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- 1 From Shepherd Boy to Writer 从放羊娃到作家 Wu Beiyan, a shepherd boy and the child of a military family, doesn't know whether his parents ever got married. Four shepherding companions are lured to a remote village by a “TV director.” As the four escape, some survey workers take them to an air force base. Later, a criminal police team escorts them. After Wu Beiyan rescues a girl in red, Du Xiaojuan, from a flood, he stays with a retired official's family in Linquan City and receives special care. When he returns to the Shazaoyuan Farm, th 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Tomboy's Guide to Buying a Home 女汉子买房记 Gu Cancan was a tough, no-nonsense woman. Just when she had introduced her boyfriend to her parents and was ready to buy a house and get married, he dumped her. The worst part was that he immediately started dating one of her coworkers. They worked at the same company, so she had to see them every day, and it made her furious. She decided to buy a place of her own, and by chance mistook the wealthy Ma Lie for a real estate agent. The two of them soon embarked on a loving relationship... 1.4kReads9.1Score18514d adds
- 3 The Strongest Military Logistician: Following My Wife to the Army in the 1970s 70年代跟老婆去随军最强后勤 After earning numerous merits, Zhu Mantong becomes a regiment commander at a young age. She takes her husband Qin Mobai, who is six years younger than her, with her to join the army. She never expects that Qin Mobai, whom she assumed would be a burden, is a genius in mechanics and electromechanical engineering. Once at the military camp, Qin Mobai not only helps Zhu Mantong earn merit on multiple missions, but also, with the support of Zhu Mantong and the military district leaders, solves the ca 1.2kReads6.8Score15214d adds
- 4 The Victor Becomes King, the Loser a Bandit: The Story of Today 成王败寇话今朝 This book tells the story of three generations from the Chen and Liu families of Chenjiashan, Liuyang County, in northern Sichuan, from 1958 to 2007, tracing how their fortunes rose and fell amid the country’s development and changing times. Through the eyes of two ordinary families, it records the migration of people brought about by rural urbanization, beginning with the First Five-Year Plan. It recounts the course of reform, from the rural household responsibility system and the contracting o 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Mattress Chants Sutras, and the Elevator Makes Me Afraid of Heights. You Call This Everyday Life? 床垫念经电梯恐高，这叫日常？ [Lighthearted Comedy] [Wild Imagination and Unexpected Contrasts] [Sharp Tongues] [Everyday Life] [All Things Have Spirits] [Power Fantasy] [Episodic] “Let me down! I’m afraid of heights!” On his first day as a property manager, Lin An gets trapped on the eighteenth floor, listening to the terrified elevator scream its head off. This upscale residential complex is packed with bizarre goings-on: a streetlight that flaunts itself like an exhibitionist, a pipe with an enlarged prostate, a lost ro —Reads—Score52114d adds
- 6 Yaoyiyi and the Top-Tier Star’s Romance 瑶依依和顶流的爱恋 Yao Yiyi and Xu Hua fell in love and had a child while they were out of contact. Years later, Yiyi became an internet celebrity by filming short videos about rural life, while Xu Hua shot to fame as a top-tier star after appearing in a drama with two male leads. On the night of a major event hosted by an online platform, the two, who had been apart for nearly four years, unexpectedly crossed paths. Could the former lovers rekindle their romance? Life is full of surprises. Their reunion came just 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 After Awakening, I Decided to Take Everyone Out! 觉醒后我决定创死所有人！ After awakening, I decided to take everyone down with me! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Dustbound Love, Nan Nan 尘缘楠楠 The marriage between Chen Yuan and Nannan, the everyday business of rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea, and all the twists and turns of life, its sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty moments, a jumble of emotions... [Urban Life] [Married Life] [Ordinary Lives] 9Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 9 A Peaceful Family Affair in 1979 平安家事1979 [Period Setting] [Countryside] [Hard Work] [Ordinary Life] [No Golden Finger] [Neither Rebirth nor Transmigration] [Told in warm, down-to-earth prose, a story about an ordinary life filled with warmth] Ji Ping'an always wanted to escape the countryside, turning his "unwillingness to settle" into "having no regrets." But even after the parachute tower stood weathered and abandoned, he was still trapped on his hometown's soil. Ji Manling always said she would repay her family's devotion, yet she r 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I’m the Ancestor, and I Really Can’t Cultivate Immortality 老祖我真不会修仙 [Misunderstandings + Comedy + Management + Political Intrigue in the Mid-to-Late Story + An Ancestor Who Never Gains a Cultivation Level!] Riding around in a wheelchair, tossing C4! Disciples of the Remnant Cloud Sect, charge with me! “Master, the sect disciples’ cultivation has stagnated!” “What did the ancestor say? Foot massage is a path too, and bathhouse kings are kings too. Just relax, OK~” “Master! Senior Sister made a Rejuvenation Pill! We’re going to turn into the Joyous Union Sect~” “Q —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Life Afloat on the Riverbank 江岸浮生 [Contemporary realism + period chronicle + rural ensemble cast + women’s struggles] Spanning half a century of rural China, this book tells the story of three generations of women on the Jianghan Plain. Caught in the tides of history and the shackles of their families of origin, each struggles against fate in her own way and faces her inner demons, ultimately learning to live for herself. (I’m only here to tell the story as it is. I won’t give the characters perfect personalities. I’ll portray h 541Reads8.5Score10614d adds
- 12 Xue Mei's Story 雪梅的故事 Bare, barren loess hills. Ravines and ridges wind their way into the distance. This is where the story’s heroine, Xuemei, spent her childhood, grew into a shy young woman, and endured until she became a mature wife. She works hard, cultivating this poor yellow earth, and sings the praises of the diligence and simplicity of rural women in the new era. 148Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 That Year, Because of the Campus Belle, I Ran Off to Guangdong to Become a Handsome Lad 那年因为校花，我跑路广东当靓仔 [Jianghu]+ [Workplace]+ [Romance]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn] [Based on the author’s real experiences working in Guangdong, this is a story about migrant workers in cities like Dongguan and Shenzhen. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, so don’t read it if that’s not your thing!] In 1997, Zhang Zaiye, Li Yaocong, Jiang Xinyue, and others met while working summer jobs in Guangdong, and formed a deep friendship. At the time, Dongguan’s economy was growing at a breakneck pace. Workers poured in fr 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 14 Bald Monk, How Dare You Call This Daoist Improper! 秃驴，敢骂道爷不正经！ A leaky temple. A Taoist shrine with full Wi-Fi bars. Two masters who constantly undermine each other, and four disciples each with their own little schemes. Here, the Buddha is worshipped with utmost sincerity, while the cultivation is utterly outrageous. Faming, abbot of Yichan Temple, has dreamed his whole life of turning his tiny rundown temple into a Shaolin branch temple, even though he can't complete the Arhat Fist routine. Xuan Qingzi, master of Sanqing Shrine, has spent his life hoping 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Billionaire Who Rose from a Sea of Women 女人堆里走出的亿万富翁 A contemporary setting, lighthearted humor, laugh-out-loud everyday life, playful banter, heartwarming inspiration, and no harem. He's penniless, yet popular with women. He's sincere, yet works in the most hypocritical industry. He's handsome, talented, and witty, and could have led a life of endless romantic conquests, but… Set in Shenzhen, Guangdong, in 2008, the story follows the remarkable career and business journey of Li Zhe, a young man from a farming family who rises steadily to success 2kReads5.9Score10814d adds
- 16 The Young People of Chemen Courtyard 车门院里的年轻人 This is a symphony of destinies spanning generations. In a small courtyard in northern China in the 1970s, several families struggle and drift with the tides of the times. Lei Shaxiao, an orphan whose parents died young, falls in love with Aiai, another orphan from the neighboring courtyard. They were an ordinary couple, but amid the raging currents of the era, Shaxiao rises to become a renowned lawyer who commands the room. Money, power, and desire come one after another. He loses himself in th 35Reads—Score314d adds
