Novels like A Good-for-Nothing's Second Chance at Life
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Good-for-Nothing's Second Chance at Life, best match first.
- 101 Me, So Ordinary 我，如此普通 I was born ordinary, with an average appearance and an unremarkable family. I have no legendary life filled with dramatic twists, nor any grand, stirring story to tell. Most people in this world are ordinary, living out their days in obscurity. I am no different. I cannot write earth-shattering plots or create dazzling protagonists. I write only of everyday life, recording the meals and seasons of ordinary people, their confusion and struggles, their helplessness and compromises. No filters, 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 The Door to Vault Three 三号库的门 The Door to Storage Room Three 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Exposed: After Signing In, I Was Overheard by the Campus Belle 曝光：签到后，我被校花偷听心声 [Urban + sweet romance + one female lead + tycoon] After the college entrance exams, Chen Yun unlocked the Lie Flat Sign-in System. As long as he lay flat, he could claim a sign-in opportunity. One day, the campus beauty Lin Wanling was about to get scammed while bargain hunting on Antique Street when she heard Chen Yun's inner thoughts. [Come on, this shopkeeper is talking complete nonsense. Only an idiot would believe him.] [That's the campus beauty Lin, right? Sure enough, women have always b 664Reads7.7Score101Shelves
- 104 Peeping: The Butterfly Effect 偷窥之蝴蝶效应 The male lead is a complete loser. By chance, he discovers a female colleague's secret, turning his work and personal life upside down. Two mature adults with sharp minds and social skills engage in an intense game of push and pull. Love begins for reasons unknown and grows deeper with every passing day: they love and are loved, hurt and are hurt, grow through their pain, then fade from one another's memories. This is also the story of an ordinary worker's growth. 472Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 105 Reborn: Starting With a 5 Million Cash-Out 重生从提现500万开始 Back in 2008, Chen Feng was still regretting how little he had studied in his previous life. Then, the next moment, a “ding” sounded in his mind, making him feel like he could take on the world again. Maybe it was because he’d spent too long cooped up at home in his previous life. With the System backing him up this time around, Chen Feng starts letting loose... 518Reads7.4Score100Shelves
- 106 Nothing Major in Life 人生无大事 I was born in the abyss and raised in the netherworld. Lost, struggling, helpless, despairing. The hardships along the way shaped my body and mind. When everything had finally calmed down, when spring had come and flowers were blooming, when everything was just right, I finally reached the most important moment of my life. 4kReads8.1Score439Shelves
- 107 Stories from the Construction Site 工地上的那些事儿 [No System, entirely hand-written. Men and women on a construction site, struggling to survive in the workplace.] They say construction sites are chaotic, women are scarce, and beautiful women are even rarer. After graduating from college, I started working at a construction site. On my very first day, I met Sister Xiaoya, who was already married, and accidentally offended the site boss. It turned out that the construction site held more than just men and women. There were also stories few peopl 10.9kReads7.6Score818Shelves
- 108 The Whole World Knows You Like Me 全世界都知道你喜欢我 [School life + childhood sweethearts + mutual pining + both leads have no past relationships + reunion after a long separation] Everyone in the world knew you liked me. I was the only one who didn’t. But what you didn’t know was that I liked you just as much. A youthful crush is like a dream. Only after waking up do you realize that all the signs were there. The figure I could always see in the distance, our fleeting glances, and that summer breeze brushing my face as you carried your easel over 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 What's So Special About the Campus Beauty? My Wife Is a Goddess of a Counselor 校花算什么，我老婆是女神辅导员 [Not your traditional dad novel: this one focuses on the daily life of a tycoon and the heroine!] [Goddess + sweet romance + System + dad + everyday life + tycoon + behind-the-scenes] Just after graduating from college, Ye Tian was going around interviewing for jobs when he unexpectedly got a call from the hospital asking him to sign a surgery consent form. The child of his goddess-like academic counselor was his! Four babies at once! Just as Ye Tian was worrying he couldn't afford to raise them 9Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 110 Back to 1996: Rising from Selling Fish 重回96：从卖鱼开始崛起 [Dual Female Leads] The once-mighty tycoon Kun Ge has been reborn! He returns to 1996. Starting out as a fishmonger bullied by his peers, he rises step by step to become the richest man in the world. The ups and downs of the global economy are all at his fingertips. With just one sentence, “Foreign capital is not allowed to come to Huaxia to make money,” he makes foreign conglomerates treat his words as gospel, never daring to cross the line into the country. “My name is Chen Kun. Kun, as in Kun 72Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 111 Ten Years: From Lost to Awakened 十年：我从茫然到觉醒 This book recounts, in chronological order, the author's real-life experiences over the decade or so after graduating from university and entering the working world. Through the many big and small events in his life, he hopes to find common ground with readers, and help them discover a direction of their own amid the confusion and cutthroat competition of today's society! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 From Campus to Top-Tier Star Across the Internet 从校园到全网顶流 From Campus to Top-Tier Star Across the Internet 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 After Getting Fired, I Maxed Out God-Tier Traits Just by Breathing 开除后，我靠呼吸刷爆神级词条 Just after getting laid off, I was told that my breathing could put labels on anything? Stick “Indestructible” on a pair of flip-flops and they can go toe-to-toe with a Ferrari. Stick “Never Misses” on a slingshot and you can knock a rich kid’s drone out of the sky from three blocks away. Stick “Friend to Animals” on the stray dog downstairs, and the next day every cat and dog in the neighborhood will come guard my home. - Ex-girlfriend: Lu Chen, I was wrong. Let’s get back together! - Me: Oh, l 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 I Sold Used Cars and Earned My First Fortune 我做二手车，赚了人生第一桶金 I Made My First Fortune Selling Used Cars 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Love in a Twisted World: A Tangle of Love, Fate, and Comebacks 错世恋：爱与命运的逆袭纠葛 Love Across Worlds: A Twist of Love and Fate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Reborn: The Tumultuous Year of 1982 重生：激荡1982 Also known as: Reborn in 1982, a Groom from the Start. Zhu Yunqing is unexpectedly sent back to 1982, where he starts out as an illiterate young gambler and groom in a remote, impoverished village. He wants to run away from his wedding and escape an era of utter poverty. But he comes to understand how much his family hopes for him, and ultimately decides to make a fresh start. Drawing on the life experience he gained in his previous life, he discovers the unique charm of the era, where treasures 678Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 117 Our Long River of Years 我们的岁月长河 Our Long River of Years is divided into three parts. Following the ordinary lives of three generations of Zhao Jiafu’s family, railway workers, it spans from the 1950s to the 2020s. It recounts the joys and sorrows, happiness and heartbreak, and everyday troubles experienced by the three generations of the Zhao family and the ordinary people around them over the long river of time. It depicts the turbulent lives of ordinary people as the times change and society develops. Time flows like a river 180Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Back to 1985 to Stir Up the World 重返八五搅动世界 Reborn in 1985, the first thing he does is sell his job to raise money for a business. He designs products, poses as a foreign investor, and creates a buzz to build up capital quickly. Inspired by real cases, the story depicts the history of Wenzhou merchants. 232Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 You Want Me to Take the Fall? Take This Slap Instead 要我顶罪，反手一个大逼斗 [No System + Streetwise Troublemaker + Ruthless Tough Guy + One Female Lead...] Wang Xun, an ordinary young man, returns to the year 2000. He is just seventeen and a half, has dropped out of school, and has been poisoned by gangster movies. Full of youthful passion, he sets out to make a name for himself in the underworld. He puts brotherhood first, would take a knife for his good friends, and isn’t afraid to fight! After being persuaded by his biased grandfather and others, he is about to take 402Reads7.3Score104Shelves
- 120 Back to 1980: I Saved a Stunning Beauty from the Start 重回1980：开局救下绝色老婆 Gao Zhiheng was reborn, returning to a small mountain village fifty years in the past. In his previous life, he followed his parents’ wishes and married An Ning, a young educated woman sent to the countryside. But because she wasn’t the woman he loved, he failed to cherish her and spent his days fooling around. Then one day, An Ning, pregnant with his child, was murdered. Mother and baby both died! His parents were consumed by grief and died with regrets. An Ning’s younger sister, who had been c 1.2kReads8.5Score103Shelves
- 121 My Baidu Is a Little Ahead of Its Time 我的度娘有点超前 Three years as a simp, and nothing to show for it in the end? As Jiang Yang watched the school beauty get into a BMW, he thought, “Forget it. Time to make money!” Just then, he unexpectedly discovered that the “Du Niang” search app on his phone could look up the future! [Winning numbers for the latest Double Color Ball lottery?] [The stock market's best performers over the next ten years?] [Which industry will be the most profitable in the future?] He quietly bought a lottery ticket to test it o 3.3kReads7.8Score285Shelves
