Looking for Books to Get Me Through a Reading Slump 书荒期求书

1. 151 醉 Drunk on a Golden Age 醉于盛世 Mint-Infused Wine薄荷泡酒Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [No Romance] [No Stupid Decisions] [No System] [True-to-Life Characters] [A Touch of Angst] [Slow-Paced] [Ensemble Cast] ⚠️Please note: (1) This book supports freedom of romance. Don't read if that bothers you. (2) The protagonist likes nothing except alcohol. Avoid if that's a dealbreaker. (3) This is not a traditional Foundation Establishment cultivation system. If you mind, move along and don't start a fight. Li Heng was an overworked young man in the twenty-first century. His parents died w 24.2kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
2. 152 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 119.6kReads9.5Score17kShelves
3. 153 被 Driven to Death by Her Cultivator Mistress? I Take Up My Sword and Storm the Ninth Heaven 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 92.9kReads9.6Score12.3kShelves
4. 154 直 Livestream Post Goes Viral! The Refined Scoundrel Is Losing Control 直播贴！全网疯！斯文败类失控中 Sui Wang随望Two Male Leads470k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + sweet romance and redemption + voice-actor online romance + a carefully laid seduction] [Soft, sweet, and innocent good boy + a cunning, secretly flirtatious top voice actor] Yan Nuo is a social recluse. With his fluffy, loosely curled light-gold hair, he looks well-behaved and easy to fool. Hoping to make some friends, he joins the voice-acting scene as a voice actor. Who would have thought a top star would appear out of nowhere and invite him to fake a couple act?! The top st 11.2kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
5. 155 变 After Turning into a Cute Girl, I Got More Children, More Blessings, and I'm Pregnant to My Ears! 变萌妹后，多子多福，我怀麻了！ Little Lolita Sister萝莉小妹Eastern Fantasy155k WordsCompleted [Pure romance] [No toxicity, no angst] [Includes bonus chapters] [Ten is a big sister] Lin Li transmigrated. She was still a breathtakingly beautiful princess, but her kingdom had fallen. All she had was her beauty, and she had no real abilities. Fortunately, she could become stronger by binding herself to a System. And so… she left the crowds behind and walked into the forest. Today, she caught another wild… A new story is here! Come read my work on Fanqie Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your suppo 6.1kReads6.3Score367Shelves
6. 156 诡 The Haunted House 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 755.3kReads9.6Score95.6kShelves
7. 157 心 My Heart Flutters! A Ray of Moonlight in the Dance Studio Next Door 心动！隔壁舞室里有一束月光 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted [Reborn + school life + healing + inspirational] Gu Hanzhang is reborn, returning to the beginning of her dark life. In her past life, a devil set his sights on her and locked her away in a gilded cage with no sunlight, making her his plaything. Back then, she thought trading her own freedom for the safety of those around her was worth it. But in the end, she never got to see her family again, her beloved teacher died of grief, her adopted brother had both legs crippled, and even her best friend 31.5kReads9.5Score4kShelves

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   This is the most beautiful campus article I have ever read [Adoration]

8. 158 阴 The Fateweaver in the Shadows 阴影下的戏命师 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban664k WordsCompleted (One heroine. She isn't a campus beauty, just above average in looks. The moment they meet, they both realize the other is a big shot.) (The romance develops slowly.) On the surface, the world where humanity lives after World War II is peaceful. But in the hidden world of shadows, national organizations like Xuanyuan Sword, Eagle's Wing, and Winterhold are locked in constant conflict. Genetically enhanced people hiding among the crowds possess physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary huma 34.4kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves

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   It's a novel with a high score of almost 9.9 Points.

