On My To-Read List: Picking and Choosing, Don’t Let Me Miss Any 最近待看，挑挑拣拣一下，别漏了

1. 1 从 Starting from Zero: A Cultivation Family Simulator 从零开始的修仙家族模拟器 Walking with the Gods与神同行Romance878k WordsCompleted You play a family-building game. You start as an ordinary mortal, without even the faintest trace of a cultivator in sight, yet the goal is to build the greatest cultivation clan in the world. Unlike an ordinary family game, this one lets you pass the game down through generations. You can create each new clan leader, your apparent descendant, from scratch. After countless generations of hard work, you look at your overflowing inheritance points and the traits you’ve given the next clan leader y 86.6kFavorites81.4kClicks/ch319.5kGifts

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   It seems amazing; I'll take a look sometime.

2. 2 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 haven't seen it yet.

3. 3 路 After Bystander A Bound to JJ Literature City 路人甲绑定JJ文学城后 Chirp Chirp King啾啾大王Danmei (BL)1.4M WordsOngoing [Updates before midnight. If I don't update, I'll post a leave notice] One second, Yu Zhi was half-listening as a friend complained that the protagonist of some novel was a bloodthirsty, unhinged psychopath. The next, the novel's plot became reality. The apocalypse arrived, and pollution transformed the whole world. Some people were contaminated, mouths growing out of the tops of their heads. Others awakened and gained supernatural abilities. Yu Zhi: What the hell?! Bad news: He had never paid 86.4kFavorites99.6kClicks/ch201.7kGifts

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   It should be a very novel book; I'll check it out sometime.

4. 4 打 How to Cope When You Can’t Beat the Cat Downstairs 打不过楼下的猫如何调理 Sa Wu萨巫Romance699k WordsCompleted If the world looks like one huge game to you, and you can level up through battle, you choose the stray cat downstairs as your first opponent. Unfortunately... You failed... You failed... How did you fail again?! Get up! Lv1 ordinary human, take on this Lv6 kitty! - Lin Fuque binds herself to an “Interstellar Mecha Combat System.” Thanks to a translation error, she thinks she’s bound to a game. Desperate to pilot a mecha, she works hard to become a... master mechanic? 28.7kFavorites33.4kClicks/ch176.5kGifts

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   We'll see. The description isn't very appealing, but the person who wrote that book list gave it a high rating. I'll have to see how it turns out sometime.

5. 5 对 The Consequences of Falling in Love at First Sight with an A-list Actor 对影帝一见钟情的下场 Lin Guanqi林观棋Danmei (BL)576k WordsCompleted [The story is complete! Bonus chapters will appear at random. Thank you, dear readers, for your company and support! My next novel will be Who Is My Husband? The blurb is at the very bottom TvT] [Powerful, gentle, gorgeous bottom x calculating, love-struck, jealous, hypocritical top] [One-on-one romance, sweet contrast-and-cute bottom x scheming, possessive top] Xie Ci was once a genius swordsman renowned throughout the martial world. After he kindly rescued someone, he opened his eyes to fin 6.8kFavorites7.1kClicks/ch7.2kGifts

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   To be seen

6. 6 从 Becoming a Top-Tier Star, Starting with a Talent Show 从选秀开始成为顶流天王 Xie Canglang谢沧浪No CP725k WordsCompleted The End. Thank you for supporting the official release~ [Comments about pirated copies or real-life people will be deleted. Please respect one another. Thank you, everyone.] If life were judged by the roles of protagonist and supporting character, then Xie Xizhao seemed to have been cast as a cannon-fodder character in every one of his lives. As a boy band member, he was the invisible one with the least popularity outside the group, and the timid leader who was ostracized within it; As an acto 69.9kFavorites121.3kClicks/ch132kGifts

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   I will watch it.

7. 7 风 Borrowing Spring from Wind and Snow 风雪赊春 funny2333Danmei (BL)887k WordsCompleted A low-magic xianxia world ravaged by natural disasters, with melodramatic, ill-fated love and bitter entanglements. Dan Feng × Xie Hongyi: an explosive, quick-tempered body-cultivator top x a cold-blooded, cold-hearted crown prince bottom. Mutual pining, mutual betrayal, broken up and reunited, over and over. Years ago, we met beneath the snow, two lonely figures. Now let us entrust our grudges and gratitude to a sea of blood. I hunted my best friend for ten whole years. When his karmic debts b 10.2kFavorites1.7kClicks/ch21.9kGifts

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   I haven't read it yet. The description is weird, and I don't think I'll finish it.

8. 8 摆 Give Up, Give Up, Give Up!!! 摆烂，摆烂，摆烂！！！ The Beginning of the Clouds初云之初Romance1.1M WordsCompleted It took the eldest prince nearly thirty years to understand one thing: don’t force your way into a lane that isn’t right for you. . Listen up, everyone! I’m not fighting for the throne! . My father is the emperor. My sister will be empress someday, and my nephew will be emperor after her! . While my father is alive, I’m the eldest prince. When my sister rules, I’ll be the emperor’s uncle. When my nephew rules, I’ll be the senior elder of the imperial family! . As long as I don’t want to be emper 124.4kFavorites193.8kClicks/ch1MGifts

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   I haven't looked at it yet; it's a high priority.

