Highly Rated Angst Novels That'll Leave You Hiding Under the Covers, Crying at Midnight with Your Heart in Pain 高分虐文，半夜看完躲在床上偷偷的哭，虐的心脏疼
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The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼
[One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we
27.9kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
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Share a Bed in Life! Share a Grave in Death! She Can't Escape After Being Forced to Become His Wife 生同衾！死同穴！强夺为妻逃不掉
[Possessive love + classic melodrama + love that never comes with time] [A frail, beautiful woman who gives in after marriage VS a deeply devoted man with an overwhelming need for control] Everyone envies Lou Wantang. She’s only the daughter of a county magistrate, yet she gets to marry Prince Chen, a man of great power, and receive his undivided favor. But only she knows she was forced into it. In other people’s eyes, Pei Sijin is a man of noble status, handsome and strong, and a devoted, fa
29.6kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
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Unawakened 不悟
The disgraced minister Gu Hongjian died in battle at Huzhou. After death, a wisp of her ghost returned to the side of her king, Lin Sizhe. Everyone called her a treacherous minister who deserved to be reviled. Only she knew that she had spent nearly her entire life living for Lin Sizhe. But even she never expected that she wouldn't let Lin Sizhe go, even as a ghost. She was supposed to watch him enjoy the spoils of victory she had won for him, then carry on sweet-talking another woman. Gu Hongji
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Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏
A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t
85kReads9.6Score15kShelves
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Quick Transmigration: The Universally Disliked Fight to Become the No. 1 Fan Favorite 快穿：万人嫌争做人气角色No1
After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi
43kReads9.5Score5.2kShelves
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Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春
[Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles
237.2kReads9.5Score35kShelves
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Wand in One Hand, Gun in the Other: I’ll Take My Time Becoming King of Hogwarts 左手魔杖右手枪，霍格沃兹缓称王
[Slytherin + Elegance Never Goes Out of Style + Utterly Self-Serving] After transmigrating as the only son of a mafia family, Ervin used the novels and TV dramas he had read and watched in his previous life to save the faltering Cavendish family from collapse, painstakingly building it up from its crisis. He was looking forward to a happy life afterward, when the appearance of a white-bearded old man changed everything. It turned out this was the magical world of Harry Potter. At the same time,
24.5kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
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HP: Grindelwald's Young Master Getting Chased Is Only Natural HP格林德沃贵公子被倒追也正常
[Harry Potter fanfiction + one heroine but the protagonist has multiple flirtations + mostly follows the original setting + immersive everyday life] [The order of events has been adjusted slightly, but not much] [Events in each book stay mostly within the original canon] [Filling in the regrets, enjoy without worry] The story of Gerd Grindelwald becoming a top-tier star in the Harry Potter world and restoring the prestige of the Grindelwald family. As the sole heir to the Grindelwald family, Ger
867Reads—Score110Shelves
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Harry Potter: I'm Draco's Mommy 哈利波特：我是德拉科的妈咪
[Extensive headcanons]+ [OOC warning]+ [Happy ending] [One-on-one]+ [Sweet romance]+ [Mary Sue]+ [Everyone's favorite] Main pairing: Lucius x Narcissa Side pairings: Abraxas x Voldemort, GGAD Male characters: Sirius, James, Snape Every couple will get bonus stories after the main story ends. Plenty of goodies in store. A die-hard Harry Potter fan transmigrates to the Marauders' era and becomes Narcissa Black, a self-obsessed flower, wife of the ridiculous villain Lucius Malfoy and mother of Drac
2.9kReads9.0Score268Shelves
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What? Potter Is a Girl! 啥？波特是个女孩！
A girl who survived a terrible tragedy, Harry Potter, has arrived at Hogwarts. Old Bat: "You're exactly like your mother." Pink Toad: "Professor Snape, calm down. Can't you at least refrain from using Avada Kedavra on a colleague...?" "Fine, then. Sectumsempra." The nose-less egghead: "What's he been smoking? He's going all out." Old Bat: "Points to Miss Potter! A whole lot of points!"
