Is It Really Impossible to Write a Long Novel That Feels True to Life? 贴近生活是不是真的没法写长篇？？？

1. 1 6 The 1960s: A Daily Blind Box and a Carefree Life 60年代：每日盲盒，悠闲生活 Being Backsolved被倒推Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Period + System + Countryside + Lighthearted + Family Bonds + Hunting + Inventions + Getting Rich] After awakening memories from a parallel timeline, he discovers that it's the 1960s, and there's no food or clothing! He originally plans to use his newly awakened memories to give his family a better life, but who could have guessed that the Daily Mystery Box System would bind itself to him! Day One: “Mystery box opened. Reward: 30 Shaxian-style braised duck legs!” Day Two: “Mystery box opened. R 1.1kReads8.3Score171Shelves
2. 2 九 Nine Suns, and We Are the Nine Nieces 九个太阳，我们是九个外甥女 Drunken Xiao Chen醉萧辰Urban260k WordsOngoing Chen Bin successfully activated the God-Tier Uncle System. Take his niece to the supermarket, and he gets a thousandfold cash-back reward. Take her shopping for new clothes, and he gets a Centurion Card. Take her on a trip to Antarctica, and he gets shares in Tencent. And so Chen Bin entered full-time dad mode, taking his nine adorable little girls out to turn heads every day. He would be the most extravagant uncle and raise the cutest kids. On top of that, Chen Bin started livestreaming his chi 5kReads7.9Score237Shelves
3. 3 神 Tycoon: Traveling the World, I'm Really Not a Playboy! 神豪：环球旅行，我真不是渣男！ A Lazy Little Fish一只懒懒鱼Urban331k WordsOngoing [Billionaire lifestyle + travel + System + daily life + not brainless + plagiarist + fictional setting] The year he graduated from college, Lu Huaian unexpectedly awakened the Travel Fund System. As long as he traveled around the world, he could gain all kinds of wealth and abilities. In Europe, he strolled along the banks of the Seine; in Africa, he boldly ventured into a primitive tribe; in Southeast Asia, he experienced a different culture. Lu Huaian thought his days would continue in this pe 1.3kReads8.8Score—Shelves
4. 4 综 Variety Show: I’m Not Popular, but I’m Great at Getting on People’s Nerves 综艺：我人气不行，但我气人很行 Sipping the Moon, Knowing You斟月识迩Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Meme References + Comedy + Clapbacks + Showbiz] [A short drama of the same name is now available. Come watch!] The variety show Escape from Villain Island features eight celebrities chosen by internet users nationwide as the ones they hate most. If they manage to turn their lives around, they can escape the island. If they fail by the end of the show, they'll leave the entertainment industry forever. Shen Ke happened to transmigrate into the body of a disgraced celebrity and was forced to join 19.4kReads6.7Score1.3kShelves
5. 5 开 From the Start, I Have an Intelligence System: I Snag Ten Demolition-Apartment Units 开局情报系统，捡漏10套拆迁房 Haha, Poker-Faced面无表情哈Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Just as Lin Yang's life reaches rock bottom, he gets a daily intel System. Every day, the System sends him several pieces of intelligence related to different aspects of his life. This information lets Lin Yang get ahead, avoid danger, snatch opportunities, and foil conspiracies... What's more, the System can be upgraded to provide weekly intel, monthly intel, yearly intel... [Daily Intel: The lottery shop at the neighborhood entrance has a first-prize winner on a Lucky Tenfold scratch card. The 16.3kReads7.3Score1.8kShelves
6. 6 赌 The Ups and Downs of the Stone-Gambling Road 赌石浮沉路 Gluttonous Bear饕餮贪熊Urban4.8M WordsCompleted No golden finger, supernatural abilities + underdog comeback + hands-on experience with stone gambling This is the story of Guan Fei’s growth as a stone gambler. The protagonist goes through plenty of hardship, because life is full of ups and downs. There’s fighting and killing, as well as the complexities of human relationships. This novel has no golden finger, and its urban elements are largely based on real-world experience. It doesn’t follow the usual wish-fulfillment formula. Although it is 2.1kReads8.9Score214Shelves
7. 7 赌 Gambling on Jade, Seeking Redemption 赌石，救赎 I Eat Dirt-Zha Rice Noodles 2我吃土扎粉2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Turn ten thousand yuan into a million in a single day? Only gemstone gambling can do that! Turn a hundred million into nothing in a single day? Gemstone gambling can do that too! One cut leaves you broke, one cut makes you rich, one cut means you’re buying burlap! On the border of Dian Province in southwest China lies the unique city of Ruining. Everyone who comes to Ruining has a story of their own, and some leave their stories behind here... 11.7kReads7.9Score680Shelves
8. 8 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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   What to do after finishing reading Sanjiu's "Slaying Gods"? Make up for it with "Slaying Gods" fanfiction! Tons of excellent works await you...

