I’m Seriously in a Reading Slump 书荒很严重

1. 1 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 117kReads9.6Score13.7k14d adds

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   Who says a fake heiress has to rise to the top? I'm going to just coast along and win! Transmigrated into a book as a fake heiress, facing the clichéd script of the real heiress returning and the family abandoning her, while everyone else is desperately trying to turn things around, Shen Yue takes a different path, directly embarking on a life of coasting along! "Even a Fake Heiress Should Bravely Coast Along," will show you a different kind of anti-cliché, truly satisfying novel! At the age of 12, Shen Yue accidentally fell into the water while feeding fish and awakened future memories, learning that she was the fake heiress of the Shen family and would tragically end up in prison. Since the ending can't be changed, why bother trying? Shen Yue decisively coasts along, starting a "live for the moment" mode: pestering her eldest brother to play with the company, treating it like a playground; seeking acting lessons from her second brother, going to the film set to lie down and collect her lunchbox; getting hands on firearms from her third brother, treating dangerous weapons like toys; getting close to her fourth brother at the research institute, incidentally learning knowledge; even trying medicine with her fifth brother, just to increase her IQ. Her five older brothers were driven to distraction by her, yet they were helpless against this "not-so-bright" younger sister. On the day the real heiress, Shen Hui, returned, everyone expected a fierce competition, but instead, the five brothers collectively shielded Shen Yue, saying, "Huihui, can we keep her? She's not very bright; it's too dangerous for her to be out alone." Shen Hui initially wanted to scoff, but after spending time with her, she realized that this fake heiress was truly "extraordinary" in her mind. So, she decided to keep her. But Shen Yue's apparent nonchalance wasn't genuine; she inadvertently learned various amazing skills, and her appearance on a variety show stunned the audience. As the mystery of her origins gradually unfolded, Shen Yue discovered she had become a hidden "family darling." The aloof, academically gifted Si Chengyou, whom she always bossed around, was intricately connected to her true identity. The novel avoids the scheming and power struggles of family life, focusing instead on the hilarious daily lives of the goofy siblings. The author's imaginative approach has given the fake heiress theme a fresh twist, making it both funny and stress-relieving. The relationship between the real and fake heiresses isn't one of opposition, but rather one of mutual redemption and growth. There are also tons of hidden foreshadowing elements and plot twists that will keep you hooked! If you're tired of those stories about fake heiresses desperately trying to rise to the top, check out "Even a Fake Heiress Can Bravely Play it Hard." Join Shen Yue in playing it easy and winning effortlessly, and laugh until your abs hurt!

2. 2 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 688.5kReads9.4Score49.1k14d adds

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   Recommended by a seasoned bookworm. If you don't like it, feel free to criticize me, but please use your brain.

3. 3 我 I Quit School to Become a Lone Cultivator, So What Do Beast Tides Have to Do with Me? 我已弃校当散修，兽潮与我何干 Wei Wei Qing Shan魏巍青山Urban434k WordsOngoing A cataclysm struck, and demons invaded Blue Star. Jiang Li was an outstanding student at his academy, working like a beast of burden for the school, only to be repaid with false accusations and slander. Jiang Li was utterly disheartened. Then he unexpectedly bound himself to the Absorption System, which could extract any talent. [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Diligence!] [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Devouring!] [Acquired the mysterious-grade talent: Healing!] Just as Jiang Li g 2.3kReads8.0Score10314d adds

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   If this book could be rated, I would say it's unique. I wouldn't say it, but it's different.

