I’m in a Reading Slump, and I’m Very Picky 厌书期，本人嘴很叼

1. 1151 十 The Ten Elders’ Meeting: How to Handle a Concept-Level Psychopath 十佬会谈：如何应对概念级精神病 An Yan1安颜1Anime Fanfiction320k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2kReads7.0Score117Shelves
2. 1152 世 Is the World Broken? The Idea Guy in the Chat Group 世界不正常？聊天群里有点子王 September Lazy Rabbit九月懒兔Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Chat group + no female lead] Just after Chu Mo transmigrated, a voice neither male nor female rang out from the sky. “I once said that if anyone so much as hurt her, I would wipe out their entire family. Now that the little one has been injured in your sect, I’ll slaughter every last person in it!” A Demon Venerable wreathed in towering flames stood between heaven and earth, repeatedly bringing down massive palm strikes. His fellow disciples were all flattened into little bear-shaped cookies, a 33.3kReads8.3Score4.2kShelves
3. 1153 神 The Disciple's Game 神徒游戏 Hu Qiuqiu胡球球Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing The entire world is plunged into a terrifying death game, with 8 billion people taking part! A global battle royale for survival has begun! Only 12 of the 8 billion will survive! The survival rate is less than 0.00000000015%! Hospitals, schools, prisons... Any location anywhere in the world could become a death-game arena! Terrifying ghosts and monsters take part in the game alongside humanity! [Welcome to the Disciple Game] [Light horror + mind games + games + infinite-world adventure] (This no 74.7kReads8.3Score6.7kShelves

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   It's pretty good. I have 5,000 hours of playtime. This is the book I've been reading recently.

4. 1154 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. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves
5. 1155 创 Creation: My Cultivation Civilization Was Blasted by Nuclear Bombs 创世：我的修真文明被核弹轰了 Apple Dog Mud苹果狗泥Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Xu Yue inherits a pig farm, along with a ruined cultivation world left behind by its previous creator. The cultivators there are only as big as bacteria. The problem is, before the previous creator died, he left behind a warning: “If you can't raise a civilization that can fight, you'll be killed too!” So Xu Yue decides to go all out Cultivation civilization: cultivators fly on swords. No matter how strong you are or how high the heavens reach, I'll cut you down with one strike! Technological ci 1.3kReads7.7Score104Shelves
6. 1156 群 The Twilight When the Stars Fell 群星坠落的黄昏 Cloud Sail Remembers the Rain云帆记雨Urban220k WordsCompleted “The most skilled hunters often appear in the guise of their prey.” Shen Qingfan, the cold-blooded head of the Shen conglomerate and the most precise instrument in the world of wealth and fame. Until one stormy night, she took in a “stray dog,” soaked to the skin and wearing an innocent look. She was fiercely protective of him, kept him by her side, and shielded him from every overt and covert attack: “Assistant Lu is timid. He can’t even watch someone kill a fish, so don’t scare him.” Only L 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Both are good books and worth reading.

7. 1157 嘉 Jiahao Gets Stronger? Sword Dancing in the Rain on the Field to Open Heaven's Gate 嘉豪就变强？操场雨中舞剑开天门 Fallen Leaf Blade落叶之刃Urban995k WordsOngoing [The animated adaptation premieres exclusively on Hongguo.] + [Jiahao? Swordmaster!!] + [Invincible] + [The King of Flexing] Lu Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a System at the age of eighteen, believing he is about to reach the pinnacle of life. Instead, what he awakens is actually the Jiahao Ascension System. Thus begins Lu Ming's Jiahao-style operation. "Are you really not going to avenge the grudge from ten years ago?" "Didn't they say Jiahao refreshes on the field? I've wa 111.1kReads8.4Score23.9kShelves

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   This is simply a display of boundless grandeur, so grand it soars to the heavens and burrows to the earth, so grand it darkens the sky and eclipses the earth, it reigns supreme above all else.

