I've Read Novels for So Long That Nothing Seems to Catch My Interest Anymore 看了这么久小说感觉已经没什么小说能吸引我了

1. 1 非 The Unconventional Goalkeeper 非主流门将 Iaido居合Sports1.1M WordsCompleted [Goalkeeper + Portugal National Team + Time Reversal Ability + Brute + One Female Lead + Follows Historical Events] In 2014, Dragon Nation midfielder Zhang Laosan was forced to go abroad~ By chance, he gained the ability to turn back time by one minute! Recommended to try out as a winger? Sorry, I choose to be a goalkeeper! And so the most unconventional goalkeeper in world football was born! .. In a crucial league match, the opposing team attacked relentlessly but could not score. Their coach a 2.8kReads8.8Score165Shelves

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   The first book is a football novel, one of the few goalkeeper stories on Tomato's blog. It's absolutely amazing!! He dominates the football world alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in the later stages! [Note] The second book is a job-changing novel; the theme of the Virtuoso is really captivating, so good!!

2. 2 谁 Who Let Him Awaken His Talent? 谁让他觉醒天赋的？ Cheese Spade芝士黑桃Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone Changes Class + Mythology Awakens + Overpowered Leveling + Lighthearted Comedy + No System + No Female Lead] Su Yu transmigrates to a world where everyone changes class and awakens a talent. Monsters run rampant, and other races invade! Danger and opportunity go hand in hand! Only by becoming a class-changer, leveling up, and growing stronger can you stand at the top of the world! On the day of his class change, Su Yu becomes a mysterious hidden class: the Fate Jester. He gains the D-r 12.8kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
3. 3 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 142.3kReads9.3Score16.9kShelves

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   1️⃣I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt from the protagonist's various ridiculous actions involving the Seven Deadly Sins. It was a very enjoyable and fun book 😎 2️⃣It truly engages the reader's emotions! I have to say, it's a miracle the protagonist survived the first dungeon. It's like he doesn't have protagonist luck; I wondered several times how he managed to survive. 3️⃣The aloof, silver-haired cannon fodder beauty, almost electrocuted into a paralyzed expression by the adorable ớ ₃ờ system training, was regarded by everyone as a killer of powerful figures, but the protagonist fell in love with her at first sight 💘

4. 4 开 An S-Rank Horror from the Start, but They Give Me a C-Rank Talent? 开局S级怪谈，但给我C级天赋？ Pale Era苍白纪元Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Endless Twists + Wild Ideas and Clever Logic + Mild Horror + Protagonist and Villains Are Both Smart] [This is absolutely not a mindless power fantasy. If you don't like the first instance, go ahead and curse me out.] [This isn't a traditional rule-based horror story. The horrors can think and are intelligent, so readers who prefer traditional rule-based horror should steer clear.] Horrors run rampant, and strange tales are everywhere. Beneath every shadow may lurk an unknown t 143.3kReads8.9Score14.5kShelves
5. 5 无EN Infinite Escape: From Cannon Fodder to Beautiful, Powerful, and Doomed 无限逃亡，炮灰爆改美强惨 Getting Up Early Isn't Goji Berries早起不是枸杞Two Male Leads830k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication][Audiobook narrated by a real person now available] Two male leads + Infinite Flow + Misguided assumptions A good-for-nothing cannon-fodder, Xie De, gets a System dropped on him. He thinks he can finally embark on the path of a legendary hero and triumph all the way, but it turns out his System is a useless, abandoned piece of junk that can’t provide a thing. Shop? No. Rewards? No. Missions? No. Fine, Xie De decides to keep slacking off. But the System won’t have it. Sure 78.3kReads9.6Score10.4kShelves
6. 6 我 I'm Such a Proper Evil God! 我这个邪神可太正了！ Sleep Until I'm Well Rested睡个饱觉觉Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [This is a deranged world!] [Cthulhu-inspired] [Careful: this story contains extremely intense psychological corruption. Read at your own risk.] One day, the world underwent a cataclysmic change! Every living thing was affected by an unknown force and mutated. And it wasn’t just living things... Human civilization was forced to retreat into the last nineteen fortress cities. People prayed to all kinds of gods for protection and blessings, struggling to survive in this hopeless world. Meng Yi arr 64.6kReads9.0Score6.8kShelves
7. 7 你 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 504kReads9.1Score40.8kShelves
8. 8 京 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 Midsummer Rain仲夏雨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 178.3kReads9.6Score27.8kShelves

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   Both the male and female leads are intelligent, the author's writing is incredibly delicate, the characters are very well-developed, and the way they scheme against each other is very nice.

9. 9 出 True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年 Four Happiness Pavilion四喜阁Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con 86.4kReads9.6Score8.2kShelves

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   I am Shennong, so eat with confidence, kids, no need to read the book title.

