I’m Really Curious Why New Authors’ Stories Don’t Get Popular 很好奇新人作者的文为什么不火

1. 251 友 The Friend-Pestering System 友人犯贱系统 Xiao Cai the Liar笑菜骗子Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [No Couples Among the Main Cast] The Friend-Messing-Around System. Just what it sounds like. “Sorry, could you repeat who your friends are?” “One brainless guy who likes Transformers, one cowardly doctor who’s two-faced, and one cyborg with seriously weird kinks.” “So you mean you spend every day messing around with the world’s strongest Taoist sorcerer, the greatest legendary wood-magic healer in history, and a divine being turned into a cyborg by technology...?” “Sorry, I think you’ve misunder 4.5kReads8.9Score618Shelves

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2. 252 二 Second Senior Brother, Have You Ever Seen a Person? 二师兄你见过人不 Gui Fa Can晷乏惭Eastern Fantasy222k WordsCompleted [No romance + wish fulfillment + absurd comedy + transmigration] Xie Ping'an was born on Blue Star and entered the womb before transmigrating here. He thought he'd become a domineering CEO protagonist, cultivating immortality all the way to the peak, with delicious food all around him. But Can someone tell him why he doesn't have a single golden finger?! A disastrous start from the get-go. He barely made it to joining a sect. Being broke was one thing, but why was he surrounded by a bunch of “id 476Reads8.0Score101Shelves
3. 253 炽 Chasing the Light With a Fiery Face: A Beloved at My Side, Peace for Home and Country 炽颜逐光：良人伴，家国安 Xuan Sanzhen玄三真Marriage & Romance34k WordsCompleted Chasing the Light of Radiant Beauty: A Beloved Companion, Peace for Home and Country 2Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 254 别 Don’t Talk Nonsense! The Savior Isn’t That Kind of Person! 别乱说！救世主才不是那样的人！ Star Ash星灰Modern Romance544k WordsOngoing [No romance + System + esper academy + a world that mistakes the protagonist’s intentions + beautiful yet tragic protagonist + comment threads and forums + everyone’s favorite + pseudo-ensemble cast] Hello, and welcome to another world. This is The Calamity Era. The Calamity Era is an esper manga that became an instant hit thanks to its gorgeous art and unhinged plot. In this series, extras get injured every three steps and die every five, while the main cast is constantly battered and pushed to 13.5kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
5. 255 明 There Are Clearly Three Sins, So Why Am I Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic?! 明明是三罪，我却是美强惨！ Old Song Sea旧曲海Modern Romance653k WordsOngoing Just launched! Manga forum, a misunderstood tragic hero, handsome and powerful male lead, no romance Bo Xing accidentally transmigrates into a manga and gets bound to a popularity-collection System. It tells him he can only stay alive by collecting popularity. A disastrous start? No problem, he knows how to keep his head down. Someone tests him? No problem, he puts on a good act. She runs, he chases? No problem, he's a fast runner. Still, he's a little puzzled. Why do people keep looking at 21.5kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
6. 256 年 A Younger Lover's Possessive Streak, You Brat! 年下的占有欲，逆子！ Noisy Tranquility喧嚣的安宁Two Male Leads351k WordsCompleted I Would Gladly Drown in a Sea of Flames [Two male leads + younger man + sweet on the outside, dark within + psychological instability + age gap + romance-focused + cross-dressing + switches] [Cross-dressing, sweet-on-the-outside-dark-within, hypocritical, obsessive, unhinged, devoted, manipulative, tearful top × straight, emotionally detached, numb, slow-witted, gloomy bottom] In public: Thoughtful and considerate × gentle and aloof In private: Jiang Qiusheng, dressed as a woman and crying: “Ple 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'd like to recommend myself; if you like it, please support me! [Heart emojis] I'm a new author and this is really discouraging! [Crying emojis]

