From Book Drought to Totally Hooked! Niche-Genre Novels I Read Three Times in a Row 求从书荒到真香！小众题材让我连刷三遍的小说

1. 1 穿 I Transmigrated as a Heart Demon and Faked My Death, So Now I Get Thoroughly... 穿成心魔死遁是要狠狠被 Only Money Will Do非钱不可Two Male Leads160k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + faked death + both devoted to each other + no wives allowed + chasing his love] Bad news: Shi Wang died suddenly. Worse news: He transmigrated into a book, becoming the inner demon of the protagonist of a male-oriented power fantasy novel. Good news: If he completes the tasks assigned by the System and successfully turns the protagonist into a villain, he can get his body back. Shi Wang becomes an inner-demon office worker. His job every day is to make life difficult for the pr 54Reads8.2Score—Shelves
2. 2 机 A Mechanical Genius Reincarnates as a Science Whiz: Taking Off from the Start 机械大佬魂穿理科学霸：开局起飞 Math Is Too Hard数学太难Modern Romance989k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Career-focused] [National University of Defense Technology] [Creating a New World] Gu Yi, a mechanical engineering genius from the 25th century, transmigrates into the body of Zeng Li, a top science student in 1999. From then on, she lives each day planning two hundred steps ahead. She overcomes every obstacle and leaves her rivals in the dust, eventually becoming Huaxia's youngest general. Just as she leads Huaxia to become the world's leading power, she also happens to establish a new 1.4kReads9.3Score300Shelves
3. 3 重 Reborn as a Special Forces Soldier: Brother, Don’t Do Anything Reckless 重生之特种兵：兄弟你别乱来 Mo Yan Aaa墨衍AaaUrban875k WordsCompleted [Elite Agent + Military + Two Male Leads + Deep Brotherhood + Passionate Growth] Eighteen-year-old prodigy sniper Bai Ye has a pair of different-colored eyes that conceal a secret. He joins the Blood Wolf Special Forces Squad. His left eye sees in the dark like a wolf, while his right eye has extraordinary color vision. Armed with the Night Star sniper rifle, he never misses a shot. But what the squad fears most isn't his gun. It's his older brother, Bai Chen, whom they call the Living Hades. “I 768Reads9.4Score165Shelves
4. 4 穿 Reborn as an Immortal Herb, I Became the Great Sage's Exclusive Buff 穿成仙草我成了大圣专属buff Try and Starve Me to Death有本事饿死我Two Male Leads377k WordsCompleted After Li Yan drops dead from staying up all night to finish his thesis, he finds himself inside Journey to the West, as an immortal herb about to be eaten by a horse! With death staring him in the face, he is ready to lie flat and wait for the end Then he looks up and meets a pair of rebellious, defiant eyes. Li Yan: !!! Help, my idol saved me?! Okay, then let me become your brilliant strategist and your red and blue buffs, to repay you for saving my life. But why are you throwing a fit over a 5.1kReads9.1Score887Shelves
5. 5 佛 I, Buddha, Am Truly a Good Person 佛爷我真是好人啊 Jiao Lu Zhi蕉鹿之Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Weak System + No Romance + Slow Progression + More Traditional + Saintly Heroine, Don’t Read If You Dislike It, Thanks] When Shi Ran woke up, he had transmigrated to a strange world. There were no aloof immortals in the heavens, pure as the moon, nor compassionate gods and Buddhas filling the skies. Instead, the world was full of deranged, bizarre cultivators. Here, sacred scriptures were laden with taboo costs, and the slightest misstep in cultivation could mean death and the end of one’s path 549Reads8.7Score161Shelves
6. 6 快 Quick Transmigration: Every World Starts in Hell 快穿：每次都是地狱开局 Yin Binger音冰儿Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance pairings / alternate history / nation and family] [Please don't use AI to generate the heroine. The author commissioned the illustrations at personal expense.] Yin Lingyu is one unlucky girl. In her quick transmigration missions, she always gets the most hellish start and has to roll up her sleeves and climb her way up, becoming the beautiful, tragic woman everyone admires. World One: The top scholar's younger sister, sold into a brothel. (Setting: Li Shimin of the Tang dynasty) Worl 21.9kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves
7. 7 魅 The Succubus Goes Wild Seducing Men Across Three Thousand Little Worlds 魅魔在三千小世界钓疯了 Tianhan甜菡Ancient Romance527k WordsCompleted (Not recommended for readers who demand historical accuracy or mindless wish-fulfillment.) A female-oriented quick transmigration story, with pretend coercion, told from the male lead’s perspective. The protagonist is a man who wins over the heroine. The heroine is strong, while the man pretends to be weak. The incubus Gu Suian is skilled at reading people and uses layer upon layer of schemes to win over the heroine. It looks as if he’s the one pursuing her, but in truth he’s leading her to take 12.2kReads9.0Score886Shelves
8. 8 大 Great Qin: My Frail and Delicate Worthy Minister 大秦：我那身娇体弱的贤臣 White Clouds, White Clouds白云朵朵白Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted Female transmigrates as a man + no romance + focused on building a career Zhang Yuanqing transmigrates into the body of a down-on-his-luck noble from the State of Chu during the Warring States period. “System for Great Ministers of the Ages activated. Host, work hard to become one of history's greatest ministers!” Wait, wait, wait. Having a System is a good thing, but what does it mean to become one of history's greatest ministers? It's a given that King Zheng of Qin will unite the six states. A 14.8kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
