I've Been in a Reading Slump. I've Read Novels for Years, So Please Recommend Something 陷入书荒，看了很多年的小说了，求推荐

1. 1 潮 Tidal Mist 潮雾 Xiao Jin小今Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [Sweet and gentle assistant x aloof, sharp-tongued, scheming boss] [Pretend relationship turns real + sweet romance + both leads are virgins + happy ending] New to the workplace, Shen Wu is taken by her manager to meet the young boss who has just joined the company. He sits there, tall as a tower and solid as a mountain, his peach-blossom eyes cool and unreadable, his whole presence radiating indifference. Shen Wu cautiously greets him: “Mr. Xu.” The young boss gives her a cool nod without sayin 18.2kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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   All are finished, and there are no angst-filled parts. They're all really good, especially the third book where the female lead is vividly portrayed, and the relationship between the two characters flows gently like a stream, yet lasts a long time. The last book is also excellent; the male lead has been plotting for a long time.

2. 2 与 I Married My Secret Crush First, Then Fell in Love 与暗恋对象先婚后爱了 I'm a Little Fishhead Star是鱼头星星呀Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof beauty × rebellious young master] Jiang Shuyue is distant by nature and dislikes dealing with people. Even her parents are at a loss over her coolness, and often criticize her for it. She has always known the truth: her parents criticize her simply because they don't like her. The one they love is their adopted daughter, who grew up in the Jiang family. When she was twenty-five, she made a deal with her parents: she would agree to an arranged marriage, on the condition that they nev 27.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves
3. 3 青 Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉 Agate Squire玛瑙员外Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available) [Love after marriage, age gap, slow-burn everyday sweetness] *A gentle beauty from a family of scholars × a refined, fatherly man *A comic artist with a billion in assets × an influential Beijing aristocrat and chamber of commerce chairman Chu Shuang knew from childhood that she was promised to the Sheng family of the imperial capital, but she had never met her fiancé. Later, by a twist of fate, she moved into the Sheng residence and met her friend’s older br 136.6kReads9.5Score15.8kShelves
4. 4 京 Rising Toward a Thousand Suns 京升千阳 Hu Zi Ge虎子歌Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted [Married First, Love Later + Chasing His Wife + Scheming Hero + Sweet Romance] Xiang Lansheng was not yet ten when she was brought to Shengjing. Old Madam Zeng raised her as if she were her own granddaughter. Shi Yan was a carefree older brother. The marriage had originally been arranged by the older generation, but he insisted on treating little Lansheng like a biological younger sister. As the youngest member of the government offices in Shengjing, Shi Buyu was modest, scholarly, and rather 4.1kReads8.8Score378Shelves
5. 5 甜 Sweet, Sizzling Kisses! After We Get Our Marriage License, He Kisses Me Red Every Night 甜欲肆吻！领证后夜夜被亲红温 Qing Qing Ci轻卿辞Modern Romance473k WordsCompleted Jiang Jinnian, the current head of the Jiang family, is known for his self-discipline and propriety, and his cool temperament. Even though the Jiang and Shen families arranged a marriage long ago, no one ever connected him with Shen Nanzhi. For years, Shen Nanzhi thought the same. Jiang Jinnian spent most of his time abroad. He was cold by nature and rarely came home, so the two hardly ever had a chance to meet. Even when they did, Shen Nanzhi always kept her distance. She never imagined that, b 47kReads9.1Score5.2kShelves
6. 6 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves

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   To be honest, after reading a few mindless wish-fulfillment novels, reading this kind of story with its gradual, pragmatic development was really difficult at first. So, I advise those who like wish-fulfillment novels or can't stand the wait to give up. Now, let me share my thoughts on this book. It's simple and unadorned. While not every word is a masterpiece, it uses the most down-to-earth writing style to realistically portray the protagonist's journey from the depths of despair to gradual rise, vividly depicting the complexities of family, friendship, love, social environment, and human nature. It's neither exaggerated nor lacking in elegance.

7. 7 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves

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   If you're looking for something to read, check this out. However, this book sounds more interesting; it's good for when you're bored and won't be able to put it down.

