Novels like A Man of Thirty
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- 1 A Man at Thirty 男人三十 This book tells the story of a thirty-year-old man’s growth after enduring betrayal, humiliation, and failure. It has funny moments, tearjerkers, helplessness, and tragedy, and strives to portray a full and authentic life! 57Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 2 A Man at Thirty 男人三十 At thirty, Su Yun’s career had fallen apart and his wife had betrayed him. After countless blows, he finally saw the world beneath all that money for what it truly was. My life shouldn’t be like this! Su Yun struggled and fought back, becoming the very kind of person he once despised. All to tear open that suffocating night and seek the faint glimmer of light that might keep him alive! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 My Beautiful, Wealthy Wife 我的白富美老婆 I'm the leader of the War Alliance and a devoted protector of beautiful women. I only want to live a simple, happy life with my wife... Such a simple wish, and someone actually dares to stand in my way? 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 A Man at Thirty 男人三十 When Chen Wuyue woke up one day, he discovered that he had somehow become a good-for-nothing, with a wife and child to boot... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Man Comes into His Own at Thirty 男人三十而立 A joke somehow comes true: Zhao Dezhu’s nine-year-old daughter isn’t his after all. Zhao Dezhu flies into a rage. He wants a divorce and a new life!… (A man comes into his own at thirty, but it’s never too late to start today.) 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain: I’m Really Not the Peerless Divine Doctor 道士下山，我真不是盖世神医 Li Chengdao is terminally ill and descends the mountain in search of a cure, unaware that his medical skills already surpass everyone else's. When he meets a stunning female CEO from a powerful family, he goes to break off their engagement, only to have her pursue him instead. In front of the medical world's leading experts, he casually demonstrates his skills and earns the adoration of thousands. People from every walk of life gather to watch. The ordinary medical skills Li Chengdao takes for g 272Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 7 A Man at Thirty: Life Against the Current 男人三十：逆流人生 I always thought I had a happy, perfect family, until one day I saw my wife being led into my bedroom in another man's arms... 41Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 8 A Man at Thirty 男人三十 When he woke up, he somehow had a wife. 265Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 9 The Demon Venerable’s Daily Life with His Child 魔尊的带崽日常 One day, the Demon Venerable Bai Shiyuan wakes from a dream and finds himself back in the past. After being reborn, all he wants is revenge on those who framed him and a chance to avoid the fate he suffered in his previous life. By the standard procedure for a Demon Venerable reborn, Bai Shiyuan should seek magical artifacts, battle his fellow disciples, master cultivation techniques, and rise to the pinnacle of life. But Bai Shiyuan falls into a... no, several traps right at the first step! A w 60Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 10 A Thirty-Year-Old Man 男人三十 My wife went on a business trip, but I received messages about her on my phone! When I called the number, I couldn’t believe what I discovered... I’m going to kill someone! 12Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 11 On My First Day of Cultivation, the Beautiful CEO Came Knocking 修仙第一天，美女总裁找上门 Qin Yu never dreamed that his girlfriend of four years would betray him, all because he worked as a caregiver! Even more unexpected was that a paralyzed female CEO would seek him out and ask him to become her live-in son-in-law. Wife, since you refuse to give up on me, I’ll protect you for the rest of my life! 346Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 12 My Dating System Is Way Too Devoted 我的恋爱系统过于专一 [System + romance + tsundere + scheming] Death, or dating? Does he even have a choice? The girl bound to him by the System is ridiculously cute, but all he wants is to cash in on the perks! Chu Ling: “Women will only slow down how fast I can draw my sword!” Mu Taotao: “Just flirting without taking responsibility? Count me in!” —Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 13 Forty-Year-Old Man 男人四十 Now that I’ve boarded the train to forty, I’ve come to deeply understand life’s helplessness. But life means being born and carrying on, and no matter how many hardships it brings, you have to face them head-on! 1Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 14 A Man at Thirty 男人三十 I was worth tens of millions, but then I faced bankruptcy, and my wife of six years gave me a huge set of antlers. At the lowest point in my life, I met a beautiful CEO by chance. To clear my name, I'll reclaim my former glory. Not only will I take revenge on my enemies, I'll make everyone who looked down on me kneel and call me Daddy. Is human nature good or evil? People have argued over it for millennia. My story begins with human nature... 2.4kReads7.9Score240Shelves
