In a Reading Slump, Looking for Masterpieces That’ll Blow My Mind 厌书期，看神作，震撼人心的神作

1. 851 正 After Raising My Child Properly for Four Years, His Rich Biological Father Came Knocking 正经养崽四年后，豪门亲爹找上门 Huang Bao黄宝Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [A devoted couple] [Raising a wolf pup] In the fourth year of raising her child alone, the kid’s father finally came knocking. A well-dressed man stood by the door and asked her, “Are you Shang Xi?” “…Yes.” “I’m the pup’s father.” The man’s tone was domineering and forceful. “Come with me. Don’t even think about refusing or putting up a pointless fight.” Shang Xi stared at his face, so much like her son’s, and leisurely answered, “Oh.” The truth was, she hadn’t even been thinking about refusing 23.2kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
2. 852 穿 I Transmigrated into a Wicked Supporting Actress and Married the Down-and-Out Hero to Raise Kids 穿成恶毒女配和落魄男主拼婚养娃 Curly Cabbage卷卷的卷心菜Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, heroine enters the book in her own body, everyday-life focus, living together and raising a child before falling in love] Song Kening transmigrates into a book and walks right in on the truly wicked villainess drugging the male lead, Lu Zhiyu! In a panic, she drinks all the water that’s left. One night of passion later, the two have already crossed the point of no return. Three months after the truly wicked villainess drugs the male lead to force him into marriage, Lu 42.8kReads9.2Score6kShelves

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   This is absolutely novel and enjoyable. Having read novels for over a decade, I'm probably familiar with at least 99% of different genres and plots (just kidding!), But this one is truly different. The beginning, just like the title, is about a woman transmigrating into a supporting character and supporting a down-on-his-luck male lead. But as you read on, you gradually realize this book is a very realistic microcosm, a reflection on reality, and the kind of happiness found in the ordinary. It's about how a relationship requires both partners to be willing to contribute—one shouldering the burden and the other managing the household. The author's writing style and breadth of knowledge are also impressive, preventing the plot from feeling familiar or tedious. There's even an unexpected development towards the end: this world is AI-generated, and they need to escape (though this is only briefly mentioned). In short, this book is quite good and novel; it's the best I've read in a long time and has given me a lot to think about.

3. 853 我 My Three-Year-Old Son Is a Little Comedian Who Drives Away Every Woman Who Takes an Interest in My Husband 我儿子三岁，是个笑话精，专克老公桃花 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted My Three-Year-Old Son Is a Little Comedian Who Keeps My Husband's Admirers at Bay 2kReads—Score—Shelves

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   These short stories are very good and enjoyable.

4. 854 声 Falling for You, Again and Again 声声陷入 Ji Yun戟云Modern Romance168k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight / straightforward pursuit / heartwarming / sweet romance / happy ending] A bold, direct, irresistibly flirtatious flower shop owner X an insecure, gentle, disabled voice-acting star Wen Shuangshuang fell for Ran Jiayun at first sight. His looks, voice, personality, and upbringing were all exactly to her taste. As someone who dares to love and hate more than anyone, Wen Shuangshuang firmly believes that happiness is something you have to fight for yourself. She doesn't hide 3kReads9.4Score382Shelves
5. 855 我 My Sister’s Boss Fell for My Brother 我姐的老板爱上了我弟 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My Sister's Boss Fell in Love with My Brother 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
6. 856 恶 The Devil Reversed 恶魔逆位 20/100 Vision视力零点二一Mystery737k WordsCompleted “If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t use a method this laughably clumsy.” After the black-haired girl in black finished speaking in the interrogation room, she didn’t say another word. The way she calmly studied the photograph made it seem more like she was admiring the victim’s gruesome death. In the photo was a cold, white bathtub filled with shocking amounts of blood. A man lay slumped inside, his deathly pale body visible only from the shoulders up. The deceased was Zhou Haixiong. He had 39.3kReads9.5Score6kShelves

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   I highly recommend this story. The female lead is very smart, all the supporting characters are vivid and distinctive, and the case is exciting and logical. Come and watch it!

