In a Reading Slump. Looking for Something Good 书荒 求 ，想要好看的

1. 201 精 An Elite Fighting Force 精兵劲旅 Ying Wuyu赢无欲Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted My new book is here! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 15.7kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
2. 202 神 Tycoon: Wealth Pours in from All Directions 神豪：八方来财 Jin Yan, Who Helps You Fight打帮你金言Urban316k WordsCompleted [Wealthy Lifestyle] [Daily Life] [Realistic] [Multiple Women] [System] Chu Sheng, a young office worker, dreams of escaping the grind, but fails time and again! With his heart turned to ash, he discovers his girlfriend has been cheating on him. Just as he is about to leap into the icy river, he awakens the Fortune From All Directions System. After unlocking part of its features, losses are refunded a hundredfold! What? Isn't it supposed to bring wealth from all directions? Why do I have to lose 141Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 203 退 After Leaving the Military, I Couldn’t Find a Job, So I Had to Become a Mercenary 退役后找不到工作，只能当雇佣兵 Zhao Zilong, Charging In and Out Seven Times七进七出赵子龙Urban1.4M WordsCompleted After retiring from the special forces, Jin Nan can’t find a job and struggles to make ends meet. Then his neighbor comes to him for help. Her daughter has been tricked into working at a telecom fraud compound, and she’ll pay 300,000 yuan to get her back. In principle, Jin Nan only wants to be a law-abiding citizen. But he can barely afford to eat, so he accepts the woman’s rescue mission to make ends meet. He infiltrates the compound alone, gets into a gunfight with the armed guards, and manage 66.2kReads8.3Score7.3kShelves
4. 204 龙 Long Yan Appears, and the World's Special Forces Rankings Go Haywire 龙焱现世，世界特种部队排名崩了 Passerby from the North Sea北海过客Urban3.5M WordsOngoing In 1989, a war in the south came to a decisive end. It showed the world that the Dragon Kingdom had a mysterious and incredibly powerful unit! No one knew how this unit had come into being. No one knew how many members it had. And no one knew what kind of unit it was! All they knew was that on the battlefield, it appeared and vanished like a ghost, its tactics nothing short of miraculous! Even the Eagle Empire’s intelligence agency had managed to uncover only two words about the unit: Dragon Fla 44.8kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
5. 205 铁 The Iron-Blooded Soldier King: From Spoiled Brat to God of War 铁血兵王：从纨绔到战神 Jiang Ziyue江子岳Urban2.0M WordsOngoing Lin Feng, the King of Mercenaries who ruled the international dark web, was betrayed and sent to his death by a missile. When he opened his eyes again, he had somehow been reborn as a good-for-nothing playboy with the same name, his body ruined by alcohol and women! His billionaire father flew into a rage and sent him straight to the military to be whipped into shape. At recruit training, everyone mocked him as a well-connected rich kid and waited for him to make a fool of himself. They had no 549Reads8.8Score153Shelves
6. 206 手 Wielding Pangu's Creation Axe, I Rule the Underworld 手握盘古开天斧，我是地府话事人 Crazy Bones疯狂的骨头Mystery405k WordsCompleted [Urban Fantasy + Wild Imagination + Cunning Protagonist] As a mine safety officer, Zhang Yang comes across an axe in the mine. It can take him to the underworld, and so... Zhang Yang: Lu Ban, you’re such a good craftsman. Could you make me a bed? Zhang Yang: Hua Tuo, my back hasn’t been feeling too strong lately. Could you whip up some medicine for me? Zhang Yang: Tang Bohu, you’ve been getting a little lazy lately. You’ve spent three days painting Spring River on a Moonlit Night. Zhang Yang: Wa 108Reads7.4Score103Shelves
7. 207 纨 The Pampered Life of a Spoiled Commandery Princess 纨绔郡主得宠日常 Zhao Pian赵骗Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Signed for publication. The print edition is expected to be available by the end of the year. No! This! Is! Not! A! Romance! No CP! No rebirth, no transmigration, a thoroughly evil heroine, a power-struggle story A truly wicked heroine, vying for power over the realm, genuinely unhinged, ruthless, and rotten to the core Questions that come up while reading can only be answered by reading on. The willful, overbearing young princess of the Prince of Zhenbei’s household takes a fancy to Pei Jinnian 71.6kReads9.4Score9.4kShelves

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   In no particular order, 5⭐️good books (thousands of people have different tastes, personal opinions).

