If You're Out of Books, Come Find Great Reads With No Annoying Flaws 书荒的来，不毒点的好书
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A Family of Liars 骗子世家
The imperial examinations were abolished, no imperial edicts arrived, and the family fortunes declined. Zhen Yongxin, a young man from a prestigious family, fell into the world of the jianghu. After receiving guidance from a master, he took to it like a fish to water, prospered, and amassed a vast fortune...
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The Art of Fortune-Telling by Chinese Characters 测字有术
When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get
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Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神
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
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Beneath the Cold Gunfire 冷枪之下
His name is Yang Mihu. In his life, he has had seven women, two guns, and a Lu Ban tool chest. He owns nothing else. An orphan who rose against the odds, he fires from the shadows and kills the enemy, driven by fierce patriotism. A spy and secret agent, he enters the enemy's lair, calculates every move, and kills without leaving a trace. Born under an ill star, he walks alone through lonely days and lonely rains, destined to grow old by himself.
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Warlords of the Republic: Rivers, Mountains, and Flames of War 民国军阀：江河烽土
(No System, no golden finger, no special forces.) Winter, 1937. Jianghe County, Eastern Mongolia Province. Ao Jiangan, a former officer of the Fengtian Army, commands a security regiment guarding the frontier town. He fends off Japanese infiltration while maneuvering between bandits and puppet troops. With the dual nature of a refined scholar and an iron-blooded commander, he gradually builds his power across the vast northern lands of Eastern Mongolia Province. In the end, he becomes a true war
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Mercenary Destiny 佣兵宿命
Lin Qi was born under an ill omen. He would shed seven tears in his lifetime and endure nine trials. His parents abandoned him when he was little. A widow took him in, but she killed herself when he was ten. What could have driven her to do it? At eighteen, Lin Qi accidentally killed the son of a high-ranking official and had no choice but to flee overseas, where he began his career as a mercenary. That feared Judge became a fixture on battlefields around the world! Deng Qiqi is the youngest rec
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On Campus They Call Me Professor Jiang, But What Do They Call Me Outside? 校内叫我江教授，校外称我什么？
[Slice of life + entrepreneurship + university] Reborn at the moment of his university graduation in 2011, Jiang Hao faces another chance to stay on at the university. He gives up the grueling 996 work schedule he endured in his previous life and chooses to stay on as a librarian. Drawing on the memories from before he was reborn, he originally only wants financial freedom. But as his fortune grows, he ultimately becomes someone others admire as a success!
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I, the Only Father in Da Feng 我，大奉唯一的爹
He transmigrates into the Da Feng Dynasty as the son of the Duke of Ying, a notorious fool and wastrel known throughout the capital. Lin Chen cracks his knuckles. “If I’m the duke’s son, who do I have to fear?” And so Lin Chen charges headlong through life, from the capital to Jiangnan, from temples to court, from the northern frontier to the grasslands, leaving a fearsome reputation in his wake. Da Feng’s merchants are stunned. “Wait, you became the richest man in Da Feng. How is that being a w
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Hong Kong Films: From Street Punk to Justice of the Peace 港片：从烂仔到太平绅士
Gu Jiahui transmigrated to a parallel world where Hong Kong movies had merged, becoming a henchman of Chuan Bao. Gu Jiahui: “I have only three goals in this world.” “First, make money. Second, make money. Third, make even more money.” “What if someone tries to stop me from making money?” “Then I take him out.” After that, Gu Jiahui started publishing magazines, selling knockoffs, making movies, and putting up buildings. People's way of addressing him changed from “Ah Hui” to “Mr. Gu.” Liu Jianmi
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Espionage: Three Years, Then Three More, and Now I'm a Japanese Colonel 谍战：三年又三年，我成鬼子大佐
Su Mu wakes up one morning and finds he has transmigrated to the Republic of China, becoming a low-ranking agent for the Military Statistics Bureau! Just as he’s losing hope, he gains the ability to read people’s thoughts! Agent at No. 76: Damn it, how did our secret plan to arrest the deputy chief of the Military Statistics Bureau get leaked? Chief of the Special Services Section: Damn it, who exposed the top-secret agent infiltrating Mountain City? I’ll kill him! Headquarters of the Plum Bloss