4. 4 说 You Promised Me Cultivation, So Why Are You Making Me Build a Nuclear Fusion Reactor? 说好的修仙你让我造核聚变反应堆 A Heartless Smile没心没扉的笑Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “A voice suddenly appeared in my head: It said that if I built a nuclear fusion reactor, it would teach me how to cultivate immortality! When I refused, it turned into words floating in front of my eyes. It’s so annoying!” “Then why didn’t you agree?” Song Ning rolled his eyes. “Are you stupid? The doctors said my schizophrenia was caused by a mental illness brought on by a nervous disorder. If I knew how to build that thing, would I have been sent to a psychiatric hospital?” 8kReads7.5Score63714d adds
5. 5 开 From the Start, I Had Only Eight Years to Live, So I Bet It All 开局只有8年寿命，我选择梭哈 Hamburger Without the Bun汉堡没有包Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Concept Enhancement + Decisive and Ruthless + No Brain-dead Moves + Cold-Blooded and Merciless + Rock-Solid Caution + No Simping] After mysteriously transmigrating to another world, Ding Yi grew more and more uneasy by the day. He noticed that the elderly couple who had kindly taken him in kept peeping at him outside his door in the middle of the night. The suppressed, excited breathing and sounds of swallowing from beyond the crack in the door left Ding Yi in no doubt that the old couple would 45.4kReads8.8Score4.3k14d adds
6. 6 万 Who Could’ve Guessed? Everyone I Scammed Got Rich 万万没想到，被我骗的都发财了 Boss Lang浪总Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No System + strategic scheming + realistic human nature + high-stakes business warfare + power struggles between officials and businessmen] (Adapted into two short dramas, so enjoy without worry.) The tumultuous 1990s: some people barely earned enough for food and shelter with their backbreaking labor, while others lived in drunken luxury, spending a whole year's wages for ordinary people on a single meal. It was an era full of opportunity. An era when rough-and-ready upstarts rose, regardless 12.8kReads8.7Score1k14d adds
7. 7 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 106.8kReads9.5Score12.4k14d adds

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   The short drama "After the Marriage Exchange, I Also Gained a Powerful Empire—It's Reasonable, Right?" Is based on the novel. Those who like this genre can consider buying it.

8. 8 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 1MReads9.3Score123.9k14d adds

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   I highly recommend these books; they're all quite good.

9. 9 高 High Martial: Evolving from a Scrap of Iron 高武：从残铁开始进化 Moonlight Soaking Grapes月光浸葡萄Eastern Fantasy205k WordsCompleted Dragon Emperor Chu Lingxiao and Ice Phoenix Su Qing carry the burden of an unavenged blood feud. Their martial souls undergo nirvana, and the dragon and phoenix sing in harmony. The Shadow Pavilion Master seeks to devour the realms and destroy the world, claiming its origin. The two flee to the perilous city of Tianji with the Saintess's soul lantern. Ahead, a soul calamity and powerful foes set the city ablaze; behind them lies a plot to drag all worlds into the abyss. Only the power of ice and —Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 10 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 174.6kReads9.4Score15.5k14d adds
11. 11 异EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6k14d adds
12. 12 女 After the Goddess Died Tragically, I Drew My Sword and Slayed Ghosts! 女神惨死后，我拔剑斩鬼！ Sunlight on the Mountain Forest日照山林Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing That day, I received a strange food delivery order. A goddess who had died a tragic death was begging me for help. After that, I became a spirit courier. I clear the way for wronged souls and guide the dead on their final journey! 40.2kReads9.2Score3.4k14d adds

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    It truly feels real, with a layered and progressive feel. The writing is smooth and vivid, and every character is full of life; the personalities are also well-developed.

13. 13 离 Back to High School Before the Divorce: This Time, I Won't Fall for You 离婚前重回高中，这次我不心动了 Xun Can旬灿Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted (Print edition signed) [Campus rebirth + regretful pursuit + bad-boy wins her heart + living-under-one-roof romance] [Slightly rebellious good girl x laid-back, aloof bad boy] After her grandmother passes away, both the Tan and Lu families feel sorry for Xu Entang, who has no family left, and want to take her in. When she arrives in Beicheng, she sees again the boy she never forgot after meeting him once. Lu Jin is brazen and unruly. Over the years they grow up together, she watches one woman af 99.3kReads9.4Score10.7k14d adds

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    Romance novels, unrequited love stories, suspense novels, rebirth novels—you should definitely check these out! They're guaranteed to be great.

