What I Want to Read During a Reading Drought 书荒时想看的

1. 101 重 After I Was Reborn, the Movie Emperor's White Moonlight Turned Dark 重生后影帝的白月光黑化了 Baili Cha Cha百里茶茶Two Male Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Entertainment Industry] In her previous life, Gu Wangyan was manipulated by a scumbag and lost his life! Before he died, he discovered that he was movie emperor Shen Xiangting’s white moonlight! Reborn in a new life, the white moonlight turned dark! Scumbag ex: “Wangyan, I fell out with my family for you.” Gu Wangyan: “Oh, the weather’s turning cold. The Lu family should go bankrupt.” Possessive older brother: “My little brother wouldn’t hurt a fly. Don’t you bully him.” Th 19.2kReads9.5Score2.6k14d adds
2. 102 甜EN Sweet! The Villain Flirts This Well? He Only Pinches the Male Lead's Slim Waist 甜！反派这么会撩？专掐男主细腰 Whole Wheat Bread全麦面包Two Male Leads288k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + showbiz + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + feel-good, cathartic laughs + variety shows + goofy + devoted love + villain takes the lead] Question: What do you do when you transmigrate into an old-school, melodramatic BL novel as a nobody in the entertainment industry who gets abused from episode one all the way to the finale? Jian “Former Mercenary and KPI Maniac” Li replies with a curt “Thanks, but no thanks.” “Damn it, I hate male leads who act all macho. If the story st 13.7kReads9.5Score2.1k14d adds
3. 103 滴 Ding! A Taste of the Tycoon Life 滴！豪门体验卡 Carrot Terminator胡萝贝终结者Two Male Leads416k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + healing + everyone dotes on him + mutual devotion] Two male leads! Two male leads! Gentle, mature CEO top × sunny on the outside, depressed on the inside bottom I got rich overnight, but I'm no country bumpkin! Zhou Mo was a poor little cabbage with no parents. His only asset was his good looks, and he had to haul bricks at construction sites every day just to scrape together his college tuition. Then one day, while happily hauling bricks, he got hit on the head with 14.5kReads9.5Score2.4k14d adds
4. 104 爽EN So Satisfying! The Butler Goes Feral and Sets the CEO Romance World Straight 爽翻！小管家靠发疯整顿霸总文学 Feiya绯娅Two Male Leads502k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Everyone's Favorite] [Unhinged] [One-on-One] Tao Zhiyan transmigrated into a world formed by the fusion of several melodramatic CEO romance novels. The good news was that he could see the roles written above everyone's heads! For example, this one was an illegitimate son starved of love, that one was the entertainment industry's ultimate cuckold, and the guy behind them was a top-tier scumbag who treated his lover as a substitute! The bad news was that he was the butler to this 8.8kReads9.6Score1.5k14d adds
5. 105 魔 The Demon Venerable Senior Brother Below: The Immortal Venerable Junior Brother Goes Heh Heh Heh 魔尊师兄在下：仙尊师弟桀桀桀 Zi Xing子醒Two Male Leads354k WordsCompleted [This! Is! A! Women’s! Fiction! Male-male leads! Romance! Male readers, proceed with caution!! Who else! Who else doesn’t read the blurb or tags! Ah!! Who else!!!] [Goofy, awkward, absurdly satisfying, unconventional and ridiculous. Two old men, neither grows as a person. Invincible from the start, with no rivals or pressure. No cultivation, no fighting, no humiliating the opposition. They’re just playing around, playing around, playing around!! Ah!!! Everyone, read the blurb!!!] (The blurb belo 5.7kReads9.5Score82714d adds
6. 106 清EN After the Cool, Reserved Omega Tells the Truth, the Top Alpha Grabs Him by the Waist 清冷O说真话后，顶A掐住他细腰 The Actual Demoness妖精本妖Two Male Leads324k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + ABO + ensemble of domineering CEOs + Truth System + livestreaming + hilarious comedy + face-slapping + showbiz] Chen Bei is transported into a melodramatic ABO novel about a group of domineering CEOs, where he becomes a disposable special assistant. He works diligently and tirelessly, finally becoming the top assistant who caters to his boss’s every need. But just before he can bow out after completing his mission, a System bug forces him to bind a golden finger. One second, Ch 4.8kReads9.4Score62614d adds
