Novels like Rise and Ruin
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Rise and Ruin, best match first.
- 101 A Comeback: The Most Thrilling Lives Belong to Those Who Never Give Up! 逆袭，不服输的人生最精彩！ Hua Feng was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of his life. But overnight, not only did his beautiful wife run off with a pretty boy, the woman also made off with the millions he had scraped together through countless hardships, leaving nothing but a complete mess... Life’s dramatic ups and downs came far too quickly. He could only start over from scratch! Want to laugh at me? Get lost! What, you want me to back down? Who do you think you are? Keep dreaming! Watch as a man who has hit rock b 107Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Superpower Game: Fantasy Westward Journey 超能游戏之梦幻西游 In 2088, the age of VR for all, immersive Fantasy Westward Journey sweeps the globe! Hu Jiulang, the Dragon Prince of the Dragon Palace, loves a woman so desperately that he grovels at her feet. He stays up night after night crafting and selling talismans, giving everything he has to support the gold-digging Wang Xinxin. He spends his gold, splurges on gear, buys outfits, and wears nothing but starter equipment himself. He's become the server's laughingstock, a lovesick talisman peddler! But his 888Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 103 A Rich Heiress Woke Up in the Body of an Ordinary Working-Class Girl 豪门千金一觉醒来魂穿草根普女 A mishap sends Yao Jinling, a wealthy heiress, into the body of an ordinary woman from humble beginnings who is struggling to make ends meet. What seems like the start of a nightmare also marks the beginning of her legendary comeback. At work, she fights her way from an oppressed intern to someone who proves her worth and shatters prejudice. In love, she decisively dumps her “toxic” boyfriend, then stays true to herself amid a tangled love triangle. On her entrepreneurial journey, a lack of fun 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Love in the Balance 情陷交易 This is more or less the second installment of Trial Marriage. The later chapters focus on bringing together and showing interactions between the characters from the first book and the younger generation. The earlier chapters tell the coming-of-age story of a brother and sister from a divorced family in a small town, as they grow up, study, live, and fall in love against the backdrop of a typical Chinese family. There are joys and sorrows, sweetness and bitterness. Who can truly understand all t 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 The Business Sage Reborn in 2019 商圣重生2019 [Political intrigue + workplace drama + business warfare!] Twenty-five hundred years ago, he was born into poverty, yet was learned and talented, skilled in both letters and arms. He helped the King of Yue achieve supremacy, then retired to do business, giving away his immense fortune on three separate occasions. Twenty-five hundred years later, he unexpectedly reborn in 2019, an age of information technology, high-speed trains and planes, skyscrapers, 5G, online businesses, e-commerce, and live 20Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 106 The Pain of Plenty 丰富和丰富的痛苦 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 When the Music Ends, We Part: Part One 曲终人散第一部 The protagonist, Chongzi, is a terrible person! Because of relevant laws and regulations, I can't fully write about just how terrible he is. So the ending he gets is only to be expected. This is an ordinary, unremarkable story, not a power fantasy and unrelated to transmigration. It's so ordinary you could see something like it happening in everyday life. It might not be very appealing, but the author did their best. This is the best I can do. If you think it's decent, look for the second book, 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Let’s Wait for a Breeze 等一阵风吧 A gust of autumn wind swept through, and Qi Rong collapsed by the West Lake. His gaze fixed on the tower where his company was based. “Mr. Qi! A-Rong! I want chocolate!!! Did you hear me?!” The flash from his phone illuminated his pale face. Before the wind could blow down the first leaf of autumn, it had already felled Qi Rong, a man countless young people regarded as a pioneering leader. Lin Yan, Zhong Ying, Chen Ling, Dongzi, A Hao... Their faces flashed before his eyes. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 After Tricking and Pressuring My Ex into Having Someone Else's Baby, I Disappeared and Ran 哄骗怂恿前女友生下别人孩子后，我失联跑路了 After tricking and persuading my ex-girlfriend to give birth to another man’s child, I cut off contact and ran away. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Repayment Countdown 还款倒计时 Countdown to Repayment tells the story of Chen Yizhou, an ordinary man struggling between desire and reality. Chen Yizhou is an average office worker in Jiangcheng, working hard to make ends meet. He and his wife and son squeeze into an old rental apartment, living a simple but warm life. At a class reunion, Zhao Yu, the class heartthrob, paints a startup dream so alluring that Chen Yizhou is drawn in. Trying to raise the investment money, he plunges into the world of online loans. Then Zhao Yu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 The Woman Who Sold Crystal Fox Talismans 卖水晶狐牌的女人 The Woman Who Sells Crystal Fox Talismans 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 An Ordinary Person's Unordinary Journey Through Life 平凡人不甘平凡的人生路 An ordinary person’s life has its occasional ups and downs, but where does a life without guidance lead? After three years working in a factory, a twist of fate sends him into real estate brokerage! He grows immensely proud after enjoying some of the real estate boom. But after the tide goes out, how will he face the decline and deal with family, love, and friendship? This is your story, and it’s mine too. So I’ve heard... 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 My Girlfriend Is 12 Years Younger, Sweet and Spicy 女友小我12岁又娇又辣 There's no such thing as the worst scumbag, only a worse one. What book doesn't have a few trashy men? If you want to see men at their worst and read stories about scumbags, don't miss this one. The greater the glory once enjoyed, the harder the fall. Jiang An is a rich second-generation heir. Unfortunately, just as he's reaching the golden age of enjoying life, his old man goes bankrupt. Overnight, he goes from a lofty young master to a penniless pauper. His friends and beautiful women all aban 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 The Rules of Love for Urban Men and Women 都市男女的恋爱法则 Gu Ziyi: An ENFP woman, sweet and innocent-looking on the outside, but sharp-tongued and fiery by nature. When she falls in love, she never thinks about the consequences and always ends up being taken advantage of. Though every relationship has ended in failure, she remains a romantic who believes in love. Will the man she meets this time turn out to be a good one…? Gao Yingzhen: A typical ISFJ man who finds it hard to open up, but once he lets someone into his heart, he holds nothing back. Bor 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 My Life After Escaping to Lijiang 我逃离到丽江的生活 A disillusioned young man at the lowest point in his life drifts from city to city, enduring one hardship after another. At last, he and a friend embark on a journey of redemption. When they reach the dreamlike city of Lijiang, he encounters a curious connection spanning three thousand kilometers and meets all kinds of fascinating people. His ordinary life takes a turn, and a story of love and hate quietly begins to unfold. 302Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 116 Derailment: An Inverted Palette 变轨：倒置的调色盘 [Not a feel-good story] [Not pure romance] People say that if the water from your heater keeps turning hot and cold, there’s probably another tap sharing the same supply. But if the water is always cold, the only explanation is that you may no longer be the one holding the controls. And if it suddenly gets scalding hot, the same may be true. 1.1kReads8.1Score100Shelves
- 117 1980: Returning to the Human World After Forty Years 一九八零之重游人间四十年 Ye Liqin was a promising neurosurgeon and cardiovascular surgeon, but an accident sent him back to 1980. Given a second chance at life, he decided to take another shot at the world: to live life to the fullest and have no regrets when he died. 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 My Bankrupt Boss 我的破产女上司 [Urban slice of life] [Subtle emotions] [Modern romance] [Workplace and marriage] [One heroine] She was once the beautiful owner of an advertising agency, but in a single day she hit rock bottom. He went from an unremarkable couch potato to her most steadfast support. Life taught them how to go from being in love to finding peace together. With a small bracelet, she revealed how much she cared and how insecure she felt. After weathering the storm, they heal each other and grow together, little 304Reads—Score101Shelves
- 119 To Our Youth: Spring Has Come Again in the Blink of an Eye 致青春：转眼又是一春 To Our Youth: Before We Know It, Spring Has Come Again —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 The K-Line Deceived Her K线骗了她 The K-Line Deceived Her 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 The Snowy Banquet of the Wealthy Family 豪门宴雪尧 [Multiple male leads + CEO romance + Financial and business power struggles + A calculating heroine + A comeback every step of the way + A moving, twist-filled romance] After setbacks in both her career and love life, Rui Xueyao faces the toughest circumstances she has ever known. But she never bows to fate. She makes her way through the entertainment, financial, and business worlds, turning the tables at every step until she becomes a new-generation financial titan. Along the way, she meets sev 5Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 122 Taking the Stage After the Curtain Falls 落幕登场 Liu Mingming heads to Beijing alone, carrying his dream of making music, only to be swindled out of every penny. Doused in the cold reality of life, he grits his teeth, sets aside his passion, and bows his head to make a living. In the end, he finds success in both love and career. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Farming in Africa: Growing Grass for Black Beauties in Burundi 非洲种田，我在布隆迪种草黑妹 [Sex, farming in Africa, multiple heroines, adventure, exotic charm, adult sensuality, inspirational] Tian Guinong, a washed-up agricultural “doctor,” shares his name with the villain of the wuxia novel Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain. After accidentally discovering his doctoral adviser, “Professor” Zhang Shiyan, having an affair with his scheming junior, Lin Hua, his conscience gets the better of him and he tells his adviser's wife, Chen Linlin. The scandal blows up across the whole city. Enra 1.3kReads7.1Score106Shelves
- 124 From the Start, I Sold Beer, and a Goddess Undercover Agent Took Out the Hitmen 开局卖啤酒，女神卧底坑杀手 Volume One: How Many Undercover Agents Are There? (Realistic Arc) [Undercover agents + goddess + no saintly heroine or simping + realism + values + intelligence] [No simps, white lotuses, self-righteous do-gooders, or scheming green-tea girls] [No sugary romance or obsessive romance fantasies, and no white-porridge sisters or cake sisters] (Read the realistic arc first, then the wild-imagination arc. It's funny and fun!) A major city in the south is a city that never sleeps. At ten at night, the 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 From Involution to Lying Flat: A Corporate Drone’s Path to Enlightenment 从内卷到躺平：大厂社畜修行记 This is a story with a healing touch. From overwork to lying flat: A tale of a corporate drone’s journey at a major internet company, chronicling the endless grind of modern laid-off tech workers! Will you choose a cat-like approach to finding a job, a dog-like approach to working, or a Buddhist approach and lie flat? Between striving to get ahead and simply showing up to work, what will you choose? Join the cool and aloof Chi Mai as she explores modern city life and the path to healing yourself 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Two Years at Teachers’ College, She Stole My Heart 师专两年，她偷走了我的心 This book is the college-years installment of "Old Days in a Wineglass and a Telephone Receiver". In the fall of 1992, I arrived to register at Ancheng Normal College. The journey was forty kilometers. Tuition was 760 yuan. Eight boys squeezed into one dorm room. On the first day of class, we drew lots for our seats. I drew number 9, and she drew number 10. Numbers 9 and 10 sat together. Her name was Zheng Anlan. Over those two years, I got to know them: Wu Xiaoman, Zheng Anlan, Wang Ying, and G 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 2004: The Unforgettable, Passionate Years of Working Away from Home 2004，难忘的打工激情岁月 Since 2000, leaving home to find work and earn money has become a major trend. Guangdong Province, home to the country's largest concentration of migrant workers, is a paradise for those seeking to make a living. Beautiful women are everywhere, and it's also the easiest place to find a wife. But working for a living comes with its share of bitterness and hardship. Money isn't as easy to earn as people imagine. Some spend a whole year working just to cover the cost of traveling back and forth; ot 8.1kReads8.4Score734Shelves
- 128 A Lucky Break at Work 幸运职场 She faced all kinds of challenges and hardships in the workplace. She moved herself and others, suffered repeated humiliation yet earned deep respect, and endured the darkest of times as well as bright, happy days. Fortune was always at her side. Come see how she deftly navigates the cutthroat workplace and takes her career to the top. A guide to succeeding in life and work. Though told as a novel, this story is packed with lessons worth learning. 4Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 129 Long Time No See, Miss Lihua 好久不见，梨花小姐 [One heroine] + [No cheat abilities] + [Ordinary person's perspective] I'm Wu Feng, a college graduate who's been unable to find work for two years and has never been in a relationship. I live with my best friend Chen Sheng in a rundown little house, searching for a place in the world that belongs to me. I thought life was hopeless, and that I would have to go through it all alone. Then I met her, and everything changed... (The story is very low-key, with no dramatic twists or earth-shattering 22Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 130 I Own a Resort 我有一个度假村 Life is about more than just getting by today. There are also poetry and faraway places. Youth and love never grow old. Don’t let your youth go to waste, and don’t lose the love in your life. When you’re feeling down, step outside and take a look at this beautiful world. 