Any Recommendations for Older Books? Dual-Male-Lead Novels from a Few Years Ago 有没有老书推荐？几年前的双男主小说。

1. 51 穿 Book Transmigration: The Beautiful Villain Is Forced Into Love by the Darkened Male Lead 穿书：绝美反派被黑化男主强制爱 Cheng Nezha城哪吒Two Male Leads471k WordsCompleted (Complete) BL + both leads are chaste + transmigrate into a book + cultivation + confinement Straight man Ning Ke wakes up one day inside the cultivation novel written by his younger sister. From the start, he’s destined to be the villain, tortured and killed by the male lead! Fortunately, a System appears at the crucial moment and binds itself to him. It turns back time and sends him to the male lead’s past to fix plot holes and keep himself alive! So Ning Ke dons secret identities and, one aft 15.1kReads9.6Score2.5kShelves
2. 52 卷 The Workaholic Movie Emperor Refuses to Be a White Lotus Scapegoat 卷王影帝拒绝当白莲炮灰 Wild Geese in the Northern Sea北冥有雁Two Male Leads603k WordsCompleted A sophisticated, charmingly ruthless top attacks VS a capable, narcissistic bottom Si You: A legendary figure in the entertainment industry, nicknamed “King of Overwork.” One day, he opens his eyes and finds himself inhabiting a pitiful white-lotus side character who's about to become a has-been and knows nothing but how to play the victim. After going through the plot, Si You sits in front of his computer and declares, “Now this is high-level gameplay.” Looking to blow off steam, he turns a hor 46.7kReads9.6Score7.8kShelves

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   It's been a while since I finished it, and the ratings are very high. The writing is online [Love]

3. 53 我 How Did I, a Revered Ancestor, Become a Short-Lived Cannon Fodder? 我堂堂老祖竟成了短命炮灰？ Ruan Yuyu阮郁郁Two Male Leads365k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + cultivation + transmigrate into a book + supernatural powers + one-on-one, both pure + an aloof beauty of a master who’s adored by everyone but doesn’t know it + a split-up love interest (they don’t merge back together by the end)] Shen Qiu is the cultivation world’s undisputed champion in both looks and strength. One day, after waking up from a drunken stupor, he discovers that he’s transmigrated into a book and landed in a different world where supernatural powers reign supre 153Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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   [Adore][Adore][Cool][Smile][Smile][Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss][Shy][Blow a kiss][Flow a kiss][Smile][Smile][Cool][Adore][Adore][Adore][Cool][Cool][Blow a kiss][Shy][Shy][Shy][Shy]

4. 54 仙 The Immortal Lord’s Silly Pup Is Both Sweet and Spoiled 仙君大人的傻狗子又宠又甜 Yi Yanyun易烟云Two Male Leads278k WordsCompleted [Powerful leads + sweet romance] [The goofy Crown Prince of the Demon Realm + the aloof Immortal Lord] Sickly Crown Prince Tang Fei has his life saved by an immortal lord. When he wakes, he discovers that in his previous life he was the Demon Venerable who wreaked havoc across the three realms, and the immortal lord who saved him is the one he loves. In his previous life, he was the disciple and the other was his master. His master doted on him, and he repaid him with stolen kisses. He was a dem 77Reads9.1Score—Shelves
5. 55 孽 Wicked Disciple, Stop! He’s Your Master! 孽徒住手他是你师尊 Despairing Emperor绝望皇Two Male Leads849k WordsCompleted [No heroine] [Demon King VS Heavenly Master, two powerful male leads] [Straight-laced master who says one thing and does another VS seemingly sweet, secretly scheming disciple] [Sweet romance, come on in] Shen Zhenye never imagined that just reading a book could make him transmigrate into it. He had become the villainous cannon-fodder master who abused the male lead, advanced the plot, and then died in disgrace! Looking at his disciple, who had already been abused, Shen Zhenye thought: Should I 5.5kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
6. 56 我 My Master Seems a Little Hungry 我家师尊有点饿 Salted Sticky Rice Dumpling糯米咸粽Two Male Leads517k WordsCompleted An immortal sect master × a teasing actor-demon god, who ends up abducted and taken back to the demon realm to become... a bandit chieftain’s wife? The Demon God, feared by all six realms, fails his tribulation and turns into a “little soot ball.” He’s accidentally rescued by Wumo, the foremost immortal of the immortal sect, only to discover that the other is researching... a hundred ways to cook and eat him? Wumo, a top foodie who transmigrated to another world, wants to stew or roast everythin 58Reads9.1Score—Shelves
7. 57 快 Quick Transmigration: This Heartless Daoist Is Forced to Fall in Love 快穿：无情道的我被迫恋爱 Clingy Grain穗穗黏黏Two Male Leads200k WordsCompleted [1v1, two male leads] + [sweetness throughout] + [Readers who only read Sui Sui's male-oriented stories, please don't enter] Immortal Venerable Yan Zhao cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness. He spent his life doing whatever it took to achieve his goals, cold-hearted and ruthless, but when he was about to ascend, the Heavenly Dao told him “You have yet to undergo the trial of love. You may not ascend.” After that, a strange pink app appeared in Yan Zhao's mind: the “Love and Ascension System”! He 1.3kReads9.5Score167Shelves
8. 58 無 Unconditional 無条件 Village Chief Who Drinks Fake Milk喝假奶的村长Two Male Leads433k WordsCompleted [Crossing the line + two male leads + reporter x possessive lawyer] He was short and insecure. When he left the orphanage, he knew nothing about the world outside. He believed he wasn't worthy of love, and that every kindness anyone showed him had to come with strings attached. Huo Yun was different. As he leaned down to explain the prospects of his college major, the sincerity in his eyes shone brighter than the scores on the exam paper, and his lips, caught between his teeth and the pen 68Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   I think the mountain breeze should have another flavor, it should also be mixed with the bitterness of every secret admirer.