8. 1158 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 703.3kReads9.6Score149.7kShelves
9. 1159 胆 A Coward's 1,001st Confession 胆小鬼的一千零一次表白 M0724Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Not reborn, no System, high school setting, youthful literature, a story of being saved, personal growth, no harem] Cowards don't dare to confess their feelings, and they're afraid of being confessed to as well. If your confession is rejected, you'll be mocked and condemned by everyone. If you reject someone's confession, you'll lose a friend and go your separate ways. Can't it work out? The answer is no, because success doesn't like cowards! But what if one coward likes another? This isn't a l 36.4kReads9.5Score4.8kShelves
10. 1160 回 Rewind: A Different Approach, One More Time 回档：换个姿势再来一次 Coffee with Garlic咖啡就蒜Urban10.5M WordsOngoing Because Bai Ershisan, a senior employee in the Netherworld’s Department of Soul Guidance, made a mistake, Li Le was kicked straight out of the cycle of reincarnation. The great science of quantum mechanics tells Li Le that time’s arrow points only toward the future. As for why he has gone back thirty years, if you can’t figure it out, asking him won’t help either. All Li Le can do is pull himself together and live through the script of his life once again. 86.1kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves
11. 1161 反 After the Villainous Big Shot's Quick Transmigration, the Scoundrels Weep Bitter Tears 反派大佬快穿后，人渣们痛哭流涕 Lord Bigheart心大爷Ancient Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration + Male Supporting Characters Saving Themselves + Regretful Scumbag Heroines + Neither Self-Sacrificing nor Self-Righteous + Revenge Is Served + No Fixed Couple; the Male Lead Has a Villainous Background and Is Shameless and Vile, so proceed with caution] Scum gets what scum deserves, and evil gets what evil deserves. After spending a hundred lifetimes as a villainous scumbag and earning such an outstanding track record that he ruined countless male and female leads, Tang An 58.6kReads8.1Score4.8kShelves
12. 1162 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 754.6kReads9.4Score44.4kShelves
13. 1163 穿 I Transmigrated into a Cultivation Novel, but Is This Actually a Women's Romance?! 穿越修仙文，但是疑似女频？！ Chaivvvvv柴vvvvvEastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation, Ruthless Male Lead (Fourth Chapter Onward, He Starts Chopping, and Doesn’t Stop Until It’s Satisfying] He transmigrated into a cultivation world, but there was another soul inside his body. A woman! A lovesick, sweet little flower!!!!!!! And they had to take turns controlling the body every day. Shu Qiuqiao: I heard the protagonists in male-oriented novels kill people’s entire families at the drop of a hat and never bother with reason. Li Xia: That’s a complete slander! Who said th 39.8kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves

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    The first book had a few minor flaws, but nothing serious. The second book was alright. [Cool]

14. 1164 开 Becoming a Dou Huang from the Start 开局成为斗皇 Loves Green Pepper Rabbit爱吃青椒兔Eastern Fantasy270k WordsCompleted The protagonist transmigrates, and before he can even react, memories flood into his mind. To his surprise, he has become a minor villain from the early story. Fortunately, the plot hasn’t begun yet, but then his golden finger tries to run away… 2.1kReads—Score100Shelves
15. 1165 重 After Being Reborn, I Choose to Take It All and Win Over the Campus Beauty 重生后，我选择连吃带拿泡校花 Three Lives Ling Yue三生凌月Urban2.8M WordsOngoing What's the first thing you do when you get a second chance at life? The jerk gritted his teeth and said bitterly, “Get a room!” “Get a room? With who?” “That gorgeous idiot who dragged me off the rooftop in my last life. She owes me!” And then? “Eat her food, drink her drinks, use her money to get a room, and use her money to win over a gorgeous, brilliant senior student.” “She's so smart. Can you actually win her over?” “She taught me how.” “Holy crap! You people are wild. What next?” “Make mon 63kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves

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    If you're looking for something to read, check these out!