14. 14 月 The Moon Has Something on Its Mind 月亮有心事 Stockpiling Rice囤米米Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [She Pursues Him + Secret Love Turns Mutual + Youthful Campus Romance] The summer before Wen Run started high school, she went out to buy fruit, took a tumble, and somehow fell head over heels for someone. He didn't remember her, so she became his deskmate and friend, and walked home with him after school. Just as she thought she could take things one step at a time and win him over gradually, her secret was suddenly exposed. What do you do when the person you're secretly in love with finds out? 5.8kReads9.2Score88614d adds
15. 15 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
16. 16 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9k14d adds
17. 17 假 The Fake Heiress Just Gives Up and Goes Crazy! 假千金她直接摆烂发疯啦！ Drinking Wine and Listening to the Rain饮酒听雨Modern Romance713k WordsCompleted The physical edition of Alternative Brilliance goes on presale on the 18th! What should you do if you become the fake heiress in a story about a real and fake heiress? Lie flat when it’s time to lie flat, and go crazy when it’s time to go crazy! Yan Zhizhi met the real heiress, Ning Yue, on a variety show. Then everyone realized Yan Zhizhi wasn’t quite the same as the person they’d known before. She’d gone crazy! When faced with a setback, everyone else tried to work through it. She just lay fla 39kReads9.4Score4.2k14d adds
18. 18 天 The Hidden Secrets of the World 天下藏局 Little Nine Disciple小九徒Urban2.8M WordsCompleted [Wuxia World + Antiques Appraisal + Tomb Raiding] I never went to school as a child. Instead, I spent ten years learning the trade from a beautiful woman. Over those ten years, she forged me a pair of “Ghost Eyes” that could identify every rare treasure in the world. She trained my hands into “Buddha’s Hands,” teaching me to break traps and set schemes with impunity. And she taught me a repertoire of “divine skills” that let me navigate the shifting world of the martial underworld with ease. Dra 99.7kReads9.4Score18.4k14d adds

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    I recently discovered a book that I highly recommend. It's not a light novel, but it's very engaging.

19. 19 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 266.5kReads9.5Score22k14d adds
20. 20 虎 The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain 虎出山 The One Playing the Zither抚琴的人Urban3.2M WordsCompleted (Original Title: The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain) After accidentally killing an old hoodlum, Li Hu spends three years in prison. When he gets out, underworld boss Hong Weijun seeks him out and immediately gives him a bar... At the same time, the police approach him, hoping he will help them send Hong Weijun to prison... 63.8kReads9.5Score8.4k14d adds
21. 21 治 Healing the Villain: Saving a Poor, Pitiful Soul 治愈！拯救可怜反派 Spring Waist春腰Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [A sweet little ray of sunshine x villains of all kinds, one-on-one romance, a lighthearted, witty, and healing sweet story with an unconventional vibe. The leads' personalities change with the plot, so the story never gets stale!] After being bound to an unreliable System, Zhao Yun kept getting assigned cannon-fodder roles. Still, she diligently did her best to complete each redemption mission. Across countless worlds, some people had happy, loving families and lives that turned out just right, 39.9kReads9.4Score3.8k14d adds

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    I think this book is really good! The female lead is the kind of sunny person who brings sunshine to the world. It's a very healing novel, a slightly funny story of redemption.

22. 22 越 After Escaping Prison, the Mercenary Heiress Turns the Wealthy World Upside Down 越狱后，佣兵大小姐炸翻豪门 Beichuan Xinglan北川星蓝Modern Romance590k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads + secret identities + campus life + not reborn] She is the mercenary queen feared around the world, a ruthless killer with a bloodthirsty nature. After escaping from prison, she becomes the heiress of a wealthy family. Her siblings can't stand her and accuse her of being kept by a rich man? Her classmates humiliate her in front of everyone? She's too weak to fight, so the campus beauty and heartthrob look down on her? Ye Xun sneers: “If anyone messes with me, I'll kill them!” 73.2kReads9.4Score10.9k14d adds

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    If you're into mercenary novels, I recommend the first one—it's incredibly satisfying! 😀 The female lead, Xun Jie, has so many identities!!! The female lead is a world-renowned mercenary queen, feared internationally. After escaping from prison, she unlocks her hidden identity—a wealthy heiress in China. The male lead, Yu Hen, is the king of the Dark Palace, the most powerful assassin force. The ending is completely unexpected! Recommendation: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The second book has a bit of a domineering CEO vibe. The female lead loses her memory and enters a lower world. It's good, but it's too long. Even with the font size reduced, it's still over 9000 pages. Suitable for patient readers.

