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1. 1 岁 Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance669k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On 265.2kReads9.6Score31k14d adds

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   A decade-long bookworm strongly recommends this political intrigue novel! The pacing is tight, the plot intricately linked, every supporting character has their own strengths, and each character is multifaceted, vivid, and three-dimensional. Human nature isn't simply black and white. This is the most captivating political intrigue novel I've read in the last two years—highly recommended!!!

2. 2 这 This Background Character Is Surprisingly Powerful [Quick Transmigration] 这个背景板有点强【快穿】 The Tea Is a Little Sweet茶有点甜Ancient Romance709k WordsOngoing [No romance] She gets bound to a System in a dream and is forced to begin a journey through other worlds. Yuan Xi: “???” What is going on? Can she report it for human trafficking? World One: The sister of the white-moonlight in a body-double story You mess with my little sister? The Chu family is going bankrupt. World Two: Crown princess of a small cultivation kingdom Cultivators coveting the mortal world's faith and breaking the rules? How about a beheading and the destruction of your kingdom? 392Reads—Score10214d adds

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   It's really good! The plot has been changed, and the author's writing is excellent. It's the kind of book you can read over and over again without getting tired of it. Highly recommended! ദ്ദി˶ｰ̀֊ｰ́ )✧

3. 3 快 Quick Transmigration: Everyone Knows I'm a Good Person 快穿：所有人都知道我是好人 Sweet Peach Peach Peach甜桃桃桃Modern Romance4.1M WordsOngoing Across three thousand small worlds, there are countless wicked women. Shu Jiao’s task is to make things right for the people whose lives were ruined by all kinds of wicked women. From then on... [World One: I’m a spendthrift? The nation will support me.] She’s kind, generous, patriotic, and beautiful. So what if she likes spending a little money? Let her have it! [World Two: The marquis’s daughter who lies all the time.] Lies? What lies? She’s so gentle and kind. How could she possibly lie? [Wor 129.8kReads9.4Score5.7k14d adds
4. 4 快 Quick Transmigration: The Beautiful Villainess's Happy Life 快穿：貌美女反派的幸福生活 Mr. Zhao@小赵先生@Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + pure-white jasmine + no fixed CP + masterful acting + contrast + the female lead is no good person] Jiaojiao has no idea what bad karma she accumulated. After gaining sentience and cultivating diligently for three hundred years, she finally took human form. Unexpectedly, for no reason at all, heavenly lightning struck her that very day, and Jiaojiao nearly perished without a trace. At the last possible moment, she grabbed a passing little System with her bare hands and na 8.5kReads8.1Score66514d adds
5. 5 快 Quick Transmigration: Survive Three Episodes, Win Ten Million 快穿：活过三集一千万 Lin Lingying林令滢Ancient Romance2.9M WordsOngoing Shen Ruyin is watching a period drama with her best friend. Seeing all the schemes and backstabbing in the inner residence and the imperial palace, she can’t help but complain. “If I transmigrated to ancient times, I probably wouldn’t make it past three episodes.” She never dreamed that those words would come true. She actually transmigrates. No pocket dimension, no System, no spirit spring, no mind reading. She gets nothing but a completely bare-bones start. The deity who sent her to transmigra 30.2kReads8.6Score2.4k14d adds
6. 6 快 Quick Transmigration: A Background Character, Unfeeling and Invincible 快穿，路人甲，无心亦无敌 A Thousand Layers of Snow on Peach and Plum Blossoms桃李千重雪Modern Romance262k WordsCompleted [A female-friendly story + strong female lead + growing fan favorite (not adored by every man) + no fixed pairing + chaotic neutral] [Speak your wish] [Swear upon your soul and surrender your name] [Contract established. I had no name, but after the contract, my name is...] [Congratulations, you have gained the power of faith] [Power of Faith: You have gained the faith of many people. They ask nothing else of you, only that you enjoy eternal peace and health. When any living being sees you, it w 677Reads8.8Score10014d adds
7. 7 穿EN After Becoming the Villainess, I Clear My Name Every Day 穿成恶女后每天都在洗白 Gathering Vetch, Gathering Vetch采薇采薇Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Adorable Kids + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy]: Transmigrating into a lovesick woman, Tang Zhuyun wakes up in the middle of a scene where she’s climbing into a man’s bed. She turns around and runs. Forget this bed, she’s not getting in! Who needs a man when her father is the top scholar, her brother is the top scholar, and even her son will be the top scholar? They’ll protect her, so she can do whatever she wants! As a master physician, she’ll focus on her career, save lives, and k 33.5kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds

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   "Your Highness, please have some self-respect!" The prince woke up with a face as black as the bottom of a pot. Tang Zhujun looked at the mess on the floor and laughed until tears streamed down her face: "Why don't you explain why you knew to cooperate and turn over while you were unconscious?" This isn't a time-travel romance; it's a real-life version of PUBG! When a modern forensic doctor clashes with a cunning prince, who is the real hunter? We suggest you prepare your blood pressure medication before watching this ancient version of "The Vanished Belt"—after all, every twist could be fatal.

8. 8 菩 Patriarch Bodhi: From the Southern Heavenly Gate to Honghuang 菩提老祖，从南天门打到洪荒 Tang Dynasty Swordsman大唐剑客Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Wukong was crushed beneath Five-Finger Mountain? The truth is, it wasn’t because the demon monkey had wreaked havoc. The Tathagata wanted to seize the fortune of the Three Realms from him! The instant the mountain fell Patriarch Bodhi stormed Mount Ling: “Bald donkey, you dare touch my beloved disciple? Today, I’ll bring down your Western Heaven!” One spear pierces ten thousand Buddhas; one furious roar shakes the Three Realms! Rescue Wukong and seize all the fortune. From now on, I call the s 2.7kReads8.8Score19014d adds

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   Young man, come in.

9. 9 征 Conquering the Misty Immortal Palace 征服飘渺仙宫 The Heart Won't Stir, Won't Stir, Won't Stir心不动不动不动Eastern Fantasy413k WordsOngoing A friendly reminder: This book moves at a breakneck pace. You won't taste its flavor unless you savor it slowly. [Multiple Heroines] [Reborn] [Villain] [Reform] [Alternate Setting] A powerful figure from the Demon Realm is reborn in the mortal world below... What will he do down there? I have no idea... The author doesn't dare calculate his fate. I still have too much to live for. Everyone who tried to calculate his path has met a grim end... Can this former great demon change his ways? Watch hi 3kReads6.5Score18214d adds

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   Want to see a dragon? Young man | ू•ૅω•́)ᵎᵎᵎ

10. 10 震 The World Is Stunned: My Haunted House Connects to the Underworld 震撼全球，我的鬼屋通地府 Yellow Kitty黄色的猫咪Modern Romance731k WordsCompleted Complete [cathartic power fantasy + play the pig to eat the tiger + powerful protagonist + punishing scum + ghosts and monsters + business management] Terminally ill with cancer, Li Miao meets a Taoist priest who tells her that she’s been plagued by bad luck and is near death because someone stole her fate. The only way to survive and reclaim her fate is to return to her hometown and inherit a haunted house. She assumes it’s just an ordinary haunted house, but when she arrives, she discovers 27.9kReads9.2Score4.3k14d adds

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    This is absolutely gorgeous, except for the fact that it's a little short. Why can't it be written into tens of millions of words? Oh dear!

11. 11 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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    This fresh and suspenseful intellectual thriller is a must-read.

12. 12 尘 The Mortal Immortal's Foundation-Building Arc 尘仙筑基篇 Li Qingyuan李青远Eastern Fantasy662k WordsCompleted [Fantasy + wild imagination + fantastical xianxia] No transmigration, no golden finger. Born an ordinary nobody, as insignificant as sand and dust, Da Niu remains steadfast on the path to immortal cultivation. He looks ordinary and has unremarkable talent, yet his fantastical adventures shape those around him and even change the world. 73Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Check this out! A novel and unique plot, a grand and magnificent setting, no time travel, no system, no family drama or sect infighting. You might be pleasantly surprised after reading two hundred chapters.

