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. 51 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 112.9kReads9.7Score17.9kShelves
2. 52 急 Help! A Golden Tabby Kitten Has Latched on to Me. What Do I Do? 急问！金渐层幼崽赖上我咋办？ Hearthside Sugar Porridge炉火糖粥丶Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Tomato's No. 1 mountain-life novel + livestreaming mountain adventures + super adorable animal companions + fast-paced wish fulfillment + cozy, relaxing vibes] Green hills and clear waters, spring in full bloom. A little courtyard and a few acres of good farmland. Tired of the noise and bustle of the city, Chen Bei returns to his mountain village to enjoy a carefree country life. But to his surprise... On his very first day in the mountains, a pregnant panda mom latches onto him and gives 12.5kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
3. 53 别 Stop Scrolling, Bro! This Streamer Isn’t Here to Perform 别刷了哥！这主播根本不是卖艺的 Blue Chalk蓝色粉笔Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a livestream money-grabbing System! As long as he earns gifts and tips and meets his cash-grabbing targets, he can receive random rewards from the System! And so, the internet's most shamelessly money-hungry streamer is born! "Boss! Singing, dancing, doing stunts, rapping, standing on my head, whatever other streamers can do, I can do too. And whatever they can't do, I can do even better!" "Boss, just tell me what you want me to do! As lon 158.7kReads9.4Score15.5kShelves
4. 54 毕 No More Wage Slavery After Graduation: I'm Becoming a Bounty Hunter 毕业后不做牛马，去当赏金猎人 What Kind of Trash Did I Write?写的什么垃圾Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Comedy + Alternate setting + A touch of mystery + Adventure + Urban + No female lead] Investigating a murder from more than a decade ago, he pits his wits against a deranged serial killer. He transmigrates into a primeval jungle no one dares enter, searching for the bodies of people lost in a sinkhole. He enters a mysterious village deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains to find a little girl... What drove a recent college graduate to embark on this one-way journey? It all began with a haunted 117.2kReads9.3Score14.2kShelves
5. 55 别 While Others Teach, I Herd Cattle; Three Thousand Successful Candidates Become My Disciples 别人教书我放牛，三千进士拜我师 I'm a Bubble我是泡泡Historical2.5M WordsOngoing A paradise for exam failures, and a graveyard for renowned scholars. A group of spoiled officials’ sons has become the century-old academy’s newest headache. The old scholar was so furious he suffered a stroke. Chen Fan, a licentiate serving as an assistant instructor, activated the god-tier imperial exam teaching System and was appointed head of the academy in its hour of need. The mischievous magistrate’s son mastered the Five Classics in four months. The unruly prefect’s son became the top sc 2.4kReads8.9Score221Shelves
6. 56 书 The Academy Holds the Martial World in Check, and Every Student Is a Big Shot! 书院镇压江湖，弟子皆是大佬！ Tianxing Nineteen天行十九Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [No heroine + taking disciples + attributes + System] Chen Weiyang transmigrates to a fantasy world. After opening a private academy, he activates the “Title-Based Disciple Recruitment System”! As long as he grants a “title” to a disciple, that disciple can grow into a super expert of the corresponding kind? Martial Sages? Sword Immortals? Zither Immortals? Go Saints? They’re all my disciples! Once his disciples reach a certain level, Chen Weiyang can obtain a special ability called an “attribut 1.4kReads7.7Score107Shelves
7. 57 欺 You Dare Bully My Disciple? Do You Really Think I Only Know How to Teach? 欺我弟子，你真以为我只会教书？ Yu Laojiu余老九Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted (The new novel The True Immortal of the Dao is now serializing. If you’re interested, check out Lao Jiu’s profile.) There is a small school in Longquan Town. And there is a Mr. Xu at the school. In this sealed-off land of Jiuzhou, he steadily pioneers the Way of Letters, passes down the teachings of the Dao, and enlightens otherworldly beings, transforming them into spirit folk. At last, Jiuzhou enters a golden age. Then one day, Jiuzhou shatters, and the Divine Land sinks. Mr. Xu stands alone w 33kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves
8. 58 偷 After Secretly Taking In a Pitiful Little One, Mr. Gu Fell for Them 偷养小可怜后，顾总他沦陷了 Qu Mo蘧墨Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted [The day you left, I burned the whole world looking for you. How dare you come back now?] The year Cheng Weiyi was adopted by the Gu family, fifteen-year-old Gu Chengye smashed every picture frame. “Get out of my house!” She curled up in a corner of the garden, chewing on a cold steamed bun, while he put a million-yuan diamond ring on the campus belle at a banquet. When she finally disappeared, Gu Chengye went mad. He smashed a piano to find the sheet music she had hidden and searched the whole —Reads—Score—Shelves

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9. 59 折 Spring Breeze, Broken to Pieces 折尽春风 Shi Jin是今Ancient Romance280k WordsCompleted She is the eldest daughter of the provincial governor’s household. She sees through worldly affection, and only money can make her feel secure! He is the great general of the chancellor’s household. He has witnessed every kind of hardship, yet the one thing he can never forget is the smile on her face when she sees money. At their first meeting, he seemed to step out of a painting in shades of lush green, the mountain wind billowing his robe and dazzling everyone who saw him. At their second mee 10.5kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves

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10. 60 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 126.7kReads9.5Score10kShelves
11. 61 败 The Defeated General 败将 Chi Fei迟非Two Male Leads602k WordsCompleted A chef has come to Liangxi County, his skills so astonishing that he draws food lovers from far and wide. A scholar has come to Liangxi County, writing letters and painting pictures while cursing people to die soon and be reborn. They have only one thing in common: they are both handsome, with perfect figures, and together they have become the county’s most striking sight. The young ladies of every household are practically tearing their handkerchiefs apart, only to learn that the two men are a 3.1kReads9.5Score564Shelves
12. 62 千 Record of a Thousand Lanterns 千灯录 A Chilly Breeze on Either Side侧侧轻寒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mystery solving + palace intrigue and household scheming + face-slapping and revenge + powerful families + court and kingdom] Fifteen prospective husbands are locked in a fight to the death in my family’s back courtyard, while all I want is to become a nun. Schemes and deceit, suspicion at every turn, bloodshed and tragedy piling up, a deadly battle in the back courtyard with no survivors allowed. [The high-born judge of the Court of Judicial Review, who loves wiping out entire households] x [T 22.7kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
13. 63 青 My Childhood Sweetheart Is Hard to Win Over 青梅难哄 Let Me Sleep a Little Longer再让我睡一会Ancient Romance355k WordsCompleted The Third Prince and Pei, the young lady of the Zhen’an Marquis’s household, had been childhood friends since they were little, always open and honest with each other. That is, until one day... The Third Prince, who used to take injuries and hardships in stride, insisted on being carried into the Zhen’an Marquis’s household, where he called out to Second Miss Pei, looking half-dead: “Wanw an, I feel awful...” Bodyguard: Who are you? Where’s our cold, distant, icy Third Prince? The Empress wanted 16.1kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
14. 64 汴 Spring Deepens in Bianjing 汴京春深 Wheat小麦Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Lady Wang Fu of Rongguo devoted herself entirely to her family, fell ill, and died. She was reborn in the body of Meng Jiuniang, a foolish seven-year-old concubine-born daughter. Her husband from her past life became her uncle in this life, and her son became her cousin. Meng Wan's wish in this life was simple: to live in peace and watch her son, now her cousin Su Fang, grow up safely. Yet as she and her companions grew up together, Meng Wan unexpectedly uncovered the secret behind her death in 18.2kReads9.5Score2.5kShelves

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