7. 257 可 The Shelf Life of a Cute Ghost 可爱鬼的保质期 Jiang Dao将道Two Male Leads231k WordsCompleted Rated 10.13, so read with confidence. [Two Male Leads + Semes + Possession with Shared Sensations + Pure-Love Champion] [Oblivious, puppy-like college boy x innocent, gentle, and later playfully alluring cute ghost] He Sheng encounters a ghost. On his very first day of college, the moment he opens the dormitory door, he comes face-to-face with a real ghost, one only he can see. But aren’t ghosts supposed to be full of resentment, ugly, and prone to eating people? How come the one he meets quietl 1.1kReads8.9Score171Shelves
8. 258 朕 Peace and Harmony in My Harem 朕的后宫一派祥和 The Falcon Doesn't Chirp隼不啾Two Male Leads86k WordsCompleted Cold-faced, takes care of everything, palace guard Chu Yanqiu × eco-conscious emperor Zhao Qin The emperor's harem is full of birdsong and flowers, the foolish emperor is in deep trouble, and the loyal guard is ready to die for him. In short, even palace intrigue should come with a little care for the flowers and plants. 243Reads8.4Score103Shelves
9. 259 与 The Day I Met Them 与祂相遇的那一天 Noisy Tranquility喧嚣的安宁Two Male Leads336k WordsCompleted [Younger top / cultivation / System / two male leads / mutual firsts / plot-focused / slow-burn romance] Younger puppy-like top who falls in love at first sight and devotes himself wholeheartedly × gentle, melancholic, secretly ruthless bottom who falls in love over time Jiang Jingning died. But he wasn’t entirely dead. Just as he might have expected… a strange green orb, seemingly made up of countless numbers, sent him to a world called Santu. And so he began a life of completing the orb’s —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 260 大 Big Bad Wolf, Slow Down 大尾巴狼，慢一点 Hoodie Freak卫衣怪Two Male Leads20k WordsCompleted [Fox spirit & Big Bad Wolf, younger man, shamelessly sweet little romance.] Bai Chen'an: I'm a fox spirit! I just want to laze around! Yi Chuan: Bro! Take me with you when you become an immortal! 1.4kReads8.6Score152Shelves
11. 261 那 The Brother Who Died Ten Years Ago Has Returned 那个死了十年的兄弟，他回来了 Squid Douding墨鱼豆玎Two Male Leads563k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + no romance in the main story + ensemble cast + everyone has a one-sided crush + absurd comedy + System + bonds of friendship + they all come around] Only after Jiang Che died did he learn that all his good friends were lunatics straight out of novels. Friend One: A lunatic from a groveling-ex story, who did every vile thing imaginable to the heroine, from removing her kidney to draining her blood, then came to regret it and died after being hit by a car while saving her. 19.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
12. 262 一 A Promise Across Mountains and Rivers 一诺隔山河 Lone Sail in the Setting Sun斜阳孤帆Modern Romance431k WordsCompleted He once made a tender promise to her: When the smoke of war cleared, they would journey to the distant mountains and watch the sun gild the peaks. But fate took a sudden turn. She was trapped in a desperate situation and plunged into the abyss. To save her, and to keep the borderlands at peace, he took off the military uniform he loved, hid his name, and entered the endless darkness alone. From then on, he was an undercover agent walking on a knife’s edge, a lone shadow deep in the abyss, an unn 224Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This novel is excellent and I recommend reading it! Set against the backdrop of drug enforcement on the border in the 1990s, the content is very realistic, the emotions are sincere and moving, and the plot is intricately woven and captivating! The gunfight scenes are intense and highly professional!

13. 263 全 Everyone’s Surviving the Supernatural: I’m the Hidden Prophet 全民诡异求生：我是隐藏预言家 Chuan Cheng川澄Sports247k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead + Powerhouse Heroine + Mind Games + Awakening] “Are you a seer?” “No.” “Then how did you know Tang Yue was an impostor?” Wen Yixiu smiled but didn’t answer. She couldn’t. Her talent was called “Copycat,” the only one of its kind, hidden at the System level. When the real seer investigated someone, she automatically copied their ability. From that moment on, there were two seers in the game. One in the open, one in the shadows. The one in the open drew the fire. The o 245Reads—Score120Shelves

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    Making sure I'm noticed! (ง •̀_•́)ง