9. 9 斩 Slay the Gods: My Brother Is Sharpening His Knife Again 斩神：我哥他又在磨刀 Sweet and Sour Little Hawthorn酸甜小山楂Two Male Leads403k WordsOngoing [OOC Warning] Two male leads + a teasing, heartthrob-type protagonist + all-pairings direction + everyone has a one-sided crush The protagonist is a scumbag and ridiculously overpowered (though there will be some delicious hurt-and-comfort moments I love, hehe), the beautiful, strong, tragic type. If you don't like that, don't read!!!! Breaking up the canon pairing. Ye Lan is friendship-only, and Jiang Er will be saved. Xu Zhao transmigrates into the world of Zhan Shen. What! He starts out at th 2.6kReads8.2Score336Shelves
10. 10 斩 Slay the Gods: From the Start, the Seraph Forced a Golden Finger on Me 斩神：开局被炽天使硬塞金手指 Yan Li晏黎Two Male Leads215k WordsOngoing [God-Slaying Derivative + Two Male Leads + Everyone Loves the Protagonist + Reverse Conquest? + No Fixed Pairing + The Protagonist Will Never Fall in Love with Anyone] [Female-oriented. Hopeless straight men, please leave of your own accord. Don't be fooled by the title and come in just to get upset.] What do you do when an Archangel forces a golden finger on you from the start? Why, smile politely and praise the miracle, of course. After receiving the golden finger, he is unexpectedly bound by 2.5kReads8.4Score384Shelves
11. 11 斩 Slay the Gods: Why Is Everyone Falling for Me? 斩神：怎么所有人都爱上我了？ Yan Li晏黎Two Male Leads314k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + livestream + everyone-focused + no fixed pairing in the main story + System + comments + fixing regrets + lots of content warnings, sensitive readers beware] Ji Yanci was bored and picked up a novel to read. There wasn't a single sad moment in the whole story, and the plot was so thrilling that he got completely hooked. Then he accidentally dropped dead. By chance, he was bound to a System and sent to the world of God-Slaying. The funny thing was that when the System transmigra 138Reads8.5Score100Shelves
12. 12 斩 Slay the Gods: He Chased Me Down to Confess After I Flirted and Ran 斩神：撩完就跑后他被追着表白了 Stirring a Pool of Clear Water晃一池清水Two Male Leads367k WordsOngoing [This novel can't be saved. From here on, I'm going to let myself go wild, and I'll restore the parts I revised earlier.] After transmigrating to a world he knew absolutely nothing about, Jing Yao, a handsome guy with plenty of self-awareness, remarked, “There sure are a lot of handsome guys around here.” Starting a business was out of the question. He just wanted to flirt with handsome guys. But he had no intention of taking responsibility. So why did people keep saying he wasn't here to break 72Reads8.3Score—Shelves
13. 13 重 Reborn with a Hunk System, but I Turn into a Girl 重生获得男神系统，但变身女生 Ximen Tower's西门塔的Urban835k WordsCompleted [Transformation, System, Cuddles] Jiang Shi was reborn in the 2010s, going from an overworked office drone to a high school student. She also got the standard-issue heartthrob System for protagonists. She had been all set to enjoy her comeback story, only to discover that somehow she had gone from the pride and joy of the new era to a girl. That couldn't be right, could it? But she soon realized that maybe it wasn't so bad after all. “Honestly, I was against it at first, but I can't just ignore 11.5kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Sure, you can add some embellishments, like abilities (bugs), charm (everyone loves handsome guys), basically making it relatable while also adding elements that appeal to readers: for example, the close physical contact in this book; the personalities of the male and female leads (in the first book where the male transforms into a female, the male lead still retains his lecherousness and poise, while in the second book, the female lead is love-struck); a happy ending (the transformation into a lesbian is, of course, nominally a female lead, and then… the female lead added by the author in the second book feels very reasonable to readers, and readers felt it should have been added based on the original text); and most importantly, don't stop updating.

