The Most Promising New Books of 2026, Guaranteed 9.9 Potential! 2026年最有潜力新书，绝对9.9分潜质！

1. 701 序EN Sequence: Ascension 序列：升华 Listening to Peacocks听孔雀Sports3.6M WordsOngoing [Train Survival + Lone Wolf + Always One Step Ahead + Ascension and Evolution + No Saintly Heroine + No Spineless Hero] The moment Ye Qiyan opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of train survival. Everyone had to get off at a series of stations and explore to stay alive. The lucky found treasure; the unlucky lost their lives. Opportunity and danger went hand in hand. Gather supplies, upgrade your train, and build a train world of your own. As for Ye Qiyan, he possessed a one-of-a-kind asc 254.1kReads8.3Score23.6kShelves

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   Hold on through the first 100 chapters, then it takes off. It only believes in the long-term interests of Yongyunyuan, using everything. No female lead, occasional lighthearted moments.

2. 702 序 Sequence: I Wake Up in a Locked Room and Have to Play a Fortune-Teller 序列：密室醒来让我扮演算命先生 DJ Lazy SheepDJ懒洋洋Mystery514k WordsCompleted [Pathway Sequences] [Local Cthulhu Mythos] [No Female Lead] [Exploration-Focused] [No System] [Not a Power Fantasy] “Your role is the Fortune Teller!” “[Play] your role well. It’s the key to [surviving] and even [escaping this place]!” “To get into character, first offer a stick of incense to the [Three Pure Ones]!” Qin Yangming wakes up in a sealed room with no memory. A card tells him to offer a stick of incense. He looks at the three conjoined, bloodied fingers... As more and more bizarre mon 1.8kReads8.8Score168Shelves

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   Oh, I think all of these books are pretty good, especially books 12 and 13. Book 12 is particularly good; it's a newly released book, so the rating isn't very high yet, but I think it could easily reach 9 points or more. The protagonist is hot, intelligent, and not a Mary Sue throughout. Then there's book 13, which is also quite good, with a novel premise!

3. 703 规 Rule Horror: I'm Crazier Than the Supernatural 规则怪谈：我比诡异还诡异 Dark Dreamscape黑色梦境Mystery447k WordsCompleted Completed horror scenarios: “Lily of the Valley Noble Girls’ School,” “Born Biopharmaceutical Company,” “Infinite Train,” “Griffin Luo Orphanage,” and “Castle of the Dead.” [National fate + rule-based horror + deduction and puzzle-solving + livestream + a normal person on the run from a psychiatric hospital?] He was the only sane person in the psychiatric hospital, yet countless normal people thought he was crazy. Only he knew he wasn’t. He was perfectly normal! Outside Qingshan Psychiatric Hosp 2kReads8.5Score164Shelves
4. 704 开 From the Start, I Swore Brotherhood with Cao Cao, and He Gave Me the Qiao Sisters! 开局结拜曹操，他送我大小乔！ Manzhouli Naval Commander满洲里海军司令Historical545k WordsCompleted [Three Kingdoms + Two-Way Portal + Conquest + Wish Fulfillment + Fast-Paced + Wei Kingdom] In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, after Chancellor Cao issues the Recruitment Order, he inspects the Tongque Terrace under construction. A flash of blinding light pulls him into a strange and wondrous place! Soft candlelight, pristine white tiles, a vessel that sprays water, and a bronze mirror so clear it shows every detail! Chancellor Cao draws the Yitian Sword from his waist and demands coldly, “Where i 5.2kReads8.2Score515Shelves

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   These books have the potential to get a 9.9 Rating.

5. 705 重 Reborn: Ruling the Official World 重生，纵横官海 Round Round Pig圆圆猪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Jiang Pingtao was robbed of his place at school. After finally securing a position, he was innocently caught up in a political scandal. This time, starting with a place in an elite program and a direct PhD track, he’ll take back what should have been his, and claim what never was, too. 52.2kReads8.5Score6.2kShelves

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   I just finished reading the first book; it was quite interesting and not clichéd. I spent a long time reading the second one; the first half was interesting, but it lost its appeal towards the end.