9. 159 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 906.4kReads9.6Score176.7kShelves
10. 160 不 The Not-So-Cold Magician 不太冷的魔术师 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.6M 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 344.1kReads9.5Score31kShelves
11. 161 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 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 1.8MReads9.9Score184.7kShelves
12. 162 诸 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 588.4kReads9.7Score75kShelves
13. 163 烛 The Candlelight Pavilion 烛幽台 At Ease with the Universe随宇而安Ancient Romance366k WordsCompleted [Historical fantasy + parallel worlds + soul swapping + endless loops + Mobius strip. After "A Thousand Peach Blossoms Bloom in One Lifetime", acclaimed author Sui Yu Er An returns with another fantasy hit! Jiang Hui × Qi Huan: three lifetimes of entanglement across parallel worlds, as they seek the essence of love in intersecting timelines.] At nineteen, Jiang Hui set out to avenge her father’s murder. On her wedding night, she and Qi Huan died together. But though she was gravely wounded, she 5.1kReads9.5Score794Shelves
14. 164 传 Bureau of Legend Management 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 209.3kReads9.6Score29.2kShelves
15. 165 玄 Xuanhuan: Blind, I Wander the Martial World 玄幻：成为瞎子，我游历江湖 Howling Gale哀嚎的狂风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted (The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for 199.6kReads9.6Score22.2kShelves
16. 166 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 40.1kReads9.6Score5.6kShelves
17. 167 十 The End of Ten Days 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 1.8MReads9.9Score232.4kShelves
18. 168 一 One Sword, One Flask, One Universe 一剑一酒一乾坤 Guan关Eastern Fantasy5.4M WordsOngoing [Swordsmanship + Wine Immortal + Fantasy Xianxia + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Humanity’s Survival] A year ago, the boy watched his father shoulder his sword, slay demons, and save humanity, never to return. A year later, the boy arrives at Qingyun with only a sword and a jug of wine. Shunned by all, he is confined to the peach blossom grove. The sword his father called the “Sword of Protection” stands in the most prominent place in the Qingyun Sect, yet the world calls it the “Sword of Sham 71.5kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves
19. 169 末 A Guide to Raising an Apocalypse Empress 末世女帝养成指南 Turning Ink into Ink点墨成墨Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + Struggle for Supremacy + Chaotic Era + Powerful Female Lead + Fleeing Famine + Infrastructure Building + No Romantic Pairing + Portable Space] Original title: Transmigrating Through Chaotic Times, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation by Robbing Others When Jiang Jin awoke, she discovered that she had become a princess of a fallen kingdom and was being sent to Liang City to become a plaything for the barbarian Jiao Liang. She thought about it and decided it would be better for others 196.6kReads9.5Score24.6kShelves

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    P1 Heroine Ji Jianwen (with golden finger), tied in two and a half days, so beautiful that I can't stop watching it, conquering the city smoothly, and not feeling aggrieved at all. The heroine's cheating life does not need to be explained. I also like the main setting, the group portraits are also very well written, and the little characters are all three-dimensional. P2 is now talking about imagination, Ou Yitian➕Princess Little Sister Magic Pen Ma Liang's version, the group portraits are also very well written, the supporting characters have distinct personalities and are portrayed penetratingly. The female protagonist is sober and quick-thinking, the male protagonist has a god-level love brain but is invincible, and oi is the best grandpa. P3 The ancient saying that the heroine solves her predicament step by step and changes her destiny, and the fight between the palace and the house are very thoughtful online, but the author's wording needs to be adapted. P4 is that the ending is a little rushed, but the rest is pretty good (mainly because I kind of forgot about the plot.

20. 170 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 260.6kReads9.5Score38.7kShelves
21. 171 折 Spring Ripples 折春漪 Chu Diandian初点点Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 242.8kReads9.4Score35.9kShelves
22. 172 小 The Little Nun Returns to Secular Life and Marries, Leaving the Entire Court of Nobles Regretting It 小尼姑还俗嫁人，满朝权贵悔疯了 Falling in Love陷入爱河Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted [Courtly and household intrigue + Villainess + Everyone pays the price + Coercive possession + Unhinged + Corruption + Male rivalry + Devoted to one another] Shen Tanxi was the vicious supporting character in The Cold-Hearted Emperor's Sweet, Adored Consort. She fawned over the male lead, Lu Yan, all the way to the finale, only to be abandoned by him and despised by everyone. Still, she refused to give up. Even in death, she had to take down the villainous boss, Lu Xuan, to eliminate any future 2.1kReads8.6Score210Shelves
23. 173 穿 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 Yu Qiaoqiao语乔乔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 10.4kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    They all look good [Admiration][Admiration]

