I'm in a Reading Slump. Any Satisfying Novels to Recommend? Modern or Historical, Either Is Fine 书荒，有没有推荐的爽文，都市古代都行

1. 51 业 The Scales of Karma 业之秤 Tangtang Doesn't Sleep糖糖不睡觉23k WordsCompleted The Scales of Sin 351Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 52 修 A Cultivation World, but I'm a Goblin 修仙世界，可我是哥布林 Tangtang Doesn't Sleep糖糖不睡觉32k WordsCompleted A Cultivation World, but I'm a Goblin 586Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 53 言 Words That Never Miss 言出次随 Tangtang Doesn't Sleep糖糖不睡觉37k WordsCompleted Say it, and it happens next time 809Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 54 仙 The Immortal World's Idol 仙界的爱豆 Tangtang Doesn't Sleep糖糖不睡觉9k WordsCompleted The Idol of the Immortal Realm 281Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 守 On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天，我被众嫂嫂推上皇位 Kitchen God of the Wood Stove柴火灶王爷Historical716k WordsOngoing [Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak 4.6kReads8.8Score174Shelves

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6. 56 穿 Transmigrating as a Profligate Heir, Yet You Force Me to Rebel 穿越纨绔世子，你们却逼我造反 The World of the Pang Clan庞门天下Historical166k WordsOngoing After transmigrating, Xiao Yi awakens to find himself a disgraced heir wanted by the imperial court. The Northern Pacification Prince’s household has been framed by treacherous men and charged with rebellion. Every member of the family has been slaughtered. The original owner refused to be bound by an arranged marriage, fled to Daheng, then drank himself to death in the snow. A wanted criminal, Xiao Yi takes the alias Song Yi and hides in the Marquis of Wu’an’s residence, where he lives as a low —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Is it okay if... If... If... If... Anything?

7. 57 都 I'm Reborn, So Why Would I Still Play Esports? 都重生了谁还搞电子竞技啊 Tiny as Dust微未为尘Urban341k WordsOngoing To escape the suffocating pressure of facing his mother, Zhang Rui resolutely left home to pursue a career in esports. But fate dealt him a rough hand, and, consumed by obsession and thrown off balance, he eventually lost himself. Luckily, fortune smiled on him, and he unexpectedly came back reborn! Having finally come to his senses, he begins to enjoy life. With a carefree school life, a smooth-sailing entrepreneurial journey, and a beautiful woman by his side, life couldn’t be sweeter. Until t 782Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Hope you like it [laughs]

8. 58 超 My Supermarket Connects to Another World, and the Immortals Chase Me for Spicy Snack Sticks 超市通异界，仙子追着我要辣条吃 Little Leaf Wearing a Cloud小叶子穿朵云Urban153k WordsOngoing [Absurd Comedy] [Urban Fantasy] [Multiple Heroines] [the Myriad Worlds] Lin Xiaodong owns a little grocery store. Then, one day, An immortal maiden, gravely wounded, fell from the sky. She grabbed some expired spicy strips from the corner and started chowing down. Pointing at them, she called them peerless immortal pills. She even said that if he had this immortal treasure, She would trade anything for it. And so the cultivation world gained an invincible new existence: The Spicy Strip Immortal! 95Reads—Score115Shelves

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   A super-good urban fantasy story! It features travel between two worlds, a novel premise, and a hilarious plot. A fairy with spicy snacks in one hand and a cigarette in the other, surrounded by beautiful women, enjoys endless fun! Awesome!

9. 59 武 The End of Martial Supremacy 武极之末 Mu Rong Smiles木容笑笑Eastern Fantasy707k WordsOngoing The pinnacle of martial arts breaks through the void. It is the end of the martial path, the threshold to a higher world where one can seek the Great Dao and pursue immortality! Only when Liu Muyun reached that endpoint did he discover that the path to martial supremacy had only just begun! 5.6kReads6.4Score327Shelves

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   The first book is about the myriad worlds, the calamity of humanity, and the struggle between all races in the universe! The second book is about the apocalypse of the myriad worlds, including Gu Long's heroes, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Tang Dynasty, Storm Riders, Yang Shen, the Great Zhou Dynasty, Shrouding the Heavens, Journey to the West, and Investiture of the Gods! The third book is about survival for all and the invasion of games!