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My Time Is Up. Has the Powerful One System Arrived? 大限已至，强者系统降临？
[Ruthless Protagonist]+ [No Overpowered Cheats]+ [Not a Mindless System Novel]+ [Read at Your Own Risk]+ [The Villains Aren’t Stupid] Reborn in another world before birth, he had no System, no cheat, and no golden finger. In this world where martial arts could reach the divine, he struggled at every turn. Then, at the end of his life, as his final moments came, he unexpectedly awakened a System! [Congratulations, Host. You have experienced a truly human life: birth, aging, sickness and death; jo
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My Whole Clan Are Children of Destiny, So I’m the Clan Chief and I Lie Flat 家族全是天命之子，族长我躺平了
[Family clan + ensemble cast + easygoing + lie flat + no self-sacrificing do-gooder + multiple female leads] Xu Qingzhou transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes the patriarch of a third-rate clan. Just after binding a family-clan System, he learns that his clan is about to be wiped out. He can hear the inner thoughts of some of his clan members, and every one of them has a golden finger. Their cultivation can even feed back to him. All they have to do is work hard at cultivation, but Xu Qin
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The Retired High-Ranking Official 退位高官
[Officialdom Novel + Shadow Corruption + Retired Officials + Power Plays Between Business and Government] Originally titled The Old Man. In official circles, there is a group of people respectfully known as “old men.” These are retired leading officials, and they can be found at every administrative level, from townships and counties to cities, provinces, and ministries. With a broad network of former subordinates and deep connections, their influence is like a towering tree with roots too deep
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Top Broker 顶尖掮客
This book starts with the protagonist, Feng Tianchen, a simple private-car driver, and follows his brutal struggle through the world of politics. It is a battlefield without gunfire, a terrifying vortex that ordinary people cannot escape once they enter. But to a seasoned political operator, it is the perfect stage for a masterful performance. See how Feng Tianchen rises from a humble driver to the pinnacle of life through his own efforts.
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The Con Artist: Starting by Winning Over the Girl Next Door 老千：从征服邻家姐姐开始
As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers lose. You'll never see the knives hidden behind the gambling table! I have a plain name: Niu Tiezhu. Of course, you can also call me... A-Yao.
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1980: Changing My Fate by Learning Martial Arts 80年：改命从习武开始
Set in an alternate universe during the 1980s, this story follows a boy who grows up in harsh conditions. It all begins with his desire to eat his fill, but once his eyes are opened to the world, he wants to understand it better. This is not a story about being reborn or transmigrating, nor is it a wish-fulfillment novel. It focuses on martial arts, cultivation, and everyday life. A slow-burn, System-free story of daily life and personal growth, if every person’s life is a book, then Sunzei’s st
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The Underworld: Ruling the World 黑社会：雄霸天下
The campus beauty he'd loved for three years was brutalized and killed! Chen Xuewen, who had done nothing, was framed and sent to prison! His honest, hardworking parents both died horribly while seeking justice for him! After nineteen years of living by the rules and obeying the law, Chen Xuewen finally saw the true face of the world. “Those who kill and burn their way to riches wear golden belts, while those who build bridges and roads leave no bones behind!” “If others can kill and burn, why
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My Sister-in-Law Preached Frugality, So I Took Her Advice and Canceled the Whole Family's Supplementary Cards 嫂子提倡节俭，我听劝停了全家副卡
The whole family was going on a National Day trip, and my sister-in-law volunteered to handle the planning. She booked our flights for the middle of the night. I was so sleepy I could barely keep my eyes open, so I wanted to buy a cup of coffee, but she said, “There’s free coffee on the plane. Why waste money? You’re a girl who doesn’t earn anything, so you should learn to think of your family.” But what she didn’t know was that I was the one earning all the money for the family. Why would she s
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Stop Scrolling, Bro! This Streamer Isn’t Here to Perform 别刷了哥！这主播根本不是卖艺的
Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a livestream money-grabbing System! As long as he earns gifts and tips and meets his cash-grabbing targets, he can receive random rewards from the System! And so, the internet's most shamelessly money-hungry streamer is born! "Boss! Singing, dancing, doing stunts, rapping, standing on my head, whatever other streamers can do, I can do too. And whatever they can't do, I can do even better!" "Boss, just tell me what you want me to do! As lon