16. 1166 杀 Kill That Tomato Writer 杀死那个番茄作家 Anna Karenina's Card卡列尼娜的卡Urban656k WordsCompleted [Many years later, facing the firing squad, Kareni Na Ka will recall the afternoon when I dragged him into the book.] “Can I really write the blurb like this...?” “Tsk, I’m imitating One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “Who even reads One Hundred Years of Solitude these days? Do you read it?” “Then... should we change it?” “Never mind, let’s keep it. Nobody reads blurbs anyway.” 1.7kReads—Score155Shelves
17. 1167 开 Hunted by a Saintess from the Start, We Unexpectedly Share the Same Fate 开局被圣女追杀，我们却意外同命 Chensheng尘笙Eastern Fantasy465k WordsOngoing [One heroine + no System] My name is Jiang Yungui. I arrived in the Cangxuan Realm in someone else's body, carrying the inheritance of the Demon Emperor. In just two short years, I've become a mighty Golden Core cultivator! My story should have been one of roaming the cultivation world and reaching the very pinnacle of power! But who could have guessed that the demonic sect would be wiped out by the righteous path for all the evil it had done, and that I would be dragged down with it? This makes 5.8kReads8.6Score289Shelves
18. 1168 难 You’re Telling Me I Can’t Catch Fish Even in a Game? 难道我玩游戏还能钓不不到鱼？ Too Fat to Fly胖的飞不起Sports1.7M WordsOngoing [No real-world arrival + lighthearted + mostly everyday life + fishing + slacker protagonist + no romance in the game. Male body, female appearance in the game, don’t read if that bothers you!! The protagonist is extremely straight! Includes livestreaming. Read with caution!] Note: This really is just a game! And the protagonist really is just playing a game! Standing before you now is: “Crystal Source Alliance Mascot,” “The spark that ignited the First Game World War,” “Captain of the Crystal S 46.9kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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    These books are all quite good; they were among the few I could actually read during my reading slump. The first one starts with a typical survival story set in the fog, but develops its own unique style later on. Those with patience should definitely check it out—it's truly excellent. The second one features an earth-elemental cosmic master; while the theme is a typical beast-taming novel, its content is quite novel and also very good. The third one is a typical online game novel, without fusion or invasion, featuring only a male light priest (who isn't particularly skilled but is favored by the gods). The fourth one is a card game novel where the protagonist collects the 12 talismans from Jackie Chan Adventures, but in this version, the 12 talismans become 12 red cards. Those who like card games should check it out. The fifth one is a Western fantasy novel, but it's about a technological revolution. The interactions between the male and female leads are very interesting; if you don't mind the romance, you can take a look. The sixth one needs no introduction. Don't be fooled by the title of the seventh one; highly recommended for those who like ancient Chinese style. The eighth one is the story of a normal person forced to become a sinister figure. Those who enjoy intellectual battles and don't mind cultivation novels should check it out. Book 9 has a novel theme, but it features multiple female leads, so those who are sensitive to this should proceed with caution. Book 10 needs no introduction; Tomato (the author) has completely forgotten his roots. Book 11 is a traditional cultivation novel, but the protagonist has the style of Han Li from "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality," making it relatively stable. Book 12 is hard to say, but I found it quite interesting; you can check it out if you have time. Book 13 isn't a typical villain novel, nor does it feature the usual villains hunting down chosen ones. The characters are all quite intelligent and well-developed; brothers looking for something to read might want to check it out.

