Books These Days Are So Bland They're Hard to Swallow. Any Good Ones You Can Read Without Skipping? 现在的书越来越稳难以下咽了，有没有可以不跳的书
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Xuanhuan: Defying Fate Through Ten Thousand Lifetimes, I Beat the Immortal Emperor to a Pulp 玄幻：逆命万世，我打爆仙帝
[The print edition of The Mayfly Chronicle goes on sale at 7 p.m. on September 26 at the Xiaofanqu Book Flagship Store, Douyin, Pinduoduo, and Tmall. Preorders are now open.] If life is as fleeting as a mayfly, how can it ever shake the heavens? After dying, Su Chen discovers that his golden finger is a Book of Defying Fate. After death, he can earn Fate-Reversal Points based on his life's achievements, then reincarnate again and again. By spending Fate-Reversal Points, he can improve his aptitu
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The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了
[Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of
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The Ghost Doctor’s Poisonous Concubine 鬼医毒妾
She was the blind legitimate daughter of the Mu family. When her younger half-sister stole her marriage and poisoned her, she woke up as… herself. At a selection ceremony for the Fourth Prince’s bride that had set the whole imperial capital abuzz, she happened to pass by. A ball embroidered with a wish-fulfilling ring came falling from the sky and landed right in the arms of the blind girl. All his plans were ruined. In full view of everyone, he grabbed her by the throat. “Are you trying to get
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What?! The Villainess's Husband Is Actually the Crown Prince of the Capital's Elite 惊！恶毒女配老公竟是京圈太子
[Print edition signed, awaiting release] Marriage first, love later / older, fatherly male lead / devoted couple, sweet romance Carefree, high-maintenance heroine × abstinent, scheming older man Jin Zhao transmigrates into a sweet romance novel as the vicious supporting heroine. Not only is she beautiful, with fair skin, but she's also secretly married to the heir of a powerful family in the capital. But she'd heard her bargain husband was abstinent, so she decides to cling to his coattails. “Ho
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Roleplaying in an Escape Game 在逃生游戏里角色扮演
[Infinite-Flow + Horror and Suspense + Two Powerful Leads + Twists + Ensemble Cast] [When human nature brushes against the narrow gap between death and survival, desire and pain become entangled. Will you tame despair, or enter a cycle that leads to certain doom?] On the verge of death, Bai Zheng was dragged into a horror game that required players to stay in character. She didn't want to die, so she chose to become a player. The game's evaluation of her was: [Player, please be careful not to br
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Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你
[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
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Ashes in the Joyful Courtyard 欢庭烬
She opened her eyes again to find herself the daughter of a condemned official, awaiting execution. To survive in this unfamiliar world, Bai Zhi was always finding ways to cater to the tyrant’s tastes. As time went by, she noticed something strange. Huh? Why was this tyrant acting so oddly? He was almost like a well-behaved puppy. And why was Sister Yun Ying looking at me so strangely?
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Climbing the Ranks of Power 攀登官峰
Xu Lu never imagined that an ordinary woman could climb the ranks in small but steady steps simply by being beautiful, and even help her husband get promoted along the way. She enjoys all kinds of privileges and takes in the boundless vistas from the summit of officialdom...
