Recent Reads: Long Novels 最近阅读-长篇

1. 1 被 After Being Bound to a Creepy Management Game 被诡异经营游戏绑定后 Ashes of the Green Lamp青灯烬No CP562k WordsCompleted Business management + urban legends + anomalous containment Blurb: A game called [Run a Paranormal Creature Exhibition Hall] suddenly appeared on Guan Liyuan’s phone. [Turn this long-abandoned old mansion into a world-famous exhibition hall for paranormal creatures!] [Read books and letters in the exhibition hall to uncover clues about urban legends] [Contain the paranormal creatures behind the urban legends, raise or modify them, and make them your assistants] [Carefully assess the danger 17.3kFavorites13kClicks/ch25.6kGifts

   Curator note

   It's good, the setting is interesting, and the world-building is unique. Thumbs up!

2. 2 神 The Amazing Chinese Student Tells Fortunes on the Streets of New York [The Millennium] 神奇留子在纽约摆摊算命[千禧年] Xie Xianxian谢仙鲜Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Zhao Zhenzhen unexpectedly transmigrated to the turn of the millennium, becoming an international student. She also gained a golden finger: an NPC character panel that let her see everyone's life story. From then on, Zhao Zhenzhen acquired quite a few nicknames. “Medium” to her classmates “Mysterious Oriental student” to her teachers “Eastern Master” on the streets of New York Zhao Zhenzhen: “What master? I'm no master! Don't be superstitious! This is scientific deduction! Observation! Easter 124.4kFavorites175.2kClicks/ch646.4kGifts

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   The characters are very appealing, and the theme really resonates with me [fireworks emoji]. It's great! An overseas story [heart emoji].

3. 3 江 A Jiangnan Tailor's Journal 江南裁缝日志 Xiu Yue Shiwu朽月十五Romance651k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Lin Xiushui was a tailor in her previous life. In this life, she's a tailor in the Song dynasty. Being a tailor isn't easy. First she works at a ready-made clothing shop to earn enough to get by, then she sets up a mending stall. To survive, she'll take any job, no matter what it is or how strange it may be, respectable or otherwise. The respectable jobs include mending holes in clothes and sewing all sorts of little things. The less respectable ones include making clothes for a m 30.2kFavorites35kClicks/ch55kGifts

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   The stories of artisans are quite heartwarming.

4. 4 美 American High School Sweetheart 美高甜心 Murdering the Moon谋杀月亮Danmei (BL)429k WordsCompleted [#International Romance #Younger Puppy #PDF Literature #Size Difference] [Recommending my wife’s nonhuman novel, The Widower’s Secret, by Chang Mao Ju] This story: ABC fake sweetheart, real mad dog × fiercely self-assured small-town exam ace Xi Yue had barely broken up with his ex-boyfriend when his funding for studying abroad was cut off. As luck would have it, just when he needed a solution, an agent messaged him to ask whether he was interested in a quick-paying job. Xi Yue: Thanks, but I’m 96.7kFavorites77.1kClicks/ch136.3kGifts

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   The character design really appeals to me; the protagonist studied abroad, and the timeline is quite realistic. It's fresh off the press!

5. 5 末 Doomsday Survival Apartment 末日求生公寓 Coffee Milk Tea咖啡牛奶茶Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Going premium on October 23. 10,000 words will be updated on launch day.] The bad news: the apocalypse is coming. The good news: you know about it 30 days in advance. The bad news: this is an apocalypse brought on by the arrival of the paranormal, and humanity has no way to fight it. The good news: a survival-apartment System has descended from the heavens and turned everyone into players. The bad news: players have to clear different game instances to earn points. The good news: game poi 63.9kFavorites84.6kClicks/ch126.5kGifts

   Curator note

   I've been following an infinite flow novel recently, and it's quite interesting. Ghosts invade reality, and humans do their best to survive and explore the strange world. The pace is also quite fast. The first few dungeons are about survival, while the later dungeons feature more ghosts, rule-based elements, trains, and so on. The dungeons are very comprehensive, and it feels like the story has only just begun. I'm looking forward to seeing how the story unfolds.

