Please Recommend Books with World-Weary Protagonists 求求厌世感主角的书

1. 1 眼 The Blind Fake Young Master Is Weary of Life, but the Tycoon Insists on Spoiling Him 眼盲假少爷厌世，大佬求着宠 Riding Past打马而过Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted The first line's written now. Can you see it? There are extras! Check my profile! [Two male leads + both sexually inexperienced + love at first sight based on looks + instant attraction + mild coercion + bittersweet romance + HE] [World-weary, aloof bottom Lin Qing + top Fu Yuming, who looks down on him at first but later can't stop seeking him out and asking for punishment] At ten, the young genius Lin Qing is kidnapped and left blind in both eyes. From then on, his standing in the family plum 7.3kReads9.3Score958Shelves

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   It's so good because it's a little bittersweet at the beginning, but super sweet at the end. Qingqing is really strong.

2. 2 弃 Abandoning the Blackened Dragon-Prince, Only to Be Brutally... 弃养黑化龙傲天，死遁是要被狠狠 Chicken Stewed with Fries小鸡炖薯条Two Male Leads517k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + transmigrate into a book + Cultivation + younger love interest + a touch of ensemble cast + devoted to each other + two powerful leads] Evil black-and-white cat villain bottom Ning Henshui, with questionable mental health, x prickly, leveling-up-school overpowered male lead top Xie Zhizui In his hundredth year of struggling his way through the cultivation world and rising to the top of the demon realm, Ning Henshui transmigrated into a book, and the long-offline Villain Comeba 39.2kReads9.3Score6.5kShelves

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   All I can say is that these two books are awesome, and the chicken stew with fries is awesome too.

3. 3 直 Does the Straight Male Dragon-Pride Hero Have to Be Dominated by a Sweet Little Flower, Too?! 直男龙傲天也要被小白花压么？！ Chicken Stewed with Fries小鸡炖薯条Two Male Leads559k WordsCompleted [World-weary, emotionally detached, give-up-and-do-nothing dragon-pride bottom x cold-faced, hard-hearted, sharp-tongued-but-honest fake innocent-flower top] [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + lover who breaks in and robs you + healing + a little onscreen commentary] After blowing himself up, he transmigrated into an old-school angst novel as the cannon-fodder fake young master. A controlling mom, a live-in son-in-law dad, a hypermasculine older brother, a scheming younger brother… and 26.1kReads9.1Score5kShelves
4. 4 被 After Being Forced into Love, I No Longer Want to Die 被强制爱后，厌世的我不想死了 Buddhist-Style Little Salty Fish佛系小咸鱼Two Male Leads846k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + 1v1 + forced love (the uke enjoys it) + mutual love at first sight + exclusive, doting affection from both sides + pure fluff] Gentle, carefree, aloof uke x crazed, possessive, twisted seme who wins his love through ruthless scheming * Han Jin, the only undying being in the void, was imprisoned by the gods. After enduring ten thousand years of torment, he broke free and slaughtered his way through the divine realm, seeking only death. As it turned out, the gods were all u 71.8kReads9.3Score9.4kShelves

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   In "Forced Love, I'm So Misguided I Don't Want to Live Anymore," Han Jin displays extreme indifference towards everything around him, even feeling disgusted by the original owner's life trajectory. He doesn't want to continue being tortured according to the original owner's fate, but he also has no interest in a new life. Under the persuasion of the light orb "Little Dot," he reluctantly agrees to complete the mission, but maintains his aversion to life. If you're looking for a book with a misanthropic protagonist, try this one first.

