A Pick for When You're Out of Books 书荒的选择

1. 1 废 The Wasteland Survival Code 废土生存密码 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse644k WordsCompleted [Small team + heartwarming + clever heroine + no romance] What do you do if you can't stomach nutrient liquid made from snails and cockroaches? Starve to death, that's what! A hundred years after the apocalypse, strange green rain has created a forest wasteland. Food culture has been completely lost. Ordinary humans survive on nutrient liquid made from mushrooms, moss, snails, and earthworms, while Chinese cabbage has become a luxury. Meanwhile, people in the prosperous cities live lives of extr 4.7kReads9.0Score494Shelves

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   In the gustatory ruins of the apocalypse, a boiling pot of cockroach soup is churning with the paradoxes of civilization. "Survival in the Wasteland Starts with a Bag of Nutrient Solution" uses strange green rain to pour out an alienated variant of food literature, allowing the primitive desire of "eating" to burst out with amazing philosophical energy in the apocalypse of genetic mutations. While other doomsday narratives are still chewing the bitterness of human nature, Jiang Han's recipe has already stewed the dawn of civilization beyond survival. The author uses scalpel-like strokes to dissect the doomsday table: moldy grass cakes are the annual rings of the history of degradation, expired cans become the relics of civilization, and mutated fluorescent mushrooms actually grow into the fire of Prometheus in the darkness. In this world where taste buds are extinct earlier than guns, the "flaw" of the genetically defective Jiang Han has become the key to solving the problem - while normal humans are still crazy about the shelf life, this taste exile who is judged as "waste" has tasted the infinite possibilities of molecular cuisine in cockroach protein. The formation of the fishing team itself is a perfect metaphor for the doomsday recipe: the sensitive taste buds of the rabbits are paired with the steel stomach of the cattle, and the swift minions of the leopard girl are paired with the simple ingenuity of humans. What they set up in the radiation dust storm was not a survival stove, but a mobile civilization reconstruction site. When Jiang Han processed the mutant vines into a transparent jelly paste like molecular cuisine, and when Lili's sharp claws carved out a sashimi platter of irradiated watermelon, these "defects" that were once regarded as waste were tempered into the sharpest survival aesthetics in the fire of the apocalypse. The pungent spice of the novel lies in its inversion of the concept of "luxury goods". The farm grain and oil that once symbolized class have been reduced to specimen tombstones of civilization, while the "hell cuisine" cooked with mutated creatures in the refugee tents has gained fresh vitality. The steamed buns made by Jiang Han using earthworm protein powder are closer to the true meaning of civilization than the pre-war bread in the museum - not immortal in a sterile vacuum, but stubbornly growing in the dirty reality. This wasteland gourmet revolution implies a gentle rebuttal of modernity: When civilization develops to the point where it measures life by shelf life, has it long forgotten the true joy of chewing? Jiang Han's team set up an open-air kitchen under the radiation cloud, using rusty smoke to write the apocalypse - true civilization is not found in sterile cans, but in the courage to put the unknown into your mouth. When the first bite of fluorescent mushroom sashimi melts on the tip of the tongue, the extinguished galaxy of taste begins to rotate again.

2. 2 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 114.4kReads8.7Score12.4kShelves

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   "Eight Master, how is the situation?" "Can our child be rescued?" "Did Mr. He let go?" Under the anxious eyes of everyone, Zhou Gantai shook his head tiredly: "He Kuo will not give in, we can only rely on ourselves to save people." - At this moment, despair and hope are intertwined, the balance of fate is tilted, and only by trying our best can we tear open the cracks in the darkness. 💔 # Desperate Survival # Humanity Choice # Battle of Destiny

3. 3 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 872.8kReads9.6Score195.5kShelves

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   From being ridiculed as a "waste with clogged meridians", to swinging the nine-level calamity cloud with a sword on the top of the Yanyu Tower, Li Ziye climbed through the cracks in the rules of the two worlds. He dismantled the Analects of Confucius and transformed it into a sword, melted quantum mechanics to break the inner demons, and built a unique path to heaven for the traveler in the thousand-year righteousness of Confucianism. On that day when the morning glow was stained with blood, Li Ziye looked at the purple stars on the tip of his apprentice's sword, and suddenly remembered his ancestor's admonition: "Some swords are born to split the way of heaven."