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 Climbing the Ladder to Success 拾级而上青云 Blow after blow in his previous life left Ye Zifeng trapped in years of self-doubt. He drifted through decades of mediocrity in a grassroots post. Just as he was about to retire, he fell gravely ill and had little time left to live. On the brink of death, Ye Zifeng was unexpectedly reborn, returning to the eve of his college graduation. In this life, watch him break free from his predicament, seize his chance, enter government with confidence, and climb step by step toward the top. 515Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 132 Love After Divorce 爱情在离婚后 Wang Hui is from Baotou, Inner Mongolia. At his university graduation party, he slept with his girlfriend. After graduation, they went their separate ways and lost touch. Five years later, after divorcing his wife, he returned to his hometown of Baotou. At the train station, he saw a little girl singing for money, singing the song his ex-girlfriend had loved most. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 The Devious Underworld: My Extraordinary Life 诡诈江湖：我的妖孽人生 [Historical Era, Urban Underworld, Eight Open and Hidden Sects, Strange Tales, Suspenseful Schemes, Northeast China Paranormal Events, Feuds Among the Wealthy] (Not mindless, no System, no golden finger, suspenseful counterattacks, cunning schemes, no romance, and heartbreak ahead!) Abducted at eight, he was rescued by bandits. After a chance escape, he wandered in the wilderness until he was taken in by a master of the Bee Sect, a swindler. That was how he stumbled into the jianghu. Nine years 20Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 134 The Riddle of Time: A Nightclub Girl's Redemption and Rise 岁月如谜：夜场女的救赎与逆袭 As Yu Wei walked along the entrance to an alley behind the school, he suddenly heard someone calling, “Hey, handsome! Handsome!” Yu Wei looked around, bewildered. “Over here! Come here!” Only then did Yu Wei notice a flamboyantly dressed woman waving at him from the roadside alley entrance. She had brashly dyed yellow hair, heavy eye makeup, and a thick layer of powder on her face. A leather miniskirt hugged her hips as she waved energetically at Yu Wei. Could she be...? Yu Wei’s heart skipped a 1Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 135 The Women in My Office 我的办公室女人 Have you ever had a love so unforgettable it left its mark on your heart? Have you ever had a paradise of your own, hidden away from the world? Have many beautiful women ever crossed your path? Have you ever wanted to bow your head to life, or been seen as a good-for-nothing? But it doesn't matter. Years later, those people, those events, those outcomes… This is a story about one man and several women, a story about choices and life. Multiple heroines, pure wish fulfillment, so please don't 660Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 A Fairy Tale for Myself 给自己的童话 A car accident unexpectedly sends me transmigrating back eleven years, and I immediately get to work on my money-making plans: e-commerce, wedding planning, real estate speculation, beauty reviews... I also want to make short videos and sell products through livestreams. I'm going to reclaim all the love and career opportunities I lost over the years. This time, can I give myself a fairy-tale ending? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 My Perfect Girlfriend and Sidekick 我的极品跟班女友 A “personal attendant” is what you might call a young master’s page or a maid who serves him closely in ancient times. Lin Wushi serves Ji Mu, a noble young master of Nanjin. While gaming, he meets a girl with a mature, alluring voice, and they arrange to meet in person. But who could have guessed that this girl is the most powerful little princess in all of Nanjin? And he falls in love with her attendant... 5Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 138 Fired for Refusing to Frame Patients, I Became a Lawyer and Took Down My Former Hospital 不会坑病人被开除，转行当律师闪击前医院 He refused to mistreat patients and got fired, so he switched careers to become a lawyer and launched an attack on his former hospital. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 My Years as a Drifter in Zhengzhou 我的郑漂那些年 What is it like for a country boy fresh out of college to fall in love with a local young woman from a family that got rich from demolition in an unfamiliar provincial capital? This book tells a story drawn from real experience... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋 [Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes 1.4kReads8.8Score139Shelves