19. 1169 我 I Use Doubao to Write Cultivation Manuals and Wreak Havoc in the Immortal Realm 我靠豆包写功法，祸害修仙界 Pitter-Patter Little Raindrops小雨滴答啦Eastern Fantasy436k WordsOngoing [System + Transmigration + Lighthearted + Comedy + Wild Cultivation Ideas + Artificial Intelligence] After transmigrating to the world of cultivation, he awakens a Cultivation Technique Sharing System and uses Doubao to generate all kinds of techniques. While others toil away in cultivation for a hundred years, he rides on the coattails of their efforts and becomes an immortal without lifting a finger. The techniques are cheap, practical, and easy to master, with just a tiny little side effect. 80kReads7.6Score8.2kShelves
20. 1170 女 I Disguised Myself as a Man and Became the Male Lead’s Number One Lackey 女扮男装后我混成男主头号小弟 Crispy Little Burger脆脆小堡Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Noble Academy + Girl Disguised as a Boy + Everyone's Favorite + Love Rival Showdown + Chasing His Wife + Multiple Male Leads] Lu Yue transmigrated into an old-school noble academy novel as the vicious supporting female character. The original character seduced the male lead and framed the heroine, only to meet a grisly end. To avoid suffering the same fate, Lu Yue chose to... Disguise herself as a boy. The problem was, she ended up sharing a dorm with the male leads. Worse, the world's will for 41.8kReads9.1Score6kShelves
21. 1171 以 Writing with the Heart: A Stunning Model Falls for Me 以笔画心：绝美模特爱上我 Building Block Ball积木丸子Urban402k WordsOngoing [Romance and everyday life + “true global-level martial arts” + crowd-pleasing content that the blurb isn't allowed to mention, with the protagonist growing stronger from a weak start, no mindless decisions and no naive protagonist] The newly graduated campus belle senior was invited back to school to model for a sketching class in Wu Zongyu's class, but inexplicably fell in love with him. At the same time, Wu Zongyu suddenly realized that the world had long since changed beyond recognition… 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really let down by its title! It's a super good urban fantasy novel, highly recommended! [Thumbs up]

22. 1172 黄 Weasel Spirit! Do I Look Like a Human or a God to You? 黄皮子！你看我像人还是像神？ China's Famous Double Standard中国驰名双标Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted No specialist knowledge here, just a story. [A little horror + a whole lot of comedy + no female lead, no romance] When I was a kid, I took a nighttime shortcut and saw a weasel worshipping the moon. Remembering a story my grandma had told me, I worried it might ask me to grant it a title, so, on a whim, I shouted at it first: “Weasel! Do I look more like a person or a god to you?” The weasel froze for a moment, then said I looked like a dumbass! But from that day on, I really did become an idio 30.3kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
23. 1173 军 The Military Princess Will Never Fall in Love with a Magical Scientist 军事公主不会爱上魔法科学家 Qu Yu曲予Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [Western fantasy + equally powerful male and female leads + magitech industrial revolution] He is a mad professor who defies convention; she is an iron-fisted princess with boundless ambition. In an age when the magitech industrial revolution is on the rise and old aristocrats clash with new capital, a prophecy book from the future lays a bloody countdown to their deaths before them. The script of fate has already been written, but who will ring the bell of rebellion? Years later, when Logaris f 65kReads9.0Score8.2kShelves
24. 1174 全 My Clan Raised Me to Greatness, So I Gifted Them Purple Robes 全族扶我青云志，我赠族人朱紫袍 Uncle Jianghe江河大爷Historical2.2M WordsOngoing After dying suddenly from overwork, workaholic Chen Yan is reborn as the only son of a newly born provincial graduate in the Great Liang Dynasty. His father is successful, so Chen Yan promptly decides to lie flat and enjoy the good life, with food brought to him and clothes laid out for him. But when he learns at the age of six that he was switched at birth with a farmer's child, his life takes a turn. The day the fake young master returns to the Chen family, he goes out to work in the fields an 213.5kReads9.3Score21kShelves

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    I've read all of these books, and I think they're alright and worth a look.

25. 1175 一 A First-Class House Slave 一等家奴 Husky in a Suit穿西装的哈士奇Eastern Fantasy280k WordsOngoing "Young master," a voice said, light as a moth brushing against his ear. The woman had already come to his side. Still wrapped in a blanket, she was trembling, but the hand resting on his shoulder was steady. When she spoke again, her voice was barely more than a breath, meant for him alone. "Please. Help me." "I can't... I can't..." After that day, the household servant Shen Yan climbed, step by step by step by step, to the very top of this world. Even a lowly servant can carve a path throug 3.1kReads—Score275Shelves

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    The first book is invincible; a true god has descended.