7. 857 我 I've Already Cultivated Immortality, and You Still Want Me to Join an Infinite-Flow World? 我都修仙了，还让我去无限流？ Nikolai Wei尼古拉韦Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing [Infinite Paradise, Not Fast Food, Currently in Book Testing. The title and plot appear within the first hundred chapters, so please forgive any offense] Office drone Li Ming is chosen by a mysterious mark and transmigrates to a cultivation world, where he struggles to survive for a year. [Qi Refining breakthrough detected. Meets the criteria for deployment by Weaver Ant] [World locked: Warhammer 40,000! Danger level: 3] [Main mission: Survive for 15 hours!] He has barely gotten used to his spir 18.7kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves

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   The first book is nothing new, the second one is rated as excellent but the score seems too low, the last three are worth saving and reading.

8. 858 亲 After My Biological Brother Was Reborn, the Real Heiress Returned 亲哥重生后，真千金回归了 Zheng Baiye郑白叶Modern Romance274k WordsCompleted Lin Yanhui is miserable. Her paternal grandparents favor boys over girls, her father is taciturn, and her mother has a sharp tongue and a sharper heart. And now her name is Huang Zhaodi. In the middle of her chaotic life, she never imagined that one day a group of people would show up at her home and tell her she was their biological daughter! Lin Yanhui: !!! - It wasn’t until three days before Lin Rui died in the line of duty that he learned his family had raised someone else’s child. When they 38.4kReads9.0Score4.3kShelves

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   A period drama, simple and heartwarming.

9. 859 我 I’m the Most Righteous Evil God Ever! 我这个邪神可太正了！ Sleep Until I'm Well Rested睡个饱觉觉Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [This is a deranged world!] [Cthulhu-inspired] [Careful: this story contains extremely intense psychological corruption. Read at your own risk.] One day, the world underwent a cataclysmic change! Every living thing was affected by an unknown force and mutated. And it wasn’t just living things... Human civilization was forced to retreat into the last nineteen fortress cities. People prayed to all kinds of gods for protection and blessings, struggling to survive in this hopeless world. Meng Yi arr 64kReads9.0Score6.7kShelves

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   It's so good, everyone should go see it!

10. 860 我 Year After Year with Mr. Cheng 我与程先生的岁岁年年 Xu Xiaoyu徐小雨Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted [1v1 healing romance + childhood sweethearts + first love + warm, mutual devotion] [Catlike Miss / history teacher × Bunny Gentleman / piano tuner] * Eight-year-old Sheng Yi vowed to be the eyes of ten-year-old Cheng Zui for the rest of his life. Cheng Zui laughed. “You silly girl. Forever is impossible.” Sheng Yi disagreed. “You’re the silly one! When I say forever, I mean forever.” Cheng Zui muttered under his breath, “Don’t say silly things.” Sheng Yi playfully bobbed her head and told him, 551Reads8.9Score100Shelves
11. 861 魔 The Demon Lord Is So Cold and Aloof, Yet He Conquered Himself 魔尊大人很高冷，他把自己攻略了 Golden Hairpin, Ah金步摇啊Ancient Romance314k WordsCompleted [One-on-One, Both Pure + Sweet Romance + Lighthearted + Funny + Soft, Adorable Pig-Girl Heroine + Aloof, Love-Struck Demon Lord] The little fairy Xiangxiang’s true form is a pig. She’s cultivated in the immortal realm for eight hundred years, but spends all day eating and sleeping. So she’s not much good at anything, but she sure has a big appetite! But one day, she’s captured by the Demon Lord Ming Jin… Xiangxiang sobs: “Demon Lord, please don’t eat me.” The Demon Lord sneers. “Hmph! Wo 3.7kReads9.2Score267Shelves
12. 862 烟 Ashtray 烟灰缸 Little Sister-in-Law Huahua花花小嫂子Mystery323k WordsCompleted [Mild horror + affair + twists] A stunning woman from the south, a knock at midnight, a silent delivery guy, someone crouching beneath the bed... Qin Song’s life is plunged into a living hell by an affair. 106.9kReads9.5Score19.5kShelves

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    Don't be fooled by the unfashionable cover; I stumbled upon this book by chance, and it's rare to find such high-quality books like this.