- 141 Us in Xiangyang Lane 向阳里的我们 [#Real life, #warm neighborhood stories, #healing family bonds, #raising a child and turning life around] Delivery worker Wang Xiaojun had a pain he couldn't put into words: his six-year-old son Xiaobao lived in his own world, like a star. One moment of carelessness nearly resulted in Xiaobao getting lost, sending the entire Xingfuli residential community into chaos. The incident tore open the cracks in Wang Xiaojun and his wife Li Xiujuan's strained marriage, while also revealing the troubles 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 My Husband Cheated, and a Man Said He’d Loved Me for Ten Thousand Years 老公出轨，有个男人说爱我一万年 (May every scumbag and mistress end up dead, eating shit, eating maggots, in jail, or disfigured. You can't afford to go easy on people like that…) The heroine, Xiang Zhenzhu, is 29 and loves her husband Zheng Hao with all her heart, working herself to the bone for his family! Little does she know that for the past seven years, her husband and mother-in-law have treated her like a servant, while her husband has been a serial cheater. When she finally decides to divorce him, she discovers t 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Reborn: I Made My Mother-in-Law Give Birth to 30 Sons 重生之我让婆婆生了30个儿子 What kind of miserable fate is this? Her mother died when she was seven. Less than three months later, her father rushed to marry another woman, who gave birth to four children in the space of seven years. Once her stepmother had children of her own, she couldn’t stand Zhu Yao and spent every day joining forces with her four kids to bully and exploit her. Zhu Yao did all the housework, yet there was never enough food to eat. Her father, Zhu Dachang, was a spineless coward who knew his eldest dau 224Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 144 A Collection of Modern Shanghai Stories 上海现代故事集 Volume Two: A New Shanghai Mom. She has a second child, a son and a daughter, though her daughter’s troubles in middle school already have her at her wits’ end. She used to think she’d be happy as long as she had a modestly comfortable life, and at least she could count on her husband. But then her deranged sister-in-law shows up and turns both families’ lives into a complete mess! Volume One: An only daughter who has been abroad for twenty years rushes back to Shanghai to claim her grandmother 208Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 The College Loser's Comeback 大学校渣逆袭记 Poor young Gao Xiaojian secretly loves Zhao Lusi, the daughter of the richest man in the country. At university, a moment of lust leads him to make a mistake, and he suffers relentless bullying from his wealthy classmates before fighting back. By sheer coincidence, he becomes the son-in-law handpicked by the richest man and unexpectedly inherits his fortune. He navigates the ups and downs of the business world and the tangled love and hatred of wealthy heiresses like Feng Yuanyuan, eventually ri —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 After the Divorce, My First Love and Ex-Boyfriend Won't Leave Me Alone 离婚后，初恋前男友上蹿又下跳 Xu Yuanchun's first marriage lasted only a year and a half. Because she was infertile. It's no big deal. Infertility isn't life-threatening, and even after her divorce, she can still live freely. But as soon as the divorce was final, Feng Jianqiu, her ex-boyfriend and first love, came shamelessly crawling back, making a scene at every turn. She really had no idea what game he was trying to play. Whatever. She might as well slap him first. · Two ordinary people in their thirties stumble through a 240Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 You Broke My Heart, and You Still Won't Let Me Leave 你伤我的心，还不让我离开 What is love? Does it make you stop and think? Is it a pig-headed fool chasing a girl for eight years, only to be rejected? Is it driving a Cadillac after a high-speed train and getting banned from driving for life? Is it nearly wrecking a Kawasaki H2? If it could be replaced so easily, what would our meeting have meant? 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 A Life Reassembled 重组人生 Don’t think life is always dull and ordinary. Everyone has their own poetry and distant horizons, and every love nurtured with care deserves to be mellowed by time, like a fine wine. Just like Fang Xiaojin and Lin Feng, who found rebirth through saving each other. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 Body Swap: She Made the First Move 身体交换：是她先主动地 [Body swap]+ [Lighthearted everyday life]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn] Lu Yuan is due to marry his childhood sweetheart next week when he unexpectedly swaps bodies with a heiress worth billions. She's rich, powerful, fair-skinned, and beautiful. He's thoroughly ordinary and a little overconfident. Should they stick to their original lives and go through with the wedding, or let things unfold however they may? Challenges and questions come one after another. And so begins a love story that isn't qu 113Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 150 Wuhan: My Live-In Heiress 武汉：我的同居大小姐 [Ordinary People Making a Comeback] [Urban Romance] [Moving Up the Social Ladder] [Growth and Reality] A small-town exam ace and an ordinary young man work diligently for three years, struggling to get by in society. He works hard for a car and a home, living a life whose end is already in sight. And yet he falls in love with a rich girl who is far beyond his reach. The X5 she drives costs as much as he earns in five years. By a chance twist of fate, he ends up living with another woman who will 52Reads8.1Score—Shelves