- 122 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.4kReads8.3Score133Shelves
- 123 Reborn in 2005: I Built a Bubble Tea Empire 重生零五，我靠奶茶创业封神 After being reborn, Lin Wan goes from a milk tea shop worker whose wages are withheld to the Milk Tea Queen, a goddess of capital who controls a trillion-yuan conglomerate. On the streets of Guangzhou in 2005, no one knows what an enormous consumer market is hidden in that cup of milk tea, let alone that her mind holds the fate of capital over the next twenty years. Watch her turn the tables against the odds, then ride the wave to success. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Marriage Before Love: Mr. Fu’s Beloved 先婚后爱：付先生的掌心宠 Because of her family background, Xiang Zhaozhao had always been determined never to marry. That same family background left her with no choice but to compromise and go on a blind date with Fu Shiyu. Xiang Zhaozhao thought their marriage would be nothing more than two people sharing a life. She never imagined it would turn out so blissful and sweet! A love story about a first-generation entrepreneur and a woman marrying later in life! 1.1kReads8.7Score119Shelves
- 125 A Heart Unwilling to Give In 不甘的心 Some say that when God created humanity, He split each person in two: one half stayed in the mortal world, while the other was kept for Himself. Each was left to search among the crowds for the missing half of their own self. When faced with choices in an uncertain world, we always do everything we can to save the heart that refuses to give in. At the summit, we long to become wholly ourselves, perfectly united and standing tall amid the mundane realities of life. That defiant heart cries out: G 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Reborn with a Sweetheart: My Campus Belle Wife Is Too Sweet 重生狗粮：校花老婆太甜了 [Rebirth + sweet romance + System + one heroine] “Considering how badly you handled your life in your previous life, the System will give you a chance to mend your ways. You will transmigrate back ten years and start over!” In his previous life, Qin Yue was a bona fide scumbag. He treated his wife with cold indifference and cheated on her. After dying young, he spent two years by her side as a soul, and only then did he see how deeply she truly loved him! What do those other cheap, flashy women 83Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 127 Reborn in 1985: After Prison, I Rebuild a Business Empire 重生85：出狱后，重塑商业帝国 [1980s setting + realism + romance + business + political intrigue] The year 1985 marked a turning point in economic reform, as an extraordinary era began to unfold. Lin Mochi is lucky enough to return to this age of abundant opportunity, but fate seems to be playing a cruel joke: he is reborn in the body of a recently released convict. In the face of everyone’s disdain and misunderstanding, he always responds with a smile. You can’t explain ice to a summer insect. Who could possibly understand 2.5kReads9.0Score181Shelves
- 128 The Long Summer 悠长夏季 The quiet, secluded town of Guanhai welcomed two strange young men one after the other. From then on, the monotonous life of an eighteen-year-old high school girl was filled with laughter… But all good things must come to an end, and eventually they had to leave… Many years later, they unexpectedly met again, but everything had changed… 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Life Is but a Dream 人生如梦 After his business failed, all the people around him kicked him while he was down. Even his wife did something that enraged him. From then on, he worked tirelessly to grow stronger, build a thriving business, and make a name for himself. 27.3kReads8.5Score1kShelves
- 130 Urban: Marital Desire 都市：婚欲 [Urban life + romance] Cheng Yang once had a stable, happy family. But after his wife went away on a business trip, her friend Li Xiaoya came to him and revealed his wife's secret, setting off a chain of events… 5.6kReads7.6Score412Shelves
- 131 She Is the Light I Owe 她是我欠下的一场光 “Now your tears look like the real performance of a personality disorder.” Thirty-year-old Wang Mang was shrewd and self-serving, accustomed to weighing every option. He had a fiancée in name only, yet one night at an ear-cleaning salon, he fell into the clear eyes of nineteen-year-old Jiang Qi. He thought he was in control, replacing companionship with “guidance” and masking indifference with “maturity.” He taught her to be sensible, to be independent, and to keep her composure in a cruel worl 6Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 132 Reborn in Senior Year: I Broke the Heart of My First Love 重生高三，渣了白月光 3.3kReads8.6Score183Shelves
