In a Reading Drought, Seeking Well-Written, Fast-Paced Stories With Two Male Leads 书荒中，有没有文笔好的，节奏快的双楠文。

1. 101 张 Zhang Yilong’s Treasure Hunt 张一龙寻宝记 Goro Weeping with Joy喜极而泣五郎Mystery256k WordsCompleted Zhang Yilong: A young archaeologist and adventurer, he is agile and quick-witted. His grandfather, a scholar who studied the secret history of the Ming and Qing dynasties, left behind a notebook full of puzzles. Zhang Yilong holds the key to solving them. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 124.1kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves

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   A good period drama; it helps you understand the hardships your parents faced in their generation. The writing is excellent, and it features two strong characters in each story—definitely worth reading.

3. 103 六 My 1960s Military Wife Is a Little Spicy: The Sharp-Tongued Officer Spoils Her Tyrannically 六零军嫂有点辣：毒舌军官霸道宠 Nalan Yi纳兰翊Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1960s Military Marriage + Devoted Couple, Sweet Romance + Revenge on Scumbags + Making Money and Raising Kids + Supermarket in a Pocket Dimension + Superpowers + Never Letting Enemies Get Away + Satisfying Military Story] Yu Wanqing had assets worth billions, but while exploring Mount Kunlun, she encountered Japanese soldiers trying to damage China's dragon veins. She took them out, but was badly wounded. When she woke up, she'd transmigrated into the body of a young woman in t 44.5kReads9.2Score6kShelves
4. 104 寒 A Commoner from a Poor Family: Finding a Beautiful Treasure Wife from the Start 寒门布衣，开局捡个宝藏美娇妻 Ascending to the Ninth Heaven登临九霄Historical1.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Great Yu Dynasty, the gravely ill Su Yuan is abandoned in the mountains by his uncle’s family, left to fend for himself. Luckily, he is rescued by Shen Youniang, a remarkable young woman who was also driven from her home. Facing hunger and cold, Su Yuan has no choice but to fight back if he and this remarkable girl are to survive. But just as life begins to improve, a ruthless merchant shows up to bully them. With the dynasty mired in corruption and officials colludin 165Reads8.2Score162Shelves

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   It looks really good!