9. 9 百 A Top Scholar Hailed by a Hundred Sages! And You Call Him a Sour Confucian Scholar? 百圣齐鸣的状元郎！你管这叫酸儒秀才？ Pretending to Be a Fish, Playing in the Water扮鱼戏水Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Became a Sage Through Reading [Transmigration] [Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment] [The Way of Literature] A masterpiece of Confucian cultivation: [Takes off at Chapter 89, explodes at Chapter 93] “If you, Lin Yi, had not been born, the literary path would have languished in darkness for ten thousand years!” This is a world where reading grants literary talent. Lin Yi reads Earth’s Classic of Poetry, Songs of Chu, Han fu poetry, Tang poetry, and Song ci poetry, cultivating a noble spir 844Reads8.8Score147Shelves
10. 10 阎 King of Hell: You Really Changed All of History? 阎王：您真把历史全改了？ Wang Beidiao王北刁Urban893k WordsCompleted In the Northern Song dynasty, I was the Grand Marshal who held power over the court. At the end of the Ming dynasty, I was the Imperial Preceptor who turned the tide and saved the nation. In the modern world, I’m a wealthy collector, with stacks of authentic ancient books and manuscripts! I can come and go freely in the underworld. The City God and local earth gods follow my orders, and even Ox-Head and Horse-Face have to ask me for favors. It’s all because the Judge got drunk and had me dragged 1.9kReads9.1Score373Shelves
11. 11 重 Reborn: General Tantai Has Rebelled 重生：澹台小将军他反了 Puffed-Up Tangyuan膨胀汤圆Historical323k WordsCompleted In her previous life, the Tantai army was framed as a rebel force after treacherous officials set them up and the emperor grew wary of them. The Tantai general’s manor was destroyed, and its people were killed. Reborn, the eldest legitimate son of the Tantai family, whose legs were crippled after he fell off a cliff during a fierce battle, resolves to stand again and protect his family… The court is rife with power struggles, treacherous officials harbor sinister ambitions, the emperor is incomp 13Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 觉 After Awakening as a Seraph, I Embarked on the Path to Godhood 觉醒炽天使后我踏上了封神之路 Mu Zhao木昭Urban265k WordsCompleted Chu Shaoci always thought he was just one of countless ordinary people, until the day that changed his fate. As an S-rank support-type ability user, he became the target of a struggle between multiple factions, and his peaceful life was gone for good. National Security Bureau: “Damn, a wild Seraph has appeared! What kind of sack do you like?” Holy Order: “A living Seraph! Aaaah!” They shriek like screaming marmots. Chu Shaoci: “Heh, a bunch of people who only speak in riddles.” 1.1kReads8.2Score—Shelves
13. 13 开 I Founded the Public Opinion Bureau from the Start 开局创立了民调局 Free Fall自由落体Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted The Civil Affairs Bureau, formally known as the Bureau of Folklore and Strange Occurrences, is responsible for investigating and handling supernatural events around the country, including folk customs, strange phenomena, feng shui, and urban legends. My name is Chen Shuo. I'm just a rookie who recently started working. Why have they suddenly put me in charge of an entire organization? The pressure is killing me... But I can only grit my teeth and get on with it! With the support of powerful fig 5.3kReads7.8Score336Shelves
14. 14 被 Forced to Become the Hot-Blooded Manga Hero, He Faked His Death on the Spot 被迫成为热血漫主角后他直接死遁 A Moon Rabbit一只月兔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance] [No Female Lead] [Hot-Blooded Shonen] [Everyone Is Evil] [The Protagonist Is a Genuine Villain, With No Redemption] [Ensemble Cast] The hot-blooded shonen manga Villain's Fate is a blend of excitement, warmth, laid-back fun, and comedy. Its polished art, unexpected plot twists, and characters who leave readers aching for what might have been have earned it a devoted following. However, the author went on hiatus at the story's climax and stayed away for three years. Then, after three 25.7kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves
15. 15 文 A Literary Giant's Journey Begins with the College Entrance Exam 文坛大佬从高考开始 Flute and Drum at Sunset夕阳箫鼓Urban401k WordsCompleted [No female lead] + [No romance or ambiguity] + [Classical poetry and literary masterpieces] + [Traditional culture] + [Literary world] Transmigrated during the college entrance exam? Who cares whether I transmigrated or not? I’m doing the test first. Nothing can get in the way of my exam! The immortal poet and poet-sage have been replaced? Help, the college entrance exam tests poetry composition too? In a daze, Jiang Yun, frail and ill, gazes at this world with curiosity... At the Shangsi Festiv 4.8kReads8.7Score352Shelves
