I’ve Been Reading for Over Twenty Years, and Now I’m Out of Books 二十多年老书虫我书荒了

1. 1 不 Can a Director Who Doesn’t Womanize Really Be a Good Director? 不当渣男的导演能是好导演？ Canglan Qingli沧澜青璃Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [Director + actor + multiple heroines + award-winning + lighthearted + slow burn] Kun Peng only wanted to spend a few relaxing days on Yearning for the Ideal Life, but he was tricked into joining a dating show. In a fit of anger, he whisked Reba away and took her to Cannes, where he casually brought home the Palme d’Or. From then on, Kun Peng’s success knew no bounds. He made waves in television, film, animation, and music, racking up awards and breaking box-office records again and again. He a 7.4kReads7.1Score381Shelves

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   I cried several times while reading this, so I'm giving it five stars.

2. 2 导 A Director's Fun Begins with Making Bad Movies 导演的快乐，从拍烂片开始 Triple Peak三重峰Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Entertainment Industry + Director Story + Lots of Actresses + Filmmaking + Wish Fulfillment + Cultural Outreach + Eastern and Western Superhero Universes] Li Feng is reborn as himself in a parallel world. What fantastic news! Except there’s a problem: he’s 50 million in debt. At least he still has a little backing. In that case, he can only use the 300,000 yuan in his pocket to start making money by shooting terrible movies. The hype around The Promise is just right, so let’s bring out The 15.6kReads8.1Score759Shelves

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   I've been following this novel recently, it's really good and worth recommending.

3. 3 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
4. 4 寒 The Poor Scholar Becomes Chief Minister: Saving the Nation with Science from the Start 寒门首辅：开局科学救国 The Confused Little Dummy迷茫的小呆Historical126k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the body of an impoverished scholar from a family with nothing, saddled with a mountain of debt and hounded every day by his clansmen, what’s he supposed to do? Lin Fan, a modern engineering PhD, says these are all minor problems. Make soap, refine white sugar, blow glass... These are easy tasks. Becoming richer than the emperor is just the beginning. What about those officials at court, spouting nothing but classical sayings? Just watch me hit them with the game-changi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
6. 6 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves
7. 7 夺 Take Back the Space Jade Pendant and Break Off the Engagement: The Scumbag Regrets Everything 夺回空间玉佩退亲：渣男悔断肠 Tomato Rich Lady番茄富婆Ancient Romance560k WordsCompleted A manhua adaptation is out. [Warning: The hero and heroine use each other at first, then fall in love over time!] On the day Fang Hanjiao’s carefully raised adopted son passed the imperial examination at eighteen, her sister-in-law, a widow from her husband’s family who had kept herself well and been made a county princess, came over gloating. She bragged that the boy was her son and her husband’s, and even the storage space belonged to the Fang family, passed down through a jade pendant. Fang H 7.4kReads8.5Score931Shelves
8. 8 这 This Mirror Is So Scary 这镜子好吓人啊 Doubao's Wildcat豆包的小野猫Mystery104k WordsCompleted Twenty-year-old Lin Ye thought he was destined to spend his whole life cooped up in a rented room in an urban village, fretting over rent and a future he couldn’t see. Then a wooden box engraved with his name and today’s date appeared, and he realized some debts can’t be escaped, even after ten years. A silver ring hides a talking shadow. Unfamiliar text messages predict danger with uncanny accuracy. A hand wearing an identical ring reaches out from the depths of his wardrobe. And in a photo ta —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I thought the second and third books were quite good, but the first one was really a personal favorite, so please feel free to give me your feedback.

