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1. 1 被 After Nezha Tore Out My Dragon Tendons 被哪吒抽了龙筋之后 Drawing a Blade to Invite the Moon拢刀邀月Two Male Leads210k WordsCompleted [Not based on the Nezha franchise] After Nezha pulled out my dragon tendons, Father King gave me a new body. I shut myself away in the East Sea for centuries, until Father King couldn't bear to watch anymore and sent me to Heaven for further training. And then I discovered that Nezha and I were classmates... 2.3kReads9.0Score24114d adds

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   I'm obsessed with the American version of "Love in the City"! Does anyone know anything about it?! ( ❛⃘ ∨ ❜⃘⃘ )੭⁂

2. 2 哪 Nezha, Is This How You're Supposed to Use the Red Armillary Sash? 哪吒，混天绫是这么用的嘛？ Become That Ray of Light成为那缕光Two Male Leads274k WordsCompleted 1.7kReads8.8Score14214d adds
3. 3 这 This Boss Lady Is Way Too Pushy 这个老板娘太强势了 Boil Wine and Burn the Sword煮酒焚剑Urban639k WordsCompleted [Urban fantasy] + [invincible power fantasy] + [strong heroine] + [two powerful leads] After transmigrating to another world where humans, ghosts, and demons rule together, Li Qiuyi comes into possession of a tavern called Forget Worries. This tavern welcomes not only humans, but also demons and ghosts. It is a place where all three groups can live together in peace. His laid-back life is as calm as still water. Until one day, a woman walks into the tavern... 432Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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   The plot is very interesting, and I'm still following the updates.

4. 4 战 Half a Life on the Battlefield, Yet I Return as the Same Old War God 战死沙场戎半生，归来仍是旧武神 A Quick Silence反手一个沉默Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Wang Xian, a half-step Martial God at the eighth realm of Old Martial Arts, died on an alien battlefield protecting ordinary people, only to return in a dream to his youth in his senior year of high school. In my previous life, I achieved greatness late, reaching the peak of the half-step Martial God realm, only to stop at the eighth realm and die with regrets. In this life, I will use my self-created Starry Sky Body-Tempering Art to forge a starry sky martial body capable of devouring stars and 92kReads9.1Score7k14d adds
5. 5 宿EN Host, Your Movie-Star Ex's Darkening Level Is Rising! 宿主，影帝前男友黑化值+1+1 Phoenix Soaring to the Ninth Heaven凤凌九霄Two Male Leads308k WordsCompleted Jiang Chiyan, the fifth young master of one of the capital’s most powerful families, defies his father for the first time in twenty years for the sake of a young male star. Without hesitation, he gives up power and wealth to choose love. But fate has other plans, and they break up. Six years later, that once little-known star has become a nine-time Best Actor, with a face that could stop time, a slender neck, and a lean, elegant frame beneath his white shirt. He is like snow on a distant mountai 10.4kReads9.6Score1.3k14d adds

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6. 6 当EN An Escape Game Boss Enters the Infinite Survival Game 当逃生boss穿进无限流后 Little Zhezi小折子Two Male Leads543k WordsCompleted [Max-Level Boss + Dual Male Leads + Infinite Horror Game + Escape + Powerful Leads] As a gatekeeper boss in an escape game, Ji Xun has been working for the main System for as long as he can remember. He works diligently every day, year-round, never shirking his duties. Yet the survival rate of players who make it past him ranks highest among all the bosses. Ji Xun: Is that my fault? Players: This boss is actually a pretty nice guy. So the main escape-game System waved a hand and fired this freel 11.1kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds
7. 7 萧 Xiao Feng Blows Through, Wildfire Teases the Plain 萧风吹过，野火撩原 Steamed Buns That Never Cook Through蒸不熟的花卷Two Male Leads605k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Scheming, flirtatious regent x rebellious, roguishly handsome CEO] [Power Couple + Devoted to Each Other + Past Meets Present + Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within + Over-the-Top Devotion + Happy Ending] (A story about two black-sesame tangyuan who meet on a day trip, again and again, and gradually fall in love.) Xiao Lie, a regent who held power in his hands, was framed and transported straight into the bedroom of Feng Ye, the second young master of the Feng family. After a friendly 1.6kReads9.2Score24114d adds
8. 8 穿 I Survive a Torture Novel by Being Ridiculously Absurd 穿进虐文的我靠沙雕苟命 Man Xi漫夕Two Male Leads427k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate-into-a-book System + forced romance, one-on-one] Lin Zhen transmigrates into a melodramatic angst novel, and from the start, because he knows the heroine, the sickly male lead is about to chop off his fingers. To stay alive, Lin Zhen has no choice but to abandon all dignity and shout, “I’m here to seduce you!” Lu Yan: ??? To make matters worse, he’s also bound to a thoroughly unreliable top heartthrob System and draws a pile of ridiculous items like a “Perky Butt Card” and “Capt 7kReads9.3Score95414d adds
9. 9 离 My Ex-Husband Is Irresistible After Our Divorce 离婚后我的前夫真香了 Wusu Bubble Rice Cracker乌苏泡仙贝Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Rose Crossing the Moon launches on November 14] [The ex-chases-wife-to-the-crematorium trope, not the typical kind; reuniting after a breakup] [Cool, aloof, rational beauty with a warm heart * A big, awkward puppy who says one thing and means another, but is willing to change] "His rose garden remained a desolate wasteland." "If love were a field of study, you would be my one and only lifelong subject." After five years of marriage, Bai Luo'an left Huo Ling a folder. Inside 17.9kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds

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   Seriously, this is just too much...!!!

10. 10 重 Reborn, She Marries into an Even More Powerful Family, Then Gives Up Trying 重生后再嫁高门，她摆烂了 The Mountains Are Nowhere to Be Seen山山不见Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted Jiang Nian was a farmer's daughter. Her father saved Governor Qi's life, and Jiang Nian's fortunes rose overnight: she married into the Qi family and became the wife of Qi Heng, the family's second young master. A farmer's daughter marrying into a prestigious family, with a handsome, accomplished husband and noble-born sisters-in-law, Jiang Nian felt deeply inferior. She lived cautiously, not daring to say much to her husband. Every day, she studied how to be the lady of the household and forced 6.5kReads8.4Score78114d adds
11. 11 惊 Terror Descends: This Big Brother Is a Little Too Powerful! 惊悚降临：这个大哥有亿点猛！ Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han 27.6kReads9.2Score2.8k14d adds

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    I originally came here to read a horror novel, but at first glance, this seems to be a gangster novel written with a horror background. The author is a genius. Before I knew it, I had read over a hundred chapters. It is really well written, decisive and ruthless, without being a saint or destroying my values. It is a rare horror gangster novel.

12. 12 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 94.7kReads8.9Score7.9k14d adds

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    Book recommendations for when you're looking for something to read (^ω^)👍🏻

13. 13 异EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6k14d adds
14. 14 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
15. 15 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
16. 16 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
17. 17 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds
18. 18 我 I Was Just Enjoying the Gossip, Then I Picked Up a Transmigrator's System 我就吃个瓜，捡走穿越者系统 Half a Step Through the Years半步年华Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Dual Transmigration]+ [Comeback of an old-timer]+ [The sly Sixth]+ [Picking up a transmigrator’s System]+ [Milking the System for all it’s worth before the dumb System catches on] Lin Luo witnessed an old man who’d transmigrated from ancient times being taken away as a lunatic outside the school gates. To his surprise, the transmigrator’s System accidentally mistook him for its Host and bound itself to him. Host: Lin Luo. You are middle-aged and your body is worn out. Heaven has granted you the 50kReads8.9Score4.1k14d adds

