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1. 101 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 149.8kReads9.6Score19.4k14d adds

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   This is the book I recommend, it's amazing!

2. 102 末 The Wicked Supporting Character in an Apocalypse Novel? I’ll Be Arrogant While I Can 末世文恶毒女配？嚣张一日是一日 Yun Wan Cai Cai云挽财财Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted (Published) [Heroine’s return + space + interplanar trade + zombie crystals + mutated plants and animals] After Jiang Yuntan died suddenly from working through the night, she transmigrated into an apocalypse novel. The good news: She became a wealthy young lady with a handsome, rich fiancé. The bad news: She was the vicious female supporting character, her fiancé was the male lead, and she arrived just after pushing the heroine into a horde of zombies. The family heirloom jade bangle her fiancé 59kReads8.9Score5.8k14d adds

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   The female lead's soul returns, but she doesn't remember anything. She's now a chauvinist, constantly attacking everyone and everything, even the male supporting character: Aren't you going to do anything about it? The male lead: Do you think I can do anything about it? (You can't mess with me now that you've messed with others!)

3. 103 穿 Reborn as a World-Weary Noble Daughter, the Laid-Back Sixth Miss Is His White Moonlight 穿成厌世嫡女，老六她是白月光 Mo Mo Fragrance Lingers茉茉香长Ancient Romance226k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as the mad, doomed object of a young lord’s affection, she spends every day sick of life and looking for a way to die. She thought she’d transmigrate into a prosperous age, where she could lie flat and live out her days without trouble. Instead, she became a miserable wretch, unloved and so thin she was skinnier than a cucumber. An Shuwei only wants to die as soon as possible and escape this miserable life. She keeps out of trouble when it comes to small matters (if it won’t 30Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A completely different experience

4. 104 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 869.8kReads9.6Score64.2k14d adds

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   Various types, all wonderful

5. 105 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 163.2kReads9.5Score18.2k14d adds
6. 106 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 492.8kReads9.7Score69.9k14d adds
7. 107 天 The Way of Heaven's Evolution: Bureau 503 天衍圣道之503局 This Daoist Wants to Quit Smoking道爷要戒烟Urban2.1M WordsCompleted A high-speed express train hurtles along its route. An ordinary train conductor gets drunk in a sleeper compartment, breaking the rules, and becomes embroiled in a bizarre tomb-robbing case. When he sobers up, he unexpectedly joins Huaxia’s most mysterious organization, Bureau 503... By chance, he crosses paths with the mysterious Tongji Alliance, setting him on a completely different path in life. 30.2kReads8.9Score3k14d adds
8. 108 重 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 256.9kReads9.6Score30.5k14d adds
9. 109 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
10. 110 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.3kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds

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    The suspense novel is very well written, with each element intricately linked, and it's not just a lighthearted, wish-fulfillment story.

11. 111 重 Reborn in Middle School, I Make Money by Studying Harder Than Everyone Else 重生初中校园，我靠学习内卷赚钱 Ask About Wine问酒Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Yun Shu, a poor middle school student, thought her life was already miserable enough. But after a long dream, she realized it could get even worse. Before long, her family would be torn apart and she would lose them all to serious illness. At a crucial moment, she bonded with the Study-to-Wealth System. [Preview the second semester of Grade 10 math and earn 500 yuan] [Place among the top ten in your grade and earn 8,000 yuan] … To save her family and secure her own future, Jiang Yun Shu st 276Reads8.6Score7614d adds

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    This book is quite good. Everyone has regrets. If we could do it all over again, wouldn't there be more possibilities?

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