Novels like City of Marriage
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as City of Marriage, best match first.
- 51 The Woman Next Door 邻家女人 The lives of women in an old Shanghai mansion [A self-conscious, bullied high school beauty who draws everyone in + a devoted childhood sweetheart who is her pure first love] [A chaotic, troubled painter + a refined, domineering gallery owner, drawn to each other] [A despairing housewife with depression + her cold doctor husband, who has to fight to win her back] [Urban romance + sweet campus love + an ensemble of women] In an old French-style mansion in Shanghai, Zhang Yajing has just signed a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Desire by the Bedside 枕边之欲 On one side, Lang Xi was gently making his feelings known. On the other, Lang Xin was behaving outrageously. The two scenes kept intertwining in my mind, driving me to the brink of madness. What should I do? Call them out directly, or pretend nothing happened? What does the person beside me in bed really want? 2.1kReads8.2Score15914d adds
- 53 Uncovering the Past of the ‘Third-Line’ Defense Industry Workers 揭秘:“小三线”军工人的往事 A Look Back at the Past of the “Third-Line” Defense Industry Workers 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 What's Got You So Proud? 你牛什么牛 Also known as The Yueyue’s Terrible Mother-in-Law. Through the story of an unusually strong-willed woman’s life, this novel offers a profound look at the dialectical relationship between personality and fate. From many angles, it examines the rise of extreme feminism in contemporary society. It also gives serious thought to marriage and romance, raising children, and human relationships in the modern world. It offers important guidance for a new generation in the twenty-first century on developi 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Blossoming Where the Ice Lies 向冰封处绽放 (Rising from the Bottom + Cross-Border Business Rivalry + Hard-Core Legal Drama) This novel is ideal for professionals and students in business, law, and the worlds of finance, investment banking, and consulting. It tells an idealistic yet realistic story about young people today and contemporary Chinese companies. The business rivalries and legal elements are highly technical, while the emotional relationships are restrained and true to life for adults. It may take some effort to get into, and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Xiaoming's Guide to Business 小明的生意经 [Urban] [Workplace] [Romance] Life is a business, and love is, too. It all depends on how you manage it... Mutual benefit is the secret to a lasting business. Don't expect to strike gold in one go. You might get away with cheating someone once, but next time, you could be the one who gets cheated... Wang Dongming takes that same approach: building things up little by little and putting himself in other people's shoes. He wins over influential people, clients, family, lovers, and friends with his 323Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 57 The Night Is Hungry, and There’s No Escaping His Possessiveness 夜色贪婪，逃不开他的占有 After her fiancé and best friend joined forces to take everything from her, Su Xiaoran fell from the clouds into the mud. In her moment of despair, she stumbled into Gu Haifeng's arms. The man gripped her chin and said in a low voice, “From today on, you're mine.” The scumbag and the bitch? She'll make sure they lose everything and end up disgraced! As for this powerful tycoon? Su Xiaoran only wants to run, but he pins her in a corner, possessiveness overflowing. “Running? Where do you think you 614Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Let Me Build You a Home 我来给你装个家 Who would lose the house they worked so hard to earn just because they fell in love? Jiang Ning. Who would scrimp on everything, from food and clothes to housing and travel, just because they fell in love? Yang Wu. They were both willing to do it for each other. The road may have been hard, but together they were always happy. In the end, they found a home and a life together, sharing three meals a day through all four seasons. 1.5kReads9.4Score14914d adds
- 59 The Legend of the Top Salesperson 销冠传奇 No connections, only a shadow. But competition cannot be stopped. In an age when there are too many people chasing too few opportunities, you have to compete constantly to claim your share of the resources, with no end in sight... 1.2kReads8.9Score10714d adds
- 60 My Nearly Forty CEO Wife 我的奔四总裁小娇妻 The second volume is out now. Come back for more! Follow the author's page and add the book to your library so you won't lose track of it!!! I'm Ma Ming, male, 21, and currently a university student. I can do 600 push-ups in one go. I can do 500 sit-ups in one go. I run every day to stay fit, and I'm good at both singing and dancing. I can down five large glasses of beer, eight glasses of red wine, and three glasses of whiskey in one sitting... “Let's not get sidetracked. Here's the deal: I have 4kReads9.4Score25114d adds