6. 706 规 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Was the Only One Who Knew the Ropes 规则怪谈：开局成了唯一懂行人 Four Plum Blossom Pillars梅花四柱Mystery169k WordsCompleted [No System] + [Slow Start, Strong Finish] + [Plot-Driven] The red moon rises, and white fog seals off the building! Rule-based horror games erupt at random across Blue Star, pulling Lin Beiming and the other residents into the Bloodstained Apartment instance. Anyone who breaks the rules is instantly devoured by the eerie beings. Everyone trembles and gambles their lives to survive, but Lin Beiming's pupils contract in shock: these deadly taboos are all lessons his parents taught him! “If eve —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 707 全 Nationwide Sea Survival: My Vehicle Is a Black Tortoise 全民海上求生：我的载具是玄武 Mo Bei Wang墨北望Sci-Fi & Apocalypse845k WordsCompleted The rating just came in, so it’ll go up later! [Survival at Sea] + [Farming and Growth] + [Supernatural Elements] + [Mobile Base] Everyone transmigrates into a world of survival at sea, starting with a tiny wooden raft. Lin Bei awakens the Beast Taming System. His first beast is a softshell turtle, which he had just caught before transmigrating. The softshell turtle evolves into a giant tortoise and becomes his vehicle. It keeps evolving until it becomes a Xuanwu, with an entire continent on its 39.5kReads7.4Score3.5kShelves
8. 708 规 Rule Horror: I Can See Hidden Clues 规则怪谈：我能看到隐藏提示 Xing Wuchen星无辰Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted The world of supernatural tales has arrived, and everyone must follow the rules! After hundreds of years, the world of supernatural tales has appeared once more. Sun Kai accidentally transmigrates into it, becoming one of the first contestants representing his nation’s fate. They carry the fate of Xia Nation on their shoulders! If they win, they survive, Xia Nation’s fortunes rise, and its people all benefit. If they lose, they die, the nation’s fortunes fall, and supernatural tales invade the 4kReads9.0Score518Shelves
9. 709 人 In the Police Force: Rising Step by Step 人在警界：步步高升 Ants Dating蚂蚁搞对象Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [Everyday Police Work + Decisive and Ruthless + Beautiful Women + No Saintly Heroics + No System + Patriotism] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Yu became a police officer. On his first day on the job, he was ordered to crack down on prostitution. He jokingly called for the wife of a crime boss, only to discover that her husband was the ringleader of a new drug case. After interrogating her, Lin Yu cracked a major drug-trafficking case and earned a First-Class Merit. A husband report 110.2kReads9.2Score6.4kShelves
10. 710 三 Three Kingdoms: After Refusing to Help an Old Man, I Hit the Jackpot 三国：拒绝帮助老头之后，赢麻了 Nine Seven Seven九七七Historical1.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms era, he awakened an Enchantment System. From the start, he impersonated a descendant of the Prince of Zhongshan, stole Guan Yu and Zhang Fei from Liu Bei, and took Liu Bei’s path for himself, leaving Liu Bei to weep alone, with no one to share a bed with. After Guan Yu was enchanted with humility and caution: “The enemy general is formidable. My abilities are limited, so I can only give it a try.” After Zhang Fei was enchanted with treating his soldiers 18.1kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
11. 711 规 Rule Horror: Beware Your Roommate's Girlfriend 规则怪谈：请小心你室友的女友 Half a Liang of Salt盐巴半两Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [No heroine + not wish fulfillment + not invincible + unsettling + horror + suspense + plot-driven] [The livestreaming element is only a tiny part of the story. The focus is on horror and suspense, so feel free to dive in] There are only two people left in your school dorm: you and your roommate. Your roommate suddenly brings home an incredibly attractive person they met online, leaves you some money, then hurries off. Now you're alone in the room with your roommate's gorgeous online date... Wou 35.7kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
12. 712 从 From a Tiny Electric Eel to the Supreme Dragon 从小小电鳗到至高之龙 The Bright Big Lamp闪亮的大灯Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Beast protagonist, no human transformation] [No heroine] [Spiritual awakening] Lu Chen transmigrated, but not into the body he expected. Because... he’d become an electric eel, and one that was about to be used in a fish-fighting match, at that. Lu Chen: I’ve just transmigrated and now I have to fight a crocodile. What should I do? I’m waiting for an answer, and it’s urgent! System: I’ll help you! Ultimate Evolution System, activate! The bird’s [Double Breathing], the crocodile’s [True Crocodil 5.8kReads6.9Score626Shelves
13. 713 我 I'm a Delivery Driver, Yet I Become a God with One Dish at the Battle of a Hundred Chefs 我送外卖的，在百厨大战一饭封神 Big Brother Elephant88大象哥哥88Urban109k WordsCompleted [System] + [Food Business Startup] + [Love Triangle Mayhem] + [Everyday Comedy] The System makes a food delivery rider enter Culinary God Showdown. He competes against a hundred chefs, wins the title of Culinary God with one dish, and takes the championship. But nobody told him registration had already closed! Then he joins a cooking variety show, where a cool and capable director takes him under her wing, a sharp-tongued campus beauty sees him as a rival, and a talkative art student treats him 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This must be from a popular author on a certain online platform. In the book, good girls only let you taste the sweetness of love, and such love is incomplete. Every bad girl is your life mentor. Bro, what have you been through to write this? ... It's seriously hilarious, getting funnier and funnier as you go on, I can't stop reading.

