Personal List: Books I Tried but Couldn't Finish 自用书单—看过看不下的书们

1. 1 漫 Role-Playing a Dual Personality as a Background Character in a Manga 漫画路人的我扮演了双重人格 Kong Jihai空纪海No CP1.0M WordsCompleted [A request for readers who bought the full novel: please leave a rating now that it's complete!] [Currently serializing Can a Socially Anxious Shut-In Become a Popular Character? The blurb is at the very bottom~] Ji Qing, an S-rank freshman at the Esper Academy, was on his way to register when he got bound to a manga forum System. Comparing the manga with the school's brochure, he realized that the manga's protagonist was a classmate in his year. Ji Qing: Interesting. At this point, the protago 17.2kFavorites16.6kClicks/ch39.7kGifts

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   I'll just leave it at that; I like the reference, but it's a bit confusing. 26.3.2

2. 2 工 A Tool Character's Guide to Self-Rescue 工具人自救指南 Evening Moon Half夕月半Danmei (BL)579k WordsCompleted [My completed novel, The Cannon Fodder Never Saw It Coming [Quick Transmigration]. I hope you’ll show it some love~] Blurb: Mu Yin transmigrates into a book, becoming a minor character who serves as a plot device in the early chapters. At a mysterious and powerful academy for people with supernatural abilities, a group of gifted boys who can’t stand one another have gathered. Each of them should be a once-in-a-millennium genius, yet by some strange coincidence, they were all born around the sam 40.5kFavorites47.2kClicks/ch26.6kGifts

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   Hmm, I like this kind too, but it's a bit too strong for me. I'll just post it here 🍉 26.2.23

3. 3 公 The Young Master Won't Be a Good-for-Nothing [Book Transmigration] 公子不为[穿书] The Lone Moon Shines Bright孤月当明Danmei (BL)891k WordsCompleted Xie Xiyu, whose grace outshone the nobles of the Wei court and whose talent surpassed everyone in Linyang. He was the jade tree born into the Xie family's noble household, a peerlessly elegant young master. More than that, he was the unattainable moonlight in everyone's heart. And this was the life stolen from Xie Buwei. Xie Buwei was the real young master. Xie Xiyu, however, was merely the son of a family servant. Yet even after the truth about the servant's son being switched at birth came 23.1kFavorites22.2kClicks/ch7.3kGifts

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   Hmm, put it here for now, 26.2.18

4. 4 她 She Went on a Rampage in the Military Academy League [Interstellar] 她在军校联赛杀疯了[星际] Cutting Brocade into Words裁锦字Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After dying in a lightning tribulation, Yan Changfeng transmigrated to Garbage Planet 5271. With no parents, she survived by scavenging trash, and a System was bound to her that let her draw talents by collecting garbage. [Accumulate 100,000 energy points to unlock the card pool and draw a talent.] One piece of trash = 1 energy point = 1 star coin. To reach 100,000 energy points, she'd have to spend her whole life scavenging. Yan Changfeng thought the heavens were messing with her. At long last, 13.1kFavorites14.9kClicks/ch13.2kGifts

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   I like the tropes, but I can't handle the plot. I'll leave it here for now. (26, 2, 14)

5. 5 第 The First Lord [Global Survival] 第一领主[全民求生] Gathering Starlight and Frost挽星霜Romance717k WordsCompleted Li Zhao transmigrates into the hottest survival game of the moment, a game played by everyone. Every player of Doomsday Descends knows that the number-one powerhouse on the leaderboard, Zhao, has the stamina of ten people. When she tops the Territory Points Leaderboard, the Survival Time Leaderboard, the Achievement Points Leaderboard, and countless others, players across the public chat copy and paste: You worked yourself to the bone just to claim the top spot! Are you trying to kill yoursel 35.9kFavorites47.4kClicks/ch57kGifts

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   Hi, I like the copywriting, but the plot is too bland. I'll leave it as is. (26'2'14)

6. 6 这 This World Needs More Heroes [Western Crossover] 这个世界需要更多英雄[综英美] Drifting in a Frost-Free Harbor流离不冻港Romance529k WordsCompleted Philomina silently gazed at the tattoo on her wrist. It had appeared out of nowhere two days ago, after she was hit by a bullet. At a loss for what else to do, she finally made up her mind and pressed her right index finger against the tattoo again. Almost instantly, she heard a voice that no one else could hear. [Hero System activated. Hello, I'm Athena.] [This world needs more heroes.] Please note before reading: [Important: Superman will die early in the story and come back to life 40.7kFavorites120.1kClicks/ch54.1kGifts

