I’ve Run Out of Books to Read Lately. Any Recommendations, My Dear Subjects? 朕最近书荒了，众爱卿有何推荐
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I Bought a Down-and-Out Noble Heiress for One Gold Coin 一金币买下落魄贵族千金
A transmigrator who has lost all his memories, an unknown nobody whom the world never notices, and a fallen minor noble named Pasius. He has always felt that his life shouldn't end in mediocrity. So he recklessly bought Ivesa, the daughter of a top noble family whose entire family was killed by the emperor, who was demoted to a slave, and whom every noble regarded as the greatest taboo. Total spent: One gold coin Then, with that one gold coin, he won the entire world! (I'm rewriting the
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My Empress Wife Won't Let Me Touch Her? I Seduced Medusa on Our Wedding Night 女帝老婆不让碰？新婚夜钓美杜莎
[Fishing System + Queens and Empresses + Passionate, Satisfying Adventure] After transmigrating for nineteen years, Xiao Fan had become the worst son-in-law in the dynasty. On his wedding night, the reborn empress shut him out, and just as his life hit rock bottom, he activated the Everything-Fishing System! With his first cast, he hooked Medusa, the Snake People’s queen, who was devouring a strange flame and on the verge of exploding! Facing the aloof queen, Xiao Fan used the System’s power to
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Western Fantasy: Yanderes Have Me Surrounded 西幻：病娇把我包围了
[Matriarchy] + [multiple heroines] + [yandere] + [forced romance] The protagonist grows stronger over time. The early chapters put him through a lot, so read at your own risk. Ye Xingqiu, a newly graduated office worker, was on his way home after working late one night when he encountered a mysterious blonde girl on a bridge. “Oh no, she’s going to jump!” Just as the girl was about to plunge into the unfathomably deep river, Ye Xingqiu dashed toward her, only to be hit by a truck that suddenly c
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Dumped Just Now, Now the Crazy School Beauty Insists I Be Her Human Body Pillow 刚被甩疯批校花非要我当人形抱枕
Romantic rivalry + lighthearted comedy + yandere lunatics + aloof ice queen I got dumped, then found a red-haired girl with a fever. I thought she'd be a sweet, gentle kitten, but it turned out she was a controlling, crazy young lady with a yandere streak! “From today on, you're my servant.” What? I'm already the male lead, and now I have to be a servant too? What's the point of being the male lead, then? No way! Watch me handle her, everyone! Oh no, she's a stat monster. She one-shots me with a
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Highway Survival: Conquering a Celebrity from the Start 公路求生：开局征服女明星
[Wilderness + Survival + Disasters + Mutated Creatures + Leveling Up + Absolute Advantage + Talents] [Road Survival: Awakening a Legendary Gold Talent from the Start] Everyone transmigrates, and when Ye Li wakes up, he finds himself in a world of road survival. One person, one car. To survive, you have to keep driving down an endless road in search of supplies. Just as Ye Li has no idea what to do, a clear, ethereal voice suddenly rings in his ear. Congratulations, you have awakened the Legendar
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
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
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Reborn Through Technology: A 2006 Comeback 科技重生之逆袭2006
[Rebirth + Technology + System + Business Warfare + Sci-Fi + Invincible + Tech Battles + Wish Fulfillment + Futuristic Tech] A wish-fulfillment tech novel that doesn’t rely on mindless antics. A workaholic dies from overwork, only to be reborn in 2006 as the young heir to a knockoff factory? Si Wen, a top programmer and workaholic from 2025, dies from working overtime and is reborn in 2006 as the son of the owner of a knockoff phone factory on the brink of bankruptcy. From the start, it’s hell
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The Qing Dynasty's Ender: From Village Chief to Ruler of Earth 大清终结者：从村长到地球球长
This is the exhilarating story of a transmigrator who brings a Total War System to the chaotic years between the late Ming and early Qing, sparks an industrial revolution, rebuilds China, becomes the ruler of Asia, and gradually climbs to the pinnacle of the world! [Transmigration + war between nations + System + anti-Qing + power fantasy + invincible protagonist], with no tormenting the protagonist or mindless plot. If you enjoy this book, you might also like my other two works: Great Power Tec
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Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！
[Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes
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After Buying a Catkin Slave, I Start Eavesdropping on Her Thoughts Like Crazy 买下猫族奴隶后，我疯狂偷听心声
[Western Fantasy + Another World + Magic + Everyday Life + Slavery + Romance + Light Novel] Leina buys a beast-eared girl with good natural talent. In a world where most people can barely afford to eat and demi-humans are sold as slaves, he wins her over with a single piece of black bread. The catgirl had planned to run away, but in the end, she simply refuses to leave… Nora: “He’s my meal ticket for the long haul. I have to keep him happy!”