14. 14 七 The Sweet Wife of the 1970s Has a Space, but Her Whole Family Pressures Me to Live Off Her 七零娇妻带空间，全家逼我吃软饭 Zhu Moumou祝某某Urban697k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a 1970s book + farm space + sweet, doting wife + beloved by the whole family!] [A man who knows the whole story versus a man reborn with memories of his past life!] The moment Zhu Tianfan opens his eyes, he discovers he's transmigrated into a romance novel as Li Xiuxiu's villainous ex-husband! In the book, the original owner is afraid of being sent to the countryside because his parents favor his younger brother. But on his wedding day, the Li family's businesses are sudden 5.4kReads7.6Score325Shelves
15. 15 蓄 Deliberate Captivity 蓄意囚宠 Da Ningzi大宁子Modern Romance619k WordsCompleted [Yandere + forced love + both leads are romantically inexperienced: a crazy, possessive beauty as the pursuer vs. a pure-hearted, handsome man as the pursued] The luckiest thing that ever happened to Mo Yuyin was meeting the handsome and pure-hearted Liang Sheng. She schemed to lure him in and get him to sign a two-year dating contract with her. She thought that with her stunning looks, generous nature, and overwhelming affection, she'd eventually get the handsome man in her arms. But in the end 4kReads8.2Score272Shelves
16. 16 顶 The Ultimate Temptation: My Yandere Heiress Is Crazy About Me 顶级诱惑，我的病娇大小姐她超爱 The Wind Comes at Midnight半夜风至Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [One heroine + Everyday romance + Long-planned scheme + Sweet romance + Mild coercion] The thing Si Nan hated most in life was a business marriage. But just after returning from abroad, he found himself saddled with the family’s matchmaking duties. What? Was he supposed to do that? By a stroke of luck, he met his destined “sister-in-law,” Gu Weiyan, on the street: the richest woman in Yuncheng, a powerful businesswoman, and the perfect candidate for an arranged marriage. To bring Gu Weiyan and h 13.1kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
17. 17 救 Help! My Girlfriend Is a Yandere 救命！女友竟然是病娇 Clouds Faintly Over a Fleeting Life浮生云淡Urban296k WordsCompleted Xia Yang’s girlfriend has finally returned after three years of studying abroad. Gradually, he begins to realize that she seems to be... yandere! He screams at his childhood friend: “Help me!” [Pure-Love Warriors, please stop here.] 2.8kReads8.5Score270Shelves
18. 18 我 My Yandere Wife Is Soft to the Touch and Fierce in Temper 我的病娇媳妇，身子超软脾气超凶 QL QinglangQL晴朗Urban256k WordsCompleted [Romance and everyday life + yandere + one heroine + redemption + personal growth] This is an everyday-life story about redemption, with one heroine. The heroine is possessive, unpredictable, and a little yandere, but the story has a happy ending. The story begins when Yuan Jincheng goes to celebrate his ex-girlfriend's birthday, only to discover that she has betrayed him. Unable to cope, he tries to jump into the river, but the young heiress Xu Yifei happens to pass by and saves him, then takes 1.7kReads8.0Score193Shelves
19. 19 熊 Boonie Bears: A Childhood Dream 熊出没：童年一场幻梦 I'm Lying Down, I'm Lying Down躺了躺了Anime Fanfiction583k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted] + [Everyday Life] + [Healing] The dreams of childhood linger in the heart, never fading away. Gu Feng accidentally steps into a story from his childhood, and the first mission he gets from the System is actually “Steal the Golden Antlers?” Following the footsteps of Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Bald Qiang, he ventures into that fantastical forest. Will he witness the destruction of a magical world, or find comfort for his soul? The girl born of the forest sits alone in the treetops 4.7kReads9.2Score432Shelves
20. 20 变 What Should I Do After Turning into a Girl? 变身女孩子的我该何去何从 Cute Kitty iii萌猫猫iiiUrban413k WordsCompleted The rating just came out, and it's pretty low. [Gender-Bender Romance] + [Mild Angst] + [Urban] + [School] + [Redemption] Everyone has a moon of their own, even if they never meet again. But she still remembered meeting him. 4kReads8.8Score319Shelves

