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1. 1 病 The Frail Beauty Is All Sweetness and Scheming, and the Madman Bends for Love 病美人又茶又娇，疯批为爱折腰 Hmph Hmph Ji哼哼唧Two Male Leads361k WordsCompleted Complete [beloved, universally adored protagonist + a deliciously dramatic love-triangle showdown] A coy, delicate, sickly beauty of a bottom x a fake-it-till-you-make-it, cocky mad-dog top Xie Zhenyun was ignored by his parents in the countryside for eighteen years before learning he was the true young master whose life had been stolen. At long last, he was brought back to the manor, only for his birth parents to warn him not to compete with the fake young master. Who could have guessed that al 17.1kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves

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   ① Gu Dan, Shou is a true young master, not love-minded, ambitious and strategic, always pursuing power, and good at training dogs [Adoration]. ② Shou was introduced into the book because of Gong's setup. There are many Shura fields in the text. In the end, the five clones of Gong and Gong and Shou lived together [laughing]

2. 2 反 The Villain Wants Nothing More Than to Die [Book Transmigration] 反派他一心求死【穿书】 A Boat Sinking by the Shore侧畔沉舟Two Male Leads422k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, with a protagonist adored by everyone] After transmigrating into the dark fantasy novel Immortal Path as the tragic villain, the Demon Venerable, Gu Yu follows the System’s instructions to fill in the plot, going further and further down the path of courting death in order to return to his original world. 2027: Great! My Host is working so diligently. The mission will surely be completed soon! Gu Yu: I’m working so diligently, so I’ll definitely be able to fake my death and go h 4.4kReads9.4Score738Shelves
3. 3 诡 The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 766.4kReads9.6Score136.5kShelves

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   ## Tweet: "The Tricky House" - a mystery of life and death in the fog, who can survive in the "Tricky House"? An unmanned bus, carrying seven pale passengers, drove into a mysterious villa deep in the thick fog. There is no exit here, only endless mysteries and the smell of death. Who are they? Why come here? And what kind of terrifying secrets does this villa, known as the "Tricky House", hide? Among these seven, the male protagonist Ning Qiushui stands out with his calm mind and keen insight. Not only did he see through the many traps in the villa, but he also uncovered the truth hidden behind the fog step by step. In every life and death decision, he can turn danger into safety; in every puzzle, he can unravel the cocoon. However, as the truth gradually emerged, Ning Qiushui discovered that this game was far more cruel than imagined... "The House" is a suspenseful and brain-burning survival game novel with interlocking plots and constant reversals. Ning Qiushui's clever mind and calm judgment allow readers to feel the thrill of a battle of wits in a tense and exciting atmosphere. If you like brain-burning suspense stories and the excitement of finding the truth in the fog, then "The House" is definitely not to be missed! #Suspense #Brain-burning #Survival game #Wisdom fighting #The truth in the fog

4. 4 十 Ten Days to the End 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 1.7MReads9.9Score233.4kShelves

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   Read the two books together

5. 5 我 I'm Not a God of Theater 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 1.7MReads9.9Score192.2kShelves

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   These are more thoughtful, quite long, and pretty.

6. 6 综 A Good Life Across the World of Film and TV 综影视之好好活着 Southbound Swallow Flying North南燕往北飞Female-Channel Fanfiction4.2M WordsOngoing After an accident, Chang Huanxi never expected to enter other worlds. From then on, she had to fight to defy fate and change her life. No matter how bad things were from the start, she firmly believed that even the System, no matter how awful, couldn't stop her from fighting her way forward. She was sure she could live a good life. Theme: Even when people fight against the storm, they can still find a rainbow after the rain. 3.3kReads8.4Score109Shelves
7. 7 体 Weight Exchange System: The Fat Man's Comeback Plan 体重兑换系统：胖子逆袭计划 Li Duping李渡平Modern Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [An entertainment-industry story about the protagonist's struggle to make it in show business.] [No slacking off, no meltdowns, no dating shows, no livestreaming. She acts earnestly, works hard on set, and becomes a top-tier star through her skill and body of work.] In her previous life, Shang Ye was an out-and-out comic foil. She stumbled into the entertainment industry, but a congenital illness left her overweight, so all she could do was play chubby nobodies in low-budget comedies. After 17.2kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
8. 8 假 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 130.6kReads9.5Score13.6kShelves
9. 9 心 Unspoken Feelings 心事 Doesn't Eat Chinese Yam不吃山药Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted I fell in love with someone, but could only keep it buried in my heart. I got together with someone who loved me, and forced myself to fall for him too. But the better he treated me, the guiltier I felt. Even I didn’t realize that he had already become someone incredibly important to me. —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 迷 City of Mist 迷雾之城 Star Dream, Dustless星梦逸尘Mystery13k WordsCompleted City of Mists 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 她 She Played at Being a Divine Being in the Late Eastern Han Dynasty 她在东汉末年装神弄鬼 First-Rate Red Chamber一品红楼Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Career-minded heroine + domineering, dashing hero] [Please note: This is a novel, not an academic paper. It has flaws and mistakes. If that bothers you, don't read it.] [The heroine is fifteen when she first transmigrates.] She thought transmigrating would let her live an easy, wonderful life. Instead, Heaven hit her with a harsh reality: she had landed in the late Eastern Han dynasty, with chaos about to engulf the land. To stay alive and protect her family, she has no choice but to embark on 11.5kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves

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    Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the heroine travels back to the Three Kingdoms period, and plots the world together with Lu Bu. She is good at pua, and always takes the lead. Fengxian, she has a sister who controls her younger brother, and she fights wits and courage with Sun Quan and others.