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Reborn as a Demonic Cultivator: From the Start, I Found a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球
This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror
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On a Rainy Night, My Yandere Sister Begged Me to Take Her In 雨夜，病娇妹妹求我收留
[Extra sweet] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Light novel] + [Not self-insert] A landmine girl, an underground idol, a debuting voice actress, a childhood-friend editor, a doujin artist... After I made a wish, they all came to my side. To fight over the one and only female lead spot, they launched into a frenzied battle of romantic rivalry. Three years later, Lu Qing clasped his hands together. “Oh, God of Inspiration, I was immature back then. Please spare me...” A completely original story wit
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An Ant? What Should You Call Me in Your Next Life? 蝼蚁？下一世你应该称呼我什么？
[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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Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨
Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are
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I Burned Corpses and Ascended to Sainthood 我靠焚尸超凡入圣
Since ancient times, people have believed the dead should be buried whole. Cremation is deeply disrespectful to the deceased, and only corpses that have undergone an uncanny transformation are burned. Those who cremate corpses are known as corpse burners. It is an extremely dangerous line of work. At midnight, one room, one corpse burner. Once the doors are shut and locked, if the corpse turns vicious, the corpse burner is as good as dead. Qin He makes his living this way at a canal wharf in the
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My Freshman Internship: You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物
[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
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The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！
[Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O
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Surviving on a Forsaken Star: Combine Identical Junk into Brand-New Gear 弃星生存：相同垃圾合成全新装备
After the Second Era, Earth became the largest technological junkyard in the Milky Way. A scavenger's cloak billows in the wind as Cheng Qi stands atop a mountain of trash. [Similar technological object detected] [Beginning synthesis] [Damaged Nanny Bot], [Safety-Guard Nanny Bot], [Environment-Adaptive Nanny Bot]! [Mechanical Exploration Shoes], [Mechanical Exploration Leggings], [Jet-Powered Turbine Boots]! [Surgical Assistant Gloves], [Intelligent Assistant Gloves], [Gravity-Field Adjustment G
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From the Start, I Had Eternal Life: Laying Low in the Mortal Realm Until I Ascended 开局长生，苟在下界吃土飞升
[Immortal cultivation + no System + not a power fantasy + slow-paced + no female lead + pseudo-ensemble cast. Read with care if this isn’t your thing.] The mighty will of Heaven shines like a mirror, illuminating the causes and effects binding immortals and mortals alike. The countless living beings are like grains of sand, ground into the ashes of tribulation beneath mountains and rivers. A mysterious mirror hangs among the highest heavens, reflecting the lives of all beings in the Three Realm
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Fellow Daoist, Why Is Your Human Emperor Banner Belching Black Smoke? 道友，你这人皇幡怎么冒黑烟啊？
Even unorthodox paths can lead to Heaven! This poor Daoist has always been a bit timid. If I don’t pull up the roots after cutting the grass, I won’t be able to sleep at night! Heh heh heh... I, He An, am your great calamity!
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My Right Eye Is a God-Tier Computer 我的右眼是神级计算机
I am the super artificial intelligence in your eyes. You humans call an IQ of 85 stupid and an IQ of 135 smart, but you will never understand what an IQ of 125,000 means! From now on, I will be your right-hand man!
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Emperor Jiuchen: Spoiling Jingwan Alone 九宸帝尊：唯宠静婉
- Protagonist: Yi Jiu Born from the source of chaos at the beginning of the Primordial Era, his realm surpasses every known category, including “Dao Ancestor” and “Heavenly Emperor.” He is a forbidden existence throughout the Myriad Worlds. Overbearing and cold, he regards all living things as ants, yet is devoted to Lin Jingwan with a passion etched into his soul. When Lin Jingwan died in her previous life protecting him, he reversed time and space to send her to be reborn in the mortal world.