14. 714 三 Three Kingdoms: Diao Chan Forces a Marriage, and a Programmer Brings Peace to the World 三国：貂蝉强嫁，码农当世平天下 Abundant Tart Fruit涩果累累Historical273k WordsOngoing (No System, a struggle for supremacy and unification, ironclad resolve and cunning, beautiful women) Programmer Cao Chao transmigrates into Cao Cao, accompanied by his coworker Liu Bei, a rival at their company, and the haughty beauty known as “Secretary Du.” In this world, he continues to vie with Liu, while with “Secretary Du” things are… He has the bigger picture in mind and knows that national unification is written into the bones of every Chinese person. He sets history on a different c 93Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 715 末 The Apocalypse? It’s Really a New Era 末世？应该是新纪元 An Insignificant Social Nobody无关紧要的社会边角料Sci-Fi & Apocalypse263k WordsOngoing For humanity, this is the end of the world. Zombies, mutated beasts, and the uncanny lurk everywhere, leaving danger at every turn. But only human civilization has been destroyed. For all things, this is the turning point ushering in a new era. Opportunity waits for no one. Join Lin Yu as he steps into this magnificent new age. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    New book recommendation. For humanity, this is the end of the world. Zombies, mutated beasts, and the bizarre—danger lurks everywhere. But what is destroyed is only human civilization; it is the starting point for a new era for all things. Opportunity waits for no one. Join Lin Yu as he enters this magnificent new era.

16. 716 冰 The Ice-Cold Giant Fish 冰冰巨鱼 Uncontrollable Cloud失控云Sports3.2M WordsCompleted [No System + no heroine + a touch of golden finger + farming + raising and developing + slow-burn survival + not a saint, but still compassionate] All of humanity transmigrates to a strange ocean world, where they must survive inside the stomach of a giant fish called the Illusory Leviathan. Humans must help the Illusory Leviathan clear harmful creatures from its stomach. In return, the Illusory Leviathan finds supply crates for them and helps them develop. The creatures in this ocean world are 45.3kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves

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    What more can I say? I highly recommend it! The first one is already finished, and you should check out the others too.

17. 717 和 The Daily Path to Godhood with Eight Billion Jokesters 和80亿乐子人的成神日常 Starry Eyes, Ink-Stained星瞳染墨Urban642k WordsCompleted [Fun-Loving Troublemaker] [Temporal Authority] [Supernatural Paths] Jiang Mu found a magic lamp and made a wish. Then... Earth exploded, and he transmigrated to Blue Star with eight billion vengeful souls, arriving with every authority over time already in his possession. [Jiang Mu: I really didn't mean to, everyone. Blame that evil god for tempting me.] [Shut up, streamer.] [Streamer, find us something to watch. We want to know what it's like to have eight billion people watching at once.] [Is 3.1kReads8.7Score357Shelves
18. 718 琼 Daoist Master Qionghua 琼华道主 Tree Climber of Flower Fruit Mountain花果山爬树Eastern Fantasy600k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted techniques] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [Has a heroine] + [Second-generation immortal] For two thousand years, the Qionghua Sect’s lineage has flourished, and it is hailed as the leader of the righteous path. Now the thousand-year calamity has come again. Liu Che possesses exceptional natural talent and earns the favor of a True Lord, becoming a direct disciple of Qionghua. [What? My flying sword can turn invisible?] [How is the other side supposed to fight that?!] Watch Liu Che com 98Reads—Score101Shelves

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    Sword cultivator, decisive in killing, a genius disciple at the start.