8. 8 我 I Was Just Driving, So Why Are the Viewers Laughing Their Heads Off? 我就开个车，观众们笑抽了？ Golden Hippo金色河马Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Zhang Yang wakes up to discover he’s participating in a reality show called All-Round Superstar, and his first job is as a rideshare driver. Female passenger: “Driver, how far can your car go on one liter of gas?” Zhang Yang: “When I get mad, I don’t go anywhere.” Female passenger: “My first-kiss boyfriend is still looking for me. Do you think I’m just too charming?” Zhang Yang: “Your first kiss? He’s still looking for you? Did you swallow his dentures?” Female passenger: “Driver, whenever I bre 46.3kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves

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   It's great! Tons of jokes and gags, you won't be able to stop laughing. Highly recommended! The main character has multiple roles; there's nothing he can't do. You'll laugh until your stomach hurts! Highly recommended!

9. 9 神 The Fortuneteller Who Sees His Own Death Every Day 神棍，每天看到自己死亡 Ink, Wind, and Rain笔墨风雨Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Li Tianyi was a fortune-teller and physiognomist in his previous life. Somehow, he transmigrated to Blue Star, only to find it in chaos. Despite having all kinds of technology, this world still had the ancient position of city lord, and supernatural powers only made things even more disorderly. In Fengcheng, where Li Tianyi lived, the city lord was king. Fortunately, Li Tianyi had his own golden finger. His fortune-telling skills from his previous life had become a unique ability on Blue Star: I 94Reads8.1Score—Shelves
10. 10 某 The Ordinary Life of a Certain Upright Ninja 某清流忍者的平凡人生 Chichi.迟迟。Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Protagonist: Advantages from transmigrated memories and information + no cheat powers + third-rate origins + will stop at nothing + not perfect from the start + mediocre strategic ability + a bundle of flaws + needs to grow + focused on himself] The battle starts tomorrow, and the only skill he can show for himself is the Body Flicker Technique he practiced to make a quick escape? In Year 36 of Konoha, Fuzukari Touji was born into a third-rate family in Konoha. Forced to graduate, he had no cho 8.9kReads8.5Score611Shelves
11. 11 网 Online Wuxia Game: I Stole So Much That NPCs Questioned Their Lives 网游武侠，偷到NPC怀疑人生 Lonely Setting Sun落寞残阳Urban502k WordsCompleted Yun Mo, a Ming Dynasty Imperial Guard, inexplicably transmigrates to a parallel world in the future. This world has an online martial arts game where many people can obtain power or items, and Yun Mo, who already comes from a martial arts world, takes to it like a fish to water. 140Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 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... 186kReads9.5Score20.6kShelves
13. 13 你 If You’re Not Married, I’ll Marry You 你若未嫁，我便娶你 Ling Xiao Nai凌霄奈Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted If you're still unmarried, then I'll marry you 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 权 The Girlfriend Who Holds All the Power 权力滔天的女友 Ling Xiao Nai凌霄奈Eastern Fantasy308k WordsCompleted When the deep sea’s dusky blue swallowed the last ray of sunlight, human researcher Chen Mo opened his eyes amid the agony of genetic modification and discovered that his legs had become a shimmering silver fish tail. He had somehow fallen into the legendary Atlantis, where Lin Shenxue, the Sea Queen who ruled this underwater civilization, gazed at the land-dwelling intruder with violet eyes. In this city-state where ancient ruins and biotechnology blended together, crystal palaces coexisted wit —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 练 The Second Young Master of the Lian Family 练家二公子 Ling Xiao Nai凌霄奈Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing Lian Yunzheng, the second young master of the Lian family, died at the hands of Xuan Bingzi while protecting his father. But he unexpectedly fell into a dark abyss, where a mysterious old man granted him a chance to be reborn in another world, along with the Netherworld Art, a technique that could control life and death. Reborn, he carries a deep blood feud and vows to uncover the shocking secrets behind the Dragon Abyss Sword Art and the Xuan Bing Cult, and restore the Lian Family Fort. Upon ar —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 麻 The Ma-Yi Son-in-Law 麻衣赘婿 Ling Xiao Nai凌霄奈Mystery289k WordsOngoing Jiang Chen, heir to the Ma Yi School's divine physiognomy, follows his master's orders and marries into the wealthy Shen family, only to be treated by his wife's family as a “useless live-in son-in-law.” At the banquet for Old Master Shen's seventieth birthday, everyone humiliates him for his shabby gift. But before their eyes, he uses his ancestral medical arts to break a sinister soul-locking formation, exposing the mystery behind the murder of a young woman whose body was sunk in a pond twent 3Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 177.9kReads9.4Score16kShelves

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    Renjie, or Renjie, whether you are a god or a demon, you will all perish by my blade.