- 15 Thirty Is a Man's Prime 男人三十正当年 Zhao Xiaofeng is lucky enough to escape a car accident, but when he gets home, he overhears his wife, Ling Yu, plotting with another man to rob him and kill him. With his life at rock bottom, Zhao Xiaofeng strikes back with force and turns his fate around. Everything he lost, he'll take back. 22Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 16 A Man at Thirty Is Like a Wolf 男人三十如狼 Lately, Zhang Haidong had felt that something was off about his wife. She often stayed out all night, so he secretly followed her and discovered that things were indeed not so simple... Zhang Haidong returned home in a daze, intending to ask for a divorce, but his wife brought it up first. She also told him she was pregnant, and the father of the child was actually... 57Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 17 I’m Mentally Ill, So What Have I Got to Fear From Monsters? 我，精神病，怕什么妖魔鬼怪？ [System + comedy + invincible + absurdist] After transmigrating to a world undergoing spiritual qi revival, Zhang Tian suffers a head injury and becomes severely mentally ill. Then... he successfully activates the “Fantasy into Reality System.” He takes four crazies as underlings. Er... to be precise, they're the Four Great Show-Offs. Li Qiye, searching for a sheep: “That monster looks way too scary!” Xu Que of the Heaven-Shattering Gang: “This demon should join the Heaven-Shattering Gang!” Chen 53Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 18 The Simp Woke Up, and the Campus Belle Panicked and Cried 舔狗醒悟，校花她急哭了 A simp who gives everything in the end is left with nothing. All he gets in return is unreasonable drama. His self-proclaimed devotion is met with one blow to his dignity after another, and all she ever gives him is another demand for a divorce. Li Qingyu finally understands: love depends on fate, not sacrifice. One person's devotion can't carry a relationship very far. He thought he had realized it too late, but then he unexpectedly woke up reborn in his college days, just after his confession 111Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 19 Don't Mess with This Stay-at-Home Dad 奶爸不好惹 A peerless powerhouse returns to Earth to spend time with his parents, marry, and raise a daughter. Then one day, a martial artist shows up at his door, wanting to take his daughter as an apprentice. His daughter cries and throws a fit, so Chen Buer agrees, but she's still too young to learn martial arts. He can only send her to a martial arts kindergarten for Systematic training. And so Chen Buer becomes a proud stay-at-home dad, accompanying his daughter to class. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The All-Powerful Urban Doctor 全能医仙在都市 One casual surgery by Shen Wei shakes the medical world, and countless people want him to operate on them! One casually refined pill sparks a frenzy, and pharmaceutical companies fall to their knees before him! One casually written poem shocks the poetry world, drawing countless poets to worship him! One casually written song rocks the music scene, and countless singers hope to earn his favor! One casually written novel takes all of Jiuzhou by storm, selling out every bookstore! He casually cult 28Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 21 The Tiger King's Edict 虎王令 The Tiger King returns, only to find his comrade's wife brutally humiliated and his son slapped! The Tiger King gives the order, and a million elite soldiers storm the city! 1kReads9.0Score165Shelves
- 22 Showbiz: My Healing Girlfriend 娱乐之我的治愈系女友 [Entertainment Industry + Sweet Romance] On a snowy night, Lin Jinghong struck up a conversation with a girl who couldn't speak. Her name was Gu Nanxi. From then on, an extraordinary life began. A bolt of lightning flashed, and Lin Jinghong slowly fell to the ground. In a dream, he received three lives granted by God. When he woke up again, the three lives had merged. Now he was a singer, an actor, and a genius with every kind of artistic talent. [Welcome back! I can grant you one more wish.] [W 17Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 23 A Thirty-Year-Old Man: His Second Wife 男人三十：二婚之妻 After his career fell apart and his beautiful wife betrayed him, he had no choice but to take a job as a driver for a company. But life is