9. 59 差 Three Years Apart 差三岁 Luo Says Again罗再说Two Male Leads181k WordsCompleted [The original novel of the radio drama of the same name, starring Hu Liangwei and Jiang Qiu!] [Flashy, unstoppable, wolfish underachiever Xing Cheng VS cool, aloof, secretly passionate top student Ning Xi, who knows how to put every troublemaker in their place] [Modern setting + two male leads + premium novel + equally matched leads + youth + healing + campus + coming of age + dreams] This is a coming-of-age school story about the old and new captains of Shizhong High’s basketball team workin 1.7kReads9.5Score453Shelves

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10. 60 落 Sunset Mountains 落日山脉 Twelve Thirteen十二三Two Male Leads119k WordsCompleted [The original novel of the radio drama of the same name, starring Zhang Fuzheng and Liu Sicen!!!] [Teacher Wei Chi, sent to teach in the countryside VS wanderer Xiao Yanwei] [Dual male leads + premium novel + healing + redemption + rural teaching + literary + mutual devotion + happy ending + devoted love] Before meeting Xiao Yanwei, Wei Chi had never wanted anyone to stay. The place where he lived was the shortest stave in the barrel, the most overlooked corner of China's 9.6 million square kilo 5kReads9.6Score1.2kShelves
11. 61 一 Drunk for a Hundred Years 一醉经年 Shui Qiancheng水千丞Two Male Leads339k WordsCompleted A secret crush is like a flask of strong liquor. You know that drinking it will leave you dizzy, make you lose control, and bring you pain, yet you still throw yourself into it like a moth to a flame, all too happy to suffer. You only take a sip, while I drink until I’m drunk. But everyone who drinks has to sober up one day. A calm, aloof engineer bottom VS a selfish, cold-hearted celebrity top 20.4kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves

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    The writing is good and the plot is compact. This is a book that is both sad and sweet, and it made my heart twitch when I read it. As for McChicken, these two books written in large letters are also excellent, ABO type, and they were heart-wrenching to read [cry][cry][cry].

12. 62 娘 Sissy 娘娘腔 Ba Shiba八实鲅Modern Romance117k WordsCompleted Read the blurb carefully! This is not danmei!!! It's a romance novel about healing!!! [Complete. Youthful angst + mutual healing and devotion + a happy-ending bonus story about two men (I want to write it, so please don't hate) + a reborn happy-ending bonus story for the glamorous male and female leads] Yan Shang is a sissy. Why? Who said so? They did. And so it became true... “We will treat you with kindness, and hope the world will absolve the innocent.” One day, a girl named Chen Sanqi pulle 650Reads—Score100Shelves
13. 63 娇 The Beloved Ninth Prince Gets Beaten by His Darling Again 娇宠九殿下又被他家宝贝给打了 Potatoes Braised with Beef Brisket土豆烧牛腩Two Male Leads282k WordsCompleted Two male leads / historical fantasy / marriage first, love later / sweet and angsty / both devoted to only each other / political intrigue [A naive, innocent, adorably soft bunny spirit bottom VS a bloodthirsty, fearsome wolf demon top] With a great army of wolf demons bearing down on them, the rabbit clan feared extinction and sent a soft, lovable little bunny as a marriage offering. The little bunny, Qi Ling, dug more than a dozen holes to hide in, but he was still dragged out. Dressed in a re 464Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    The Squeamish Rabbit and the Wolf King

14. 64 飞 Flying Planet 飞行星球 By the Still Waters静水边Two Male Leads132k WordsCompleted A gorgeous hotel heir as the top, and a handsome, easygoing wedding-flower-shop owner as the bottom “Your passion is magnificent: vast, profound, eternal, and exalted.” “My love may be worthless in your eyes.” “It’s only a flower, blooming brilliantly but briefly.” “But so what? From the moment it’s born until it dies, it keeps blooming with all its heart. That’s how I love you, like a flower.” Special thanks: The background image was authorized by @Gu Mu Qing Yu. 319Reads9.1Score105Shelves

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    I personally tested it, it looks great, and there are all kinds of them.

