Severe Reading Drought: Please Recommend Your Best Hidden Gems 高级书荒，求各位压箱底的好书

1. 151 惹 Entangled in Splendor 惹风华 Laughing Wildly笑轻狂Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, Bewitching Splendor, has premiered on Hongguo, starring Hou Chengyue and Li Ruoxun. She and Lu Fengjin had been childhood sweethearts, the perfect couple in everyone's eyes. To support him, she planned every move and left no stone unturned, clearing every obstacle from his path until he became Dongling's one and only God of War. She thought that lovers would eventually be together, but one day, an unremarkable-looking young woman entered his life. At first, he s 1.2kReads8.8Score295Shelves

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   Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

2. 152 哥 My Brother Is Hard to Resist 哥哥不经撩 Succulent Mango多肉芒芒Modern Romance185k WordsCompleted 11.7kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
3. 153 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 81.1kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves
4. 154 与 To the Mountains and Seas with You 与你共赴山与海 Live Freely for Half a Life恣意半生Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted A gossip reporter breaks the news: A married male star may be cheating with a college student! The post came with several photos of the star picking up a young woman near a university and acting intimately with her. The pictures were blurry, but people still pointed to Cheng Yuqiao, the top-tier star who announced his marriage last year. The hashtag shot up the trending charts, and netizens rushed to comment. Comment 1: I’m absolutely stunned. Can men be trusted? Pigs can climb trees before that 11.2kReads9.0Score1kShelves
5. 155 炙 Fierce Heat 炙烈 Jiujiu Cat纠纠猫Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted [Short drama now streaming · Print edition signed and awaiting release · Former title: Burning Passion] [Female lawyer × male inn owner · Sweet romance · Long-distance love] [Mature adults · Mutual attraction · Flirty push and pull · One-on-one romance] - Wen Xu left her law firm over a matter of principle and went to stay on Hong Kong Island. There, she set her sights on the owner of a guesthouse. She openly and subtly flirted with him until one night during a typhoon, he finally turned the tab 15.9kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
6. 156 与 Joy with You 与君欢 Moonset月落Ancient Romance657k WordsCompleted [Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving 26.3kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
7. 157 不 I Will Never Leave the Green Mountains 不与青山辞 A Crescent Moon, Bright and Clear一弯皎皎Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted [Marry First, Love Later + Older Man + Guiding Lover + Both Pure] "A gentle, fatherly boyfriend and a bright little ray of sunshine" One moment, Jiang Tang thought she had finally made it through every hardship. The next, she was doing a full backflip and crashing into an iceberg. By a series of mishaps, she had managed to get involved with Mu Zhiqing. He was a mysterious businessman who stood alone atop a high tower, as unfathomable as a deep abyss. Rumor had it that he was upright and proper, 27.4kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
8. 158 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
9. 159 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
10. 160 公 The Perfect Man's Physique 公狗腰 Yuran芋然Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted A money-minded livestream sales host vs. a real young master who plays the pig to eat the tiger while pretending to be poor - Xia Zhi opened an online store selling sexy lingerie for couples. To sell it better, she decided to hire a handsome guy and perform a couple's act during her livestreams. After failing to hire more than a dozen men, she ran into her high school classmate Xu Yiye at a coffee shop. Once the celebrated campus heartthrob, he had now fallen on hard times and become a barista. 24.9kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves
11. 161 顾 Mr. Gu's Perfect Little Romance 顾先生的小圆满 Mu Ziyu Qiao牧子羽樵Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Big Tech content moderator vs. cold, calculating official from an elite family] [High-ranking official romance + five-year age gap + both leads are each other’s first and only + sweet romance + the powerful one bows to love] The thing workplace newcomer Li Xiaoman regrets most is making a mistake while screening explicit content. The cold, fearsome section chief Gu Yanshen comes to the company to oversee a cleanup. Before that, the two had an accidental one-night stand ₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ ༘♡ ₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ ༘♡ She k 2kReads7.7Score132Shelves
12. 162 好 A Cough That Won't Go Away 好不了的咳 Zhi Hang知杭Modern Romance409k WordsCompleted [On the run while pregnant | Happy ending | Both leads are inexperienced | Reunited after years apart] [Screenwriter × Business tycoon] Chen Jiansu and Zheng Xingzhi had a secret relationship. They never said they loved or liked each other, but they spent their days together like a couple. One had grown up adrift, starved of love. The other was controlled by his parents' suffocating love. In the year she graduated, Chen Jiansu ran into a difficult problem. Her uncle advised her to move to anothe 1.8kReads8.8Score175Shelves