6. 6 重 Major Crime Scene [1990s Criminal Investigation] 重案现场[九零刑侦] Spring Pond Star春池星Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [The complete version is available only on Jinjiang | New novel now underway: Big Case Crimebusters [1990s Criminal Investigation]] Synopsis: Shen Zhenzhu transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a member of the police force. As a low-ranking neighborhood officer, her daily job is to mingle with the old men and women on every street and alley. Her days are leisurely, her home is nearby, and life is comfortable. Until one day, she “happens” to find a murder weapon while on patrol, cracking open th 47.7kFavorites57.9kClicks/ch135kGifts

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   The female lead is a cheerful, sunny girl; the story combines crime investigation with food; it's both depressing and healing... It's rare to find a female lead with such a cheerful personality, so this is quite interesting. Personally, I felt the plot didn't drag.

7. 7 这 This Director Only Makes Bad Movies 这个导演只拍烂片 A Page Full of Nonsense满纸荒言Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Aivela transmigrates to Hollywood and inherits a film studio. But she discovers that the studio is infamous as the “King of Knockoffs,” raking in piles of cash by cashing in on popular trends and making imitation movies, with titles like Thor the Hammer God and Pirates of Mar-le-bi... In her previous life, Aivela was an award-winning director with years of experience creating original films. She plans to make the studio quit copying others and get its act together by making original movies. But 43.6kFavorites53.8kClicks/ch78.4kGifts

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   The main character is a director, and the film primarily promotes knock-off movies. The premise is interesting; currently, the female lead is focused on building her career (no romantic partner). The real male lead hasn't appeared yet; he should show up later. [Doge emoji with rose in hand]

8. 8 重 Reborn in the 1990s: Rising to the Top of the World [Table Tennis] 重生90年代登顶世冠[乒乓] Jiu Chengjiu酒城九Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Pre-Release: "Infiltrating a Tycoon Family's Boys' School in Disguise as a Boy" and "I Became a Chief Forensic Pathologist Through My Sense of Smell [1990s]"] [Blurb:] Once hailed as China's national sport, the dream team of table tennis fell into decline after a series of major reforms seemingly aimed at the Chinese team: changing from a small ball to a larger one, replacing the ball's material, switching from best-of-five to best-of-seven matches, and more. They went three consecutive Olym 16.9kFavorites27.3kClicks/ch44.9kGifts

   Curator note

   The female lead's character is set up as a big-game player, which fits the image of an athlete and a genius. This book is quite interesting too.

9. 9 我 I Can Hear Objects' Inner Voices [Infinite] 我能看见物品心声[无限] Jasmine Peach茉莉蜜桃No CP1.8M WordsCompleted [Completed May 14, 2026] New novel out: "They Fight While I Farm, They Stay Poor While I Count Money". Blurb at the very bottom. Blurb: [Escape game + lighthearted infinite flow + not scary + anthropomorphism + inner thoughts] Jiang Yu was born with a special ability: she can see the thoughts of objects. She never expected that this ability would still work after she ended up in a strange escape game. When the NPC invited everyone to dinner, this was how the delicious food looked to Jiang Yu: 8.3kFavorites12.7kClicks/ch13.1kGifts

   Curator note

   The protagonist's talent is quite interesting.

10. 10 谁 Who Told You to Use Your Skills Like That? 谁让你这么使用技能的？ Jasmine Peach茉莉蜜桃No CP1.1M WordsCompleted [Completed on June 16, 2025] Synopsis: After accidentally clicking the wrong thing and being forced to download a rogue app, Su Luan enters a survival game called the Abyss that very night. Every player who enters the game receives an initial skill, and Su Luan's initial skill is Persuasion. Su Luan: Can I persuade the Abyss to let me leave? The Abyss revokes your Persuasion skill and sen 7.1kFavorites12kClicks/ch7.2kGifts

    Curator note

    What's interesting is that the protagonist's thought process for completing the game is quite unique.

11. 11 山 A Wizard Came to the Mountains [Western Fantasy] 山里来了个魔法师[西幻] Cai Ma才马Romance1.2M WordsOngoing After transmigrating to another world, she becomes the youngest son of a foreign farmer. Is she going to spend this life farming? Just as she frets over it, a magician who comes to the countryside gives her a chance to change her life. From then on, she embarks on a grueling yet joyful journey of learning. She begins to walk, then to run, racing toward a wondrous world whose wonders cannot be predicted... Female-to-male, no romance between men. The golden finger is MAX language-learning ability 5kFavorites22kClicks/ch8.1kGifts

    Curator note

    I love this Western fantasy novel with its "sword and magic" vibe. It feels very down-to-earth, and I really enjoy the everyday scenes. The plot is well-paced, making it a very enjoyable read in one go. I just have to keep following the updates [laughing and crying emoji].

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