10. 10 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 12.8kReads8.7Score1kShelves
11. 11 民 Republican Era: The Last of the Jianghu 民国：最后的江湖 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted From an outlaw to a high-ranking general in the Republic of China, then into the War of Resistance against Japan, he walks the loneliest path of all. He seeks no place in the history books, only for the land and rivers to bear witness: on this black soil, there will always be those who refuse to kneel! (Xiang Bei, formerly known by the pen name Lao Zei) 32.5kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
12. 12 都 The Urban Underworld: Power and Influence 都市江湖：权势滔天 A Child at Heart家有童心Urban2.0M WordsOngoing The short drama of the same name premieres on January 4, 2026, at 10 a.m. on Hongguo Short Drama: Urban Underworld: Power Overwhelming Chen Yi had never met his biological father. Then one day, his parents were summoned to school, and he watched helplessly as his teacher was beaten badly enough to end up in the hospital... 14kReads9.0Score443Shelves
13. 13 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 305.9kReads9.5Score42.1kShelves

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    I've been reading this book on Tomato for a long time. My roommate recommended it to me, and it's super good! The female lead goes back in time to save her grandfather, uncovers the real culprit in a wealthy family, and helps the female supporting characters awaken. The romance is very compelling. It's rare to see a book that writes love, family, and friendship so well. Highly recommend it!!!

14. 14 魔 The Magic School Junior Who Can Do Anything, from Pranks to Making Trouble 魔法学校小学妹，沙雕搞事啥都会 Ghost Denier无鬼论者Modern Romance2.9M WordsOngoing [Not Western fantasy: a Chinese-style magic academy, absurd comedy + ensemble cast + hilarious daily life, with romance] [A ridiculous heroine causes trouble and leads everyone astray: a bunch of lunatic students hilariously learning magic] Li Wenyin woke up in a magical world and struggled to survive at a top-tier Chinese-style magic academy. She cut up the school flags to make uniforms, stole textbooks and sprinted for her life, and made the deans so furious their eyes nearly popped out. She w 116.2kReads9.6Score13kShelves

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    These two books are my absolute favorites. The first one has a fresh theme, well-developed characters, and excellent writing. The key is that every time I thought the plot was going to turn out to be cliché, there would be a twist. The romance is also very engaging and doesn't feel like a rigid, outdated plot that I suddenly fell in love with. It's been a long time since I've read such a refreshing book (Yi Man Li).

15. 15 救 Help! I Don't Want to Be the World's Most Beautiful Woman in the Apocalypse 救命！不想在末世当绝世大美人 Baby Ditou呆头宝宝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse354k WordsCompleted [Alternate apocalypse + two powerful leads + sweet romance + both leads are each other's first] Lin Buyu, captain of a special operations team, suddenly transmigrated into an apocalypse novel and became the Zombie King. The System said the world was collapsing. More terrifying than the Zombie King was the major villain Jiang Ran and his minions, whose destructive power was enough to wipe out the world. The only way to restore the world to normal was to eliminate every villain. Jiang Ran was far 42kReads9.2Score5.9kShelves
16. 16 追 Pursuing You Is Like Taming a Hawk 追你跟熬鹰似的 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [Sweet and Satisfying] [Brooding Boy x Martial Arts Girl] [Happy Ending] [Male Lead Is Crazy and Possessive] [Original title: Chasing You Is Like Taming a Wild Falcon] Quan Zhishui couldn’t understand why people from other schools beat up Wei Shixu every day, forcing her to rush in and save him from danger time and again. Later, she discovered that those people were being paid to do it. By Wei Shixu. “I’m done with you!” she said sternly, drawing a clear line between them. Wei Shixu grinned, utt 49.4kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves

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    [Sparrow's Masterpiece] This book has incredibly engaging characters: a yandere male lead and a martial arts girl—the contrast is just too adorable! The female lead is just too cool 😳! The plot goes from "hero saves the damsel in distress" to "his true colors revealed," with laughs and sweet moments galore. The promise to keep him going until the end of the college entrance exam is absolutely addictive! The writing style is lighthearted, the interactions between the characters are both sweet and silly, the supporting characters are witty and helpful, and there's no angst throughout—just pure enjoyment! The extra chapters, with the proposal and the stepmother's slap in the face, are incredibly satisfying. It's truly addictive!

