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- 1 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
- 2 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
- 3 The Strange King Emperor 诡异王帝 Five years ago, spiritual qi revival began. Five years later, Earth entered the second stage of the spiritual qi eruption... This world faces invasions from beings who call themselves the Human Realm, a Heaven Realm that has fused with our own, and visitors from beyond the stars. Earth is in crisis. Here there are immortals, Buddhas, demons, ghosts, wizards, awakened ones, and resurrected beings revived from antiquity. The sky is collapsing, the earth is crumbling. Who can take command of fate a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 A Man of Thirty 男人三十 My company went bankrupt, my wife cheated on me, and I'm saddled with a mountain of debt. What am I supposed to do? I remember a saying: either die in silence or erupt in silence. I refuse to let others toy with me. I'm determined to get revenge and rise again. Those who wronged me will learn the consequences. Those who betrayed me will pay the price. I'll take back twice what I'm owed. At thirty, a man's most exciting years are only just beginning! 98Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 5 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
- 6 A Man at Thirty 男人三十 When he woke up, he somehow had a wife. 265Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 The Opium of Power 权利鸦片 My new work is here! Please check it out on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Taste of Life 人间味道 This is a collection of short stories about family, friendship, love, and devotion to one's country. Life has no answer sheet; it is a journey. Every ordinary story celebrates the brilliant moments of ordinary people. My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Deadly Language 致命语言 The Language of Death 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Middle Age: City of Desire 人到中年：欲望之都 [Urban] + [Everyday Life] + [Special Agent] + [Sound Values] The story begins when the male lead, Li Wujiao, retires from service and comes home late at night, hoping to surprise his wife. Instead, he discovers that his wife, Jiang Zhirou, hasn't come home, and someone is harassing her... What? You say your grandfather was once a big shot in the Magic City? And your father is a financial tycoon there, too? No need to panic... Watch a retired agent prove that retirement hasn't dulled his skills. 6.4kReads9.0Score648Shelves
- 13 The Fantastic Adventures of Daniu and Miss Zixia 大牛和小姐紫霞的奇幻之旅 No transmigration + decisive and ruthless + wuxia Zixia is full of chivalrous spirit and punishes scoundrels and perverts with thunderous force, every punch landing solidly. Her servant, Daniu, follows her everywhere and protects her. I’m a new writer, and this is my first book. It’s best to start from the beginning. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 1,000 Questions About Chinese History 中国历史1000问 Descendants of Yan and Huang, let us open the pages of history, brush away the dust of time, and seek the historic footprints of our founding ancestors as they forged a path for the Chinese nation to survive and thrive! Arranged chronologically, this book begins with prehistoric civilizations in ancient times and continues through the end of 2010. It covers a longer span of time than any comparable book, which is its first distinguishing feature. Second, like other books of its kind, it selects 56.5kReads9.6Score2.7kShelves
- 15 Wen Tianxiang, the Great Song’s Lone Loyalist 大宋孤忠文天祥 As the Southern Song teeters on the brink, its lands lie shattered beneath the ravages of the Yuan army. The Loyal Son of the Great Song: Wen Tianxiang tells the tumultuous story of Wen Tianxiang’s life. He excelled in the imperial examinations at a young age and was determined to serve his country. Though faced with corruption at court, he never wavered from his original ideals. When the Yuan army advanced, he stepped forward, gave away his entire fortune to recruit volunteer troops, and went t 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 A Delicate Educated Youth? General Zhenyuan: I Love Beautiful Women 知青娇弱？镇远将军：我爱美 At the General’s residence, the imperial edict had been delivered. Xue Mulan sat at the side table in the main hall. After a long while, she said only, “Enough!” After the general left, the maid in green collected half a cup of leftover tea, but did not wipe the table or straighten the chairs. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Half Farmer, Half Taoist 半农半道 A record of life’s fleeting moments, a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! In the Age of Declining Dharma, beneath the White Lotus, the greatest hermits hide in plain sight. The truly gifted master Suan Potian and his young apprentice Liu Yi, with help from Captain Liu of the J Team, travel through all kinds of strange tales. They fish drowned souls from the water, battle spirit mediums, drive out evil, escort ghosts and capture monsters; they read the veins of yin energy, set the ea 350Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Wife at Thirty 三十之妻 “Dad... Dad, a bad man is hitting Mom... Waaaah...” His three-year-old daughter called him, sobbing. “Don’t cry, sweetheart. Where are you?” Chen Fei was frantic with worry. “We’re at home. Dad, hurry and save Mom!” His daughter was crying her heart out. Just as Chen Fei was about to ask more, he heard screams coming through the phone... 317Reads8.0Score133Shelves
