In a Reading Slump, Looking for Books That Aren’t Popular Hype 书荒，求书，不要那种火的，看不进去

1. 1 狗 The Paparazzi Are Useless! The Movie Emperor Breaks All the Big Stories Himself 狗仔不行啊！大瓜都靠影帝自己爆 Yun Nianer云念儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reality dating show livestream + devoted to one another + sweet romance + entertainment industry] Ever since the top-tier star and award-winning actor was caught on livestream with his son calling him Dad, Gu Nian has been unable to shake him off. Fans: Lord Shi is handsome, Lord Shi is charming. We want to be all cute and clingy with him. Gu Nian complains, “He’s just a little sleazy, a little brash, and so jealous he’d flirt you right off your feet. One rumor of an affair and he gets carri 13.7kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
2. 2 偷 Stealing the Springtime of Day 偷揽昼春 A Piece of Sticky Rice Cake一块糖粘糕Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's only one + The second male lead takes the girl + Long-planned romance + Entertainment-industry dating show] [Rebellious, devoted wife-obsessed man x Cool-headed, rational beauty in a cheongsam] Yu Liao was Cen Chimo's ever-ready sidekick, docile and obedient, like a silent shadow. Cen Chimo shamelessly enjoyed her devotion and never imagined that one day she might leave. They met again on a dating show. Yu Liao wore a cheongsam, cool as snow, and didn't spare him 37.6kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves

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   Don't know if it's hot or not? But I also recommend [send heart] [send heart]

3. 3 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 130.1kReads9.6Score15.4kShelves

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   Very nice, thank you very much to the author

4. 4 制 Making the Defense of Jinling, Players Charge Forward in Tears 制作金陵保卫战，玩家边哭边冲锋 Steamed Bun with Red Bean Paste馒头豆沙包Urban1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Lin Yan. In my previous life, I was a game-design workhorse. In this life, after transmigrating to a parallel world, I still work in game development. The difference is that I've awakened a System called “World War.” By combining this world's technology with the System, I can create breathtaking, fully immersive virtual reality games. And so, art that would shake the world was born... “The Battle of Shanghai and the Defense of Nanjing”; “One Against Seventeen: The Surprise Attack on t 8kReads8.7Score661Shelves

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   These two are both pretty good in my opinion, but I don't know if you like the subject matter.

5. 5 我 I Founded the Night Watch, Protecting the Nation from the Supernatural, and Now I'm Exposed! 我创建守夜人，为国镇诡被曝光！ Hates Drinking Hot Water反感喝热水Mystery373k WordsCompleted [Supernatural resurgence + no romance + subverting expectations] Lin Wuyang transmigrated to a parallel world and discovered that supernatural entities were gradually returning. So he planned ahead, founded the Night Watch organization, and secretly spent ten years suppressing the supernatural for Daxia! Ten years later, he gathered a hundred ghosts and used his own flesh and blood to build a Great Wall protecting the nation, holding back the supernatural tide! The sudden appearance of the red G 6.9kReads9.2Score482Shelves
6. 6 顶 The Top-Tier Star Insists on Faking a Couple with His Wife's Biggest Fan 顶流影帝他非要和老婆粉炒cp A Doe Named She一只佘鹿Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [Starstruck girl × top-tier star and movie emperor. A sweet story about personal growth, told from the heroine’s perspective] Sheng Xi debuted as the center of a girl group and took the internet by storm. Then she disappeared from the spotlight. Though she became a nobody, she still had something to strive for: she was a devoted fan of the top-tier star and movie emperor she had a crush on. Only she and her best friend knew her secret. One day, she was invited to appear on a variety show, and by 15kReads9.4Score2kShelves

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   Novel, not skipping a chapter from beginning to end

7. 7 真 The Real Heiress Takes on the World and Shines on Her Own 真千金怼天怼地，要独自美丽 Moonlight Fades as Crows Cry月晞乌啼Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Original title: Don’t Mess with Jiujiu, She’s the Beloved of Eight Psychos] [Secret identity + real and fake heiresses + everyone’s favorite + comedy + if you don’t like it, fight + wealthy-family power fantasy] The national weapon of mass violence known to her enemies as “Number Nine” is home. Her superiors told her to reconnect with her family and rediscover her humanity, so on her very first day, Jiujiu beat up her stepsister and lashed into her father. Her family stared at the violent littl 1.9kReads9.1Score277Shelves

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   It's very beautiful. When I saw No. 7 Dying, I wanted to cry. I hope No. 7 Would not die.