13. 163 掌 A Flame in the Palm of His Hand 掌心艳火 Bala La Chen巴啦啦晨Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming [Alluring curator × devoted, roguish young master] (Rekindled romance / going mad for love / mature couple / determined pursuit / both leads sexually inexperienced) In college, Xu Lanxin was so confident in her beauty that she made a bet with her friends: she could win Zhou Zheng over in three days. One was gorgeous and domineering; the other was an arrogant playboy. Her friends teased them: “Every pot has its lid.” Just as their love was at its strongest, Xu Lan 1.4kReads8.7Score155Shelves
14. 164 重 Reborn on the Eve of Our Marriage Registration, the Hong Kong Tycoon's Heir Kneels to Win Me Back 重生领证前夕，港圈太子跪着追妻 Meat Bun Auntie肉包小姨Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication; short-form drama episodes are being released] [Both leads are faithful to each other + face-slapping + pregnancy before love + reborn, sweet and satisfying, with no angst] [She pursues her husband during the marriage, driving the arrogant, cold-hearted crown prince to the brink] A gentle woman who handles things ruthlessly, a delicate beauty in poor health VS a sharp-tongued but henpecked ice prince - Shu Hui got pregnant after a one-night stand with the heir to a powerf 42kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
15. 165 分 After Three Years Apart, She Asks for a Divorce, and the Chaste Commander Loses His Cool 分居三年提离婚，禁欲首长红了眼 Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + raising children + no golden finger + native-born characters + life in a military compound + everyday family drama] This is not an effortless wish-fulfillment story. It’s a warm tale of personal growth, so read with care if that’s not your thing. Cen Jing Yi gives birth to her daughter prematurely and is thrown out by her in-laws. She struggles alone to raise her daughter until she’s two. Then her husband, who returned to his unit the day aft 14.4kReads8.8Score951Shelves
16. 166 女 Disguised as a Man, She Is Forced Into Captive Love by a Mad Heir to a Powerful Family 女扮男装被疯批豪门太子强制囚爱 feya Can Flyfeya会飞呀Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is now available [Mutual Firsts, 1v1 + Intense Possessive Love + Yandere + Regretful Pursuit + Campus and City Life + Fast-Paced + Mutual Healing + Brotherly Love Triangle + Happy Ending] A wildly possessive, rebellious bad boy × a sweet, gentle girl who knows how to train a dog When Mu Tingyi's older brother, Mu Zhao, is seriously injured in a racing accident, she disguises herself as a boy and takes his place at university. This prestigious university looks glamorous on th 39kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
17. 167 雾 Mist-Shrouded Indulgence 雾色靡靡 Chen Ruozhou陈若舟Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted Aloof doctor × graceful beauty Rekindled love + a long road to winning her back + a powerful man lowering his head / both leads are each other’s only partners Ni Wu takes her daughter to the hospital, where the attending physician turns out to be her boyfriend from years ago. They’ve been apart for seven years. She changed her name long ago and has slimmed down from being very overweight. He doesn’t recognize her, and has no idea she secretly had his daughter. Her daughter holds her hand. “Mommy 25.2kReads8.5Score3.4kShelves
18. 168 将 Just Right 将将好 Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Modern Romance129k WordsCompleted [Marriage by Contract × Married First, Fell in Love Later × The Pursuit After Divorce × Happy Ending | Mature, Steady, Career-Focused CEO × Top Jewelry Designer with a Remarkably Thick Skin] Mo Lin: “Why did you come to this matchmaking date?” Jiang Yuanmu: “For my career. I need a marriage to make my business partners trust me more. What about you?” Mo Lin: “My grandmother is seriously ill, and she hopes to see me married before she passes. To be honest, I have no emotional needs when it comes 13kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
19. 169 误 Lost in the Depths of Spring 误入春深 Wen Naixi温乃兮Ancient Romance148k WordsCompleted Prince Yu, Yu Huaiji, believed he had spent his life acting decisively, plotting every move, and leaving himself no weaknesses. He was sure he was invincible. But Heaven was about to show him that there was always someone greater! It sent him a delicate young lady from the Song family: Song Nao. She looked so fragile and soft that anyone could bully her, but in truth she was clever in her own way. After meeting him only twice, she had already found and firmly grasped his one fatal weakness. Yet 5.6kReads9.4Score609Shelves

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    These two books aren't mentioned much, but I'll quietly recommend them. The first book perfectly embodies the word "humorous and witty." You'll be amused by the author's choice of words unexpectedly; they're very vivid, fitting, and funny. Both the male and female leads are likable, especially the female lead, who is adorable. The second book has a classical, elegant style. The dialogue, daily life, etiquette, etc., Are all based on historical research. You'll learn something new after reading it, and you can feel the author's dedication! The subtle, flowing love between the characters and the daily routines are written with great delicacy, touching the heartstrings. From personal love to national responsibility, the side couple in the main story really made me cry. If they were together, it would be a happy ending, but it also leaves a sense of helplessness. Even if it weren't for the female supporting character, there were still women who chose the path of political marriage for the sake of their country. This story isn't just about love; it also touches on the desolation of history.