24. 174 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 73kReads9.3Score9.2kShelves
25. 175 荒 In the Famine, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, but My System Fills My Storeroom with Meat 荒年全村啃树皮，我有系统满仓肉 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 91.9kReads9.4Score11.6kShelves
26. 176 怂 A Timid Beauty Is Doted on by Vengeful Ghosts in Horror Movies 怂包美人在恐怖片被厉鬼宠爱 Li lili Li里lili里Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite Horror Sets + Growing Heroine + Thrills and Chills + Sweet Romance + Multiple Versions of the Male Lead] Shen Biezhi is chosen to be a paranormal actor and must continually enter horror films to play different roles. [The Haunted Hotel] In the 1920s or 1930s, a speculator brings his newly married concubine home to visit his family. Their car breaks down on the way, leaving them stranded at a terrifying hotel… Shen Biezhi plays the beautiful young concubine. She knows that before she wa 13.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
27. 177 惊 Unbelievable! I Turned into a Cat, and the Movie Emperor Took Me Home to Spoil Me 惊呆！穿成猫后被影帝领回家里宠 Biscuit Cat饼干猫Modern Romance562k WordsCompleted [A greedy, clingy cat heroine who supports herself by conning people into adopting her] x [A slightly unhinged male lead who thinks having a cat means he has everything] The rating just came out, so it's a little low. 1v1, happy ending [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Cat-raising in the first half, easy-mode entertainment industry in the second] Lin Jin is reborn as a cat. The kitten has long fur and short legs. It can't compete for food or win a fight, so it has to find a way to con someone into 2.5kReads8.9Score218Shelves
28. 178 普 An Average Girl with Mind-Reading Powers 普女，但会读心术 A Spoonful of Rice Porridge一勺白粥Modern Romance363k WordsOngoing [One heroine, multiple love interests + not love at first sight + romantic rivalry + heroine isn't mistreated + male rivalry + scheming heroine + all male leads are virgins] Zhu Fu is plain-looking. With careful styling, she's somewhat pretty, but under normal circumstances, she'd disappear into a crowd. During summer vacation, she unexpectedly gains a superpower: mind reading. Unfortunately, it only works on men. What comes with it is a series of hunting games she directs herself, with men's he 3.8kReads9.1Score432Shelves
29. 179 笔 The Demon I Wrote Crawls Out of the Manuscript Tonight 笔下恶魔今夜爬出稿纸 The Snail Is Very Lazy蜗牛很懒Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted [Dark healing + mild horror and thrills + suspenseful romance that's easy to follow + chaste male lead] Lu Zhaozhao, a suspense novelist, created an extraordinarily cruel villain with her own hands. He's handsome and elegant, exceptionally intelligent, and obsessed with cruelly hunting his victims and turning them into specimens that will last forever. She used to complain that the scenes she wrote weren't bloody or terrifying enough. Until... The dark, damp basement, hundreds of jars filled wit 6.7kReads9.1Score1kShelves
30. 180 神 A Guide to Leveling Up the Twin Prodigies of Shenzhou 神州双骄升级指南 The Sound of Scorched Fish灼鱼之音Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] (Many personal interpretations; do not apply a formula) [Teaming up with my nemesis to carve through the cultivation world + a couple with incredible chemistry and real personality + two powerful genius leads growing together + grand overarching plot + explosive tension + a touch of ensemble cast + Jiang Lang Cai Jin HE] A violent, arrogant woman vs. a sharp-tongued, scheming man Fiery! Battle-focused! A cultivation novel driven by plot and brains, with a hero and heroin 51.3kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
31. 181 预 The Precognition Paradox 预知悖论 Shi Yan施琂Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted [He keeps pursuing her, keeps failing, and keeps trying again] Wen Shixi awakened her ability to foresee the future at sixteen. She can predict an emergency that will happen three days later. As a VIP guest coordinator at a five-star hotel, her foresight helps her plan ahead at work and come up with the best solution at the first opportunity. Her repeated displays of “uncanny foresight” catch the attention of the group’s CEO, Jiang Huoyu. He sets a trap to lure her in, hoping to uncover her secr 3.3kReads9.2Score540Shelves
