Annual Reading List 年度书单

1. 1 科 The Academy of Scientific Magic 科学主义魔法学院 Green Rhythm青律Danmei (BL)746k WordsOngoing - A silly, imaginative story. Welcome, if you like! - On the first day of term, the freshmen looked utterly defeated. The screen on the Sorting Gate lit up with a little red flower: "Biochemistry!!" "... ?" The Sorting Gate twisted like a snake: "Civil Engineering!!" "... ??" A young wizard from Nottinghamshire asked in all sincerity, "Sorry, what exactly is civil engineering?" A young witch from New York was asked to show her phone. "Scan the code." The bald dean hung a QR code on the wall. "C 33.8kFavorites19.7kClicks/ch178.6kGifts

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   As the title suggests, it's about modern science and magic, with some Harry Potter universe elements but unrelated to Harry. I'm recommending it.

2. 2 救 Savior? Qin Shi Huang! 救世主？秦始皇！ Clear Forest, Pillow by the Stream清林枕流No CP499k WordsCompleted Ying Zheng was accidentally bound to a Savior System and sent to various chaotic eras to save the world. System mission: Please save all the people of the realm, our kind and gentle Savior Host. Ying Zheng pointed at himself. “…Me?” [Jixia Academy] He wasn’t the academy’s protector. He was the one who carried the academy away. This was a man who could make the feudal lords tremble with a single show of anger, and bring peace to the realm simply by staying at home. Achievement unlocked: Rivers w 21.9kFavorites21.1kClicks/ch61.5kGifts

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   The biggest cheat is that man!!!

3. 3 五 Everyday Life in 1950s Hong Kong 五十年代港城日常 Fragrant Crisp Chestnut香酥栗Romance1.8M WordsOngoing While traveling, Chang Weizhen happened upon a “Cosmic Pouch” and brought disaster upon herself. She died, then came back to life as a wealthy young widow in Shanghai in 1948. The original owner of the body had died in childbirth, and Chang Weizhen transmigrated into her body and delivered the baby in her place. Her husband was dead, and her brother-in-law's family was watching her like hawks. They planned not only to devour her inheritance, but also to use her and her newborn child to distract 32.8kFavorites39.2kClicks/ch156.7kGifts

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   Serialized novel, set in a port city.

4. 4 强 How the Strong Are Made 强者是怎样炼成的 Old Liver Mom老肝妈Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [This novel goes premium on the 22nd!] No blurb could do justice to the utterly outrageous content of this novel. She died, then was reborn. When she opened her eyes, she found she’d become a dinosaur, while her former kindred, now human beings, were studying her. They called her the Tyrannosaurus Rex! 1. A leveling-up story, slow burn, with a couple. 2. The female lead doesn’t remember who she is at first. 3. A crossover of horror and Marvel/DC. Theme: What joy it is to crush fate bene 160.8kFavorites216.7kClicks/ch2.2MGifts

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   5/5 Super good! It's the coming-of-age story of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and it should be considered a strong female lead novel. [Crying emoji] On my second read, I discovered that the movies mentioned in this book might be worth checking out if you're looking for something to watch.

5. 5 主 My Lord, I Bore You a Little Strategist [Three Kingdoms] 主公我为你生了个小谋士[三国] Yun San云弎Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Cao Cao has a useless old adviser on his payroll, a constant drag on the famous advisers of the Cao camp. His talented colleagues look down on him, and his wise and mighty lord can only sigh whenever he sees him. The old adviser has been at the bottom of the KPI rankings for years, hovering on the brink of unemployment or playing the chicken sacrificed to scare the monkeys. Then disaster strikes back in his hometown. His old wife can’t make ends meet and brings the whole family to seek refuge 68.8kFavorites90.5kClicks/ch139kGifts

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   "Extreme intelligence can be detrimental," a Three Kingdoms novel featuring a female protagonist with unparalleled strategic brilliance!

6. 6 盈 The Bountiful Lady 盈娘 Spring Is Not Green Yet春未绿Romance700k WordsCompleted Original title: Reborn into a Farming Family The Feng family had been refugees for three generations. With shallow roots, they had endured endless contempt. Only by Yingniang's father's generation, after countless hardships, had they finally acquired farmland and earned him the degree of provincial graduate. Their lives had only just begun to improve. Who could have expected that, while the poor go unnoticed even in a busy city and the rich find distant relatives even in the deepest mountains, 28.7kFavorites37.1kClicks/ch46.3kGifts

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   Only a novel could depict such a 99% perfect ending.

7. 7 绵 Miss Sheep and the Wolf 绵羊小姐与狼 Laughing Beauty笑佳人Romance303k WordsCompleted Lin Yin and her older brother both have sheep spirit forms. Her brother found a partner with a Border Collie spirit form because he was afraid of Border Collies and didn't dare turn his sister-in-law down. Lin Yin thinks that if she ever finds a partner, it will be because she loves them, not because she's afraid of them. Ye Gui heard from his friends that you shouldn't choose a partner whose spirit form is higher up the food chain. They're too timid, and if they get scared into tears, you'll h 116.3kFavorites156.2kClicks/ch185.1kGifts

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   The beautiful woman's book, [Let me see][Let me see], it should be a sweet romance novel, right?