5. 105 我 I Pretended to Be a Fool During the Famine and Became a Marquis 我在灾荒年装傻成侯爷 Bookworm Eleven书虫十一Historical2.4M WordsCompleted (Easygoing Hunting + Thrilling Power Fantasy + Ancient-Era Conquest) Chen Wuji wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the body of a poor hunter during an ancient-era famine. The young hunter lost both his parents and owns nothing but four bare walls. It is only thanks to his sister-in-law's care that he has managed to survive. Facing this disastrous start, Chen Wuji draws on modern knowledge to stockpile grain and fill his storehouse with meat, living freely as he competes for dominion 29.8kReads8.3Score3.4kShelves
6. 106 穿 I Transmigrate to a Chaotic Age and Find Two Sisters Right from the Start 穿越乱世，开局捡到姐妹花 Drunken in Jiangnan Rain落雨醉江南Historical291k WordsCompleted An Yuchen transmigrates to ancient times, hoping to use his handsome, charming face to marry three wives and four concubines and live it up. But just as the barbarians invade and chaos descends, he has no choice but to become a great hero, full of honor and courage, defending his country with both brains and brawn. He takes on crooked merchants, kills corrupt officials, clings to his wife's leg, and guards the nation's borders. His wife charges into battle at the front while I cheer her on from 339Reads7.5Score—Shelves
7. 107 卷 The Grind King in Ancient Times: Five Wives Delivered from the Start 卷王穿古代：开局送五个老婆 Loves Eating White Greens爱吃白青菜Historical338k WordsCompleted Shen Mo had been a corporate workhorse for ten years, pretending not to understand the chairwoman's hints for just as long. Then, on a business trip after drinks, he gave in halfway and ended up in bed with her. "Wouldn't it have been better to do this sooner? Put on a good show tonight, and I'll promote you to vice president. There'll be another reward for you tomorrow." Shen Mo went at it all night! Then he died. When he opened his eyes again, the waterbed had become a wooden bed, and a maid b 827Reads7.1Score109Shelves
8. 108 世 The Ruthless Heir: Six Marriage Contracts from the Start 世子凶猛，开局六封婚书 Cao Yueban曹月半Historical1.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, he gets dumped from the start. Using his feigned stupidity as cover, he investigates the truth behind his predecessor's murder and the reasons for his family's decline. As he presses on, he untangles old grudges and tangled affections, navigates the treacherous currents of court politics, weathers bloody storms in the martial world, and faces war on the frontier. Qin Shaobai resolves it all: he takes revenge, makes a fortune, earns a noble title and high office, becomes ric 1.3kReads8.3Score242Shelves
9. 109 我 I Only Wanted to Hunt, Not Conquer the World! 我一心只想打猎，没想争霸天下啊！ Yangyang阳阳Historical667k WordsCompleted Zhao Mian, a rich second-generation heir, transmigrates into the body of a vegetative man in another world. His father is dead, his older brother is dead, and the family’s farmland has been confiscated. All he has left is a delicate, lovely fiancée. With no land to farm, he takes up hunting, and every wild beast in the mountains becomes his pet. No arrows? He makes his own. No knives? He forges them himself. One day, he makes a weapon of mass destruction, and the villagers around him weep as the 175Reads5.8Score—Shelves
10. 110 说 You Said You’d Enlist and Marry a Wife, So How Did You Become Emperor? 说好当兵娶婆娘，你混成皇帝？ Manzhouli Electric Eel满洲里电鳗Historical1.5M WordsCompleted [Farming + countryside + conquest + pure exhilaration + generals + never put off revenge] “Feng, want a wife?” “A wife? Village chief, I want one!” “Then join the army! Go with the rebel forces! They’ll give you a wife and food!” “Right away, Chief!” Three years later. “The new emperor is returning home in glory? Passing through our Zhao Village?” “Hey, Feng... You’ve finished the war?” “N-no, wait, oh my goodness! Long live Your Majesty the Emperor!” I’m no good at writing summar 15.3kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
11. 111 睁 I Opened My Eyes to Find My Wife at the Door Starving 睁开眼：上门老婆要饿死 Miao Bu Jian苗不见Historical2.4M WordsCompleted [Alternate History + Rebirth + Period Drama + Countryside + Getting Rich + Devoted Husband] Ye Mu is reborn into a poor, war-torn feudal dynasty. Looking at the wife who has just been sent to his door, he decides to earn money and provide for his family. From catching fish and shrimp to making paper and building infrastructure, Ye Mu plans to turn a poor little mountain village into a metropolis. Wealthy merchant: “Bring me along, boss!” Marquis: “What a talent! I’ll pay him a personal visit!” 1.1kReads8.2Score124Shelves
12. 112 开 From the Start as a Low-Ranking Official: From County Magistrate to Emperor 开局芝麻官：从县令到大帝 Qing Yue晴月Historical1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating as the son of a noble duke, he gets sent off to the frontier to be a county magistrate from the start. Fine, he’ll lie flat and be a local emperor, eating his fill, waiting to die, and watching beautiful women dance every day. What? The emperor wants me to be his tutor? What? The princess read my poem and is now crying because she wants to marry me? What? The neighboring kingdom heard my name and surrendered? What? The northern barbarians see me and drop to their knees? Have 114Reads6.7Score—Shelves
13. 113 乱 The Mad Warlord of a Chaotic Age: From Hunting to Conquering the World 乱世狂枭：从打猎开始逐鹿天下 Loves Eating Big Watermelons爱吃大西瓜Historical661k WordsCompleted A soldier king transmigrates to the Great Zhou dynasty, a war-torn age beset by barbarian incursions. The bad news: he's penniless and has nothing, not even enough to eat... The good news: he has three beautiful triplet wives, each with her own distinct personality. The eldest, Su Yunluo, is fiery-tempered! The second, Su Yunchang, is frail and delicate! The youngest, Su Yunxiu, is gentle and virtuous! 13Reads6.4Score—Shelves