20. 170 青 My Childhood Sweetheart Is Hard to Coax, but My Boyfriend Spoils Me Every Day 青梅难哄，竹马折腰日日宠 Fragrant Wood Terrace木香台Ancient Romance281k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + slow and steady love + early Tang setting] As soon as Yu Nianqiu finishes her mourning period, the Ji family comes to break off the engagement. Yu Nianqiu turns away and bursts out laughing. That means I don't have to get married! Unfortunately, the emperor issues an edict requiring her to marry, so she has no choice but to recruit an honest, easy-to-manage live-in husband. As soon as the news gets out, talented young men come flocking. The scholar: “I am gentle 1kReads9.0Score178Shelves
21. 171 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

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    9.5 points or higher. Super good-looking.

22. 172 明 Flirting Openly! Seducing in Secret! Sharing Sweet Moments on a Dating Show with a Top-Tier Star 明撩！暗诱！和顶流影帝恋综撒糖 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The print editions of the novel and manga adaptation of Secret Crush Echoes are now available for purchase across all platforms. Li Jiu is hailed as a breathtaking beauty in Beijing’s elite circles, with sultry eyes, long legs, a slender waist, and a dazzling, unrestrained beauty. One drunken night, she accidentally flirts with Pei Shisi, a top-tier star and actor, then gets boycotted across the internet after a trending video shows her pinching his butt. What no one knows is that the two grew u 18.8kReads9.5Score2.5kShelves
23. 173 京 The Capital's Most Notorious Beauty 京城第一祸水 Stars Fill My Eyes满眼星宸Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Currently being published [rival suitors in a dramatic love triangle + top-tier schemer + supporting villainess fights back + everyone comes around] [Historical romance + told entirely from the wicked supporting female character’s perspective] ❣️Blurb One Qiao Wanyan learned from a storybook that she was nothing but a wicked supporting character who abandoned her childhood sweetheart and chased after wealth and status. She sowed discord, poisoned her elder sister, and committed every imaginable 58.5kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves
24. 174 恋 Dating Show: The Ordinary Guy Is Everyone’s Dream Man 恋综：素人大佬是万人迷 A Little Leisure闲情几许Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted Pei Ge, a quick transmigration powerhouse who has completed missions in three thousand planes and retired to enjoy her old age while mentoring a young disciple, rushes to meet her year-end performance targets. She personally joins a dating-show livestream, becoming an ordinary female guest who gets viciously flamed by the internet. “Ugly and always making a scene”? She changes her look and leaves everyone stunned! “A face as big as a plate, and no self-awareness”? She blows everyone away in minu 2.2kReads9.4Score213Shelves
25. 175 快 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 Han yuu寒yuuAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 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 42.7kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
26. 176 贴 Cuddling Heals, So How Did I Become Everyone's Favorite? 贴贴能治病，可怎么就成万人迷了 Quan Ci犬辞Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Everyone’s favorite + rivals competing for her + love triangle chaos + antidote + cherished by all] The heroine has run away, and the world is on the brink of collapse. The System drags Ran Zhen in to fill the vacancy. The good news: she doesn’t have to win over the male leads or follow the original plot. The System promises that if she stays for the required duration and fools the world’s consciousness, it will give her back her freedom and a huge sum of money afterward. The bad news: there ar 8.4kReads9.4Score799Shelves
27. 177 她 She’s the Original Heroine of the Elite Academy, and Everyone Falls for Her at First Breath 她是贵族学院原女主，呼吸即爱上 A Green Gem一颗绿宝石Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Lying System + Financial Conglomerate + Noble Academy + Flirtatious Charmer + Contrasting Persona + Changing Fate] The heroine is a gifted actress who lies and pretends to be prey. She's a seemingly delicate young lady who knows how to control others. She isn't a strong heroine, and uses everyone, including herself. * Xi Roujing is the heroine of a noble-school comic, destined to be cast aside and replaced. The readers' love and sympathy for her give rise to a Lying System. In the altered s 7kReads9.3Score879Shelves
28. 178 手 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 118.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves

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    The female protagonist in this book is intelligent throughout, there's no romantic pairing, but there's a one-sided crush. It's a super good completed novel! 😄