26. 1176 在 Carving Out My Own Eternal Territory in the Everlasting Night! 在永夜中开拓属于我的永恒领地！ Laid-Back Youngster平躺小青年Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing The motion-comic adaptation is now available on Hongguo. Give it a watch if you're interested; the quality is excellent. Western fantasy lord + eerie survival + farming and management + dragon raising + satisfying wish fulfillment An eternal night descends, and horrors run rampant. Without the protection of a territory's flame, all things perish! Regg, the eldest son of the Marquis of Golden Wheat, loses his father and is framed. The new king and his own uncle join forces to exile him to a desol 119.7kReads8.1Score15.2kShelves

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    This is a good option for killing time, if you don't want to look at anything too detailed or too bad.

27. 1177 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
28. 1178 时 A Love Out of Time: The Melody of the Victorian Age 时空错恋：维多利亚时代的琴声 Zhou Nainai周奈奈Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [A story about a group of gentle people searching for warmth in their everyday lives] [I hate labels. I really, really hate them!] Before the start of his sophomore year, Zhou Qin thought his life would pass by uneventfully: staying home, taking it easy, and burying the sadness of the past deep in his heart. But when a British girl from the Victorian era came tumbling headfirst onto his balcony, his ordinary life was gone for good. This willful yet gentle girl turned his world upside down. “L 4.1kReads9.3Score621Shelves
29. 1179 挖 Daily Life of a Mining-Type Beast Tamer 挖矿系御兽师的日常生活 Duan Yang Hermit端阳居士Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Beast Tamer is a noble profession. Most people associate it with wealth, protection, and power. But they don’t know that one major at Beast Taming University is called: Environmental Survey and Development. Xiao Sui has regretted choosing this major more than once. The only time he’s happy is when he finds precious ore in certain secret realms. What’s wrong with environmental surveying? It’s absolutely fantastic. (The ratings just opened, so they’re on the low side. A 7.1 opening score is alread 185.3kReads8.8Score20.4kShelves

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    Extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely

30. 1180 5 The 1950s: Starting Out as a Wanderer, I Make My Home in the Deep Mountains 50年代：隐居深山从流浪开始 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Urban7.8M WordsOngoing Tags: (farming + reclusive life + family saga + harem + science fiction + interstellar + universe) (Entirely hand-written, no AI) (Author’s note at chapter 3480: I’ve been writing this book for over three years. Its rating went from 9.4 to 8.9, and its readership has fallen from several hundred thousand to forty or fifty thousand. It was once a huge hit, and then it faded into obscurity. Many readers have probably come across it more than once, but very few have made it to the later chapters. (S 34kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
31. 1181 放 I Gave Up Grad School for a Little Shop, Then Found the Campus Belle in Dire Straits 放弃保研开小店，却捡到落难校花 Superfluid Ramen超流体拉面Urban1.2M WordsOngoing (One heroine + everyday campus life + no System + ensemble cast + slow pace) After four years at a prestigious university, Lu Shen gave up the graduate recommendation he had already secured and rented a little shop just outside the school gates. “Lu Shen, why does nobody come to your shop?” “Don't ask. The location's bad, that's all.” “Lu Shen, why does your shop keep losing money?” “What do you know? Running a shop is a hobby. Can you put a price on a hobby?” Then one day, a girl so pretty it w 32.7kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
32. 1182 不 What Kind of Calamity Can't Be Undone by Resurrection? 不能复活算什么天灾啊 Lizhuang White Pork李庄白肉Sports2.9M WordsOngoing [The Fourth Calamity] [Game World] [Nontraditional Stat System] [No Rebirth] [No System] [Harem] If players can’t come back to life, can it really be called the Fourth Calamity? That’s a good question. But have you ever wondered what a calamity truly is? Is it endlessly harassing a boss by coming back to life again and again at little cost? Like ants beneath an elephant’s feet, rats in the gutter, maggots in the sewer… yet grandly giving themselves the title of a calamity. A true calamity is the 44.3kReads8.8Score4.7kShelves
33. 1183 我 I Am Uncontainable 我，无法收容 May Season五月时期Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted] [Everyday life] [Managing containment facilities] (Peaked at 600,000 active readers and has updated steadily for over a year.) The sun burned beneath the deep sea, while roots spread across the sky. Gears grew from people’s bodies, and upside-down cities fell like meteorites. Fang Jiu once thought that these things, which existed only in fantasy, had nothing to do with an ordinary man like him. That was until his head was chopped off one night... (The pace is slower from the start 188.5kReads9.3Score28.6kShelves

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    1. Everyone's eating people, I'm eating gods. Just enjoy reading it if it's intellectually stimulating. 2. It's definitely bizarre, but a brain-teasing read; you can enjoy it without worry.