13. 863 剑 The Sword Named Wangshu 剑名望舒 Cheng Lanlan程岚岚Fantastical Romance642k WordsCompleted [Maxed-out from the start + faked death + winning back his wife + face-slapping + slice of life + love and hate] From the day her master picked her up and brought her back to the Baopu Sect, Li Yujing decided she would settle for being a good-for-nothing. She raised her prodigy junior sister and poured every resource she had into training her. But when her junior sister turned seventeen, she left with a few mocking words and joined the greatest sect under heaven. Li Yujing was furious. She decid 21.7kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves

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    Li Yujing is the best in the world (What do I feel about her? Have you read Lotus Tower? I feel the same way about Li Xiangyi, but this ending is better. Don't let the name stop you from reading her. It's an ensemble piece, I love it. I've been reading for 15 years, and I highly recommend it. It's the best book I've read in the last two years.)

14. 864 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Lay Flat, and the Villain Went Mad with Rage 穿书后我躺平了，反派被我气疯了 Little Wealthy Yue Lalala小财月啦啦啦9k WordsCompleted After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Lay Flat, and the Villain Was Driven Mad by Me 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

15. 865 青 After Losing Her Memory, the Childhood Sweetheart Became the Young General's Cherished Love 青梅失忆后成了少年将军掌中娇 Kelisiting克莉斯汀Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted [Clever, Cunning Foxlike Heroine VS Steady, Stern, Humble Hero] [One-on-One Romance, Sweet Pampering, Adorable Child, Childhood Sweethearts] [The Hero Suffers] The night before, Shen Zuihuan was still preparing for her engagement ceremony. The next morning, she woke up in shock to discover she had been married for five years already! Her fiancé was nowhere to be found, and her current husband was the childhood friend she had hated most of all. He was even holding a child who looked exactly like 26.1kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
16. 866 新 Reborn, I Will Benefit the People 新生，我要造福一方 Kuan Dongzi款冬子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Workplace romance in government circles + powerful officials + a senior leader and his sweet young wife + two equally strong leads + both romantically inexperienced + devoted love + rebirth Heroine: She is warmhearted and compassionate, neither meek nor domineering. She has ideals and convictions, but she isn't all-powerful. She and the hero are evenly matched, sharing the sweetness of romance as well as supporting each other as they work side by side to realize their ideals. They respect and lo 44.5kReads9.3Score5.2kShelves

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    They're all amazing! I can't describe them all, so you'll have to see for yourselves.

17. 867 当 When a Straight Man Picks Up a Mixed-Breed Beagle Wife 当直男捡到混血比格老婆 Huai Jin Mianyang淮今绵阳Two Male Leads339k WordsCompleted The rating just opened! It’ll go up later [Comfortingly sweet + straight man turns gay + devoted couple + mixed-race bottom + golden-retriever bottom + utterly doted on + older top + loyal puppy] [Height difference: top 186 cm, bottom 170 cm] [Age gap: top 30, bottom 19] [Main couple fall for each other; side couple involves taking someone by force] [Note: The bottom had meningitis as a child and has hidden aftereffects as an adult. His intelligence and personality remain around those of a teena 1kReads8.8Score179Shelves

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    As the name suggests, the recently emerging Big Baby Shaping program is nearing completion and awaiting its discerning owner.

18. 868 八 Eighties Sweetheart: A Wild Roughneck to Cherish 八零心尖宠：捡个糙汉野又撩 Listening to the Wind Blow听风在吹Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted Xia Li transmigrates into the 1980s as a poor, timid orphan. Just when she thinks she’ll have to go hungry from now on, she picks up a wild man. Aside from being a little dim, the wild man has no other flaws. He hunts in the mountains and farms the fields every day, keeps her warm at home and can fight outside. He’s like a huge guard dog who protects his family. The villagers secretly mock Xia Li for keeping herself a wild man, but she doesn’t care. Who would have guessed that one night, the wil 1kReads8.9Score102Shelves
19. 869 你 You Call That a Healer? She Bludgeons Everyone to Death 你管这叫奶妈？她把人头都锤爆了 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance3.6M WordsOngoing The print edition of I Can Pluck the Stars is available on all platforms. Genius + rich woman from the start. The day Ning Ruan left her village, a menace appeared on the Nine Provinces Continent. A mage? A sword cultivator? No, she just wanted to be a healer! All the continent’s geniuses: Shut up, you poisonous healer! Later: “Help! I never knew healers could heal people to death until I met Ning Ruan!” “But isn’t she a metal-element spiritual adept?” “Isn’t she wood-element?” “She’s clearl 213.5kReads9.5Score18kShelves