29. 179 选 You Chose Me as Censor, Li Shimin, So Why Are You Crying? 选我当御史，李世民你哭什么 Zhang Invincible张无敌Historical4.1M WordsOngoing [Hilarious, satisfying, lighthearted, historical, ancient China] Cheng Jun transmigrated to the third year of the Zhenguan era in the Tang Dynasty, becoming the son of the military officer Cheng Yaojin. As it happened, Li Shimin was recruiting imperial censors! Years later, Li Shimin said to the Crown Prince, “Cheng Jun is a peerless sword of our Great Tang. Only a virtuous person can wield him. You're young, so I'll leave him to you.” The Crown Prince burst into tears. “I don't want it anymore! 45.3kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves

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    There are political intrigue stories, romance stories, lighthearted stories, and also "Bright Sword" (a more exciting and longer series).

30. 180 刚 I Just Retired, and Mom Shipped Me Off to a Dating Show 刚退休，就被老妈打包送上恋综 March Fireflies三月萤光Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Meme-filled antics + easygoing daily life + one heroine + sweet romance] After transmigrating to a parallel world and achieving financial freedom, Su Ran decided to retire! But the moment he retired, his own mother packed him off to a dating reality show, where he was paired with top-tier star Reba! Su Ran was stunned! He’d planned to laze around and do nothing, but then his [Antics System] activated! Pull pranks to get stronger? And earn treasure chests, too? All right! I’m in! And so, things 12.7kReads8.6Score904Shelves
31. 181 厨 Master Chef: From the Start, My Junior Sister Stole My Chicken 厨神，开局被小师妹偷吃了鸡 Pineapple Pizza菠萝披萨Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing Hardcore food fiction + laid-back daily life + steamrolling the myriad races with food The executive chef of a six-star restaurant transmigrates to the Yaochi Holy Land and becomes the greatest chef in the world of culinary cultivation. There, he discovers that the pigs are bigger than elephants and the chickens have six legs! From then on, Beast-Taming Peak gets a large-scale, professional livestock farm, while fields of vegetables flourish year-round on Spirit Herb Peak. “These evil dragons an 6.6kReads9.2Score486Shelves
32. 182 地 Two Menaces from the Underworld Have the Whole City Eavesdropping on Their Gossip 地府两祸害，惹得全城偷听八卦 The Fishpond Owner Likes Fishing鱼塘主要钓鱼Ancient Romance662k WordsCompleted [Eavesdropping on Inner Thoughts + Golden Finger + Everyone’s Favorite] Note: There is a male lead! The Underworld has two great nuisances: one is a flower, and the other is a book. After the Book of Life and Death, which governs all things in the world, gained sentience, it took advantage of its innate gifts to gossip all day and do no work. After a thousand years, a Manjusaka flower took human form. The King of Hell saw that she had potential and made an exception, appointing her as Granny Men 35.1kReads9.0Score3.6kShelves
33. 183 亮 Bright Sword: Brigade Commander, Congratulations on Your Fortune 亮剑：旅长，我恭喜你发财啊 My Dog Snores我家有只狗呼噜Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [No System + hardcore technology] This time, I, our military industry big shot Yu Ye, will make sure to turn the tide. This time, Ping'an Gele will be the true turning point. This time, my Independent Regiment will be terrifyingly strong! 64.1kReads9.3Score4kShelves
34. 184 队 Captain, I Kind of Want to Be Your Mom 队长，我有亿点想当你妈 Little Yellow Chicken Rice小黄鸡米饭Mystery716k WordsCompleted A sharp-tongued, fatherly, tough-guy captain vs. a meticulous policewoman who isn't good at Chinese. A criminal investigation novel with sound logic, deductions, and a romance plot. [Mystery and deduction + Two strong leads + Mutual salvation + Suitable even for the timid] A series of articles titled "Demons Running Amok Beneath the Sunshine" seems to have predicted several major cases that have recently occurred. But after the reporter disappeared in a psychiatric hospital, they vanished withou 501Reads8.7Score103Shelves
35. 185 小 A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery937k WordsCompleted When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge 69.2kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves
36. 186 见 Signs of Murder [Crime Investigation] 见凶[刑侦] The One in the Game局中人Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [An Amnesiac Childhood Friend, a Forensic Doctor Who Can Share the Senses of the Dead, and the Childhood Sweetheart Who’s Protected Her Since They Were Kids, Now a Criminal Investigation Captain] When they first met, Xing Yu voiced the words she hadn’t said aloud. Gu Yiqiu found his behavior strangely familiar. In that familiar setting, fragments of sealed memories flashed through her mind. As the strange cases in Beijun City began happening again... Could the two of them really stop the coming 55Reads6.8Score—Shelves
37. 187 硬 A Hard Nut to Crack 硬骨头 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery640k WordsCompleted The new major-crimes squad captain, Lin Cuo, is gorgeous, cool, confident, and bold enough to take on Jiang Yi, the icy demon king of the criminal investigation corps. Everyone waits for her to make a fool of herself, but... Captain Lin keeps sending in good news: the shattered-skull case, the Lolita case, the death of a female livestreamer... Captain Lin is incredible! Jiang Yi is a top criminal investigator, a walking iceberg who solves cases with ruthless speed and dominates the police force. 3.1kReads9.3Score691Shelves
38. 188 我 My Days Catching Dragons in the Arctic 我在北极抓龙的日子 Hua Yuliang花雨凉Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In the modern world, you're telling me those rare and exotic beasts actually exist? My name is Xu Yuan. After nine years of compulsory education and three years of high school that no human should have to endure, I stood out and got into a... pretty terrible university. I thought I was about to begin four years of lying flat at college. In my first month on campus, two soldiers took me all the way to the freezing Arctic. And that's how my... well, bizarre and downright absurd dragon-catching lif 88.1kReads9.0Score9.8kShelves
39. 189 星EN Gate of the Star Scar 星痕之门 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.3M WordsOngoing There are Star Gates in this world. Everyone who enters becomes a god. Ren Ye has already served two and a half years in prison when a mysterious visitor suddenly comes to see him. The visitor says, “If you’re willing to take part in a game, you can walk out of here right now. The price is… you might die.” Many years later, Ren Ye stands alone within a Star Gate, looking back on the past. Many of the faces in his memories have grown indistinct… 2024: The tide is coming, and the travelers keep wa 51.4kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
40. 190 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves
41. 191 快 Quick Transmigration: Animal Cubs on the Prowl, Melting the Whole World 快穿：动物幼崽出击，萌翻全世界 This Fish Is Very Poisonous此鱼甚毒Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Everyone's Favorite + Little Boy (A Real Toddler) + Healing + Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place] Reborn as the big villain's little one, your mission is to hide your identity as a monster. Feng Wu leaned close to the big villain's ear and whispered, “Daddy, I be a little monster. I really not your baby!” Villain: ?! System: Now that's turning everything upside down!!! World One: A Dazzling Showbiz Career Sharp-tongued, infuriating little one (giant panda) vs. the sc 5.1kReads9.3Score526Shelves