unpredictable, and no one can know what tomorrow holds. When his boss dies in a car accident, he leaves behind a young, beautiful widow. A new romance now lies before him… 155Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 24 From the Start, I Have a Wife 开局一个老婆 [One heroine + yandere + a male lead who lives off his wife] A useless male lead in a story where the woman is strong. Li Yang, a homebody from the 21st century, never expected to transmigrate to a strange world filled with different races, bizarre levels, and skills. The strangest thing was that he couldn’t cultivate at all and could only become his wife’s plaything… The heroine is cynical and resentful of the world. The male lead is gentle and indecisive. 35Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 25 My Counselor Is Making Me Marry Her 我的辅导员逼我娶她 Su Su: “Hu Lu, I’ve decided what your graduation thesis will be.” Hu Lu: “What is it, Teacher Su?” Su Su: “How to Romantically Marry Your Own Counselor, Su Su.” Hu Lu: “...” Hu Lu is a gaming streamer who’s hopelessly chauvinistic in real life but full of dirty jokes online. On the first day of the new term, he bumps into his beautiful counselor, and the two bickering rivals begin a hilarious relationship full of playful fights and teasing. They start dating in secret, then enjoy a sweet romance 3.2kReads8.7Score503Shelves
- 26 Rejected 99 Times, So I'm Done Chasing Her! 表白99次被拒，我不追了！ [Keep simping and you’ll end up with nothing!] The System threatened to erase me unless I confessed my love to the campus belle 99 times! If I weren’t trying to stay alive, who’d want to be a simp? Isn’t the childhood friend I grew up with way better? But the campus belle wasn’t having it. Su Yueting grabbed Chen Fanghuai by the sleeve and said anxiously, “If you confess one last time, I’ll say yes!” Cheng Siyi shot him a cold glance, pulled her hand away, and said icily, “Girl, who do you think 673Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 A Lifetime as a Son-in-Law 一生为婿 Disillusioned and heartbroken, Lu Yuan became the Su family's live-in son-in-law and spent three years drifting through life in a daze. His wife's scolding hit him like a wake-up call. Only then did he realize what he had let slip away. From that moment on, he rose like a hidden dragon breaking free of the abyss, vowing to protect the love of his life. But as the truth of his origins came to light, Lu Yuan finally understood... 223Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 28 My Wife Is the Female Emperor 我的老婆是女帝 Ye Huo is dragged into a grove by the campus belle, who confesses her love to him. It should be a happy occasion, but Ye Huo can't bring himself to feel happy, because the campus belle claims to be the Dragon Hua Empress, reborn from the Immortal Realm, and even drags him over to feel the dragon tattoo on her belly... 54Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 29 What?! You Want Me to Be a Dad Before I’ve Even Graduated? 天！还没毕业你就让我当爸了？ “I took our daughter back to my hometown!” “Mm, I know. The trip was bumpy. Did Qian Bao have a hard time?” “Wasn’t I the only one who suffered?” “That’s good!” “...” He’s a student of traditional Chinese medicine. He seems ordinary, but he can read people’s aura and see their fortune! She’s the heiress to a top-tier wealthy family, with a beautiful face, a great figure, and an elegant air! They had never crossed paths until an accident brought them together! Ten months later, their newborn daug 7.2kReads8.9Score525Shelves
- 30 Tycoon: The Sweet Everyday Life of My Wife and Me 神豪：我和老婆的甜蜜日常 I, Xiao Chen, was an ordinary college graduate, but just as I was graduating, my girlfriend betrayed me. Then I unexpectedly unlocked the “Stroke of Genius: A Wife Is Everything” life achievement. But where was I supposed to get a wife??? I remembered meeting a beautiful upperclasswoman four years ago... and now she showed up at my door with two little bundles of joy. From that moment on, my job was to cherish my beautiful wife and our two little ones. Before graduation, I’d planned to work hard 142Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 31 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. 27kReads8.5Score987Shelves
- 32 The Number One God of War 头号战神 Six years ago, he went into hiding in Hongmeng to seek revenge. Six years later, the number-one War God returns in triumph. “Ye Feng, your enemies are all so powerful. Aren’t you afraid?” “Not at all.” Ye Feng smiles as he pats his enemy’s head, then says, “Enemies? I never care how powerful they are, because none of them are as powerful as me.” 2.4kReads9.0Score324Shelves
- 33 My Wife's Betrayal 妻子的背叛 At thirty, my company has gone bankrupt and my family has fallen apart. What am I supposed to do now...? 158Reads8.7Score101Shelves