16. 16 国 National Destiny Forbidden Zone: I Play Dan Feng, and I’m Frail to the Core 国运禁地：扮演丹枫的我病弱十足 Ming Qiqi铭七七Anime Fanfiction501k WordsCompleted I am Dan Feng. I am not “Dan Feng.” But as Dan Feng, I will fulfill the destiny left unfinished by “Dan Feng.” I will set everything back on track. This is a brand-new world, a world of different possibilities. What would have happened if Dan Feng's miraculous dragon-transformation technique had succeeded? One who had long since passed returns from the Yellow Springs, bearing the blessing of a Star God. Together with the Trailblazer, he will shape the past and journey toward the future. Content 2.7kReads9.2Score366Shelves
17. 17 拿 I Risk My Life to Kill the Enemy, and the World Begs Me to Stop 拿命杀敌，全球哭求我别上了 Nine Five Two Eight九五二八Urban279k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a high-martial world where countless races have arrived, Luo Yuan becomes an ordinary soldier stationed at the frontier. But he discovers that he is gravely wounded and has only one day left to live. Just as he falls into despair, he binds himself to the “Risk Your Life to Kill Enemies” System. Every enemy he kills earns him a certain amount of life force, letting him live a little longer! So from the start, he drags his gravely wounded body onto the battlefield and slaug 2.6kReads8.5Score300Shelves
18. 18 天 How Could I, Coughing Up Blood Every Day, Possibly Be the Mastermind? 天天咳血的我怎么可能是幕后黑手 A Blank Stretch of Time空白的时间Mystery545k WordsCompleted Also known as My Life in a Wheelchair: I Write Strange Tales, and They All Come True Single male protagonist + no romance but doted on by everyone + tragic yet strong + urban fantasy + strange tales + mastermind behind the scenes (not from the start) (female-oriented!!!!!) [System binding successful] [Hello, Host! This System is called the Strange Tale Author Development System. The Host must write one strange tale each month. If you don't write well, you'll die~] [P.S. To clarify, Host, you wer 8.7kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
19. 19 你 Why Mess with Him? He’s the Discipline Committee President 你惹他干嘛，他是纪检部部长 Chang Hong长虹Urban498k WordsCompleted [Parallel world + cleaning up the entertainment industry + tremendously satisfying + overflowing with positive energy + breakneck pacing] [Don't compare this to real life.] In a parallel world, the entertainment industry is rife with excesses, and celebrities run wild. A special agency, the Entertainment Oversight Department, is established. Luo Jing, who transmigrated to this world, becomes its first director. But nobody cares about the department. It has no support from anyone. It can't touch 10.3kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
20. 20 文 Showbiz: My Song ‘Father’ Shocks the Entire Music Scene from the Start 文娱：开局一首父亲，震惊全乐坛 Lute and Evening Breeze琴涩晚风Two Male Leads814k WordsCompleted [Entertainment + two male leads + System + slice of life + songwriting god + fragile little shark + entirely behind the scenes!!!] Ji Bai’s ashes are scattered right from the start. Forced to transmigrate to another world, he can only weep in despair. He wants to go crazy and make everyone miserable. So it’s Father’s Day? Then I’ll make you all cry with my song “Father.” So it’s Qixi Festival? Then I’ll hit you with “Let’s Break Up,” because if I’m unhappy, everyone’s crying with me! 17.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
21. 21 我 I Became the Universe's Arms Dealer 我成了宇宙军火商 God's High Priest神之牧首Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsCompleted The protagonist unexpectedly acquires black technology from the universe. Starting out by selling small arms and eventually moving on to selling space battleships, he leads humanity into the great age of space exploration, trades with various races, and builds the largest space station in the universe. 5.2kReads8.8Score308Shelves
22. 22 只 I Just Want to Redeem Myself, but I Keep Gaining More Lackeys 只想洗白，奈何小弟越洗越多 Year After Year, Thoughts Upon Thoughts岁岁念念吖Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The short dramas [Boss, Your Brothers Are All Outside] and [Righteous to the End: Hongxing] are now available to watch. [Reborn + Underworld Boss + Ensemble Cast + Making Money Legally + Passion and Loyalty + Comedy] In his previous life, underworld boss Xiang Yue was sentenced to ten years in prison. His men were either arrested or killed. In this life, Xiang Yue leads his men down the straight and narrow, rising to the top. “Xiang Yue's here! Run!” “Stop crying, or I'll have Xiang Yue come tak 23.8kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
23. 23 漂 The Beautiful Stepmother Who Sweetened the Whole Family 漂亮后妈，甜翻全家 Lu Chi鹿迟Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Publication deal signed. On sale August 28. [One-on-one sweet romance + marriage of convenience + lighthearted daily life + both leads speak their minds] Sheng Mumu transmigrates into a book. Other people transmigrate into books to date handsome men and become stars. But when it’s her turn, she has to become the stepmother of a 17-year-old rich young master? Help, she wants out! Wait, what? If she pretends to be married, she’ll get 500,000 yuan in pocket money every month and an additional card 68kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves

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    Super, super good-looking [adoration][adoration][adoration]

24. 24 农 The Darling of the Farmstead: Raising the Young Lord Chief Secretary 农门团宠：娇养首辅小夫君 The Southern Trees乔木在南Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She transmigrates into a book! She’s become a brainless, vicious female cannon fodder in an imperial-examination novel. The original owner was spoiled and doted on from childhood, and even had a frail child husband. She bullied and humiliated him, and even planned to sell him off... But who could have guessed that this frail little husband was actually a brilliant, devious, and villainous mastermind? He endured humiliation, came first in all three imperial examinations, rose to the highest ranks 14.5kReads8.9Score2kShelves
25. 25 碾 Crush the Prayer Beads 碾碎佛珠 Twelve Fires十二火Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted [A Buddhist prince who breaks his vows to win his wife back ✖ a beautiful, frail woman with a cold heart] [CEO + wealthy family + abstinent Buddhist prince + frail beauty + both leads have no past relationships] Zhou Wanli and Huo Yucheng have been married for three years, yet they’re more like strangers than a married couple. She loves him passionately, but he remains as cold as a block of ice, constantly turning the black prayer beads in his hand as if he really were a monk. She thought she co 5.7kReads7.6Score330Shelves
26. 26 匹 A Common Man Takes the Stage 匹夫驾到 Qian Xiao千笑Urban2.4M WordsCompleted (Signed for print publication) (One heroine, no System, not a power fantasy, Chinese-style supernatural abilities) Among the infinite parallel worlds, there is a special world called Nanke, and a special group of people known as Calamity Exorcists. They soar through the skies and burrow underground, know the past and present, and travel between parallel worlds in different eras to carry out missions. A young man who calls himself a commoner is chosen by fate to enter Nanke’s mysterious academy, 103.1kReads9.4Score11.3kShelves

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    Single heroine, a bit of a knife, but the writing is superb [laugh][laugh][laugh] The content is so funny that I would hide under the quilt in the middle of the night. If you want to read it, you can read it.

27. 27 第 The Wish of the Eighth Day 第八天的愿望 Begonias in March三月海棠Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast | Supernatural Powers | Instances | Game | Infinite Flow | One Female Lead] (No intricate battles of wits! Not a ruthless, action-packed power fantasy! Readers with “sensitive skin” should proceed with caution!) The ones most in need of salvation have never been those suffering in the real world, but the kind thoughts we nearly drowned in despair... At first, A shooting star fell into their eyes, and despairing souls were dragged onto a strange island. “They” said that any wis 21.9kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    It's relatively niche, but it's very beautiful.