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    1. *Night Whispers* is truly excellent; the ensemble cast and character development are superb. It's completed, but I haven't finished it yet. 2. *Ning Ruan* is my number one; the characters are incredibly strong. It's currently being serialized. Neither of these books features a romantic pairing.

20. 870 快 Happy Exam Week 快乐考试周 Fu Ma覆马Mystery837k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication; personalized bookplate campaign underway in the book's fan community. The published title is Happy Exam Week] - An exam? The kind where your head explodes if you fail~ Boom! - A group of people are forced to take one bizarre weeklong exam after another. They enter the settings depicted in the exam questions and answer them with their bodies, battling with both brains and brawn. They will die if they fail, come in last place, fail to hand in their papers within the 8.8kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    This is incredibly good! I've read almost every book on Tomato Bookstore, but even after finishing this one, I still wanted more.

21. 871 犟 Stubborn Bones 犟骨 One Big Fish Head一条大鱼头Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + The Chase to Win Her Back + Two Cool, Distant Personalities + Eight-Year Age Gap] (Not a pure one-to-one romance. Please read the blurb before starting!!!! If it’s not your cup of tea, don’t read!!!! Malicious ratings will lower your luck!) “Arrogant and refined, stern and composed, a CEO from the elite” Zhou Congjin vs. “Cool and stubborn, worldly-wise, an ordinary-class beauty from a scholarly family” Shen Yi Shen Yi had always known that someone like Zhou Congjin 65.7kReads9.0Score18.6kShelves
22. 872 小 The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance4.3M WordsOngoing [1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do 25.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
23. 873 藏 After Hiding My Pregnancy, the Capital's Powerful Men Begged on Their Knees 藏起孕肚后，京圈大佬们红眼下跪 Mr. Wuyin五音先生Modern Romance425k WordsCompleted A host interviewed four powerful men from Beijing’s elite circles. When asked what their exes were like, each man reacted differently. Sheng Jingshi stubbed out his cigarette with a hard press. “Her? A vulgar woman. I was the only one who could put up with her.” Shen S ren said expressionlessly, “No comment.” Jiang Suizhou smiled, but the amusement didn’t reach his eyes. “Whenever something happened, all she could do was cry. She can’t live without me.” Lou Fan spoke with confidence. “She wa 6.6kReads9.2Score917Shelves
24. 874 沉 After Trillion Years of Sleep, Even a Heavenly Soldier Can Become a Big Shot 沉睡万亿年，天兵也能成大佬 Lone Han Mountain寒山孤Urban322k WordsOngoing My new work is out! Everyone's welcome to read 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! 194Reads—Score285Shelves

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    I'll start reading new books gradually, making sure I don't read too many in one day.

25. 875 娇 The Delicate Beauty Is Spoiled Rotten by a Rugged, Fierce Man 娇滴滴小美人被凶猛糙汉宠野了 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [Complete❗] Xie Hezhang, a local troublemaker from Helian Village with a bad class background, found himself pursued by a city girl sent to the countryside. The young woman couldn't carry a shoulder pole or lift a hand, and complained that her hands hurt whenever she did farm work. Her only hobby was trailing after him wherever he went. One afternoon, fed up with her, Xie Hezhang cornered her in the cotton field and threatened, “Keep following me and I'll beat you up.” The sweet little Shu Qingy 6.8kReads9.2Score699Shelves
26. 876 红 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 50kReads9.7Score11.9kShelves