8. 208 科 Imperial Exam Triumph: The Strongest Female Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：最强女首辅 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted After finally becoming the first female heir in her family, she opens her eyes and finds herself back before the revolution. Her father is dead from the start, leaving her with a frail mother and three beautiful older sisters. She is the only son who can carry on the Cheng family line... Cheng Qing looks down at her slightly developed chest, wondering what on earth went wrong. Surrounded by scheming wolves, Cheng Qing, now with a new soul in her body, sets herself two small goals: First, keep pr 12.7kReads9.5Score1.4kShelves
9. 209 夫 The Duchess Lies Flat and Slacks Off, While the Duke Is Burdened with Everything 夫人躺平摆烂，国公一身负担 Little Darling Lost in the Way迷途的小心肝Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + transmigration + strong heroine + satisfying read + palace and household intrigue + lighthearted, no angst] After transmigrating to ancient times, Shangguan Jin, who has always worked in investment banking, feels like a good-for-nothing. She can't farm, and she can't make any of the modern inventions, either. The only thing she has going for her is her identity: the Duchess of the Duke's Estate, whose husband, the master of the house, has gone missing! Luckily, there are no dif 7.1kReads9.1Score701Shelves
10. 210 叮 Ding! With an Immortal Achievement, the Cousin Miss Starts Reading 叮，成就流芳百世，表小姐开卷了 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 197.6kReads9.6Score24.5kShelves
11. 211 游 Game Invasion 游戏入侵 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 1.3MReads9.5Score119kShelves
12. 212 一 After a Year of Playing 208 Minor Roles, She... 一年跑了208个龙套后她 Li Duping李渡平Modern Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [An entertainment-industry story about the protagonist's struggle to make it in show business.] [No slacking off, no meltdowns, no dating shows, no livestreaming. She acts earnestly, works hard on set, and becomes a top-tier star through her skill and body of work.] In her previous life, Shang Ye was an out-and-out comic foil. She stumbled into the entertainment industry, but a congenital illness left her overweight, so all she could do was play chubby nobodies in low-budget comedies. After 19.6kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
13. 213 尧 How Could Brother Yao Possibly Be a Kept Canary? 尧哥怎么可能是金丝雀 Red One-Horned Monster红色的独角怪Two Male Leads439k WordsCompleted Young Master Zhou / Cheng Yao Overbearing heir / scheming enforcer Secret crush Strong male leads After powerful Zhou Tiantai passes away, his son Zhou Peiye, who has always lived abroad, inherits everything. He disagrees with his father's ways, so he transforms himself into a businessman. As soon as he returns, the first thing he intends to clear out and get rid of is the pack of mad dogs his father kept. And Cheng Yao is the wildest one of them all. (The top isn't a virgin, so be warned.) Ple 4.7kReads9.1Score472Shelves

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    I also want to add to the excitement of the book shortage that I posted. These are all selected from my bookshelf. They are all high-scoring articles. I feel good about myself. They are available in various genres. If you like it, pick it. If you don't like it, just pick it.

14. 214 捡 The Boyfriend I Picked Up Is Tomie [Book Transmigration] 捡来的男友是富江【穿书】 Pine Needles Make Good Wine松叶堪为酒Two Male Leads538k WordsCompleted [A seemingly insignificant character in the book, a detached, gloomy transmigrator with emotional deficit disorder × A playful man who seems gentle but is actually a twisted, sadistic menace, and has Tomie-like powers] [Two male leads, happy ending + transmigrate into a book + shou protagonist + both devoted and strong] Looking at the beautiful, fragile-looking boy kneeling in a pool of blood, gazing up at him and softly pleading to be taken home, Chi Mian lets out a weary sigh. This is an absur 34.3kReads9.6Score5.9kShelves
15. 215 大 Senior Brother, Just Who Has a Crush on Me?! 大师兄：究竟是谁暗恋我！ Eat a Little Less少吃一点Two Male Leads723k WordsCompleted The main story is complete. [Tragic beauty pretending to be a vase + a deranged little black-room confinement + no contrived melodrama + seductive + readers say it’s angsty + 1v1!!] Everyone knows that Chaowu, first disciple of the Snowze Mountain Immortal Sect’s leader, tops the beauty rankings despite being a man. He is so beautiful that every year countless people brave the snow to visit the mountain’s Cloudwater Realm. Never mind the two realms of Qian and Kun; even young masters and ladies 5.9kReads9.4Score827Shelves
16. 216 披 He's Back Again, Wearing a Secret Identity 披着马甲的他又回来了 Pithy Radish糠心萝卜Ancient Romance806k WordsCompleted [Secret identity trope]+ [Loves faking his own death]+ [Ensemble cast]+ [No heroine]+ [Main story complete, extras in progress] As a demonic cultivator, he is far too low-key. He neither kills nor sets fires, yet other people think he's a famous madman. As a demonic cultivator, he follows the Path of Ruthlessness. He once played a folk doctor who lusted after beauty. Flowers served as betrothal gifts, a blade as the matchmaker, and blood and tears filled their nuptial cups. He died in the arms o 2.1kReads9.2Score332Shelves