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    Gossip novel

19. 19 我 I Spill the Tea, You Munch on Snacks, and We All Have a Good Laugh! 我爆料你吃瓜，大家一起笑哈哈！ Jia Bei Mumu加贝木木Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Ning Zhiyi was transmigrated into another world as a baby. She focused on gossip and doing nothing, until she accidentally learned she was the villainess and that her whole family were cannon fodder. After the entire household was beheaded, their heads were left to dry in the marketplace. Shocked by the terrible news, she sits bolt upright on her deathbed and decides to change her family’s tragic fate. System: Host, I’ll bring you gossip and help you soar! Watch that sanctimonious hypocrite pret 6.1kReads9.0Score62614d adds
20. 20 吃 The Gossip-Loving Young Educated Woman 吃瓜小知青 A Watermelon-Loving Chara一只爱吃瓜的猹Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Wei Wei was speechless. She’d only gone back to her hometown, and ended up caught in a rainstorm and a mudslide, then transmigrated. Not only had she landed in the 1970s, she’d become a pushover everyone could trample on. Her younger sister stole her job, and her mother signed her up to go to the countryside. When had Wei Wei ever put up with such humiliation? Fine, you want the job? If I can’t keep what’s mine, why should I hand it over to you? I’ll wreck the whole thing. You signed up to go to 18.3kReads8.1Score2k14d adds
21. 21 七 The Cannon Fodder of the Seventies Doesn't Want to Become Beautiful 七零之炮灰她不想变美 Red Card红卡子Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Satisfying Read + Period Setting + System + Transmigrate into a Book + Devoted Couple, Sweet Romance] Modern doctor Ye Rou opens her eyes in the clothing- and food-scarce 1970s, where she has become a background character in a rebirth-and-revenge novel aimed at male readers. Her scummy father ignores her, her stepmother schemes against her, her grandmother favors boys, and even her so-called best friend is fake… The original owner was also the village’s famously ugly girl. It’s a nightmare fr 5.4kReads8.2Score46614d adds
22. 22 我 I’m Secretly Enjoying the Drama, So Why Are You All Grinding Your Teeth? 我偷偷吃瓜，你们怎么咬牙切齿的 Stretching Lazily and Giving Up伸着懒腰摆烂Ancient Romance611k WordsCompleted [Mind Reading Exposed + Gossip + Sweet Romance + Daily Life] Shen Sui, an overworked office drone, suddenly died from exhaustion and accidentally ended up in a dynasty called Daqing, in an unknown time and place. Ever since birth, Shen Sui's thoughts had been exposed, and the Shen family had kept her inside their estate for fifteen years. On the eve of her first step outside the Shen residence, she got a “Laid-Back Gossip System.” Shen Sui had just finished hearing the gossip about her grandfath 2kReads8.5Score18314d adds
23. 23 一 A Long-Distance Bus Ride 一趟长途车 Zhao Eight Years Old赵八岁Modern Romance340k WordsOngoing The trees by the gate have witnessed a family’s ups and downs, and the bricks in the courtyard are filled with the passage of time. Come closer and step into the world of the Zhao family, generation after generation. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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24. 24 满 Spring Over the City 满城春 A Copper Coin一枚铜钱Ancient Romance560k WordsCompleted [New Bonus Chapters] The Liu family of the capital is an illustrious noble house, so powerful that even the imperial clan treats them with deference. Liu Yan, the youngest legitimate daughter of the Liu family's second branch, is gifted and blessed with both wisdom and good fortune. When her stepmother joins the family as she turns five, Liu Yan expects a fierce battle. But her stepmother turns out to be quite unlike anyone expected. With her older brother looking out for her and her childhood s 15.2kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds

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25. 25 小 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 Bright Moon Tilts明月倾Ancient Romance876k WordsCompleted A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.4kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
26. 26 闻 The Sound of Spring 闻春声 Evergreen and Everwhite长青长白Ancient Romance161k WordsCompleted [Taciturn, stammering country hunk VS vivacious, fiery widow. Farming romance, one-on-one, both leads’ first relationship] [She makes the first move, and the unyielding tree finally blossoms. A period farming romance] At the matchmaker's urging, young Yao Chunniang took her dowry and married into the Zhang family in Lishui Village. Who could have guessed that on their wedding night, her sickly husband would close his eyes and die? Before Yao Chunniang could even process what had happened, she ha 28.9kReads9.6Score3.4k14d adds
27. 27 斩 Cutting Spring 斩春 Chinese Loropetalum in the South南有檵木Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted ༆ Original title: "Slaying Spring", courtesy title: "Three Thousand Miles of Floating Light", also known as "A Little Bookshop in Chang'an" . "The audiobook is now available. Give it a listen!" . [Historical fantasy, farming, ancient romance, healing, opening a bookshop, romance, with a strong focus on the love story.] · [Heroine: Xu Jiang ★ Hero: Lou Yunchun] · [Other characters: Hu Xu ★ Song Li, Zeng Zhui ★ Lin Hongchu, Lin Qinnian ★ Madam Lin, Lou Jing ★ Madam Lou. Du Hui, Yuan Zuzu, Wu Zhi, 19.7kReads9.5Score3k14d adds
28. 28 三 Three Feet of Spring 三尺春【王嘉懋、李十七主演 短剧同名原著小说热播中！！！】 Evergreen and Everwhite长青长白Ancient Romance371k WordsCompleted The captivating beauty Li Shuwan, whose background is shrouded in mystery × the aloof, proud General Li Fengyuan, hard-mouthed but soft-hearted Ancient romance + premium novel + one-on-one romance + both leads' first love + sweet romance + mutual devotion + palace intrigue + simmering tension + secret crush + age gap + reunion after years apart When she was seven, Li Shuwan was brought back from the countryside to the General's Mansion, becoming Li Fengyuan's relative in name only. Knowing her 22.4kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
29. 29 高 High-Scoring, Charming, and Dangerous 高分迷人又危险 Liang Zhou Ci Ci凉州辞辞Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted I scored 658 on the college entrance exam, but my older sister and the childhood friend I've secretly loved persuaded me to put only vocational colleges on my application. —Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 30 娱 I Couldn't Make It in Showbiz, So I Became Famous Catching Ghosts 娱乐圈混不下去的我靠抓鬼爆火了 Worry-Free Blossoms花开无忧Modern Romance302k WordsCompleted (Mystical ghost hunting + episodic stories + livestreaming + fortune-telling + devoted couple + adored by everyone + satisfying read + sweet romance. The stories take center stage, with romance as a secondary plot. The pacing may be slow.) Gu Lingyue, a mystic who has been vilified across the internet, has been down from the mountains for two years and is now millions in debt. Not only has she failed to pay off her master’s medical bills, she’s sunk even deeper into debt. Before her company coul 309Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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31. 31 她 Her Fortune-Telling Is Scarily Accurate, and Her Billionaire Ex-Husband Is Losing It Every Day 她算命太准，百亿前夫每天在破防 The Quiet Shu沉默的舒Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivator enters the modern world] [Livestream Fortune-Telling] [No romance] [Destroying the System] [Exploring past and present lives] Shi Wei, the senior sister of the cultivation world, was the most talented and the biggest troublemaker, and she was a master at passing the blame. She used all her scheming on her junior brothers and sisters and the elders. After transmigrating into the body of Ji Yue in the modern world, domineering CEO Fu Qi asked for a divorce from the start. Shi Wei took 3.4kReads8.3Score42514d adds
32. 32 穿 A Transmigrated Mystic's Everyday Life of Enjoying the Gossip 穿越之玄门女纨绔的吃瓜日常 Flying Fish飞水鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Shu Wan transmigrated into the body of a wealthy family's resentful wife. The original owner had just found her so-called true love and was about to divorce her husband. Seeing the man in a wheelchair, his whole body glowing with golden light, Shu Wan's eyes lit up. Wasn't he the Pure Yang constitution her master had told her about, the one blessed with merit who could help her survive her deadly calamity? She pinched her thigh hard and squeezed out some tears. “Honey, I’ve realized that you’re 2.1kReads8.8Score24414d adds
33. 33 直 Her Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, Everyone Wants a Reading from the Real Heiress 直播算命太准，真千金一卦难求 Pufferfish河豚豚Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Ming Qiao failed her lightning tribulation and her soul was scattered. Fortunately, her master spent all his cultivation to gather her soul back together. To help her evade the Heavenly Dao, he sent her to another world, where she became the Gu family's biological daughter, newly found after being lost in a small world. When the fake heiress tries to frame her, Ming Qiao turns the tables and gets her revenge on the spot. When her biological parents blame her and try to kick her out, she dusts he 1.8kReads8.6Score21014d adds
34. 34 铁 The Fortune-Telling Master Never Misses: Divination on the Overpass 铁口直断，玄学大佬天桥算卦 Lin Jiajiu林家小九Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + fortune-telling + ghost-hunting + feel-good revenge story] There’s a romantic pairing, but romance isn’t a big part of the story. Jiang Yao, a mystical arts master who died for the cause, is reborn in another world. Unfortunately, her new body belongs to a poor student with empty pockets. No worries! She sets up a little stall on the overpass and gets to work reading fortunes and telling fortunes. -“When will my daughter and son-in-law have a child?” “Your son-in-law is a gay man wh 9.2kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds

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