18. 18 救 Help! Whose Curly-Haired Hamster Got Kissed Senseless? 救命！谁家卷毛小仓鼠被亲懵了 Ascending to the Azure Clouds青云高至Two Male Leads642k WordsCompleted [Curly-haired hamster bottom x crazed, possessive top] [Two male leads, ABO + chasing the husband after a breakup + bittersweet romance + intense push and pull] Bai Tang was a fluffy little evil hamster. On the day he died, he faintly heard the human who had been with him his whole life muttering, “Finally kicked the bucket,” and, “He bites everyone he sees.” Those cold words pierced Bai Tang’s heart. He wanted nothing more than to get up and bite the human twice. Suddenly, the world spun around 4kReads9.3Score516Shelves
19. 19 欲EN Boundless Utterance 欲言难止 What About the McChicken麦香鸡呢Two Male Leads363k WordsCompleted Just as life was starting to get better, Xu Ze and Lu Heyang faced a new challenge. After graduating, Xu Ze became a doctor who saved lives, while Lu Heyang became a well-known figure in the Interstellar Federation. But misfortune struck Lu Heyang, and he lost his memory. During a crucial period in his treatment, circumstances forced the two apart, and Lu Heyang completely forgot Xu Ze and the friendship they had shared. Their friendship faced an enormous test. When fate brought them together ag 71.3kReads9.7Score16.1kShelves
20. 20 死 My Archrival Is So Arrogant? One Kiss and They Blush! 死对头很狂？这不一亲就脸红吗？ Boozy Little Bread Roll酒心小面包Two Male Leads711k WordsCompleted [Rebirth / sweet romance / sworn rivals / mutual flirting / push and pull] In his previous life, Shen Yu always treated his arranged-marriage partner, Xie Yanzhou, as his sworn enemy. But when everyone turned against him, only Xie Yanzhou cared for him tirelessly and cherished him like the most precious thing in the world. After Shen Yu died, Xie Yanzhou avenged him and perished in a sea of flames. * He returned to the day he and his sworn enemy confirmed their engagement. Shen Yu kicked the sch 65.3kReads9.4Score9.2kShelves
21. 21 不 Aren't You Supposed to Be a Psycho? Why Are You Kneeling and Begging for Kisses? 不是疯批吗？怎么跪下求亲亲 Fog at First Light初日见雾Two Male Leads222k WordsCompleted Sharp-tongued, obsessive top × clear-eyed, willingly falling bottom [One-on-one + mutually devoted + rekindled love + unhinged + bittersweet] Lu Jia Yan had been with Pei Zhi Wen for more than a decade. As a child, he kept him company and studied with him. As an adult, he became his kept lover. They were inseparable, yet neither ever mentioned being in love. Then a misunderstanding left Lu Jia Yan heartbroken, and he chose to leave Pei Zhi Wen, hiding in a small city where the other man couldn't 9.9kReads9.2Score1kShelves
22. 22 我 Me, a Cultivation Big Shot: How Much Stronger Can I Get? 我，修仙大佬强亿点怎么了 Cabbage白菜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted "Soul Ferryman + No Romance + Story Arc Adventures + Spiritual Qi Revival + Cultivation + Invincible" Yun Miao, a cultivation powerhouse who has lived for thousands of years, sets out to uncover her origins. She volunteers to become a ferryman, guiding vengeful ghosts to the afterlife. The ghosts are full of resentment, hatred, and longing. She works diligently, her heart as firm as stone, yet can never uncover the mystery of her origins. Until one day... The Taoist priests of the Xuanmen 27.4kReads9.2Score5.6kShelves
23. 23 改 I Married My Ex-Husband's Brother, and He Spoils Me Rotten 改嫁前夫兄弟，他对我百依百顺 The Moonlight Is Bright月色皎然Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted Jiang Xiangjing is a born winner who can't stand being tied down. The day his wife agrees to a divorce, he leaves without hesitation and tells his friends, “Who'd want to spend their life with a jealous shrew?” Later, drunk and red-eyed, he begs her to remarry him. But a man answers the phone instead. “My wife is asleep. What do you need, Mr. Jiang?” Those words nearly kill Jiang Xiangjing with pain on the spot. 71Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 好 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 30.9kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves
25. 25 室 My Roommate Tricked My Brother Into Getting a Vasectomy, Not Knowing He Has a Super-Male Constitution 室友骗我弟弟结扎，却不知他是超雄体质 Misty Rain Jiangnan烟雨江南10k WordsCompleted My roommate had spent three years chasing her dream guy, but then he confessed to me. She didn’t cry or make a scene. Instead, she turned around and went after my younger brother. Not only did she trick him into getting a vasectomy, she even taunted me. “You stole my man, so I’ll make sure your brother can’t be a man. He loves me so much that from now on, I’ll treat him like a dog and keep him in line.” It’s true, my brother is hopelessly lovesick. But he’s also an extreme male chauvinist! 11.6kReads—Score151Shelves
26. 26 快 Quick Transmigration: I Got the Mistress's Script and Went on a Rampage 快穿：拿到小三剧本的我杀疯了 Mountains, Rivers, and Clouds山川云Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration | 1V1 | Both leads are each other’s only love | Sweet romance | Seductive heroine | Green tea heroine | Satisfying and sweet | Long-planned scheme | Fast-paced | System] Xie Qingyu, a veteran quick transmigration agent enjoying a carefree vacation, is suddenly dragged back for an emergency mission. Her task is to break up the male and female leads in various small worlds. Play the other woman? (Absolutely not!! The heroine isn’t really a mistress; the reason will be explain 1.7kReads7.9Score318Shelves
27. 27 长 Eldest Son: My Siblings Simulated My Life, and I Broke Down in Tears 长子：兄妹模拟我人生，泪崩 Flight Captain飞行团长Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Anti-drug trafficking] [Narcotics officer] [High IQ] [Mastermind] [Undercover] The Wei family has five children. The second is a wealthy businessman, the third has an impressive background, the fourth is a research professor, and the fifth is a pop star. Only the eldest has amounted to nothing. He’s notorious and despised by his siblings. Because he sold off his younger siblings and drove his family away! He’s done every kind of evil, and his siblings loathe and spurn him! Then, on the day the 75.4kReads9.5Score11.9kShelves