23. 23 战 The God of War Returns, and the Big Shot’s Secret Identity Is Stunning 战神归来，大佬马甲飒爆了 Xia Xiaoxi夏小惜Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [The heroine is decisive and ruthless. The male lead is cold and domineering toward everyone else, but an arrogant little white lotus around her] She joined the War Department at fourteen and became Xia Kingdom’s God of War at nineteen. Today, she returned in glory! But the moment she got off the plane, she learned that a domineering CEO had been manipulated by a white lotus and planned to kill her six-year-old brother? Fine! She’d make that CEO learn what happened when he crossed her! What?! Th 7.9kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
24. 24 攻 Winning Over the Young Lord of Miaojiang 攻略苗疆少主 Running Peach奔跑的桃子Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted Chu He transmigrates into a book. [The villain will kill the male lead, cripple the female lead, and then commit suicide out of hatred for the world. This world is about to collapse, and your mission is to save it.] The lousy System vanishes after assigning the mission. Before Chu He can even figure out what to do, she is kidnapped to Miaojiang, where she becomes the perfect mother Gu for the medicine people to cultivate their Gu. Medicine people aren’t human and have no memories of their past. 142kReads9.5Score14.6k14d adds

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    Chu He enters the treacherous Miao region, which should have been a survival story filled with fear and trembling, but she accidentally wins over the young Gu King, a master of raising Gu and casting curses. From mutual distrust to hand-in-hand affection, when Miao secrets meet modern tropes, this cross-time romance is so sweet that even the Gu worms are secretly enjoying it—the most potent Gu is the undisguised tenderness in his eyes when he looks at her. The male lead is A Jiu, the female lead is Chu He, and the plot is quite novel; I recommend it to all you lovely ladies! 🥰

25. 25 从 Starting at the National High School Basketball Tournament, I Conquer the NBA 从耐高开始，我征服NBA Pighead Wants to Slim Down猪头要瘦下去Sports451k WordsOngoing [Reborn + tycoon + actresses + basketball power fantasy] Lin Yan is reborn in 2017 as a benchwarmer on a high school basketball team in a small county town. After awakening his System, he gains Michael Beasley's basic template. Michael Beasley, the model player of 2008: elite from the neck down, the top high school player in the entire country, and a man said to be capable of beating Kevin Durant one-on-one. And so Lin Yan's cheat-fueled basketball career begins. He crushes three five-star high 29Reads6.9Score—14d adds

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    We're saying, don't run out of books to read, start reading now!

26. 26 说 We Agreed to Slack Off and Play Games, So Why Are You Crushing Wall Street? 说好摸鱼打游戏，你爆杀华尔街？ Tangyuan Who Plays Tennis打网球的汤圆Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Wall Street prints his image on the back of banknotes to ward off evil. European leaders hang his photo to protect their nations’ fortunes. And that night, when he turned his gaze toward Japan, the entire island nation heard the sound of its national destiny shattering! Only Su Hao felt terribly misunderstood. He swore he was just a kindhearted gaming nerd who had somehow wandered into the stock market. It was just that the decisions he made on instinct always seemed to cause some inexplicable 28kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
27. 27 家 The Family's Castoff? I Start with a Gatling Gun and Turn the Ancestral Graves Upside Down 家族弃子？从加特林开始掀翻祖坟 Qianye Hanfeng千叶寒枫Urban482k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Dungeons] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [High-Octane Action] [Mechs] [Divine Mechs] [Gatling Gun] [Serious Mech Fiction] [Global] This is a world of divine mechs, a world of giant robots! Everyone can elevate their main weapon into an invincible divine mech. A tiny Shadow Dagger? One ascension turns it into Steel Armor. A second ascension brings a Gundam into the world. A third transforms it into the towering Shadow Steel King! From the start, awaken a shabby little wooden bow, the 496Reads8.4Score—14d adds
28. 28 开 From the Start, I Have Hundreds of Millions in Hell Money: I'm Invincible in the Age of the Uncanny 开局冥币亿万：诡异时代我无敌 Sis, Don't Be Like That姐姐别这样Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horror + apocalypse + tycoon + ghost money + rules + comedy + no heroine + fast-paced power fantasy (buys a supernatural-horror site by chapter 7, keeps buying everything without dragging things out, and buys an entire city in 200,000 words) + mid-story twists + late-game rule deduction] The supernatural apocalypse arrives, and evil ghosts run rampant. Within the rules, ghosts cannot kill people. While countless people struggle to survive the apocalypse, carefully searching for a w 144.3kReads9.4Score15.5k14d adds
29. 29 生 Dust in the Wind: The Days of Sharing a Job 生如尘埃：打工搭伙的日子 Du Xiaore杜小惹Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted In a bustling city, how many people shine brightly, and how many struggle just to survive? The two protagonists in this book represent two very different kinds of lives. Only after going from innocence to worldly wisdom and enduring life's hardships can they slowly come to their senses amid the mundane world. 10.8kReads9.1Score88814d adds