9. 9 磬 A Book by Qing Ge 磬歌的一本书 Qing Ge磬歌Two Male Leads861k WordsOngoing A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 708Reads9.3Score138Shelves
10. 10 我 I’m the Favored Son of Heaven in the Cultivation World 我在修真界做天之骄子 Kuntukutakatika昆图库塔卡提Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted No heroine + no romance + a goofy comedy (P.S. This is a silly, funny slice-of-life story, so don't take it seriously!) A story for female readers. If you're feeling down, come take a look! My dear readers, the world may be full of disappointments, but please believe that hidden in all the cracks and bumps are the little sweets fate has secretly tucked away. If you're unhappy, imagine you're the protagonist and grow alongside them! The author will write you a joyful, carefree world. What does it 34.2kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves
11. 11 疯EN The Mad Scholar's Invincible Sword 疯书生无敌剑 Wine Without Desire无欲的酒Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing There was once a mad scholar who carried a broken wooden sword everywhere and told everyone he met that he was invincible beneath heaven. The mad scholar’s name was Chen Xun. He wandered the world, falling into madness for three years at a time before regaining his senses, over and over again, in an endless cycle. No one knew where he came from or where he was going. What did he carry upon his shoulders... An ancient curse? A self-imposed path of cultivation? Or perhaps the shackles of a fate he 114.2kReads8.9Score8.3kShelves
12. 12 仙 Immortal King, Please Hurry Back! 仙王，求求您快回去吧 Chai Bu Quan柴不犬Urban1.0M WordsCompleted To better temper himself in the mortal world, a generation's Immortal King entered a world in the Age of Declining Magic. Little did he know that once he went, he would never want to return. "Immortal King, have you had your fun? If you have, hurry back! The Immortal Realm can't do without you!" "No way. There are no short videos or games in the Immortal Realm. I've spent billions of years there. I've had enough!" "I want to see for myself what this world has that's worth staying for!" From then 12.1kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
13. 13 开 Reborn as Grass from the Start, Raised by a Saintess to Become the Azure Emperor! 开局重生成草，被圣女养成青帝！ The Shadow Has No Ideas影子没有想法Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + Daily Life + Relaxed + Scheming + One Female Lead + 1v1 + Female Sword Immortal + Human-Grass Romance + Pure Love + System + Ensemble Cast...] Ye Changqing transmigrates and is reborn as a blade of grass. Good news: He transmigrated! His System is activated! Bad news: He became a blade of grass! He can’t move! Good news: He’s grown beside the bathing pool! He can see the Holy Maiden... Bad news: What bad news? Ye Changqing: I may be grass, but I’m the protagonist! Jin Li: No, 16.9kReads8.3Score2kShelves
14. 14 别 Everyone Else Starts with One Reforging Stone? I Have Infinite! 别人开局一颗洗练石？我无限！ Hamster's Best Friend仓鼠挚友Sports336k WordsCompleted [Gaming + everyone plays + urban + online game + unstoppable domination] In the future, everyone becomes eligible to enter the [Chaos World] upon reaching adulthood and awaken a talent and class. In the Chaos World, strength, equipment, talents, and everything else can be brought into the real world. Han Chen awakens the Dao-Origin-level talent Infinite Reforging from the start! Don’t like a trait? Reforge it! Ever seen a fruit that adds a thousand attribute points? Ever seen a high-level magic 370Reads6.4Score102Shelves
15. 15 我 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 Azure Company蔚蓝公司Urban2.2M WordsCompleted They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 157.4kReads8.9Score24.5kShelves
16. 16 玄 Xuanhuan: The Immortal Divine Son Needs No Sister’s Bones to Prove His Dao! 玄幻：长生神子，何须妹骨证道！ Toasted Oats炒麦片Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing The short drama adaptation of the same name is now available! [Invincible Overpowering Force][Decisive and Ruthless] Gu Changge transmigrates to the Central Continent Dao Domain and becomes the Gu family’s divine son. From the start, his elders want to take his younger sister’s Supreme Bone, but with a System in hand, why should Gu Changge need his sister’s bones to prove his Dao?! [Your bound target has received one spirit pill. You receive one peerless immortal pill in return, multiplied by a 147.5kReads8.3Score102.8kShelves
17. 17 大 A College Freshman at 749, but My System Is in the Cultivation Realm 大一人在749，系统却在修仙界 Stars Hang Over the Dreaming Wilderness星垂梦野Urban998k WordsCompleted [Ruthless and Decisive + Cheat Ability + Dimensional Overkill + Misaligned System] I, Xu Hao, have a Cognitive Impairment System. To scrape together a living in this chaotic world overrun by demons and monsters, I joined the mysterious Bureau 749, thinking that a secure government job would keep me safe. From then on, I was “passively” swept onto the path of an overworked workaholic. I kept my head down and worked like mad, taking on mission after mission just to get stronger. I cleared out a h 730Reads6.5Score115Shelves
18. 18 都 Urban: You Say You're a Scalper? As in, a Really Badass Cow? 都市：你说你是黄牛？牛逼的牛？ Daoxuan Hall道玄堂Urban767k WordsCompleted [Pseudo-Invincibility + Face-Slapping + Twists + Career-Focused + Comedy] You can start reading from Chapter 2~ The National Career Challenge has finally gone live! The production team randomly selects ordinary people and assigns them different jobs. The most popular career will win a hundred million yuan! Su Chen never expected that a casual application would get him selected as one of several hundred contestants. But the career he drew was scalper! Right from the start, this notoriously un 2.9kReads7.1Score129Shelves
19. 19 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 46.1kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves

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    A good book in the ghost story genre, highly recommended.