- 61 Moonlight over Goddess Lake 女神湖的月光 As modern pollution encroaches on the home of the gods, a Mosuo girl who refuses to accept her fate and a young man who relies on science must join forces. By bringing modern science and technology into harmony with traditional culture, they must restore vitality and help humanity and nature thrive together. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 After We Broke Up, the Ice-Cold CEO Won't Leave Me Alone 分手后，被高冷女总裁赖上了 [Urban Slice of Life + Sweet Romance + Slow Pace + One Heroine + Aloof CEO vs. Tsundere Man] After breaking up with his flight attendant girlfriend at the airport, Qin Feiyang called a taxi to leave. The app soon showed that the car had arrived, but there was no sign of it. “I’m sorry, sir. I’ve got a flat tire!” the driver said apologetically over the phone. Qin Feiyang had no idea that someone had stolen his taxi. That person would become the love of his life. The gears of fate had already beg 16.6kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 63 I Brought a Billion Home and Now I'm Lying Flat 我带着十个亿，回老家躺平了 At twenty-eight, Lin Chen hits rock bottom in a single day. His company lays him off, his girlfriend of three years dumps him for being broke, then turns around and gets into a rich second-generation heir’s BMW. Even his landlord throws his belongings out of the rental apartment in the middle of the night. Just as he’s at the end of his rope, a bank text suddenly pops up: [1,000,000,000.00 yuan has been deposited into your account] To hell with 996! To hell with buying a house or a car! Lin Chen 83.4kReads6.4Score2.4k14d adds
- 64 About Being a University Professor on a Dating Show 关于大学教授我上恋爱综艺 A sweet fanfic of the third season of Let’s Fall in Love! Chen Qingquan transmigrates to a parallel world and, after some hard work (and a few cheats), lands a prestigious position at his alma mater, eventually becoming a professor. At twenty-seven, he can certainly be called a high-quality man. One day, while he’s busy with research, the associate dean approaches him with a mysterious air and says: “Xiao Chen, I have an assignment for you.” “What? You want me, a university professor, to go on a 1.2kReads8.8Score10414d adds
- 65 She Wants My Medical Skills, but She Wants Me Even More 她馋我的医术，更馋我的人 Urban Miracle Doctor | Beautiful CEO | Flirty, Feel-Good Story He has a pair of hands that can save lives, yet somehow he keeps attracting women who want him for themselves. She craves his medical skills, but she wants him even more. From an insignificant nobody to a miracle doctor who shakes the city, he was never meant to live an ordinary life. In this life, he will heal the world and show everyone who the real winner is! 349Reads—Score10114d adds
- 66 Love with All Your Heart 尽情去爱吧 Based on a true story, newly rated. A literary gem, finely written, not a web novel. When desire and morality collide, human weakness becomes a blade that wounds others. The Peking University campus is merely the story’s starting point. The Beijing financial world is where the real story unfolds. The author graduated with an undergraduate degree from Peking University’s Department of Physics. 18.5kReads8.7Score75214d adds
- 67 Reborn, Yet Still Unable to Resist 重生，依然无法抗拒 [A solemn statement from the author] This is a fictional work set in a bygone era. All characters and events are artistic inventions. Any portrayals of historical figures or events are imaginative, entertainment-oriented speculation based on publicly available information, and do not constitute factual statements. They have no connection to any real people or events. Please do not assume otherwise. 1.7kReads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Everyday Life in the City: A Rich Heir in Beijing 都市日常：富二代在京城 "Love in the Mortal World: My Wild Wife in the Capital" My name is Tang Feng. I used to be a combat sports athlete and achieved some impressive results. After retiring, I started a new life. I came to the capital to experience life, embarking on a winding, realistic, and thrilling journey. From the start, I shared a rental apartment. The landlady would later become my wife. She was beautiful and wild. 2kReads8.7Score14314d adds