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    The working life of those born in the 1980s is something they experienced; it may be a bit mundane, but it was certainly interesting.

30. 30 督 Commander, Your Little Lucky Charm Has an Inherited Gift for Cursing People 督军，你家小福包有祖传乌鸦嘴 Tang Yiyi棠亿亿Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted The Dahua Ballroom, rickshaws, newsboys hawking papers, street vendors weaving through the lanes, the bustling life of the alleyways, and all kinds of foreigners in the concessions... Three-year-old Yaya sits in her adoptive mother’s arms, gazing through the car window at the splendor of Shanghai. Her big, bright eyes are filled with wonder. Just a few days ago, she was a hungry little orphan in the village. She had a mouth that everyone despised for its bad luck. When the village dogs bit her, 185Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    Fu Bao of the warlord's family—as long as Fu Bao is around, nothing is impossible! Those who are good to Fu Bao will have their wishes fulfilled and everything will go smoothly! Those who are bad to Fu Bao will suffer the consequences. The story is exciting and full of twists and turns, definitely worth reading!

31. 31 督 Commander, Your Little Dumpling Is Bringing Good Luck Again 督军，你家奶团子又锦鲤附体了 Ink-Dyed Green Wound Tears墨染圊殇泪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Republican era + adorable kids + lucky star + adored by everyone + childhood sweethearts + animal speech] Juanjuan was orphaned when her adoptive parents died. Her uncle sold her to the Governor’s residence for ten silver dollars, where she was to bring good luck to the Governor’s gravely ill only son, Si Jinchen. She thought she was walking into a living hell, but the moment she took Si Jinchen’s hand, the young master on the brink of death miraculously began to recover. The doctor needed a hu 5.1kReads9.1Score72414d adds
32. 32 捡 The Boyfriend I Picked Up Is Tomie [Book Transmigration] 捡来的男友是富江【穿书】 Pine Needles Make Good Wine松叶堪为酒Two Male Leads538k WordsCompleted [A seemingly insignificant character in the book, a detached, gloomy transmigrator with emotional deficit disorder × A playful man who seems gentle but is actually a twisted, sadistic menace, and has Tomie-like powers] [Two male leads, happy ending + transmigrate into a book + shou protagonist + both devoted and strong] Looking at the beautiful, fragile-looking boy kneeling in a pool of blood, gazing up at him and softly pleading to be taken home, Chi Mian lets out a weary sigh. This is an absur 20.9kReads9.6Score3k14d adds