32. 182 追 Notes on a Manhunt [Criminal Investigation] 追凶笔记[刑侦] Fou Ye否靥Mystery802k WordsCompleted An elderly passenger dies mysteriously on a bus. A male student vanishes without a trace from his university dorm. A small-shop owner is brutally murdered... The cases are intertwined and baffling. As the criminal investigation team follows the trail to the truth, they uncover even more untold stories of hardship and dark dealings... Open this notebook of murder investigations and join the search for truth and light. May you and I raise the banner of justice, advance side by side, and leave nowh 8kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
33. 183 懵 What?! I Became the Zombie Beauty in a Top Villain’s Arms 懵！成了顶级反派怀里的丧尸美人 Neither Rain nor Shine非关阴晴Sci-Fi & Apocalypse813k WordsCompleted [A Refined Degenerate, a Pervert × A Pure and Seductive Little Temptress] [Alternate Apocalypse + Devoted Romance, Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only One + Lots of Original Worldbuilding] The rising star Pei Xiqing is transported into an apocalyptic scum-punishing novel, where she becomes a villainess with nothing but a bewitching face. Her attempts to seduce someone fail, leaving her despised by everyone. While the hero and heroine enjoy sweet romance and take down scumbags in the apocalypse, s 11kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
34. 184 港 A Timely Rain in Hong Kong 港遇及时雨 Glutinous Rice Cake糯米白年糕Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted Age gap + married-life slice of life + the hero falls first Liang Yuyin and Zhao Shunian’s marriage is purely a business arrangement, as everyone in Hong Kong’s wealthy circles knows. The illegitimate daughter of the Liang family, Yuyin is brought back by her biological father one day and made to take her half-sister’s place in an arranged marriage. She becomes the wife of Zhao Shunian, heir to the Zhao family. Everyone says she’s a sparrow that’s flown up a branch and become a phoenix. Yuyin t 24.3kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
35. 185 夜 The Night Banquet 夜宴 Jin Yun仅允Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On the night before Xu Suining was to marry Luo Zhihe, Chen Lu clutched her wrist, his voice trembling. “It was me. I was the one who got together with you first.” Love is so unreliable. That’s why I like wild nights of drinking and revelry, then going our separate ways the next day. 2.2kReads8.8Score571Shelves
36. 186 修 The Cultivation World’s Sickly Number One 修真界第一病秧子 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 322.7kReads9.7Score31kShelves
37. 187 在 Tattooing Online, I Accidentally Ruined the Capital's Most Powerful Heir 在线纹身，不小心毁了京圈太子爷 Song Yintang宋引棠Modern Romance745k WordsCompleted In the short drama The Yin-Yang Tattoo Artist, I’m one of the top female tattoo artists in the business, and every day I deal with all kinds of bizarre clients. One guy wanted a Thousand-Armed Guanyin tattoo, but ran off in pain after getting just one arm done. The next day, he showed up with a swollen face, claiming someone had slapped him all night in his dreams. Another got a tattoo of Tamamo-no-Mae, the Japanese fox spirit, only to gain weight and distort the design. He was convinced the tat 261Reads9.2Score107Shelves
38. 188 我 Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1.2MReads9.9Score171.6kShelves
39. 189 石 Mr. Shi Is Always Up to No Good with Me 石先生他总对我不怀好意 Red Sugar红红糖Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted A complicated person needs a lover who won't leave, no matter how hard they're pushed away. Liu Xiaoyi is a complicated 28-year-old woman who has yet to marry. When love comes along, she is caught off guard and has no idea how to respond. After agonizing over it, all Liu Xiaoyi wants is to get rid of it. 590Reads7.1Score—Shelves
40. 190 破 The Down-and-Out Nuwa Accidentally Becomes the World’s Object of Worship 破落户女娲，一不小心成全球信仰 One Digit, One Technique一桁一術Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted As a descendant of Nuwa, she knows beauty treatments, wellness, and music, and can even identify the Five-Colored Divine Stones. She slept for so long that people mistook her for a mountain god. What's wrong with blessing the people of the region? When faith faded, it was only natural for her to disappear. But she still had a few final believers, and to help them live out their natural lifespans, the little mountain god had no choice but to roll up her sleeves and help the villagers build up the 5.4kReads9.0Score622Shelves