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    I came across this book on Douyin (TikTok). It would be a shame to miss it; it gives me such a sense of helplessness. It's a revenge story about an ordinary person.

28. 28 求 Survive? Why Would a Warden Like You Need to Survive? 求生？你一个监管者求什么生？ I've Changed My Name Three Times Already我已经换三个名了Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [If you won't clear the level, what are you even trying to survive for?] [I'm a supervisor. Using my privileges to exploit a bug at the perfect moment is totally fair, right?] [Go tell my coworkers that!] Everyone transmigrates, and Lin Qian becomes one of the survivors in the Infinite Tower. Behind every door is a new, unknown world. While everyone else is still hesitating to step outside, Lin Qian has already become a supervisor after winning a bet. [Level 1 Supervisor Salary: Gain one free at 164.3kReads8.8Score17kShelves

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    The characters are well-developed, the reader interaction is engaging, and it's not a formulaic story; it's quite original.

29. 29 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: Taming Tigers, Hunting, and Becoming King of the Mountains 穿越80年代：驯虎打猎做山霸王 Tai Lingdiao太凌雕Urban5.2M WordsCompleted [Power fantasy! Unscientific hunting! The male lead is domineering and acts without hesitation! All about the satisfying haul!] Being an assassin is exhausting. I don't even have time to find a girlfriend! Just as Cui Niu thinks this, he gets shot and sent to a small mountain village in the 1980s. He's transmigrated! He tames the only tiger in the vast mountain range and gets it to help him take down countless ferocious beasts! His gentle, kind fiancée washes his clothes, cooks, and handles the 19.4kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves

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    This is a rare article describing the Ten Thousand Mountains. I've read more about the Changbai Mountains in Northeast China in the past. You can compare them and see what the differences are.