14. 114 游 After the Game Descended, My Brother and I Went on a Killing Spree 游戏降临后，我和我哥嘎嘎乱杀 A Kuria阿库莉亚Two Male Leads404k WordsCompleted [Main story complete / bonus chapters updating~] [No romance + invasion by otherworldly races + game descends upon the world + mostly invincible power progression + a touch of harem magnetism / everyone's favorite + ship whoever you like] - In 2042, to defend against the invasion of otherworldly races, the gods created a game. - After learning the world's predetermined course, Yun Chuxiu only wanted to grow stronger and protect her brother. So she... Built good relationships with future high-ran 4.3kReads9.3Score749Shelves
15. 115 神 Father, Kneel Down and Satisfy Me 神父，跪下，喂饱我 Wan Louyu万楼愈Two Male Leads390k WordsCompleted [Full Audiobook Now Available] [Both Pure + Intense Push and Pull + Flirtatious + Shou Imprisons Gong] [Yandere Vampire Shou Ji Wangxian × Priest Gong Wicher] Ji Wangxian, the first of the vampires, was sealed away for hundreds of years. After breaking free, he was weak and on the run from his pursuers, so he disguised himself as a woman and went to stay with the priest, Wicher. Wicher’s aim was to kill him, yet Ji Wangxian became intoxicated by Wicher’s sweet blood. The more Wicher resisted and 13.7kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
16. 116 男 Can a Handsome Male Escort Become Everyone’s Favorite? 男公关颜值太高会成为万人迷 Waiting for a Bowl of Good Rice等一碗好饭Two Male Leads624k WordsCompleted [Straight guy + handsome bottom + harem rivalry + coercive love + melodrama] After transmigrating into a novel about a man adored by everyone, Jiang Xie doesn't take the words “adored by everyone” seriously. He just thinks his looks happen to suit women's tastes. At Jing University, he's a top student. Though he never fully shows his face to the public, his unique aura, cool, thin lips, and elegant figure from behind are enough to fuel countless fantasies. In private, he's Tsuki, the most popula 14.4kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
17. 117 b A Beta Differentiates into an Epsilon, and the Puppy Is Kissed to Tears beta分化成E，小狗被亲哭了 Northern Mountain Wasteland北山荒Two Male Leads400k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads · ABOE · Both Each Other’s First · Equally Matched · Angsty · Beta Turns into Enigma Later] The Ex-Winning-His-Wife Back Arc (Reserved beta with an intense need for control × hotheaded alpha stray dog) A street thug who made a living by cornering people and extorting protection money fell for the cool, aloof owner of a flower shop. The owner was so cool and ethereal, like a piece of cold jade just waiting for him to warm it up. After asking around and learning he was a beta, Mu 4.5kReads9.0Score712Shelves
18. 118 什 What? The Enemy Jungler Is My Online Love! 什么？对家打野是我网恋对象！ Autumn Wind from Above the Clouds云上挽秋风Two Male Leads212k WordsOngoing [Dual Male Leads + Esports + Pure Love + Powerful Duo + Younger Top + Online Romance Identity Reveal + Sweet Story + Happy Ending] Rating just launched~ Tsundere captain and mid laner, the bottom VS aloof, obedient-looking (it’s an act) jungler, the top * Cheng Yi, a newly emerged 19-year-old ace mid laner, had just won a match with an incredible play. The prize money was 800,000! He happily shared the good news with his online boyfriend: Babe, I beat my rival at work and got a huge bonus [Happy 133Reads8.7Score103Shelves
19. 119 对 My Rival? So What! 对头？又如何呢！ Catnip Researcher猫薄荷研究员Two Male Leads205k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + dating reality show + childhood friends + secret crush + fake enemies + older love interest + both leads are romantically inexperienced] The Heartbeat Live Room went viral as soon as it aired On the first day of the live broadcast, the director asked them to name the person on the show they disliked at first sight. In front of the cameras, Fu Baize and Murong Yunxiu frowned at almost the exact same time. With his strikingly dyed blond hair, Fu Baize looked like a little lion wi 1.2kReads8.8Score204Shelves
20. 120 小 Little Cripple, Open the Door. Your Husband Has Arrived 小瘸子开门，你的老公已送达 Thoughts Deepen at First Arrival思深初至Two Male Leads375k WordsCompleted The rating just came out, so it’s rather low, but it’ll go up later, I promise! [Reborn seme + two male leads + mutual healing + heartwarming sweet romance + doting love] [Sunny, mischievous crybaby uke × dutiful, dependable fatherly seme] In his previous life, Ji Lingtai leapt to his death. In a world without Ji Lingtai, Zhuo Zhichuan saw no point in living. After being reborn, Ji Lingtai is still a little cripple. The little cripple is great in every way, just a bit of a nuisance. A timid litt 6.1kReads9.4Score905Shelves
21. 121 不 You Like Puppies, Don't You? So Why Don't You Like It When They Get Fresh with You? 不是喜欢小狗？以下犯上又不乐意 Jiang Qingsi江清汜Two Male Leads241k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + two lunatics + fictional urban setting + pure love, exclusive to each other + younger man + raising and nurturing + equally matched + (pseudo) master and servant + servant oversteps his place + seven-year age gap + author gone wild] [Dark, obsessive, loyal attack dog 1 × flirtatious beauty, unhinged receiver 0] “If you make me call you Master, you’ll never be able to get rid of me.” Puppy × Master The Jiang family of Xincheng is an illustrious, top-tier power. Everyone knows 22.2kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
22. 122 双 Two Tops Face Off, and the CEO’s Legs Turn to Jelly 双1交锋，霸总腿软了 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生Completed When Two Dominant Leads Clash, the CEO Goes Weak in the Knees —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 123 开 Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢 Cheng Jiajia程加加Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r 60.1kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves

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24. 124 寻 Searching for You Through Reincarnation 寻找轮回的你 Zhang Monu张墨奴Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Male Lead Reincarnates Through Several Lifetimes + Mutant Snake Companion + Bewitching Eyes Ability + Zombies and Ghosts + Sweet Romance...] [The heroine starts out weak and useless, but grows stronger.] In their first lifetime, he was a countryman from the mountains, and she was an ordinary, frail woman. To her, he was a friend, a teacher, and a husband. He was her salvation. Together, they searched for the path to immortality, supporting each other through every hardship. A spirit snake by th 2kReads8.9Score207Shelves
25. 125 木 Wood Spirit in the Apocalypse: No Longer a Burden, Now the Backbone 木灵在末世，不当累赘当大腿 Scheming Sheep Pupu心机羊噗噗Fantastical Romance500k WordsCompleted Ye Sheng, a wood spirit, encountered Chu Fang and his group during the apocalypse, and went on to travel through the ruined world with them. The four of them had struggled to survive for two months when they unexpectedly came across Ye Sheng, who had awakened ahead of schedule. Ye Sheng hadn’t fully regained her memories yet. She hated getting dirty and wanted to be carried, found bread too hard to swallow, and complained of being tired after walking too long. She could barely speak, managing on 417Reads6.9Score103Shelves
26. 126 攻 After My Mission Failed, I Ascended Straight to Immortality, and My Transmigrated Husband Regretted It 攻略失败，我直接飞升，我的穿越夫君却后悔了 Senior Sister Shi Yang时漾学姐Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted My Conquest Failed, So I Ascended Straight to Immortality, and My Transmigrated Husband Regretted It —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first one is good; it combines elements of an ancient woman, a system, a time-traveling man, a concubine princess, and ascension to immortality, with a fast pace. The second one features a female protagonist who is killed three times, also with a fast pace.