- 19 Parallel Worlds: Three Spaces 平行世界-三个空间 Parallel Worlds: Three Spaces 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Nonexistent Teacher Xu and Auntie Wu 不存在的徐老师和吴阿姨 The Nonexistent Teacher Xu and Auntie Wu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Older Sister Who Exists Only in My Mind 只存在我脑海中的姐姐 The Older Sister Who Exists Only in My Mind 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 To Hell With Your Family Tree, We're All Outstanding Volunteers 去你的族谱，我们全家都是优秀志愿者 Forget Your Family Tree, Our Whole Family Are Outstanding Volunteers —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Travel the World in a Custom Camper Van 自改房车行天下 [This book isn’t really a novel. More accurately, it’s a travelogue based on the author’s real experiences, chronicling the entire journey along National Highway 219 by car. If you enjoy traveling, come take a look.] What’s the most important thing about going out for fun? Of course, you have to get out there! What does traveling mean? Some say that traveling ten thousand miles is better than reading ten thousand books. Hu Yonggang believes that the meaning of travel is something you have to dis 1.3kReads9.5Score165Shelves
- 24 That Summer, I Was Reborn 那个夏天，我重生了 That Summer, I Was Reborn 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 My Parents Transferred Me Ninety Thousand Yuan, and the Zombie Horde Broke Out the Next Day 父母给我转了九万块，第二天丧尸潮爆发 My Parents Transferred 90,000 Yuan to Me, and the Zombie Horde Broke Out the Next Day 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Chinese Labor Corps: A Coppersmith’s First World War 华工军团：一名铜匠的第一次世界大战 [Cross-border romance + an underdog's rise + a hero of World War I + rural life + bandits] From a wedding hall in Shandong to the trenches of Europe, an epic expedition by an ordinary man! On the day of his wedding, Shandong coppersmith Li Zhongfu discovers that soldiers and bandits have joined forces to massacre Wuji Town, where his fiancée Su Huizhen lives. At the brink of life and death, Li Zhongfu saves the townspeople, but Su Huizhen disappears. After accidentally uncovering the secret behi 531Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 27 That Summer, I Healed Myself 那个夏天，我治愈了自己 That Summer, I Healed Myself 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 After Turning Into Zombies, We Started Living Our Best Lives 变成丧尸后，我们开启了真正的快乐人生 After Turning into Zombies, We Started Living Our Truly Happy Lives 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 After Fleeing My Wedding, I Went to Dongguan 逃婚后我去了东莞 [Rural] At 22, Bai Qing went on a blind date over the New Year holiday. On her very first date, she lost her virginity to a man she didn't like. With no other choice, she ran away from her wedding and went to Guangdong to work. While working in Dongguan, she met her true love, Li Changsheng, a rich second-generation heir. Not long after they began dating, Changsheng sent Bai Qing to adult college. After many intimate encounters, she became pregnant. Then Bai Qing dropped out, got married, and ga 932Reads7.3Score102Shelves
- 30 The Story Behind a Stone Stele: A Writer's Notes 一块石碑引发的故事-创作手记 The Story Behind a Stone Stele: Notes from the Author 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 A Thousand-Year Glance Back Before Pei Cen's Stele 裴岑碑前的千年回眸 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Rural Beast-Taming Miracle Doctor 乡村御兽神医 [Countryside, farming, miracle doctor, one heroine, decisive and ruthless.] Zhang Fan was beaten by the village bully and turned into a fool. His mother's leg was broken, and his maternal grandparents were literally driven to their deaths. Fortunately, he inherited the Mountain God's knowledge and skills in geomancy, medicine, fate reading, divination, physiognomy, formations, alchemy, talismans, artifact crafting, and animal training. He had planned to keep pretending to be a fool, but when he 8.5kReads8.6Score945Shelves