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    I. Setting: A dark fantasy world where transmigration and the Tomie physique are combined to create an absurd and bizarre worldview: a strange world filled with churches and the seven deadly sins, where countless "perverted male protagonists" with the Tomie physique randomly appear. The protagonist, Chi Mian, transmigrates into the book as a "nobody extra," but is drawn into the main plot by various accidents and forced to get entangled with the "seemingly gentle but actually perverted and wicked" Tomie-type male protagonist. The collision of dark aesthetics and transmigration setting makes every page permeated with a dangerous yet charming atmosphere, breaking the conventional transmigration novel formula. II. Characters: The extreme tug-of-war between a yandere seme and a gloomy uke (Part 1) Character Highlights - Chi Mian (Gloomy and indifferent transmigration uke): Seemingly a nobody in the book, he actually suffers from emotional deficiency syndrome, with a "salted fish gloomy" aura, and is detached and calm towards the world. Faced with bloodshed and absurdity, his "laid-back style of complaining" and "passive involvement" make the character full of realism and contrasting charm - He clearly wants to be a lazy bum, but he is always pushed by fate to clash with the yandere male protagonist. - Tomie-type male protagonist (gentle on the surface but actually a perverted seme): He has the Tomie physique, and his broken appearance hides a vicious nature. He is a dangerous existence like a "fun person". He can kneel in a pool of blood and beg softly, and he can also switch to his perverted nature in an instant. The extreme contrast between yandere and gentleness makes people's hearts race and their hair stand on end. (II) Interactive famous scene - First encounter Shura field: Chi Mian bumps into a broken boy (seme) kneeling in a pool of blood and begging to be taken back. He knows that he is a "troublemaker" but can't help but soften his heart. Little does he know that this is the "beginning of the hunt" of the yandere seme. The dangerous atmosphere is full. - The daily life of a yandere pursuing his wife: The seme appears gentle and clingy, always making Chi Mian "tell the story of picking him up again," but secretly uses the Tomie constitution to create a "world just for the two of them." Chi Mian's melancholic indifference clashes with the seme's morbid obsession, making every interaction feel like "a dance on a knife's edge," both torturous and alluring. III. Emotion: A story of mutual descent into morbid dependence and melancholic redemption. The emotional storyline doesn't follow the "sweet romance formula," but rather weaves together morbid dependence and melancholic redemption. The seme develops a "unique obsession" with Chi Mian due to the Tomie constitution, treating him as a "redemption anchor" in his dark world; in his entanglement with the seme, Chi Mian is gradually awakened to her missing emotions, going from "passively enduring" to "actively sinking into" the relationship. There are no clichéd sweetness, only the extreme madness of "you are my abyss, I am your antidote," making it increasingly addictive. IV. Narrative: The immersive transmigration narrative, brimming with a dark atmosphere, precisely controls the "dark atmosphere": the church in the absurd world and elements of the Seven Deadly Sins are repeatedly emphasized, and the "infinite rebirth and madness" brought by Tomie's constitution fills each chapter with tension. Chi Mian's melancholic wit and the dangerous probing of the yandere seme perfectly blend "transmigration escape" with "emotional entanglement," making readers feel as if they are in a bizarre world, immersing themselves in the thrill and depravity of this "morbid love."

33. 33 二 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Meat Bun Won't Eat Meat肉包不吃肉Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro 100.9kReads9.7Score19.5k14d adds

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    You absolutely have to read this one, it's seriously amazing! The beginning is a classic BL (Boys' Love) story of a reborn protagonist who's controlled by his love interest, which might feel a bit frustrating for the reader if they were a submissive character. But after the confession, he's a total puppy! The plot is great, though a bit angsty, since everyone dies, and the side couple really suffers. But no matter what, it's absolutely incredible!

34. 34 不 Aren't You the Cool Commander? Then Why Do You Cry After One Kiss? 不是高冷指挥官吗？怎么一亲就哭 Si Jiao司皎Two Male Leads517k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Interstellar + ABO + younger man + two equally powerful leads] Shi Ji, the Federation's highest-ranking commander, is coldly beautiful, chaste, and ruthless: a lofty flower that spells death at the slightest touch. Everyone treats the commander with nothing but respect, and then more respect. Until the first day of freshman enrollment at the Royal Academy Xie Zhuo stood among the crowd in a windbreaker, his brilliant silver hair wild and untamed. He was so striking that n 65.8kReads9.7Score11.1k14d adds

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    I'm here to save you from your reading slump! These are some of my top recommendations for books by Shuang Nan, and they're all fantastic! 👀 Book number two also has a comic version! 💕