- 34 The Campus Belle Turned Me Down on a Blind Date, but Her Best Friend Won Me Over 相亲校花被拒，被校花闺蜜撩麻了 [Rejected from the start + campus belle + totally charmed + ultra-sweet romance] To complete his System task and activate the System, Lin Mu sets up a matchmaking booth on the campus sports field. A fun-loving woman weighing 200 jin: “College life is great. I’ve always liked college students, and I’m quite taken with you. If you’re willing to marry me, you won’t have to work. I’ll give you ten thousand a month in spending money, pay for your car and house, and give you a 300,000-yuan dowry. Don’ 156Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 35 The Big Shot Wants to Go Home 大佬想回家 (At first, this book was classified as historical romance. I insisted on changing it to fantasy, but now it seems I was wrong. By the end, it was still a romance.) I found a wife and wanted to go home, but one layer of mist after another stood in my way. First, a fool broke the seal, regained his senses, and went searching for the souls of heaven and earth. He went up to the heavens, then down to the Nine Hells; after that, he even ventured into the void. After all that trouble, it was only so h 10Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 36 My Gorgeous Fiancée, the Streamer, Is So Sweet 绝美未婚妻主播超甜哒 After graduating from college, Ye Chen learns that he and Sister Zhou were promised to each other as children! Zhou Xiaofen is his fiancée! Ye Chen is dumbfounded! Marriage is a man's grave! Marriage is a man's crematorium! How can he give up an entire peach orchard for just one peach blossom? He has to break off the engagement! Then... Ye Chen receives a mysterious package and unlocks the Super Draw System. All he has to do is agree to the engagement to activate the System! And so... “Ding! One 186Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 37 The Overbearing Emperor 霸道大帝 A genius boy suddenly becomes an idiot overnight, all so he can secretly cultivate an unparalleled technique. Three years later, the fool awakens. He tramples the strongest prodigies underfoot and marries the most beautiful princess! What? You're an all-powerful demon? Get down on your knees! 2.2kReads8.4Score229Shelves
- 38 If We Meet Again in the Next Life, We Won't See Each Other 如果，来世我们不会再相见 You can read this as an angst story. (Quick transmigration + multiple worlds + (a few matriarchal worlds) + urban fantasy + xuanhuan.) Aren’t we… the best of friends? Just you wait… If he gets hurt even a little, you’ll pay for it with your life… What am I to you, exactly… Why… Why, exactly… 418Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 39 My Dad Is the God of War 我爸是战神 Su Yang was cruelly dumped from the start. A rich second-generation heir took his ex-girlfriend on a yacht trip, but when she saw Su Yang sunbathing aboard a luxury cruise ship, she regretted it so much she could have kicked herself... 1.2kReads8.6Score109Shelves
- 40 I Tried to Keep a Low Profile, but One Mistake Made Me the Brightest Star 想低调的，但操作失误成最亮的仔 Lin Mo transmigrates into a romance novel aimed at women, becoming the perfect, universally adored male supporting character. He is just a tool for the male and female leads to develop their relationship, and in the end, the protagonists’ aura leaves him lost in the crowd. To escape this damn setup, Lin Mo turns down the two choices his older brother offers him. His brother Lin Han says, “Xiao Mo, Mom and Dad said you have two options now: go to military academy, or take over Mom’s trillion-yuan 3.7kReads5.7Score242Shelves
- 41 A Man at Forty 男人四十 If it hadn’t been for a spur-of-the-moment paternity test, Fang Hao would have gone on believing he was the happiest man in the world. His wife was Jiangdong City’s most beautiful woman, they had a pair of fraternal twins, a car and a house, and he was a resident doctor at the People’s Hospital. But the paternity test revealed that the twins had two different fathers: one was him, and the other was another man. 266Reads7.6Score100Shelves
- 42 A Level 999 Romance with My Lovesick Senior 与病娇学姐进行LV999的恋爱 [Mild yandere + One Female Lead + Everyday Romance + Sweet Romance + No System + Mutual Pursuit] After meeting his online girlfriend in person, Qin Tian was faced with one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news was that his online girlfriend was not only an absolute beauty, but also the school belle at his university, a senior student. The bad news was that this senior seemed a little dangerous. For example... Qin Tian: "Hey, Senior, which anime characters do you like be 215Reads6.7Score163Shelves