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   Hmm, I like the design, but it feels a bit bland to me? 🍉26.2.5

7. 7 我 I Can See the Murder List [Nineties] 我能看到凶杀名单［九零］ Ten Miles of Quiet Joy十里清欢No CP1.2M WordsCompleted [Blurb for this novel]: Yan Zhengyu, a criminal investigation team captain, had solved countless major cases. After an accident, he transmigrated to more than thirty years in the past and became a newly hired beat cop. The original owner of this body should have been the eldest son of a wealt 52.5kFavorites66.5kClicks/ch73.6kGifts

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   I like this kind of thing. But some of the logic in this piece is a bit rough for me [laughing and crying emoji] 26.2.4

8. 8 万 The Heartthrob Strategist Was Reborn 万人迷毒士重生了 Cloud Persimmon云柿子Danmei (BL)588k WordsCompleted The complete novel costs about as much as a cup of milk tea. I hope my lovely readers will support the official release QAQ My next novel, Does the Frail Black Lotus Have to Be a Scum Top Too?, is coming soon. [Infatuating beauty bottom, a poisonous strategist who brings a nation to ruin × aloof, corrupted imperial tutor top] After transmigrating into a chaotic ancient world, Chen Xiang took on the role of a cold-blooded, poisonous strategist to complete the S 15.3kFavorites15.8kClicks/ch7.8kGifts

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   I quite liked the premise, but the writing style didn't quite resonate with me. I'll just post it here for now [glasses]. 26.2.3

9. 9 我 I Made a Fortune of Ten Billion by Livestreaming Under Secret Identities 我靠马甲组织直播敛财百亿 Mrs. Bitter Gourd老苦瓜夫人No CP649k WordsCompleted *Currently giving the entire story a thorough edit! [Main story focuses on Detective Conan / Bonus side-story arcs are currently updating for free] [Due to health issues and a lack of inspiration, the author ran out of ideas, and this story was on a long hiatus and behind a paywall. Things have now recovered, and the entire story has been written in advance. It will update daily at midnight. Once the current volume is marked complete at an appropriate point, all remaining chapters will be releas 35.5kFavorites77.3kClicks/ch9.5kGifts

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   Move it to a different location. I saw it a long time ago; it looks like the tail was cut off at the end. 🤔 26.2.3

10. 10 谁 Who Says a Medic Can't Knock Someone Out with One Punch? 谁说医疗兵不能一拳一个了 A Hundred Cities' Farewell百城辞Romance321k WordsCompleted [Blurb] Meng Bai transmigrated. A genius medical cultivator who once made waves in the cultivation world, she suddenly found herself in an interstellar age of advanced technology. In this world, where threats from mutated creatures were rampant and the entire Federation valued military strength above all else, Meng Bai figured that as a medical cultivator, she didn't need to be as famous as she had been in her past life. She only 14.4kFavorites16.9kClicks/ch9.5kGifts

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    Hmm, it slipped away. I'll leave it here. 26.2.3

11. 11 伪21+ Faking a Psychopath 伪装疯批 Fang-Tusked Bamboo獠牙竹子Danmei (BL)357k WordsCompleted 66.8kFavorites79.3kClicks/ch49kGifts

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    My threshold for awkwardness is still too low, sigh. 26.2.3

12. 12 我 I'm Great at Rolling Dice [Tabletop Role-Playing] 我投骰子贼溜[跑团] Qi Ming祈鸣Danmei (BL)198k WordsCompleted From the moment Qu Ran was thrown into this dangerous game, the only thing that comforted him was having a game NPC at his side who was played by a real person. This unexpected host of a tabletop role-playing-style instance was powerful, calm, and unflappable. Aside from occasionally getting confused about which side he was on, he was almost the perfect teammate. That is, until Qu Ran met a real game employee, who told him, "There have never been any NPCs played by real people in the game." - Pe 7.1kFavorites10.8kClicks/ch3.3kGifts

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    I like the idea; I'll save it for next time. 26.2.2

