Brothers, I’m Looking for Books 兄弟们求书

1. 1 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 116.7kReads9.5Score16.4k14d adds

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   I hope you can be happy.

2. 2 玄EN Xuanhuan: The Day I Was Murdered, an Unrivaled Imperial Clan Came Calling 玄幻：被害死当天，无上帝族来人 Takeoff, Aircraft Number One起飞一号机Eastern Fantasy752k WordsCompleted [Satisfying read + invincible + villain protagonist + no saintly behavior + scheming] Su Chenxiao transmigrates across the myriad heavens and activates the Heaven’s Chosen Villain System. As the most doted-on youngest son in his clan, he has an utterly terrifying background! His father is the head of an supreme imperial clan, his mother is the daughter of a Great Emperor, and his siblings are peerless prodigies. Both his paternal and maternal grandfathers possess terrifying Emperor Realm cultiva 17kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds

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   I personally think it's good, very enjoyable.

3. 3 胜 One Move from Victory: Qi Tongwei's Glorious Political Career 胜天半子：祁同伟的荣耀仕途 Huang Quan, Who Loves Spicy Vegetarian Beef爱吃香辣素牛肉的黄筌Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted "Defy fate by half a move? No. In this life, I'll fight Heaven for my destiny and win by a whole move!" At Guxing Ridge, Qi Tongwei pulls the trigger and returns to the turning point of his fate. That year, after rejecting Liang Lu, he is banished to a judicial office in a remote, impoverished village. He turns the Liang family's oppression into a ladder to success, relies on Pei Yihong's support, and rises rapidly on the strength of his impressive record. From the judicial office to the pinnacl 39.4kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds
4. 4 十EN 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds

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   ① Mind-bending, with various types of mini-games, a vast world-building, and very engaging. 👍 ② A compelling ensemble piece; the friendship between the characters is deeply moving! The male protagonist has maxed-out skills, and the author cleverly plants foreshadowing events. He travels from the second world to the first, where his invention is exploited by unscrupulous merchants and sent to the second world, causing severe casualties. In the end, he returns the world to its rightful owner. ③ I'll definitely cry if you haven't read it! Every character is well-developed, the world-building is vast, and there's a clash between Chinese and foreign gods. ④ By the same author as the previous book, the world-building is expansive, the logic is rigorous, and the plot is full of twists and turns. ⑤ Many climaxes; every escape is thrilling and exciting. ⑥ You can learn about Chinese legends while reading the novel; it's very imaginative and thought-provoking.

5. 5 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.3kReads9.6Score36k14d adds
6. 6 我EN 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 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5k14d adds
7. 7 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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
8. 8 全 Global Manhunt: You’re Crazy! You Call This an Escape? 全球通缉：疯了！你管这个叫逃亡 Snow at Dusk in the Clouds云中暮雪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Ten major conglomerates are investing, a hundred billion dollars in prize money is up for grabs, and elites from every field are taking part! Urban parkour, high-altitude skydiving, wingsuit flying. Everything... is for the sake of escape! A global manhunt! This is a show that drives people wild! Its goal is to uncover vulnerabilities in security systems and public safety in today's information age. Su Yu is sent to prison from the start, but no one could have expected what came next. Su Yu brea 42.1kReads9.3Score4.4k14d adds
9. 9 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5k14d adds
10. 10 是 If We're Brothers, Come Join Me at Wuhan University! 是兄弟，就来跟我武大闯！ Gentle Ripples in the Sea of Ink墨海微澜Historical660k WordsOngoing [Tough Protagonist Transmigration] [Technology] [Water Margin Intrigue] Special forces soldier Wu Zhi transmigrates into the gravely injured Wu Dalang, only to be fed arsenic by Pan Jinlian from the start. His pocket dimension awakens, putting pistols, combat knives, and bullets at his disposal. In this life, he will not endure, kneel, or accept his fate. Ximen Qing wants to steal his wife? Wang Po wants to silence him? So what if Wu Song has yet to return? Starting on Zishi Street, he will use 92Reads—Score—14d adds

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    More than a hundred brothers, are you sure that's enough? 😂