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Book Transmigration: An Abusive Husband? I Turn Around and Spoil My Wife and Daughter 穿书：家暴男？反手宠哭老婆女儿
(Transmigrates into a book, 1v1: an abusive husband who comes to his senses versus a gentle mother and adorable daughter who go from misery to happiness) Lin Muyun, a real-world craftsman, opens his eyes to find he's transmigrated into the role of the ultimate scumbag in a tragic romance! He shares a name with the original, but that man was a habitual wife-beater. He drove his gentle wife, Jiang Ruyue, to despair, his daughter Duoduo was terrified of him, and the divorce papers were already lai
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I Followed My Mom Into Her New Marriage and Became the Military Compound’s Favorite 随妈改嫁：我成了军区大院的团宠
[Period setting + 1970s + transmigrate + feel-good story + space] [Beautiful heiress vs. aloof, doting CEO] Nan Xi transmigrated from the apocalypse into the 1970s, and her father died just ten days after she was born. When she was five, she went with her mother to visit her grandparents, who had been sent down to a farm. The two took a wrong turn and were caught by Nan Bosen, who was taking part in a military exercise. Nan Bosen fell in love with her mother, Shen Xinyue, at first sight, and the
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The Palace Maid Is Soft and Sweet, and the Emperor Cherishes Her 小宫女又软又娇，皇上宠她入骨
[HE; a cold, powerful emperor VS a carefree little palace maid, not both virgins] A Zhi grew up in the palace and knew all its twists and turns. Her goal was clear: eat well and wait to die! Who could have guessed that one day, while delivering a meal, she would catch the emperor’s eye? Terrified, A Zhi packed her little bundle that very night, determined to make a run for it at dawn! But before she could get away, she and her pitifully small bundle were sent straight to Taihe Palace. Only after
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The Whole Family's Darling: The Four-Year-Old Little Master Comes Down the Mountain 团宠萌宝：四岁小师傅下山了
[Wildly imaginative, laugh-out-loud comedy, invincible protagonist] CEO dad: “I’m so alpha.” Beautiful mom: “I’m fierce and fabulous.” Their adorable four-year-old daughter: “Everyone, move aside!” The adorable four-year-old returns to the city with her sect’s most treasured artifacts, instantly dominating the world and everything in it! She chants incantations, plays with talismans, practices medicine, and knows martial arts. With one carefree strike of her Smiling Palm, who can stand against h
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High Alert in the Ghost Realm! The Little Mystic Prodigy Is Coming Down the Mountain 鬼界高能！前方玄学小祖宗下山了
The eldest son of the richest family in the capital, who suffered from gynophobia, had somehow acquired a fiancée. Supposedly, she was a country bumpkin who claimed she could exorcise ghosts and tell fortunes, deciding life and death with a single word. She had offended quite a few big shots. Everyone waited for those big shots to drive the country girl out of the capital. But they waited and waited, only to hear that the eldest son of the Ning family was engaged to her. At the wedding, everyone
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Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢
[Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r
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I'm Not the Original Host, So Acting Out and Giving Up Is Only Natural 我又不是原主摆烂发疯很正常
[Transmigrate into a book + mind reading + showbiz + absurd comedy + one-on-one romance] A funny girl knows next to nothing about love and men! The romance plot might be a complete mess. - Su Qingwu, who loves watching suggestive male streamers, unexpectedly dies and transmigrates into a melodramatic body-double romance novel. She's neither the heroine's body double nor the beloved supporting female character. She's a damn stepping-stone cannon fodder who helps the male lead bankrupt his villain
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Stockpiling a Hundred Billion in Supplies: An Assassin Squad Clears the Apocalypse 囤百亿物资，杀手小队通关末世
(Female-led story, zombies, team-based, decisive and ruthless, not a bleeding heart) Bai Yaoyao, ranked number one on the assassin leaderboard, awakened a spatial ability after the apocalypse began. She led her brothers from the organization to carve out a path through the carnage and reach the top of the apocalypse's Ten Strongest list. Yet, in the end, she still died in the apocalypse's tenth year, cut to pieces by an Emperor-rank spatial zombie. She thought her life was over. But when she ope
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The Real Heiress from the Countryside Is the Commander’s Cherished Darling 乡下来的真千金竟是首长掌心宠
[Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Multiple Births + Domestic Life + No Playing Savior] [The short drama is now available. Search for “Sharing a Lifetime with You.”] First, Jiang Yunshu dumped her fiancé, who loved eating out. Then her grandparents, who had died many years ago, came to her in a dream. Before they left, they even gave her a mustard-seed pocket dimension they had begged from the King of Hell. That’s right, Jiang Yunshu was about to transmigrate, and luckily, she st
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Transmigrated Into a Book: No One Understands Arrogance Better Than Me 穿书之没人能比我更懂嚣张
[Signed for print publication] –– Fu Zhu died suddenly after staying up all night watching shows and reading novels. She still remembers that just before she died, she was reading a novel called The Useless Girl Warrior Who Defies Heaven. –– Then she became Bai Li Fu Zhu, the female villain who opposes the novel's hero and heroine. –– This villain is different: she isn't jealous of the heroine or interested in the hero. She simply can't stand the two of them acting more arrogant than her and ste
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Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Taoist Priest! 大哥，你是警察啊，不是道士！
[If you dislike cutesy, whimpering heroines, read no further] [Also known as: Me, a humble paper effigy maker, and you want me to crack a major case] When Yue Dong went to a telecom service center to cancel his late grandfather’s phone service, the staff gave him a hard time. “Rules are rules. The account holder has to be here in person!” “You have to follow the rules!” Yue Dong laughed in exasperation, then waved his hand and used his paper effigy-making skills to summon his late grandfather. T
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With Three Systems in Hand, Her Spirit Treasures Are More Than a Little Abundant 手握三个系统，她的灵宝有亿点多
[Invincible Power Fantasy, Pure Wish Fulfillment, No Romance, The Female Lead Shines on Her Own, No Angst, and She Knows Exactly How Strong She Is] From the start, Tang Yue gets a Sect-Building System. As long as she takes in disciples, grows the sect, and raises its reputation, she can become stronger. Just as Tang Yue is getting ready to go all out, she unexpectedly gets bound to two more Systems. One is a sign-in System, and the other is a rebate System. Both Systems are fiercely competitive.
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Reborn as the General’s True Daughter! The Prime Minister Husband’s Boundless Affection 穿成将军嫡女！首辅夫君满门宠
The third young master of the Wen family, the Grand Secretary's household, is handsome and exceptionally learned, yet none of the noble young ladies in the capital dares marry him. Rumor has it he won't live to see his twentieth birthday. The General's legitimate fifth daughter was condemned to an early death by a Daoist fortune-teller in the mountains. Before she was even half a month old, she was taken to Tianmen Mountain. Only after turning sixteen and coming down the mountain could she escap
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I Came to the Capital to Find My Family, and My Brother’s Archrival Spoiled Me Rotten 进京寻亲，被哥哥死对头宠翻天
[Pure historical setting + one-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s only partners + lighthearted and sweet + direct communication, no misunderstandings + no transmigration or rebirth] [Airheaded, gentle heroine versus arrogant, ruthless minister] Jiang Yihuan’s older brother was an official in the capital, while she dug wild greens in the countryside and often went hungry. One day, her brother’s sworn enemy, Wei Zhao, captured her. “Your brother has been exiled. From now on, you’re coming
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My Child! Come to the Palace With Me: You’ll Be Crown Prince, and I’ll Be Empress 崽啊！跟娘进宫，你为太子我为后
Synopsis: [Palace intrigue + household drama + feisty adorable kid + gleeful mayhem + absurd comedy with no logic + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + devoted couple] Qin Wan transmigrates into the body of a bride in a marquis's household, where nobody likes her. Her husband doesn't love her? Her mother-in-law mistreats her? Her cousin tries to provoke her? No problem. As long as they don't stop her from lazing around, she's fine! But just as she tries to live a quiet life, certain people in
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The Yandere Villain Acts Sweet, Then Steals My Money, Body, and Heart 病娇反派装乖，骗钱骗身还骗心
[One-on-One, Both Leads Pure + Truly Unhinged Villainous Male Lead + Chatty, Sharp-Tongued Female Lead] Shen Nuo transmigrated into a book. The good news was that she had become the domineering CEO's younger sister. The bad news: because they were fighting over the family fortune, her brother now wanted to beat her to death. Afraid to go home, she hid in a bar, where she met a man whose looks and figure were exactly to her taste. Unfortunately, he didn't seem satisfied with the price she offered