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    Look at these average scores, these reading numbers—they're all geniuses! What's there to be afraid of during a reading slump? [Smirk]

27. 877 阴 The Fierce, Flirtatious Darling in the Arms of a Sinister Tycoon 阴鸷大佬怀里的小娇娇又凶又撩 Blue Hand蓝手Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name, The Villain with a Dark Personality Keeps Blushing Because of Her, is now streaming.] Qu Qingzhi transmigrates into a book and becomes a vicious supporting female character. Facing a man who will eventually turn into a powerful villain, she trembles with fear inside, but has no choice but to maintain the original owner's spoiled, overbearing persona. She humiliates him arrogantly: “Xie Muhan, get down on your knees and beg me to be your girlfriend.” Xie Muhan's 13.7kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
28. 878 长 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 106.7kReads9.7Score12.4kShelves

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    I've spent over 900 hours browsing Tomato Books, and this is a carefully selected list of 6. Absolutely fantastic, feel free to enjoy!

29. 879 星 Interstellar Odd One Out: The Little One Picks Up Trash to Raise Me 星际对照组，幼崽捡垃圾养我呀 Mumu Star炑炑星Modern Romance680k WordsCompleted Interstellar + unlikely contrasts + livestreaming baby + lighthearted + romance (much later) 01 Sword cultivator Han Yuyan fails her tribulation and ends up in the interstellar era. Before she can make sense of her memories, she's taken in for a whole battery of tests. Ten months later, the testing agency tells her to come back and pick something up. Han Yuyan stares at the little cat-eared human child, completely baffled. Thanks, but no thanks. She's not adopting anyone! The staff member exclai 1.3kReads7.4Score120Shelves

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    A female protagonist, a sword cultivator specializing in killing techniques, transmigrates to interstellar space. Her adorable baby, Yun Qi, causes a sensation! An incredibly cute story about a little one, where she effortlessly conquers the interstellar world! The baby is the second most powerful!! Mommy is a super powerful being in the interstellar world!!

30. 880 病 The Obsessive Jerk Is Too Much: His Green-Tea Canary Quits 病娇太疯批，绿茶金丝雀她不干了 Liu Yuyu柳鱼鱼Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + yandere + mutual flirting + System + conquest + one true pairing] A coy, alluring beauty versus a possessive, abstinent CEO After the Time Management Bureau director was cheated on by their partner, they happened to pick up a sugary romance novel full of lovey-dovey scenes between the leads. Displeased, they flew into a rage and sent an unlucky soul to wreak havoc. Chi Li was that unlucky soul. She transmigrated into the novel The CEO's One and Only Wh 16.8kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
31. 881 手 With the System in Hand, the Poor Simpleminded Girl Makes Her People Rich and Her Country Strong 手握系统，贫家傻女使民富国强 Ancient Great Chun上古大椿Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Farming + System + Shop + Pocket Dimension + More] A doctor who saves lives transmigrates in her sleep after a night shift, only to become the eldest sister in a family so poor they can't even afford to eat. She'd also spent years acting like a fool. Why are there so many little radishes crowding around me? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... Good heavens, how many little brothers and sisters do I have?! The children are clamoring to be fed, but luckily, I have a System. Unl 608Reads8.9Score110Shelves

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    Highly recommended! [Not AI-generated, purely hand-written! Completed] The female lead has no romantic partner; she's a strong and beautiful woman on her own! Hunting, mushroom picking, cooking, clearing land, farming, building houses, vaccination against smallpox, making ice, salt, and brewing liquor, planting potatoes, peppers, sesame, peanuts, corn... Crabs, lobsters, coconut crabs... Toilets, fire pits, glass, mirrors, bicycles... It's amazing!!

32. 882 雪 Snowflake Town 雪粒镇 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance130k WordsCompleted [Ji Handeng, a fragile, sickly, dark-minded younger brother x Xu Qiongqiong, a kind, resilient older sister who loves money] [Modern romance + mutual salvation + healing + older woman/younger man romance + revenge + cover-up + high-stakes twists] Xu Qiongqiong and Ji Handeng are siblings with no blood ties. In a small, poor town full of secrets, they rely on each other and keep one another warm. Their days hold happiness and pain, darkness and budding affection. Their shared goal is to leave Xue 84.7kReads9.7Score11.5kShelves

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    Just watch. One look and you're all silent. Friendly reminder: After finishing this, finding other novels to read will be even harder. Because these are all so good, nothing else will catch your eye.