4. 4 离 Let's Divorce! You Really Think I'm Some Kind of Toad? 离婚吧！真当我是癞蛤蟆？ Lu Qiu Feng鹿秋枫Urban949k WordsCompleted Not a power fantasy. Please read with caution if that bothers you. Chu Yuxuan has been married to Xia Zhu for two years. He thought there was no heart in the world that couldn’t be warmed, until her old flame returns and Xia Zhu rushes to him without a second thought… After the divorce, Chu Yuxuan returns to the Chu family and transforms into a wealthy, spoiled playboy. At his family’s arrangement, he marries the icy beauty Zhao Yanan. On the surface, he’s a good-for-nothing wastrel, but behind 54.8kReads9.4Score5.2kShelves

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   The title of the book gives people the first impression that it is a mindless article. In fact, after reading it later, you will find that the author has written a very in-depth article and it is a good article.

5. 5 我 I Deliver Takeout in the Underworld 我在冥府送外卖 Biology Class Representative生物课课代表Urban243k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted laughs + wild fantasy + an underdog office worker’s comeback + underworld workplace] When Tang Xiaochuan opens a blood-red app under threat of a bad review, he thinks he’s only taking an ordinary errand. That is, until the navigation shows “Wangchuan Road, No. 666,” and the customer’s note reads, “Deliver it to the carving on the third railing at Granny Meng’s pavilion. Don’t let that old ladle-wielding woman catch you.” As the only living person registered as an underworld delive 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 时 Echoes of the Abyss 【时渊回响】 Biology Class Representative生物课课代表Sci-Fi & Apocalypse229k WordsCompleted Lu Yuan, who works in a quantum physics laboratory, accidentally discovers that he has the ability to set a time anchor: every time he dies, he returns to three days earlier. After his 247th rebirth, he gradually uncovers a shocking truth: the entire universe is an experimental field for a higher civilization, and all living beings are experimental subjects under observation. To find his younger sister Lu Sheng, who vanished in a time paradox, Lu Yuan forms a special alliance with Lin Shen, an a —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 大 Great Tang: If You Won’t Rebel, Father, Then I Will! 大唐：父亲您不造反，我造反！ Darn Spider扑街蜘蛛呀Historical2.5M WordsOngoing [Ruthless and decisive]+ [Golden finger]+ [Conquest and expansion]+ [Industrial Revolution]+ [Age of Discovery] Also known as The Crown Prince Should Stop Competing, the Tang Dynasty Already Has Nine Dragons in One Court, Tang Dynasty: Father, You’re This Old, How Can You Still Sleep?, and I, Li Chengqian, the Steadiest Crown Prince in History. He transmigrates to a parallel Tang Dynasty and becomes Li Chengqian, still the heir of the Prince of Qin’s household. Faced with Li Shimin’s indecision, 13.1kReads8.6Score719Shelves

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   It's okay, you can read it when you are short of books.

8. 8 重 Reborn: Forcing My Underworld Boss Dad to Go Straight! 重生：逼着黑道老爸金盆洗手！ Stay-at-Home Little Rice Bug居家小米虫Urban663k WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Underworld] [Turning over a new leaf] [Leaving the life behind] In his previous life, Qin Ye and Qin Su were the top leaders of the Fierce Dragon Gang. They had done so much evil that they were executed by firing squad. When Qin Ye opens his eyes again, he has returned to twenty years earlier. In this life, the Fierce Dragon Gang, led by Qin Su, has only just started down the path of organized crime. Everything can still be put right! Qin Su: “Son, we’re already this rich. It’d be a wa 569Reads7.5Score109Shelves
9. 9 抗 War of Resistance: My Strategist's Eye Awakens, Revealing a Mini Map! 抗战：我谋士入局，觉醒小地图！ Huang Bei 97煌北97Urban2.0M WordsOngoing As he transmigrated through the darkest period of history, Lin Tian Chen awakened a visualized map in his mind. “I’ll enter the game as a strategist and raise the banner to win half a move against Heaven.” From then on, the army gained a commander who could direct the battlefield like a god. With limited resources, he would execute tactical flanking maneuvers to perfection; with abundant resources, he would unleash firepower on an unparalleled scale. He led his forces north to campaign in Guando 5kReads9.6Score636Shelves
10. 10 说 We Agreed to Pretend to Be a Couple for the New Year, Not Make It Real 说好扮男友过年，没说假戏真做啊 Fermented Rice Radish Skin酒酿萝卜皮Urban387k WordsCompleted [Everyday life + one heroine + rural living + lighthearted and heartwarming] To deal with her parents' constant urging to get married, Yang Wei, who ran her own business, took her fans' advice and hired a boyfriend to bring home for the New Year. She thought her boyfriend would just be a lucky charm while he was there, but it turned out he was good at just about everything. Slaughtering pigs, cooking, going up the mountain to gather ginseng, fishing in the river... the only thing he seemed to be 811Reads7.0Score—Shelves
11. 11 直 Livestream: I Roam Free in America, Beyond the Reach of the Law 直播：我在美利坚逍遥法外 Sea and Ocean海与洋Urban270k WordsCompleted As the saying goes, an agent who can't do research isn't a proper sneaky bastard. An antigravity device? I'll sneak it back for Mom. The Pentagon? I'll quietly install a couple of backdoors for Mom. Aircraft carrier blueprints? No problem! 11Reads7.1Score—Shelves
12. 12 永 Stuck at One HP Forever, Yet I'm Still Invincible! 永久一滴血，我照样无敌于世！ Wild Ideas and Scribbles瞎想胡写Sports3.6M WordsOngoing (The comic and print edition are in production, so rest assured and enjoy reading.) [A game that transports everyone to another world, lone wolf, no baggage, ruthless, BUG-level talent, disaster legion, rigorous stats] The Myriad Worlds Game descends, and everyone begins transmigrating. Su Mubai is betrayed by the campus belle he married and left on the verge of death. The Myriad Worlds Game saves his life, but after scanning his body, the stats panel is a disaster. His maximum health is permane 147.8kReads8.8Score10.3kShelves