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    Shocking! The phoenix cub is so cute 🥰, poor dad, here I come!

42. 192 雌 Female Rivalry? This Is a Script About Saving Mom 雌竞？这是拯救妈妈剧本 Sin Nine罪九Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + no romance + top student + fighting evil with evil + solving cases] In her previous life, Xu Qing was the biggest card cheat in Aocheng. After being sentenced to death, she unexpectedly returned to the age of ten. A violent father, a mother who weaponized guilt, and a bratty little brother waiting for her to raise him. Xu Qing flipped the table. She was done! No money? She won piles of it at the card table. No education? She turned around and became the province's top score 5.5kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    This is a good book, but it's not finished yet. Some of the content incorporates elements of reality. The female lead is very capable and intelligent, and it's very satisfying to read when she schemes against the bad guys. 😌 You might want to check it out.

43. 193 我 My Wife Wields Her Birthmark as a Weapon 我媳妇用胎记当武器 Rain Curtainkiss Mortal Life雨幕kiss浮生Urban693k WordsCompleted #Tomato Novel #My Wife Uses Her Birthmark as a Weapon #Mechanical God of Another World In the first fifty chapters, the protagonist finds a wife early on and adopts a child with the Law attribute. They plant a tree in the universe, its roots of law expanding as the essence of the world takes shape. Starting in the next fifty chapters, their daughter creates another world, the Primordial Wilderness begins, and civilizations of magic and immortal cultivation flourish as silicon-based life forms as 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    What lies beyond the Demon-Suppressing Pass? The Flame of Imprint gleaned fragments from the surrounding mortal villages: countless mortal cities, smoke rising from their chimneys; a massive island suspended in the clouds, its celestial palaces and pavilions faintly visible; a majestic immortal mountain piercing the sky, shrouded in spiritual energy… A vast, tightly-knit, and exclusive cultivation alliance! Deep within the tunnel, dust filled the air. Five disheveled figures were battling the hard rock with almost numb efficiency. Zhao Wu and Sun Miao were at the forefront, one wielding a flying sword barely imbued with golden energy as a chisel (Qi Xia had "confiscated" his natal magic weapon, returning only a spare flying sword), the other manipulating a thin stream of water to wash away the loose rubble. Song Zhen and Lin Yao were responsible for carrying the excavated soil and rocks to the rear, where Zhang Tianzheng, half-buried in the mud and only wielding the shovel with his upper body, threw the waste outside the tunnel entrance. Clang! Crash! Thud… (Sound of shoveling soil) Amidst the mechanical sounds of labor, Sun Miao's suppressed sobs and Zhao Wu's despairing mutterings were interspersed: "Dig…dig quickly…dig through and we'll be free…" Song Zhen and Lin Yao silently moved the soil, their eyes vacant, their Dao hearts clouded. With each swing of the shovel, Zhang Tianzheng felt as if he were burying the last vestiges of his dignity as a Soul Condensation stage cultivator; his old face burned with embarrassment. Qi Xia's massive body squatted at the edge of the tunnel entrance, like a demonic statue overseeing the construction. His turbid pupils coldly scanned the "project progress" below through the gaps. The core of the Branding Flame, however, was rapidly operating, analyzing the language and visual information of the "Eastern Immortal Cultivators" it had just encountered. The order and discipline resembled an ancient dynasty on Earth. The Bone-Eating Vine, with its pure spiritual energy, was active, but lacking magical elements and unable to cultivate itself, it could only rely on absorbing spiritual energy to convert into magic power to increase its strength. It would enjoy (judging by the old man's status) going out with four well-dressed followers. And… there were so many people! Could he go in looking like that? Countless scenarios flashed through his mind: panicked crowds, piercing alarms, countless flying swords and magical artifacts blotting out the sky, a relentless onslaught… Trouble! Huge trouble. He might even run into an old monster and die in the Eastern Lands! Unless… he could be less conspicuous? Qi Xia's cloudy eyes suddenly locked onto Zhang Tianzheng, who was