13. 13 我 After My Father Successfully Usurped the Throne 我爹造反成功后 Flower Pastry and Wine花酥酒Romance483k WordsCompleted [Complete] Lu Yunxi has lived in Shitou Village for sixteen years. One day, she gets hit on the head and remembers that she transmigrated into this world as a baby. As a woman with an engineering background, she's used to bright, clean rooms and has eaten her fill of hot pot and roast duck. Looking at her current living conditions, Lu Yunxi rolls up her sleeves and gets ready to make some serious changes. Just then, a young general arrives to take them away. It turns out her father isn't dead. 40.3kFavorites61.5kClicks/ch10.9kGifts

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    The logic is a bit awkward for me, so I'm outta here. 26.1.16

14. 14 路 The Side Character Is Far Too Powerful 路人她过分强大 Listening to Rain in My Free Time闲时听雨Romance383k WordsCompleted A livestream is underway on the Star Network. Several outstanding cadets from a military academy are struggling to survive in the desert. Their shabby equipment, harsh surroundings, and hidden dangers have the viewers on edge. "This is so rough. They drew a deserted planet for their graduation exam? The whole place is desert. I wouldn't last a day." "No wonder they're outstanding students trained by the Empire. Not one of them has fallen behind." "Yeah, this is when you really see the differen 100.6kFavorites212kClicks/ch56.3kGifts

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    Hmm, the writing style doesn't quite appeal to me.

15. 15 豪 The Background Sister in a Beloved Heiress Novel 豪门团宠文里的背景板长姐 Bai Zhiye百枝叶Romance396k WordsCompleted Complete Chi Xuejin discovers that she is living inside a book, as the background cannon-fodder eldest sister in a pampered heiress story. The book has 300 chapters. For 260 of them, she exists only in dialogue, silently devoting everything to her family, from her time and money to her marriage. In the end, she dies shielding the heroine from a knife. The heroine, Chi Nian, is her younger sister, cast in the role of the pampered darling. She has three older brothers, who are actually Chi Xueji 39.5kFavorites69.9kClicks/ch15kGifts

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    "What a weird feeling" (?? Д ??*) The plot isn't for me, I'm so moved (#-.-) 26.1.16

16. 16 女 Disguised as a Man, I Snatched the Heir Apparent's Script 女扮男装抢到夺嫡剧本 Jiang Hongjiu姜红酒Romance654k WordsCompleted [Main story complete. Bonus chapters updated every other day at midnight.] Anti-theft, 70% Host, the person lying beside you is the seventh prince of Dayong, who has been lost from the imperial family. Please rescue him in time and become his savior. Then, as his concubine, help him ascend the throne and become his favorite consort. The livestream system is now active. Viewer tips can be converted into special abilities, such as strength, intelligence, charm... Lu Zhao is just about to reach out 25.1kFavorites34.1kClicks/ch13.4kGifts

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    There are some bugs in the beginning. The scene where they don't let you change clothes after falling into the lake seems unnecessary. 26.1.3

17. 17 全 The Only White Moonlight of the Whole Race 全种族唯一白月光 Honey Granola蜂蜜麦片Danmei (BL)503k WordsCompleted [Upcoming titles: The Tyrant's Little Mermaid Cub, The Beautiful Cannon Fodder Pretending to Be a God. Shen Li's planet is about to enter the interstellar age, and the entire world is watching as people take part in an ascension game. As a male celebrity whose every appearance in the entertainment industry stirs up a storm, Shen Li is widely acknowledged as the most beautiful man around. Unfortunately, his constitution seems to a 48.5kFavorites58.2kClicks/ch64.6kGifts

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    Hmm, this is so different from the plot I imagined, and it doesn't feel quite right. I'm outta here.

18. 18 穿 A Fake County Magistrate Gives Money Online 穿成冒牌县令在线撒钱 Yan Ju闫桔Romance697k WordsCompleted Yu Miaoshu transmigrated. She transmigrated into the body of a fake county magistrate who had taken her brother's place. On her first day at the Feng County government office, she discovered that it owed nearly ten thousand strings of cash. A quick calculation on her fingers showed that, relying on her official salary, she'd have to work for over a hundred years without eating or drinking to pay off the debt! Yu Miaoshu couldn't stand hardship. All she wanted was to be a corrupt official with a 44.6kFavorites49.1kClicks/ch68.5kGifts

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    I read the beginning, but the logic in the early parts didn't quite resonate with me. (Temporarily leaving)

19. 19 普 An Average Girl, but a Genius Simulator (The 1970s) 普女，但天才模拟器[七零] Returning South回南Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Coming soon: Global Dumbing Down: I Become the Greatest Scholar. After transmigrating, Zhuang Yan binds herself to a Genius Simulator. [Congratulations, Host! You’ve drawn the 1970s! Your starting attribute points total 100. Please allocate them.] [Attribute points can be allocated to Appearance, Intelligence, Health, Family Background, and Charm.] Zhuang Yan spent her whole life as an ordinary person... She never ranked first in her class, couldn’t 39kFavorites52kClicks/ch150.7kGifts

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    The plot after the mine-clearing in the first chapter is just too ridiculous! And what about failing an elementary school student's test? Hmm, that's a bit much.