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Primordial Era: I! Vanguard of Xuanmen! Grand General of Human Sect! 洪荒：我！玄门先锋！人教大将！
(My new book is out! Come check it out! Love you all!) Before you stands Shi Yu: senior disciple of the Human Sect, pioneer of the Mystic Sect, Heaven’s number-one Land God and concurrent Great Emperor of the North Pole and Purple Star, commander of the Justice God, and dean of Lingtai Fangcun Vocational and Technical College. He transmigrates to the Primordial World and becomes the innate creature Taixu Shuiyun Crane, born with a Taiji phantom and a natural affinity for the Great Dao. When he i
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Online Game: Confessing to a Noble Lady from the Start 网游：开局表白贵族千金
[Fake Villain + Lighthearted + Invincible + Online Game = Maximum Thrills!] After playing a game all night, he suddenly died and transmigrated into the game as a notorious villain. He confesses to the noble duke’s daughter right from the start, only for the duke to decide he wants him dead? He had thought he’d only made one enemy, but when Victor came to his senses, he realized something. Everyone around him wanted him dead. The aloof Valkyrie boss was dead set on taking his head, while the all-
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Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊
(Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho
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I’m a Hero, but I’ve Ended Up on the Streets, Kept by the Demon King 英雄的我流落街头，被魔王包养了
[Everyday life] [One heroine] [Plenty of sweetness] “My name is Lin En. I'm a hero... or rather, I used to be one.” In the ruins, a radio crackled to life: “Hero Lin En has killed his former comrades! The Hero Association launched a desperate assault, but all thirteen S-rank heroes were wiped out... The Federation has sentenced Lin En for crimes against humanity! Wanted throughout the Federation!” On a stormy night, the retired Demon King Keliya opened the door. Her mortal enemy
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Slay the Gods: From the Start, I Had the Three True Moons Order 斩神：开局三真同月令
[Godslaying + golden finger: Sun and Moon Misaligned + teammate bonds + growth. And of course, tragedy is total nonsense. For details on activating the Three Truths, Same Moon Token, which wasn't fully described early on, see Chapters 106–107. Foreshadowing] When Zhou Ye stayed up late on Monday night, reading Godslaying first and Sun and Moon Misaligned afterward, he transmigrated into the world of Godslaying and became Lin Qiye's classmate. The world of Godslaying was full of danger. Zhou Ye w
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Quit Pretending, Black-Hearted Senior Brother. All Your Accomplices Have Confessed 黑心师兄别装啦，你的同伙全招了
[Everyday life + lighthearted + supreme survivor + invincible among peers + silly and loaded] Wait, I gave him a Qi Refining cultivation method. How did he cultivate all the way to become a Great Emperor? Hua Liuyun, who grew up without parents, uses his heaven-defying luck to build a life of wealth, step by step. The child of luck is old news. He’s the father of luck. Before absolute strength, even the Lord of a Forbidden Zone has to raise a hand and offer him a cigarette. Before money, even th
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Please Love Me Openly 求你明恋我
[The print edition is now available. Search for A Confession I Couldn’t Hide to get a signed copy] [Roguishly handsome, irresistible Jin Zhuo x sweet, alluring Qin Yingxia] [Both Pure + College Romance + Secret Crush Becomes Mutual + Sweet Romance + Light Ensemble Cast] Qin Yingxia had been secretly in love with Jin Zhuo for seven years. She worked as hard as she could to get into Imperial University, all so she could be a little closer to him. On the first day of school, she accidentally took t
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Don't Flirt with Me 别和我撒娇
[Print edition now available] [Roguishly handsome hero + sweet, well-behaved girl] [Secret crush comes true + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Zhou Jingsi once found a pink love letter tucked inside his math textbook. The young girl's handwriting was elegant, her strokes shy and hesitant. The letter was short and unsigned, containing only one line: “Seeing you today, I suddenly wanted to take you to Kekexili to see the sea.” Wen Shu did two daring things in her life. First, she wrote a
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Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批
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
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Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公，从20岁开始养老
[Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr
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Oh No! The Little Zombie Accidentally Became a Big Shot 糟糕！小丧尸一不小心就成了大佬
[Apocalypse x food hoarding x devoted couple x sweet romance x little zombie heroine x super badass, high-output hero] Torrential rain, typhoons, tsunamis, thunderstorms, the disappearance of Earth's magnetic field, zombies, monsters, supernatural abilities, and more... Congratulations, you've entered the main storyline of the apocalypse. The whole world is about to be reshuffled. From here on, survival depends on your life, your luck, and yourself. - While everyone else is still screaming in a