17. 217 像 My Pixel Game Became Reality, but I’m Number One on the Most Wanted List 像素游戏成真了，但我是通缉榜一 Thoughts in the Mirror Night镜夜思Sports1.6M WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast + Game Invasion + Group Transmigration + No Romance] [For female readers. Tomato won’t let me change the tags.] Yang Yixie has recently become obsessed with a pixel game called Wasteland Era. As a mechanic, his motto is: There’s no problem an RPG can’t solve. If there is, add another round of machine-gun fire. So he gets hooked on expressing himself through explosive artistry across the pixelated wasteland, having the time of his life without a care in the world. At the same time, 29.7kReads9.1Score3.4kShelves
18. 218 前 The Ex Returns 前任归来 Cen Qingci岑清辞Two Male Leads371k WordsCompleted “Ye Group's investment fails” “Ye Group CEO Ye Zhenyan seriously ill” One sensational headline after another appears online, while every competitor waits for the Ye Group to fall from grace. The Ye Group is now openly recruiting a professional manager, but anyone with sense wouldn't touch this hot potato. A week later, Leng Ge, ranked number one in the professional management industry yet so low-profile that barely any photos of him can be found, announces that he is taking over as CEO of the Ye 9.4kReads9.1Score916Shelves
19. 219 穿 Book Transmigration: Becoming an Evil Senior Brother 穿书：做个邪恶的大师兄 Empty Green Lamp灯盏空青Two Male Leads737k WordsCompleted This novel has two male leads!!! They're both men! Make sure you know that before you start reading! [Cultivation + transmigrate into a book + reborn + unhinged + a husband chasing his spouse to the crematorium] When Su Qingbei discovers that he has transmigrated into a book as a villainous cannon-fodder character, he doesn't panic. As a man who knows the plot, he believes he can prevent the male lead from turning evil. When he senses that the male lead's feelings for him have changed, he still 5.5kReads9.2Score546Shelves
20. 220 穿 After Transmigrating Into the Esports World, I Was Forced to Go Straight 穿到电竞世界后我被迫从良了 Whiling Away Time with Corn消磨玉米Two Male Leads394k WordsCompleted [A little silly + Sweet romance + A touch of a harem magnet + Two powerful leads + Gaming + Healing] Complete. Read without worry. A rich, absurdly strong, doting top × a hot-tempered, prickly, unhinged bottom Unofficial character descriptions: A doting top who's obsessed only with the bottom × a sharp-tongued, rebellious bottom Qiao Shu toward life: Goes wild in public. Qiao Shu toward competitions: "Are your fingers even working properly? And you still want to play games?" Qiao Shu toward Xiao 8.2kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
21. 221 病 The Frail Young Master Topples in the Wind, but Becomes a Treasure in the Icy CEO's Arms 病秧子迎风倒，冷艳总裁怀中宝 A Man of Wind and Moon in the Deep Mountains深山风月人Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [One heroine, doting heroine and male lead, female-audience leaning, two powerful and devoted leads, romance, plot-driven.] [Beautiful, strong, tragic, sickly male lead with a melancholic air vs. a cool, commanding, badass older-sister heroine with a nurturing side. They choose each other and save each other.] The moment Xiao Wujie opened his eyes, he found himself inside his own book, as the sickly male lead. He had written the book himself, but the problem was, he had died before finishing it. 7.6kReads9.3Score514Shelves
22. 222 修 Raising a Little Cultivator: The B-King Origin Story 修真界幼崽的bking养成记录 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 46.8kReads8.9Score5.5kShelves
23. 223 这 This Blind Man Isn't Blind 这个盲人他不瞎 Three Steps of Parting Sorrow三下离愁Urban640k WordsCompleted [Urban Superpowers + No Romance + Slightly Sickly + An I-Person Male Lead of Ambiguous Beauty + Mildly Pampered by Everyone + Slow-Burn, Not Much of a Power Fantasy + Transmigration + System] Though this is listed under male-oriented fiction, it doesn't really have the usual traits of the genre, so male readers might not enjoy it. Feel free to steer clear. My writing is very amateur, so please don't set your expectations too high. I hope you'll be gentle when leaving reviews. (╥_╥) After barely 2.9kReads9.3Score418Shelves
24. 224 我 After I Died, the Beautiful Hostage Jumped from the City Tower 我死后，美人质子他跳了城楼 Jiujiu Qi久久萋Ancient Romance379k WordsCompleted [The writing falls apart, don't read...] [Reborn + doted on by everyone + sweet romance] [Relationship-focused / devoted couple / not much revenge or face-slapping] [Warning: Aside from his good looks and his love for the female lead, the male lead is good for nothing] Only after Jiang Yichi died did she learn that what she'd once believed was fate had been a lie. Everything the scumbag enjoyed had been stolen from that man. She watched that man take revenge for her by personally killing her ene 7.4kReads9.1Score584Shelves