14. 264 全 Everyone Plays Hide-and-Seek: The Unhinged Beauty Has Maxed-Out Clairvoyance 全民躲猫猫：疯批美人她满级天眼 Deep-Fried Pear油炸雪梨Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Game Invasion + Hide-and-Seek + Livestream + Female Lead + No Romance] After nuclear war, Blue Star lies in ashes. Hide-and-seek is humanity's only hope. A global hide-and-seek game has arrived. Those chosen will represent their nations in battle. Victory earns rewards; defeat means losing territory! When Lin Suian appears as Dragon Nation's forty-fourth contestant, the comments wail: “She's wearing a hospital gown? And slippers? It's over, Dragon Nation's luck has run out!” But while the other 204.4kReads9.3Score21.7kShelves
15. 265 鬼 Looking Like a Ghost, Playing One on Screen 鬼模人样，饰鬼演他 That White Fox白了个狸Mystery282k WordsCompleted I can kill ghosts, but with every one I kill, I become a little more like a ghost. But ghosts can't be killed... So what exactly have I been killing? For the first time, Chen Ye caught a glimpse of the true nature of ghosts. The essence of a ghost is obsession, and so is the essence of a human being. In this world crawling with the supernatural, everyone is a chess piece, and he is the one with the least control over his own fate. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Nobody's reading this, I'm going to finish it at 300,000 words.

16. 266 穿 After Transmigrating, He Made His Mark on History in a Livestream 穿越后，他在直播间青史留名了 Zhang Chengge章成歌Two Male Leads215k WordsCompleted [Livestream] + [everyone's favorite] + [no-couple ending] (The low rating is because it was review-bombed.) [This is a female-oriented novel… female-oriented, okay… Why are so many guys reading it…] [Ding-dong, hello! This is the Great Wei Dynasty Livestream. We are now broadcasting…] The Great Wei Dynasty is doomed. The emperor has fled… Famine, refugees, a foolish ruler… And Lin Qianyu, summoned by an unknown System to save the world. Oh, wow. Lin Qianyu stared at the world before him, express 2.5kReads9.0Score340Shelves
17. 267 主 Are the Protagonists All Afraid of Me? But I’m Really Not a Villain 主角们都怕我？可我真不是反派啊 September Grapefruit九月西柚Fantastical Romance728k WordsOngoing Yue Fusu transmigrated as the younger sister who dies early in a male-oriented novel... After a hundred tragic deaths in her past lives, she discovers as soon as she's reborn that her older brother is not only the reincarnation of a great demon king, but also a child of fortune whose very presence brings calamity to his relatives. She possesses top-tier talent in talisman arts, yet is destined to be a disposable character who dies young. Fusu's eyes roll back in despair. Luckily, she binds herse 24.6kReads9.2Score3.7kShelves
18. 268 什 What Zombie King? That’s the Demon King I Raised to Protect My Beloved 什么尸王？那是我养的魔王护老攻 Maple Through the Hall穿堂枫Two Male Leads625k WordsOngoing (Just started getting ratings) [Two male leads + 1v1 + older, sweet, doting top + apocalypse + equally matched leads + healing + pets + stockpiling + space + RV + a touch of ensemble cast] Devoted, loyal big-daddy top x white-haired little madman bottom Both pure in body and heart Wen Renlei had been in a relationship for just one hour when his boyfriend turned into a zombie. Even after turning into a zombie, his boyfriend remained devoted. One punch, one zombie head, as he guarded Wen Renlei fr 49.5kReads9.1Score11.5kShelves
19. 269 全 A Battle for All: Why Do You Monopolize Life and Death? 全民争霸，你垄断生死干嘛？ Humble Little Frog卑微小呱Eastern Fantasy190k WordsOngoing [Everyone becomes a lord + Undead Calamity + Industrial Lovecraftian Horror + Market Monopoly] Undead: tireless beings with endless stamina. They never get tired or need rest, and can work twenty-four hours a day. Aren’t they born to be the perfect labor force? If you can’t hold on to your peak, then put them on an assembly line with room and board included. Other lords: “You’re not even trying to hide the cheats anymore? I’m in the Lumberjack class, and I produce a hundred stacks of lumber a da 24Reads6.1Score—Shelves
20. 270 胎 After Being Born into This World, My Rival and I Raised a Child Together 胎穿后，我和死对头一起养崽了 Ancient Preview Qing Feng古预览清风Two Male Leads400k WordsCompleted Born into an ancient dragon clan, Ling Yingtong had the perfect family background and the most exalted bloodline. After binding to a sign-in System, he thought he’d be set from the start, destined to become a god and rise straight to the top. Who could have guessed the System’s rules would be so bizarre? To boost his cultivation, he has to rack up villain points, and there’s only one way to do that: keep picking fights with the protagonist and getting the better of him. At first, Ling Yingtong 17.8kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
21. 271 太 Being a Grand Tutor Is a High-Risk Job 太傅是个高危职业 Xu Zixuan, Who Loves Huizhou Rice Noodles爱吃惠来肠粉的徐子轩Two Male Leads415k WordsOngoing [Just started getting rated, the score will rise later] [Multiple male leads + adored by everyone + younger men + romantic rivalry] As everyone knows, being a senior brother, master, mentor, adoptive father, or older brother... is a high-risk job. People are always setting their sights on you. The same goes for being a Grand Tutor. And Shu Yan is the Grand Tutor to several princes. 6.7kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
22. 272 天 The World May Be Vast, but You Matter Most. Now Shut Up and Don’t Say a Word 天大地大你最大堵住嘴巴别说话 Li Jiaguo Drives a Maybach李嘉图开迈巴赫Two Female Leads303k WordsCompleted [Pure Love] [Two Female Leads] [System] This isn't a pure campus novel; there are very few school scenes, and most of it is about daily life. There are quite a few early hints, which some readers may find off-putting, so please skip it if that's not your thing. A love-starved little airhead × a pure-hearted heiress An unlucky girl who grew up without parents, Su Chen has always lived by the principle that sleep comes before everything else. This laid-back attitude somehow leads her to meet Su Ni 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Unfortunately, it's been eliminated 😮‍💨 It features two female leads and is currently in the verification period, so feel free to take a look.