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    Highly recommended and super cool

13. 13 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

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    Every book is beautiful, really beautiful.

14. 14 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 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 237.6kReads9.7Score27kShelves
15. 15 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
16. 16 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

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    ## **Why is this book so popular all over the Internet? ** 1. **World view setting: The collision of Eastern and Western pantheons, brain explosion** The protagonist Lin Qiye lost his eyesight due to witnessing the Seraph Michael when he was young. He was diagnosed with mental illness, but unexpectedly awakened the golden finger of the "Mental Hospital of the Gods". Gods and monsters from the East and West are imprisoned here. The protagonist gains strength by "treating" the gods, and gradually reveals the secrets of the thousand-year war between gods and the survival of mankind. The story combines Greek mythology, Nordic gods, and Chinese legends to create a huge and self-consistent universe of supernatural powers, which can be called the "mythical Avengers". 2. **Character creation: passion and reversal, all members are highlighted** - **Protagonist Lin Qiye**: On the surface, he is a docile blind boy, but in fact he is a calm and decisive "dean of the mental hospital". From being guarded to being a guardian, his growth is full of a sense of fate and counter-routine designs (such as refusing invitations from the Night Watch). - **Supporting Characters**: Night Watch Team, Undercover Agent 25, Red Dust Sword Fairy... Each character has an independent story line. Especially Shen Qingzhu (Brother Drag) and An Qingyu (IQ ceiling), their reversal of identities and spirit of sacrifice earned them tears. 3. **Rhythm of the plot: slow buildup followed by high energy throughout** The first ten chapters are foreshadowed by daily warmth, and then the plot takes a turn for the worse with the sudden attack of alien beasts and the tragic death of classmates, which is full of tension! Major events such as the appearance of the Night Watch organization, the resurrection of the gods, and the coming of the fog are intertwined with each other. The foreshadowing spans thousands of years, and the final battle to recover all the clues can be called "a gray line for a snake, a thread for thousands of miles." 4. **Emotional core: The righteousness of family and country and the passion of young people** In the book, the "Night Watch" organization has guarded mankind with their flesh and blood for two thousand years, and the tragic feeling of the protagonist group dying for the survival of their family and country runs throughout. For example, the death of Zhao Kongcheng activates the protagonist's belief, and the Jedi counterattack under the live broadcast lens perfectly interweaves personal destiny and collective glory, burning to tears.

17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Extra Just Wants to Live to a Hundred 快穿：路人甲女配只想长命百岁 Poor Sanqi!贫穷的三七呀！Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted This book is complete. It is not fast-paced or wildly satisfying. It focuses on completing missions and has no fixed couple. My heroine isn’t human. She’s a System X3. There is no male lead in the first world. Kangxi is not the male lead X3! So there’s no need to spend thirty minutes indignantly posting your opinions in the comments. P.S. The heroine is a System X3, a System formed from the faith of millions upon millions of people from the East. Through one mission after another, she awakens li 6.3kReads8.9Score396Shelves

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    This is a fast-paced novel. The heroine went from not understanding at the beginning to clarifying her faith and firming up her faith. It made me see that patriotism is really glorious and worth reading.