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Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场
(A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for
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Falling for Him 为他心动
She first met Xu Chao on the first day of school. The boy was tall and aloof, his narrow, deep-set peach-blossom eyes filled with coldness. He walked toward her, casual yet distant and indifferent. As they brushed past each other, Jiang Yue’s heart raced and her breath caught. She thought her heart had fallen into that sunny afternoon, where the wind rustled around them. The early story takes place at school and moves quickly. The heroine secretly loves the hero, but they have few scenes togethe
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Chasing the Light in Midsummer 盛夏逐光
[Print edition signed] [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Secret crush comes true | Playboy reforms | Lost love rekindled | Both leads are devoted to each other | Sweet romance] At the senior-year New Year's Eve party, the girls of Dorm 501 drank and chatted merrily. For a party game, everyone had to share a secret no one else knew. Xu Nanzhi had a little fruit wine and her cheeks flushed. She whispered, "I like Fu Shijin." Her roommates went from eager anticipation to disappointment. "How
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A Perfect Summer Crush 盛夏满分暗恋
[Signed for print publication | Secret crush becomes reality | Reunited after a breakup | Sweet romance | One-on-one, both leads faithful in body and heart] Shen Shengyi was known in Peking University's finance department for being carefree and flirtatious. He was picky, handsome, and hard to win over. With the cards stacked in favor of Heaven's Chosen, he was bold and rebellious, always surrounded by admirers and never short of friends. At a design competition, Chi Wu was pulled onstage at the
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The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表
{The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the
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Apocalypse: I Ride a Tricycle and Run a Mobile Supermarket from the Start 末世：开局蹬三轮，经营移动超市
[System + business management + no romance pairing + ridiculous comedy + invincible] After six months of being a sucker in a new world, Jiang He finally gets her super-powered business System. Once bound to it, she hops on a little three-wheeled cart and runs a mobile supermarket. She also has to complete all sorts of bizarre sign-in missions to earn time for stocking up. [Host, go sign in at the center of the storm to earn one minute of stocking time!] [Host, see that volcano? Take it down and
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I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家
Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h
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Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了
When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr
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Adorably Aggressive 可爱侵略症
[Super sweet + devoted to each other + childhood sweethearts + growing-up romance + secret crush] [Scheming, doting daddy type x straightforward sweetheart] Compared with her own brother, Xu Chuyan, Xu Qiao spent most of her time growing up by the side of Lu Jiyuan, the boy next door. Xu Qiao had always thought that, when she grew up, she would marry Lu Jiyuan, just as the adults said she would. Until one day, her roommate sidled up to her, full of doubts, and whispered, “Who acts like someone’
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Her Smile Is Like a Piece of Candy 她的微笑像颗糖
Xu Jingshu of Class 1, Grade 11 was quiet and cold. If she weren’t sent out into the hall to stand through every single math lesson, she’d probably be practically invisible in class. “Jingshu, Old Wei sent you out to stand again?” When homeroom teacher Old Ma brought transfer student Chu Youning to the classroom, he spotted the familiar figure and sighed helplessly. “Mm.” Xu Jingshu answered without much feeling, not embarrassed in the slightest by the presence of an outsider. Then came a monthl
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I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门
(The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh
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Monster Compendium: I Can Summon Monsters Without Limit! 魔物图鉴：我能无限召唤魔物！
[Half data, half reality + comedy + meme references + no heroine + lighthearted, positive, and uplifting] A hundred years ago, disaster struck. Countless demons appeared, plunging the world into crisis and claiming countless human lives! At the same time, the arrival of Infinite Game made reality seem illusory, turning everything into a game! Beneath the apocalypse, humanity is as insignificant as dust. Who can save us? When people call for a hero, Li Chen says, “It’s simple. I’ll be the savior!
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