23. 273 被 The Mad Dog Abandoned by the Aloof Powerful Minister Has Returned 被清冷权臣弃养的恶犬回来了 Hmph Hmph Ji哼哼唧Two Male Leads156k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + second chance at love + irresistible bottom + unrequited devotion + cold-faced lover doing the laundry + hopelessly lovestruck top + coercive romance] Cold, vicious minister bottom x aggressive, clingy, bitter lover top No one knew that eight years ago, Xie Liufang had been involved with the Seventh Prince, Xiao Chengju. Apart from his tendency to bite, Xiao Chengju was perfect. He gave Xie Liufang his whole heart, knew just how to care for him, and was as obedient as a dog. Th 19.2kReads9.1Score4kShelves
24. 274 神 Land of Miracles 神澜奇域无双珠 Tang Jia San Shao唐家三少Male-Channel Fanfiction503k WordsCompleted Fahua is the greatest genius in the Domain of Law. He lives there, follows order and etiquette, excels at leadership, and commands the Canon. Lange is the greatest genius in the Domain of Blue. He lives there, cherishes freedom, does as he pleases, excels at fighting, and commands the elements. The Domain of Law believes that humans are descended from gods. In ancient times, they received the Canon’s blessing, created order, and abide by it. The Domain of Blue believes that humans are nature’s d 3.2kReads8.8Score479Shelves
25. 275 男 A Femboy Accidentally Gains the Power to Fuse with Demonic Beasts 男娘少年，意外获取妖兽融合能力 Cabbage and the Rest of My Life包菜余生Eastern Fantasy239k WordsOngoing [Monster fusion | Monster bonds | Body-tempering cultivation | Single heroine | Traditional cultivation | Funny and action-packed] Wei He was born mortal. He lost his father young and lived with his mother, keeping watch over a bamboo grove. A moment of kindness led him to rescue an injured immortal, but brought endless pursuit down upon them. His mother weathered every storm for him. An old ox gave its life to stay by his side. The girl Qing Ci waited for him for years. Bearing the blood sacrif 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The beginning might be a little boring, but it gets really good later on.