wielding a shovel below. Could the energy (magic) this old man use change form? At least those golden shields and flying swords looked much more "civilized" than the flesh-and-blood attacks of the Southern Frontier monsters? A thought, originating from a fragment of Qi Xia from Earth and simplified by the tree demon's mind, popped into his head: Learn! Learn that transformation technique, and he could become human! The enormous figure moved, like a small mountain shifting at the tunnel entrance. "Hey!" A deep, hoarse voice, like two giant rocks rubbing together, suddenly exploded in the tunnel, sending dust flying. The five people below froze in unison, looking up in terror. Qi Xia's massive right claw pointed at Zhang Tianzheng, who was still mechanically swinging his shovel below, then at his own enormous, thorn-covered body, and finally slowly extended a relatively "rounded" fingertip, touching his temple (approximately) next to his twisted wooden helmet. His cloudy eyes stared at Zhang Tianzheng, and he spoke slowly and deliberately, his pronunciation extremely strange and awkward, as if he had just learned to speak the Eastern dialect: "Spell...? Teach... Me?" The tunnel was deathly silent. Zhao Wu's flying sword clattered to the ground. Sun Miao forgot to sob, her mouth agape. Song Zhen and Lin Yao froze in their movements as they moved stones. Zhang Tianzheng's shovel, halfway through its swing, stopped in mid-air, his mind blank. Wh... What? This terrifying monster, exuding murderous aura and capable of crushing them like caterpillars with a mere gesture… was asking… about magic? And… wanted to learn it?! Absurd! Utterly ridiculous! A demon attempting to steal the orthodox teachings of the Xuanmen?! Zhang Tianzheng was instantly overwhelmed by a profound sense of absurdity and rage at being desecrated! Although the Wuyou Sect was merely a third-rate sect within the Eastern Immortal Cultivation Alliance, its Daoist lineage had a foundation spanning ten thousand years. How could such a bloodthirsty monster possibly covet it?! "Demon! Don't even think about it!" Zhang Tianzheng's hair stood on end in fury. Even with half his body buried in the mud from digging, he now unleashed the last vestiges of courage of a Soul Condensation stage cultivator. His voice was sharp with agitation and humiliation, "The orthodox teachings of the Xuanmen, how dare you, a demon like you, defile them! I would rather die than…" "Roar!!" An impatient roar interrupted his impassioned outburst! A terrifying sonic wave, carrying a substantial killing intent, pressed down, causing the tunnel to vibrate and sending pebbles tumbling down! The five were instantly forced to the ground, their blood churning, making it difficult to even breathe! Qi Xia's cloudy eyes flashed with a restless red light. Refuse? The dark purple light of his thorn tattoo flared up, and his tree demon instincts made him want to slap this noisy old man into the ground as fertilizer! But the logic of the Branding Flame suppressed his rage—this old man was key, he couldn't, he couldn't. Fragments of Qi Xia's memories from Earth suddenly flashed—becoming an apprentice? There seemed to be such a process in martial arts dramas? Give it a try? "Thud!" Qi Xia ran in and knelt on the ground. Zhang Tianzheng, seeing that behemoth running towards him, wondered if it was coming to kill him. The enormous figure leaned forward slightly, its upper body as tall as a person, the oppressive feeling making the five tremble. Qi Xia stared at Zhang Tianzheng in the mud and spoke again, his voice still hoarse, but carrying an undeniable, one-sided declaration: "Master...?" "I... Disciple." (Translation: Now, you are my master.) "..." Zhang Tianzheng's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He couldn't catch his breath and coughed violently, his face covered in mud and blood. Disciple?! This monster wanted to be his disciple?! This was even more unacceptable to him than the annihilation of the Martial Nether Sect! His century-old Dao heart... No, his entire life's understanding was shattered in this moment! The shovel in his hand trembled. He wished he could smash this shameless guy to death with the shovel. "Pfft—" Lin Yao, who was next to him, couldn't hold it in any longer. Watching the absurd scene of the usually dignified elder being forced to accept a monster as a disciple, she was shocked, frightened, and bewildered. She coughed up a mouthful of blood. Song