18. 18 哎 Hey, Whose Minister Is Cuddling the Foolish Emperor? 哎呦，谁家权臣抱着昏君亲呀 Shanhai Xiang山海湘Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted Main story complete [Bottom × sweet-and-angsty romance × sci-fi power struggles × ensemble cast with multiple couples × every child of the bottom is born from infidelity] [Clear-eyed sweetheart × scheming, unhinged power player] Zhao Lin transmigrated, pulled by a System into the darkest period in Chinese history and transformed into the fallen emperor Shengling, who shared his name. According to official histories, Emperor Shengling would die suddenly this very year. Unofficial accounts said he 5.7kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves

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    📚New article express|"The Fainting King's Guide to Self-Rescue"🔥 💥High-energy opening chapter: The fragrance of a pool of wine soaks into the dragon robe, and the sword of the beautiful man in his arms is at his throat! As soon as Zhao Lin opened his eyes, he received a gift package in hell mode - [Countdown to the country's subjugation: 30 days] [Achievement achieved by killing loyal ministers] [The rebels have conquered the three states] 👑Crazy batch of self-rescue guide: √ Change the poisonous wine to sober soup √ Repair the court that was torn by the original body overnight √ Grab the sick and powerful minister's wrist and stab him in the heart: "I will do the dirty work of regicide for you." ♟️Fatal Game: Tutor Wen Run hid the blood-stained edict: "Your Majesty, do you know that the person next to you has already prepared the white silk?" General Yin Zhi knelt and presented the tiger talisman: "The blade of my sword will always point in the direction of your sword." And the enemy proton who was imprisoned by the emperor in the wine pool was smiling and tying the jade seal with red silk: "Your Majesty wants thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and I will exchange them for the heads of nine tribes." ⚠️Instructions for reading: 1. The Black Lotus Emperor is attacked by x Baiqie Black Boss 2. Werewolf killing in the court + extreme self-rescue + falling in love and killing each other 3. The system prompts the whole process of high-energy complaints 📌 Tags: #male lead # Reversal of Power #CrazyPatchAesthetics #I am working on infrastructure in the enemy camp "Diary of the Hunjun: Thank you for the invitation, I am in the wine pool, I have just woken up, how many steps does it take to tear the script of subjugation into a guide to a prosperous age?"

19. 19 咸 The Lazy Princess Returns to the Capital, and the Whole Dynasty Follows Her for the Gossip 咸鱼郡主回京，全皇朝追着吃瓜 Evening Ripples晚漾Ancient Romance715k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Favorite + Sweet Historical Romance + Fun and Lighthearted + Palace Politics with a Light Touch + Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only One + Equally Matched Leads + No Transmigration, Rebirth, System, or Inner Thoughts + Everyone Is Native to This World] A seemingly sweet and gentle daughter of a vassal king vs. a truly delicate and frail eldest imperial grandson For the old emperor’s birthday, vassal kings from across the land are ordered to come to the imperial capital and celebrate 28.5kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves

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    The charming princess, lazy, cunning and cute, decisive in killing, and the weak emperor's grandson, scheming and favoring, both clean. The first time I saw the emperor's grandson fainted in the arms of the charming princess...

20. 20 不 I Die If I Don’t Spend Money? Then I’ll Hand It Over to the State 不花钱就死？那我上交国家 Not Bad不孬Modern Romance487k WordsCompleted {Dear passenger, this is the female-oriented novel train. Please check your ticket before boarding. We wish you a pleasant journey~!} [Fake System + Passionate + Face-Slapping + No Romance + The Growth of an Imperfect Heroine] “What’s so hard about spending money?” “Making money is hard. Spending it is easy, right?” “If you gave me that money, I could blow through it all in no time!” Su Su was lying in bed, complaining about Wang Duoyu from a movie, who had money but couldn’t spend it. Then, out 22kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves

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    Is there anyone who won't spend money after getting rich? [Licking the screen] Spend money to build the motherland! Super cool article, please give me a system like this sometime, I really like to see the article about building a country after the system, it will be cool to put it in!

21. 21 重 Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 Bian Lu边鹿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 133.6kReads9.7Score18.5kShelves

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    Super good-looking, written from a national level, not a solo effort

22. 22 裴 President Pei’s Sweet, Laid-Back Wife Is Getting Ambitious 裴总的咸鱼小娇妻卷起来了 Years Flow Like Water, Light and Shadow似水流年光影Two Male Leads291k WordsCompleted Two male leads + both virgins + older man/younger man + sweet, fatherly pampering A celibate, refined scoundrel of a CEO with a fatherly streak vs. a soft, haughty young master Before meeting Gu Yan, Pei Xuan pushed himself and everyone else relentlessly, forging a path to success that left everyone else in the dust. At school, he was the model student; after taking over the family business, he became someone all the other heirs could only look up to. After meeting Gu Yan, he clings to his wife, 593Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Sweet, two male protagonists, father's boyfriend, age difference, height difference [admiration] [blowing kiss]

