2.7kReads8.7Score102Shelves
25. 25 南 The Arctic Fox's Fourth Book 南极的狐狸的第4本书 The Fox of Antarctica南极的狐狸Urban1.7M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it 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! 210Reads7.9Score—Shelves
26. 26 面 When His Mask Was Knocked Off, She Learned Her Husband Was the King of Spies 面具被击落，夫君你竟是谍战之王 Mo Jian墨间Urban696k WordsOngoing In 1940, Lin Xia transmigrates into the body of a dog of a secret-police chief in Binjiang City, Northeast China. In reality, he is one of the Party's ace agents, codenamed Shadow! His wife, Han Congxue, is a beautiful secret agent for the Nationalist military intelligence service. With his wife looking at him as if he were her sworn enemy, Lin Xia hides his identity and operates behind enemy lines. Wearing a Phantom Shadow mask and wielding dual Desert Eagles, he strikes terror into the enemy a 2.6kReads7.4Score138Shelves
27. 27 民 Republican Era: The Peking Opera Master Who Sings to Slay Invaders 民国：京剧老六，唱戏杀寇 Nangong Long of Cyrus锡罗斯的南宫龙Urban761k WordsOngoing “This letter has arrived just in time. Heaven is helping Huang Zhong win his glory!” [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You've won the crowd's acclaim. Reward: Expert Archery, Holy Silver Crossbow (100 bolts, automatically retrieved).] “I watch the mountain scenery from atop the city tower, and hear the chaos outside the walls…” [Ding! Congratulations, Host. The opera fans have hailed you as a “living Zhuge.” Reward: Stealth (turn invisible and gain a 50% movement speed boost for 10 minutes; 1-hour c 657Reads8.5Score—Shelves
28. 28 逃 Fleeing Famine to the City, Conquering the Era 逃荒进城，征服年代 Misty Rain in a Quiet Mountain Village寂静山村烟雨蒙蒙Male-Channel Fanfiction398k WordsCompleted A former elite soldier is reborn in the body of a thirteen-year-old refugee, with his six-year-old sister on his back. After a long, arduous journey, they reach the capital and pass by a courtyard house, where he unlocks a pocket dimension. There, he lives a very different life. 18.1kReads8.9Score524Shelves
29. 29 九 The Nine-Turn Exquisite Bracelet 九转玲珑镯 Little Black Pebble黑色小石头Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Feng Jinshu was a young woman who studied hard, hoping to pass the civil service exams one day and secure a coveted iron rice bowl. But fate had other plans: after years of striving, success remained just out of reach. Then a sudden upheaval made everything uncertain. With a long road ahead, where would she go from here? 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is about group portraits telling stories. I think it is quite interesting. However, it is not a cool article, and there is no golden finger. It is a group portrait warm and healing article. I keep listening to the story.

30. 30 我 The Savings System Summoned Me to Another World to Become a Rich Woman 我被存钱系统召唤到异世界当富婆 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Modern Romance935k WordsOngoing [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Modern-Day Fantasy] + [System] + [Farming] + [No Romance] + [Food Business] + [Livestream] + [Building Wealth] + [Infrastructure] + [Redemption] Other people's Systems shower their Hosts with money and perks. Mine is all about being broke, forcing me to make money through street vending and hand over every last cent. I make a million a day Livestreaming skewers made with handsome men from the mall, only for the System to order me to turn off tips. I have to build 1.3kReads—Score103Shelves

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    You will never guess the ending from the beginning

31. 31 枯 Withered Mountain 枯山 Xumi Er'er须弥尔尔Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing Written in the style of a classical xianxia novel with chapter headings, and a tribute to classic novels such as The Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain and Investiture of the Gods. Warning ⚠️ This author doesn't like proofreading, so there are often inexplicable typos ⚠️ Read at your own risk ⚠️ A story about a prodigy manipulated by Heaven who fights back, only for both sides to suffer heavy losses. He wins by half a move against Heaven, in a tale that seems like a victory and yet also d 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended book for newcomers, just a hobby, traditional fantasy, a story about a genius being manipulated by God and resisting, and in the end both lose and win, it seems to have won but it seems not to have won. If you like adding a bookshelf, please rate it and leave a comment [send a heart]

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