28. 28 穿 The Day I Transmigrated, I Casually Saved a Sickly Prince Ancestor 穿越当天随手救了个病娇王爷祖宗 Dusk Snow, Morning After Morning, Cutting Off Silken Hair暮雪朝朝断青丝Ancient Romance207k WordsCompleted She was a poison doctor from the future, a special forces officer, and blessed with a magical space. After dying on a mission, she transmigrated to an alternate dynasty and became the legitimate daughter of the current chancellor. He was sweet or salty, depending on his mood, and shamelessly clingy with the heroine. The late emperor’s second son had a severe stomach condition and loved acting spoiled. Before his death, the emperor named him regent. Rumor had it that he was uninterested in women, 263Reads8.3Score—Shelves
29. 29 活 To Live: I Became Xu Fugui, the Landlord’s Son 活着：我成了地主家儿子徐福贵 Kid from Beneath Niushan牛山下的娃儿Male-Channel Fanfiction351k WordsOngoing [Living] + [Reborn] + [Immortal Spring] + [Pocket Dimension] + [1946] The moment he opened his eyes! Xu Fugui had returned to 1946. His parents were still alive, and Jiazhen was still by his side. His beloved daughter Fengxia was only a little girl of four, and Youqing was still in his mother's womb. His loved ones were all still there, and his eyes instantly brimmed with tears as he trembled with excitement. Given another chance at life, he asked for neither wealth nor glory. All he wanted was 5.8kReads7.0Score228Shelves

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    Living is so miserable. It's the first time I read the spin-off of the book Living. It's really good.

30. 30 你 Why Mess With Him? He’s a Hound of the Evil God! 你惹他干嘛？他是邪神走狗啊！ A Tom一只汤姆丶Sports3.6M WordsCompleted [Fake Villain + Lighthearted + Invincible + Online Game = Maximum Thrills!] After playing a game all night, he suddenly died and transmigrated into the game as a notorious villain. He confesses to the noble duke’s daughter right from the start, only for the duke to decide he wants him dead? He had thought he’d only made one enemy, but when Victor came to his senses, he realized something. Everyone around him wanted him dead. The aloof Valkyrie boss was dead set on taking his head, while the all- 65.3kReads9.3Score6.1kShelves

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    In the gloomy Death Palace, a new guest was welcomed. On the throne of bones, the mage wore a hood, his face hidden in the shadows. He asked: Guest, do you want to buy my army of skeleton warriors? Or my Legion of Dark Knights. Or my army of death lichs?

31. 31 法 A Mage's Journey Leads to the Stars and the Sea 法师的征途是星辰大海 Imperial Armored Cavalry帝国具装骑兵Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Fantasy + D&D + mage + no saintly heroine + ruthless and decisive + thrilling combat] Standard version: From the moment he awakened his supernatural powers, Huo Ling knew his path lay ahead of him. Would he choose to be a hero, or a villain? He could fight gnolls in a fortress or plunge into the Nine Hells and consort with devils. He could cut off the head of an Abyssal Lord in the Bottomless Abyss, or conquer Heaven and make the gods bow. Looking back, he realized he had already reached the su 70.6kReads9.1Score6.6kShelves
32. 32 摊 I’ll Come Clean: The Background I Wrote for Myself Is a Little Too Powerful 摊牌了，我编辑的背景硬了亿点 Big Thief 2大贼2Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Wish-Fulfillment + Empresses and Demonic Beauties + Factions + Raising Pigs to Harvest] Chu Yun transmigrates into a fantasy world and starts out on trial, falsely accused by the sect's leaders, abandoned by his beloved, and framed by his rival in love. What a disastrous start. At the crucial moment, he activates the Background Editing System and rewrites his background: he is the long-lost Ninth Prince of the Great Xia Dynasty. The instant his soul lamp lights up again, countless powerful memb 25kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves

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    It doesn't look good, I ate my phone