34. 1184 未 Future News: Once You're Rich, Keep Your Head Down and Don't Get Reckless 未来新闻：有钱了稳住别浪 A Glorious Turnslp华丽转身slpUrban1.8M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into a short drama, so you can count on the quality. [Urban + tycoon + System + finance + national strength] (Some readers may think the male lead is a bleeding heart. In fact, every person he saves earns him a point, and those points let him turn the world upside down and make his words come true. The reason he gives readers that impression is that the points don’t appear in the System at first, creating a false impression. Read a few dozen chapters and you’ll unders 16.5kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    No matter how picky you are, you'll still be able to finish this book in one sitting.

35. 1185 武 The Martial World Is Way Too Dark 武道人族还是太阴间了 Buried Blade葬刃Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsOngoing In the interstellar age, martial arts flourished throughout human civilization. The Five Martial Gods stood at its pinnacle, with countless Divine Realm experts guarding them as they ruled over more than a hundred galaxies. As a hegemonic civilization, humanity had produced one talented generation after another over millions of years. In a society where everyone practiced martial arts, geniuses were as numerous as the stars. Beyond humanity, the threat of cosmic disasters loomed close, while cou 59.8kReads8.4Score5.1kShelves
36. 1186 仙EN The Harsh Road to Immortality: Built on White Bones 仙路难行，白骨筑长生 Octopus Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的章鱼Eastern Fantasy3.5M WordsOngoing “Rules? On the road to immortality, my rules are the only rules!” [Mortal Cultivation of Demonic Arts] [Founding a Demonic Cult] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Profit Above All] (Already at the Nascent Soul stage, with plenty of content to enjoy) Protagonist Qing Chen: He knows when to yield and when to stand firm, is utterly self-serving, greedy for money and women, and will stop at nothing to achieve immortality! He will found a demonic cult, dominate the world, and climb step by step to the very to 80.6kReads9.1Score7.5kShelves

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    The novels I've recommended are all of different genres and worth reading.

37. 1187 逐 Riding the Waves of Tokyo Bay: Starting in 1945 逐浪东京湾：从1945开始 Extremely Thick Glasses近视镜特别厚Historical606k WordsOngoing The protagonist himself transmigrates to Hengbin, Japan, after its defeat in 1945. Posing as a local, he works as an interpreter for the US military, becomes a shameless collaborator, builds a yakuza organization, and wreaks havoc on the Japanese who haven't yet paid for their crimes. He also gets up to all sorts of mischief with plenty of cute girls, makes it through the occupation, and eventually becomes a financial magnate. A story about making money and living life to the fullest! As they sa 43.5kReads6.5Score3.5kShelves

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    The protagonist transmigrates to a post-war novel, flatters the American army, becomes a traitor to Japan, forms the Yakuza, wreaks havoc on the Japanese and Kawaii, is promiscuous with multiple women, and finally survives military rule, becoming a wealthy tycoon—a hilarious and satisfying story.

38. 1188 移 Mobile City: The Divine Resource Wholesaler 移动城市，神级资源批发商 Parentheses Laughing括弧笑笑Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Raved about by ten thousand readers | One million following the updates | Ten million currently reading!] [Lord-Building] [Overwhelming Power] [The stats are still professional] [From Chapter 78 onward, the protagonist can print unlimited money] [A beacon-of-civilization story! (Elementary schoolers who want to see the protagonist act like a ruthless doomsday human trafficker, stay away)] (The novel's theme song, “Alliance of the Singularity,” is now available on all platforms.) All of humanit 165.1kReads9.2Score13.4kShelves

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    The protagonist in the first book had a very interesting personality; once you started reading, you wanted to finish it. The second book was an invincible protagonist story, which was very enjoyable.