35. 35 甜 Sweet and Sensual! The Aloof God of the Main System Knows How to Flirt, Comfort, and Act Cute 甜欲！冷舔主神他会撩会哄会撒娇 Rice-Loving Dumpling爱干饭的团子Two Male Leads2.6M WordsCompleted [Print edition published under contract] [Comic adaptation now available] [Quick transmigration, two male leads, satisfying and sweet] [Both powerful and devoted, exclusive 1v1 romance] Si Jin, Heaven's No. 001 prisoner, is sentenced to live through all kinds of tragic lives across three thousand worlds because his sin score is far too high. The supervising System trembles with fear: “Please behave, boss. Follow the plot properly, or the main System will punish you...” Si Jin wiggles a finger an 44.4kReads9.6Score4.5k14d adds
36. 36 太 Big Brother Crown Prince, Behave Yourself. Don't Push the Sickly Young Lord into Darkness 太子哥哥听话，别惹病娇世子黑化 Dot Seven Nine丶七九Two Male Leads235k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + possessive, lovesick yandere + coercive romance + sweet and doting, no angst] [Food-loving, emotionally detached bottom Su Zhi × secretly possessive yandere top Luo Yunchen] After Su Zhi dies, a System binds him and sends his soul into the crown prince of the Great Yin dynasty. His mission is to reduce the male lead’s corruption value and repair the original world. The crown prince brings a wounded, pitiful young lord back to his room. He dresses his wounds, tends to him with c 6kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
37. 37 重 Reborn: From College Student to Tycoon 重生：从大学开始当首富 Mango Plays by Himself芒果自己玩Urban1.6M WordsCompleted International finance reporter: “Mr. Stock God, how did you create your legendary success in the stock market?” Chen Xiao smiled. “I don’t know how to trade stocks. I’m not interested in them at all.” The reporter pressed him: “Then how do you keep winning, time after time?” Chen Xiao: “You’ll have to ask the stock market. I don’t know why it’s so cooperative with me either.” “Mr. Stock God, which generation of Best Actress is your girlfriend, then?” Chen Xiao smiled at the microphone without an 60.5kReads9.3Score4.6k14d adds

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    ✍️"This city doesn't believe in tears, it only believes in the number of digits in your bank account"—the most heart-wrenching line in the entire book. ✍️"I'd rather die standing than live kneeling"—the protagonist's line caused 3 million readers to share it online!

38. 38 分 After the Breakup, the Tycoon Who Runs the Family Spoiled Me Rotten 分手后，豪门掌权人把我宠上天 Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut栗子栗子栗栗子Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Sang Yu and Lu Jiayu grew up together. She is a teacher, and he is a superstar actor. One trending topic nearly cost Sang Yu her life. They couldn’t escape the seven-year itch. Watching with her own eyes as her fiancé fell in love with a popular award-winning actress while filming, Sang Yu finally gave up. She doesn’t want anything that’s been tainted. When everything is overturned and the pieces are reshuffled, she decides to strike first. She dumps Lu Jiayu, the hottest actor around. But after 3.9kReads9.2Score37314d adds
39. 39 年 My Villainous Dad from the 1970s Can Hear My Thoughts, So Stay Away, You Horrible People! 年代反派亲爹读我心，极品都走开 Little White Melon小小白瓜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical setting + pocket dimension + transmigrate into a book + mind reading + gossip + taking down scumbags] The moment Li Yiyi woke up, she realized she had not only become a fetus, but had also transmigrated into a book… The book’s lucky heroine has her sights set on her, and three ungrateful ingrates are waiting for her father to take the fall for them. Determined not to follow the cannon-fodder path or become a stepping stone who dies young, Li Yiyi decides to fight hard and make somet 17.4kReads8.3Score1.5k14d adds
40. 40 纨 The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命，重生主母杀疯了 Folded in the Mist折雾里Ancient Romance905k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they 57.6kReads9.2Score7.6k14d adds
41. 41 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 183.4kReads9.5Score25.3k14d adds

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    A very good ensemble piece, filled with laughter and sorrow, with many beautiful lines. Don't let its length deter you; each character is portrayed with exquisite detail. Shen Mingchao— "I don't want to be the best in the world anymore." "Xiao Sang, take me with you." Sang Nian— "I can't go home, Xie Chenzhou." Xie Chenzhou— "Gods above, your disciple Xie Chenzhou repents for all the sins I have committed." "I only ask... For my wife's return." Chu Yao— "For life, we will only love each other. If one is gone, the other... Must live well." Wen Buyu— "Ayao, I'm so cold." Su Xueyin— "She doesn't remember Yuexi Mountain. She only remembers that red tree. Behind those maple leaves, red as fire, lies the person she has been searching for." Xiao Zhuochen: "I thought that when the sun came out... I could be myself again."