17. 17 长 Longevity: A Well-Connected Immortal Court Official Slacks Off in the Mortal Realm 长生：仙庭关系户下界摸鱼 Core of Chaos混沌核心Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [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 215.4kReads9.0Score15.3kShelves
18. 18 明 I Could Easily Rely on My Martial Skills, but My Wife Insists on Using Her Brain 明明可以靠武力，娘子非要靠脑子 Kimchi Jar泡菜坛子Ancient Romance634k WordsCompleted [Modern woman in ancient times + transmigration with her body + love after marriage + sweet and satisfying] [A male lead who never stops rescuing his wife + a mindless heroine who kills at the slightest provocation] Jiu Yue, the greatest assassin of the twenty-second century, is blown off a cliff while carrying out a mission. With a splat, she lands in the backward Great Qi Dynasty. The wicked step-grandmother finds Ji Yiqing a wild girl she picked up and makes her his bride, hoping the marriage 35.9kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves

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    The first book features a strong female lead and a hardworking, ambitious male lead. It's not melodramatic or sensational; each character is intelligent and the story is purely satisfying. The second book is more unique. The female lead is intelligent, the male lead matures, and the female lead's identity is reversed. It's a strong female and strong male story. Those who like these genres can give them a try. I can't guarantee you'll like them; everyone has their own preferences.

19. 19 世 The Birth of the World's First Reptile Petting Zoo 世界第一爬宠馆诞生记 Riding the Wind, Cleaving the Waves御风斩浪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Originally titled The Amazing Reptile House. Slice of life + semi-fictional setting + 1v1 snake couple + a little golden finger (The protagonist is based on a real person, with some fictional details. See the end of Chapter 1 for content warnings.) Lin Ai has loved fluffy animals since she was little, but every pet she got would run away. Then, after her family went bankrupt, someone gave her a “little pet” that wouldn’t run off. Her great-aunt’s aunt’s sworn elder sister gave her a long, smooth 13.3kReads9.6Score1.9kShelves
20. 20 网 From Wild Monster to the Strongest Villain in an Online Game 网游从野怪进化成最强反派 Potato Little Handsome Boy土豆小正太Sports1.9M WordsCompleted After entering the game Boundless, Liu Shuai discovered that he had become a monster in the newbie village, the kind that dies hundreds of thousands of times a minute and gets farmed by the hundreds of millions every day: a kobold! “Huh? Killing players gives me experience? Killing them makes them drop gear? Destroying their guilds and taking their territory even earns rewards?” And so, the strongest NPC, known as every player’s worst nightmare, and the ultimate villainous boss was born! 692Reads6.7Score—Shelves
21. 21 剑 Draw the Sword, and Souls Take Flight 剑出魂飞 Got a Great Catch爆护啦Eastern Fantasy407k WordsOngoing The prodigies with Heavenly Spirit Roots surround a useless nobody with no spirit roots. I say, “I’m a soul cultivator!” The whole crowd drops to its knees. Traditional xianxia featuring soul cultivation, sword cultivation, bug cultivation, play the pig to eat the tiger, face-slapping, a fast pace, an ordinary-person protagonist, and wild imagination. Zheng Mao, a direct descendant of the prestigious Zheng family, was born without spirit roots because his parents were framed. After several fort 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist plays "The Soul-Refining Melody of Dreams," but in reality, he is cultivating his soul and using soul skills to control his soul, which means controlling life and death. The whole thing is high-octane.

22. 22 姐 You Look Even Prettier When You Cry, Big Sister 姐姐哭起来，更漂亮了呢 Hua Ning, Whose Surname Is Shen婳宁她姓沈Modern Romance377k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + System + Yandere + Love Triangle Drama + Intense Push and Pull + Happy Ending] [Brooding, yandere puppy × outwardly vicious but inwardly scatterbrained System worker] (To avoid any misunderstandings, a note: both leads are virgins, absolutely pure! The heroine is not a substitute, and this is not a melodramatic substitute romance. The original heroine is not vilified either.) She transmigrates into the book as the vicious supporting character who torments the yandere 19kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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    All are 9.0-rated works, with different types of books for you to choose from!