- 133 My Utopian Girl 我的乌托邦女孩 Original title: My Utopian Girl [Workplace business rivalry + tearjerker + close to everyday life + everyday comedy] A love story between a penniless male protagonist and a stunning female CEO. What is love? It's the answer we've always been searching for. From fearing that his poverty would keep him from reaching her heart to transforming himself and holding her tight, what exactly did Xinyi go through... 173Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 134 The Distance of Love Is Just Right 爱的距离刚刚好 Yu Kai saw the morning light streaming through the skylight fall across Qi Ji's face. Her eyes lowered slightly, and her long lashes veiled them like a mist. Her smooth forehead, straight, graceful nose, and faintly upturned lips formed a delicate, alluring profile in the sunlight. With her gaze lowered yet oblivious to everyone around her, she walked briskly past Yu Kai toward the South District office, her steps light but purposeful. A breeze followed in her wake, lifting her shoulder-length s 15Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 135 It's Only Fifty 不过是五十而已 An inspirational, unyielding story of midlife crisis, workplace struggles, bank managers and tellers, married life, and everyday urban life. This book tells the story of Huang Wenxue, a bank manager facing a midlife crisis. She is at that awkward age when she is considered too old to find a new job, yet still too young to retire. How will she answer the unavoidable questions surrounding her career, marriage, family, children, and caring for her aging parents? Even in middle age, even when confro 432Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 136 A Flower in the Dust, Blooming Toward the Sun 尘埃里的花，向阳而生 This story follows Shi Xiaoying, beginning at eighteen when she elopes for love. It traces her marriage through sweetness, betrayal, and endurance, culminating in her awakening. Woven through the story are her children’s perspectives and the kindness of those who watch from the sidelines. It portrays a woman struggling between betrayal and perseverance before finally breaking free and embracing a new life. Exploring responsibility and self-worth in love and marriage, it reveals the resilience th 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 The Bill for Time 时间的帐单 Set in a modern city, this story focuses on the clashes and eventual reconciliation between two generations of the Jiang family over their views on love and marriage, painting a realistic picture of contemporary society: elders rush their children into romance and marriage, while the younger generation prefers to take things slowly. The two generations struggle with love, marriage, and life choices, then look back on their lives, ultimately finding acceptance and insight in middle age. Everyone —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Dog Food: My Sign-In Rewards Expose Me to the Reborn Campus Beauty 狗粮：签到的我，被重生校花曝光 [Sweet Romance + Livestream Revelations + Both Reborn + Tycoon] Before the university graduation photos are taken, campus beauty Xia Yuexi suddenly tags the reborn Qin Huai and asks, “Would you be my boyfriend?!” Ding! The Host activates the sign-in System. As long as he signs in with Xia Yuexi, he can receive rewards. Qin Huai says, “Of course I'll say yes!” From then on, he lives a sweet (and crazy) life overflowing with public displays of affection! Every time Xia Yuexi exposes him on her liv 55Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 139 We Said It Was a Fake Marriage, So No Falling in Love 说了假结婚，我们不许谈恋爱 [Urban]+ [Everyday Life]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Romance] Shen Qing was sixteen that year and had just started high school. Because he was so good at soccer, he accidentally kicked over a cup of bubble tea belonging to his classmate Xie Wanning. Knowing he was in the wrong, he sincerely apologized afterward. He thought that would be the end of it, but the girl held a grudge, and he soon realized he couldn't escape her. Later, when the school investigated students dating, they even mistook the two o 285Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 A Cheating Life, Powered by My Phone 作弊人生靠手机 Jiang Zuo was reborn in 2011 with a phone from 2022. Could he defy fate and change his life over the next ten years? Once he had amassed enough wealth, money became just numbers. So what was the meaning of life? After achieving fame and success, was Jiang Zuo still Jiang Zuo? Was it the phone that made Jiang Zuo, or had it taken control of his life? 97Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 141 A Drifter's Rise Begins with a Dream 盲流小子的崛起，从梦开始 A vivid memory, born from an accident during an experiment, streaked into the sky as a flash of blue light and landed in the mind of a young man with the same name in a parallel world, a cosmic reflection of our own. It slowly began to influence and change his life, as well as the lives of his family and friends. Literary luminaries: Such a gifted young talent. It’s a shame he has a mouth on him. Students: His poetry and essays are excellent, but he’s a real jerk! Famous songwriter: That kid