42. 42 你 You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl 212.2kReads9.5Score17.7k14d adds

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    It's a great read, very enjoyable. The female lead is quite strong, definitely worth reading!

43. 43 素 The Silk Wolf Pattern Incident 素纱狼纹惊变录 Flame Whispers焰语Ancient Romance208k WordsOngoing Amid the schemes of a chaotic age, she casts off her plain veil and takes up her chilling spear. With her left hand, she grips the black-armored troops’ command seal and rebuilds the cavalry; with her right, she wields the Wolf King’s totem to cow the northern frontier. She makes anyone who seeks to control her fate understand: this realm was never a bridal chessboard, but a battlefield where she rides free and strikes at full gallop! 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It gets more and more addictive the more you watch it.

44. 44 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds

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    I like them both.

45. 45 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
46. 46 网 Online Game: I Become Invincible by Setting Up a Stall as a Shady Merchant 网游：无敌从摆摊当奸商开始 Summer Covers夏天翻唱Sports4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Online Game] [Reborn] [No Female Lead] [Making Money] The online game "World" launches. Armed with memories of his previous life, Lin Feng takes a new class and becomes a profiteering merchant. He works himself to the bone trying to earn five hundred thousand, never expecting to... accidentally make far more than that. "I may not be in the martial world, but the martial world is full of legends about me." "There’s nothing money can’t solve. If there is, you just don’t have enough of 44.2kReads8.0Score3.1k14d adds
47. 47 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.2kReads9.6Score18.1k14d adds
48. 48 洪 Honghuang: Starting at Buzhou Mountain, I Became a Substitute 洪荒：开局不周山，我成了替身 Leaning on a Slanted Bridge in Spring Clothes春衫倚斜桥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A wisp of soul accidentally transmigrated into the Primordial World and awakened inside the body of the hapless Creation Green Lotus, which had been struck by lightning since the day it first emerged. But he failed to possess the lotus. Instead, he caused the original lotus to develop sentience, transforming it into twin lotuses that grew side by side. He had become a stand-in. With no System or cheats, and too embarrassed to call himself a transmigrator, Qingxuan didn’t dare dream of dominati 35.7kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds
49. 49 杀 You Killed Me to Sacrifice Me and Save Your Family, So Why Are You Freaking Out? 杀我献祭你全家，你破防啥？ Dreaming Back to Three Thousand Provinces梦回三千州Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: [Burn Bright and Live Forever, Borrow Heaven's Destiny, Become Invincible Across the Ages!] Synopsis: [Eternal life + life-borrowing talent + lighthearted, with a touch of poignancy] Gu Ming accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world. From the start, he has eternal life and awakens the talent to borrow lives. If he is killed, he can borrow the life of the killer's closest relative to resurrect himself, and randomly gain one of their skills, including but not limited to fo 31.3kReads7.9Score3.5k14d adds
50. 50 开EN Starting as the Peak Master: Signing In for an Ultimate Emperor Armament! 开局成为首座，签到极道帝兵！ Egg-Breaking Expert拆蛋专家Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted daily life + invincible + Backer Sect + call for reinforcements when unable to win + schemer + no martial ethics + longevity] Because he had died once before, Hua Yunfei always put staying alive first. He had hidden away on Daoyuan Peak for a hundred years, performing sign-in for a hundred years. [Beep, congratulations to the Host on completing one hundred years of sign-in and obtaining the Ultimate Emperor Weapon: the Chaos Bell] The Dark Blood Era arrived, plunging Heaven an 136.9kReads9.2Score7.8k14d adds

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