11. 11 分 After We Broke Up, My Ex's Uncle Kept Kissing Me and Spoiling Me 分手后，被前任小叔缠吻肆意宠 Cuihua Braised with Pickled Cabbage酸菜炖翠花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Bewitchingly beautiful siren vs. aloof, abstinent heartthrob; one-on-one romance, both pure and devoted] One does the flirting, the other does the pampering. They fall for each other, save each other, and are so sweet it’ll blow your mind The author is hopeless at writing introductions. In one word, it’s sweet. High-octane sweetness from start to finish: sweet enough to make you roll around, pound the wall, and scream your lungs out to the heavens and earth. You can’t lose by investing, my d 13.3kReads9.4Score2.1k14d adds

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    **Tweet: My ex-boyfriend's younger brother is wild and lustful. On the glass window, light and shadow intertwine, reflecting two entangled figures. She is soft and boneless, her long dress half-undone, revealing her full figure, a red mole at the corner of her eye, like a bewitching beauty from a painting. His eyes behind his glasses are long and cold, his palm holding her waist, the warmth of his fingertips burning her heart with unbearable itch. "First time?" His voice is low, a half-smile playing on his lips. She looks up, a radiant smile on her face, hazy with intoxication: "Does it matter?"** ** "His Right Eye is Melancholy"**—A forbidden love in a modern city, a clash between desire and reason, a collision of indifference and tenderness. He is a cold-faced tycoon in the business world, his right eye hiding the world's melancholy; she is a seductive rose of the nightlife, a red mole adorning her stunning beauty. A chance encounter entangles their fates. He relentlessly pursues her, she feigns resistance. Is it genuine love, or mutual benefit? When the truth is revealed, will the melancholy in his right eye be melted by her tenderness? **Modern classical Chinese style, every word a gem, every sentence captivating.** Click to read and unlock this battle between desire and truth.

12. 12 农 My Farm Stay Was Abandoned, So I Turned It into a First-Class Farm 农家乐荒废，直接打造极品农庄 Cui Yanlan崔岩岚Urban202k WordsOngoing [No female lead + pure farming + golden finger + reverse transmigration + leveling up + daily life] After transmigrating to a cultivation world and spending tens of thousands of years completing missions for the System, Lin Sheng earns a reward: the chance to bring one magical treasure back to the modern world. The Spirit Source Peach gathers spiritual energy and aids cultivation. In the modern world, it can help someone cultivate all the way to the ninth level of Qi Refining. It has another 9Reads5.9Score—14d adds

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    Part 1 [No female lead + pure farming + cheat + transmigration + leveling up + slice-of-life] Lin Sheng transmigrates to the cultivation world, bound to a system, and completes tens of thousands of years of tasks. His reward is bringing a magical artifact back to the modern world: the Spirit Source Peach. This peach gathers spiritual energy, aiding cultivation, allowing one to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining in the modern world. Its other function is to nourish the land, creating spiritual soil. He transforms his grandfather's dilapidated farmhouse into a vast, mountainous landscape into a spiritual garden!

13. 13 我 Me, Bai Lu's Childhood Friend: My Lavish Spending Stuns the Entire Internet 我，白露竹马，豪横消费惊呆全网 Spring Brings Joy Too春亦欢Urban254k WordsCompleted Qin Yan joined the show as an ordinary contestant. At first, he said he had just graduated from college and didn’t have a job. He’d studied abroad and could barely get by on the rent from a few homes back in his hometown. Everyone thought Qin Yan was just an ordinary contestant. Viewers: “The show’s standards for picking contestants are way too low these days.” Later, Qin Yan’s identity as a landlord in Weitai was revealed. His so-called hometown was the center of S City, and every property 2.9kReads7.6Score15414d adds
14. 14 年 Period: After Breaking Off the Engagement and Moving to the Border, Did My Childhood Sweetheart Regret It? 年代：退婚支边后，青梅后悔了？ Lonely Moonlight浪月孤寂Urban510k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1964! In his previous life, Chen Xiao became crippled while saving Yan Ruqing. Yan Ruqing married him. Chen Xiao thought they were in love with each other. He doted on her his whole life! But just before Chen Xiao died, Yan Ruqing told him that her greatest regret in life was never being with the person she truly loved! It turned out she had fallen in love with someone else long ago! She had never loved him, her husband! She even hated him for keeping her from being with her true love 216Reads7.8Score—14d adds
15. 15 娱 Showbiz: Boss Yang's Boyfriend at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Is Exposed 娱乐：杨老板的中科院男友被曝光 Cat Eating Fish by the River河边吃鱼的猫Modern Romance377k WordsOngoing The official website for the fan-focused variety show “Traveling with Good Friends” has announced that a popular actress will be joining the cast. Fans are buzzing on the day of the livestream, with the number of viewers approaching 100,000. But to everyone’s surprise, the trending topic that day is: #Popular Single Actress Secretly Keeping a Lover!# Qin Yan, the person involved, is completely baffled. “What?! I’ve become a popular actress’s secret lover?” 49Reads6.2Score10114d adds
16. 16 癫EN 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. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds

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    The first book is full of witty jokes, and the second is an incredibly enjoyable and satisfying read.