27. 127 凤 Three Ashes of the Phoenix Palace 凤阙三烬 Senior Sister Shi Yang时漾学姐Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted Three Ashes of the Phoenix Palace —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 128 长 Sir, I Didn't Mean to Pick a Fight. I Wanted to Ask for a Kiss 长官我真没想撩架，是想求吻您 Shu Jin姝今Two Male Leads379k WordsCompleted (The score is low because it just started getting rated; it'll go up.) [Dual male leads + spacefaring ABO + powerful couple + younger gong + beautiful, tragic war-god shou + 200-year age gap] A cool, alluring commander beauty shou x a brash, younger wolfdog gong. Xie Xuan had lived for over two hundred years. His first half of life was spent wandering from place to place amid the smoke of war. After the war ended in victory, he remembered the orphaned child his teacher had entrusted to him on t 7kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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    Highly recommended!!

29. 129 可 Damn It! The Unhinged Space Pirate Wants to Claim the General Every Day 可恶！疯批星盗每天都想拥有上将 A Poem of Farewell赞别诗Two Male Leads427k WordsCompleted [Two male leads / interstellar / enemies who love and hate each other / powerful leads / younger man / enemies-to-boyfriends / ABO] The youngest general in Federation history has a stunningly handsome face and a temperament as cold as ice. His pheromones overpower 99% of the Federation’s Alphas. The only one who slips through the net is Shen Sixing, an ultra-S-class Alpha, the Federation’s number-one space pirate, and the one person everyone knows is at odds with the general. As the Federation’s 5.2kReads9.4Score823Shelves
30. 130 我 I Use Summoning to Revive Blue Star Civilization Across the Galaxy 我靠召唤在星际复苏蓝星文明 Mala Hot Pot Mixed Rice麻锅拌饭Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + the protagonist has maxed-out combat ability] As the hope of the entire village of ten thousand demons, Ye Chen studies hard for decades and finally gets into college. But after falling asleep, Ye Chen inexplicably transmigrates to an interstellar world where people summon creatures. He even becomes the useless fake young master in a story about the real and fake young masters, his mental sea destroyed and his fiance cheating on him with the real young master. He's left green 12.7kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
31. 131 我 I Find Thrills in Dying Over and Over 我在无限作死中获得爽感 Doll Rabbit玩偶兔Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted I Found the Thrill of It by Constantly Courting Death —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 132 苦 The Tragic Second Male Lead Is Completely Confused 苦情男二很懵逼 Doll Rabbit玩偶兔8k WordsCompleted The Tragic Second Male Lead Is Completely Confused 880Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 穿 After I Transmigrate, I Fail to Make It Home for the Ninth Time 穿越后，第九次回家失败 Doll Rabbit玩偶兔8k WordsCompleted After Transmigrating, I Failed to Make It Home for the Ninth Time 775Reads—Score101Shelves
34. 134 脱 After Leaving the System, I Outclassed Everyone 脱离系统后，完爆所有人 Doll Rabbit玩偶兔Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted After Leaving the System, I Crush Everyone 2Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 135 从 A Journey Through Film and TV Beginning with Soldier Assault 从士兵突击开始的影视之旅 Five Oxen五牛Male-Channel Fanfiction2.1M WordsCompleted [Over a million words already] Completed missions: Hotel Mumbai, Saving Private Ryan, Enemy at the Gates, Black Hawk Down, The Platoon, Training Pumpkin, The Battle at Lake Changjin, Drawing Sword, Operation Red Wings, Hacksaw Ridge (The Bad Boys’ Platoon) Current mission: Charge! “How many missions have you been on?” “How many missions? Let me count. …Forget it. I can’t count them all in a short while. I just know I blew up terrorists in India, I also stopped a failed art student, I charged thr 20kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    Not just two male characters, but an incredibly powerful pair of two male characters!