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    Hehehe

21. 21 我 I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统 Song Xiangbai宋象白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted “Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click. 111.2kReads9.3Score10.2kShelves
22. 22 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted 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! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves

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    It's a long novel, but it's very realistic and close to life, with a captivating plot. Many people, including myself, consider it the best book they've ever read.

23. 23 替 Ten Years as Her Stand-In! Now That I'm Leaving, She Regrets It Too Late 替身十年！今离去，她却追悔莫及 A Thousand Autumns Moon千秋月Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [No Angst, No Harem, One-On-One Everyday Romance] “I think everyone meets someone in life, falls for her, and gives her everything they have.” “But not everyone gets the ending they hoped for.” “The story didn't begin well, and its ending was embarrassing enough, too.” Jiang An and Liu Youran grew up together. He guarded her carefully for ten years, but in the end, he never got to be with her. All he got was the return of the man she had always loved. “Don't do this anymore.” See? Those words dr 554Reads8.8Score118Shelves
24. 24 都 Reborn, and You Still Want to Turn Over a New Leaf? 都重生了谁还浪子回头 Fry a Golden Egg炸金蛋Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Campus Life + Multiple Heroines + Love Triangle] “If you had the chance to be reborn, would you take it?” When Chu Nian heard the question, he found it a little funny. He was in his early thirties and living a life of wine and women every day. Who would choose to be reborn under those circumstances? Chu Nian glanced at the girl beside him, wearing a lace-trimmed blindfold. “No.” … … But the very next moment, Chu Nian was reborn! He returned to the time just after graduating high school, when he 4.2kReads7.4Score290Shelves
25. 25 重 I Was Reborn as a Scumbag 重生的我成了渣男 This Old Monk Is Getting On in Years老衲老矣Urban595k WordsOngoing 2.6kReads7.3Score127Shelves
26. 26 好 Don't Let a Good Girl Get Away, Don't Waste a Bad Girl 好女孩别错过，坏女孩别浪费 My Name Is Nobody我叫不入流Urban504k WordsOngoing Xu Yan was reborn on the night he confessed to his childhood sweetheart. This time, he didn’t hesitate. He turned around and started a new life. By the time he was in college, he had achieved financial freedom. Confronted with the woman he’d longed for and the woman he’d loved in his past life, Xu Yan fell into deep thought. 199Reads8.5Score—Shelves
27. 27 吻 Too Many Kissing Scenes: The Puppy-Eyed Actor Gets Bullied by the Best Actress Again 吻戏超标：小奶狗又被影后欺负了 Goji Berries Keep Me Alive枸杞续命呀Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The rating will rise. A sweet romance with a happy ending. [Female lead, male submissive] [Everything you could wish for in a domineering, powerful older sister or an adorable, tsundere, delicate little puppy] [Older woman-younger man romance] [She pursues him at first, then the sweetness goes through the roof] [No heartbreak or arguments between the couple; the male lead has a little childhood angst] [No harem] [Both leads are each other’s first and only] [Plenty of chapters to binge] What do y 7.6kReads8.3Score797Shelves

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    Sweet, you can take a look.

28. 28 刚 The System Showed Up Right After I Retired 刚退休就来了系统 Xuan Xiaoyu玄霄羽Urban340k WordsCompleted Kang Jianguo was sixty years old and lived alone with an old yellow dog. He had just retired from his post as a security guard. It might have been security work, but there were different levels to the job: his position had been guarding a government office. He had just finished filing his retirement paperwork at the Social Security Bureau, and he would start collecting his pension next month. When people step away from a busy life, they don’t always know what to do with themselves. That was exac 172Reads7.0Score132Shelves

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    These books are all quite slice-of-life, without much petty scheming, making them easy and relaxing reads that are worth the time.