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    If you look bad, hit me

41. 191 麻 Sack Over My Shoulder: The Washed-Up Star Scams the Entire Entertainment Industry 麻袋扛上身：糊咖讹遍娱乐圈 Silver Brocade银锦Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After spending thirteen years in prison, she was reborn. When she opened her eyes, she was back at the time when the entire internet hated her. If you can’t beat them, join them. Before she knew it, she’d become the head of the antis. Antis Group One: “Boss, Yu Yuan’s causing trouble again. Should we go after her?” Yu Yuan: “Go after her for what? Did we get paid this time? Even antis have professional standards. We’re not working for free!” Antis Group Two: “Boss, the CP fans are shipping Yu Yu 12.8kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
42. 192 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 30.8kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
43. 193 超 Unbelievably Wild! Six Uncles Protect the Little Firecracker, So Who Dares Mess with Her? 超野！小疯批六个舅舅护着谁敢惹 Li Yaoyao梨窈窈Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama, The Fake Heiress Tears Up the Script, is now streaming [Showbiz + absurd humor and memes + everyone’s favorite + wild imagination + gossip + going off the rails] Chi Qian failed her tribulation and returned to the real world, only to discover she was the villainous fake heiress in a novel! The plot had already reached the point where the real heiress came back, and Chi Qian was about to be kicked out of the family home. A broken engagement, a wave of online hate, and a grueso 156.9kReads9.6Score18.3kShelves
44. 194 恋 Dating Show: He's a Heart-Stealing Arsonist with Charisma to Spare! 恋综：芳心纵火犯他魅力四射！ A Little Leisure闲情几许Modern Romance733k WordsCompleted After completing missions across three thousand worlds, Pei Ge, an all-around quick transmigration expert, joins a dating reality show to clean up after her disciple. She becomes the fourth male guest, the one with the least screen time. Pei, who only wants to keep a low profile, keeps making headlines and setting the livestream chat ablaze. She goes from an unnoticed nobody to someone everyone loves, a heartthrob adored by all. 4.1kReads9.3Score397Shelves
45. 195 恋 Dating Show: There’s Something Off About Every Guest This Season 恋综：这届嘉宾都有点不对劲 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 2.5kReads9.4Score208Shelves
46. 196 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 100.6kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves
47. 197 穿 I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became a Widow, So I Raise Kids with My Pocket Dimension 穿到荒年成寡妇，我靠空间养娃 Feng Tianxiang凤天祥Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + Famine + Adorable Kids + Pocket Dimension + Infrastructure + Grand Ambitions] (The story hits its stride after chapter 15) After years of being single, Shen Qingyun wakes up to find she's become a married woman in ancient times, with three sons of her own! Worst of all, famine has struck. Not a blade of grass grows, and corpses litter the land! Eldest son: “Mom, this is the last of our money!” Second son: “Mom, this is the last pound of millet in the house!” Youngest son: “Mommy, here 5.4kReads9.0Score676Shelves
48. 198 女 The Queen Starts Out as a Top-Tier Star 女王从顶流做起 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open September 5, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.] From the start, she transmigrates and nearly kills her younger brother. If she doesn't complete the System's missions, she'll be punished with electric shocks. Following the System's instructions, Nan Xiangwan joins a survival show for aspiring idols. While the other young women sing and dance... Nan Xiangwan: “I'll perform a brick-breaking trick with my bare hands!” 53.6kReads9.5Score5.9kShelves
49. 199 诡 The Bizarre Apocalypse: I'll Protect This Corrupted World 诡异末世：这个污染世界我罩了 Jiucai Huaye玖菜花叶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland + Mutants + Sentinels and Guides + Ensemble Cast + Contaminated Zones] The dark apocalypse ends, and the age of the wasteland begins. Countless mutants and bizarre contaminated zones devour humanity’s homes. When a remote town is swallowed by a contaminated zone, Yun Zhao, who has only recently awakened her powers, is forced to lead the entire town on a migration. Her origins are a mystery, and her strength is terrifying. Yet she can barely lift a thing, cannot carry 38.4kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves
50. 200 秦 Qin Beer 秦啤 Yiyuan Returns毅源归来Eastern Fantasy196k WordsOngoing Jing Ji, a master brewer from the modern era, accidentally transmigrates to the first year of Qin Shi Huang's reign after drinking himself to death. He becomes a condemned prisoner, dying at the foot of the Great Wall. Drawing on the beer-brewing skills etched into his soul, he turns wild barley, dismissed by the Qin people as worthless weeds, into amber nectar. Caught in the whirlpool of fate, he meets Princess Ying Xinyue of Huarong, the most brilliant yet most constrained daughter of the Firs —Reads—Score—Shelves

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