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

1. 51 越 The More I Indulge, the Richer I Get: Living Life as I Please 越放纵越有钱，我享受肆意人生 Rainy Road at Maple Bridge枫桥雨路Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Urban Life] [Everyday Life] [Tycoon] When life is good, enjoy it to the fullest. Don’t let the golden cup sit empty beneath the moon! Chen Yang is a corporate wage slave who, hoping to make a life for himself in Shenzhen, scrimps and saves with his flight attendant girlfriend to buy a home. After years of living miserably, they finally do the math and realize it will take them another two hundred years to afford a house. His girlfriend is considerate and can’t bear to see him struggle, so she r 23kReads7.7Score2kShelves
2. 52 全 The Whole Sect Dotes on Her Substitute? The Little Junior Sister Turns Around and Joins the Villain! 全宠替身？小师妹转身投奔反派！ Black-Eyed Immortal黑眼圈仙人Ancient Romance762k WordsCompleted [Goofy Comedy + Ensemble Cast + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Light Romance] Jiang Mo transmigrated into a cultivation novel as the villainess who was the male lead’s first love. In the book, the original owner was the beloved junior sister of the Xuantian Holy Land. She was gravely injured saving her senior brothers and sisters and remained unconscious for three years. When she awoke, she discovered that the female lead, a replacement, had taken everything from her. In the end, she turned e 14.4kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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   This book is so funny. It's very enjoyable. It's not procrastinating or sadistic at all. The heroine also has her own ideas. She doesn't want to be manipulated by the system. She does things according to her own ideas and is more free-spirited.

3. 53 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

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   Sweet yet cruel, cruel yet sweet! The female protagonist is cute on the outside but tough on the inside, while the male protagonist is domineering and affectionate but hides secrets. From misunderstanding to mutual understanding, the sweet interaction between the two is heart-warming, and the sadistic plot is heart-wrenching. Highly recommended to you who like sweet and sadistic sex, you definitely can't miss it! # # #Strongly recommended