25. 225 重 Reborn, My Powerful Neighbor Keeps Trying to Break Through My Window 重生后，邻居大佬总想破窗而入 Dreaming Little Zombie做梦的小僵尸Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + everyone’s darling + showbiz + equally matched leads + 1V1 + no female lead] Also known as: A Heartthrob in the Su Family The pampered young master Su You has always had low expectations of himself. He spends his days eating, drinking, and waiting for death, joking around as one of the capital’s most notorious wastrels. Later, his family sends him to work at their company, where he meets a sweet, well-behaved young man with a tragic past. When someone who has always been protected sudd 2.2kReads9.2Score287Shelves
26. 226 穿 I Transmigrated into a Cultivation Novel, but Is This Actually a Women's Romance?! 穿越修仙文，但是疑似女频？！ Chaivvvvv柴vvvvvEastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation, Ruthless Male Lead (Fourth Chapter Onward, He Starts Chopping, and Doesn’t Stop Until It’s Satisfying] He transmigrated into a cultivation world, but there was another soul inside his body. A woman! A lovesick, sweet little flower!!!!!!! And they had to take turns controlling the body every day. Shu Qiuqiao: I heard the protagonists in male-oriented novels kill people’s entire families at the drop of a hat and never bother with reason. Li Xia: That’s a complete slander! Who said th 42.7kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
27. 227 我 We’re Not That Kind of Master and Disciple 我们不是那样的师徒 Silent Falling Warmth落温无声Two Male Leads1.7M WordsOngoing [Switching Seme and Uke] [Two Male Leads] [Original Characters Stay in Character] [Book Transmigration] [1v1] Tang Shanyu thought he had simply transmigrated, until his master, Qin Lanshi, who had also transmigrated, told him this wasn’t an ordinary transmigration. It was Book Transmigration, and the novel’s seme and uke were respectively Tang Shanyu’s senior brother and Qin Lanshi’s senior brother. The protagonists’ plot armor was invincible, so the two supporting characters gave up trying. “So 4.3kReads9.5Score540Shelves
28. 228 当 I Went Mad Serving as a Secret Guard, Then Someone Told Me I'm a Prince 当暗卫当疯了，有人告诉我是皇子 Fu Zhunan负烛南Ancient Romance356k WordsCompleted [Female-to-male transmigration] [Complete] [Click to follow the protagonist as he fights his way from cannon fodder to supporting male character to villain to main character.] [Transmigrate into a book + silly, hilarious protagonist + unmatched fighting skills but a screw loose, with a mental illness] Zhou Jinzhi, a pampered young master, transmigrates from a girl into a boy! With disaster striking and his family wiped out, a twist of fate turns him into a royal palace bodyguard. He assumes he i 1.4kReads9.0Score182Shelves
29. 229 疯 The Madman Takes Off His Hearing Aids, and the Stutterer's Fate Is Anyone's Guess 疯批助听器一摘，小结巴生死难猜 Glutinous Rice and Pineapple Rice糯米菠萝饭Two Male Leads360k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance / Enigma-Alpha romance / forced love / both leads are devoted and powerful] [Wild, fiery, stuttering beauty of an Alpha ✖️ cruel, hard-of-hearing rich Enigma with a bad-dog streak] [Content warning: The receiving partner stutters; the pursuing partner has hearing loss and wears hearing aids every day] [No moral compass! No moral compass! No moral compass! Don't apply real-world values to this story. Readers with strong moral convictions should proceed with caution] Li Mao wil 27.1kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
30. 230 军 The Arms Mogul Who Seduces His Aloof Wife Every Day 军火大佬，每天都在勾引清冷老婆 Wind, Wine, and Moon风酒月Two Male Leads261k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, devoted pairing, powerful leads, satisfying power fantasy, sweet romance, unhinged characters, big shots] As the number one character in horror novels, Shen Shiye had no experience with romance-based missions, so he started a secret relationship with the most handsome man in the entire book. Just as they were about to get into bed, Shen Shiye regained his memories and said they should break up. The man, halfway out of his clothes, flew into a rage. “Fine, let’s break up! Don’t 9.9kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
31. 231 N The NPC Says Nothing, Just Keeps Lowering Your Affection Rating NPC不语，只是一味降好感度 Ying Mufeng应沐风Two Male Leads313k WordsCompleted [The aloof, sanctimonious shou vs. the refined, depraved gong who falls hard] [Two male leads + both are virgins + sweet romance + a little push and pull] On the night he gets engaged to Qin Zhiyue, Ning Xihui discovers that he’s a villainous NPC in a sweet, feel-good novel where the character everyone hated becomes everyone’s darling. On the outside, he’s immaculate and refined, a cold, noble flower on a high peak. Inside, he’s dark and jealous. Just because Qin Zhiyue glanced at the protagonis 39.4kReads9.5Score5.9kShelves

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