30. 30 舔 Three and a Half Years as a Simp, Then the System Told Me I Had the Wrong Target 舔狗三年半，系统说我攻略错对象 Beauty Zhang Sanfeng美女张三疯Ancient Romance386k WordsCompleted [The physical edition of Abandon the Dark and Join Him, Volume One, is now available for purchase online] [The Second Male Lead's Redemption Arc] 1. Qiao Yin spent three years and eleven months fawning over Lu Jinzhi. Everyone in the capital knew she would marry no one but him, yet the System told her: She had pursued the wrong target. Qiao Yin: ... 2 Qiao Yin suddenly vanished from Lu Jinzhi's side. On the first day of her disappearance, Lu Jinzhi sneered: Just a little game of playing hard to 49.1kReads9.4Score6kShelves

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    I recommend them all; they're all sweet romances. Especially in the third season, the female lead is so self-righteous when she's wrong. Even when it's clearly her fault, she insists it's the male lead's fault, but this self-righteousness somehow feels reasonable, haha. She's really a master at coaxing the male lead.

31. 31 快 Quick Transmigration: The Yandere Big Shot Has Fallen to the Dark Side Again 快穿攻略之病娇大佬又黑化了 Seventh Lane on Moon Street月街七巷Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted couple with mutual fidelity + lovesick obsession] Shi Yao dies suddenly after staying up all night reading a novel. Luckily, she encounters System Xiao Liu. If she completes the missions in each world, she can come back to life on the spot. But the missions gradually take a strange turn: in every world, a lovesick obsessive starts clinging to her! A possessive tyrant does her laundry and cooks for her, then offers to warm her bed? A wild and mysterious young man from Mia 59.2kReads9.5Score7.3kShelves
32. 32 不 If the Male Lead Is Out of Reach, the Villain Is a Better Deal 不是男主要不起，反派更有性价比 Taishi Ying太史婴Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of Quick Transmigration: Spoiled and Cherished is now available on Fanqie, the comic is out, and a print edition is in the works. Please show your support. [Sweet romance + yandere, one-on-one] To stay alive, Sheng Nuan must transmigrate into different worlds, play doomed cannon fodder, and save the darkest villains. They're cold-blooded, obsessive, and ruthless, capable of leaving a million corpses in their wake with a laugh and destroying the world with a wave of the 67.4kReads9.5Score6.2kShelves
33. 33 重 Reborn: I Became My Ex-Husband's Younger Aunt 重生：我成了前夫的小舅妈 Hua Hua Fei Miao花花非苗Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted (The short drama Return of the Crane has premiered.) [Love after marriage + seven-year age gap + one-on-one, devoted to each other + satisfying read + sweet romance + rebirth] Shen Qianhe married the man she had been with for ten years. On their wedding night, she caught her husband cheating with her stepsister. Her eyes blazing red, she lashed out. Her husband roared at her, “Shen Qianhe, have you gone fucking crazy?” Her stepmother scolded her, “If you weren't capable of keeping Xiang'an's hea 3.7kReads8.9Score291Shelves

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    They're all absolutely gorgeous!!!