- 69 My Days as a Sugar Baby in Bangkok 我在曼谷傍富婆的日子 While traveling in Thailand, deliveryman Zhou Zihao meets Shilin Suolawei, the daughter of a Thai conglomerate, through a series of strange coincidences. Amid cultural clashes and class differences, he turns his life around with sincerity and smarts, all while staying true to himself... A down-to-earth story filled with warmth and emotions that slowly build. 12Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 70 Outside the Siege, Inside the Livestream 围城外，直播里 [Urban] + [Marriage Story] + [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] + [Suspense] + [Two Female Leads] + [No Romance] Less than a month after we got married, my husband secretly sold the house my parents left me to pay for his younger brother's wedding! I turned to the livestream chatroom "Sister's Hideout" for help, only to uncover an old case involving a body dumped in the water three years ago. It turned out I wasn't his first wife, nor would I be his last target. He used marriage as bait, laying 10Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 71 Middle Age, and My Marriage Is an Empty Shell 人到中年，婚姻只剩空壳 From innocent young love to an unexpected pregnancy before marriage, she blundered into a marriage she’d never truly wanted. Before the wedding, her mother-in-law schemed constantly and was stingy, refusing to give even a penny in bride price. From the moment she entered the family home, she felt wronged and began to harbor resentment. After the wedding, her husband proved to be a complete mama’s boy: mediocre, unambitious, and incapable of taking responsibility. He did whatever his mother told 3.4kReads—Score16814d adds
- 72 That Day's Accident Swapped Our Lives 那一天的意外，我们互换了人生 The accident that day changed our lives, and we switched places. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Four Virtues: An AI's Growth Diary 四有AI成长日记 Four Traits: An AI's Growth Diary 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Xu Xue’er 徐雪儿 The everyday work life of Xu Xue'er, an ordinary office drone and medical student, and the sweet romance that blossoms between her and engineer Zhou Dongyang... A warm, down-to-earth story filled with delicious food and all kinds of sweet, thoughtful interactions!!! 20Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 75 Middle-Aged Man: My Lovely Wife Is Just Young 人到中年：娇妻她只不过岁数小 At forty, Xiao Zhenglong had a pretty relaxed outlook. He’d been married and had a daughter. He’d been in love, and it hadn’t meant much. His position wasn’t especially high, but in Hong City, he wasn’t exactly a nobody. As the youngest son in the family, he had older brothers to carry on the family line and older sisters to bring honor to the family. He could just enjoy life with his brothers, live freely, and settle scores as they came. That seemed like a pretty good way to spend his life. Why 10.7kReads8.4Score56414d adds
- 76 Neither Storm Nor Sunshine! 也无风雨也无晴！ Marriage Before Love, a realistic urban romance about everyday married life! Su Qin and Zhou Xinping marry after being introduced through a matchmaking arrangement, and they bicker constantly. Just as Su Qin feels disappointed and lost, a new dawn arrives. She discovers that her husband truly cares for her, and together they take on a new stage of life! 419Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Little Bridge Cave Family Compound 小桥洞家属院 [Period Setting] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Life] The results came out a few months after it was completed. This novel is fantastic! Zhang Yan and Deng Yang were born in the Xiaoqiaodong factory compound and grew up beneath the chimneys of the State Chemical Plant. There was no glamour or respectability here, only the bustle of daily life, sweat, arguments, and warmth. In 1997, as firecrackers exploded to celebrate Hong Kong's return, they still thought their parents would wear their work uniform 591Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 78 The Diplomat Left with a Child and Raised an Heir for Her Country 外交官她去父留子，给国家养了个继承人 The diplomat had a child and left the father behind, raising an heir for the nation 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Love at the Turning Point 爱在逆袭时 Couple pairing: Cheerful, determined sunflower VS cold, scheming, profit-minded man At 28, Shi Tong was out of work and out of love. Born into a humble family, she had worked hard to get through school and become an executive, and she'd even found a decent boyfriend. Then, overnight, her company went bankrupt and her boyfriend cheated on her with a rich girl. Down on her luck, she returned to her hometown for a high school reunion. There, Shi Tong struck up a conversation with Ji Ling, the camp 143Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 80 The Wrong Little White Bottle, and a Day of Laughing Until We Cry. 用错了的小白瓶，笑疯了的一整天。 One little white bottle used the wrong way, and the whole day turned into a riot of laughter. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 My Father's Era of the Fortress Villages 父亲的崮时代 Yimeng Mountain is a work of documentary fiction about the second generation of military-industry workers, telling the true story of the mysterious “Third Front” military factories. It retraces how the children of Third Front workers and their parents pressed on through successive waves of change. “Good people and good horses head to the Third Front.” The companies were reorganized and moved out of the mountains... They rose from the ashes as a red-culture base, as the home of China’s peaches, a 10Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 82 You Try to Guilt-Trip Me and Pull Strings? I'm the Kind Who Shows No Mercy, Not Even to Family 道德绑架还想走后门？我可是六亲不认的主 You try to guilt-trip me and pull strings? I'm the sort who disowns even my own family. 242Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Kicked Out After My Second Marriage, I Thrive Back in the Countryside 二婚被赶，我回农村混得风生水起 Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Modern Fiction, Period Setting, Building a Career, Comeback, Livestream Commerce, Getting Rich Zhou Xiaoya is forced by her in-laws to have an abortion during her second marriage. Her ex-husband marries someone new, and she leaves with nothing but her daughter, returning to her village. Everyone thinks she'll starve on the streets. Instead, she makes a fortune selling goods through her livestream, and even helps the whole village get rich. How did the woman who was 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen 我在深圳打工那些年 Two AI comic adaptations of this book are already online, and a third is in production. In 1997, I was 17, carrying 300 yuan as I left my hometown in Hunan and headed south to Shenzhen alone. With no skills and no temporary residence permit, I was chased by security patrols, turned away by factories, left hungry, and forced to spend nights hiding in a cemetery. I went from a penniless kid to a sewing-machine operator at a handbag factory, then seized the opportunities of the times, opened a shop 18.8kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 85 Love, Hate, and Old Feuds Between Two Generations 两代人的爱恨情仇恩怨 She is determined to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death, but her stepmother and stepsister frame her, plunging her into danger time and again! She escapes certain doom, and is fortunate to meet business tycoon Qin Haonan, who falls for her at first sight and pursues her… People reveal different sides of themselves when it comes to love and family, and a single thought can lead to heaven or hell! Good and evil both get what they deserve, and fate always comes full circle! Those who commi 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Cool Lips 凉唇 [Don't scroll away when you see the rating. There was a problem with the rating system just after launch; it actually deserves five stars across the board. Please give it a rating, and thank you.] [Beautifully written, with plenty of substance. Recommended for readers 30 and up.] [Realistic urban workplace + reunion after years apart + secret love becomes mutual] [Sapiosexual romance + two equally matched leads + strong female lead] For five years, they stood side by side as investment-world ris 4.6kReads6.1Score36014d adds
- 87 A Deadly Romance 致命情缘 In the 1990s, a stream of villagers headed south to find work on construction sites. The pain of leaving home, the hardship of being alone in a strange place, and the tangled ways of the human heart were all crammed into tiny workers’ sheds. Li Guixiang escaped after her husband used her to pay off a debt, while Chen Jianjun left his family and everything he owned behind to earn a living. Two people, each burdened by their own troubles, met and kept each other company, thinking they were only of 2.6kReads—Score18414d adds
- 88 A Woman's Journey Through Marriage 女人与婚姻的经历 [Female-Oriented + Modern Romance + Workplace and Marriage + Flash Marriage + Realistic Family Life] [Women, Love, and Marriage | A True Account of Marriage | Women’s Growth | Emotional Resonance] Before the grief of losing her mother had even faded, Xinyang was pressured by her whole family to get married and rushed into a flash marriage. She found her hastily chosen partner through a radio station and gave up the career she loved to throw herself into the daily grind of married life. She thou 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.7kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 90 Tales of Nanyang’s Old Town 南阳老城往事 Memories of a bizarre and absurd era, somewhere in the 1980s and 1990s. A girl vanishes into thin air; two murders over a pair of corneas, with a condemned woman repaying her debt at the execution ground; a thousand-year-old pottery shard traps a rich heir for life; a murder in a narrow alley shrouded in mystery; a disfigured old man fishes for ghosts by