33. 883 谁EN Who Removed the Exit Button from My Xianxia Game? 谁把我仙侠游戏退出键扣了？ Mu Chun沐春Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing At first, I only wanted to create a fresh account for a holographic xianxia game... I had already selected the highest difficulty, simply to roll a better spiritual root and sell the account. But then... can someone tell me where the exit button is? Where did my enormous game exit button go? 371.1kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves

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    This book has an incredibly imaginative and hilarious plot, and you can tell it's entirely handwritten once you read it.

34. 884 夫 My Husband Gives Me Two Hundred Thousand Taels a Month 夫君每月给我二十万两 Having Met the Young Master既见公子Ancient Romance768k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Transmigrate Into a Book + Goofy Comedy + Redemption + Marriage Before Love] Gan Qiongying transmigrated into the body of a princess! Before she could even celebrate, she realized this world was the setting of a book she had read. And she was the wicked supporting character who committed countless evils and met a tragic end... The plot had reached the point where a princess of her stature was being forced to marry a merchant. Merchants ranked below scholars, farmers, and arti 30.1kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves
35. 885 全 Everyone Is an Evil Immortal!!! 全员恶仙！！！ There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte 211.3kReads9.0Score20.2kShelves

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    I think both scores were too low. Maybe I just got into it; both were pretty good, especially the first one. The bizarre and fantastical feeling was very novel and impactful to me.

36. 886 呆 My Simpleminded Husband Became an Officer and Keeps Kissing His Pregnant Wife Silly 呆傻老公变军官，追着亲懵小孕妻 A Long Time with You漫长与你Modern Romance292k WordsCompleted [1970s + System + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple + Running Away While Pregnant] Shen Tang wakes up in the body of a fake heiress who is a doomed side character in a period novel. Her biological parents have abducted her and are forcing her to marry a fool. At this point, Shen Tang has only one thought: she has to escape. But her adoptive parents have found their real daughter, and her biological parents are rotten to the core. Where can she run? In the end, Shen Tang decides to stay 1.3kReads9.0Score137Shelves
37. 887 我 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 Azure Company蔚蓝公司Urban2.2M WordsCompleted They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 157.1kReads8.9Score24.4kShelves
38. 888 大 Master, Your Romance Luck Has Blossomed 大师，你桃花开了 Jiangjiang Is Quite Handsome江江有点帅Ancient Romance509k WordsCompleted [Silly Comedy + Sweet Romance + Fallen Princess + Fake Monk + Devoted Couple + Sharp Tongues] Before meeting Wuchen, Qin Yueliang only wanted to stand on her own two feet and take down anyone who coveted her beauty. After meeting Wuchen, all Qin Yueliang wants is to cling to him and let him take down anyone who covets her beauty. They first meet outside Jing'an Temple. “Master, I’m just a helpless young woman. If you don’t help me, I’ll die!” “Benefactor, take another look at the corpses at your 5kReads9.1Score683Shelves
39. 889 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score325Shelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

40. 890 末EN Apocalypse Choices: Starting with 100 Million American Cockroaches 末世选择：开局一亿只美洲大蠊 Yi Lin忆临Sci-Fi & Apocalypse576k WordsOngoing (The rating just came in and will rise.) “If you were given three bags of bread and had to choose one of the following options, which would you choose...” “A: Defeat a C-302-type apocalypse cockroach.” “B: Spend one hour in a sealed room with one hundred million American cockroaches.” In 2028, the Apocalypse Choices arrived. The uncanny invaded, monsters appeared, cities fell, and humanity was forced to abandon its homes and migrate in search of a slim chance of survival. At the same time, glowi 1.1MReads9.0Score171.7kShelves
41. 891 莫 Don’t Panic, Fall Back Behind the Ancestor 莫慌退至老祖身后 Dejected Torch颓废的火把Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will rise later] [Super God Universe, independent evolution. Little interaction with other factions early on. Can be read as a historical spiritual qi revival story. Ensemble cast, xuanhuan history] With a thought in Xianyang, primordial chaos breaks open; the martial path takes root across the land of China. The legacy of Qin and Han endures for millennia; the sharp edge of Tang and Song pierces the nine heavens. Dynasties rise and fall like flowing water, yet the 64.8kReads8.3Score5.1kShelves