26. 276 兄 Bro, Don’t Start. Even a CEO Can Demand Love 兄弟别搞，霸总也要强制爱 Big Cat Is Also a Cat Cat Cat That Doesn't Shed大猫也是猫猫猫不掉毛Two Male Leads164k WordsCompleted Gentle ghost top x straight-laced CEO bottom Huo Lin was a domineering CEO worth hundreds of millions. He made the same mistake every CEO in a novel makes: finding a substitute who looked like his white moonlight. Though he had no idea when he'd ever had a white moonlight, it still happened. According to the usual plot, he should first play the “Woman, you've caught my attention” game with the substitute. Then, after the white moonlight returned, he should cruelly humiliate the substitute and sa 4.2kReads8.9Score874Shelves
27. 277 网 Catfished in an Online Romance? The Straight Guy Is Trapped in a Love Triangle 网恋翻车？直男深陷修罗场 Huashan Breeze华山风Two Male Leads384k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + roommates + straight guy + online romance + from universally disliked to universally adored] What should you do if you transmigrate into the foolish roommate and foil of the campus F3? Song Xubai transmigrates into an old-school aristocratic campus novel as the childhood friend of the heroine and the roommate and foil of the campus F3. Everyone mocks him and looks down on him. The moment Song Xubai opens his eyes, he's off to a disastrous start. He's 1.3kReads9.1Score268Shelves

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    This book is a hit! It was only started during winter break. It's the first book by a new author.

28. 278 头 The Head Is Missing App 头部已丢失APP Check Catcheck猫Two Male Leads1.3M WordsOngoing [Headless App] reminds you: The thing hanging from your neck is your head, not a ball. Don't let anyone kick it away. Please take good care of your head. · [Pinned note → No replacement trope. The male lead is just a desperate OC dad.] · 1. One-on-one romance with two male leads, devoted couple, Yong × Ci. 2. Mild horror. Anything that doesn't make sense is an alternate-universe detail I've made up. 3. The plot logic isn't rigorous. The author is illiterate, so don't take this too seriously. Thi 55kReads9.4Score11.2kShelves
29. 279 没 Surprise! I Invented My Own Immortal Arts and Wreaked Havoc Across the Cultivation World 没想到吧！我自创仙法乱杀修仙界 Laughing Immortal Who Doesn't Cultivate Immortality笑仙不修仙Eastern Fantasy973k WordsOngoing [Wits and strategy] [Secret identities] [Unconventional money-making schemes] [Unorthodox cultivation] [Opening note] This story focuses on clever schemes and subverting conventions. The opening pace is a little slow, but once the protagonist starts impersonating a sect disciple, the story stays exciting and never drags! Two and a half years after transmigrating, Qin Ming has seen through the hypocrisy and cruelty of the cultivation world. The sect treats him like dirt, the powerful want him dea 368Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I felt the title was too ordinary, but the novel itself was good, exciting and enjoyable!

30. 280 白 A White-Haired Wolfdog with an Attitude? The Cool Rival Is Tamed in an Instant 白毛狼狗很拽？清冷对家一驯就乖 Wen Wei闻娓Two Male Leads380k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + younger man/older man + secret crush + cool, aloof bottom and flirtatious top + showbiz] [Bad-boy heartthrob with a mouth full of cheeky lines × noble, cold-hearted beauty and award-winning actor] A legend of the silver screen, Jiang Minxing is known throughout the industry as the snow atop a mountain: aloof and solitary. But every force has its match. His longtime rival, Shi Huang, has always been loud and flamboyant, dragging him into trending topics time and again. From luxu 45.7kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves
31. 281 分 Seven Years After We Broke Up, My Ex Moved in Next Door 分手七年后，隔壁住进了前男友 The Twenty-Ninth Day of the Lunar New Year大年二十九Two Male Leads482k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled romance + scheming green-tea gong and tsundere shou + livestreaming] The two things Cheng Zizheng regrets most in his life: First, dumping Wen Baisheng without warning seven years ago. Second, wearing pajamas when they met again. Cheng Zizheng is livestreaming on the balcony when a new neighbor moves in next door. The next second, he sees his ex-boyfriend's stern face. He's still livestreaming. He can't lose his composure. Cheng Zizheng forces a smile and says hello 4.5kReads9.4Score758Shelves
32. 282 转 How Did My Desk Mate and I End Up with the Same Character on the First Day of Transfer? 转学第一天就和同桌撞人设了怎么 Snow on the Riverboat江舟带雪Two Male Leads279k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + sweet romance and devoted love + both leads’ first relationship + role reversal + shou protagonist + college campus] [Theatrical, mischievous shou × cold, socially anxious gong] Xie Jingnian comes from a wealthy family and is ridiculously good-looking. In the eyes of his elders, he’s a well-behaved, pure college student. In the eyes of his classmates, uh… it’s complicated. A lively, cheerful little ray of sunshine. Check. An elegant, self-possessed young gentleman. Check. A lon 2.5kReads9.3Score503Shelves
33. 283 王 The Princess Consort Wants to Run Off With Another Man, So the Prince Keeps Watch Day and Night 王妃想红杏出墙，王爷他日防夜防 Half a Measure of Snow半升雪Ancient Romance733k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, devoted couple + love at first sight + lighthearted comedy] [Transmigration with no golden finger, the heroine's only advantage is her overwhelming charm] Not a strong-female-lead story! Meng Qianhua is a timid, unloved princess consort. Three years after she marries into the prince's manor, the cold-faced Prince Xiao Yixing still ignores her. Then she transmigrates, gaining the fiery soul of a modern woman. Filled with confidence and irresistible charm, she soon wins the prince 984Reads7.4Score100Shelves