20. 20 出 Invincible the Moment I Leave the Village: How Will You Deal with Me? 出村就无敌，阁下如何应对 Three Jin of Grapes三斤葡萄Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Liu Ye had always thought he was a good person, especially a devoted son. He was particularly filial to his mother. The Festive Funeral Ghost: What a load of crap! He was kind and gentle toward his father. The Water Ghost: Waaaah... Don’t come any closer! If you do, I’ll kill myself! He would go through fire and water for his friends. The other ghosts: You mean you’d stab us twice, right? All in all, Liu Ye felt that he was a very happy person. All the ghosts: Isn’t your happiness just our tragi 165kReads9.5Score21kShelves
21. 21 终 KO One: I'm the First-Generation KO1, with Combat Power Over 100 Million 终极：我初代KO1，战力破亿 Sweet and Sour Tomato Juice酸辣番茄汁Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsOngoing Six years ago, Gu Mo transmigrated into the world of The Ultimate Series and burst onto the scene with unmatched power. In a short time, he reached the peak of 30,000 combat power, becoming the original KO.1, an unrivaled legend in the high school world! He took control of the entire KO rankings, surrounded himself with countless powerful followers, and even his KO.11 subordinate had 10,000 combat power. After graduating, he founded the Jiuzhou Alliance and established the Jianghu Rankings and M 27.8kReads6.4Score1.5kShelves

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22. 22 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.5kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves

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    I recently read several masterpieces with dramatic plots and profound meanings. While reading them, I felt as if I were right there in the story, and after finishing them, I was deeply moved.

23. 23 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
24. 24 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
25. 25 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
26. 26 全 Global: A Trader Is Weak? I Traded for Doraemon from the Start 全民：交易师弱？开局交易叮当猫 Little Little Falling Leaf小小小落叶Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + feel-good story + Doraemon + Grey Wolf + Tom Cat + overpowered gadgets + a bit of fun] After transmigrating to a world where spiritual qi has revived and everyone cultivates spiritual power, Chu Ming awakens an S-rank talent: Myriad Worlds Trader. As the name suggests, he can communicate with any living being across the Myriad Worlds and trade with them to increase his strength. It seems incredibly powerful, but everyone in this world considers it the most useless talent 10.2kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves

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    My darlings, I absolutely have to recommend this book! The world inside is absolutely fantastic, the plot is intricately woven, and every page is full of surprises. Reading it feels like you're right there in the story. Get yours now!