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    Six months ago, Han Xin disobeyed orders for the first time and secretly went to the Great Wall. Meng Tian was furious and, upon catching him, gave him a severe dressing-down and told him to get lost, but Han Xin refused to leave. So Meng Tian threw him onto the wall. At that moment, Han Xin discovered a cruel truth: military strategy was dead. Faced with the overwhelming numerical superiority of the corrupted forces, all tactics, coordination, and formations were meaningless; they simply didn't play by those rules! But he was Han Xin! Since traditional military formations were useless, he would devise something entirely new! From that day on, Han Xin began to deduce military formations.

42. 892 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 39.8kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves

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    Just stuff a few books in here, I really want to include a copy of The Legend of the White Snake!

43. 893 神EN The Stunningly Beautiful Cannon Fodder Goes on a Rampage, and the Entire Internet Begs Me to Stop Killing Characters 神颜炮灰杀疯了，全网跪求别刀了 Tomato Potato Nan番茄土豆楠Modern Romance391k WordsCompleted The rating just came in, and it’ll rise!! (Female-oriented!!! Male lead for female-oriented readers!) [Everyone’s Favorite + Stunning Looks + Entertainment Industry + No Romance, One-Sided Crushes + Career Focus] One-sided crushes from both men and women!! Just treat this like a mindless read. There’s no logic to it. Song Shi'an woke up as an obscure actor in the entertainment industry, saddled with a huge debt. The good news: He was devastatingly handsome. The bad news: All seventeen debt-co 127.5kReads9.3Score12.6kShelves

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    This book truly captivated me. The details are exquisite, the writing is natural and engaging, there are no awkward or melodramatic plot points, and the protagonist's personality and character are very normal [smirk]. No romantic pairing + irresistible charm + stunning looks + entertainment industry + male protagonist.

44. 894 快 Stop Going Clang-Clang-Clang! She's Already Going Bang-Bang-Bang! 快别锵锵锵了，她都哐哐哐了 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Fantastical Romance545k WordsCompleted [Violent, adorable executioner × jealous, stone-faced judge] Original title: The Wicked Woman Rules the Heavenly Dao Xie Ling's spiritual root is unique throughout the ages, yet it's dismissed as a worthless false spiritual root. The imperial family oppresses her, the Daoist academy ostracizes her, and the Immortal Alliance mocks her. She acts obedient, then turns around and stirs up trouble under the name “Death God,” earning a fearsome reputation. She's greedy. She wants power, money, and fame 35.8kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves

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    This book is really good! I'm a long-time reader, and when it finished, I was still a bit stunned, feeling like I hadn't had enough!!! The author is also very well-known, so the book's authority speaks for itself (⑉• •⑉)♡ I highly recommend it, it's really enjoyable (//∇//). It's a 1v1 story, both protagonists are pure and strong, with elements of cultivation and political intrigue. The career and romance storylines are perfectly balanced; neither feels abrupt, and the two storylines blend naturally. There's no sudden appearance of a new male lead and the two getting together! When I read it, I couldn't find any alternatives, no cultivation stories, and no political intrigue stories at all. Maybe there aren't many stories like this, but it's incredibly good (๑•.•๑) Highly recommend it!!!