the river; a family’s secret history spanning half a century... These stories offer more than an eerie atmosphere. They focus on the suffering, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Husband Rules 老公最大 The campus belle, the top student, and the domineering CEO. This is the love story of Li Luoluo and He Kuang. Li Luoluo runs into He Kuang at her best friend's home, where a drunk He Kuang forcibly steals her first kiss. That unexpected encounter brings them together, taking them from bickering enemies to lovers. Their relationship begins by chance, caught between society's prejudice and the relentless advances of rivals, while danger and intrigue swirl through the business world. Li Luoluo does 712Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 92 Have I Been Possessed? 被夺舍了？ Have I been possessed? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 A Spring Rainy Night Like the Sound of Mountains 一夜春雨似山鸣 [A devoted, restrained media mogul vs. a cool, distant career queen] [Fated connection | Emotional growth | Love that grows over time | A slow and steady romance | Sweet yet heartbreaking | A realistic slow burn] A year ago, two people who had each lost the one they loved met by chance in the drizzle after a funeral. He saw the desolate fragments in her eyes. She saw the icy lake in his. A borrowed flame warmed them for a brief moment. She thought it was nothing more than a fleeting encounter 97Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 94 Where the Wind Leaves Its Trace, Beyond the White Line 风过留痕，白线之外 [Not a power fantasy, no System, realistic, action psychology, everyday mysteries] Bailing first met Chen Feng at a dinner her younger sister had arranged at the last minute. He was neat-looking and impeccably mannered, even keeping a carefully measured distance whenever he came close. But she soon realized this "temporary boyfriend" was no ordinary man. When she was hurt, he would pull his hand back. When she was wary, he would take half a step away. He always left every choice up to her, yet w 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Lost Feelings 迷失的情感 Lost Feelings 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Ruling the Realm: The First Secretary 权掌山河：第一秘书 After graduating from college, Zhong Dexing failed the civil service exam twice and had no choice but to make a living helping his older sister sell fruit. Then a turning point came: advice from a mysterious leader helped him land a civil service job. With his political savvy, he rose steadily through the ranks and made his way into an even more powerful circle. 27.3kReads8.9Score2.7k14d adds
- 97 The Art of the Deal: You Dumped Me for Being Poor? Why Are You Crying Now? 商猎：嫌我穷？分手后你哭什么？ [Urban] [Slice of Life] [Miracle Doctor] [Tycoon] [No System] [Hacker] [Big Shot] Eight years of devotion earned him only the words, “Let’s break up.” Eight years of giving meant nothing next to a whisper from her new love. He was the “Wolf King,” yet on a late night in 2013, the woman he loved most stabbed him in the back. Seven billionaires are fighting to marry off their daughters? A mysterious old man cries out, “You look so much like him”? Mu Feng couldn’t care less. All he knew was that th 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Cold-Faced Officer's White Moonlight 冷面军官的白月光 That night, they sat on the steps outside the photography studio, eating wontons. The July heat in Shanghai was stifling as a steamer, and cicadas poured their cries from the plane trees’ canopies, spreading them across the ground. Shen Zhi prodded a wonton with her chopsticks, then suddenly asked, “How did you get by during those two years in Yemen?” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Yun Zhong Bai He's Second Book 云衷白鹤的第2本书 [Highly Anticipated] [Officialdom Power Fantasy] [No NTR, No Major Angst] Song Yu comes from humble beginnings, knows where to draw the line, and understands people inside and out. Step by step, he stays true to himself and reads the situation, navigating between all sides. With talent and perseverance, he steadily advances along his career in government. See how the protagonist wins his superiors' favor, is repeatedly entrusted with major responsibilities, and gradually opens the door to an eve 55.7kReads8.5Score2.9k14d adds
- 100 Starting from Scratch: Three Years Flipping Little Boxes Made Me a Millionaire 白手起家，倒腾小盒子三年千万 Selling contraceptives in the dorm from the start gets you mocked? Disciplined? No problem! Make money while teaching in the countryside. After four years of hard work, build a fortune worth over a hundred million, turning ideals, love, and wealth into reality. [No Transmigration + No System + No Pocket Dimension + A Down-to-Earth Story of Striving] 13.2kReads8.1Score91414d adds