27. 27 我 I Pick Up Trash Across the Myriad Worlds 我在诸天万界捡垃圾 Big Tree大树Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Two worlds + an entire nation ascends + powerful backing + no angst or abuse] Su Ping picked up a whole world from the start, and can travel back and forth between worlds. The entire globe was stunned! The chief: “Su Ping is a vital national asset. He must not come to any harm!” The leader of M Country: “That mysterious Eastern nation is rising... Look into it!” A top Federation powerhouse: “Reporting to my superior: I failed. I sneaked into Su Ping's backyard and nearly got beaten to death by 10.6kReads8.7Score974Shelves
28. 28 精 To a Lunatic, What’s a Ghost Anyway? 精神病面前，鬼东西算个球 Zoom Zoom Rabbit突突兔Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Hilarious + mentally ill protagonist + invincible + System] A world where ghostly energy has returned. Chen Zhuo is a patient at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital. The System fails to cure him. System: Let him do whatever he wants. I only provide technical support. Ghost Realm Bounty Board: Chen Zhuo, male, severe mental illness. Whoever takes his life will receive a billionfold increase in ghostly energy, several mansions, and endless luxuries. 4.6kReads9.3Score834Shelves
29. 29 电EN Elevator Survival, I Can Foresee Floor Information! 电梯求生，我能预知楼层信息！ North City One Mao北城一毛Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [System, Survival, Unconventional Infinite-World Novel, Power Fantasy] [No do-gooder heroine!] When Lin Feng woke up, humanity had entered a world where people had to survive in elevators. Each day, an elevator randomly arrived at a floor. People could choose to explore it or stay inside the elevator and wait for the next day. Lin Feng unexpectedly awakened a precognition System that could warn him about the dangers and treasures on each floor. [The floor you are about to enter contains 20 ordin 37.8kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
30. 30 我 I’m a Master Procrastinator, and My Crazy Antics Stun Rich Beauties 我，摸鱼达人，骚操作惊呆白富美 Xi Dou汐豆Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Qin Xun, a university student doing an internship, joins a newly founded marketing company and becomes a proud assistant planner. On his first day, he binds to a slacking-off System. As long as he goofs off at work, he can accumulate slacking points and earn rewards. Just as he’s making the most of his time slacking away in an unnoticed corner of the office, all while sporting the title of Outstanding Employee, a cool, aloof new female colleague is assigned to sit beside him by the HR manager. “ 39.9kReads8.5Score4.1kShelves
31. 31 我 I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统 Song Xiangbai宋象白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted “Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click. 111.2kReads9.3Score10.2kShelves
32. 32 妖 Demon Corpses Aren't Edible? Quick, Send It to My Family's Crematorium While It's Still Warm 妖尸不可食？快，趁热送我家火葬 Sallow Little Face小脸蜡黄Urban2.9M WordsCompleted [High Martial] [Passionate] [Demonic beasts invade] [Not reborn] [Funny] If you want a lone-wolf protagonist, you can swipe away. The protagonist, Jiang Ping, is a passionate young man. He can be calculating, and he can be moved. He’s a real person, with classmates, friends, parents, and teachers. Spatial rifts opened, and demonic beasts invaded the land. Everyone knew that demonic beast corpses were inedible, and eating them would turn you into a contaminated being. By chance, Jiang Ping obtain 111.1kReads8.8Score15.8kShelves
33. 33 反 The Villain Has Been Pretending to Be Frail All Along 反派他一直在装病弱 Silver Taels银两Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [Both leads are faithful to each other + healing + mutual devotion + happy ending + demon-hunting story] Jiang Zhimiao transmigrated into a book, landing in a novel called Tales of the Supernatural. The System ordered her to win over Sheng Huaizhi, the sickly junior disciple of the male and female leads, lower his Destruction Level, and keep the world stable. “Why is it a Destruction Level? Don't other books use a Corruption Level?” Jiang Zhimiao wondered. But she soon stopped wondering. The sic 15.1kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    Oh my gosh, the male lead's yandere nature and stubbornness = it's so good! The author is amazing at writing about teenage romance; it makes my heart pound, and I just want the female lead to let me (not really) have her! 😳😳😳😳

34. 34 弃EN Surviving on a Forsaken Star: Combine Identical Junk into Brand-New Gear 弃星生存：相同垃圾合成全新装备 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsCompleted After the Second Era, Earth became the largest technological junkyard in the Milky Way. A scavenger's cloak billows in the wind as Cheng Qi stands atop a mountain of trash. [Similar technological object detected] [Beginning synthesis] [Damaged Nanny Bot], [Safety-Guard Nanny Bot], [Environment-Adaptive Nanny Bot]! [Mechanical Exploration Shoes], [Mechanical Exploration Leggings], [Jet-Powered Turbine Boots]! [Surgical Assistant Gloves], [Intelligent Assistant Gloves], [Gravity-Field Adjustment G 302.8kReads9.1Score46.3kShelves

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    These are all rare and exquisite pieces; it would be a loss not to check them out!

35. 35 开EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.5kReads9.7Score44.8kShelves
36. 36 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 390.6kReads9.3Score43.5kShelves
37. 37 我 My Name Is Pan Jinlian 我叫潘金莲 Han Bin韩斌Historical228k WordsCompleted A woman condemned by the world as a whore who murdered her husband, yet hiding profound, untold pain: was she born depraved, or did she have her reasons? A deeply moving psychological confession that lays bare a widely known tragic love story… In ancient times, marriage was governed by “matchmakers' words and parents' orders.” Did Pan Jinlian have the freedom to choose whom she married? No! Did she love Wu Dalang? Of course not. But she was unable to escape the bonds of fate, and could only mudd 48.4kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
38. 38 我 I’m Stirring Up the Cultivation World with Grind Culture 我在修仙界搞内卷 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 129.5kReads9.5Score52.2kShelves

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    The female lead is the queen of involution 😄