34. 34 春 The First Bloom of Spring 春色初婚 Chen Ruozhou陈若舟Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted (Complete) Love after marriage / whirlwind marriage / seven-year age gap / both leads are each other's first and only / sweet married life - On the day her ex got married, Qiao Shui got drunk, grabbed a man by the collar, and kissed him. The most impulsive thing she ever did was get carried away the day after her ex's wedding and elope with the bride's ex-boyfriend. - Everyone in their circle thought Fu Tingzhou and Qiao Shui's marriage wouldn't last. The man was famous for being aloof and ascet 10.6kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
35. 35 于 Under His Control 于他掌控 Six-Pointed Star六角星星Modern Romance376k WordsCompleted [A playboy who pretends not to care but comes crawling back | intense push and pull | a regretful chase | both leads are each other’s first | happy ending] [Refined, roguish older brother x cultured bad-boy younger brother vs. pipa beauty] [After she gives up on him | The restrained one goes wild: wild, sexy, crazy, and thrilling] By day, she was Fu Sichen’s secretary. By night, she was his lover. Fu Sichen was cold and faithless. Only after becoming his woman did Sheng Jinbei learn how debauche 13.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
36. 36 顶 The Ultimate Male Model! 顶级男模！ Six-Pointed Star六角星星Modern Romance253k WordsCompleted [She’s been with other men; he’s a virgin / The duck boy rises to the top] [If you don’t like it, come hit me on the head~] Nan Jiaren stood by Shen Si as he built his business from nothing. In return, less than two years into their marriage, he told her he was tired of her and took a young, beautiful mistress. Shen Si sneered. “I pay for your food and clothes. Don’t be ungrateful.” Nan Jiaren walked away and filed a lawsuit against the two of them. Before marrying him, she was already a renowne 6.9kReads8.9Score683Shelves
37. 37 够 You’ve Got to Be Wild 够野才行 Six-Pointed Star六角星星Modern Romance988k WordsCompleted [A roguishly handsome, arrogant, sharp-tongued young nobleman vs. a gorgeous, bold female CEO] [A prestigious marriage alliance + 1v1, both pure + married first, love later + strong heroine and hero + mutual secret crushes + devoted hero later on + HE] The Li family falls into ruin, and Li Wan’yi’s father is thrown into prison. She is forced to marry Song Tingyuan, the richest man in Songcheng, becoming the fourth wife he is about to take. The news spreads throughout Songcheng that Song Tingyuan 7.5kReads9.2Score837Shelves
38. 38 私 Claiming the Darling for Myself 私占娇娇 Six-Pointed Star六角星星Modern Romance281k WordsCompleted [A chaste, aloof, secretly flirtatious Beijing power player VS a dazzling, scheming wild rose] [Age gap + uncle figure + heroine pretends to be obedient + hero is cold on the outside, secretly flirtatious underneath] Rumor had it that Tang Zhan, the jade-faced Buddha known as the “Tang Sanzang of Beijing’s elite circle,” was untouchable and had no interest in women. Until one day, someone spotted him on the balcony at a lavish banquet, holding a young woman by the waist as they kissed passionate 2.9kReads9.1Score373Shelves
39. 39 揉 Sundered Spring Tides 揉碎春潮 Jian Bing Guozi煎bing果子Modern Romance492k WordsCompleted [Forced love x campus romance x obsessive love x younger man] Xie Jinghe was born into the elite Xie family. Handsome in every way, with silver hair and a wild, untamable nature. Shen Shuangli had the face of a cool, ethereal beauty and a quiet, reserved personality. No one knew that two people who seemed to have nothing in common had once been lovers in secret. That relationship ended in failure, with Xie Jinghe as the one who got dumped. When they meet again, Xie Jinghe rescues Shen Shuangli a 62kReads8.8Score7.3kShelves
40. 40 白 Daylight's Sweet Embrace 白日倾欢 Jiang Tang姜塘Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Family, Unhinged Powerful Male Lead, Rose-like Beauty Female Lead, He Spoils Her Fiercely, Both Untouched] What Jian Huan regretted most was provoking her fiancé’s older brother to get revenge on her fiancé. She meant to have her fun and run, but it turns out it’s easy to invite trouble and hard to get rid of it. One night of passion, and now they were tangled up in each other. “Second Master Lou, this sort of thing should be mutual.” Lou Xiao pressed closer, step by step. “That doesn’ 40.4kReads9.2Score5kShelves
41. 41 春 Lingering Warmth on a Spring Night 春夜余温 Chen Ruozhou陈若舟Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted Multiple short drama adaptations are now available. The story features a reunion after years apart, rekindled love, a devoted couple, and sweet married life. A beautiful, down-on-her-luck heiress x a powerful man who loves her deeply but keeps his feelings buried. In high school: a proud rich girl x a cool, poor boy. Wen Yu reunited with Song Qingshu at the lowest point in her life. The poor boy she'd once dumped had become the chairman of a publicly listed group worth tens of billions. Wearing 67.9kReads9.3Score8.7kShelves
42. 42 夜 Tempting Her Night After Night 夜夜诱她 Plant a Star种一颗星Modern Romance389k WordsCompleted [The Hero Marries Her in a Whirlwind and Rises to the Top + The Second Male Lead Chases His Wife to the Crematorium + Secret Office Marriage + Sweet Romance] Zhou Chuli has had a crush on Shen Li for eight years. In hidden corners where he couldn’t see her, she had more than once caught him flirting with someone else, and watched the women around him come and go. She never expected that one day he would ask if she was willing to be with him. Chuli has always been clear-headed. The one time she w 8.3kReads9.0Score938Shelves
43. 43 乖 Be Good, Don’t Bite 乖乖别咬 Turkey-Flavored Pot Rice Soup火鸡味锅巴汤Modern Romance568k WordsCompleted [Capital’s golden heir + devoted romance + the sweetest pampering + a long road to winning her back] At their engagement party, Liang Yuchen cheated on Xie Fanxing, sneaking off to sleep with his mistress. Unfazed, Xie Fanxing went abroad and kept herself a gorgeous young gigolo. Their first night together... The young gigolo was both seductive and irresistible. After a night of passion, Xie Fanxing couldn’t get enough. After a month of flirtation and being kept, Xie Fanxing tossed him a check a 3.8kReads9.1Score508Shelves
44. 44 修 Beyond Immortal Cultivation 修仙之上 Quan San Shuo圈三说Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsOngoing Beyond cultivating immortality, is there still a path to becoming an immortal? A young boy from a mountain village stumbles into the world of cultivation after a brush with danger. From that moment on, he embarks on a twisting, treacherous, yet extraordinary path of cultivation... 3.8kReads8.3Score267Shelves