17. 17 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 251.1kReads9.6Score25.1k14d adds
18. 18 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8k14d adds

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    Xu Si and Jiang Qiao were truly each other's salvation. Qiao Qiao rarely received parental love growing up, yet she still extended kindness to those around her. Whether it was Aunt Liu, Jiang Zhixu, Shen Mo, or Xu Si, they were all warmed by her. In the last few years of her life, she also met a group of interesting friends and that captivating young man. When everyone said Xu Si was a complete bad student, it was Qiao Qiao who discovered Xu Si's shining qualities, his kindness towards others, and his equally broken family, and gave him heartfelt warmth [tears]. Perhaps I'm too sentimental, but I can't even imagine the heartache and sadness Jiang Qiao felt when she was so aware of her own body, watching her feelings for the young man gradually become clear and passionate, yet unable to accept Xu Si's confession. I can't even imagine the helplessness she felt when she wrote letters to her beloved Xu Si every year before she died, nor can I imagine how much she longed to personally give him each year's birthday present [tears]. What a coincidence! Just as Xu Si was about to take sleeping pills to find his teacher after returning to his grandmother's house, Yuan Yuan knocked the bottle of pills away. Just as he was about to pick them up one by one, Qiao Qiao's letter and gift arrived [crying]. From then on, he had hope to live again because of his teacher's letter, because he wanted to help Jiang Qiao see the place she wanted to go. An earthquake gave Xu Si a vivid yet unwillingly waking dream. Perhaps he knew Qiao Qiao would never return, but he willingly indulged in their happy dream [crying]. (Personal feelings, please delete if offensive)

19. 19 蚊 A Mosquito Lays Four Thousand Eggs in One Nest. Once They Hatch, You're Doomed 蚊子一窝四千蛋，孵化过后你完蛋 New Star of the Literary World文坛新猩Eastern Fantasy501k WordsCompleted “What? He refined 100,000 mosquitoes into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner?” “What? And those 100,000 mosquitoes can cultivate Qi?” “Attention, attention! The director-level mosquitoes, move a little farther forward! Manager-level mosquitoes, line up next to the directors! Supervisors, get your butts to the back! Good, just like that, surround them. Now! Suck this sanctimonious so-called orthodox sect dry, every last one of them!” 1.8kReads8.2Score19514d adds

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    Both books are about insects; the second one is also very good. I found the first one to be okay, so I posted it.

20. 20 全 Global Lord: What in the World Are Billions of Pests? 全民领主：亿万害虫是什么鬼？ One Jiangshan一只江山Urban216k WordsCompleted [Not a mindless power fantasy, everyone becomes a lord + pest insect swarm + infinite continent + power struggle + management and development] [No harem. There is only one female lead, and very few other romantic interests. The two get together rather quickly... and the way it happens is a little hasty... There’s no sweet romance; their relationship begins with mutual benefit.] [The protagonist is no kindhearted person. He had nothing to begin with, so if you can’t stand a protagonist who kills, 91Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 21 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 150.8kReads9.7Score13.6k14d adds

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    Tang Lin, a shamanic disciple with the ability to see ghosts, holds incense in his left hand to invoke spirits and yellow talismans in his right to ward off evil. However, he becomes embroiled in a twenty-year-old life-or-death mystery involving a woman in red. A grey spirit paves the way, a fox spirit haunts the scene, and a snake spirit seeks revenge—beneath this intricate web of supernatural events lies a shocking conspiracy that will shake the three realms! When folk esoteric arts collide with modern urban legends, watch as this young shamanic practitioner tears through the fog, using a mortal body to control spirits, and carves a bloody path through the clash between good and evil. Supernatural suspense + Northeastern shamanic practices + folk tales + fast-paced action.

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