12. 12 诱 The Tempting Little Merman: The Brooding Commander Can’t Control His Feelings 诱甜小鲛人：腹黑指挥官情感自禁 Pei Yinyu培音羽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Intense Mutual Flirting + Mutual Devotion + Heart-Melting Romance and Sizzling Chemistry] Lots of couples, hilarious and heartwarming interactions between friends, nothing but sweet romance, and plenty of thrilling battles for the nation. Great news! The Federal Empire has been founded! Yu Li, hailed as the Empire's flower, verbally seduced the new Commander-in-Chief on her very first day at work. After her friends talked her into it, she began cautiously testing the waters. “Tonight, the roses 787Reads9.5Score125Shelves

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    Highly recommended: both books are companion volumes, and both are highly rated!!! It is recommended to read the first book first and then the second one! The first book has so many CPs, the interactions between friends are hilarious, the emotional lines are all sweet, and there are so many exciting plots of fighting for the country!!! All love is digested internally, and youth is handed over to the country!

13. 13 小 Little Bunny Ding, Where Do You Think You're Going? The Shark Boss Is Busy Pampering His Wife 小兔丁哪里逃，鲛老大哄妻忙 Pei Yinyu培音羽Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted [1v1, Both Leads Are Chaste + A Touch of Nurturing + Sweet Romance + Mutual Redemption] A roguish, cool merman male lead and a gentle, sweet-natured rabbit girl A huge contrast in size and personality To trap a soft, adorable little bunny, all you need is the biggest carrot. But how do you trap the unruly leader of the mermen? All it takes is one soft, adorable little bunny. When aspirin meets cyclooxygenase, they're granted a life free from pain and worry. What do we do, Boss? You've fallen har 460Reads9.3Score101Shelves
14. 14 神 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 Three Winds 11三风11Urban3.4M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 181.6kReads9.7Score22.1kShelves

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    Good writing and funny writing

15. 15 快 Quick Transmigration: The Rebellious Host Gets Rich All the Way 快穿：反骨宿主一路暴富 You Ran优燃Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Super Sweet! Strong Female Lead, She Dotes on Him, Sweet Romance, Feel-Good Revenge] I only want to make money, but the God of Wealth wants to date me. What should I do! Ling Yao, a mighty immortal deity from the celestial realm, has spent thousands of years slacking off and racked up tens of millions in debt. When she wakes up, Ling Yao is forcibly bound to a Get Rich System. All she has to do is save pitiful souls in various worlds and complete missions to earn money. With her usual cool, imp 8.8kReads9.1Score851Shelves

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    They are all beautiful

16. 16 全 Livestreaming to the World: I Revealed My True Form in the Movie Emperor's Arms 全球直播：我在影帝怀里现原形 Jiang Juhua江菊花Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Adorable pet transformation + laugh-out-loud comedy + everyone’s favorite + unconventional, offbeat xianxia] Yu Baibai fails her tribulation and gets struck by heavenly lightning, turning into a Chinese alligator. She freeloads as a pet in the home of an aloof movie star, mooching meals, treats, and Wangwang Snow Cookies. The movie star hugs her in her alligator form and says with eager hope, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could turn into a beauty like Yu Baibai!” One day, Yu Baibai can’t 7.3kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: I Play the Male Supporting Character, but the Protagonist Won’t Leave Me Alone 快穿：扮演男配的我被主角黏上了 Si Mianmian姒绵绵Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + quick transmigration + protagonist gong + 1v1 in every world + no splitting into multiple versions (no fixed couple)] Bai Yichen was bound to a System called Little Blackheart. His job was to play various male supporting characters and catalyze the protagonists' romances. He kept the four rules for male supporting characters firmly in mind: “When the leads fight, I comfort them. When the leads suffer, I shed tears. When the leads fall in love, I make myself scarce. When the lea 8.8kReads9.4Score848Shelves
18. 18 夫 Madam Has Secret Identities Galore, and Rules Both Sides of the Law 夫人马甲多又多黑白两道任她行 Su Zihuan苏子欢Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [[A genuine heiress with secret identities, an outrageously cool and handsome all-rounder with formidable combat skills VS wealthy, handsome, calculating Master Xiao, who dotes on her from the start] [Comeback | Two powerful leads | Satisfying story | Max-level expert | Constantly face-slapping scumbags] Three years ago, a setup nearly cost Ye Qingyuan her life. Three years later, Ye Qingyuan suddenly appeared in the capital, revealing the first hint of her brilliance. Everyone said she was tale 483Reads7.5Score104Shelves

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    [Bookshelf plus one][bookshelf plus one][bookshelf plus one][bookshelf plus one][bookshelf plus one]

19. 19 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 292.5kReads9.6Score30.7kShelves

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    There are a few books that I really like recently, they are super beautiful and super exciting!

20. 20 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 211.1kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
21. 21 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 148.3kReads9.6Score20kShelves
22. 22 小 A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery937k WordsCompleted When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge 46.3kReads9.5Score8.5kShelves
23. 23 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 22.2kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves
24. 24 好 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 45kReads9.5Score6kShelves
25. 25 我 Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1.1MReads9.9Score285.2kShelves
26. 26 玫 Roses and Guns [Criminal Investigation] 玫瑰与烈枪【刑侦】 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Their flesh and blood will forge my glory, becoming the honor I pursue for the rest of my life.] One June, two major events took place at the Qin City Public Security Bureau. First, a female captain named Gu Ji joined the anti-narcotics squad, and her darts flew in dazzling patterns. Second, a police badge number that had been dormant for ten years was reactivated, and this female captain was its successor. That same June, two major things happened to Song Yanci, leader of the major crimes 12.8kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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