20. 20 我 After I Died, My Scum Exes Went Mad 我死后渣攻们都疯魔了 Yo Er哟儿Danmei (BL)501k WordsCompleted Xiao Jing transmigrated into a book, becoming an early-death cannon fodder character in a series of melodramatic novels. Fortunately, his mission was simple: keep courting death and making people hate him, paving the way for the main couple. In the plot Sword Sovereign Senior Brother: My disciple is obedient and clever, unlike you, who irritates everyone at every turn. Billionaire CEO: As my stand-in, you must act just like him. Sinister Prince: Li'er's curse hasn't been lifted yet, so you mus 8.2kFavorites18.5kClicks/ch2.8kGifts

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    The crematorium doesn't seem very strong??1

21. 21 阴 The Gloomy Bottom Was Reborn After His Heart Died 阴郁受心死后重生了 Wan Zhou绾州Danmei (BL)514k WordsCompleted [Next novel: hzc's I Regret It Too Late After He Dies is now underway! The blurb is at the bottom] Xi Ying and Cang Shu Jing are twins. One struggled to grow up amid the pleasures and temptations of the mortal world, while the other was a pampered young master of an immortal sect. Only after Xi Ying was reclaimed by his parents did he learn just how vast the gap between him and Cang Shu Jing was. They were twins, yet Cang Shu Jing was a heaven-blessed prodigy admired by everyone. Xi Ying, mea 22.7kFavorites15.7kClicks/ch3.7kGifts

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    I still prefer crematoriums; the scattering of ashes is the best. More satisfying.

22. 22 柯 Detective Conan, but with a Literary Genius Experience Card 柯学，但文豪体验卡 Red Sunset over a Thousand Miles of Mountains千里暮山红No CP323k WordsCompleted [You'll see: #Hiro with Ranpo's script#Matsuda with the Boss Dazai script#Gin in a Mori-schemes-his-way-to-the-top version] [Please read the content warnings below carefully. If anything bothers you, please leave in time.] [This story will go premium on 10/20. Check out my completed stories and upcoming works, "Matsuda, Take Your Place as Boss" and "A Loop, or a Love Loop".] [Six thousand words daily, either in one combined update or two updates at midnight and noon.] The Space-Time Administrat 8.3kFavorites7kClicks/ch3.4kGifts

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    Ugh, I misunderstood the plot based on the synopsis [laughing and crying emoji][laughing and crying emoji] I can't continue reading.

23. 23 我EN My Useless Ability Is Domain Ice 我的废物异能是领域之冰 Man Xiaoyue蔓小越Romance971k WordsCompleted [Complete] In the age of supernatural abilities, the Interstellar Alliance prizes strength. Every citizen awakens an ability upon turning fifteen. Xu Jintang awakened a useless ability: Domain Slowdown. Domain-type abilities are rare, but the slowing effect is so underwhelming that it can only be used for support. So when Xu Jintang entered military academy, she was assigned to the support class. Hoping to improve her situation, she trained hard every day and quietly worked to grow stronger. 34.6kFavorites52.1kClicks/ch45.2kGifts

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    I read it a long time ago when it was serialized, and I got hooked again. Then I realized he looked so familiar [laughing and crying with face covered]. I seemed to be hallucinating Huo Yuhao a lot while reading it (?). I haven't read too much of it.

24. 24 真 The Real and Fake Young Masters Always Come to Blows 真假少爷总会打起来 Plain Long Sky素长天Danmei (BL)344k WordsCompleted They say wealthy families love mixing up their babies, then making the tragic real heir suffer before he returns home and has to outwit the pampered fake heir. But Jiang Lingshuang is a legendary necromancer returned from another world. No way. Why fight? One forbidden spell from me and the mansion and half the mountain will be gone. That's not very eco-friendly. Better to study than fight over family affairs! Wait, who captured the undead I sent out to buy things? So the furious grand mage sto 29.8kFavorites43kClicks/ch31.9kGifts

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    I like the premise, but the writing style and prose don't quite suit me.