10. 60 末 The Doomsday Blade Abyss 末日刀渊 Mu Rong Smiles木容笑笑Male-Channel Fanfiction3.6M WordsCompleted He begins with the game Blade Abyss and steps into the Myriad Worlds! From low-martial-arts jianghu to mid-martial-arts rivalries, then shattering the high-martial-arts firmament; next, sweeping through the Small Thousand Worlds and roaming the vast Middle Thousand Worlds, until he finally takes command of the Great Thousand Worlds' Heavenly Dao and reaches the supreme realm of the primordial chaos! 🌙 In the Gu Long world, he becomes Li Xunhuan's disciple! ⚔️ In the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 23.1kReads7.9Score2kShelves
11. 61 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.3MReads9.2Score309.3kShelves
12. 62 爱 An Unruly Love Slave: Only the One Who Tied the Knot Can Untie It 爱奴难驯，解铃还须系怜人 Jiaojiao Cat蕉蕉猫Fantastical Romance234k WordsOngoing [Mad Master and Servant] [Mutual Domestication] [Ensemble Cast] [A Fated Game] When her older sister disappears, Ming Yin claims her sister's slave for herself. She likes him, but has no idea what kind of affection it is, so she torments him over and over, then saves him again and again, tying an inescapable bell around his ankle. And Shen Bailian loves being possessed by her. He willingly offers her his own ribs as weapons, all to win a smile from her. Then the Three Realms fall into chaos, dem 956Reads—Score106Shelves

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    The fantasy novel I've been reading recently features a male protagonist who is the female protagonist's slave. The female protagonist is very strong and wicked, but they mutually tame each other. Everyone in the group is morally ambiguous, except for the male protagonist who's obsessed with romance; everyone else has their own lives. Many of the stories are hilarious 🤪

13. 63 权 Vortex of Power and Desire 权欲之涡 Misty Isle Beneath the Starry River烟屿落星河Urban2.4M WordsOngoing A career in government is like a bottomless abyss: one wrong step, and you’re shattered to pieces. Wu Liangyou has barely entered the political arena and hasn’t even tasted power when he’s already caught in the mire. Should he bow his head and bide his time, or risk his life in a desperate fight? The abyss cannot crush a ruthless man daring enough to change his fate. Watch Wu Liangyou break out of a hopeless situation, escape death, and rise to the top over a trail of blood. 115Reads6.1Score106Shelves

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    I've been watching this continuously, even staying up all night to watch it.

14. 64 女 Nuwa Awakens: Who's in Charge of the Three Realms These Days? 女娲醒后，这届三界谁带班的 A Lifetime of Xiuer秀儿一生Ancient Romance621k WordsOngoing Absurd Comedy + No Romance + Subverting Expectations + Ensemble Cast Nuwa slept in for ten thousand years. When she opened her eyes, it was 2030. Heaven had opened up trade with the mortal realm, the underworld had completely overhauled its rules of punishment, and the Three Realms were a total mess. Nuwa laughed in exasperation and decided to investigate in person. She initially thought the problem was that the gods had all given up. But the deeper she dug, the more she uncovered an ultimate t 1.8kReads—Score123Shelves

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    It's so good, so funny!

15. 65 我 My Glory Days in Dongguan 我在东莞的高光岁月 Warm Wine, Waiting for the Wind温酒等风来Urban394k WordsOngoing My name is Chang Da Qiang. I was born in a small, underdeveloped county town in the late 1980s. My parents were farmers, and in those days, when everything was desperately poor, I graduated from a junior college and looked for work in my hometown. After hitting one dead end after another, I made a bold decision: I headed south to Guangdong to try my luck. Through hard work, I finally had the experiences that inspired this novel. 2.1kReads—Score117Shelves

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    These two books are super good! →_→

16. 66 那 The Happy Years I Spent in Dongguan 那些年我在东莞的幸福往事 Sparse Shadows in the Courtyard疏影庭前Urban299k WordsCompleted [Urban everyday life] + [multiple heroines] + [first person] My name is Hao Jian. I'm a college graduate who left a small inland county to make a living in Dongguan. A female classmate who'd been quite a flirt back in school introduced me to the city. I thought I'd find a factory job and earn some money, but things didn't go as planned. I ended up in a bar, and that's where my life took an unexpected turn. 5.9kReads6.0Score538Shelves

