Straightforward, Exciting Plots, Not Just Romance 剧情直白激情，不要全是情情爱爱

1. 1 穿 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: From the Start, All I Had Was a Pancake 穿越民国：开局一张饼 One Little Orange一只橙橙橙子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigration to the Republic of China era + resistance-war espionage + multiple identities + spies within spies + mutual devotion (Main story complete, bonus chapters in progress) One day, Lin Ruotang suddenly transmigrated to the Republic of China era. She wasn’t a young lady from a wealthy family, a concubine, or a schoolgirl. She was a refugee who had nearly starved to death. She had barely transmigrated before she was on the brink of starvation. Luckily, a kind stranger gave her a sesame f 27.1kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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   The beautiful heroine is Mission Impossible. I was excited but also afraid that she would be discovered. There are not many descriptions of love [lick the screen][lick the screen][lick the screen][lick the screen]

2. 2 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The new book, The Night of Absolution, is out now! If you enjoy Old Li's style, come show your support~] [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 252.2kReads9.4Score55.2kShelves
3. 3 十 The End of Ten Days 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.8MReads9.9Score227.9kShelves
4. 4 逃 Caught After Trying to Escape: The Mad, Powerful Minister’s Cruel Kisses and Possessive Love 逃跑被抓回，疯批权臣欺吻强夺 Jiang Shian江十桉Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted [Coercive romance + wife-pursuing crematorium + devoted couple] Everyone said the eldest son of the Pei family was noble and virtuous, elegant beyond compare. But Jiang Yingwan felt an inexplicable fear of him. Especially when those dark, cold eyes turned her way, a chill ran down her spine. Years ago, the Jiang and Pei families had made a verbal marriage pact. The Old Madam Pei wanted her to marry Pei Yanchen, but the two families were no longer social equals, and Jiang Yingwan already loved so 45.1kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves

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   "His eyes wandered over her body, with an indescribable possessiveness, and his voice was low and full of temptation: 'Congratulations on getting what you wanted, madam.

5. 5 被 My Years of Being Scammed in Northern Myanmar 被骗缅北的这些年 Loves Mao Kang Kang Most最爱毛康康Urban3.3M WordsCompleted Originally titled “Tricked into Northern Myanmar: What Really Happened” I was unlucky enough to be tricked into going to Northern Myanmar. But I was also lucky enough to make it back alive! I wrote this book to warn more people and help them learn from my experience. Never use unofficial means to go somewhere you shouldn’t, because it isn’t the paradise you imagine. It’s hell. 121.7kReads9.3Score10.8kShelves

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   This kind of book is very real and tells a lot of cruel things that we don't know.

6. 6 味 Flavor 味道 Su Rushi of the Vast Mountain苍莽山的苏如是Modern Romance273k WordsOngoing Life comes in a rush and goes just as quickly. Great and small things happen in our lives and at work. We are all tiny grains of sand, drifting up and down in the dust. So often, we don't know how to keep going or how to stay the course, one step at a time, until the end of our days. Keeping a record may become a memory to revisit in old age, something to savor, or perhaps a source of regret and helplessness. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The mountains across the river were shrouded in clouds and mist. In the morning, the sun had not yet come out, but streaks of golden light could be seen. When the sun peeks out a little, the clouds and fog on the mountains begin to dissipate. When the sun comes out completely, the fog gradually dissipates. At this time, the grandma learned that her precious granddaughter had not returned, and she was so worried that she fainted again. The mother also looked at her husband with a painful look on her face, unable to say a word. Grandpa helped grandma back home. My father and mother also dragged their heavy steps home. My mother even forgot to wear her shoes because she was so anxious, and my father felt very distressed.

7. 7 修 The Cultivation World’s Sickly Number One 修真界第一病秧子 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 324.3kReads9.7Score30.4kShelves

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   No emotion, just using your brain

8. 8 开 All Spirit Roots from the Start: I Slept My Way to Invincibility 开局全灵根，我把自己睡成无敌 Ben Zhijie本止戒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Qin Yuan, courtesy name Yanwan. You can tell from the name alone that this was a child nobody liked from the moment she was born. And... reality was exactly the same! There was no twist! The X-novel writer stared in despair at the reflection in the pool: a white-haired girl with scarlet eyes... That's right, she had transmigrated into a book, into the fantasy world of a novel she'd written called The Lost Immortal. Everyone except the protagonist met a bad end! The "lost" in The Lost Immortal me 29.7kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
9. 9 少 Cut the Crap! I’m Begging You, Take Off Your Armor and Kiss Me! 少废话，我求你脱了战袍亲亲我！ Hu Yan.胡言.Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted Completed, and absolutely fantastic! [Flirtatious, brazen beauty top vs. sharp-tongued, honest-hearted cool-guy bottom; childhood rivals who hated each other, then fell in love while fighting] [Two male leads + two strong leads + intense chemistry and push-pull + mutual coercion + both are pure + happy ending] Ji Qinghuan had been born into another world and lived there for nineteen years, always appearing to outsiders as a gentle, refined young master. A heaven-blessed prodigy with impeccable c 11.3kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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   Absolutely beautiful!!!