23. 23 全 My Whole Family Reads my Thoughts, I’m in Charge of Causing Trouble 全家读我心声赢麻了，我负责作妖 I Love Pork Ribs爱吃大排骨Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Inner thoughts + beloved by the whole family + gossip + feel-good power fantasy + adorable baby] Don't pass by without stopping! There's a couple pairing, and it gets super sweet later! Come on in and enjoy the gossip! Jiang Yuanxi transmigrated into a book. She became a top-tier disposable character who died just one day after being born. Her family was disliked by the Duke, and they would become stepping stones on the female lead's path. While cursing the Old King of Hell, Jiang Yuanxi did he 4.8kReads8.9Score696Shelves

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    Have you finished reading the book? Don't have to watch anymore, right? Come on, there are serious ones; there are also funny ones [laughing][laughing][laughing]

24. 24 真 The Real Heiress Drops the Act! The Unhinged Girl Offends the Whole World! 真千金不装了！疯批得罪全世界！ Endless Sky长空万里Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Wealthy Family + Sharp-Tongued, Unhinged Heroine + Dark, Powerful Hero + Plenty of Secret Identities + Sweet Romance, One-on-One] Ye Kong grew up an orphan and turned twenty. Then she was suddenly told that she was the real daughter of the wealthy Ye family of Huaichuan. But when she returned home, she was greeted not by a heartwarming reunion, but by a family who doted on their fake heiress and an unwanted, disabled fiancé. Ye Kong had a lot to say. But before she left, the orphanage 62.8kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves

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    Don't be offended, the heroine is so cool, I don't know what to read this 😍😍😍