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The Imperial Uncle's Heart's Cinnabar Mark 国舅心头朱砂痣
Song Sixian transmigrates into the Song family, a clan that sells its daughters for wealth and status. Determined not to be sold as a concubine to an eighty-year-old man, she boldly climbs into the bed of the Imperial Uncle. Shen Yunzhou, the Imperial Uncle of the current dynasty, wields power across the court. Cold and ruthless, he is nicknamed “the Cat Who Leaves Nothing Behind.” He is bent on seizing power, a notorious treacherous minister known throughout the realm. He is also exceptionally
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My Best Friend and I Reincarnated into a Cheating Scandal: Honey, Hear Me Out 闺蜜齐穿抓奸现场老公你听我狡辩
[Transmigrate into a Book + Ensemble Cast + A Bad Girl Seeks Redemption + The Husband-Chasing Crematorium + Sweet Romance + Lighthearted and Lively + Over-the-Top Rich-Family Drama] Qin Yao and Lin Sui, two best friends, transmigrate into a book together. Not only do they become doomed cannon-fodder supporting female characters, they also end up caught in the act. One gets drunk and heads straight to a hotel with a guy, while the other takes a huge amount of cash and runs off to the airport w
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Where the Green Mountains Fade Into the Distance 青山归杳处
[Steady, divorced senior leader X gentle, ambitious junior employee; age gap; sweet romance] At first, faced with a powerful, influential figure, Gu Yao feels both intimidated and awed. Then one day, she gets drunk and accidentally ends up in his car, and everything begins to change... P.S. The male lead’s first marriage was in name only.
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We Broke Up, So Why Are You Still Bowing Your Head? 都分手了，你还低头干什么！
The powerful one lowers their head; the weaker one gets trained like a dog. Some mild coercion. [Rekindled Romance / Winning Her Back + Mutual Secret Crush + Both Pure, 1v1] An ambitious, gentle, deeply loving woman vs. a sharp-tongued, tsundere, dramatic show-off of a man There is logic in this story, so bring your brain - Ruan Liusu was hired by Si Jianwei as a live-in study companion. During their two years abroad, Si Jianwei bossed Ruan Liusu around: “You have to be home before ten every nig
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After I Accidentally Went on a Blind Date with My Boss 误和老板相亲以后
[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
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Marrying Up 攀高枝
[Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping
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The Empress Has Had Enough and Flips the Table: Why Are You Crying, Tyrant? 娘娘掀桌不干了，暴君你哭什么
[Both leads are pure + Later forced possession and obsessive pursuit + Love and hate + Transmigration + The powerful one bows down] Resilient beauty vs. brooding crown prince The Crown Prince, Dongling Jing, is of noble birth and the highest-ranking commander of the Su Bei Army. But fate is cruel: after he is left with a leg injury in the war against Nan Yue, his position as crown prince hangs by a thread. An imperial decree arranges a marriage, and Su Jin, who has transmigrated here, is chosen
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The Carefree Young Prince Rises 逍遥小世子崛起
While carrying out a special mission for China, Song Yang was killed in action. Fortunately, he transmigrated into the body of a good-for-nothing official’s son in a different time and place in ancient times. Armed with his modern memories, he lay low until he had learned the rules of this world, then began his journey to turn his life around: crushing the Xiongnu, pacifying Jiaozhi, and rising to marquis and chancellor...
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A Meteor Falls Between Our Hearts, and Liu Cun's Midsummer 流星落芯间，盛夏刘存
A seasoned civil servant and a poor college beauty: after one breathtaking glance, it’s a careful courtship, step by step. It begins with beauty, deepens with talent, and ends in devotion to each other. Growing up in a family beset by misfortune, Liu Kexin learned early that only by becoming strong could she change other people’s prejudices and improve her family’s life. Carrying her older sister’s dream and her own hopes, she enters a key provincial university. At the welcome gala, her performa
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My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客
After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem.
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