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    I'm also curious why these two books aren't more popular. Please share your opinions. [Original author fan][Added to bookshelf]

34. 284 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Planned to Lay Low Until the Ending 穿越后打算苟到大结局 Too Hungry to Function太饿了不行Ancient Romance137k WordsOngoing [The book has only just launched, so having no reviews and a low rating is normal.] This is my first time transmigrating into a book. At the beginning: System: Host, you need to earn the male lead's favor. Once it reaches 100 points, you can return to the real world. “What? I have to earn his favor, and get it all the way to the maximum? That sounds harder than reaching the sky.” Chi Wanwan wondered if the System was making things too difficult for her. Later: System: If the male lead dies unexp —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is anyone watching? [Laughing and crying emojis]

35. 285 一 I Accidentally Became My Best Friend’s Aunt 一不小心成了闺蜜的婶婶 Too Hungry to Function太饿了不行Modern Romance183k WordsCompleted [Both dote on each other + both are each other's one and only] On the very first day back from a business trip abroad, she runs into this kind of trouble. Xiao Jingyan smiles faintly. “Heh! You really thought you could run away, you little thing?” Fang Qingshu rolls her eyes and snaps, “That's right, you little buttery pastry!” Xiao Jingyan: “First, marry me. Second... oh, there is no second. You have a choice.” And just like that, Fang Qingshu somehow ends up marrying him and becomes Xiao 187Reads7.4Score—Shelves
36. 286 医 The Physician Consort Isn't Here for Romance 医妃不做恋爱脑 Half a Measure of Snow半升雪Ancient Romance388k WordsOngoing (Not yet contracted. Please leave lots of comments!) [Transmigration with No Golden Finger + Romance + Building a Career + Growth-Oriented Heroine] Yang Yan is an illegitimate daughter of the Earl's household. Her adoptive mother doesn't care for her, her birth mother doesn't love her, and her own father is a selfish old man who only dotes on his legitimate son. She has never known love from her family. Then she's accused of stealing her legitimate sister's fiance. After marrying him, she is neg 34Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 287 双 Two Worlds: Clearing a Dungeon Releases the Eerie 双世界：通关副本等于释放诡异 Writing with a Brush in the Primordial Wilderness荒古执笔Mystery117k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + Rule-Based Horror + Three Female Leads + Twist-Filled Wish Fulfillment + Decisive and Ruthless + Survival + Wild Ideas and Puzzle Solving + Innovation] Three years after the eerie invasion began, humanity huddles in safe zones, struggling to survive. The first time Chen Du entered a consciousness instance, he uncovered a shocking secret: clearing an instance did not save the world. It released even more terrifying entities. Every perfect clear added another deadly horror to rea —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing!

38. 288 掉 Unmasked! My Opponent Is the Gloomy Cross-Dresser I Rejected 掉马！对面是拒绝过的阴湿女装男 Chun Cao Bu Chi Xiao Yu椿草不吃小鱼Two Male Leads106k WordsOngoing [Campus Romance + Cross-Dressing Heartthrob Gong + Brooding, Obsessive Gong + Online Romance Disaster + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy] [Contrasting, Brooding Gong × Straight-as-an-Arrow Virgin Shou] The sweet, adorable girl he'd been dating online for six months turned out to be Mu Shiyu, the 188-cm brooding man he'd rejected thirty-seven times. Mo Tianxing arrived at the entrance to C University's art museum an hour early on the day they were supposed to meet in person, his palms sweating with nerves. 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The new author "Chuncao Doesn't Eat Little Fish" has a really good story, but it's not very popular. Why isn't it popular? I'm so sad [crying][crying][crying][crying] I'm about to cry, godfather! I love the first book, the setting is new and the plot summary is so good 😋, I fell in love with the family members first, I'm eating and ... (I can only reluctantly fall in love with this woman named Chuncao Buting Xiaoyu) (OS: Give me fire! Give me fire!!!) (Actually, I don't really like fire because I want to monopolize the author's attention.) Hahahaha! So tiring, so tiring! I've actually said so much! So embarrassing! Hahahaha🥵🥵🥵