7. 107 清 My Aloof Roommate Gets Drunk and Begs for a Hug! The Ferocious Dog Can’t Hide His Grin 清冷室友醉酒求抱！恶犬他爽翘嘴 Sui Wang随望Two Male Leads350k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Enemies-to-Lovers + A Straight Guy Winning Himself Over + Livestreaming] [Cool, Self-Destructive, Depressed Beauty with a Tragic Past × Sharp-Tongued but Soft-Hearted Rebellious Rich Kid; Healing Sweet Romance, 1v1] Everyone at A University knew Wen Ling was an untouchable beauty, with cool silver hair and a face as cold and flawless as ice and jade. Even when he smiled, there was a hint of indifference in his eyes. In truth, he was falling apart. His younger sister died in a c 14.1kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds
8. 108 炸 After Blowing Up the Main God, the Cool Beauty Takes on Showbiz! 炸翻主神后，冷美人勇闯娱乐圈！ Sunday Is a Dog礼拜天是只狗Two Male Leads543k WordsOngoing (New books get low ratings at first, but they’ll go up, so don’t worry.) [Two male leads + showbiz + 1v1 + face-slapping + horror variety show + two powerful leads] [Unhinged, ruthless, otherworldly Main God pursues his lover across dimensions VS mesmerizing bottom who blew up the infinite game and returned to the beginner village] Before awakening, Shen Cilan was put through the wringer by a deranged couple’s little show, leaving him heartbroken and miserable until he fled into the rainy night. 260Reads8.7Score11114d adds
9. 109 惊 What?! The Evil, Alluring Demon God Is Pretending to Be Innocent in the Apocalypse? 惊！邪魅魔神竟在末世装清纯？ I Never Knew My Dream Lay Beyond the Yangtze曾不知梦已隔江南Two Male Leads1.2M WordsOngoing [Two male leads + the “falling for him after all” trope + ghosts and gods + skills + multiple couples + multiple people with multiple secret identities] The “Big Ice Block,” who falls first but can't express himself, x the easygoing Demon God whose brain is often out to lunch A god who pitied the mortal world absorbed its malice into himself, eventually falling and becoming a demon. A tumor calling itself the world's will, bent on ruling every plane, brainwashed the people. It altered history an 11Reads8.4Score—14d adds
10. 110 被 After the Zombie Emperor Found Me, I Couldn't Get Away 被末日丧尸皇捡到后跑不掉了 Frost-White Water霜白水Two Male Leads583k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + spatial powers + apocalypse + zombies + sweet romance + raising a little one] [Occasionally prickly young master × lovesick, dramatic Zombie Emperor] Mo Xinghe couldn’t understand it. Sure, he liked to have fun, but he’d never done anything truly evil. So why had a flowerpot fallen on him and killed him while he was just walking down the street? The young master sighed and got bound to an artificial idiot. Then he set off on his escape (crossed out) routine of moving bricks to 1.2kReads9.2Score18614d adds
11. 111 开 The Cannon Fodder Who Dies from the Start Is a Max-Level Retired Big Shot 开局就凉的炮灰是满级退休大佬 It's Lulu是露露吖Two Male Leads548k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Two Male Leads + One-on-One, Both Pure + Equally Powerful Leads + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Max-Level Expert + Cannon Fodder + Sweet Romance + Infinite Games] His sworn brother tricked him into an infinite game. After narrowly escaping death, he was betrayed and framed by his teammates time and again. It seemed like the whole world wanted him dead, but he was determined to survive. He fought his way through the entire game in one go. After escaping the game, he found himself a hand 7kReads8.7Score83014d adds