19. 719 规 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Draw a Grade C Talent 规则怪谈：开局抽到C级天赋 Yi Yi Yi Xia漪漪忆夏Urban365k WordsOngoing [Urban Legends + National Fate + Horror + Global Livestream] Urban legends have descended, and everyone must follow the rules exactly. Yan Yu is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game and draws a C-rank talent from the start. Viewer A: We’re finished. How did this chosen one draw the lowest-rank talent? Viewer B: Your Dragon Nation is about to suffer five losses in a row. Yoshi, yoshi! Viewer C: You American dogs, quit barking. Yan Yu: This time, I’m going to win and bring glory to my 63Reads5.9Score211Shelves
20. 720 策 The Fated Heroes of the Three Kingdoms in Another World 策御异界三国天命群英录 Cloud Bean Filling云豆馅Eastern Fantasy648k WordsOngoing The heroes of the Three Kingdoms descend upon another world! [Original title: Scheming Across Another World: Records of the Three Kingdoms' Fated Heroes] To the west stands the Holy Empire beneath its Dome of Holy Light; to the east, the Battle-Magic Empire, swept by elemental tides. To the north, orc iron cavalry roams the land; to the south, elven longbows pierce the sky. Meanwhile, undead currents surge in the shadows, and evil demons lie in wait. Chen Ce practices no arcane cultivation, re 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 721 从 Starting at the Cheater's Tavern, I Deceive the Gods! 从骗子酒馆开始，欺诈诸神！ No Admiring at Dusk日暮不赏Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A satisfying power fantasy + mind-bending twists + reversals + slow burn + battles of wits + nonstop thrills] When people all over the world were “kidnapped” and locked in a prison, they were forced to take part in a game of death. In this game, only the winners had the right to survive. Su Yang received the talent “Call Your Enemy Dad” from the start. [Call Your Enemy Dad: After activation, if you make another “player” call Su Yang “Dad,” you can control their actions.] But when the talent fai 48kReads8.6Score4.1kShelves
22. 722 三 Three Kingdoms: My Father Is Liu Bei, and I Can Reload Infinitely 三国：家父刘备，我能无限回档 Listening to the Wind, Lu Renyi听风陆仁乙Historical901k WordsCompleted [Three Kingdoms] + [Soul Transmigration] + [Dual Systems] + [Death Rewind] + [Become Stronger by Taking Wives] + [Level Up by Killing Enemies] + [Multiple Heroines] After transmigrating as Liu Feng, he receives a System skill that lets him rewind after death, just like loading a save in a game! Only later does he discover that every death costs him a year of his life, but taking a wife can increase his lifespan... So as long as he takes a wife, he'll be invincible!!! “Lord, the eldest young mast 241Reads7.8Score107Shelves
23. 723 巨 Giant Beast Survival: There Are a Few Too Many Giant Beasts Behind Me 巨兽求生我的身后巨兽有点多 Retreating into Seclusion with the Ink Poured Out倒墨归隐Sci-Fi & Apocalypse559k WordsOngoing (No clichés, no invincible protagonist, no wish fulfillment, no mindless characters, no lone-wolf protagonist. If that bothers you, come in and complain.) One night of panting, and in the blink of an eye, I was face-to-face in a one-on-one match with black tentacles. I thought that since I was a complete weakling from the start, I was destined to be gored to death by a turtle. When I survived the evil god's gaze, I was plunged into the abyss once more. What is real, and what is false? I'm really 20Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 724 玄 Xuanhuan: A Sword Immortal Raising Four Kids from the Start, Unrivaled Under Heaven 玄幻：剑仙开局养四娃，举世无敌 Three Characters, Sixteen Strokes三字十六画Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted [Swordsmanship + Lighthearted Daily Life + Younger Siblings + Strategy + Dynastic Conflict + Passion + A World of Cause and Effect] “Boy, you’ve been thrown into the game all alone. Are you afraid?” “Afraid? I’ve got four little side accounts and one cheat. Even if the Heavenly Dao showed up, it would have to bow down. What do I have to be afraid of?” Ye Tingmu accidentally transmigrates to the Changhe Continent with a copy of The Art of War, adopts four children at the very start, and awakens a 4.8kReads8.8Score373Shelves