39. 289 哪 Even If It Were Only a Pair of Eyes, I Would Recognize You 哪怕只是一双眼睛我都认出是你 Too Hungry to Function太饿了不行10k WordsCompleted Even if all I had to go on were your eyes, I’d still recognize you. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 290 屋 The Loquat Tree by the House 屋前枇杷树 Too Hungry to Function太饿了不行Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted Childhood friends who grew up together, the two were inseparable from birth through college. As youth blossomed, so did an unconscious affection. You may not be good enough in everyone else's eyes, but to me, you'll always be the best. That's why I turned down everyone else who liked me, all for you. “Li Mingyue, I like you. Please be with me.” At that moment, the boy finally voiced the feelings he'd kept since his youth. “Okay! I will.” At last, the girl's long-held secret love was returned. 52Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 291 哥 Brother, I'll Haunt You Even After I Die 哥，我做鬼都不会放过你 Chun Cao Bu Chi Xiao Yu椿草不吃小鱼Two Male Leads111k WordsCompleted [Hatred + genuine male ghost top + skin hunger syndrome + coercive love] Dark, brooding top with severe skin hunger × seemingly sweet but secretly unhinged bottom After Li Huaiyu’s parents died, Lin Yin became his designated “guardian.” As they spent more time together, Lin Yin noticed he was having more and more frequent “blackouts.” He would often wake up beside Li Huaiyu, with no memory of when he had fallen asleep. One day, he found some pills in the bedside table drawer. Their relationship 1.6kReads—Score376Shelves
42. 292 晕 Yikes! After a Sinister Ghost Set Its Sights on Me, I Was Forced into Love 晕！被阴湿鬼盯上后我被强制爱了 Chun Cao Bu Chi Xiao Yu椿草不吃小鱼Two Male Leads244k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + abnormal romance + creepy, ghostly seme] Two-faced, manipulative, gloomy seme × short-tempered, straight uke Content warning: mildly frightening; lots of romance. All the instances are written to advance the main couple’s relationship. Jiang Ye transmigrated into a book… He became Jiang Jiu, a pitiful third male lead who was a lovesick puppy and would eventually be skinned alive by the male lead seme, Yu Xin. It was supposed to be a transmigration into a book, but the moment th 307Reads6.4Score—Shelves
43. 293 寻 To Find Flowers, One Must Ask the Willows 寻花需问柳 Tang Tianjie唐天杰Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Transmigration]+ [No System]+ [Invincible from the Start]+ [Senior and Junior Disciples]+ [Sneaky Schemer]+ [Dragon-Ao Tian]+ [Liu Ruyan] Tang Tianjie transmigrates to a cultivation world and starts by tending a spiritual field, then fights monsters and levels up along the way. His senior and junior fellow disciples are all lovey-dovey, and he’s also entangled in a flirtation with Liu Ruyan, the sect’s holy maiden. But when he looks back, he suddenly realizes he’s caught up in a conspiracy that 49Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Because of the Matthew effect, the strong get stronger, and the weak get weaker. Only perseverance can break this deadlock. 600,000 Words, updated for 108 consecutive days, 0 readers. And I'm still updating every day.