25. 25 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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26. 26 从 From Toddler Prince to Sovereign of All Under Heaven [Infrastructure] 从奶娃诸侯王到天下共主【基建】 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Original title: From Infant Prince to Ruler of All Under Heaven: Infrastructure Building [Feel-good power fantasy + adorable toddler from the start + gaming cheat + infrastructure building + farming + war + family and country + cute pets + romance?] [Serious Synopsis] If you come from across the sea and travel west, you will eventually find a prosperous city unlike anything in this world. It is the fiefdom of His Highness, the Prince of You: Youzhou. At the end of the dynasty, the land is strew 151.8kReads9.3Score18.4kShelves
27. 27 领 Lordship: Starting as a Pioneer Knight 领主：从开拓骑士开始 As Long as I'm Happy, Nothing Else Matters快乐就行其他无所谓Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing (Farming and slow burn) At eighteen, when he came of age, Weilin chose to become a pioneer. With aid from his family, he set off for the frontier to develop new territory. Step by step, he would eventually reach the very top. 83.9kReads9.1Score6.6kShelves
28. 28 高 High Martial: My Small World Is Just a Little Bigger Than Everyone Else’s 高武：我的小世界比别人多亿点点 Poetry and Wine While Young诗酒趁年華Urban6.1M WordsOngoing [Lovably obnoxious male lead]+ [Passionate]+ [High Martial]+ [Comedy]+ [Supporting characters in the spotlight]+ [No female lead]+ [No System] Humanity is in peril, and the gods bestow their blessings! A small, undeveloped world appears inside everyone. Legend has it that whoever can control the world within can protect all living beings and save humanity! After being reborn, Ling Feng has no talent and just wants to lie flat. But to his surprise, the small world he awakens seems to be just a ti 20.6kReads7.2Score1.8kShelves
29. 29 高 High Martial: Infinite Clones, and I Crush an S-Rank Beast to Death from the Start 高武：无限分身，开局撑死S异兽 A Touch of Deep Blue一抹深蓝Urban2.5M WordsCompleted “We transmigrated to a world where martial strength reigns supreme and countless races stand side by side.” “There are also exotic beasts.” “Original body, you have to keep us alive. Our lives are in your hands.” “Ha! Just some exotic beasts. Watch me take them down with a sliding tackle!” “I’ll tackle them too!” “Huh? Looks like we stuffed it to death.” “Nice.” … “Could you all be quiet for a minute? My head’s about to explode.” Qin Ze looked at the countless versions of himself surrounding hi 54.5kReads9.1Score6.2kShelves
30. 30 开 From the Start, I Summoned a Ratling Gun and Aimed a Heavy Sniper Rifle at My Classmates 开局召唤鼠特林，对着同学架大狙 Ci Chang'an此常安Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Capitalist simulator + summon beasts overhauled + no female lead + putting the whole world through training (torture)] (The story starts with an academy arc before moving on to focus on guilds and shadowy organizations. “No female lead” means there’s no romance, not that there are no female characters. Don’t read if you absolutely don’t want to see female characters.) Lu Yuan transmigrates to another world and awakens the strongest talent for a melee class, yet ultimately chooses to change to a 382Reads8.1Score—Shelves
31. 31 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Physical book edition now available] [Short drama of the same name is now streaming! Watch it on Hongguo!] [The only martial arts ensemble novel on the entire site with such a wild premise!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Readers, come on in and take a look!] [Ensemble cast + System + traits + martial arts] Chen Ye transmigrates to the Great Wu Dynasty and binds himself to an Orphan Training System. As long as he raises orphans, 116.5kReads8.9Score11.3kShelves
32. 32 作 As a War God, I Can Just Summon Players If I Can't Win 作为战神，打不过直接召唤玩家 Feathers Flow Through an Empty Mirror空镜流羽Sports3.3M WordsOngoing What would happen if video game players transmigrated to another world and still treated it like a game? Would they start farming, developing their territory, and climbing the tech tree, until a flood of steel crushed everything in its path? Or would they plunder everything, attack everyone they met, and become a terrifying presence to the natives? It sounds scary, but it doesn’t matter. I, the God of War, need people like that right now. 1.1kReads8.7Score114Shelves
33. 33 刚 I Just Hatched, and a Seven-Hundred-Meter Dragon Is Staring at Me 刚破壳，七百多米的巨龙盯着我 Golden Grains of Rice金色米粒Eastern Fantasy8.2M WordsCompleted “We came from the starry sky. It is our dream, our ambition, our future, and our home. We are star dragons, and the starry sky means freedom. We were born free!” Newly awakened Viter listens to the one he calls Father teach him, and from that day on, he has a goal in life: the starry sky! But first, he has to grow up safely in this dangerous world known as the Dragon Realm! 58.7kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves
34. 34 师 Senior Brother, Could You Not Be So Weird? 师兄，别这么抽象好吗？ A Single Immortal Herb一株仙草Eastern Fantasy569k WordsCompleted When we first met, Senior Brother said, “Shh, an otherworldly demon has infiltrated our Skyvault Sect. Junior Sister, you must be careful.” Then Senior Brother kicked my friend out. Later, Senior Brother said, “The deep-sea flood dragon has committed countless evils. We cultivators must draw our swords and slay it.” Then Senior Brother killed a little snake. Later still, Senior Brother said, “A million demons are about to invade. Junior Sister, go warn everyone.” After that day, countless locust 1.1kReads7.7Score108Shelves
35. 35 觉 Awakening: I’m Actually Living in a Dungeon World! 觉醒，我竟生活在副本世界里！ The Potato with Fangs长牙的土豆Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Creative premise] [System] [Exploration] [Survival] [Calm and decisive] Feng Li was an ordinary person living in a dull world. But after that day, he realized everything had changed. His classmates had been replaced by unknown creatures. They spoke in a language he couldn’t understand and even threatened to kill him. [Ding!] [Talent awakened successfully] [Name: Scales of Truth] [Type: Bizarre] [Attributes: Weighing, Fairness, Truth, Equivalence] Only later did Feng Li discover that he had been 934Reads7.9Score105Shelves
36. 36 天 Heavenly Chess: The Path to Chess Sagehood 天弈：棋圣之路 Xuan Chen玄尘Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [A brand-new setting] [Heroes at the Chessboard] What happens when chess meets heroic battles? When civilizations collide, would you dare to play against Heaven? After transmigrating, Zhuge Yi discovers that although modern Huaxia is prosperous and powerful, its people know almost nothing about their own history. The game Tian Yi, a chess game built around the heroes of the people, has become the world's mainstream pastime. At that time, the Huaxia chess world is weak, while Western chess dom 42.2kReads9.6Score4.1kShelves
37. 37 冉 The Empress Ran 冉后 Nai Nai J奈奈JAncient Romance376k WordsCompleted Ran Hu was made a Jieyu concubine as soon as she entered the palace. On her very first day, she was summoned to the emperor’s bedchamber and granted the title of Chen, cherished like a rare treasure. Her peerless beauty and her younger brother’s illustrious military achievements as Marquis of Chang’an gave her the confidence to act as she pleased in the harem. The two souls who had come from a later age ultimately left a lasting mark on this strange world. 6.9kReads9.0Score791Shelves

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    ✨ [Famous line warning] "You teach me to see the twenty-six ways of measuring love - chips, lies, power, but no sincerity" "When butterflies start to count the flowering periods, spring learns to bow their heads" 📚Recommended reasons: √ Each chapter is a movie-level Shura field √ Anti-PUA sober heroine practical teaching √ Dark business war x adult extreme push and pull