25. 725 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 108.1kReads8.8Score15.2kShelves
26. 726 五 Who Shall I Slay Before Wuzhang Plain? The Fourth Brother Sworn at the Peach Garden 五丈原前斩何人？桃园三结义四弟 By the Liuqing River柳青河边Historical1.0M WordsOngoing Also known as: Three Kingdoms: Everyone Remembers Me as a Powerful Figure I transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms and became a spy. But from the start, I was on the executioner's platform at Wuzhang Plains, about to be killed by Yang Yi, who had just succeeded Zhuge Liang, as a sacrifice to rally the troops. No one could save me. With death at my doorstep, I awakened the [Life Editor]. This System can't give me supplies or strategic brilliance. Its only function is to let me travel to the past at 776Reads8.1Score120Shelves
27. 727 家 My Father Is Guan Yunchang 家父关云长 Youngster from Longdong陇东少年Historical2.0M WordsCompleted (No System + One Female Lead + Rousing Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters) A criminal investigator from the future transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and becomes Guan Xing, Guan Yu’s second son. It is the winter of Jian’an 24. Guan Yu has just been defeated at Maicheng and is about to retreat to Linju, where Lu Meng will surround him. At this moment of mortal peril, Guan Xing proposes a switch-home strategy, advising Guan Yu to head east against the current and raid Jianye, trading cities wit 16.9kReads9.0Score2kShelves
28. 728 求 Survival: From Lizard to the Endtimes Dragon Emperor! 求生：从蜥蜴进化成终焉之龙皇！ Laid-Back Youngster平躺小青年Sports1.4M WordsCompleted The animated series is out on Hongguo: Starting as a Lizard and Devouring. All 111 episodes are available; check it out if you're interested. [Survival]+ [Monster Faction]+ [Stat-Based Progression]+ [Growth]+ [Eventually Becomes a Dragon] Everyone is about to transmigrate to another world. Choose the monster you will become at the start… One: Burrower: Earthshadow Mouse (Common) Two: Wind Scout: Gale Sparrow (Common) Three: Kung Fu Master: Twin-Blade Mantis (Elite) Four: Distant Descendant of 6.7kReads7.8Score689Shelves
29. 729 别 While Others Cultivate Immortality, I Wander at Leisure; Roaming the Three Realms, I Attain Eternal Life 别人修仙我闲逛，游历三界终长生 I'm Not a Giraffe我不是长颈鹿Eastern Fantasy945k WordsOngoing [Traveling through the cultivation world] [Not a traditional level-up story] [A Laanke-style beginning] [No heroine] [No angst] [Not brainless] The protagonist transmigrates into the Three Realms, hoping to cling to a powerful patron and seek immortality, only to discover a book called the Record of All Spirits of the Mountains and Seas deep in his mind. The book has one flaw: meditating and cultivating doesn’t increase his progress, and secluding himself to cultivate is guaranteed to get him no 81.8kReads8.5Score7.7kShelves
30. 730 橡 Lord of the Oak 橡木之主 Supreme God of Bikini Bottom比奇堡至高神Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted My name is Oak, and I’m seventeen. My ducal father is very open-minded. He always calls me “the little son who likes running off into the woods.” My older brother and sister are hopeless romantics who spend every day thinking about dating handsome men and beautiful women. My only wish is that nobody discovers the oak grove to the east is my secret domain. There’s an ancient oak tree there, the oldest of them all. I named it Wood. Today, as I leaned against it and daydreamed like I always do, I h 3.7kReads8.0Score385Shelves
31. 731 血 A Blood-Oath Journey 血誓征程 Yu Yangzi渔阳子Urban1.8M WordsCompleted This book follows the protagonist Yang Yi as he grows through combat during the Red Army's campaigns, the War of Resistance against Japan, and the War of Liberation. It unfolds like a magnificent panorama, as stirring as a grand anthem. In those years of raging flames and bloody battles, countless outstanding sons and daughters of China gave their lives with honor for national liberation, and for the peace and security of their country. They fearlessly fought the despicable enemy, defending the 9.5kReads9.1Score739Shelves