23. 23 醉 A Drunken Nighttime Kiss! One Flirt from Her, and the Arrogant Big Shot’s Heart Races 醉吻夜！她一撩，桀骜大佬心狂跳 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Climbing the Capital’s Family Tree is now available on all platforms.] [Top Capital City Tycoon · Rebellious, Devoted Suit-Wearing Bad Boy vs. Ballet Princess · Radiant, Proud Little Swan] Li Zhi and Fu Yanze grew up together, but Li Zhi turned out to be the fake heiress. For the sake of his own interests, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress, a leading actress in the entertainment industry. He hoped Li Zhi would understand and said he would come back to marr 59.5kReads9.5Score7.3kShelves
24. 24 病 A Sickly Kiss! After Mistaking the Villain for Someone Else, She Gets Kissed Silly and Spoiled Against Her Will 病态吻！错撩反派后被亲懵强制宠 Jun Zheliu君折柳Modern Romance370k WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming! [Both leads are romantically inexperienced + transmigrate into a book + redeem the villain + mistaken identity + sweet romance + slightly yandere + doted on by everyone] [Bold, sweet girl x aloof, obsessive man] After transmigrating into a tragic romance novel as a disposable side character, Jiang Li receives two tasks from the System: 1. Win over the male lead and become the girl he can’t forget. 2. Dump him and make way for the heroine. They first meet in a ba 6.8kReads9.3Score790Shelves
25. 25 局 The Web of Desire 局欲网 Loves Cocoon Flowers喜欢茧子花Mystery113k WordsCompleted Binjiang City, a dazzling pearl perched at the crest of a changing age. Beneath the gleaming halo of its GDP, a deeper and more enduring force is at work: the “Closed Loop.” It is no ordinary criminal gang, but a symbiotic organism formed through the deep collusion of monopolistic conglomerates, privileged bureaucrats, and underground powers. Through carefully engineered channels of power, covert hubs of profit, and rigid barriers of rank, the “Closed Loop” has built a self-sufficient, self-pur —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 小 The Tiny Boss Is Everyone's Favorite, and She Coddles Her Scumbag Dad Like He's Her Placenta 小小老子当团宠，把渣爹当胎盘哄 Hu Yu蝴俞Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition of A Boat in a Single Thought is now available on all platforms. [Comedy + raising kids + everyone’s favorite + 1v1 romance + devoted couple + the adult heroine’s love interest is Lu Jinghuai] [A funny, sunny heroine who actually has eight hundred tricks up her sleeve x a saintly beauty who is really a sinister, venomous schemer] Ji Nian transmigrates into a novel where the heroine is adored by everyone, becoming the universally disliked biological daughter of the heroine’s pow 89.8kReads9.6Score11.6kShelves

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    So pretty! I love it! 🥰😘😘

27. 27 方 Fang Xiaoxiao 方晓晓 Don't Turn Off the Light不关灯Mystery134k WordsCompleted After an impulsive moment, Fang Xiaoxiao, a girl still in eighth grade, accidentally killed a classmate who had bullied her. Terrified, she decided to hide the body. To evade the investigation, Fang Xiaoxiao was forced to cover up the traces of her crime and convince herself that it was all an accident, just a coincidence. People can choose to believe lies, but they can never escape reality. The mind can pretend nothing happened, but the rotting body is real. On the seventh day after the deat 468Reads9.2Score—Shelves
28. 28 我 I Strive for My Country’s Prosperity! [System] 我，为祖国富强而奋斗！【系统】 Little Red-Crisp Hands红酥小手Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn + System + top student + patriotism + positive energy + feel-good story + no awful relatives] Su Xing was always on her own, the aloof goddess in everyone else's eyes. It seemed everyone took it for granted that beautiful women should keep their distance and remain unapproachable. Only Su Xing knew she was pretending to be aloof. In truth, she had severe social anxiety! She hated dealing with people and being noticed. All she wanted was to hide in the shell she thought was safe and coast 42.7kReads9.6Score4kShelves
29. 29 非 The Abnormal Female Celestial Master 非正常女天师 The Girl Who Swallows Ghosts吞鬼的女孩Mystery5.8M WordsCompleted Everyone says foreigners are superstitious. If they bully you, all you have to do is mutter strange things and wave your hands at them, and you can scare them off. After Wan Sui was set up by her own family and stranded abroad, she faced a gang of thugs. She copied Uncle Jiu from the movies and made a few hand seals. To her surprise, they really did run away in terror. Someone looking for a bit of excitement recorded the scene and posted it back home. Wan Sui became an overnight sensation online 9.7kReads8.9Score886Shelves
30. 30 手 I Got the Villainess Script, and Now I'm Terrifyingly Unhinged 手拿恶女剧本，我现在癫的可怕 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] + [No Romance] In her previous life, Pei Ling passed the civil service exams and worked diligently her way up from the grassroots to a senior provincial position, sweeping out organized crime and cracking down on every kind of illegal activity. She was upright to the core. Then she entered a Quick Transmigration world and was handed the script of a villainess: a born bad seed who did every evil under the sun, so terrifyingly powerful that the protagonists could only scrape 33.2kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
31. 31 末 Apocalyptic White Lotus: I Pretend to Be Weak, Then Smash the Zombies 末世白莲：伪装柔弱后我锤爆丧尸 Shattered to Bits碎不溜秋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse581k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + System + play the pig to eat the tiger + beautiful, strong, and tragic + all-around female lead + male lead included] [There might be some infinite-flow elements along the way. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip it.] The day her grandmother dies, Lan Yuan's uncle and aunt grit their teeth and take her in for the sake of the property deed. From then on, she gets endless moldy leftovers in the attic, and has to scavenge junk to cover the wedding expenses for her “little Chin 566Reads8.9Score104Shelves

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