13. 13 谍 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 Winter Isn't Hot冬天不热Urban2.8M WordsCompleted He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 185.4kReads9.5Score20.4k14d adds
14. 14 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 434kReads9.4Score40.6k14d adds
15. 15 中 Zhong Huang Takes You on a Journey Through the Primordial World 中黄带你游洪荒 Daoist Zhonghuang中黄道人Eastern Fantasy254k WordsCompleted A new work is here: a book that unravels the mysteries of the world. It begins on Earth, journeys to the primordial era, where its protagonist becomes a god and ancestor, and continues until he witnesses who truly rules the world. From there, he travels to the end of the Han Dynasty, the end of the Qing Dynasty, the end of the Zhou Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty, discovering the true history of our Earth all over again. What a fascinating and extraordinary journey. Come along and set off with me 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Dumbass! Anyone who doesn't read my book will be embarrassed 🤭

16. 16 小 The Little Slave Rises 小奴隶雄起 Daoist Zhonghuang中黄道人Eastern Fantasy326k WordsCompleted How can a little slave living in a barbarian tribe survive and grow stronger? Great experts, please come help me! On the road to survival, I have no choice but to fight against the world! Keep going, young man! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 17 带 Rising with the Human Race 带着人族崛起 Daoist Zhonghuang中黄道人Urban50k WordsCompleted In an ancient world, the human race is oppressed by half-beasts and struggles to survive! A space has appeared, and the condition for using it is this: help the human race rise to prominence! All right! Let me give it a try and see if I can complete this task. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 18 校 Starlight on Campus, Faint Light of the Years 校园星芒，岁月幽光 Star Rain, Cool River星雨凉川11k WordsCompleted Campus Stardust, the Faint Glow of Years Gone By —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Youthful, authentic, and beautiful.

19. 19 风 Hong Xiuquan, the Charismatic Heavenly King 风流天王洪秀全 Yu Songhan郁松寒Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Hong Xiuquan, an impoverished scholar in the late Qing, was quite the extraordinary man. He struck out on a new path, launched the Jintian Uprising, rose from humble beginnings, captured Nanjing, founded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, dominated eighteen provinces, and ruled for fourteen years over half the realm. He was insatiably greedy, consorting with courtesans and surrounding himself with beautiful women. He gathered beauties from across the land, keeping 2,300 women in his harem to serve hi 11.1kReads8.6Score82514d adds

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    The book is new and has no rating yet, but it has a story, a plot, historical facts, and excellent writing. Understanding Hong Xiuquan is understanding men!

20. 20 基 A Lost Path Through the Ranks 基层仕途迷茫路 Zuo Linfeng左林沣Urban255k WordsCompleted “Jiaming,” Third Grandpa said, “I just saw green smoke rising from your family grave. That's a good omen. I reckon Xinghe will grow up to become an official.” A fortune-teller told him, “You can become an official in the southeast.” Chen Xinghe was a grassroots official who spent more than twenty years struggling his way through the political world, constantly making waves on the grand stage of his own life. For a time, his efforts brought him fame and success, and he enjoyed a happy life. He wa 2kReads9.5Score16814d adds

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    Society is complex, and people's hearts are unpredictable. Those who harm you the most are often the people closest to you! Don't make fair-weather friends; their two-faced nature is too realistic! There are many who add to your success, but few who offer help in times of need! After reading this, you'll understand…

21. 21 律 Seeking the Way in the Legal World 律界问道 Half a Scholar半个书生Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Comeback and growth + charming lawyer + mysteries surrounding cold cases + officialdom and workplace + wits and will] He turns his life around, with Death brushing past him several times. A string of cold cases remain shrouded in mystery... 918Reads—Score15914d adds

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    It's packed with content from the very beginning, and it only gets more interesting with each passing chapter! The journey is a continuous chase of brilliance, and the ending remains a mystery, making it utterly addictive.

22. 22 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. 118.2kReads9.7Score13.7k14d adds

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