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    I recommend writing a physical novel. It doesn't have time-travel or cheat systems; it's down-to-earth, historically accurate, and very good.

32. 732 明 Late Ming: A Superhuman Descends on Yangzhou, Plays the Great Sage, and Destroys the Manchus 明末：超人降临扬州扮大圣灭满清 Find Me a Big Brother拜个哥哥Historical1.1M WordsCompleted The rating has only just appeared, so it’ll rise soon! (The Myriad Worlds + late Ming setting from the start + defending Yangzhou during the ten-day massacre + wiping out the Jurchen Eight Banners + a Superman-like hero arrives + the Great Sage Equal to Heaven) Modern college student Sun Hao transmigrates bodily to Yangzhou at the end of the Ming dynasty. At this point, a hundred thousand troops of the Jurchen Eight Banners are attacking the city. As Yangzhou is about to fall, sunlight empowers 2.4kReads7.3Score199Shelves
33. 733 那 That Day, the Moon Swallowed the Entire City 那一天，月亮吞下整座城 Turbid One浊人Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing Illustrations throughout! Illustrations throughout! Illustrations throughout! (An important point, repeated three times: every chapter has gorgeous illustrations.) From the start, I awakened the [Hellwalker] talent and devoured the uncanny across the heavens. Every powerful uncanny becomes one of my organs, transforming me into a monster. My stomach devours heaven and earth: [Black Devour] My brain, a sea of blood and divine consciousness: [Void Sea] My heart, deathless and indestructible: [Lotu 162.2kReads8.2Score21.9kShelves
34. 734 草 A Nobody's Rise Begins with an Acceptance Letter 草根逆袭从录取通知书开始 Yu Yangzi渔阳子Urban1.3M WordsCompleted As Heaven moves with vigor, a gentleman strives tirelessly to improve himself; as Earth is broad and steadfast, a gentleman bears all things with great virtue. At eighteen, a poor country boy from the mountains got into college with a stroke of luck. Through sheer grit and relentless hard work, he endured and overcame one hardship after another: poverty, hunger, a weak educational foundation, contempt from others, and misunderstandings from his superiors. Though he completed four years of colleg 6.6kReads8.8Score470Shelves
35. 735 人 At Dusk 人到黄昏 A Foolish Girl一个傻女子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family love, romance, friendship, and neighborly affection. The ordinary, uneventful lives of everyday people; the changing times reflected in rural life; the differences between two generations in their views on elder care; and how the elderly and children of the new era should face the twilight years of life. 46.7kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves
36. 736 节 Seasonal Envoy Awakens Mid-Autumn from the Start 节令使开局觉醒中秋 Zhong Shiche钟时澈Urban1.5M WordsOngoing This is my first book. Thank you so much for your support! [One Female Lead, Global High Martial Arts, Nearly Invincible, Ensemble Cast, Festivals Around the World] When the festivals of this world become powers wielded by people... Can Huaxia claim the top spot in the world? Yes. "You can call me... Chen Zhao, three-time champion of the Youth Tournament, inheritor of Bai Qi's killing intent, younger brother of Zhao Kuo of Mafu, and Mid-Autumn Festival Envoy." He stood in the surging currents 60.1kReads8.7Score4.6kShelves
37. 737 大 Great Tang's Number One Menace 大唐第一祸害 The Song Is Not Yet Finished一曲未完Historical2.3M WordsCompleted His Majesty Li Er was furious. “My machine-gun company has been lured away by that little menace again?!” A minister replied carefully, “Your Majesty, the Japanese envoy was a month behind on his liquor tab at Wangfujing, so the Crown Prince… the Crown Prince just…” Li Er looked disdainful. “Nonsense! Japan is a friendly neighbor of our Great Tang. They’re only a little behind on payment. Would he really go that far?” The minister answered cautiously, “Your Majesty… the debt is 108,000 strings o 46.5kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves

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    "The Number One Scourge of the Tang Dynasty" is now complete with over 2 million words. I think my own book is pretty good, so I'm giving it a try. [Heart][Heart][Laugh][Laugh][Heart] [Heart]

38. 738 穿 After Entering Sherlock Holmes, I Became a Literary Master 穿进福尔摩斯后，我成了文学巨匠 I Eat Ugly Tangerines Without Spitting Out the Peel吃丑橘不吐丑橘皮Urban589k WordsOngoing [No shipping or romance] [No System] [The protagonist's identity is never exposed in the main story] [Career] [Book Transmigration] [Literary plagiarism] [Classics] [Original Sherlock Holmes] [Victorian era] [Slow burn] [Slice of life] [Sickly protagonist] [Not a power fantasy] London, 1880. A public carriage stops in front of 221B Baker Street, and a pale, frail young man steps down. No one knows that one day he will become an uncrowned Poet Laureate, a science fiction giant, a master of fai 13.3kReads8.7Score996Shelves

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    There's no romantic pairing, but the friendships and personal growth are portrayed with exceptional subtlety.

39. 739 奔 Run, Wild Child 奔跑吧，野孩子 Chive Dumplings饺子韭菜馅Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Coming-of-age] + [Rural entrepreneurship] + [Friendship] + [Romance] He was a bastard with no father. His own maternal grandmother abused him, beat him, and locked him in the cowshed. But through his own hard work, he made it to the capital to study. After graduating, he returned home and poured his sweat into his hometown's soil. He transformed an impoverished village into a famous tourist destination, and truly ensured the villagers could be cared for in their old age and that the young would 1.7kReads7.6Score185Shelves

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    I've struck gold! If you don't like it, feel free to scold me.

40. 740 圣 The Grand Performance of Saintess Julianne 圣女珠莉安的盛大演出 Where There Are Dragons, Fame Follows有龙则名Eastern Fantasy199k WordsCompleted This book is also known as: "I Am the God of Drama" "Her Holiness Is Perfect Again Today" "Three Lives, Three Worlds, and Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" "Eighty Against Eight Hundred Thousand: We Have the Advantage" "I Don’t Understand! Why Is Everyone Talking About How the Dragon Clan Was Trapped at Gaixia Back Then?" "That Scene of Boundless Vitality, with All Things Vying to Flourish, Is Still Fresh in My Mind" "Dragon Clan: From Rulers to Slaves, Their Decline Has No End" "Douyi 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Absolutely a new author with immense potential; a promising new book with the makings of a great author.