doe 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Reborn: The Young Mistress Pursues Her Elder Husband 重生之少夫追老妻 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Treasure Hunting in Warehouses: From the Start, I Donate the Twelve Animal Heads 仓库寻宝，开局捐回十二兽首 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Yang Yi becomes a professional storage-unit treasure hunter in the United States. Countless abandoned storage units across the country hold all kinds of treasures. Marilyn Monroe's dress, Captain America's shield, Iron Man's armor... What delights Yang Yi most is discovering one of the Twelve Zodiac Animal Heads: the Snake Head. From then on, he searches for treasures all over the world, determined to bring all twelve of China's zodiac animal heads home! 2.3kReads8.3Score202Shelves
- 144 A Poor Kid's Rise to Billionaire at Thirty-Five 穷小子逆袭三十五岁成亿万富豪 (Slow-burn setup in the early chapters; urban life, emotions, sweet and heartwarming everyday moments + one female lead + 1v1 + mutual devotion + office life + romance + childhood friends and first love) This book mainly follows the many ups and downs in Zhu Zilong's life, and the warmth and harshness of the world around him. After succeeding as an entrepreneur and changing his fate, he grows more mature and dependable. Yet even after achieving success in his career, he remains single. He can't 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 A Man’s Backbone 男人的脊梁 On the eve of the college entrance exam, senior student Zhou Yangfan's world came crashing down: his father broke his leg and was bedridden, while his overworked mother was suddenly hospitalized. He could stay in school and pursue his dream of going to university, but with both parents ill and a mountain of debt hanging over the family, they could barely afford even his basic living expenses. How could he concentrate? If he went home to care for his parents and share their burden, he would have 3.6kReads9.2Score431Shelves
- 146 Chemical Empire: A Reversal of the Times, Starting at the Design Institute 化工帝国：从设计院开始的年代逆 In this smokeless industrial battlefield, technology is the highest form of cultivation! With sixty years of memories at his fingertips, Lu Ran embarks on his path to 'chemical-industry ascension.' Starting from a run-down design institute with just thirty employees, he'll build a trillion-yuan empire on this barren land! Research career progression: Trainee Technician → Industry Leader → Head of a Multinational Conglomerate → Global Chemical Industry Pope! Development blueprint: Shabby Bungalow —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 The Neighbors on Either Side of Xingyao 星遥的左右隔壁 Shen Song Xingyao is a girl whose name carries the story of her parents' unusual relationship. She grew up in a unique family arrangement, with her parents living in apartments next door to each other. Her father, Shen Yizhou, is a carefree, laid-back editor, while her mother, Song Qingru, is a meticulous, rational accountant. They never had a marriage in the traditional sense, yet through an unspoken understanding few outsiders could comprehend, they raised their daughter together. From her inn 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 At Our Wedding, My Wife Ran Into Her Ex’s Arms 婚礼现场妻子投入前男友怀抱 At the peak of his life, he was poisoned to death, and his wife turned out to be the murderer. After being poisoned, Shen Xingchen was reborn and embarked on a series of acts of revenge. His wife's family was disgraced, and their finances collapsed into bankruptcy. One romantic opportunity after another came his way: his wealthy senior sister returned from abroad to rekindle their relationship, and a crime boss's daughter went on a blind date with him. Using the information advantage he gained f 7Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 149 Reborn: Driving Back to 1999 with My Phone 重生：揣着手机自驾回到1999 Rebirth + Cheat Ability + Period Setting + Business + Urban Life He returns to 1999 with a phone that can connect to the future. Using the future information on his phone, he builds something from nothing, growing from small beginnings into something big. The most small-minded person ever to be reborn, simply living an ordinary person’s life all over again. Readers who like mindless wish-fulfillment stories, be warned! Be warned! Be warned! Zhou Peng, in his thirties, never imagined he’d be stru 7.3kReads8.1Score677Shelves
- 150 Back Off, Campus Beauty. My Wife Is a Goddess Translator 校花一边去，我的老婆是女神翻译 [One heroine] [Tycoon] [Dad] [Sweet romance] [System] He catches his girlfriend going to a bar with her male best friend and angrily breaks up with her. Drunk and sprawled on the street, he’s picked up by a goddess-like translator. Huh? Why does this beauty look so familiar? And why are there four adorable kids? [Ding!] [The Host has found the children’s mother!] [Tycoon Dad System activated!] [Your new-player gift pack will be awarded after your first parent-child interaction.] 3Reads6.6Score—Shelves