5. 5 快 Quick Transmigration: The Charismatic Young Bro Is the GOAT 快穿：万人迷精神小伙YYDS One Bad Dog一條坏狗Two Male Leads859k WordsOngoing After waking up from a nap, rock vocalist Chi Bing finds himself bound to a System that saves the world with delinquent young men. From then on, he sets out on a one-way journey of completing missions. First Small World: The punk younger brother of a gentle girl-next-door Second Small World: A rebellious, prickly, world-weary merman Third Small World: A cold-blooded assassin in a poor little town Fourth Small World: An Alpha with an inability to identify pheromones Fifth Small World: A young man 14.9kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   Different settings, 🤦🤦

6. 6 厌 My World-Weary Wife Is So Well-Fed and Soft!! 厌世老婆养得白白嫩嫩！！ Xiao Sui小绥Two Male Leads111k WordsCompleted [Two male leads / Marriage Before Love / both pure / guiding partner / healing / mutual devotion] (Complete) Mu Xu (top) x Lin Jin (bottom) [Marriage Before Love] [Gentle, insecure top VS world-weary, long-haired beauty bottom] Lin Jin couldn’t find interest in anything. On the night he decided to end his life, he ran into Mu Xu, a classmate from high school. They entered a fake marriage. The timid Mu Xu had been in love with someone for years. When they met again, that person was about to jump 24.6kReads9.4Score4.6kShelves

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   It looks pretty good.

7. 7 死 His Dead Childhood Friend Turned into a Dark, Clingy Ghost and Won’t Leave Him Alone 死掉的发小变成阴湿男鬼缠上他了 One Bad Dog一條坏狗Two Male Leads213k WordsCompleted [Noble school + two men + straight-guy bottom + spoiled rich bottom + everyone’s favorite] A bottom-focused story with a sickly, coddled bottom! Read with caution! Fans of the top, beware! After Lin Qi’s dead, hopelessly devoted lackey, Yu Chang, turns into a ghost and haunts him, Lin Qi has no choice but to ask a few other childhood friends for help. 3.7kReads8.4Score642Shelves

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   She has a sense of world-weariness, a beauty mark under her eye, and delicate features—that fits the description!

8. 8 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Character, the Whole World Is Enchanted by Me 穿成炮灰后全世界为我神魂颠倒 Frost Pavilion寒霜榭Two Male Leads359k WordsCompleted [Male leads] [Stunning protagonist] [Quick transmigration] [Fragmented personalities] [Everyone loves him, with rivals battling for his attention] A gorgeous, sleepy dimwit with a wildly unconventional way of thinking. After Qiao Yu died, the System recruited him into the Quick Transmigration Department as a member of the cannon-fodder team. Faced with plots full of face-slapping and physical and emotional abuse, Qiao Yu, who was too sick to go on living, flatly refused: “No.” System: “Stick clo 16.1kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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   I read this (Quick Transmigration) book on Wukong and thought it was okay. From my personal perspective, the male lead, Qiao Yu, seems to like no one and isn't interested in anything except sleeping (maybe he's misanthropic?). He has a faint sense of madness and suicidal tendencies. 😅😅

9. 9 捡 The Boyfriend I Picked Up Is Tomie [Book Transmigration] 捡来的男友是富江【穿书】 Pine Needles Make Good Wine松叶堪为酒Two Male Leads538k WordsCompleted [A seemingly insignificant character in the book, a detached, gloomy transmigrator with emotional deficit disorder × A playful man who seems gentle but is actually a twisted, sadistic menace, and has Tomie-like powers] [Two male leads, happy ending + transmigrate into a book + shou protagonist + both devoted and strong] Looking at the beautiful, fragile-looking boy kneeling in a pool of blood, gazing up at him and softly pleading to be taken home, Chi Mian lets out a weary sigh. This is an absur 20.9kReads9.6Score3kShelves

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   Unaware of the outside world

10. 10 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 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves

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    In the novel *The Number One Sickly Child in the Cultivation World*, Lin Du transmigrates to another world and discovers that she is not only physically weak but also has only one year left to live. This congenital deficiency fills her with a sense of powerlessness regarding life, even leading her to a period of suicidal thoughts. She knows that she cannot possess the long lifespan and great power of other cultivators, and can only barely prolong her life by completing missions. Lin Du's suicidal thoughts stem from her sense of powerlessness against fate and her clear understanding of the world.