41. 741 重 Reborn as Li Chengqian: My Second Lingyan Pavilion 重生李承乾之我有第二个凌烟阁 Happy Loves Mimi欢喜喜欢咪Ancient Romance225k WordsOngoing In the ninth year of the Zhenguan era, Li Chengqian woke from a dream and found himself back on his wedding night. In his previous life, he was a disgraced crown prince. His leg was crippled, his mother died, his wife was executed by imperial decree, and none of his four younger sisters lived to adulthood. On a rainy night in Qianzhou, he breathed his last with his eyes still open. In this life, he was bound to the Lingyan Pavilion System, which could summon seven peerless talents who had died w 30Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 742 弦 Strings Stir, Thunder Crashes, Fuxi Descends 弦动霹雳，伏羲临世 Pu Qing Divine Art朴清神功Anime Fanfiction493k WordsCompleted Seven strings are plucked, and the land of China is turned upside down. The decisive battle at the Eight Mountain Pillars: Brahma bleeds, and the God of War lays down his arms. A figure in blue appears, and a single sentence settles the matter. He calls himself “Fuxi on the Strings,” master of the Xuan Sect. No one knows where he came from. They only know that one song sent the stars falling and reduced the broken pillars to ash; one step carried him a thousand miles, and his escape through soun 550Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Outstanding Pili fanfiction of the year.

43. 743 大 The Tang Dynasty's Strongest Crown Prince 大唐最强皇太子 Shredded Pork, Rice, and Noodles肉丝米面Historical115k WordsOngoing He became Li Chengqian, Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. Yet the officials advising him in the Eastern Palace barked wildly, while Prince Li Tai schemed to seize the throne. More importantly, in a few years he would be deposed for treason and die in Qianzhou. Beneath the Tang Dynasty's golden age, the imperial struggle for the throne, aristocratic monopolies, the collapse of the land system, a decaying tax system, and hidden border threats all festered. In the Taiji Palace, Li Chengqian faced L 1Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 744 洪 The Descendants of the Hongwu Emperor 洪武朝的子孙们 Bald Li San光头李三Historical1.6M WordsOngoing After an accident, his soul travels a century into the past. On an ordinary day in the seventh year of Hongwu, he is born in the imperial palace of Yingtian Prefecture. He is the most honored child in all of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang’s beloved grandson. Zhu Biao’s eldest legitimate son. And yet, in the history books, he is merely a passing mention: Prince Yu Huai. Looking at the still-healthy Crown Prince Zhu Biao, at Hu Weiyong and the Blue Jade case, which have yet to unleash their blood 106.6kReads8.3Score7.7kShelves

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    Here are a few highly recommended, addictive historical time-travel novels without a system. The first new book: Depicting the late Ming Dynasty, a time of frequent natural disasters, an incompetent court, an empty treasury, border unrest, and widespread poverty, beset by internal and external troubles. Witness how Emperor Zhu Changluo, in a single month, navigates the treacherous palace intrigues, ultimately turning the tide and ascending to the throne. The book's highlights include logical consistency, strategic planning, and a deep analysis of human nature, highlighting the author's hidden wisdom, self-reflection, and emotional restraint. It uses understanding as a weapon to dismantle inner demons and break through others' schemes. The second and third books: Written with profound and natural fluency, the plots unfold logically and meticulously, featuring vivid and intelligent characters. They fill in the gaps in the lineage of Crown Prince Zhu Biao, showing the simple yet profound relationships of three generations of the imperial family—grandson Zhu Xiong Ying, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Yuanzhang—each bearing their own imperial mission and carefully navigating the world. The fourth book: rich in historical depth, sharp in its writing, and rigorous in its logic, it explores the impermanence of fate and the ruthlessness of self-interest, depicting how the short-lived carpenter-emperor Zhu Youxiao schemed for the overall situation and the fate of the nation. The fifth and sixth books: battling the rebel leader Li Zicheng, defending the capital, attacking the Jurchens, stabilizing the borders, eliminating the bandit leader Xian Yuan, fighting against officials and gentry, and rectifying corruption… When natural disasters, war, and the barriers of officialdom become shackles of destiny, he uses wisdom to break through these shackles, risking his life; when the laws of survival intertwine with human weaknesses, he uses strategy to break through the web, using the game as a chess piece. Only those who can outmaneuver fate by half a move are true heroes. In short, the book depicts the turbulent political landscape, the power struggles and intrigues, the journey through time, the legends of emperors, the regrets of dynasties, and the allure of history, showcasing the rise and fall of dynasties as the wheels of history roll ever onward.