25. 25 宗 The Junior Sister’s Cultivation Journal 宗门小师妹修行记 Perched on the Wall, Watching Peach Blossoms趴在墙头看桃花Romance751k WordsCompleted Pre-release: Chronicles of Cultivation at Xuanyu Sect. Blurb at the end. Blurb: After her perfectly ordinary life came to an end, Song Chi was perfectly ordinarily reborn in another world. Her family was ordinary too. Looking back four generations, her great-grandfather had the best spiritual roots, and even he only reached Foundation Establishment. The family’s little incense-and-powder shop had been passed down thanks to that capable great-grandfather winning the favor of a powerful patron. 36.2kFavorites40.1kClicks/ch27.7kGifts

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    Your synopsis is great, but your list of beauties makes up for it. A few chapters have passed, and I can't even tell which category this beauty belongs to anymore 😭😭😭 This is a scam!! The "daily life" tag just says the protagonist, an alien, blushes every day with two, three, or four beauties 😭😭😭

26. 26 听 I Heard I'm the Cultivation World's Savior? 听说我是修真界救世主？ Big Bro, Have a Cold Drink大哥喝冰阔落Romance568k WordsCompleted The moment Ye Lanqiu transmigrated into a book and saw her own face, she knew she definitely wasn't some random background character. Looking around, she saw an aloof senior brother cultivating the Heartless Dao, a junior sister who might be a lovesick fool, and an outer-sect junior brother with a useless spiritual root who was following the underdog-to-powerhouse route. Ye Lanqiu: Hahaha, all the tropes are stacked up, triply stacked. No matter how you stack them, I'm doomed! At least she'd arr 51.1kFavorites50.7kClicks/ch26.7kGifts

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    The title is very appealing, and the writing style is good too. It's just that the plot and writing style aren't quite to my taste. I'll leave it here for now and maybe I'll enjoy it more after trying something different. [Cat paw]

27. 27 和 I Lost My Memory the Night We Divorced 和离当晚我失忆了 Ten Directions Sea十方海Romance517k WordsCompleted The main story is complete! Shen Shuyan was a general’s daughter, with skin as fair as snow, a flowerlike beauty, and a spoiled, willful nature. When her family fell on hard times, her father used a life-saving favor as leverage to make Pei Heng, the chief minister of the court, marry her and protect her. On the very day Shen Shuyan moved into his home as his wife, she learned that Pei Heng loved someone else. Their marriage had been forced upon him, so after the wedding she suppressed her true 51.4kFavorites59.9kClicks/ch11.2kGifts

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    I only read the free chapters. The writing style is three stars, and the reading is quite smooth, but the plot was a bit painful for me [crying emoji][crying emoji]. Just a quick rant: in the three years before the amnesia, did the male lead only focus on his career and know nothing about his family life? The female lead was just constantly burdened by stress and exhaustion. After the female lead lost her memory, the male lead inexplicably started paying attention to her again (mainly because he started noticing the suffering she endured at home, and he suddenly saw her as a person). 💔 Help! He's the Prime Minister, I don't believe he's so oblivious; he seems incompetent. The female lead is some kind of extreme tool, and the male lead even openly admits he always thought she was only there to have children. I guess this kind of thinking is normal in ancient Chinese novels, but it's a bit jarring for me [crying emoji]. Why would I want to read about such a normal ancient man? He should perform a "correction" act for me, and then later show some affection and say that women are good for more than just having children [angry emoji]. Seeing this makes me feel so uncomfortable; I'm too old to read this kind of stuff. I was just being nosy and saw that melodramatic plot twist, so I decided to check it out. The synopsis was pretty clear (I'll do it again next time [glasses]). I thought that since it happened at least a few years ago, the male lead would have to go through a dramatic, dramatic turn of events, but before the VIP chapters, there wasn't a single hint of the two of them being all sweet together. Wait, no, the drama is over! They didn't even leave me a spark [melted]. The female lead is currently 18 years old, but after losing her memory, she perceives herself as 14. She also had a crush on someone when she was little. Then, looking at the table of contents, it turns out they did it before she even regained her memories! Help! 💔💔 I was looking for a book when I was out of reading material, stopped by a bookstore, and got a hard kick. I lost patience and ran off. I'll save this so I don't forget and have to read it again later (my terrible memory).

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