- 17 Shameless! Two Liang 无耻！二两 From the start, he’s streaking across a desolate mountain! Lin Erliang awakens the Old Sixth Ambush System. Following the righteous path to cultivation means certain death; only underhanded ambushes can make him invincible! A brick to strike down prodigies, a sack to tie up sages! A thousand years of death to shatter their resolve, underhanded arts to subdue ten thousand sects! While others play fair, he specializes in sneak attacks! While others cultivate the Great Way, he cultivates shameles 1.3kReads—Score10614d adds
- 18 Old Huang and Old Hei 老黄与老黑 [Period Drama] [Countryside] [Married Life] Set in the early 1980s, this novel tells the story of four families, the Lins, Wangs, Lius, and Chens, in an unremarkable village on the Loess Plateau in the Great Northwest. They scheme and struggle against one another, while brothers and sisters-in-law within each clan bear their own grudges and grievances. But it is better to resolve enmity than let it fester. Lin Junjie is the first young man in the village to get into college, bringing honor to th 56Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 19 Those Years as a Young Hooligan 小痞子的那些年 The strong grow stronger when challenged. The weak are only more wounded by defeat. Growing-up memories of people born in the 1970s and 1980s, and the distinctive flavor of Sichuan and Chongqing in the 1990s. Amidst a deep nostalgia for the era, see how wild grass grows. This book is full of nostalgia and offers an unvarnished glimpse of ordinary life. Looking back, you finally understand: those who master themselves are strong, and those who know themselves are wise. 1.7kReads8.9Score17614d adds
- 20 The Case of My Wife’s Disappearance Shakes the United Nations 爱妻失踪案，惊动联合国 Humor, absurdity, comedy, wit, nonsense, parallel worlds, extraterrestrial life. Spacefaring civilizations, humans cataloging alien species, and historical figures on a mysterious planet: This is a humorous novel. If you’re stressed, feeling down, simmering with anger, or just painfully bored, give it a read or a listen. Don’t get hung up on whether the events are realistic. What matters is that the story gives your imagination endless room to roam, as if you were sitting inside a spacecraft, v 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Wang Meili, Unemployed 失业的王美丽 Wang Meili, in her early thirties, has lost her job. Doubt and despondency consume her, and she has no idea what to do next. Then one day, she figures something out, and from that moment on, nothing is the same. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Stellar-Core Prodigy: The Bottom-Ranked Good-for-Nothing Becomes a Legend 星核天才：垫底废柴她居然封神了 [Absurd comedy + face-slapping + going off the rails + a cast of lunatics + unhinged banter] An unserious, face-slapping coming-of-age power fantasy. Whoever shows up, they're all complete weirdos to begin with~ Dead last in every subject, timid and easy to bully, Party Yehong is laughed at by everyone at the Mecha Academy. They call her a good-for-nothing dunce, a bottom-feeder who doesn't belong among the elite. No one knows that this seemingly helpless girl is the last descendant of an ancien 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Mountain Village Bestiary 山村妖怪录 A series of novels brimming with mystery and fantasy. The story takes place in a remote mountain village that conceals a world of monsters unknown to most. Ancient legends intertwine with strange encounters in the real world. Travelers venturing alone beneath the night sky must be especially cautious, for every corner of the mountains and forests may hide an unimaginable creature. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Traveler in Years of Famine 荒年客 A survival epic about ordinary Chinese people. From rural China to the torrents of modern life, three generations of the Hou family are swept along by the tide of history. The grandparents put down roots in the land. Their values, admonitions, and “family scandals” form the family's original identity and its shackles. The parents struggle through a time of transition, inheriting heavy burdens while kindling a desire to change their fate. As someone born in the 1980s, I linger at the divide betwe 133Reads6.6Score10514d adds