10. 10 穿 Reborn as the Crown Prince of a Fallen Kingdom, I Throw Myself into the Enemy’s Arms 穿成亡国太子我直接投入敌军怀抱 Hu Yan.胡言.Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted Completed. Search “Fanqie Listen” for the full-cast audiobook. [Manic, unhinged, vicious beauty vs. proper, restrained, aloof Buddha-like lord] [Two male leads + equally matched + mutual secret crush + both virgins] From the start, he was on an ancient battlefield, surrounded by soldiers and generals splattered with blood. He was the crown prince of a fallen kingdom. With a sworn enemy ahead, pursuers behind, and the burden of restoring his country on his shoulders, who could stay sane? While he 20.6kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves
11. 11 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.8MReads9.9Score182.3kShelves
12. 12 顶 The Top Player Runs Rampant Through Dungeons and Abducts the Evil God 顶级玩家杀疯副本，拐跑邪神 White Peach Wuwu Dragon白桃呜呜龙Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition is now available under the title: The Fall of the Gods (Not for the faint of heart: nonhuman entities and terrifying monsters.) Yin Xiu has lived in a town governed by rules for six years. Normal players follow the rules and clear instances to stay alive. Yin Xiu, however, stays in town day after day. He doesn’t leave, clear instances, or go near the monsters. He does the bare minimum, takes it easy, and has practically settled into retirement. The town’s monsters have had thei 120.2kReads9.7Score18kShelves
13. 13 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 146.6kReads9.3Score17.5kShelves

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    Its plot is a bit like a suspense novel. Each time, the protagonist behaves a bit like a mental illness at the beginning. At the end, the protagonist transforms into Sherlock Holmes to reveal the answer and punish and eliminate evil.

14. 14 早 Love Was Written in the Signs 早有征兆的爱啊 Tong Youqi佟又琪Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The heroine accidentally becomes a temporary CIA agent at fourteen. The hero, a former special forces soldier, establishes a private military force with a base in Africa. He becomes the vanguard of the country’s Belt and Road Initiative, protecting domestic companies as they expand overseas. The story revolves around the friendships, romance, family bonds, and patriotism of the main cast. This is not a conventional domineering CEO romance, and it has none of the usual tropes involving a scheming 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It revolves around the friendship, love, patriotism, career, etc. Of the protagonists, including religion, Renaissance, mysterious Vatican archives, horseback shooting, Dakar racing, wTT table tennis competition, and cultural export.

15. 15 渔 The Fishing Village’s Bizarre Case 渔村诡案 Jiang Gongzhi蒋公纸Mystery231k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal Investigation + Strange Encounters and Folklore + Crime + Serial Murders + Rural Secrets] Behind a web of horrifying legends and eerie corpses lie hidden clues. A lone detective cracks one bizarre case after another, bringing long-buried crimes to light. Haifu Village in Qingtan City is an old fishing village by the sea. Most of its original residents are fishermen, yet no one dares to go there to buy seafood. Zhang Dahai is a villager in Haifu. His wife vanished under myster 21.7kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves

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    Most of the books I read are suspense and mystery books.

16. 16 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 88.7kReads9.4Score10.9kShelves
17. 17 完 Oh No, My Compassion Is Overflowing Again 完了，老夫心又开始泛滥了 Breeze and Southern Moon清风南月Eastern Fantasy167k WordsOngoing “I’m an old man who’s about to die. Why are you chasing me?” “Stop pretending. I know you’re the Immortal Dao Venerable Emperor.” “I’m cursed to be alone. Anyone who gets close to me will die.” “As long as I can be with you, I’m not afraid. Boo-hoo…” “Hey, don’t cry. This old man’s heart… Fine, I’ll marry you, all right?” “Hehe, old man, you’re hard-hearted about everything except women.” And then… she died… “Damn it, you old heavens, are you messing with me? I don’t believe it. I’m going to def 35Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 283.5kReads9.5Score44.1kShelves

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    The heroine of this book is really good, but she is also trying to change her destiny as a female supporting character and the destiny of those around her who are controlled by the plot. It's a dangerous situation. Let's see how I, Sister Hua, can break the situation.

19. 19 心 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 Bug Baby虫宝宝Mystery548k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 92.8kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves

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    The female protagonist is a forensic doctor. Although she has autism, she shines in her field. The male protagonist is the criminal investigation captain. Together, they are not weak-minded and join forces.

20. 20 微 A Glimmer of Light Illuminates the World 微光耀世 People Need Noodles to Survive民以面为天Eastern Fantasy182k WordsOngoing The Great Wilderness is vast beyond measure. The Flashing Spirit Tribe houses the essence of heaven and earth in their bodies; the Beastfolk use the crystal cores within them as the foundation of their spiritual power; and the spirit folk rely on their innate spirit companions. Together, they give rise to countless divine qualities that divide heaven from earth, while humanity ekes out a precarious existence in one small corner, fighting to survive and defy fate. Wang Lingjun, a librarian, unexp —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The wilderness is so vast that there are countless races, hundreds of races are fighting for their lives, and the human race is struggling to survive! Wang Lingjun traveled here and used the Supreme Jade Emperor's Heart Sutra as a guide to manifest the life talisman and seal, creating an extraordinary foundation! Along the way, even if there is a strong wind, the glimmer of light can shine!}

21. 21 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 25.6kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves

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    It's very engaging and the plot doesn't drag on.

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