39. 1189 奸 The Treacherous Minister Is Expecting 奸臣有喜 Gu Xige顾夕歌Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She is the short-tempered, shameless Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, skilled at embezzlement, bribery, and abusing her power for personal gain. Her hobbies include attacking people from the shadows and sowing discord. She is the dynasty's infamous number-one villain. Then one day, the officials were relieved to discover that she had finally set her sights on someone else: the renowned Imperial Preceptor. To arrange a chance encounter, she starts lurking outside his residence every 2.9kReads9.2Score382Shelves

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    I'm sharing my collection.

40. 1190 魔 When the Demon Tide Rises: My Talents Are Tied to My Reputation 魔潮起时：我的天赋与声望挂钩 Xiao Ming's Cousin小明的表哥Urban1.6M WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic Cataclysm + Racial War + Spiritual Qi Revival + High Martial Arts] People cannot choose their birth, but they can create one. But when Li Ming opened his eyes again, he found that every road led to a dead end. He wasn't even given the chance to create anything. So what was the point? He might as well flip the table and start a new game. Then the world said, “I'm with someone!!!” And chaos was a graveyard, but also a staircase. When worlds begin to collide, it means both destruction 45kReads7.0Score4kShelves

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    Both are good, you can take a look.

41. 1191 开 From the Start, I Take Yang Guifei by Force, Then Bring Peace to the Tang Dynasty 开局强纳杨贵妃，还给大唐太平年 Master Of Mingzhi Mountain明知山山主Historical1.5M WordsOngoing No System. Real court intrigue. Meticulously researched. Faced with the three-way struggle between Li Longji, Li Heng, and Li Chu, and a value system already beginning to collapse, how will Li Tan, after transmigrating, restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty, step by step? In real history, no one was an NPC. Everyone chose the option that served their own interests best. A genuinely satisfying story told with historical realism. The Xuanwu Gate succession tradition has found its most outstanding 82.2kReads8.2Score10.8kShelves

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    I'm recommending this book: a historical novel and an American comic book. Both are, in my opinion, the best of their kind on Tomato Book and definitely worth reading.

42. 1192 哥EN Gotham's Spider-Man Has to Be a Paragon 哥谭蜘蛛侠必须伟光正 Beyond You, Three Layers of Snow除却君身三重雪Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing [Original title: Gotham's Spider-Man Must Be Righteous and Noble] My name is Chen Mo. I transmigrated to Gotham and became an undocumented nobody. In case anyone doesn't recognize me, allow me to introduce myself. I'm your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! Right now, I'm broke, undocumented, and uninsured: a triple-zero nobody. The System wants me to be a righteous and noble paragon in Gotham. In Gotham! Can you imagine? But I've put on the mask, polished my quips, and been acting the part for h 40kReads8.1Score3.5kShelves
43. 1193 末 The Apocalypse’s Most Ruthless Survivor 末世之第一狠人 Xiao Ming's Cousin小明的表哥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic Catastrophe + Racial War + Struggling to Survive + Farming] Blue Star has existed for 4.6 billion years and endured five mass extinctions. Yet the wealth accumulated over all that time was exhausted by humankind in a mere few centuries! The Way of Heaven takes from what is abundant to make up for what is lacking. The way of man is different: it takes from what is lacking to serve what is abundant. Humanity has always taken and destroyed, never given anything back! What has humanity 7.6kReads8.1Score512Shelves
44. 1194 第 The Third Kind of Love 第三种爱情 Shang Jinwei商锦维Modern Romance186k WordsCompleted A farcical arranged marriage turned Yang Mo from bride to abandoned wife in just forty-eight hours. Still, getting a wedding home for free wasn’t so bad. She never expected to run into her ex-husband, Xie Linsen, four years later. He even came after her, all for a bowl of… noodles? Her wayward ex wants her back? Instead, he turns into a clingy pest she can’t shake off. Watch Yang Mo use her own experience to warn women everywhere: a small bargain can come at a big cost. 955Reads9.2Score100Shelves
45. 1195 星EN Path to Immortality Among the Stars 星路仙踪 Wang Yu忘语Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing In the modern world, a passage to another realm appears on Blue Star. Wang Yu is among the first people to enter a cultivation world through their dreams. In a daze, he embarks on the path of cultivation in order to survive! The Great Dao is merciless. On the path of cultivation, failing to advance means falling behind! By becoming a supreme cultivator, one can enjoy endless longevity and bring the power of cultivation back to Blue Star, saving its future. The cultivation world faces an apocalyp 180.1kReads9.1Score16.5kShelves
46. 1196 不 Can You Become an Immortal by Any Means Necessary? 不择手段，可成仙否？ The Kingdra Who Loves Drum Corps喜欢军鼓的海刺龙Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals]+ [No female lead]+ [The middle and later parts get dark, so don't read if that's not your thing] "The weak are always making excuses for their incompetence and failures, but they themselves are the best excuse of all!" (There are a lot of trolls in the comments, so use your own judgment.) Chen Yi transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and opens his eyes already struggling to survive at the bottom. Five years ag 181kReads8.6Score23.2kShelves