11. 11 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Urban3.7M 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 101kReads8.7Score10.2kShelves

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    The first and second books: Human civilization has stagnated; in this era, humanity is as insignificant as dust. If this era cannot accommodate me, then it has no reason to exist… The third and fourth books…

12. 12 我EN 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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
13. 13 救 Help! Whose Obsessive Villain Gets Kissed Until He Cries? 救命！谁家偏执反派被亲哭啊 Nan Xiaofei南小非Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [1v1 sweet romance] [Pseudo-transmigration into a book] [A brooding young palace master who wants to die at any time × a demon hostage who grovels and is good at pretending] She transmigrates into the role of the vicious female side character, the foil to the adored heroine of a cultivation novel, and is also the cannon-fodder fiancée of a sinister villain. Worse, the villain is going to dismember her that very night. Faced with the System's unreasonable demands, Ning Xiyuan decides t 10.9kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    Go see it, young man! It's guaranteed to be great!

14. 14 盗 Tomb Raiding: Danger? Great! I Was Worried I Couldn't Die 盗墓：危险？太好了！正愁死不了 Hair Pinned Up青丝已挽Mystery189k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, Powerful, and Tragic Heroine + Reluctantly Doted on by All + Eccentric and Unpredictable + Immortal Body + Mutual Salvation] The CP is up to reader interpretation at first; the official pairing is undecided. [The vote for the official pairing is in, and the result is all. If that's not your thing, feel free to move along~] My name is Qin Yi. Oh, I have another name, but I don't want to mention it. I was trying to die when I fell off a cliff and accidentally ended up in the world of a 803Reads—Score123Shelves

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    Except for the second one, all the others are like that. The third one involves using Wu Xie as a substitute for the person he likes, which is somewhat tragic.