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    A super good book! ^O^

17. 67 半 A Lifetime of Political Scheming 半生权弈 Hui Mo Bai徽墨白Modern Romance389k WordsCompleted All nine of her sisters had passed away, leaving Zhao Daqiao alone. Her mother had cracked her head open begging, just to get her into the Reform Team. When her best friend got pregnant before marriage, Zhao Daqiao was powerless to help, and the two fell out. She thought that treating her friend with sincerity would mend the rift between them, never knowing that betrayal, denunciations, and crackdowns would follow one after another from that day on. It started with a basket of eggs. She was corn 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The conman's grandfather came to the door with a child in his arms: "His real mother is your daughter, you can take this child with you."

18. 68 都 The City’s Blade in the Night 都市之暗夜利刃 A Sword Writes of Spring and Autumn一剑书春秋Urban1.2M WordsOngoing He was the supreme legend of the underworld, founder of the Dark Blade, and a force to be reckoned with in the global assassin and ancient martial arts worlds. After a lifetime of bloodshed, he used his blade to hold the darkness at bay. Decades of bloody battles left him with deep-rooted combat trauma and a crippling thirst for blood. Su Hao, a top-tier assassin who had seen through the fighting and grown tired of killing, shed every accolade and returned to Donghai under an assumed name. From —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 69 签 I Signed In to Get the Snow Dragon Cavalry, Then Forced Emperor Wu of Han to Abdicate 签到大雪龙骑，我逼汉武禅位 Cooling Off in the Late Millet Shade晚禾乘凉Historical174k WordsOngoing An ordinary modern man transmigrates into the body of Crown Prince Liu Ju, just as the Witchcraft Crisis is unfolding and he is about to be forced into rebellion. He activates the sign-in System and starts with ten thousand Snow-Dragon Cavalry troops, staging a Han Dynasty version of the Xuanwu Gate Incident to seize the throne. He slaughters Jiang Chong and the other treacherous ministers overnight, takes control of Chang'an's military forces, and surrounds Ganquan Palace with cavalry, forcing 95.6kReads—Score12.6kShelves
20. 70 我 I Failed the Exams, So I Secretly Founded a Martial Arts Academy for Humanity 我落榜生，暗中创办人族武道学院 Cooling Off in the Late Millet Shade晚禾乘凉Urban206k WordsOngoing Failed the college entrance exam and mocked as a good-for-nothing? Luckily, the Human Martial Arts Academy Founding System has successfully bound itself to him! Ten years from now, the myriad worlds’ underground realms will merge with reality, and humanity will be on the brink of extinction! From the start, Lin Chen rewrites the history of the world, creating from thin air a hidden martial arts realm that has existed for ages. He tricks his classmates into joining, secretly recruits the seeds of 41Reads—Score113Shelves
21. 71 雌 Female Rivalry in an Upside-Down World 雌竞之颠倒世界 Only Eats Cilantro, Wuxia Edition只吃香菜武侠版Urban846k WordsOngoing Xiao Ran woke up one day to find that he had transmigrated to an unfamiliar parallel world. Here, the ratio of men to women was severely imbalanced, making men the rarest resource around. Walk down the street and people would gawk at him; visit a job market and companies would fight over him; trillion-dollar conglomerates would compete to offer him a high salary. Not because he was especially capable, but simply because he was a man. At first, Xiao Ran only wanted to save enough money for the 875Reads6.4Score105Shelves

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    Here it comes, multiple female characters, a satisfying read.

22. 72 人 At the Demon Suppression Bureau, I Kill, Never Save, and Get Explosive Traits 人在镇妖司，只杀不渡爆词条 Little Dragon Who Loves Fried Eggs爱吃荷包蛋的小龙Eastern Fantasy93k WordsOngoing Transmigration + System + ruthless action + power fantasy + no goody-two-shoes hero Transmigrated into the Great Xia Dynasty, where demons run rampant. Lu Chen awakens a trait-fusion System! Slay a demon and get a trait. Traits advance through white, green, blue, purple, gold, and red. With top-tier red traits at his disposal, his combat power defies the heavens. While others cross the river to atone for their sins, I slay demons and quell chaos! Join the Demon Suppression Bureau, wield a b 846Reads—Score156Shelves

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    Take a look at this book.

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