8. 8 在 Selling Card Sleeves in a Trading Card World 在卡牌世界卖卡套 Brewed with Syrup糖浆酿酒Romance577k WordsCompleted Next up: Island Resort Management Simulator, inspired by Meizhou Island in Fujian. Blurb for this novel Chen Xingzhuo transmigrated to the interstellar era and grew up safely. She was ready to keep living as an ordinary office worker, but when her parents vanished overnight, she had no choice but to take over the century-old card-making shop passed down through her family. After she finished the paperwork to transfer ownership and was getting ready to tidy up and reopen the shop, she heard a w 6.5kFavorites7kClicks/ch3kGifts

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   I initially thought it was a card-making story, but it turns out the main plot involves completing missions within an interstellar system. There aren't any overpowered protagonist tropes; it's more of a slice-of-life story. [Cat paw emoji]

9. 9 暴 The Tyrant Heard My Inner Thoughts 暴君听到了我的心声 Pastoral Foam田园泡Romance701k WordsCompleted A month ago, Su Zhenzhen was in her room studying herbs. A month later, she'd become an NPC palace maid with no identity, kneeling on the floor as the matron taught them the palace rules and how to serve the tyrant of Great Zhou. Su Zhenzhen: ... - Since the tyrant doesn't like seeing people, Su Zhenzhen's workload is actually very light. Once she sweeps the floors before he gets up in the early morning, she can spend the rest of the day sitting nearby and daydreaming. It was a cold winter d 133.6kFavorites150.2kClicks/ch96.1kGifts

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   Completed. A story about a dark, crazy man and a timid, warm-hearted woman; it's a sweet story even if you don't think too much. 2026.2.10 Sometimes I wonder if the female lead encountering this kind of person is a curse or a calamity. The female lead running away is betraying his heart, but who had impure motives from the beginning and was hiding it? Only those who aren't sincere deserve to suffer a thousand needles. My little sister has always been so warm [crying][crying][crying]. My analysis is that when the female lead learned his identity, she was probably heartbroken and disappointed, like a cat lying to her, but she didn't want to hurt him and just wanted to stay away from him. It's finished!

10. 10 喜 How Could Someone Who Likes Plants Be a Bad Person? 喜欢植物的能是什么坏人 A Bowl of Egg Wine一碗蛋酒Romance478k WordsCompleted Xu Liunian is an office worker crushed by the grind. She works from nine to nine, commutes for three hours, and is about to lose her two-day weekend. In this dreadful climate, she does everything she can to hold on to her job. Her only hobby is growing a few plants. Well, just a few. When money is tight and the pressure is heavy, she sells seedlings on Xianyu to make a little cash. One day, a message popped up. xxxxx: Are you selling the all-white goose variety? xxxxx: I have hybrid anthuriums. 62.8kFavorites68.1kClicks/ch103.7kGifts

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    Completed. Ahhh, such a sweet story! The male and female leads are super cute!

11. 11 我 I Want Your Throne 我喜欢你们的王位 Pang Ha胖哈Romance889k WordsCompleted About this novel: Check out my completed stories about strong female leads in my author profile: The Grand Archmage Is Making Money Today, After the Spiritual Qi Revival, The Old King Is Away, So We Went Pioneering, and Hold Tight to the Wrench, among others. One more well-received, strong-female-lead power fantasy. You can skip the blurb below o(╥﹏╥)o. My new story, The Rules for a Traitor's Rise to Power on a Primordial Wilderness Road Trip, is now out. Coming soon: Can Infinite Failures Only 9.5kFavorites7.3kClicks/ch62.8kGifts

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    An ensemble piece, a fast-paced, action-packed story.

12. 12 在 Infinite Evolution in a Beast-Taming World 在御兽世界无限进化 Lychee Syrup荔枝糖浆Romance236k WordsOngoing Synopsis: One day, Mu Ning transmigrates into an interstellar beast-taming world! The good news: She gets to see beast tamers and all kinds of interstellar technology with her own eyes! The bad news: She's a bird. She can't become a beast tamer and can only be contracted by one! In this interstellar beast-taming world, beast tamers and ability users sit at the top of the food chain, while low-level evolved beasts are at the bottom of society, with neither human rights nor animal rights. For 54Favorites69Clicks/ch82Gifts

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    I initially thought it was a beast-taming novel, the traditional kind where humans tame beasts, but it turns out the female lead is the beast herself [winking emoji]. The new author's writing seems pretty good! This one seems to be abandoned.

13. 13 别 Others Sail the Seas, I Farm 别人航海，我种田 The Wind's Chime风的铃铛Romance906k WordsCompleted [Warning: Don't Starve + One Piece. Not faithful to canon, with lots of game-related headcanons. The protagonist is a player, and this is a Fourth Disaster story. You don't need to have played the game to enjoy it.] [A separate Whole Cake Island what-if story is now available] I’m Wendy, a Don’t Starve player, and I’ve arrived in this new world with the Don’t Starve game System. To make sure I stay alive, I’ve been working hard to clear land and grow crops. But I’m not very efficient on my own, 86.2kFavorites90.7kClicks/ch1.1MGifts

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    Completed. Farming and infrastructure building; even if you haven't read Don't Starve, you'll know some game terminology. Although there's a romantic pairing, it feels like the female lead's main storyline is still about fighting monsters and dominating the world.