38. 38 帝 The Emperor Has No Heart, Yet His Cool and Elegant Noble Consort Has Her Ways 帝本无心，怎奈清冷贵妃手段高 My Cat Is Called Huabei我的猫叫花呗Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cool, seductive fox beauty vs. a carefree, womanizing emperor] [The heroine is the true daughter, driven by revenge and ambition: a scheming beauty, sweet on the outside but ruthless within, and far from virtuous. This is an unconventional palace-intrigue story focused on winning hearts. The hero is not chaste. Later, he desperately tries to win her back. The overall tone is sweet, and the romance becomes one-on-one in the latter half.] Until the age of five, Changyu Jiao was the legitimate da 12.1kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
39. 39 心 His Beloved Frowns, and the Heir Apparent Rushes to Comfort Her 心尖宠她一皱眉，世子夫君追着哄 Shi Yiyuan十一源Ancient Romance321k WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance, Both Pure, Sweet Romance, Childhood Sweethearts] Print edition of Jin Shi Jin Yu signed, and the comic adaptation is now online. Yuan Rongjin was the daughter of a general, but when she was young, her stepmother framed her and sent her away from the capital! Everyone thought she would suffer terribly out in the world and live a miserable life. But no one expected that during the ten years she spent away from the capital, Yuan Rongjin never looked the least bit down and out. 52kReads9.1Score3.2kShelves
40. 40 公 Born a Princess 公主命 Layer Upon Layer of Cloudy Peaks几重云岫Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted (Broken engagement, reunion, sweet romance, doting older-boyfriend type) A radiant, gentle guzheng virtuoso × a scheming, unhinged CEO with a fatherly streak Ming Sheng, the second daughter of the Ming family, was gentle and aloof, with eyes like autumn waters and distant, graceful brows. Her guzheng playing was so masterful it seemed otherworldly. Yet everyone in Yuncheng knew she had spent three years chasing He Xiting, losing every last bit of her dignity in the process. He Xiting was in love 6.1kReads8.8Score614Shelves
41. 41 反 Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 362.5kReads9.5Score53.8kShelves

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    [Hilarious tweet] "This villain has some conscience, but not much" - The most "Buddhist" villain in history is coming! 😂 Do you think villains are all ruthless and do all kinds of evil? NO! This villain boss tells you that you can "lay flat" even if you are a villain! The protagonist, Qin Xiaoxie, is a strange villain who aspires to become the "ultimate BOSS" but is always held back by his conscience. His motto is: "If you can be lazy, never work hard; if you can win, never be tough!" 🤪 His "evil plans" are always full of laughter: he wants to kidnap the protagonist but kidnaps the wrong passerby, wants to destroy the world but can't even do it in his own backyard, and even his own little brother complains about him as "the shame of the villain world"! 😂 What's even more funny is that his "conscience" always jumps out to cause trouble at critical moments: he steals the protagonist's treasure and secretly returns it, beats the protagonist and helps him heal, and even helps an old lady cross the road because of his "uneasy conscience"! 👵 If you think villains are ruthless, then you must not have watched "This Villain Has Some Consciousness, But Not Much"! Come and laugh together until the villain world collapses! 🚀 #This villain has a bit of conscience but not much #hilarious villain #Buddhist villain #The mudslide in the villain world

42. 42 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 80kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves
43. 43 斩 Slay the Gods: I’m a Water-Spirited River God, You Know 斩神：人家是水灵灵的河神哟 Flying Cat崩飞猫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [Slaying the Gods + roleplay + River God + conceptual deity + goofy humor + stealing the spotlight + near-invincible + shamelessly unbothered] [The highest-rated Slaying the Gods fanfic. Add it to your bookshelf so you don’t lose your way!] He Fan transmigrates into the world of Slaying the Gods. The bad news: He runs into a Faceless and nearly bites the dust. The good news: He awakens the [God-Tier Roleplay System]. From the start, he plays the River God. Once his roleplay reaches certain 29.3kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
44. 44 抗 War of Resistance: This Li Yunlong Dares to Attack Taiyuan 抗战：这个李云龙他敢打太原 Wind Thirty-Nine风三十九Urban1.6M WordsCompleted “No System,” “intelligent characters,” “strategy,” “military industry,” “technology-focused” A 21st-century mechanical engineer transmigrates as Li Yunlong and wins battle after battle, from Cangyun Ridge to the Korean battlefield. From northwest Shanxi to the four northeastern provinces, from small arms to Miss Qiu. He takes one step at a time, building and developing at every turn, gradually getting things on track. 1 33.5kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves

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    Have I become Li Yunlong??? "The War of Resistance: From the Bright Sword to Changjin Lake, Victory in Every Battle" The iron-blooded military soul has been burning for a hundred years | The Mechanical War God traveled through the beacon fire. Cangyunling artillery fire tore through time and space, and the top student of the military academy actually woke up in Li Yunlong's body! Modern military-industrial thinking collided with the war era, and a draft of differential equations was hidden in the ammunition box. When the Sakata Alliance encountered a mortar calculated with ballistic functions, and when Angler heard the roar of a steampunk version of Italian artillery. From the violent breakout at Yujialing to the ice-blood purgatory of Changjin Lake, see how the mechanical war spirit uses gears and gunpowder to rewrite the epic of the Anti-Japanese War! Note: This story contains over-the-top tactics, magically modified ordnance, and a runaway commander who is suspected by the headquarters of being "possessed by a military genius" - this is a legend made of iron and blood. Deduct 1 for those who dare to get on board!

45. 45 差 Three Years Apart 差三岁 Luo Says Again罗再说Two Male Leads181k WordsCompleted [The original novel of the radio drama of the same name, starring Hu Liangwei and Jiang Qiu!] [Flashy, unstoppable, wolfish underachiever Xing Cheng VS cool, aloof, secretly passionate top student Ning Xi, who knows how to put every troublemaker in their place] [Modern setting + two male leads + premium novel + equally matched leads + youth + healing + campus + coming of age + dreams] This is a coming-of-age school story about the old and new captains of Shizhong High’s basketball team workin 1.5kReads9.4Score358Shelves

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    I listened to the radio drama first and then read the book. The emotional line is very delicate. I stayed up all night to read it in one sitting [cool]

46. 46 我 I’m Already at the Nascent Soul Stage, and You’re Telling Me It’s Time to Start School? 我都元婴期了，你跟我说开学？ Miaomiao Jiang妙妙酱丷Urban5.3M WordsOngoing During his summer vacation, Ning Chen went traveling and accidentally stumbled into a teleportation array that opened once every two thousand years, transmigrating to the world of cultivation. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he returned, thinking the world must have changed beyond recognition. To his surprise, only one summer had passed... And so, among the incoming freshmen at Qingzhou University was an old monster at the Nascent Soul stage. “You have no idea how powerful a Nascent Soul 140.9kReads8.3Score15kShelves

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    It's a very high-quality, yet very poisonous book that I took the time to read in my busy schedule.

47. 47 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 23kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves

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    Do you believe it is really possible to travel through time?

48. 48 我 Me, Nineteen, and Suddenly Worth a Fortune 我，十九岁，身价暴涨 Tian Yihuo天一火Urban1.3M WordsCompleted This book is also known as The First Day After Cutting Ties: A Billion Yuan Reward! Chen Fan, a member of the wealthy Chen family of Jiangzhou, was forced by his grandfather to marry the pregnant granddaughter of an influential bigwig, all to curry favor with him. Chen Fan was expected to raise another man's child. In a fit of rage, Chen Fan cut ties with the Chen family! Just then, his System awakened. [First day after cutting ties: Reward of one billion yuan] [Second day after cutting ties: A 43.4kReads8.8Score3.6kShelves

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    The worse the reality, the more enjoyable the novels are. Can you believe that there are only four such novels, which are enjoyable from beginning to end.

49. 49 开 First Day of School, and I Have a God-Tier Tycoon System. Seems Fair 开学第一天，我有神豪系统合理吧 Papaya Who Likes Reading While Lying Down喜欢躺着看书的木瓜Urban3.7M WordsCompleted Lin Fan accidentally transmigrated into the body of a first-year college student and successfully bound himself to a Billionaire Growth System. He looked at the luxury car keys in his hand, gazed into the distance, and murmured, “They say the view from the top of the world is beautiful. Now that I have the Billionaire Growth System, I have to reach the very top in this life and take in all the world's beauty.” 43kReads7.7Score5kShelves
50. 50 顶 The Ultimate Tycoon 顶级神豪 Beichen Benzun北辰本尊Urban7.1M WordsCompleted Lin Yun's girlfriend thought he was too poor and ran off with a rich second-generation heir. Then, out of nowhere, his billionaire grandfather showed up to claim him. “Why are you only claiming me now? I would rather starve to death or die out there than acknowledge you!” “Ding! One hundred million yuan has been deposited into your bank account!” “Well, now that you mention it...” After becoming a third-generation rich heir, Lin Yun gradually learned one simple truth: when you're rich, you reall 6.5kReads9.2Score542Shelves

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