36. 136 伪EN Pseudo-Spirit Root Cultivates into an Immortal: Perfectly Reasonable, Right? 伪灵根当天灵根修成仙，很合理吧 Wu Wuwu吾舞舞吾Eastern Fantasy974k WordsOngoing Invincible + chuunibyou + cultivation powered entirely by belief I, Li Tianwei, was born to be the protagonist. I understood gravity at the age of three, but Newton was born before me. In kindergarten, I already had twelve great generals under my command and wanted to conquer the Central Plains and unite the realm, but Ying Zheng beat me to it too. As they say, two kings can’t rule the same age. It wasn’t until I transmigrated to the world of immortal cultivation that Li Tianwei finally understo 27.4kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves
37. 137 开 From the Start, I Kill the Bounty Hunter and Become a Notorious Criminal of Great Qian 开局反杀捉刀人，我成了大乾凶徒 Mu Zhenren目真人Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Martial arts first, cultivation later] [No heroine] [The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, but not a completely unprincipled maniac] [Mindless fun + System] I never imagined that a bolt of lightning would strike me while I was watching videos and send me to a border town in the Great Qian Dynasty. (Note: The Great Qian Dynasty in this book is entirely fictional, with no connection to any historical period or ethnic group!) I planned to lie low until the end of time, but a drunk bounty hun 1.9kReads6.3Score101Shelves
38. 138 乱 Chaos and Famine: My Daily Divinations Fill My Storehouse with Food and Meat! 乱世荒年：我每日一卦粮肉满仓！ Rising From the Abyss风起于渊Historical2.0M WordsOngoing Hunter + farming + stockpiling grain before making a move + rebellion and conquest + ten kingdoms, countless beauties [Current fate star: Mountain dweller] [Today's fortune: Blessings and misfortune intertwined] [Great fortune: At the northern foothills of Second Black Mountain, a deer has died of old age in the mountains. Go there to claim its entire hide and carcass.] [Fair: At the foot of Little Black Mountain, a pheasant is caught in the brambles. Hurry over and you might find something extr 293.3kReads8.3Score23.8kShelves
39. 139 体 I Get Paid to Experience an Animal's Life? I'm Done Being Human 体验动物一生就有钱？我不当人了 Brilliant Flame Starry Sky璀璨炎星空Urban2.1M WordsOngoing (A slice-of-life story about all kinds of creatures! The creatures you experience live in different worlds. No matter how long you experience their lives, only one night passes in reality, the time it takes to have a dream.) Just as Fang Wen was about to become another overworked office drone, he unexpectedly gained a System that let him experience the lives of all kinds of creatures. He could even earn money for becoming them. Fang Wen was overjoyed, decided not to go to work, and began experie 25.6kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
40. 140 高 High Martial: I Became a God Through Famous Lines from the Protagonists of All Worlds 高武：我以万界主角名台词成神 A Day of Sneaking Around Like a Dog狗狗祟祟的一天Eastern Fantasy541k WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts + Nearly Invincible + Meme Humor + Multiple Heroines + Conceptual Powers] [No Yuri or NTR, don't get the wrong idea] [Invincible Golden Body!] Consume a partner's soul power to gain a brief window of invulnerability. If a partner dies because of the Invincible Golden Body, there is a chance to gain some of their cultivation. From that moment on, Chen Mo redefined what it meant to have multiple heroines. [Having Lost My Love Forever, All I See Is Ruin] Every time an Isolde dies 4.2kReads7.8Score383Shelves
41. 141 我 My Years in the Gang 我混社团那些年 Big Shot of a Small Town小城大少Urban3.0M WordsCompleted The internet’s most authentic account of Hong Kong’s criminal gangs in the 1960s: Kowloon Walled City, the Four Great Detectives, the four major gang families, the Eighteen Tigers of Kowloon, the Twelve Beauties of Mong Kok, and the rise of influential bosses such as Crippled Ho and Fatty Kun, all revealed one by one! This story is adapted from the oral account of a senior member of a Hong Kong and Macau gang. As he is now over eighty, I recorded and adapted his story myself! For special reasons 20.6kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
42. 142 末EN The Apocalypse Is Coming? I’ll Arrive First! 末日降临？我先降临！ Noodle King Zai板面王仔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsCompleted [The print edition of I'm a Supplier of Survival Plans for the End Times is now available on major platforms] [Character growth · Multi-theme stages · Ensemble cast · Occasional brutal takedowns · No cookie-cutter plot · No mindless wish fulfillment] After facing repeated layoffs and betrayals, Su Jin was at the lowest point of his life when he was accidentally hired by a mysterious company. Countless worlds are on the brink of destruction. Only by saving their clients can the sparks of civiliza 401.1kReads9.2Score33.6kShelves
43. 143 世 Is the World Broken? The Idea Guy in the Chat Group 世界不正常？聊天群里有点子王 September Lazy Rabbit九月懒兔Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Chat group + no female lead] Just after Chu Mo transmigrated, a voice neither male nor female rang out from the sky. “I once said that if anyone so much as hurt her, I would wipe out their entire family. Now that the little one has been injured in your sect, I’ll slaughter every last person in it!” A Demon Venerable wreathed in towering flames stood between heaven and earth, repeatedly bringing down massive palm strikes. His fellow disciples were all flattened into little bear-shaped cookies, a 32.3kReads8.3Score4.1kShelves
44. 144 历 Qi Refiners in the River of History 历史长河中的炼气士 Not That Sharp不是太剑Eastern Fantasy380k WordsOngoing He once witnessed the King of Qin unify the six states and the rise and fall of dynasties. He lived through Emperor Wu of Han’s campaigns against the Xiongnu, and the decree that any who offended the Han would be put to death. He heard of the elegant lives of the Wei, Jin, and Three Kingdoms eras, and the openness of the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan periods… He is a Qi Refining cultivator. Qi Refining cultivators breathe in vital energy to attain immortality. This is a tale of immortality through the ag 5.5kReads8.7Score350Shelves
45. 145 高 Terrible News from the High Martial World 高武圈传来噩耗 Muscular Seagull肌肉海鸥Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged, utterly unhinged! + broke protagonist] “I cultivate naturally.” “Is there any medicine with fewer side effects?” “Can’t be helped. Just take two shots! If you get side effects, we’ll stop after that!” “I’ll take two more shots today. They’re for different areas, so the side effects probably won’t sta 342.6kReads9.4Score33.3kShelves
46. 146 我 In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢，长生不死 Jie Jie戒界Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w 309.5kReads8.7Score13.8kShelves
47. 147 从EN Becoming the Vampire Progenitor, Starting in Central Europe 从中欧开始成为血族始祖 Strawberry-Flavored Little Butt草莓味的小屁股Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted (Immortality + vampires + dark Central Europe + the Church + changing eras) A great vampire novel. - According to the Holy Covenant: [All things reproduce, but none die. Eden grew ever larger, so God created Death and suspended it high above the heavens. God, as the Lord, governed the beginning of life, while Jonah, as the End, oversaw the passing of all living things. Only Kuba displeased Him, and God cast him out. To escape Death, Kuba became immortal and hid from the sunlight.] Norton picked 23.6kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
48. 148 关 The Moon Over Guanshan Shines Bright, Too 关山月也明 yl000yl零零零Ancient Romance496k WordsCompleted Reborn, she returns to a family in exile, outsmarts a crisis, and shines with dazzling brilliance. Moonlight, silver as frost, streamed into a bedroom from twenty years ago. Tan Yue jolted awake from a nightmare that chilled her to the bone. She had returned to the night before the Tan family’s downfall in the Spring Examination leak scandal, carrying the agonizing memories of ten years of confinement, losing her child, and being separated from her loved ones in her previous life. Back then, her 273Reads8.1Score109Shelves