- 25 Rural Chronicle 乡村纪实 The little details of life, all those everyday moments, come together to paint a picture of a changing countryside. Generation after generation pursues its dreams, working hard in the mountain valleys. They make it through the winter, then the hills turn green in spring. Summer crops blanket the mountains, and autumn is always a season of joy. 212Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 26 Pingyang Prefecture in the Sunlight 阳光下的平阳府 During the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Jinfu, a soldier from the South City Guard in Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi (now Linfen and Yuncheng in Shanxi Province), left the military and became a constable in Pingyang Prefecture. Over the next twenty years, he shared both hardship and fortune with Zhao Jian, a chief officer in the Criminal Investigation Bureau, and Mo Yaozu, a merchant, as their fates rose and fell. Nearly a hundred characters reveal the lives, inner worlds, and faces of off 2.6kReads9.2Score40714d adds
- 27 The Light at the End of the Road 穷途的光辉 How many generations of hardship and joy must a poor family endure before they can finally get ahead? How much suffering must a girl witness before she understands life? How many trials must a family face before the younger generation understands how hard things were for their ancestors? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Don’t Want to Be the Protagonist 我不想当主角 I Don’t Want to Be the Protagonist 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Nobody Is More Absurd Than Me 没有人比我更抽象 [Absurdist fiction] [Comedy] [Silly memes and jokes] [Mysterious Sequences] Netizen A: “Streamer, why is your head so pointy?” Chu Nan: “Then let me ask you this: are you a man or a woman...” Netizen B: “Streamer, what do you think of sugar-free cola?” Chu Nan: “Compared with sugary cola, chilled cola is way more refreshing!” Netizen C: “Are you streaming tomorrow, streamer?” Chu Nan: “I might stream tomorrow, but it’s not very likely I’ll stream tomorrow.” The rest of the netizens: “No wonder t 25Reads—Score214d adds
- 30 Are You Crazy? My Online Date Is the Campus Belle? 疯了吧，网恋对象是校花？ Ning Fei transmigrates to his high school days, with only three months left until the college entrance exam. One night, his online girlfriend suddenly asks, “Hey, hubby, is the school beauty Ling Mengyao pretty?” Without hesitation, Ning Fei replies, “Ling Mengyao? Even a crow thinks a pig is ugly. She has no idea how ugly she is!” His online girlfriend: “Does she have a nice figure?” Ning Fei: “Tree-trunk legs, a waist like a barrel, and an A-cup. Not worth a second look!” After graduation, 419Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 31 Reincarnated Immortal Official: I Bring Heavenly Immortal Children to the City 转世仙官：我带着天庭仙童在都市 The Underworld's Black and White Impermanence are my brothers! I'm an immortal reborn? What do you mean my moral standards are lower than those of the immortals in Heaven?” Jinlian, you and Brother Yu are never going to happen. Jia Xu, what kind of wicked schemes are you thinking up?! And you, hurry up and take apart that mortar! Someone up there has already called me in for a talking-to!! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Demon Wardens: I Was Told to Solve Cases, but I’ve Been Slacking for a Thousand Years 戒妖：让我查案，我摸鱼千年 [Comedy Fantasy | Supernatural Mysteries | A Thousand-Year Bond Between Humans and Demons] After surviving for a thousand years, Geng Chen wants nothing more than to retire with his great-demon wife, keep his head down, clock in each day, and lie flat for the rest of his life. But life is unpredictable. A thousand-year-old cold case turns his laid-back existence into an extraordinary adventure. Bizarre, bloody crimes keep happening. Demons are at work, and the human heart is hard to fathom. On 150Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Woman Who Couldn’t Be Caged 困不住的她 Pei Xiaocao is someone who refuses to follow the usual path. Along the road of life, she has erased everything she was supposed to do. Her life follows no one else’s rules. She believes only in her own! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Human Life Lies Deep in the Loess 黄土深处是人间 This is a collection of true stories from the countryside. One book captures a century of life in all its variety on the Loess Plateau. Brotherhood, the warmth and coldness of family, partings in life and death, and the changes of an era: one independent story after another weaves together the fates of several generations. There is hardship, pain, tears, and warmth, portraying the struggles of those at the bottom as well as the resilience of ordinary people. There are no chosen-one advantages an 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Who Let Him Transmigrate? He's Ruined the Customs of the Ancient World 谁让他穿越的，古代风气都带坏了 [No System + Everyday Life + Comedy] Lately, all sorts of strange cases have been cropping up in the Great Ling Imperial City: staged traffic accidents, extortion, honey traps, investment scams, predatory loans, and exorbitant upfront interest... The court was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. To its shock, they discovered that the princess herself had run a honey trap. The old man who staged traffic accidents was a third-rank court official in his sixties. The mastermind behind the 2.6kReads8.3Score22114d adds
- 36 You Were Told to Investiture the Gods, Not Start an Industrial Revolution 让你封神，没让你玩工业革命 After transmigrating into Jiang Ziya, he finds himself facing a divorce ultimatum from his seventy-two-year-old wife right from the start? No problem. He promptly hands her a “Divorce Compensation Agreement” and sends her packing with nothing! Faced with a cataclysmic Investiture of the Gods, where sages make empty promises and immortals and gods fight among themselves, Jiang Ziya awakens the “Wage Slave System” and declares: Don't talk to me about fate. Let's do something big first! Making stee 94Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 37 The Lady Is Spoiled Rotten by the Demon Lord 夫人被妖君大人宠野了 Her fiancé buried her alive. On the very day she was reborn, she clawed her way out of the grave, put on her red bridal gown, and married the great demon lord who would devour you without even spitting out the bones. She thought her story would end there, but who knew the Demon King would carry her across the Three Realms, sweeping all before him… (Note: The male lead is a domineering, possessive Demon Venerable, while the female lead is a clever and adorable veterinarian who transmigrated to an 14Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 38 The Northeast Spirit Medium: The Fearless One 东北出马仙之彪人 Comedy, no heroine, no System, traditional supernatural fiction, spirit-medium sects. Across all three northeastern provinces, who the hell would dare mess with me, Yang Ergou? Yang Ergou was a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall’s spirit-medium sect. When he woke up one day, he discovered that his sect’s hall had been sealed, using his own seal. To find out what had happened, he immediately went to see his master, who led their sect. But it turned out that he wasn’t the only one: every sect ha 12.2kReads8.5Score1k14d adds
- 39 Half-Mad 半痴 Meeting you was the best fate of all, so why spend the rest of my years pining for you? I awoke halfway through my life as if born anew. Reborn, I returned, and my boat had already sailed past a thousand mountains. This is my first full-length novel, so it has plenty of shortcomings. I hope you’ll feel free to offer advice, and I thank you in advance. With your support and encouragement, I’ll work even harder. Let’s go! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 After Marrying a Fox Immortal, I Got Rich Driving Out Demons 嫁给狐仙后，我靠驱魔致富 A man-eating monster appeared in Xinghua Village. To keep the fox demon at bay, Bai Mo'er, who was born under an unlucky star, was pushed forward as a sacrifice. She thought the fox demon would tear off every last scrap of her skin, but she never expected this fox to be such a flirt. 59Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 41 The Taoist Came Down the Mountain to Give His Heart Away, Then Got Scammed Out of 98,000 Yuan in an Online Romance 道士下山把心搭，网恋被骗九万八 Fast-paced, light comedy, no horror, packed with laughs from start to finish, with no reliance on memes: On his first day down the mountain, his online dating partner swindled him out of 98,000 yuan. On the second, his landlord kicked him out. On the third, someone drugged him on a blind date. His name is Nan Feng, and he is an apprentice in the Daoist tradition. To earn enough merit to return to the mountain and receive his ordination, he grits his teeth and takes on exorcisms and funeral rites 973Reads7.2Score14114d adds