39. 39 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.9Score192Shelves
40. 40 你 You're a Taoist Priest, So Why Do You Have the Ten Yama Kings Tattooed on You? 你一个道士，居然纹十殿阎罗图 Phantom Wanderer空幻行者Urban213k WordsCompleted (No System, no self-righteous heroine, folk horror) Gu Xiu, the eighteen-year-old heir to the Gu family's Taoist arts, has a tattoo of the Ten Courts of Yama on his body. His grandfather spent ten years tattooing it with pigeon blood. One day, while playing in the mountains, Gu Xiu ran into two people and was forced to enter a general's tomb... 2.6kReads6.0Score331Shelves
41. 41 家 The Pathetic Life of a Stay-at-Home Husband 家庭煮夫的窝囊人生 Little Fish小鱼儿9k WordsCompleted For my wife, I chose to become a househusband. Even though people mocked me for living off my wife, seeing the radiant smiles on her and our daughter's faces made it all worthwhile. It wasn't until middle age that I discovered my wife was having an affair with her superior at the law firm. I wanted a divorce, but my parents urged me to endure it for our daughter's sake. Remembering all those years of warm family life, I began learning how to win my wife back. I humbled myself completely, but my 49Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 茅 The Maoshan Coffin-Raiser 茅山升棺人 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing From the moment I was born, someone secretly plotted against me, making my mother give birth prematurely and changing my birth date. My birth chart clashed with my parents' fates, and they both died on the very day I was born. I vowed to find the culprit, and in time became a Maoshan coffin-raiser! Coffin-raising is the practice of relocating graves. After death, people should be buried in a place with good feng shui to protect their descendants. But some ancestors are buried in malevolent place 1.2kReads9.0Score101Shelves
43. 43 不 After I Stopped Loving Him, My White Moonlight Regretted It 不爱后，白月光后悔了 Ear of Grain Bug穗虫Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted After I Stopped Loving Him, My White Moonlight Regretted It 4Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 地 Journey Through Hell: Northern Myanmar 地狱行之缅北 Xiao Ke萧客丶Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: You think places like Muse, Kokang, and Wa State in northern Myanmar are hell? Heh. The real hell is hundreds, even thousands of times more terrifying! Myanmar is vast, and northern Myanmar isn't the only hell there! You've watched those online videos about northern Myanmar and think the methods shown are cruel enough? You have no idea. Their worst methods are far beyond that! They are more terrifying than demons who devour people without a trace. From the day I was tricked and lured i 40.6kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves
45. 45 湘 Tales of the Strange in Western Hunan 湘西异闻录 Qia Ling Little Taoist恰灵小道Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [A friendly warning: This book has no System. It's funny and terrifying, with suspense and clever twists throughout, plus plenty of passion and brains. The more you read, the better it gets.] When I was four, I was kidnapped and taken to a cursed village to be sacrificed alive. A fox spirit risked her life to save me, and secretly pledged herself to me for life. To marry my fox bride, I venture deep into the Miao Valley, tread the Nether River Gorge, and walk the boundary between Yin and Yang. I 6.1kReads9.1Score593Shelves
46. 46 天 The Heavenly Coffin Comes to Town: Living Must Keep Away 天棺出巡，活人回避 Mountain Rain山雨Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The year Jiangnan suffered a terrible drought, a coffin was dredged up from the river. From that day on, torrential winds and rain battered the region for a month. Floodwaters surged, swallowing countless towns and cities. I was ten that year. More than a dozen red Hongqi cars with Beijing plates, along with rows of luxury cars, arrived in our little town. I don’t know how many important people knelt outside my home, begging my grandfather to stop the floods... [Folk customs, feng shui. A coffin 8.6kReads8.8Score792Shelves
47. 47 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 748.4kReads9.4Score43kShelves
48. 48 2 Top Trouble-Maker of 2089: My AI Butler Forces Me to End Up with My Archrival 2089头号捣蛋，AI管家逼我和死对头HE Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三28k WordsCompleted The Ultimate Troublemaker of 2089: My AI Butler Forces Me to Get a Happy Ending with My Archenemy 1Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 当 When a Highly Intelligent Agricultural Scholar Meets a Search-and-Rescue Expert 当高智商农院学霸遇上搜救大神 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三17k WordsCompleted When a Highly Intelligent Agricultural University Top Student Meets a Search-and-Rescue Expert —Reads—Score—Shelves
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