29. 29 仙 The Immortal Venerable Returns to the City: This Time, I’m Going to Take It Easy! 仙尊重回都市：这次我要摆烂辣！ Liangzai亮崽Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Urban life]+ [School]+ [Students]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Comedy]+ [Modern cultivation]+ [The One and Only Immortal] “Can you really call it indulging in pleasure when you're an immortal cultivator?” The Taiyi Immortal Venerable, who once slew thirty-six great demons in a single day, slammed the table and rose to his feet. After perishing in a tribulation of eons, his ruthless path to immortality shattered, and he returned to his youth. The only human in the Demon God Realm suddenly understood: Immor 3.7kReads8.3Score273Shelves
30. 30 可 Even My Cute Little Sister Has Started Turning the World Upside Down 可爱老妹也是倒反天罡起来 Don't Feed Me Fish Jerky不要投喂小鱼干Urban557k WordsCompleted [Both pure in body and heart + age gap + unrelated brother and sister + everyday life, everyday life, and more everyday life = I’ve run out of ideas/_ \] Gu Qian first met Jiang Qingyu at the hospital. He didn’t really accept her as the younger sister who had suddenly appeared in his life, but he felt a little helpless, since she had no one else. So he decided to take her in. Gradually, he realized how nice it was to have her around. No, he should say how nice it was to have a little sister. Wha 2.4kReads8.7Score375Shelves
31. 31 越 From Vietnam, I Strike It Rich by Stealing the Factory Beauty 越南开局，从拐走厂花开始暴富 Ya She Mi雅舍米Urban888k WordsOngoing [System + foreign setting from the start + campus belle + factory beauty + mixed-race model + lighthearted + leisurely everyday life + video creator + occasional livestreaming + wealthy beauties + no trillions from the start] [A serious reminder: This book is entirely fictional. Southeast Asia can be risky, so please take care when traveling.] Honest illustrations, generous portions. First published on Tomato Novel. Thank you for your support. Li Qinghe, who had just graduated from university, f 357Reads8.6Score—Shelves
32. 32 神 Tycoon's Graduation Season: Starting with Opening My Eyes to the World 神豪毕业季：从睁眼看世界开始 King of Dirty Jokes An Lan骚话王安澜Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Slice of life + one heroine + tycoon protagonist + no face-slapping + few clichés, focused on enjoying life] During graduation season, An Lan obtains a System that gives him ten times his money back with no strings attached. Work hard for fifty years and stay healthy? No! The moment the System chose me, it took care of all the work I was supposed to do in this lifetime. Now all I have to do is enjoy life. I can travel anywhere at home or abroad, and buy whatever luxury cars and mansions I want. 11.5kReads6.8Score721Shelves
33. 33 八 The Eight Wastelands’ Godslayer Chronicles 八荒灭神记 Time Is Like Blue After Rain时光宛如雨后的蓝Eastern Fantasy500k WordsCompleted Now that the dreams of youth have faded, last night's dream brought me back to the days of writing. So I'll pick up my pen and write a book, fulfilling my dream of becoming a writer! A mysterious little blue orb. A young man burdened with a blood feud. A great calamity befalls him: his entire village is wiped out, his first love dies saving him, and his hair turns white overnight. Then, for some inexplicable reason, he is framed as the source of a great catastrophe... He cultivates not for eter 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    So I'll write short stories.

34. 34 重 Reborn Ten Times, I Eloped with My Fiancée’s Maid! 重生十世，带未婚妻的丫鬟私奔！ Time Is Like Blue After Rain时光宛如雨后的蓝Ancient Romance16k WordsCompleted Reborn ten times, he elopes with his fiancée's maid! —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 我 I Asked Her Out, but She Took Me to a Pyramid Scheme 我找她谈恋爱，她却带我进传销 Time Is Like Blue After Rain时光宛如雨后的蓝17k WordsCompleted I asked her out, but she took me to a pyramid scheme —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 说 We Agreed to Go Our Separate Ways, So How Did We End Up Living Together? 说好的各自离开，怎么就同居了？ Little White Rabbit Ski小白兔斯基Urban722k WordsCompleted [One heroine] [Living together] [Campus belle] [Saving each other] [Heartwarming] [The story lingers with you] “I saw this spot first. You can't cut in line. Get down!” Zhou Mo felt a bit of a headache coming on. “Let go. I'm not jumping anymore.” “Really? If you're lying to me, you're a puppy!” “...” Seeing how stubborn she was, Zhou Mo could only give in. “Thank you. I was so happy today, really...” I've never begged anyone before, but if there really are gods, I'm begging you now: please let 40.5kReads9.5Score5.2kShelves

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    It must be close to home, absolutely close to home. (I feel it's quite long.) This story tells of the mutual redemption between the male and female protagonists. The folk songs in it are very beautiful; you should listen to them.