Zhen covered her mouth tightly, his face as pale as paper. "No... Impossible! The inheritance of Daoist arts requires a Daoist oath, with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as witness! It's no child's play!" Zhang Tianzheng coughed, struggling and shouting, trying to grasp at the last straw. A Daoist oath? The spiritual energy of heaven and earth? Qi Xia tilted his huge, thorn-covered head. The core of the Branding Flame glowed slightly. Program? Authentication? He was familiar with this! (Based on his understanding from the fragments of the Mechanical Beast Daoist Master) His massive body slowly straightened. Under the horrified gazes of the five, his ferocious, vine-covered left arm slowly rose. One of the vine tentacles deftly coiled up a relatively straight, mud-covered branch from the pile of discarded excavation tools nearby. *Poof!* The vine tentacle flicked slightly, the mud at the tip of the branch was shaken off, revealing a relatively clean break. Then, the vine, wrapped around the simple, unadorned muddy branch, slowly and firmly... Offered it to Zhang Tianzheng, whose body was half-submerged in the mud, in an extremely eerie, somewhat awkward, ritualistic manner? Qi Xia's cloudy eyes, peering through the gap, seemed to be trying to express a kind of "disciple's piety"? He used his voice, as if grinding against a boulder, to utter each word: "A gift..." "To... Become... A disciple..." (Translation: Here, a disciple's tea.) The tunnel fell into dead silence. A silence even more dead, more utterly dead, than before. Only the water droplets seeping from deep within the soil dripped... Drip... On the stones. Zhang Tianzheng looked at the muddy branch, still suspiciously damp and smelling of earth, the "disciple's gift," and then at the giant vine python covered in bone spurs that had just treated them like insects... An indescribable bitterness, grief, and absurdity surged to the top of his head! "Pfft—!" This time, Zhang Tianzheng spat out a mouthful of blood, his vision went black, and he almost fainted on the spot! His Dao Heart? No, he felt his soul had been defiled by this monster with that muddy branch! "Demon... Demon... Rules of the Dao... Wait..." Tears mixed with blood and mud streamed down Zhang Tianzheng's face as he sobbed uncontrollably, his spirit on the verge of collapse. Just then, Lin Yao, who had been silently moving stones, inadvertently glanced at a certain part of Qi Xia's massive body—on his right wrist, covered in dark silver thorns and bone spikes, next to the inconspicuous gray spatial ring, hung a strange, dusty longsword. In the chaos of the previous battle, coupled with Qi Xia's enormous size, she hadn't seen it clearly. Now, in the dim light filtering through the tunnel entrance, she finally saw the three characters engraved on the dusty sword. Simplified Chinese characters?! Lin Yao's pupils suddenly contracted! Her heart felt like it was being gripped by an icy hand! She came from a declining scholarly family in the Eastern Lands and had some knowledge of ancient scripts. This script... This structure... It was definitely not any ancient script known in the Eastern Lands! On the contrary... On the contrary, it resembled an extremely simple writing system passed down in some ancient, remote mortal kingdoms?! A bloodthirsty, murderous demon carrying a sword inscribed with simplified mortal characters?! This intense, inexplicable contradiction left her mind blank, and a chill ran down her spine! Qi Xia ignored Lin Yao's shock. He impatiently poked Zhang Tianzheng, who was still coughing up blood and sobbing, with a vine-covered branch. His muffled voice echoed in the tunnel: "Master... Father... Spell..." (Translation: Master, hurry, teach me spells!) Zhang Tianzheng looked at the swaying muddy branch gift in front of him, feeling the terrifying pressure like a mountain, and then thought of the terrified and desperate eyes of his four disciples... His century-old Dao heart shattered into pieces, but the instinct for survival overwhelmed everything. He trembled, raising his mud- and blood-stained hands, and screamed incoherently in a voice that was almost a wail: "Teach... I'll teach! You beast... No... Disciple! I'll teach! You accept this... This 'gift' first! I... I'll pass on to you... I'll pass on to you the 'Minor Five Elements Basic Qi Absorption Technique'! The most... Most basic! That's all I can do! That's all I can do! Waaah..."