15. 65 我 I've Liked You for Years 我喜欢你好多年了 Song Weishi宋蔚时Modern Romance179k WordsCompleted When the trending topics once again announce that superstar He and Shen Chaosui have gotten back together, He family fans can't even be bothered to go after Shen Chaosui anymore. They calmly reassure the newcomers that this happens all the time, it's no big deal, and their idol will soon clear things up. While everyone is watching the drama unfold, He Cinian posts a new Weibo. He Cinian V: It's true. @Shen Chaosui V He family fans and netizens: ????? What happened to clearing things up? He Cini 2kReads9.2Score237Shelves
16. 66 穿 Reborn as the Crown Prince of a Fallen Kingdom, I Throw Myself into the Enemy’s Arms 穿成亡国太子我直接投入敌军怀抱 Hu Yan.胡言.Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted Completed. Search “Fanqie Listen” for the full-cast audiobook. [Manic, unhinged, vicious beauty vs. proper, restrained, aloof Buddha-like lord] [Two male leads + equally matched + mutual secret crush + both virgins] From the start, he was on an ancient battlefield, surrounded by soldiers and generals splattered with blood. He was the crown prince of a fallen kingdom. With a sworn enemy ahead, pursuers behind, and the burden of restoring his country on his shoulders, who could stay sane? While he 20.6kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves

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    These books are so good, I have read them many times

17. 67 校 The Background Character in a Campus Novel Doesn't Want to Work Hard Anymore 校园文路人甲不想努力了 The Puppy Loves Swimming小狗爱游泳Two Male Leads329k WordsCompleted After leaping from a bridge, Yi Fanwei learned that his entire life was nothing more than that of a background character in a campus novel. At first, he followed Yin Weiche and Jiang Yuxi around like a lackey, constantly clashing with Yan Danke. He thought the worst that could happen was being killed in revenge. “Please...” His father’s medical bills were still just a little short. The handsome young man knelt on the cold, luxurious floor. A pair of carefully polished black leather shoes slowly 7.2kReads9.2Score656Shelves
18. 68 读 Mind Reading and Juicy Gossip! The Cultivation World Is Crawling with Melon-Eating Spies 读心吃大瓜！修真界瓜田里都是猹 Ying Meng嬴梦Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted The ratings have only just come in, so they’re low. There’s a ton of juicy gossip. Queens, come on in and feast! [Two male leads + multiple people can read minds + juicy gossip + transmigrate into a book + feel-good story + face-slapping and scumbag takedowns + funny and lighthearted + sweet romance + everyone’s favorite + devoted 1v1 couple + straight-laced bottom + lovesick, obsessive, dangerously possessive top] Tang Yan transmigrated into a brain-rotted romance novel written by a hater. He b 12.2kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves
19. 69 甜 Sweet! The Villain Is Such a Flirt, Always Grabbing the Male Lead by the Waist 甜！反派这么会撩？专掐男主细腰 Whole Wheat Bread全麦面包Two Male Leads288k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + showbiz + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + feel-good, cathartic laughs + variety shows + goofy + devoted love + villain takes the lead] Question: What do you do when you transmigrate into an old-school, melodramatic BL novel as a nobody in the entertainment industry who gets abused from episode one all the way to the finale? Jian “Former Mercenary and KPI Maniac” Li replies with a curt “Thanks, but no thanks.” “Damn it, I hate male leads who act all macho. If the story st 24.9kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves
20. 70 逃 There’s No Escape! My Aloof Host Is Forced into a Yandere’s Love Again 逃不掉！清冷宿主又被病娇强制爱 A Leaf Thinking of You一叶思君Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, obsessive true love, indulgent and satisfying, one-on-one and mutually devoted. Some worlds feature split incarnations, but the relationship is always strictly one-on-one. The bottom only loves the top, and the top only loves the bottom. They are each other’s only intimate partner.] At first, Shen Yuxing only wanted to complete his missions in exchange for a chance to be reborn. But before he knew it, he had attracted countless dangerous obsessives, each determined to force him 11.8kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
21. 71 伏 Vodka and Mantenin 伏特加与曼特宁 Yu Daoqiao于刀鞘Two Male Leads100k WordsCompleted [Zheng Xi and Ma Yang star in the leading roles. The radio drama adaptation of the novel of the same name, Vodka and Coffee, is now airing] [A new exclusive bonus chapter~~~] [Reserved, icy café owner Bai Qinglin VS flirtatious bar owner Zhu Jingru] [Premium fiction + two male leads + modern city life + happy ending + healing + redemption + older love interest + simmering tension + sweet romance + love at first sight] Zhu Jingru didn't know what love at first sight felt like until he was thirty- 26.3kReads9.7Score6kShelves

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    They are all very good-looking. Some are from Jinjiang Changpei.