37. 37 恋 Dating Show: Why Are You Picking on Him? He’s Deficient in Virtue 恋综：你惹他干嘛？他五行缺德啊 Shui Yexiang水耶香Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Goofy + hilarious + showbiz + variety shows + meme jokes + dating show + straight-talking guy] Chen Yang transmigrated. He landed in the body of a man on the day he was about to be coerced into sleeping with someone for a career opportunity. He thought he was finally about to reach the pinnacle of life, but after seeing the wealthy woman’s face, the teachings of Mencius he’d learned ten years earlier struck him right between the eyes. Wealth cannot corrupt him, poverty cannot make him abandon h 124.9kReads9.0Score14.2kShelves
38. 38 重 Reborn as the Black Commander of the US Forces in Korea 重生之我是驻韩美军黑人司令 Doesn't Like Blue Fatty不喜欢蓝胖Urban1.6M WordsCompleted First, become a Boy Scout. Then go dig for diamonds. Put your brain to work and become a warlord. Look at the poster and we’re international students. Being LGBT isn’t wrong, but it’s an illness that needs treatment. Become a Black commander. 276Reads5.5Score173Shelves

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    "Grandpa, Don't Run" is an autobiography. This black man's story could easily be written in around a million words.

39. 39 大 Sir, Don’t Run Away! 大爷不要跑 Doesn't Like Blue Fatty不喜欢蓝胖Urban229k WordsCompleted A handsome, wealthy old man is a real uncle. You, on the other hand, are just an old geezer. Be less greedy, and you'll have more happiness. If you stop dwelling on the past, you won't grow jaded. The brave get to enjoy the world first. The cinema was packed with men and women, applauding as Ji Bochang arrived. On the screen, the story of his life was playing. Reborn and bound to a System. Every misunderstanding earns you one day's wages, deposited automatically. Given a second life, don't be a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 上 School, Work, and Love 上学工作和恋爱 Little Cat Goes Fishingo小猫钓鱼oUrban465k WordsOngoing Cui Yan and Li Tong The loveliest thing about student days is when the person you secretly love happens to like you back. When two hearts are truly drawn to each other, even the homeroom teacher can't help smiling silently at their class meeting. In early 2004, the taciturn Cui Yan “betrayed” Li Tong, the girl he had secretly loved for years, in the most decisive way: he left her with the words “Don't look for me again” and vanished without a trace. No one knew that the wound he got protecting —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The title almost made me give up on this novel, but it's so down-to-earth, incorporating many historical events and backgrounds.

41. 41 婚 Her True Colors Come Out After Marriage, and His Wife Endures in Silence 婚后暴露本性，妻子忍辱负重 Haha, What a Joke笑话哈哈Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Who says only “good people” deserve to be reborn? Bai Mu was reborn too, even though his wife and daughter thought he was a bastard. Now that he's reborn, does he have to turn over a new leaf? Who says so! This time, he'll just love her in a different way. “Sweetheart, do you love me?” “I have money.” “And I have love, too.” “I can give you everything you want.” Qiu Luoyu: “I want to be free…” “That, I can't give you.” “Then could you sleep next door tonight?” Qiu Luoyu bit her lip and gazed at 34.3kReads7.4Score2.2kShelves

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    Both of these books are slice-of-life stories, yet each has its own exciting elements.