45. 895 求 Survival Game: I Grind My Way to Greatness in Another World 求生游戏，我在异世卷成大佬 047 Is 47047是47Sports3.5M WordsOngoing (The novel is complete) (No romance, infrastructure, survival, strong female lead) Wu Jinyue had just returned from studying abroad and hadn’t even started her wonderful vacation yet. Blue Star underwent a cataclysm, and all of humanity was sent to another world to explore and survive. Monstrous beasts invaded, supplies were hard to find, disasters struck one after another, and no one knew if they would make it through the day. Humanity was swallowed up like dust in the wind. From the start, pen 20.7kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves

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    The first four books are all great game invasion stories, while the fifth one currently leans towards an interstellar military academy league. All are romance-free, with tense, exciting, and engaging plots, and the characters are predominantly female. Highly recommended! [Thumbs up]

46. 896 穿 Transmigrated as the Villainess, but Bound to a Crime System 穿成恶毒女配，但绑定犯罪系统 Little Fish and Kitten鱼仔小猫Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted [1vN + dog training + male rivalry + all male leads are pure] //One-line summary: The heroine will shield you from the wind and rain, but don't ask where the wind and rain came from. //A little more: Yu Qing transmigrates as a vicious female supporting character, and gets bound to two Systems at once. One is the [Crime System], which pushes her to keep doing evil and drive the male leads to corruption. The other is the [Conquest System], which tells her to be gentle and win their hearts. Though 17.2kReads9.1Score3.4kShelves

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    Novel readers always hope their protagonists possess extraordinary gaming combat talent, are meticulous and adept at planning and strategizing; have keen insight to seize rare opportunities, yet act with principles and never harm the innocent; are highly adaptable to handle unexpected dangers in the game, yet are loyal and cherish those who trust them; possess emotional intelligence and shrewdness, and are also good at trash talk. If it's Xun Ge, then he can do all of that!

47. 897 快 Quick Transmigration: The Honest Person with an Odorless, Colorless Deadly Poison 快穿：无色无味剧毒老实人 Lotus Root33莲藕33Fantastical Romance515k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration, earnest heroine, maybe a little bit of a male-magnet?] Song Yunxia gets bound to a System and is forced to complete a series of shameful tasks. From then on, she goes further and further down this road, becoming a notorious pervert. [School] You’re an honest student and a classmate of the campus heartthrob. Because your System is obsessed with the heartthrob’s underwear, you’re forced to steal his “tea.” [Powerful CEO] You’re the CEO’s assistant. Your System has its eye on 7kReads8.7Score796Shelves

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    She speaks to people in a human language, and to ghosts in a ghost language; when she meets the Demon Lord, she speaks his private words. Why did she let me get such a good dungeon at dawn?

48. 898 爱 Love Me, Hate Me: I'm Behind Everyone in the Top Ten Player Rankings 爱我恨我，玩家榜前十全是我 Frostwatch霜观Sports949k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Multiverse Game Invasion] [Real War, Not Just Dungeons] [Lots of Fight Scenes] [All Secret Identities Are Female] [Worldbuilding Mystery] “My name is Zhong Lin. Lin, as in ascending to the summit. Welcome to my story.” When games from another world tore into reality, ordinary college student Zhong Lin drew the SSS-rank talent [Ceremonial Praise] from the start. After killing an enemy, she had a chance to obtain a ceremonial outfit carrying that enemy’s talent s 398.5kReads9.3Score116.9kShelves
49. 899 装 I Pretended to Be Rich and Became the Most Popular Girl at the Elite Academy 装富后我成了贵族学院万人迷 Snow on Green青上雪Two Male Leads468k WordsOngoing [Pretending to be an aristocrat at an elite academy without getting exposed + Wish fulfillment + The protagonist always has everything under control and stays on top + The protagonist is a black-hearted-on-the-inside, flirtatious beauty who plays innocent + Harem-free everyone-loves-him story, ship whoever you want; bonus chapters explore alternate pairing routes + Dog training + Everyone's Favorite + Everyone Is Evil + Includes comment feeds and forums + Elite academy + The protagonist pretends 68.3kReads9.4Score9.1kShelves

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    There's a bit of everything, but I highly recommend the ninth book, which is about the entertainment industry. If you like that, you can check it out. The last book is a quick transmigration novel, and each small world has a different genre. I really liked the first small world.

50. 900 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.4kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves

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    All book friends, read it to me! Recommended by a 30-year-old bookworm

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