22. 72 灰 Notes from the Gray Tower (Web Edition) 灰塔笔记（网络版） An Empty Lamp Drifting Far空灯流远Two Male Leads136k WordsCompleted The original online edition of Gray Tower Notes is now available! This edition includes all the short extras and character poems, making it a more complete collection. Thank you all for your support~ Mathematics is the domain of geniuses. Only those who have outgrown what mathematics can satisfy turn to cryptography. Some say codebreakers helped secure victory in the Second World War. They were oddballs among geniuses, deciphering enemy messages from radio waves and striking at the Nazis' vulne 122Reads8.8Score—Shelves
23. 73 红 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 59.3kReads9.7Score15.2kShelves
24. 74 限 Limited-Time Possession (Also Known as Full Marks Setup) 限时占有（又名《满分设定》） Yao Yao Yi Yan杳杳一言Two Male Leads120k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + marriage before love + sweet romance + domineering CEO] [Gentle pursuer who spoils his wife without limits (he really does) X dramatic sweetheart who tries to win back his husband (but doesn’t end up suffering)] When Gu Chenbai was fifteen, he was injured in a car accident while saving his older brother, leaving him with a disability in his leg. Tu Yan rose to fame at a young age and won countless fans, yet he could never escape the pain of his troubled childhood, not until he 13.8kReads9.5Score2kShelves
25. 75 他 When He Smiles, the Entire Dynasty Comes In for a Kiss 他一笑，整个王朝都吻了上来 Si Jiao司皎Two Male Leads311k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] [Two male leads + pure hatred + love and mutual destruction + political intrigue + groveling redemption + happy ending] The day Shen Zui died, the kingdom celebrated an age of peace and prosperity. The dashing, white-robed flower thief who wore willow leaves in his hair and roamed the martial world was, in truth, the fugitive crown prince and last heir of the fallen dynasty. Terrifying, isn’t it? As a long sword pierced his body, Shen Zui bit hard behind the man’s 9.7kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
26. 76 帝 The Emperor Above Me (Reborn) 帝王在下【重生】 Young Master Changfeng长风公子Two Male Leads186k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Shen Baijing only learned at the moment of his death that Rong Hua, who had willingly married down to him and been neglected by him for five years, was not only the greatest gentleman under heaven, but also the hidden emperor, The Outcast, second only to the emperor and above all others. In the end, Rong Hua gave up his life and his name for Shen Baijing. Rong Hua, clad in white, knelt outside the imperial ancestral shrine. “Rong Hua has failed the emperor’s trust and the d 12.4kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves

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    I saw it a long time ago. I thought about it and rewatched it. It was very interesting.

27. 77 重 Reborn: The Ultimate Pampered Marriage 重生之极致宠婚 Lone Boat on the Vast Sea沧海扁舟Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted Wei Chen thought his life was one enormous joke. He’d loved the wrong person and trusted the wrong people, and in the end, everyone turned against him. The one who cleaned up after him and took bullets for him was his autistic wife, the woman he’d utterly neglected ever since she married him. As darkness closed in, Wei Chen thought, if he could live his life over again, he would cherish Chen Li and hold her close to his heart. 3.7kReads9.2Score402Shelves
28. 78 第 Identity V: Life Is Hard, the Beloved One Sighs, and the Goofy Heroine Has a Bright Future 第五人格：生活不易，团宠叹气，沙雕女主她未来可寄 Gu Zhiyu, the Real Deal顾之羽本羽Anime Fanfiction347k WordsOngoing [Identity V + first person + transmigration + ridiculous comedy + unhinged heroine + memes + going crazy + everyone’s favorite + time travel + redemption + emotional gut punches] A blend of sweet and painful. Li Su had been into Identity V for all of half an hour when, on a whim, she raised her phone and shouted, “Identity V, launch!” Then she closed her eyes and opened them again, only to find she’d transmigrated right along with everyone else! A lazy nobody with neither skill nor social savvy, 2.1kReads9.3Score234Shelves

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    Good book recommendations.

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