- 42 Split: Brotherhood and Feuds in the Advertising World 裂变：广告江湖里的兄弟恩仇录 [Workplace + Brotherhood + Corruption + Personal Growth] Yesterday’s brothers, today’s wolves! A bloody business saga that lays bare the fracturing of human nature! Yang Jun and Da Feng, Li Fei, and Liu Jinsong grew up together and were as close as brothers. When Yang Jun first joined Northern Advertising, his impressive results and sharp ambition made him a target of repeated harassment from Wu Dazhi, a manager parachuted in from outside. Forced to resign, he left behind Lin Xue, the designer h 22Reads9.2Score814d adds
- 43 A Cultivator's Unfiltered Livestream Shatters the Immortal Venerable's Dao Heart 修真不当人直播，仙尊道心全碎了 Li Gousheng transmigrated to the Firmament Immortal Sect and awakened an Anti-Social System. If he didn’t make others uncomfortable, the System would make him suffer a humiliating public meltdown on the spot. So, at the apprenticeship ceremony, the aloof Immortal Venerable was forced to show off his dance moves to “Lalala Love Song”; the abstinent Sect Leader was made to confess through a megaphone that blurted out the truth; and an unparalleled sword cultivator was hit with an “idiocy strike” a 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 44 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
- 45 Thriller Game: I Became Invincible by Tapping an Electronic Wooden Fish 惊悚游戏：从敲电子木鱼开始无敌 [Horror Game + Absurd Comedy + Infinite Levels + No Female Lead + Invincible + System] What era are we living in? Why are people still stockpiling traditional merit? After transmigrating, Hao Ren obtained an absurd Quantum Merit System that let him earn merit by purifying the paranormal. Before being selected by the horror game, he was timid and deferential, earning merit only by helping little old ladies cross the street. After being selected, Hao Ren tapped an electronic wooden fish to accumul 793Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 46 After I Quit 辞职之后 I, Lin Zilong, quit my job as the director of a state-owned factory. Before the true coal tycoons emerged, in that great era of surging tides, shifting fortunes, and all manner of people fighting for their place, I became a coal tycoon... 260Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 47 This Meng Po Is a Man 这个孟婆是男的 On the night of my eighteenth birthday, Ox-Head and Horse-Face took me to the underworld. I became the world's last half-human, half-demon descendant of Meng Po, brewing forgetfulness soup and guiding all kinds of ghosts across. Will someone one day guide me into an everlasting love? Silly version: Ox-Head: Hey, I hear you're the love child of a human and Meng Po. Come with me to the underworld. Meng Bo: ... White Impermanence: Little Meng Po, I hear you've just started your new job, and you're 382Reads9.2Score10014d adds
- 48 The Brash Stepmother from the Eighties Becomes a Nobody 八零泼妇养母成了路人甲 Liu Peiyun was ready to enjoy a quiet retirement, but instead transmigrated into a book as Lu Xuebi, a village girl whose engagement had been broken off in the 1980s. Since she was already here, Lu Xuebi decided to make the best of it. She studied for college entrance exams while leading her whole family to seize the opportunities of the times. Only later did she learn she had transmigrated into a book: she was the heroine’s shrewish adoptive mother, an obstacle on the heroine’s road to wealth a 646Reads5.8Score11614d adds
- 49 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 27Reads—Score214d adds
- 50 2000: From Paper Seller to CEO in Three Years 2000：卖纸大专生三年成总裁 In 2000, Jiang Yanzhou, a penniless drifter in Beijing, built Xin Gan Xian from the ground up by selling printer paper and supplies. A formidable rival, Ji Ke Gou, wielded its capital to crush him, launching price wars, playing tricks on customers, and applying pressure from every direction. Time and again, Jiang was pushed to the brink. He broke through one obstacle after another by focusing on service and building a supply chain. His counterattack in the court of public opinion gained momentum —Reads—Score—14d adds