42. 42 离 After the Divorce, My Ice-Cold Ex-Wife Regretted It 离婚后，高冷前妻后悔了 Qian Ming乾暝Urban405k WordsCompleted (Not a wish-fulfillment story; focused on relationships) “Can you cure me?” Liang Ling looked at the somewhat haggard man in front of her, filled with curiosity. For certain special reasons, she was sure this was the male protagonist from a trending news story less than half a month ago: Yu Chen. The character “Chen” means an ancient portable brazier. “Gathering firewood from the mulberry tree, I warm myself by the brazier.” As a psychological counselor, she was very sensitive to details. From t 3.3kReads7.7Score177Shelves
43. 43 学EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 310.7kReads9.8Score31.1kShelves
44. 44 钱 A Skinny Wallet, Big Dreams 钱包很瘦，梦想很胖 Tea and Beauty茶颜以色Urban126k WordsOngoing Qi Xiaopang, 28, is a programmer who drifted to Beijing in search of work. His salary is meager, rent weighs him down, and he lives carefully budgeting every day. His life is a loop of code and bills, with one source of comfort: secretly writing novels, the literary dream he left unfinished in college. But reality is unkind: a sudden rent increase, the threat of layoffs, and his parents' medical bills back home all hit at once. Just as he is on the verge of breaking down, two unexpected events —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is great and the story is exciting.

45. 45 罪 The Murder Case 罪杀案 When Xu Qing绪綪时Urban151k WordsOngoing When a keyboard becomes a weapon and a screen shuts out humanity, who can make one final accusation on behalf of the voiceless? A string of bizarre murders shakes Qingyuan City. A hugely popular online influencer who drove people to suicide with vicious comments is found stitched and glued to a computer chair, mouth sewn shut. An internet celebrity who chased clicks with fake news has had their eyes gouged out and is immersed in polluted water, with cameras in their place playing a loop of evid —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 疯 A Madman's Memory Bank 疯子的记忆库 When Xu Qing绪綪时15k WordsCompleted A Madman's Memory Bank —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 清 A Cool Beauty? No, He's a Top-Tier Charm Demon 清冷美人？不，他是顶级魅魔 Meizi Went Blind梅子瞎了Two Male Leads395k WordsCompleted [1V1, Both Leads Are Virgins + Rekindled Romance + Cool and Well-Behaved x Sharp-Tongued Bad Boy + Happy Ending] (Main story complete) Four years ago, Sheng Yiguang learned from the on-screen comments that he was a villain in a novel, doomed to love someone who would never love him back. His only purpose was to show how deep and true the official couple's love was. So he broke up with Pei Du, said every cruel thing he could think of, and prepared for them to become enemies and never see each oth 54.5kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves

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    The first book is about two people getting back together after a breakup; the second book is very relatable and I highly recommend it.

48. 48 捡 The Little One I Took In Is the Young Master of a Powerful Family 捡回来的幼崽是豪门小少爷 Translucence透光Two Male Leads677k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Adorable Kid Doted on by Everyone + Parenting Variety Show + Wealthy Family + Lighthearted and Healing] Three-year-old Su Youli is about to face the first major event of his life: His dad is going to find his biological father and send him away!!! How could a little toddler bear such an injustice? He copies the neighborhood kids and goes on a hunger strike, trying every trick in the book, from acting cute to playing up his suffering. But his dad is so heartless that he simply 9.3kReads9.4Score823Shelves
49. 49 重 Reborn: My Youthful School Days Are Finally Beginning for Real 重生后，我的青春校园才真正开始 I Really Don't Like Onions真不喜欢洋葱Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Rebirth + school life + no System + one heroine If you had the chance to live your life over again, at what stage would you start? Ye Chu says he'd start in high school. In his previous life, Ye Chu was a poor student and went to a private high school. By nature, he loved to have fun, and he wasted three years of his youth. In the end, he failed the college entrance exam, muddled through university, and entered the working world, where the ups and downs of his life began. By the time he came to 29.9kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves

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    Isn't this it?

50. 50 四 Four Years Apart, I Stole the Cabbage I Knew Best 四年不见，拱了最熟悉的白菜 Qin An芩安Urban979k WordsOngoing [Campus Life]+ [No System]+ [Single Heroine]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Not Reborn] Zhang Heng has had a crush on a girl for three years. They’ve always been incredibly close, but neither of them ever took that final step. Then, on the eve of high school graduation, he finally works up the courage to decide that he’ll confess after his college entrance exams, giving their youth a perfect ending. But, to his surprise, on the very night the exams end, the girl quietly deletes every way they have to contac 647Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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