- 43 The Peerless Doctor and Martial Artist Live-In Son-in-Law 绝品医武赘婿 In a single dream spanning five thousand years, he witnessed the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, Shennong tasting the hundred herbs, and Yu the Great taming the floods. He saw one dynasty after another rise, passing through the long ages like a traveler. Now that he has returned, he is still the live-in son-in-law everyone looks down on. His mother-in-law despises him, his sister-in-law sneers at him, and his breathtakingly beautiful wife is cold toward him. But from the moment he 3.1kReads8.8Score284Shelves
- 44 Great Tang: I Stole Changsun Wugou from the Start 大唐：开局抢了长孙无垢 After transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty, Li Ye became Prince Jing, Li Yuan’s adopted son, and gained an All-Purpose War God System. From the start, he received three hundred rewards and a hundred titles. The entire imperial court revered him, Li Yuan saw him as the heir to the Tang Dynasty, and the common people worshipped him as a god. From the start, he even stole Changsun Wuji. The daughters of the great clans with seven surnames and five branches were all vying to marry him. Li Yuan: “T 1.9kReads7.7Score108Shelves
- 45 Great Tang: From the Start, I Marry Princess Changle 大唐：开局迎娶长乐公主 The famed general Luo Cheng fell in battle. Many years later, his son Luo Tong returns. The princess is high and mighty? She’s my wife! Xue Rengui is powerful? He’s my sidekick! Those dukes hold high office? Sorry, they’re all my father’s sworn brothers! What? The Turks, Goguryeo, and Tuyuhun lost and still refuse to accept it? No problem. I’ll send Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chumo, and Yuchi Baolin to beat them all the way back to their lairs! I am the Tang Dynasty’s royal son-in-law, Luo Tong! 1.3kReads7.2Score102Shelves
- 46 Is Cultivating the Dao Really So Hard? I Level Up Once a Day and Become an Immortal in a Hundred 道士难修？我一天一转，百天成仙 The protagonist, Chu Xiaoyao, awakens the talent known as the Black Flag Effect. What is the Black Flag Effect? Understand the rules, learn the rules, use the rules, control the rules, and transcend the rules. Secret realms invade, the rules change, and humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. Fortunately, there is always a way forward. Humanity begins to awaken talents and embark on the path of becoming professionals. Chu Xiaoyao changes class to Taoist. Other people need special paper, ink 1kReads6.7Score136Shelves
- 47 The War God of a Powerful Family 豪门战神 Also known as The Apex War God. Fifteen years ago, he was the disowned son of a powerful family, reduced to living on the streets. A little girl gave him her candy. Fifteen years later, he is the greatest war god in the East, unrivaled in wealth and power! The king returns, willing to become an older live-in son-in-law for the sake of that one act of kindness. When I take your hand, no one in this world will ever dare bully you again. 2.5kReads8.9Score354Shelves
- 48 The Dragon King’s Son-in-Law 天龙王婿 [God-Sealing Divine Book] [Live-in Son-in-Law] [War God] [Ruthless and Decisive] His parents were murdered, his little sister died a tragic death, and his family was wiped out. The Dragon War God laid down his seal of office and gave up his wealth, all to find the true culprit. On his path to revenge, he unexpectedly learned that he already had a daughter. But what he never expected was that his daughter had been sold to human traffickers and turned into a tool for making money through begging. 53Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 49 I Awakened a Cauldron Soul, and the Succubus Campus Beauty Won’t Leave Me Alone 觉醒炉鼎命魂，被魅魔校花缠上了 [High-Martial Arts + Furnace Cauldron + Campus Beauty + Living Off a Woman While Staying Tough + Invincible Hero + Comedy] Lin Han transmigrates to a world where evil spirits and strange phenomena have returned, and mutant beasts roam everywhere. In this world, everyone awakens a life soul at birth. A person's life soul determines their future. The moment Lin Han transmigrates into this world, he awakens a furnace cauldron life soul. It accumulates energy inside him around the clock. To avoid be 246Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 50 My Wife Is a Goddess 我的老婆是个神 Li Zhifan wakes from a nap to find an exceptionally beautiful woman beside him. Her name is Jialuo. Her features are exquisitely divine, her hair is silver, her hands delicate, her eyebrows long and fine, and her figure light and graceful. She wears a soft white dress. Jialuo: “There’s no need to panic. My name is Jialuo, and I’m 300,000 years old. I rule the higher-dimensional space of the Milky Way. Rebels overthrew me, and I eventually fell to Earth. From now on, you will be my guardian.” Li 517Reads8.9Score101Shelves