12. 112 夫 Madam, You Cried Too Soon. President Fu Isn't Done for Yet! 夫人哭早了，傅总还没凉！ It's Ajiang是阿酱吖Two Male Leads549k WordsCompleted [Mind reading + celebrity parenting show + unhinged humor] Shen Wang transmigrates into a book and becomes a vicious, rich-family stepfather who’s nothing but cannon fodder. When he gets his hands on the script, he thinks: What a joyous occasion! Dealing with his troublesome stepson? No problem. I’m even more of a handful. I’ll make anyone suffer before I suffer myself. Five years of exam papers and three years of mock tests, get studying! His comatose husband is about to die, so Shen Wang knock 3.8kReads9.3Score71314d adds
13. 113 小 The Crybaby Went Wild in the Infinite Worlds 小哭包他在无限世界里野翻了 Dongfang Xiao Shisan东方萧十三Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + team battles + academy setting + infinite-flow + mystery-solving + livestreams + ensemble cast] The characters are smart, the golden finger is modest, and this is a power-up story with an ensemble cast. The main team is a little villainous, and Qingbao has brains and brawn and won’t hold anyone back~ The main story is complete~ Story introduction ↓ [God-tier demon Xisili vs. god-tier control-support Jiang Yaoqing] Welcome to the Nightmare Center. Here, you can make any wish com 6.9kReads9.5Score1k14d adds
14. 114 惊 Shock! The Evil God at My Feet Is Throwing a Tantrum and Acting Like a Brat 惊！邪神在我脚边撒泼打滚耍无赖 Happy Little Mutt快乐小土狗Two Male Leads303k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, two male leads + livestream + System + monster-fighting and leveling + ensemble cast + a touch of Western fantasy] Shi Dai and Xie Shang grew up together and have always been rivals. They’ve never been able to stand each other, or at least that’s what Shi Dai thinks. By a twist of fate, Shi Dai is dragged into an infinite-loop game. At first, he thinks the System’s voice sounds like that idiot Xie Shang. Then he thinks the dungeon boss looks a lot like Xie Shang, too. Eventu 514Reads9.3Score10214d adds
15. 115 重 After Being Reborn, the Villain Got Together with Another Villain 重生后反派和反派在一起了 Zen Master Huicong晦聪禅师Two Male Leads521k WordsCompleted After being reborn, Shi Chuxia finally realized that all this time, he had been living inside a sci-fi romance novel titled I Am the Empire's Third Prince, a tragic love story between two men. He himself was a vicious villain who resented being dumped by the protagonist, kept picking fights in front of the two leads, and ultimately died when a starship blasted him to pieces. Thinking of his family and lover, Shi Chuxia decided to keep well away from that awful crowd in this life. One day, just l 2.5kReads9.3Score33214d adds
16. 116 无EN Infinite Survival: A Mad Beauty in an Elegant Yandere's Obsessive Embrace 无限：疯批美人被优雅病娇缠入骨 Moonlight Soda月亮汽水Two Male Leads312k WordsCompleted [Two powerful male leads / obsessive and possessive / lazy, unhinged beauty versus elegant, untouchable aloof beauty] - Che Quan, the last pureblood vampire, awakens one day after being sealed away for years, inside an ice coffin surrounded by blooming blood-red roses. Humans of the future summon him and throw him into a survival puzzle game watched by hundreds of millions. Only the strong have a chance to survive. Everyone thinks he's a pale, sickly cannon-fodder character. After all, “the more 6.1kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
17. 117 地 Human Lives Sprout from the Soil, All Because the Young Lady Knows How to Water 地里长出了人命，全因姑娘会浇水 Sui Sui An穗岁安Ancient Romance574k WordsCompleted (The female lead is imperfect. Read with caution if that bothers you.) On the wedding night of the refined and handsome Third Young Master Xie, a corpse was carried out of the Xie residence. Third Young Master Xie thought that getting rid of Xia Huaixi, this stain on his name, would ensure a smooth official career and a meteoric rise. He had no idea he was stepping straight into a whirlpool. At the Nanshan Temple, Huaixi Jun of the Underworld opened her eyes. She had come to the mortal world. 490Reads8.8Score12414d adds