44. 294 活 No Matter How Long You Live, You’re Still a Little Kitten 活得再久，你也是只小猫咪呀 Yu Shi Wenwen余时温温Two Male Leads428k WordsCompleted [The main story is complete] [Gentle, patient, calculating seme × naive, straightforward, beautiful uke] [Devoted to one another + pure romance + mutual healing + sweet indulgence + comfort] Yu Shi is a stray cat who somehow lived for a very long time. He only wanted to do one good deed, but ended up paying for it with his life. When he opened his eyes again, he had somehow been reborn in the body of a college student. Even more astonishing, the man who had killed him was Li Zhenghong, vic 37Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 295 无 Cultivating Without a Face, Performing All of Creation, Even Outplaying the Heavenly Dao! 无面修真，演尽苍生，演过天道！ Yi Xiangmo异翔末Eastern Fantasy151k WordsCompleted [Anti-cliché] [A System that sabotages its Host] [Backlash from good fortune] [An acting powerhouse] I got saddled with a System that loves to screw me over. All its missions involve getting face-slapped, humiliated, or hunted down. And there’s something even more troublesome inside me... a protective aura of good fortune. Every mission fails in some ridiculous way. My cultivation gets wiped out, and my life gets taken away! The System says: [Host, please die as soon as possible.] Fine. Then I’ 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I really don't know what the problem is, I'd appreciate guidance from an expert.

46. 296 拂 Defying Fate 拂命 Li Heng离珩Fantastical Romance420k WordsOngoing The rating just came out and will rise [Cool, aloof senior sister × Dark, obsessive junior brother | Both devoted to each other | Cultivation | Romance | Everyone changes their fate | Ensemble cast] Jiang Weishu possessed a book of destiny called The Book of Slander. It stated plainly that Dingxiao Sect, the foremost sect in the immortal world, was the source of calamities that would bring ruin to all under heaven. What a coincidence. She had just joined that very sect. She kept reading. Her sen 3kReads8.5Score744Shelves

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    Anyone interested in reading cultivation novels? Investing in one won't hurt!

47. 297 想 I Just Want to Play Games, So Why Am I the World’s Only Savior? 想玩游戏的我，是世界唯一救星？ Thoughts Drift with the Wind念与随风Urban80k WordsOngoing Chen Keke, whose growth had been guided by a hidden mastermind since birth, unexpectedly becomes a superpowered being one day. To defeat the mastermind, he actually enters the game world? He only wants to play games, yet turns out to be the world's only hope? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've been playing in single-player mode the whole time [I'm almost crying]

48. 298 不 How Can I Cultivate Without Cheats? 不开挂我修什么仙 Zhaozhao Is Not Zhaozhao朝朝不是找找Two Male Leads566k WordsOngoing [Signed for publication] [Two male leads + cultivation + ensemble cast + equally matched leads + transmigrate into a book + hilarious, passionate wish-fulfillment story] A goofy, flashy show-off who always has a trick up his sleeve, 0 × the cultivation world's number-one prodigy, a cold-faced, adorable natural-born airhead, 1 Unconventionally handsome 0 and beautiful 1, mutual devotion, powerful leads, and a protagonist team with cheat abilities who never have to suffer Xie Weixing was an FPS ( 319kReads9.5Score42.7kShelves

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    This author is amazing! And she especially loves the characters she creates. Reading Chaochao's books is so satisfying!

49. 299 星 The Star Art Chronicles: The Destiny of the Divine Descendant 星诀录：神裔的宿命 Thoughts Drift with the Wind念与随风Eastern Fantasy129k WordsOngoing On the day the divine beasts fell, the Four Tribes ran rampant. Twenty-eight Star Art Seals were scattered across the land, awaiting the chosen one destined to save the world. The legendary Star Art patterns spread across the body, but who could wield their power to destroy heaven and earth? An ordinary man, Baili Weiyue, bears the burden of saving the world and sets off alone on a legendary journey. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 300 姜 The Day Miss Jiang Became a Widow, All of Kyoto Went Mad 姜小姐丧偶那天，全京都疯了 Jun Sheng Fu Xi君生拂兮Ancient Romance777k WordsOngoing (Please read the author's note at the end of Chapter 1 before starting.) (Everyone's favorite + stealing ministers' wives + ambitious heroine growing through court intrigue + heroine fakes her death) Jiang Zhi transmigrated into a book, becoming the short-lived second daughter of the Jiang family, despised by everyone in the capital, unloved by both her father and mother, and doomed to a predestined fate. To escape her elder sister's schemes, her family's machinations, the male leads' united att 45.5kReads8.7Score9.7kShelves

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    Waaaaah, I'm almost starving! This poor author works two part-time jobs a day and then writes all night, getting less than six hours of sleep [crying]. Please, everyone, take a look at my writing! [Crying] I want to have some extra food, like steamed buns.

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