33. 33 鸣 Naruto Doesn’t Want to Be Hokage, He Just Wants to Become an Immortal 鸣人不想当火影，只想成仙 Careless Scribbler轻描乱写Anime Fanfiction458k WordsOngoing Before the Ninja Academy entrance exams. Naruto transmigrated to the world of cultivation. After a hundred years, he became a mighty tribulation-surviving immortal, only to return to the shinobi world during his inner demon tribulation. Scene 1: Convenience store owner: You monster! Get out of my store! Naruto: Mere mortal, how dare you offend an Immortal Venerable? Believe it or not, I’ll take your life! Scene 2: Sasuke: I want to fight you! Naruto: A firefly dares challenge the radiance of the 22.2kReads7.0Score1.7kShelves
34. 34 说 I Said I Have No Cultivation, So Why Do They Keep Calling Me Invincible? 说了没修为，可他们老说我无敌 Silver Vow银色誓言Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Fantasy + Misunderstandings + Light System + Subverting Tropes + Funny and Easygoing] My name is Lin Fan, and I’m in a real fix. I have no cultivation, no schemes, and no connections, yet I’ve suddenly been mistaken for the ancestor of a sacred land and saddled with the fate of all humanity. This plot doesn’t seem right! “Just as expected of the Ancestor. None of us can see through your cultivation!” That’s because I don’t have any cultivation at all! “The Ancestor’s brilliant plans have dealt 67.1kReads9.3Score9.7kShelves
35. 35 火 Naruto: From the Start, I’m Chopping Wood and Shocking Kurama! 火影：开局撸树，震惊九喇嘛！ Lin Ye Sings of Autumn林叶吟秋Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted [A fun-focused story + one female lead + lighthearted and easygoing + plot-driven + saving the world through happiness + MC System] Zhou Ming dies suddenly from overwork, then is reincarnated in Konoha as the Hokage's son, Naruto. He also discovers that he has an MC item inventory. From that moment on, the style of the ninja world starts going completely off the rails... Uchiha Xiao Yan, carrying a Black Heavy Ruler on his back, always throws a handful of lime powder into the fight, becoming the 5.2kReads9.2Score241Shelves
36. 36 我 I'm Here to Turn Up the Heat in the Cultivation World 我来给修仙界上点强度 The Angler Who Catches Big Fish钓鱼佬钓大鱼Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Comedy][Sneaky Schemer][Lighthearted][Absurd][Gets Better the Further You Read] [This book focuses on comedy and fun. The pace is somewhat slow, so please do not read it if that bothers you.] Year 17,863 of the Cultivation Calendar When Emperor Qin Yu became an immortal and ascended, powerful figures from every realm came to see him off. Firecrackers exploded, and everyone had tears in their eyes as they murmured their farewells. Sect Elder: “He's leaving. This scourge is finally leaving. We ca 159.5kReads9.1Score13.2kShelves
37. 37 赶 Tidepooling: Raising a Child by the Sea 赶海：我靠赶海养娃 I Just Want to Be a Fat NEET我只想当一名肥宅Urban3.5M WordsOngoing A corporate drone is reborn in the good old days of 2008. While everyone else who gets a second chance is trading stocks or flipping houses, Gu Han can only bury himself in the grand pursuit of harvesting seafood from the shore. With a bucket, a shovel, and a rain cape, he ushers in a brand-new era of beachcombing. “Dad, are we going to catch big crabs today? We’re going to make lots and lots of money, right?” 8.4kReads8.6Score450Shelves

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    Catch Haiwen, Douyin speed bump

38. 38 被 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 13.1kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
39. 39 逆 Riding the Tide of the Times: Making a Living by the Sea Since 1983 逆流年代：从83开始赶海养家 Dong Changxin东长欣Urban2.9M WordsOngoing [Period drama, everyday life, gathering seafood, hunting, farming to support the family, working the land and sea, no showing off and face-slapping, family matters, small-scale ambitions. If that's not your thing, don't read.] Chen Yefeng is reborn in a small fishing village in 1983, giving himself a chance to make up for the regrets of his past life. He embraces his family and starts a leisurely life through gathering seafood and farming. There are no schemes, only ordinary happiness and hard w 19.3kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves
40. 40 三 Three Terrible Fortune Sticks? This Daoist Will Defy Heaven and Change Your Fate! 三次下下签？贫道替你逆天改命！ Water Is Blue水是蓝色的Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + Meme references + Satisfying power fantasy] Fang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Taoist priest, invited to take part in a livestreamed variety show. Visitor: “Reverend, I can’t get over her. What should I do?” Fang Yang: “She’s bad luck for you!” Visitor: “Reverend, I found a huge tomb. Want to come with me?” Fang Yang: “No. I can’t handle those mechanisms.” Visitor: “What mechanisms?” Fang Yang: “The public security authorities!” Visitor: “Reverend, a 55.9kReads8.9Score4.5kShelves