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    The plot is fresh and unconventional, with a grand structure that interweaves tropes and subversions, and the characters are vivid and lifelike. Foreshadowing unfolds one after another, and the writing is generally smooth, but the ending always feels rushed.

18. 118 不 Wait, How Did My AI Girlfriend Cultivate into a Sword Immortal? 不是，我电子女友咋修成剑仙了 Universe's Invincible Tyrannosaurus Roast Goose宇宙无敌暴龙烧鹅Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication, read with confidence] [One heroine] [Fresh premise] [Virtual girlfriend raising + pay-to-power-up] My name is Chen Huai'an. I have cancer, and I'm about to die. Lately, I've gotten hooked on a game where you raise a virtual girlfriend. I spend money to buy her cultivation techniques and magical treasures. Even though my wallet is empty, I couldn't be happier. I always thought it was just a game, until one day my virtual girlfriend gave me a pill. The next second, the pil 183.6kReads9.3Score268.5k14d adds

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    Office worker Chen Huai'an transmigrates to the world of cultivation, bound to a pay-to-win system. His first recharge of 6 yuan unlocks the icy sword immortal Luo Li, allowing him to reach the Nascent Soul stage in 648 seconds. At VIP15, he can even summon ancient demon gods as henchmen! While cursing the "cheap system" for its exploitative spending, he relentlessly spends money on ten consecutive draws—divine beast mounts and heavenly-rank cultivation techniques are all guaranteed, and even the secret realm requires a monthly card? The sword immortal protects the path and slays geniuses by day, and at night, with red eyes, he whispers, "Double rebate only lasts for half an hour..." A subversive, get-rich-quick scheme combined with a silly cultivation story—see how a free-to-play player defies fate with just 6 yuan! Click to enjoy 🍅🍅🍅

19. 119 私 A Piece of Fallen Starlight, Hidden Away 私藏一片坠落的星光 Yang Jindou杨金豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The original novel for the short drama Keeping a Fallen Star Hidden, starring Ma Shiyao and Li Aixiao. Zhou Muxing was a household name among the capital’s elite. He was famous for his decisive ruthlessness, cunning nature, and mercilessness. Among his brothers, he was so outstanding that no one could hope to match him. Everyone assumed he was destined to inherit the Zhou Group. But then he suddenly disappeared. In a small town thousands of miles away, Jiang Mian, a small business owner, was bei 1.6kReads8.9Score80714d adds
20. 120 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.1kReads9.3Score3k14d adds
21. 121 权 The Power of the Imperial Favorite 权宠天下 June六月Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted Live-action short-form drama: The Power and Privilege 4: Ruling the World is now streaming on Hongguo. A brilliant medical PhD transmigrates into the body of the Chu Prince’s discarded consort. As soon as she arrives, she encounters a critically injured patient. Guided by her medical ethics, she treats him, only to nearly be thrown into prison on false charges. When the Retired Emperor falls gravely ill, she finds a way to treat him, but that hateful Poison King misunderstands and berates her. I 10.1kReads9.4Score4k14d adds

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    ## *The Emperor's Beloved*: A Battle of Power and True Love In the Phoenix Pavilion of the Northern Tang Chu Prince's Mansion, candlelight flickered, and the bright red "double happiness" characters remained, yet they offered no trace of joy. Yuan Qingling gazed at her lonely shadow on the wall, her heart filled with unspeakable bitterness. A year into their marriage, Prince Chu, Yuwen Hao, treated her with utter indifference, unwilling to even touch her. The Empress Dowager's sigh pierced her heart like a sharp blade. She was originally a modern medical doctor, but one day she transmigrated and became the Princess Consort of the Northern Tang Chu Prince. She thought she could establish herself in this world with her medical skills, but unexpectedly, she was drawn into a breathtaking power struggle. Yuwen Hao, that cold and aloof man, only cared about the country and its people, treating her with only exploitation and suspicion. However, fate played a cruel trick. As she repeatedly saved him from danger, and as he gradually discovered her extraordinary nature, his cold heart began to melt. But in the court, undercurrents surged, and their relationship was tormented by power struggles and betrayals. Yuan Qingling refused to be merely a pawn in his game; she wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with him and rule the world together. But when the truth was revealed, she discovered she was already deeply in love, unable to extricate herself. "The Emperor's Beloved," a love story transcending time, a battle between power and true love. Witness how Yuan Qingling uses her wisdom and courage to conquer that cold-hearted man and write a legendary tale.

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