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    The best book in decades

45. 45 小 Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower 小楼一夜听春雨 Bright Moon Tilts明月倾Ancient Romance876k WordsCompleted A critically acclaimed historical romance ensemble that topped the annual charts! A calculating, lovesick beauty versus a dark, scheming top scholar! A historical take on Pride and Prejudice: life in the inner household isn't all scheming and rivalry, but also deep sisterly affection. The clever and capable Second Madam Lou takes the greatest pride in her life in having three beautiful daughters. To marry her three marriageable girls into “good” families, she travels a great distance to the capi 35.1kReads9.6Score5.7kShelves

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    For those with good writing skills, this is for you.

46. 46 当 Back Then, I Refused to Marry the East Wind (A Companion to A Spring Rain on a Night in a Small Tower, a Historical Pride and Prejudice) 当年不肯嫁东风（《小楼一夜听春雨》姊妹篇，古代版傲慢与偏见) Bright Moon Tilts明月倾Ancient Romance556k WordsCompleted [Sisters united + rekindled romance + historical ensemble cast] The Ye sisters’ battle to protect their romantic prospects: a long-planned, romantic counterattack. With sisters sticking together, nothing is too difficult! After their mother died, the three Ye sisters broke with their father, who favored his concubine and neglected his wife. They lived in a separate residence and took in A Cuo, the adopted daughter of their late maternal aunt, relying on one another to get by. Four years ago, the 17.2kReads9.6Score2.8kShelves
47. 47 校 The All-Around Campus Ace 校园全能高手 Anshan Fox安山狐狸Urban9.8M WordsCompleted A wealthy young heiress with good looks and a reputation as the campus belle turns out to be the very person Zhang Fengwu has been assigned to protect! Armed with extraordinary skills, he takes down villains and saves beautiful women, wins her heart, and sets off on a dazzling life of adventure. 17.1kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves

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    This is a passionate and youthful campus novel, not a traditional harem story. The protagonist grows step by step within the story, and the novel includes deep brotherhood, mutual understanding and affection in love, sweet first love, and is full of sentiment. Reading this book resonated with my own beautiful longing for youth and school life, and I even gleaned some of my own values from it. It turns out that novels can indeed teach you something.

48. 48 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 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves

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    "Ten Days to End" is a suspenseful novel filled with a post-apocalyptic atmosphere. It tells the story of a group of survivors struggling to survive as the world gradually descends into destruction over ten days. With a tight pace and delicate prose, the author portrays the complexities of human nature—in the face of disaster, some choose unity and mutual assistance, while others succumb to madness and betrayal. The book is full of plot twists and foreshadowing, with each day's countdown bringing a new crisis.

49. 49 又 Professor Ji Can’t Stop Competing for Me and Wants to Kiss Me Everywhere, Every Night 又争又抢，季教授夜夜想处处吻 Tong Yu Song童屿颂Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's only partner ◆ both are romantically inexperienced ◆ irresistibly sweet and satisfying romance] Cool, restrained university professor × stunningly beautiful novelist Sweet from beginning to end, with no villains ◆ intense romantic tension early on ◆ so lovey-dovey later your teeth will ache ◆ the novelist's secret identity is revealed ◆ my neighbor became the hero of my novel ◆ everyone plays matchmaker Ji Ze, a young professor who has just returned to the country fo 12.9kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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    If you're looking for something to read, check this out.

50. 50 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.4kShelves

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    After watching the series three times, I've completely fallen in love with Ye Qiao.

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