4. 54 炽 Blazing Wild Tenderness 炽野温柔 Jiu Wan九绾Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [The print edition under the same title is now available on major platforms / The short drama under the same title is now streaming] [Gentle, resilient geology grad student x roguishly handsome tattoo artist / Age gap / Reunion after years apart / Saving each other] At a gathering, someone asked Xu Xing what she regretted most in her life. After thinking for a moment, she replied, “That I never got to let him hear my voice, never got to tell him I liked him, and never… found him.” - Four years a 25.9kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves
5. 55 傲 Proud God of Alchemy 傲世丹神 Ji Xiaoz ei寂小贼Eastern Fantasy12.8M WordsCompleted A good-for-nothing young man receives an unparalleled legacy, gains a heaven-defying divine meridian, learns peerless techniques, and masters extraordinary alchemy. From then on, his path in martial arts is smooth sailing, and he looks down on all under heaven! 4.8kReads8.8Score566Shelves
6. 56 开 A Cheat? Others Awaken Superpowers, but You Awaken a Divine Core 开挂？别人觉醒异能，你觉醒神格 Notes on the Strings弦上音Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Ultimate power fantasy + Invincible male lead + Game merges with reality + Decisive and ruthless + A host of heroines] Chen Nian was the world’s strongest player of the game Calamity, with the unique class “Word Spirit Saint.” He never expected the game to merge with reality, awakening powers in people all over the world! And he directly inherited his in-game talent: his words became law. Word Spirit: “Judgment,” Word Spirit: “Reaper,” Word Spirit: “Summoning Art: Ten Beasts of the Myriad Realm 46.2kReads8.8Score4.7kShelves
7. 57 灭 On the Night My Clan Was Wiped Out, My Descendants Summoned Me, the Great Emperor 灭族之夜，大帝的我被后人召唤 Snow Falls on the Parasol Tree雪落梧痕Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Great Emperor + Invincible + Satisfying Read + Sweeps All Before Him + Decisive and Ruthless] One hundred thousand years ago, invaders from another realm descended. The land was laid waste, and countless lives were lost! The Great Emperor Lu Xuan entered the Heavenly Abyss alone to protect all living beings. He used himself as a vessel to seal the entrance to the other realm! But one hundred thousand years later, he suddenly received a summons from his descendants! “Ancestor, are you still aliv 31.6kReads7.8Score3.3kShelves
8. 58 玄 Xuanhuan: The Immortal Divine Son Needs No Sister’s Bones to Prove His Dao! 玄幻：长生神子，何须妹骨证道！ Toasted Oats炒麦片Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing The short drama adaptation of the same name is now available! [Invincible Overpowering Force][Decisive and Ruthless] Gu Changge transmigrates to the Central Continent Dao Domain and becomes the Gu family’s divine son. From the start, his elders want to take his younger sister’s Supreme Bone, but with a System in hand, why should Gu Changge need his sister’s bones to prove his Dao?! [Your bound target has received one spirit pill. You receive one peerless immortal pill in return, multiplied by a 113.4kReads8.3Score33.4kShelves
9. 59 群 After We All Transmigrated, the Campus Belle Became a Consort. How Should I, the Emperor, Respond? 群穿后校花变妃子，朕如何应对？ Time Wears Down the Young时光吹老少年Historical281k WordsCompleted [Group Transmigration] + [Emperor] + [Profiting from Trade Between Two Worlds] + [Underdog’s Rise] We all transmigrated, so no more pretending: I’m the emperor, and I’m coming clean! Wait, it looks like a few beautiful women transmigrated here with me, too! What identities will they transmigrate into? Mystery character boxes, opening now! 202Reads7.2Score—Shelves
10. 60 背 My Family Is So Ridiculously Powerful, My System Broke 背景有亿亿亿亿亿点大，系统崩了 Ye Huohuo叶火火Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A System that makes you invincible from the start? Chen Mu asked, “What can you do?” System: [Complete missions to earn massive rewards: cultivation techniques, money, divine weapons… Everything you need to make the Host invincible!] Cultivation techniques? My uncle is the foremost creator of them. A few casual strokes from him are enough to produce the finest technique in the world! Money? My older sister’s trading company does business throughout the entire Great Azure World. It’s richer than 52.5kReads9.1Score5.4kShelves
11. 61 灵 Spirit Ruins, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman 灵墟，剑棺，瞎剑客 Cooked Laifu Pigeon煮熟的来福鸽Eastern Fantasy8.7M WordsOngoing [Watch the short drama The Hidden Ruins of Mountains and Seas: The Eyeless One Sees the Heavens on Red Fruit!] [No System] [Swordsmanship prodigy] [Passionate] [Decisive and ruthless] He is blind, carries a coffin on his back, and has suffered a bitter fate. The sect says: “We’ll protect you.” His brothers say: “We’ll stay by your side.” The sword spirit says: “I... will wait for you.” Later, he becomes the ruler of the Immortal Realm, and his sight returns. Looking back on the road he has trave 349.8kReads9.2Score24.1kShelves
12. 62 不 No Eavesdropping on the Emperor 不许偷听朕说话 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance925k WordsCompleted An Jiu transmigrated into the body of a young palace maid who wanted to climb into the emperor’s bed. The moment she opened her eyes, the tyrant ran his sword straight through the maid who had tried to seduce him. The next day, the tyrant killed a senior maid who served one of the consorts. On the third day, a maid who tasted the emperor’s food died from poison. Being a palace maid was a high-risk job. An Jiu decided to work hard, save up, cherish her life, and stay away from the tyrant. But the 78.9kReads9.4Score13.8kShelves

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    📚New article preview|"The tyrant's mind-reading skills: I am the king of scrolls in the deep palace"💫 ❄️The beginning of the Black Lotus: Three copper coins buy the night of life and death, in front of the blood-stained dragon bed. An Jiu holds the hemostatic powder and penetrates the body of the dying palace maid. The tyrant leans over with a bloody sword: "Now, it's your turn" 🩸Hell-level workplace: √ The voice of the tyrant in the form of a barrage floating above his head √ A death countdown floats on every palace member √ System mission: Live to see tomorrow's sun × 100 days 🎭The Queen's Palace Fight: "The method of making ice that Your Majesty wants requires fifty kilograms of saltpeter" (OS: Not having chemistry classes these days really delays people from killing the king) Stroking the tyrant's neck where the pinch marks have not gone away: "I am willing to test the poison for Your Majesty." (OS: Silver needle testing for arsenic is simply pseudoscience!) 🔥Crazy exchange of opinions: The prime minister held the chess game and chuckled: "What Miss An was reading in the library last night was the "Poison Book"?" The general raised his sword and asked: "How do you know the route of the rebels hiding their troops?" The tyrant suddenly pressed him against Danbi: "I heard, you said that the dragon chair hurts your back." ⚠️Reading instructions: 1. Crazy criticism of the tyrant × drama queen palace maid double crazy criticism 2. System task × mind-reading counter-kill × real fragrance slap in the face 3. Full-level social beast record of rectifying the feudal workplace 📌 Tags: #palacemaid counterattack #tyrant mind-reading technique #I was the king of scrolls in ancient times #a life-saving tip every day "Anjiu's diary: Thank you for the invitation. I have just become a high-risk profession. Now the tyrant can hear me scolding him. Is it still too late to pretend to be mute?"