- 33 Strange Tales of the Mountain Village: The Drought Demon and the Drought 山村异闻录之旱魃与旱灾 Strange Tales from the Mountain Village: The Drought Demon and the Drought —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 In the Era of Forced Childbearing, I Received a Little Fox Cub 强制生育时代，我领到一只小狐崽 [One-on-one, both are each other's first and only, little fox cub, cross-species romance, Fox Lord, mutual protection, political intrigue among the demon clans, cool heroine, flirtatious tension] Liang Yi told Jiang He, "Let's break up. My parents can't accept that you're adopted." Jiang He didn't cling to him. She calmly let him go. But a policy announced by the civil affairs department left people no way to avoid it: Anyone who turned thirty without a child registered in their name would have 368Reads—Score125Shelves
- 35 I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, But They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Marry and Have Kids 我帮亲戚们躲过了丧尸潮，但他们还是催婚催生 I Helped My Relatives Escape the Zombie Horde, but They Still Keep Pressuring Me to Get Married and Have Kids 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 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
- 37 Me, an Outer Sect Disciple, Became the Immortal World's Ancestor by Keeping a Low Profile 我，外门弟子，苟成仙界老祖 I, an Outer Sect Disciple, Cautiously Became the Immortal Realm's Ancestor 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 A Max-Level General Returns to His Senior Year of High School 满级将军重回高三 Transmigrated from ancient times to the modern day / Military action / A commander crushes the modern world Lu Tingxiao, the great Northern General of Wei, fought to the death in a bloody battle, only to unexpectedly take over the body of a modern-day man with the same name in 2026: a cowardly outcast from a wealthy Beijing family who had slashed his wrists over love! Once, he had trodden over countless corpses and held life and death in his hands. Now, faced with his family's cold indifference, 494Reads9.0Score119Shelves
- 39 Divine Numerology: The Secret Scroll of the Supreme Principle 神数衍天：皇极秘卷 Divine Numerology Reveals Heaven: The Secret Scroll of the Emperor's Pole 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Martial Peace Through Tribulation and Dust 劫尘武安 Wu'an Amid the Dust of Calamity 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Transmigrating to the Earth's Core: The Good-for-Nothing Rises to Become an Emperor 穿越地心：废柴逆袭成帝君 Transmigration + rebirth + a good-for-nothing’s comeback + a legendary romance + modern special forces + subterranean adventure + mysteries of ancient humanity Who transmigrated across 160,000 years? Who sent a cry from the depths of their soul? A rift in space and time tears open with a roar, and Himalayan beasts break free from their seal. The human world is plunged into catastrophe. Xia Qitian, a member of the Special Incident Investigation Team, has his soul transmigrate. His body is left a 2.2kReads8.9Score134Shelves
- 42 The Medicine Cauldron of Guiguzi 鬼谷药鼎 The Ghost Valley Medicine Cauldron 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Divine Judge of the Han Prison: The Biography of Zhang Tang 汉狱神断：张汤传 The Divine Judge of the Han Prison: The Biography of Zhang Tang 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Nine Transformations of the Azure and Yellow: Li Si’s Cauldron 苍黄九变：李斯鼎 Nine Transformations of Heaven and Earth: Li Si Ding 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Zigong Enters Government: Chronicles of Five Kingdoms in Turmoil 子贡出仕、五国风云录 Zigong Enters Officialdom: Chronicles of the Five Kingdoms 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Tracking the Black Zone 黑域追踪 A sweeping crime thriller about combating organized crime. All stories in this book are fictionalized adaptations of real cases and events. Names and places have been changed; any similarities are purely coincidental. A cold case has been pursued for ten years, and at last the gray sky screen over Linjiang is torn open. The corrupt empire collapses, and the protectors behind it fall from power. Detective Zheng Xiaotian wins the battle, yet chooses to leave the front line. His departure tells eve 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Strange Tales of Gods and Ghosts 有味道的神鬼事 Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the ways of the literati have gone downhill, and stories of animals becoming spirits and ghosts and monsters have filled the courts and countryside. There are tales of someone trying to flirt with a girl and ending up with a pig, of someone offering himself as a bedmate and losing his life, of an old dog taking human form and impersonating its master while causing all kinds of trouble, and of a rooster bewitching young women and men. Even the famed general Yue Fe 22Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 48 The Spirit Venerable of Guiguzi 鬼谷灵尊 Ghost Valley Spirit Venerable 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 My Relatives Dumped a Haunted Old House on Me, but It Made Me Rich 亲戚们把闹鬼的老宅子硬塞给我，但我却因此暴富 My relatives forced a haunted old house on me, but it made me rich 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Immortal Path of Baopu: The Legend of Ge Hong 抱朴仙途之葛洪传奇 The Immortal Path of Baopu: The Legend of Ge Hong 3Reads—Score—Shelves