45. 745 让 I Told You to Tutor the Crown Prince, Not Teach Him to Rebel 让你教太子，没让你教太子谋反 Jiu Yue Chu Ba玖玥初芭Historical1.1M WordsOngoing Terminally ill, I obtained the Crown Prince's Companion System. If I'm supposed to teach the Crown Prince, then I might as well teach him how to rebel. Your Majesty, please address the Crown Prince as emperor! Back in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, His Highness the Crown Prince fought his way through a hail of blades and spears. Pull yourself together and don't disgrace yourself! Just do it! 34.6kReads7.9Score2.1kShelves
46. 746 穿 Reborn as Li Chengqian, I Relax My Way to the Throne 穿成李承乾，躺赢登基当皇帝 Nine Walnuts 0v0九个核桃0v0Historical748k WordsCompleted After completing his mission in the Qing dynasty, Zhao Heng took his System and transmigrated to the prosperous Tang dynasty, becoming the five-year-old Li Chengqian. With an emperor for a father, an empress for a mother, and a pretty face no one could resist, who could hold back from becoming emperor of the prosperous Tang dynasty with a start like this? Li Shimin had recently noticed that his and the empress's child had changed. He cried easily, clung to people, and was a bit of a schemer. He 16.7kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves

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    These are all historical fiction books with imaginative plots; you can check them out if you're interested. [Eating popcorn emoji]

47. 747 家 My Uncle Is Zhu Chongba 家叔朱重八 The Wise Man's Mutt智者的土狗儿Historical328k WordsOngoing [Setting the history section straight] + [Top-tier historical prose] + [All original] + [Political intrigue + no System + the most authentic historical fiction...] My name is Zhu Wenzheng, Zhu Yuanzhang’s nephew and Zhu Biao’s eldest brother. I am the great Ming’s God of War, who held Hongdu against Chen Youliang’s six hundred thousand troops, and the dynasty’s greatest hero since its founding... By all rights, I should have become a peerless prince of the Ming. But history played a cruel joke o 1.4kReads8.7Score116Shelves
48. 748 重 Reborn in 2002: I Want to Play a Tough Guy, but They Make Me Play a Beauty 重生02：想演猛男偏让我演美女 Fisherman's Song, Drifting and Ethereal渔歌飘渺Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Golden finger] [Feminine beauty] [Multiple heroines] [Mastermind behind the scenes] [Showbiz] Reborn in Hengdian in 2002, he awakens a golden finger that lets him collect acting-skill orbs. A single golden orb transforms him into an unparalleled beauty, and luckily, all the necessary equipment is still there. Yang Lu is gorgeous. Winning over women is too hard, so he'll start by being their best friend. First get into their hearts, then get into their bodies! He makes a fortune off the World Cu 33.9kReads7.5Score3kShelves
49. 749 杀 Fusu the God of Slaughter 杀神扶苏 Wooden Man Typing on a Keyboard敲键盘的木头Historical721k WordsOngoing [Political Intrigue]+ [Passionate Battles]+ [Conquest]+ [Ruthless] He transmigrates and becomes Fusu, the First Qin Emperor’s eldest son, the very man reviled in history as benevolent, weak, and pedantic, and doomed to be executed in three years? A hellish start, with no way out. In the depths of despair, the Empire’s Hegemony System awakens with a roar: the nation’s destiny is his life! From the start, he fuses with Lu Bu’s power, raising his personal strength to the absolute peak. At court, hi 1kReads7.5Score184Shelves
50. 750 三 Three Kingdoms: Transmigrated as Cao Cao’s Daughter, I Strike at Dong Zhuo from the Start 三国：穿越成曹操女儿，开局刺董 Incense Burns, Rain Falls焚香霈雨Historical1.0M WordsOngoing [Gender Swap] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Alternate History] [Struggle for Supremacy] [Romance] [Empress] College student Xia Cheng wakes up one day to discover that he has transmigrated into Cao Ying, Cao Cao's seventh daughter. With his transmigration, the entire history of the Three Kingdoms begins to change like a line of dominoes, setting off a chain of events. History is quietly being rewritten, and it all begins with the first difficult mission he receives: assassinate Dong Zhuo... Lu Bu: 9.8kReads7.9Score980Shelves

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