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41. 41 玄 Xuanhuan: Blind, I Wander the Martial World 玄幻：成为瞎子，我游历江湖 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 190.6kReads9.6Score21.2kShelves
42. 42 都 We're Cultivating Immortality Now. Who Fights One-on-One? 都修仙了谁跟你单打独斗？ The Embarrassed Jade Emperor没面子的天王老子Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [A villain story with no harem, no tired tropes, no overpowered hero, no System, no brainless plot, and no wish fulfillment. If that's not your thing, read no further.] Warning: intense plot ahead. This is a story-driven novel, not wish fulfillment, not wish fulfillment, not wish fulfillment, and not about an invincible hero slaughtering everyone in sight. If that's not your thing, please move along!!! This is no conventional villain story. It is a clash of political intrigue and human nature. L 1.6kReads7.9Score107Shelves
43. 43 从 From Qin Soldier to Ruler of the Realm 从秦卒开始称霸天下 Horizontal Bar Nitpicker单杠杠精Historical352k WordsCompleted After his family falls on hard times, he resolutely chooses to take up his sword and join the Qin camp. From then on, the Qin army has a fearless warrior who charges at the very front of every battle! My name is Ming Kedi! I am a match for ten thousand on the battlefield! 126Reads7.8Score—Shelves
44. 44 你 I Let You Have Your Peak Years. Now That You're Old, I'll Ride Right Over You 你巅峰时我退让，你衰老时我骑脸 Sour Candy酸宝Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 110.7kReads9.3Score10.1kShelves
45. 45 一 One Talent Per Lifetime: I Become the Heavenly Emperor of Blue Star 一次人生一天赋，蓝星称天帝 Salty Fish Gazing at the Moon咸鱼望月Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + Talent Traits + High-Martial Fantasy + Heart and Body (Multiple Heroines)] When films and television from all the heavens arrive, Blue Star gains martial arts, and everyone can become a transmigrator and an actor. The exciting lives people lead after transmigrating are edited into films and television by the heavens, earning them rewards. Yang Tiangang, a transmigrator from Earth, failed to make it onto the Heavens' Films and Television in his first three transmigratio 23.4kReads7.8Score1.6kShelves
46. 46 弹 The On-Screen Comments Come from the Future: Everyone Watches Me Change History 弹幕来自未来，全民看我改变历史 Steamed Bun with Red Bean Paste馒头豆沙包Urban1.0M WordsCompleted If you could transmigrate through time and change history, what would you do? "I'd tell the Yongzheng Emperor to stop picking consorts! The West was industrializing at the same time. If he'd worked harder, gotten his act together, and focused more on science, we'd be the ones working four days on, three days off by now!" "If I could transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty, I'd make sure Zhu Qizhen never took the throne. Then maybe the Ming wouldn't have fallen! Long live the Ming for a thousand gener 6.9kReads9.2Score711Shelves
47. 47 大 My Freshman Internship: You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban3.9M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 645.9kReads9.5Score52kShelves

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    Apart from the mainstream ones (such as God-Slaying), these two books have quite novel themes and can be read.

48. 48 我 My Days Catching Dragons in the Arctic 我在北极抓龙的日子 Hua Yuliang花雨凉Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In the modern world, you're telling me those rare and exotic beasts actually exist? My name is Xu Yuan. After nine years of compulsory education and three years of high school that no human should have to endure, I stood out and got into a... pretty terrible university. I thought I was about to begin four years of lying flat at college. In my first month on campus, two soldiers took me all the way to the freezing Arctic. And that's how my... well, bizarre and downright absurd dragon-catching lif 101.9kReads9.0Score13.7kShelves
49. 49 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 38.1kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves

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    Love it, love it [blowing kiss]

50. 50 铜 The Bronze Sparrow Locks the Golden Hairpin 铜雀锁金钗 Brewing Tea with Life's Flavors世味煮茶Two Male Leads320k WordsCompleted To love someone painfully is to wish you could lock them away with a golden lock. The first time Duan Yelin saw Xu Hang, he wanted to keep him locked up in a gilded cage, and that was exactly what he did. He took Xu Hang by force, the robber; Xu Hang was the helpless victim, enduring it in silence. Xu Hang was unwilling, but he wanted to live. There was still so much he hadn’t done, so in the end, he went into the Little Copper Pass. Years of entanglement. After fou 42.3kReads9.7Score12kShelves

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