44. 194 我 My Days on a Deserted Island with the Neighbor's Auntie 我和邻居阿姨失落荒岛的日子 I'm the White Pu Monster我是白朴怪Urban549k WordsOngoing My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 38Reads6.5Score—Shelves
45. 195 万 The Harem’s Beloved Male Lead Has His Eyes on Me 万人迷男主对我图谋不轨 A White Tree一树白Two Male Leads132k WordsOngoing Bai Yuexun transmigrates into the old-school comic Beloved. The comic depicts the tangled love and hatred between the universally adored Chu Qi and three extreme pursuers. He also gets saddled with a System and has no choice but to complete the tasks it assigns. As he works through the missions, he gradually discovers that the original plot has completely fallen apart, and that the protagonist Chu Qi has changed from the arrogant, cold-hearted character in the comic into a scheming and unhinged 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take a look, you're sure to find something you like.

46. 196 靠 Saved the Furnace Cauldron Junior Brother Through Death-Seeking, Only to Be Counter-Attacked 靠作死拯救炉鼎师弟后被反攻了 Du Jiuqi度九七Two Male Leads845k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Both Pure + System + Younger Love Interest + Everyone's Favorite + Ensemble Cast + Multiple Couples + Plenty of Foreshadowing + Many Twists] Chu Siqiao is bound to a death-seeking System and transmigrates into a trashy, sexually explicit novel as a cannon-fodder male supporting character. The protagonist bottom, Mu Zisheng, is his junior martial brother and a cultivation furnace. What he doesn't expect is that the original novel is a pirated book. In the authentic version, Mu Z 7.3kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
47. 197 炮 The Cannon-Fodder CEO Is Still Being Coveted by the Unhinged Movie Star Today 炮灰总裁今天也被疯批影帝觊觎 Dice-Kun骰子君Two Male Leads466k WordsCompleted The starting score is a little low. I’m working my way up. [Showbiz | Two Alphas | Power Couple] [Scheming, obsessive, unhinged actor top × pampered, arrogant, awkward CEO bottom] [I came here to fight for billing, not to fall in love!] [Shocking! A failed blacklist turns into a publicity campaign: the awkward CEO joins the cast with an investment, takes on his sworn enemy, and sends the whole internet into a shipping frenzy] Intent on fighting for resources and screen time so his sworn enemy wo 491Reads8.8Score106Shelves
48. 198 老 How Can an Honest Man Survive in a Love Rivalry Story? 老实人怎么在雄竞文生存 Wild Boar on the Wall野猪上墙Two Male Leads885k WordsCompleted 762Reads8.2Score105Shelves
49. 199 不 After I Stopped Fawning Over Her, My White Moonlight Regretted It Too Late 不跪舔后，白月光追悔莫及 Cooking Raw Rice into a Done Meal生米煮熟饭Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After groveling at her feet for so long, Ji Tianwen got poisoned in return, and his hundred-billion-yuan business empire collapsed overnight. In his new life, while the goddess wore a wedding dress and carried a bouquet of flowers to confess her love to the one she had always pined for, Ji Tianwen decisively broke up with her, then offered his heartfelt blessings. 1.3kReads7.3Score170Shelves

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    After refusing to fawn over her, the white moonlight (ideal love interest) was filled with regret.

50. 200 重 Back to 1982: My Nine Daughters Are Stunning 重回82：我九个女儿美炸了 The Cat Watches the Flowers花猫子看花Urban1.5M WordsCompleted People say that reaching seventy is a rare feat. But at Tang Jiancheng’s seventieth birthday banquet, the guests were truly rare! Apart from the yellow dog at his feet, not a single person showed up! And yet, he had once been the father of nine daughters! Lost in painful memories, Tang Jiancheng drank himself unconscious. When he woke again, he had somehow returned to 1982, ten days after the birth of his ninth daughter... This time, he swore to protect his daughters and make sure not one of the 10.2kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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    It's a light novel, worth reading.

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