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Some Secrets Can Never Be Told 总有不能说的秘密
This book is entirely fictional, imagined and made up by the author. Please do not apply it to real life. The male lead is Yi Junlin, and the female lead is Wen Jing. As the story develops, people connected to Yi Junlin will appear. There is no single, fixed plotline at the heart of this book. The story is built around changes in Yi Junlin’s personality and emotions, with emotional development as its main thread and an uncertain direction. Please forgive any shortcomings. Yi Junlin was originall
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I Am the Only Gentle Soul in All the Heavens 吾乃诸天唯一温柔
Just the name Zhao Tianchen was enough to make forbidden beings across the Myriad Worlds tremble. He had once torn apart chaos and crushed the void, returning from beyond every unknown taboo. He had long since become the Ancestor of Taboos, standing above all forbidden beings. To him, the Myriad Worlds and trillions of universes were nothing but specks of dust. All living beings and countless prodigies were no different from ants in his eyes. He was cold because nothing in the world could move h
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From the Start, I'm the Immortal Venerable of All Worlds: My Campus Life Is a Little... 开局万界仙尊：我的校园生活有点
Lin Mo was the “Mysterious Vault Immortal Venerable” above the Nine Heavens, revered throughout the myriad worlds. His cultivation reached the heavens and earth, and he had attained the very end of the Dao. Weary of eternal solitude and the coldness of supremacy, he sealed away his memories and almost all his cultivation, retaining only a sliver of instinctive defense and his passive status. Taking the identity of an ordinary person named Lin Mo, he descended into Class 7, Grade 12, at Jiangchen
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Evening Breeze Through the Wutong Trees 晚风梧桐
Core Premise: Hidden within the coming-of-age story at Xinghua University are the sweetest joys and the most painful scars. Lin Xiaofeng, the Computer Science department's devoted lone wolf, meets Shen Wanwan, the Chinese department's moonlight goddess. From the stunning first moment they meet to loving each other with all their hearts, their story is one of heartbeats beneath plane trees in midsummer and struggles in the snow of midwinter. Their everyday life is sweet enough to make your heart
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Return to the Cosmos: A Humble Beginning 宙归：始于平凡
Lin An was once the sole eternal, transcendent Cosmic-level being above all worlds and stars. After his grandfather's beloved wife was murdered and died, he tore through the void and returned to Blue Star, where he began a quiet life as an idle man in the company of cranes. Later, in the course of his ordinary college life, he met the love of his life, Lin Shuwan.
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I Am the Forbidden Taboo: Xu Tianyi, Sovereign of All Worlds 我即是禁忌：万界唯我徐天意
Before the universe was born, taboos already stretched across the void; Above those taboos lay a chaos beyond description. Xu Tianyi had long since walked through that chaos, trampling every unknown taboo beneath his feet. When he returned from a realm beyond all comprehension, the so-called strongest beings, true gods, and taboo entities of the Myriad Worlds were all no more than ants. He was the cold arbiter of the heavens, and a sweep of his gaze could extinguish billions of stars; He was the
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The Apocalypse’s Insect Queen: More Children, More Blessings, Building the Strongest Swarm 末世虫母，多子多福打造最强虫群
[Apocalypse + transformation + villain protagonist + behind-the-scenes scheming + more children, more blessings + ten-thousandfold rebates] The swarm apocalypse descends. Lin Mo is infected by the swarm and becomes its master. In his previous life, Lin Mo hid his insectoid identity and helped humanity fight the swarm to protect his younger sister. But after his identity was exposed, his own sister sentenced him to death. Reborn in the early days of the swarm apocalypse, Lin Mo decides to abandon
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I'm a Demon Emperor, and You Want Me to Challenge the Rules of the Horror Tales? 我一魔帝，你让我挑战规则怪谈？
[Rule-based horror + Demon Emperor + Invincible + No Female Lead + National Destiny + Supernatural] Demon Emperor Su Bai returns to his homeland, intending to enjoy a quiet life. Just then, a rule-based horror game descends upon the real world, and Su Bai is chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom in its challenge. Treating it as a bit of fun, Demon Emperor Su Bai enters the game and begins his relaxing vacation. Breaking the correct rules will get you corrupted? This Emperor wants to try it. The
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After Three Years of Cold War, She Asked for a Divorce, but His Eyes Turned Red 冷战三年，她提离婚他却红了眼
[Hong Kong elite vs. fallen socialite] [Marriage first, love later + a long road to winning her back] [One-on-one romance] They’d been married for three years. He’d never cared about her, she’d had a crush on him for years, and he had someone else in his heart. Then she finally saw the light! After Li Qian watched Gu Tingchen abandon her for his first love for who knew how many times, she suddenly understood something. If someone doesn’t love you, it won’t matter how careful you are or how despe
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