8. 8 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (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 215.7kReads9.6Score23.3kShelves
9. 9 万 After Giving Up, the Most Hated One Goes Viral Online 万人嫌摆烂后全网爆红了 Ten Jin of Meat in Three Days三天吃十斤肉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Villainess awakens + entertainment industry + dating show + wish fulfillment + mutual devotion + 1v1 + sweet romance] On Gu Lanzhi’s twentieth birthday, her younger sister, Gu Lanxin, pushed her into the swimming pool. When she climbed back out, she woke up. She realized she was the villainess in a book. Out of jealousy that her sister had been the family favorite since childhood, she had turned evil. From then on, she opposed Gu Lanxin at every turn, targeting and scheming against her. In the 1.2kReads8.8Score138Shelves
10. 10 众 Everyone Heard My Thoughts and Uncovered My Secret Identity 众人听我心声还扒我马甲 May Ink Stain the River愿墨染江Ancient Romance174k WordsCompleted [Everyone can hear thoughts + heroine has a CP + everyone dotes on her + many secret identities + heroine isn't a do-gooder + two equally matched leads + both virgins + powerful heroine] The heroine, Wen Qian, transmigrates with memories of her past life into the body of the Prime Minister's third daughter, binds herself to a System, and embarks on a journey of gossip-fueled discoveries. Wen Qian: “Poor emperor. His own brother is about to raise an army and rebel, but he still thinks his brother 2.9kReads8.7Score473Shelves
11. 11 团 The Beloved Junior Sister Is a Laid-Back Big Shot 团宠师妹她是佛系大佬 A Xiao Jiong阿小囧Ancient Romance346k WordsOngoing [Everyone’s Favorite, Silly and Hilarious, No Following the Usual Formula] The easygoing girl Aicao transmigrates with a mysterious mission, but she just wants to be a lazy fish and refuses to get involved. Somehow, she joins the poorest peak of a major sect as a young disciple. She looks at her idle, extremely self-absorbed master; her eldest senior brother, who causes trouble everywhere and curses up a storm; her eldest senior sister, who destroys public property whenever the mood strikes; her 4Reads6.3Score—Shelves
12. 12 恋 Halfway Through the Dating Show, Eight Brothers Drop into the Love Triangle 恋综演一半，八个哥哥空降修罗场 Muddy Wine and Autumn Crane浊酒秋鹤Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted [Career-driven heroine + ex-husband desperately tries to win her back + brothers desperately try to make it up to her + second male lead wins] Jiang Yiluo, Mrs. Huo, has been kicked out of the wealthy Huo family. The ugly duckling has revealed her true colors, and everyone is ready to laugh at her. Who would have thought she’d be so shameless as to sign up for a dating reality show, using her title as Mr. Huo’s ex-wife to challenge his current partner? Netizens: Jiang Yiluo’s a mess and twice- 780Reads8.5Score224Shelves
13. 13 流 Exiled to the Great Wilderness, the Heavenly Dao’s Darling Turns the Cultivation World Upside Down 流放大荒，天道亲闺女掀翻修仙界 Jun Mumu Jun君木木君Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The animated comic adaptation is now available] Feng Chiyu, a metaphysics expert, transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder character with the same name. She was used as a substitute bride and then exiled. She’s furious! Thanks to her golden finger, on the day of her exile she empties the treasuries of the sect that abused her, taking everything from her master and senior brothers, right down to the sect’s entire vault. So while Feng Chiyu seems to have been exiled to die, she’s actually t 799Reads9.0Score108Shelves
14. 14 女 The Queen’s Rise to the Top 女王从顶流做起 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open September 5, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.] From the start, she transmigrates and nearly kills her younger brother. If she doesn't complete the System's missions, she'll be punished with electric shocks. Following the System's instructions, Nan Xiangwan joins a survival show for aspiring idols. While the other young women sing and dance... Nan Xiangwan: “I'll perform a brick-breaking trick with my bare hands!” 42.7kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves
15. 15 古 From Ancient Times to the Present: The Noblewoman’s Secret Identity Keeps Getting Exposed 古穿今之嫡女马甲掉不停 Yi Fu Baichuan一芙白川Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Gentle, beautiful, soft-hearted heiress vs. scheming, roguish young wolf One-on-one romance, sweet and doting, no angst Shi Qing was once the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's household. Her mother died young, her stepmother tormented her, and after years of enduring it, she finally became engaged. But on the eve of her wedding, her stepsister pushed her into a pond, and she transmigrated into the body of a high school girl who had been in a car accident... As a legitimate daughter, dancin 910Reads8.9Score114Shelves
16. 16 快 Quick Transmigration: The Sleep God Host Keeps Her Cards Close to Her Chest 快穿之睡神宿主她深藏不露 Nan Xiaofei南小非Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Max-Level Expert + Laid-Back + Useless System] The world was destroyed. Qing Yue was an elder, yet all she wanted was to sleep. By chance, she became bound to the System Bai Qi and began a laid-back life of guiding wronged souls from every corner of the world into reincarnation. Qing Zhou, forced to do her job, was speechless. Everyone else’s Systems came with all kinds of golden fingers and outrageous powers. Who could have guessed that the System she got would be an idi 375Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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