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    My three favorite books

47. 1197 系 The Claiming the Throne Series: Historical Romance Collection 《夺嫡》系列古言套装 Moonset月落Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted [Sweet Historical Romance + Mutual Devotion + Palace Intrigue] Popular author Yueluo's trilogy of sweet romances: lighthearted and hilarious, with sweetness turned up to the max! "The Fight for the Throne": A feisty young lady who always gets even × the scheming, lovesick Ninth Prince. A laugh-out-loud, sugar-sweet battle for the throne! "Joy with You": A venomous, calculating king × a clever and decisive queen. A perfect match who will conquer the world together! "A Fine Day Bestowed upon You": 60.6kReads9.6Score6.1kShelves
48. 1198 姑 She's Beautiful, but She's a Force to Be Reckoned With 姑娘她美貌却暴力 Studious Young Scholar习栩儒生Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + space + strong female lead + happy ending + both leads are each other’s one and only] Jiang Ning thought that someone like her, with blood on both hands, was destined for hell when she died. But when death came, her soul crossed into another world, where a kind-hearted, handsome scholar took her home. The scholar is good at everything: writing, painting, braiding hair, and sewing clothes. And after she kills someone, he even tells her, “Jiang Ning, you shouldn’t be this kind of 29.6kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
49. 1199 长 The Way of Immortality and the Uncanny: I Can Steal the Lifespans of All Things 长生诡道：我能掠夺万物寿元 Lu Zhen路甄Eastern Fantasy166k WordsOngoing A lowly servant bearing a Class C token, whose life is worth less than grass, carries a man-eating Book of Life and Death against his chest. Others cultivate immortality in pursuit of eternal life. I cultivate by boiling down other people’s lives into a path of my own. Threads coil around my ribs, blood pours into the furnace. In this world, if you don’t eat people, you’ll be eaten. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book has the perfect feel to it! The protagonist is a true demon, ruthless and meticulous in his actions. The cheat system is interesting—a lifespan trading system where risk and reward go hand in hand. The opening is fast-paced, brimming with a sense of crisis, without any slow build-up. Currently being serialized (10 chapters), it's the perfect time to invest. If you enjoy stories with high intelligence and a focus on profit, give it a try and read the first few chapters; you'll definitely find it engaging.

50. 1200 甲 Sixty Years of Demon Slaying: This Taoist Gets Stronger with Every Kill! 甲子荡魔：这个道士杀怪就变强！ You Have Health Insurance, You Go First你有医保你先上啊Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Animated adaptation now airing] There are only fake tragic twists, no real ones, so enjoy without worry! [Decisive and ruthless] [Dark cultivation] [Slow burn] [Gender equality] [No female lead] [Sword immortal] War and calamity rage across the land, monsters run rampant. The human world is a furnace, and its people are mere weeds. Shen Hui transmigrates one day and becomes a Taoist priest at Qingfeng Temple on Qilu Mountain. He intends to spend each day meditating and cultivating qi, pursuing 283.4kReads8.5Score37.5kShelves

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    I've been reading a few books lately, and I'd really enjoy the Warhammer one if we click.

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