15. 15 盗 From Universally Hated to Universally Adored in the Tomb-Raiding World 盗墓万人嫌爆改万人迷 The Moon Returns Like an Old Friend月似故人归Two Male Leads176k WordsCompleted What kind of legendary life would unfold if an introverted, rebellious girl suddenly became a boy? Imagine her stepping into a world that once belonged only to men under her new identity, transmigrating into the world of tomb raiding and facing all kinds of challenges and opportunities. What turmoil and struggles would she experience inside? And how would she reveal a unique charm and strength on the outside as a boy? This story will be full of surprises, emotion, and growth. Let's look forward 23Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 盗 Tomb Raiding: After the White Moonlight Dies, the Villain Goes on a Killing Spree 盗墓：白月光死后，反派杀疯了 Ruoshui Ting'an若水亭安Two Male Leads243k WordsCompleted #Gloomy, lovesick beauty bottom #Apologies for OOC #Corruption and love rivals #Ultimate body-double showdown #High-risk tomb raiding with sweet romance “He died in the year he loved me most, so I made myself the sharpest blade.” Jiang Ruoqing is the most venomous snake beneath the tomb. He smiles as he cuts open Wu Xie's heart, cursing everyone who is happier than he is. Everyone calls him a madman He used the Wu family's Third Young Master as a body double and destroyed everything he had. “Who 234Reads9.3Score100Shelves
17. 17 盗 Tomb Raiding: My Identity Is Exposed, and Now I'm the Group's Punching Bag 盗墓之身份暴露的我是团欺 Kong Fangmo孔方墨Mystery433k WordsOngoing [Bullied by the Group Early On + Male Lead Has No CP (One-Sided Crushes) + Secret Identity + Fake Villain + A Little Ping Xie and Hei Hua] (The rating is low because it just came out. The typos are due to copyright issues.) Male protagonist, the Wang Family’s favorite, a teasing dog trainer, beautiful and tragic, but powerful in the later stages. Wan Zhou transmigrated into the world of Daomu Biji. From the start, he had a single-player System. After ten years of seclusion, the Dragon King retu 2.5kReads8.9Score306Shelves
18. 18 被 They Overheard the System’s Mission, Then Robbed Tombs to Fund Me 被偷听系统任务后他们盗墓氪我 Liu Lili流栗栗Two Male Leads630k WordsCompleted [System + mind reading + male-male romance + not quite a reverse harem, but everyone has a one-sided crush] This is the seventh time, and the last. Host, please choose one of the five main characters and confirm your target for the romance mission. Romance Mission System Fixing one regret only creates more regrets. Sang Mo The Five Tender Beef Cuts, who overheard the mission: ? That man had a stunningly beautiful face. He lay on the ground, convulsing and curled up in utter despair, blood contin 6.3kReads8.9Score815Shelves
19. 19 末 Apocalypse: I Was a Top Assassin, but Now I’m a Little Girl 末世：顶级杀手的我变成了萝莉 Not Knowing the Constant, Yet Acting Recklessly不知常而妄作Sci-Fi & Apocalypse600k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + System + transformed into a little girl + no marriage, no love] Top assassin Ning Yu was preparing to retire when the organization turned on him. He transmigrated into a zombie apocalypse. But then a tiny little accident happened: He had turned into an adorable little girl?! 7.1kReads9.5Score902Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A must-read post-apocalyptic masterpiece by Tomato (a popular author), romance lovers need to look away! Everyone knows what I mean! When I was looking for something to read, I stumbled upon this Tomato post-apocalyptic novel and was completely captivated! It opens with the apocalypse, the overwhelming sense of oppression instantly drawing you in. I expected some epic survival battles, but then romance took over, making me furious. But that's precisely the book's charm—it vividly portrays the complexities of human nature. The author's writing is absolutely superb; every scene is depicted with life, making me feel like I was actually in that post-apocalyptic world. Even more surprising is the inclusion of elements from *The Stranger*, which successfully piqued my curiosity and made me want to read the original. This crossover is just my cup of tea! It's a shame the author has retired; such a gem is unlikely to be found again. Even after all these years, its place in my heart remains irreplaceable, firmly holding its number one spot. If you also enjoy post-apocalyptic themes, don't miss this treasure of a novel!

20. 20 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 31.7kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves

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    It's great, highly recommended!

21. 21 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 420Reads7.5Score104Shelves

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    These three novels each have their own unique characteristics, but they all share the common feature of having two strong protagonists at their core. The plots are tight and fast-paced, and every detail is carefully crafted, avoiding common clichés and pitfalls. They present readers with a series of wonderful and logically consistent story worlds that will immerse them in the story.

22. 22 末 After the Apocalypse, I Became the Big Shot’s Most Cherished Darling 末世后，成了大佬的心尖宠 Send Me Money钱发来Sci-Fi & Apocalypse413k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + transmigrate into a book + infinite storage space + special abilities + stockpiling supplies + base-building + strong female lead + strong male lead + face-slapping] Lin Miaoge never imagined that a single complaint while reading an apocalypse novel, “This author's an idiot, the plot makes no sense, and the protagonist has the most ridiculous plot armor,” would send her transmigrating into the book as a cannon-fodder female side character! Fortunately, she has a golden finger: a st 471Reads—Score100Shelves
23. 23 京 The Capital's Mr. Lu Has a Wildcat Who's Both Alluring and Well-Behaved 京圈陆总的小野猫又欲又乖 Qian Duoduo7钱多多7Modern Romance265k WordsCompleted [The overbearing eldest Miss Xie vs. the capital’s dream man, the powerful Lu] Miss Xie’s favorite pastime is hitting the clubs and flirting with handsome men. President Lu can’t stand women like that, but, unfortunately, Miss Xie is his fiancée. Everyone thinks the powerful Lu would never fall for the brash, domineering Miss Xie. But later, President Lu, so refined and untouchable, is photographed holding Xie Yuwan against a car door and kissing her. “President Lu, should we take down the trend 159Reads—Score—Shelves

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