14. 14 皇 The Emperor's Chat Group on the Sky Screen [天幕]皇帝聊天群 Clothes in September九月有衣No CP641k WordsCompleted The sky screen appeared. On the left was a fixed Imperial Reputation Ranking, on the right a live People’s Support Ranking, and between them was a chat group where everyone used their real names. First Emperor Ying Zheng read through the rankings and found only two people surnamed Ying: one at the very top, and the other at the very bottom. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, looked at Liu Heng’s surprisingly high ranking and contemplated life. Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, couldn’t find Crown Prince 80kFavorites129kClicks/ch295.4kGifts

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    Bullet commentary type, historical theme It was very engaging at first, but the writing style was just average. I'll just treat it as a way to broaden my knowledge.

15. 15 我 I’m Going to Build a Huge Tomb!! 我要建个大坟墓！！ Lady Qishan岐山娘Danmei (BL)1.2M WordsCompleted The new story [Becoming a Farm Owner in an Ancient Qi Refining World] is now underway. Come check it out, lovely readers! In his previous life, Xie Qi was mentally ill. After all, only a mentally ill person would dream every day of being hunted by monsters from a grave. But it didn’t matter: the monsters loved him, the grave loved him, and he loved the grave. So what was wrong with letting them kill him again and again in his dreams? Heh heh. After dying in the hospital, having united the gra 59.4kFavorites64.7kClicks/ch427.6kGifts

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    A bizarre BL series, no substitutes [crying][crying] but the author always writes the romance subtly, although it says BL above, it feels like it's asexual. That's how it was with this author's previous works; they would stop updating in the middle to later stages, and every book seemed to suffer from the same pitfall...

16. 16 中 Making a Profit as the Middleman in a Nationwide Survival Game 中间商赚差价，全民求生 lesliyaNo CP573k WordsCompleted Whenever she got stuck in traffic, Guan Ye would seethe with resentment, wishing she could head out to the wilderness and floor it to 280 kilometers per hour. Then a road-trip survival game where players stockpiled supplies descended, pulling everyone who met the requirements into the game. Looking at the empty, straight highway, Guan Ye was speechless. She hadn’t even gone to Yonghe Temple to pray. There was no need to mess with her wish, was there? [Road Survival Game Beginner’s Guide (Initia 50.9kFavorites56.8kClicks/ch150.9kGifts

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    The road trip story ended rather blandly.

17. 17 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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    I found out it's finished, but maybe because I followed it for so long, I can't remember much of the plot. It seems like it was just about upgrading the town and fighting bosses, kind of cliché? I don't really want to see the ending.

18. 18 培 Beast Taming Trainer's Diary 培育师日记[御兽] A Sweet Dream Above the Clouds云上有个好梦No CP592k WordsOngoing When Jiang Tang heads to the regional tournament battlefield to fulfill a promise to a friend, the tournament suddenly announces a new rule: Legendary Pokemon are banned from competing! One, two, three, four, five... The girl suddenly realizes she can't even put together a full team for the competition?! This is a story about a Pokemon breeder. Notes: 1. Many Pokemon and type details are heavily adapted from a famous game. 2. Real life gets busy, and I don't have a backlog. For now, updates wi 300Favorites242Clicks/ch1.7kGifts

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    A bland beast-taming story

19. 19 在 Shattering the Void in the Song Dynasty [Wuxia Crossover] 在大宋破碎虚空[综武侠] Green Radish Skirt青青绿萝裙Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Complete] A lilac knot on a hibiscus sash, no pearls tied there, but a treasured blade. □□秀 has three secrets to walking the path of shattering the void: 1. A martial art called The Void Scripture (her golden finger, obviously!) 2. A male lead. If there's a chance to fall off a cliff, count me in too. (Er Kang hand.JPG) 3. She's a genius (For real?) She joined Little Cold Mountain Temple. By day she swept up fallen leaves; by night she was in an infinite-flow story. Life was peaceful. Later 86.2kFavorites93.3kClicks/ch1.2MGifts

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    A crossover wuxia novel with a female protagonist. I really love the martial arts world the author writes about; I won't forget it in 2025 and 2026. This is my top recommendation!!! I've currently watched up to the Bat Island dungeon on October 9th. The female lead being transformed into a blind woman seems too tragic; I'm almost ready to give up on watching this dungeon. Bat Island ended on October 26th. I read the last few chapters, which were related to Chu Liuxiang. The author wrote them so well. Everyone has their own Jianghu (martial arts world), and I still prefer the Jianghu people and events depicted in literature. On December 23rd, Xiuxiu returned to the main world from the game "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty," having reached the realm of Sword Heart Clarity. It's finished.

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