9. 9 这 Can I Really Be a Cannon Fodder Like This? [Quick Transmigration] 这样也能当炮灰吗[快穿] Mighty King威威王Danmei (BL)1.2M WordsCompleted ❤️[Main Story Complete]❤️ 1: [The Detective at an Elite Boys' School] [You play a private detective, diligently investigating the mysterious F4 and the top student.] System: Uh, uh, they all think you're secretly pining for them in a yandere sort of way 👁️👁️, and they're even asking which one you like best?! 2. [Little Ghost] [A ghost who causes trouble for the main cast.] Love interest: Bro, did you say you're dating a ghost? 😱 Are you possessed or something? Just you wait, little ghost. I'll 30kFavorites33kClicks/ch46.9kGifts

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   This is a typical "popular but submissive" novel. I don't want to read this kind of story lately.

10. 10 人 A Mermaid in the Esports League 人鱼也要打电竞 Shisan Mu十三木Danmei (BL)551k WordsCompleted Liang Chen was the top-ranked player, a gifted rising star with a bright future as a pro gamer. But on the eve of the game’s professional launch, he was caught in a shipwreck. Fortunately, he awakened his merfolk bloodline and survived. He drank a potion and lost his voice. Every step was like dancing on the tip of a blade, but he paid that price to become human again, all to fulfill his promise to win the championship with his teammates. But by the time he returned to shore, seven years had pa 21.4kFavorites21kClicks/ch67.7kGifts

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    I will watch it.

11. 11 拼 The Great Daddy-Off: If You're a Dad, Come On In 拼爹大舞台，是爹你就来 Liu Chu流初Danmei (BL)1.2M WordsCompleted [Complete. Bonus chapters will be updated from time to time.] Five-year-old Nakahara Chirei transmigrated and immediately came face-to-face with a terrifying curse. System: [You are now bound to the "Daddy, Please!" System. When you run into trouble, summon your dad to slash an enemy for you! Defeat the King of Curses and you can go home!] Nakahara Chirei's dad was an ordinary salaryman, overworked and unlucky, working overtime every day. His other father, so he was told, had gone to paradise l 91.6kFavorites147.9kClicks/ch867.7kGifts

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    I only watched half of it and didn't finish it, so I'll pick it up again recently.

12. 12 k Kiss Maniac Syndrome kiss狂魔综合征 Gift Socks礼物袜子Danmei (BL)456k WordsCompleted [Publication rights secured. Updates on Weibo: @Liwu Wazi] Lu Xiping is a laid-back international student who gained hundreds of thousands of followers by filming a day in the life of a shut-in mouse-person. His mouse-person foil is his childhood friend Wei Shengyang, an unstoppable human dynamo who has had way too much energy ever since he was little. Fans love watching both the ultra-low-energy mouse-person laze in bed and the ultra-high-energy dynamo go shopping. But the account’s videos on 198.9kFavorites198.4kClicks/ch168.9kGifts

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    Look, it's a sweet treat.

13. 13 万 The Detective Everyone Hates (Who Happens to Be a Billionaire) 万人嫌神探凭亿近人 Wangwang Grilled Biscuits旺旺烤饼Danmei (BL)900k WordsCompleted Jian Ruoshen, a police academy student, transmigrates into a book set in 1990s Hong Kong and becomes the universally despised real young master, a cannon-fodder character there to make the universally adored fake young master shine. In the original story, the despised young master gives up a hundred-billion inheritance for the sake of family affection and love. In the end, his father loathes him, his lover abandons him and sends him to a rival’s bed, and he’s ultimately left to have his kidneys 192.2kFavorites280.8kClicks/ch316.4kGifts

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    Wait and see, I'm in line.

14. 14 站 [Entertainment Industry] A Fan Site Master’s Guide to Stanning [娱乐圈]站姐追星指南 Yan LiangAir颜凉AirNo CP1.2M WordsCompleted "Notice: Complete" "Next novel: Hey, Girl, Wanna Stan a Top? (System novel)" - From the end of the last century to the present day, fan communities have never been peaceful. There are minor squabbles every three days and major blowups every five. Then Jiang Caili appeared, and the things fans argued about began to change. When fan communities are buzzing Fan group A: Holy crap, Sister Li opened a fansite for my fave! Aaaah, my fave is going to make it big! Come on out and give us an update, ba 55.5kFavorites170kClicks/ch215.3kGifts

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    Haven't watched it yet

15. 15 角 Character Experience System [Entertainment Industry] 角色体验系统［娱乐圈］ Little Haven in Search of Light寻光小筑No CP1.6M WordsCompleted [Thanks to all the lovely readers who like Xiao Yu! My other serial in the same genre, "Top-Tier Star Reborn: Starting in Hong Kong’s Entertainment Scene", is updating now. Please support it. "Role-Playing System: Director Edition" is coming in 2026, so please add it to your favorites!] As a protagonist with maxed-out luck, Yu Xunguang received a System before his acting career had even begun. The so-called Role Experience System lets you meet the character you played in another dimension afte 39.2kFavorites44.8kClicks/ch189.3kGifts

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    I think I've seen this before; Yu Xunguang, the male lead, is so awesome!

16. 16 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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    I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard it's good.

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