    Reader note

    The writing is excellent and the pacing is fast; the female protagonist is reborn and meets her true love.

49. 149 一 One Needle Shakes the World: The Badass Substitute Bride 一针惊天下，替嫁王妃飒爆了 Tang Eryue棠二月Ancient Romance521k WordsOngoing She opens her eyes to find that she, the heir to a family of ancient martial arts physicians, has become the legitimate daughter of the Ning household, drowned by her stepmother and half-sister and forced to marry a crippled tyrant in another woman's place. A shabby sedan carries her into the Xuan Prince's manor. Cruel servants bully her, and everyone is waiting to laugh at the "corpse" she's become. Little do they know, she possesses the heaven-defying medical classic, the [Precious Compendium 11Reads7.5Score—Shelves
50. 150 我 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干白事儿这些年 Jin Shiliu金十六Urban5.4M WordsCompleted After his master died, Lin Ran inherited his craft, took over the funeral business, and promised his master he would not leave this small town for three years. Keeping his promise, Lin Ran had to face the world without his master's protection. He saw all the strange sides of human nature that he had never witnessed before! Lin Ran remembered his master's words: “People look down on those of us in this line of work. Compared with ordinary people, we're also missing something. They call it being ‘ 71.7kReads9.2Score7.8kShelves

    Reader note

    A highly recommended book.

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