9.2kReads7.4Score1kShelves
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Jealousy, Jealousy 争妒争妒
He kept making the wrong choice; she gave her heart to the wrong man!!! Everyone in the capital knew the decade-long joke! Su Shu, the legitimate daughter of the Xiang family, pursued Mu Chengxuan, the Great General Who Protects the Nation, for ten years! Then one day, he actually married her!!! Their wedding stunned the entire capital! A decade of love should have been the envy of all, yet less than a year later, the Chancellor’s residence was raided and Su Shu died of an illness. This shocked
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Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈
[Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic
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The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事
Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing
70.9kReads9.7Score12.8kShelves
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Pull the Moon Down 扯月亮坠落
- Fortunately, this was already the following spring. Somewhere in the world, they would bloom and flourish, nourishing their souls with freedom. - (Brash crybaby × repressed, broken artist) (Reunion after a long separation, healing, both are pure, happy ending)
5.2kReads9.3Score484Shelves
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You Broke Your Promise 你失信了
The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily
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The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟
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
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He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南
When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went
24.2kReads9.7Score4.7kShelves
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Meeting Summer 见夏天
Xia Linxi x Tang Yu Xia Linxi is a sophomore with excellent grades and impeccable conduct. Tang Yu is a carefree bar singer. They’re worlds apart, with nothing in common. No one could have imagined that one day the two of them would end up together. In a dark alley, Xia Linxi saw Tang Yu locked in an intimate embrace with a strange woman, but she simply left in silence. She believed the man before her was nothing like the womanizing facade he showed the world. She saw right through him at a glan
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I Only Took a Peek at Him 我只偷看他一眼
During the speech by the freshman class representative, Chen Nan fell for Lu Xu at first sight, and for the rest of her life. The pink sunset beyond the window filled the entire sky, like a beautiful landscape painting. The clouds looked drunk, their cheeks flushed with color. Chen Nan held her breath and stole a sidelong glance at Lu Xu. His profile was youthful and striking, and he held his book with perfect posture. A ray of light fell on the yellowed pages, and touched him as well. The dayli
15kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves
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He Kept Summer Hidden 他藏了夏天
That night, the young man slowly bent down, bracing his hands on his thighs so he could look her in the eye. It was as if he were declaring that they stood as equals in matters of the heart. Keeping his voice low, he asked, “Senior, I like you. Do you like me?” Ji An raised her hand to stroke Xu Linxi’s cheek and softly ordered him, “Close your eyes.” Xu Linxi trembled, then obediently lowered his lashes. Ji An’s lips curved into a smile. She placed both hands on either side of his face, rose on
10.3kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
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Late in the Day 行止晚
[Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise.
26.1kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
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If You Hadn't Left 如果你没离开
[Angsty romance, love at first sight, campus, regrets, bad ending] He was a wealthy young master who had been sent away to live with another family. She was a humble girl who had left the mountains behind. They met on the first day of school and later became classmates. She never hid her secret crush, and he never kept his feelings to himself. But after one of her loved ones died, a choice drove them apart for good. Years later... She had changed completely. But when she met him again... She bec
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Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03）
Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called
19.4kReads9.6Score5.1kShelves
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This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧
A bittersweet youthful school romance about unrequited love from popular author Meng Zhiwan, and a companion novel to The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush and The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain. This one-sided love story is a silent play with just one actor: me. Also known as The Moment I Speak, My Voice Disappears. Lonely girl Chen Ji VS sunny boy Lin Jingye. I carefully cherished you, and you became the only spring I ever had in my life. “Chen Ji, may you always be safe and well, overcome
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The Bluebird Flies Over Thorn Island 青鸟飞过荆棘岛
Her life was destined to be bleak, but there was someone willing to offer her his arms and warmth. She bore countless scars in this lifetime, but there was someone willing to hack through every obstacle for her and be her support. Yet would there ever be someone who could peel away her mask and see the cruel truth in her heart? She is an orphan in this beautiful world, a trapped beast in a warm cage. If you met her, would you cherish her? Would you love her?
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Quick Transmigration: Saving the Corrupted Boss 快穿之拯救黑化boss
Corrupted School Heartthrob: “This transfer student is so interesting. I really want to marry her and take her home, hehe.” Alluring Villain: “I want kisses and cuddles. Pick me up and hold me high.” Aloof Master: “Once my teacher, forever my husband.” Lovesick Boy: “Xiaoyu, if you won’t marry me, who do you want to marry?” …Lin Xiaoyu died, but not completely. She was lucky enough to be chosen by a System. If she completes a certain number of missions, she can have a chance to be reborn. And so
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I Sent in a Resume and Accidentally Became the Wife of a Billionaire 投了个简历一不小心成了首富之妻
[Comedy + Marriage Before Love + Devoted Couple + Lighthearted] Original title: I Sent in a Resume and Accidentally Became the Richest Man in the City’s Wife Jiang Linlin never imagined that she would actually be chosen when she applied to become the wife of Luo Yiyang, the richest man in the city! Overnight, she went from being an ordinary woman in IT to a Cinderella married into wealth. Everyone in the city knows Luo Yiyang is “gay” and doesn’t like women. So she can just settle in and enj
3.5kReads9.2Score454Shelves
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A Tangle of Longing 相思绕
“I only think of her as a younger sister.” On their wedding day, the groom left her with those words and never showed up. The entire city watched Hua Zhuo become a laughingstock. Fourteen years of growing up together, of keeping each other company every day, still hadn’t been enough to make him honor their engagement. She was mocked and gossiped about, brought lower than dirt. Then the young general of the Xie family, famed for his brilliance and elegance, arrived in a groom’s robe and offered t
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After Being Reborn, My Five Brothers Beg Me in Tears to Return Home 重生后，五个哥哥哭着求我回府
[Currently being published] [She chases him after the breakup + sweet romance + satisfying read] In her previous life, Jiang You'an was a cannon-fodder side character in a novel where the whole family doted on the heroine. Her entire family favored her younger sister, and she was beaten to death with clubs. After being reborn, she refuses to repeat her past mistakes, only to discover that her family regrets everything and begs for her forgiveness. Everyone wants to make amends? Hah, I’m not int
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Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志
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!
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