13. 63 赘 Son-in-Law's Revenge: The Qilin Possesses Me, and Now I'm Invincible! 赘婿复仇，麒麟上身，我无敌了！ Jun Tian君天Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [No Cultivation, Invincible from Start to Finish + Senior Sister Romance + Explosive, Satisfying Read] Three years ago, the live-in son-in-law Ye Chen went mountain climbing with his wife, Shen Aoxue, only for her to push him off a cliff. No one knew whether he was alive or dead. Three years later, Shen Aoxue had become a CEO worth tens of billions. On the very day she remarried, Ye Chen made a powerful return! 23.8kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves

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    It's good-looking and worthy of a shout-out from the sisters.

14. 64 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 140kReads9.5Score17.5kShelves

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    A good book is never too late. "Dengjinque" breaks the traditional female channel framework, focusing on the career line and love line of the heroine, integrating family and country intrigues and emotional entanglements. It is known as an innovative work that "eliminates female channels". "Teacher Spear" in the entertainment industry and Chuan Shu pioneered Tomato's "crazy literature". The protagonist angrily denounces injustice with venomous quotations and conveys anti-internal friction values. "The end of the world is coming: I, the little corpse, have been collected!" "Apocalyptic science fiction, collectivism. An apocalyptic survival story from the perspective of zombies, emphasizing national strength and collective spirit, breaking through the traditional individual heroism narrative, and showing the theme of "human community". "Deliberately Chasing the Wind" Crazy Literature, City, with the background of love variety shows, deconstructs social pressure through absurd and humorous "crazy" quotations, and resonates with young readers. The heroine Xie Mi's "do it if you don't accept it" persona has become a hot meme on the Internet. The "crazy" character design and fast fit the emotional expression of Generation Z. "The School Beauty, There Was No Scandal Until I Go to College" is the campus sweetheart. The love story between an innocent junior and a cold-blooded sister is unsystematic, without plug-ins, and the emotions are delicately portrayed. It is known as a healing work that "makes me want to fall in love after watching this". "The World Is Frozen, I Built a Doomsday Safe House" The end of the world and rebirth. After the protagonist is reborn, he hoards supplies, awakens space powers, and his decisive Gou character attracts a large number of readers. The plot is compact and covers popular elements such as "ice apocalypse + harem + turf battle".

15. 65 长 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 120.6kReads9.7Score13.7kShelves
16. 66 糟 Oh No! The Little Zombie Accidentally Became a Big Shot 糟糕！小丧尸一不小心就成了大佬 Sui An Ya岁安呀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse x food hoarding x devoted couple x sweet romance x little zombie heroine x super badass, high-output hero] Torrential rain, typhoons, tsunamis, thunderstorms, the disappearance of Earth's magnetic field, zombies, monsters, supernatural abilities, and more... Congratulations, you've entered the main storyline of the apocalypse. The whole world is about to be reshuffled. From here on, survival depends on your life, your luck, and yourself. - While everyone else is still screaming in a 72.6kReads9.5Score9.1kShelves
17. 67 癫 Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 365.8kReads9.8Score55.3kShelves
18. 68 学 Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 338.7kReads9.8Score34.7kShelves
19. 69 冰 The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世，我囤积了百亿物资 Sea of Memories记忆的海Sci-Fi & Apocalypse7.3M WordsOngoing Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war 350.8kReads8.7Score21.2kShelves
20. 70 末 Temperature Swings in the Apocalypse: Zombies Lay Waste to the City, but I Have an Antibody 末世温差丧尸屠城：我却拥有抗体 Di Qi of Black Dragon Island黑龙岛的帝启Sci-Fi & Apocalypse26k WordsCompleted Extreme temperature swings between day and night are tearing civilization apart. In the daytime, 45°C heat scorches the earth, and zombies move as sluggishly as wax figures. At night, -20°C cold freezes the ruins, and bloodthirsty predators become hunters with keen noses. On the first day of the virus outbreak, college student Bai Jue is accidentally infected by a mutated strain. It gives him five minutes of explosive combat power, but at the cost of losing control of his body temperature. With —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The extreme temperature difference between day and night tears apart civilization. In the daytime, 45℃ scorches the earth, and zombies are as slow as wax statues; in the cold night, -20℃ freezes the ruins, and bloodthirsty people turn into hunters with keen sense of smell. College student Bai Jue was accidentally infected with a mutant strain on the first day of the virus outbreak. He gained 5 minutes of explosive fighting power but had to bear the cost of losing control of his body temperature. With Lin Youyou, whose father left behind vaccine notes, he struggled to survive in the purgatory of ice and fire: he used car condenser pipes to create steam traps to fight against the zombie tide, sneaked into the extreme cold laboratory to crack the genetic equation, and fought to the death with the Melting Pot Sect who believed in the "climate purification theory." When Bai Jue discovered that his antibodies were the key to vaccine development, he finally chose to die together with the Corpse King under the scorching sun. Lin Youyou held his cold hand and injected the vaccine into the last refuge of mankind - love and science, eventually becoming an immortal spark in the apocalypse.

21. 71 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 122.7kReads9.7Score13.7kShelves

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    🔥"My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant" has a hilarious start! A 26-year-old poor man was cornered by a beautiful landlord? 😱 "Get out!" The new landlord handed over a contract, but I was distracted staring at her long black stocking legs...💦 I got drunk in a bar and became a father, but I turned around and was kicked out again! 😭Who understands, family members? When I was so poor that I only had instant noodles, the cold-faced sister from heaven forced me to sign a "deed of sale" - "Either you pay, or you become the father of my baby!" 🤯 The urban Shura market was full! 🤝The situation turned upside down on the first day of shared housing: Bai Yueguang's ex came to collect debts, the female boss got drunk and smashed the door in the middle of the night, and a mysterious rich woman threw a black card: "Call me sister, I will give you my life!" 💸 Help! How can this be renting a house? It was clearly a stab in the peach blossom nest! 🌺 A masterpiece with 9.7 Points on Tomato 🔥420,000 people stayed up late to catch up! See how the down-and-out young man relied on his "child-rearing skills" to counterattack the landlady of Bingshan, and seduce various goddesses in the cracks of the city - "Zhaoyang, who do you choose?" I chuckled, holding a cigarette in my mouth: "Only children make choices." 🚬💨 👉Click here to watch "Masters Fight", this wave of counterattacks will make your scalp numb!

22. 72 入 Nightfall 入夜 Empty-Headed脑袋空空Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The door opened, and a tall, slender man stepped out. Lin Mian stared at him, dumbstruck, forgetting even to snap out of it. “What are you looking at, hmm?” 7.7kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves

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    🔥"Into the Night" is a sweet and sadistic interweaving❗️The ultimate pull between the soft and cute rabbit heroine and the iceberg wolf hero is so exciting! 📖A treasured article delayed by the title of the book! The heroine has made a counterattack all the way from a soft girl who can be manipulated by others to a dark horse in the business world. She looks weak but has a vitality like a weed. Her career is so high that her scalp is numb! What's even more amazing is that she only shows her coquettish nature in front of the male protagonist, and her coquettish look with red eyes makes people crazy and excited💘💥The male protagonist can be called Jinjiang's new Gu King! After changing from a white coat to a suit, his aura was fully revealed. Shang Zhan was decisive but gave all his tenderness to the little girl. On the surface, he is an abstinent boss, but in private, he pinches the heroine's waist and talks dirty words: "Call me brother again?" The two go from testing each other to two-way redemption, and the adult push-and-pull ambiguity is full of tension. The plot of finding sugar in the glass shards makes people cry and laugh at the same time. 🌟The author uses delicate brushstrokes to reveal the dark side of the wealthy family. The heroine's nirvana and rebirth process is full of the sting of reality, while the hero's protection of "You may cause trouble, but I will carry it if the sky falls" is so sweet! The opening chapter is high-energy, and after dark the pretense is broken and the souls embrace each other. It is the most touching love story between two strong characters that I have seen this year!

23. 73 相 On Our Blind Date, the Heir to a Wealthy Family Took Me to Register Our Marriage 相亲当天，豪门继承人拉着我领证 Gu Lingfei古凌菲Modern Romance5.9M WordsOngoing [Sweet romance + Marriage Before Love + male lead pretends to be a pig to eat the tiger] On the day of her blind date, Hai Tong impulsively married a stranger. She thought married life would be ordinary and built on mutual respect. Instead, her new husband turned out to be a clingy human piece of glue. What surprised her most was that whenever she ran into trouble, he would step in and resolve everything with ease. Whenever she asked about it, he always said he was just lucky, until one day she 182.1kReads9.5Score6.7kShelves

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    This kind of drama fulfills all the dreams of a woman, it's too sweet and too crispy

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