Novels like I Built a Home on a Deserted Island
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- 151 Critical Hit Loot Boxes! Critical Hit Fishing! Critical Hit Survival! 暴击开箱！暴击垂钓！暴击求生！ [Disaster survival] + [farming and development] + [supernatural elements] + [no harem] + [stat-focused] + [not a saint] Everyone transmigrated to an island world. Some landed on deserted islands from the start, while others were forced to flee across the sea. They had to fish for all their resources and food with a single resource rod. Under a dark sky, white mist descended. People could only huddle inside wooden huts on their islands. As terrifying natural disasters and endless monsters came, e 38.3kReads8.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 152 Rural Livestream: 100,000 Acres from the Start 乡村直播：开局10万亩地 Bound to the Manor Owner System, he receives 100,000 mu of land from the start! He decisively chooses to become a great manor owner, farming, raising livestock, fishing, making use of the lush mountains and clear waters, and earning a fortune. Faced with all the wondrous items in the System Shop, An Ge also starts livestreaming. Who would have thought he’d gain tens of millions of fans? Fine food, fine wine, beautiful women, stunning scenery, luxury cars, villas, airplanes, skiing, mountain clim 14.5kReads8.9Score97014d adds
- 153 One-Person Documentary: From the Start, Rescuing a Giant Panda Cub 一人纪录片：开局救助大熊猫幼崽 [Illustrated throughout] Chu Ze transmigrates to a parallel world where the ecological environment has deteriorated, and awakens the Mysterious Places Exploration System. From the start, he heads to the mysterious Shennongjia, the backbone of Central China, to film a documentary, only to have an adorable panda cub latch onto him! After successfully rescuing an injured little panda, he embarks on an extraordinary journey of natural exploration known to few. Unknown Realms, Legends of the Far Nort 15.4kReads9.6Score2.5k14d adds
- 154 EN Global Raft Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship Robbery 全球木筏求生：我开局幽灵船打劫 [Decisive heroine + exploration and treasure hunting + stockpiling food + island raids + small team + multiple professions + face-slapping thrills. The heroine dominates both the underworld and the legitimate world, and stays at the top of the rankings year-round. Romance included, with a chef as the male lead.] The moment Ling Chu opened her eyes, she found herself inside a survival game where everyone lived on rafts. She got a legendary fishing rod from the blind box from the start, and all h 161.6kReads9.0Score14.9k14d adds
- 155 Sign-In: Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Just Built a Luxury Villa 签到，人在孤岛，刚自建豪华别墅 A burst of blinding light, and the continent shattered! Everyone was assigned an island measuring just two meters on each side! You start with nothing but a shabby fishing net. Whether you survive depends on your own abilities! "Ding! Sign-in System activated!" "First-day sign-in successful. Reward: fully automatic fishing net!" "Everyone else has to rely on their abilities, but I have a System!" Xiao Yi muttered as he took a bite of grilled fish. While everyone else was struggling to survive on 39.9kReads8.2Score3.7k14d adds
- 156 The Number One Hunk 第1猛男 Style: urban survival, easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. System: Get rewarded whenever an exciting conflict breaks out. Language: concise and clear. 143Reads6.8Score2414d adds
- 157 Back Home to Be a Dad: My Farm Has a Spirit Spring 返乡当爹：我的田园有灵泉 (A picturesque farming story + one heroine + laid-back country life + adorable kids and pets) He was a formidable Chinese soldier, feared by all. She was an international superstar, a top-tier goddess! The two unexpectedly had a child together. “My son is Chinese!” Qin Yungen took his son back to Qin Family Village. From then on, he and his son began a life of picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence and going live online. Using his mysterious pocket dimension, he simply grew some vegetables 151.8kReads9.2Score9.9k14d adds
- 158 Global Livestream: I Build an Animal Farm in the Arctic 全球直播：我在北极打造动物农场 Liang Jun transmigrates to a parallel world and joins an Arctic research expedition. His mission is to stay at the impoverished Arctic research base and get its systems up and running. A rescued polar bear likes your fish and asks the System to give you an Arctic gift pack. The White Wolf King thinks you took great care of his cub and asks the System to give you ten portions of reindeer meat. An orca thanks you for scraping off its barnacles and says it loves you. Affinity +100. Feed a seal pup 1.2kReads9.4Score18714d adds
- 159 Life-and-Death Gambit in the Snowlands 雪域生死局 [Chinese Folk Horror + Gods and Ghosts + Folk Legends + Secret-Realm Exploration + Mystery and Deduction + Strong Allies] At an antique fair in Lhasa, I stumbled upon an ancient Tibetan stone tablet. Curious about its contents, I accepted an invitation to join a merchant named Lao Gun and the team he had assembled to search for goods. Together, we ventured deep into the barren mountains of northern Tibet to investigate an ancient temple. I never expected the old temple to conceal such mysteries. 8.2kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 160 The Ice-Cold Giant Fish 冰冰巨鱼 [No System + no heroine + a touch of golden finger + farming + raising and developing + slow-burn survival + not a saint, but still compassionate] All of humanity transmigrates to a strange ocean world, where they must survive inside the stomach of a giant fish called the Illusory Leviathan. Humans must help the Illusory Leviathan clear harmful creatures from its stomach. In return, the Illusory Leviathan finds supply crates for them and helps them develop. The creatures in this ocean world are 44.7kReads8.9Score3.6k14d adds
- 161 Apocalypse: Wilderness Survival from the Start 末世：开局荒野求生 The survivors of the apocalypse endure a grueling stretch of time. As they struggle to fill their stomachs, they search the wilderness for the dignity they've lost, piece together the memories of civilization, and press on toward hope. 69kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 162 Surviving on an Ice Floe: Everything I Salvage Comes to Life 浮冰求生：我打捞的物资全成精了 [Sneaky schemer] [Comedy] [Apocalypse] [Survival] [Everyday life] The whole world enters an icy sea survival game. From the start, all you have is a floating chunk of ice, and supplies can only be fished up! [Host detected to be facing an apocalyptic threat!] [System descending!] [System under attack from the game’s firewall!] [System has taken down the game’s firewall!] Chen Mo can’t access the System, but the world has started acting strangely, as if some rule has changed… The chunks of ice in 16.9kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 163 Surviving the Mist: I Can See Hints 迷雾求生：我能看到提示 Everyone transmigrates into the world of Mists. Fog stretches in every direction. From the start, all you have is a ramshackle thatched hut, and you must search the dangerous wilderness for supplies and wood, keeping your campfire burning to survive! While everyone else is still struggling to stay alive, Ye Qianfan has already used divine-level guidance to obtain equipment and an estate! [East: The outskirts of the Misty Forest. There's a silver treasure chest!] [West: A hungry lightning leopard 54.5kReads8.3Score5.1k14d adds
- 164 Shocking! I Started with a Patch of Land and Struck It Rich with Critical Hits 震惊！开局一片地，暴击出奇迹 As eras turn and the Heavenly Dao creates a new world, every race across the Myriad Worlds transmigrates into it. From the start, each person gets a plot of land and nothing else. They must build houses, farm, tame beasts, mine, and defend against attacks... Every living being must work hard to build a base of their own and stay alive. Luo Yu obtains the divine skill [Primordial Critical Hit], which can trigger a critical hit on anything in the world! [Gather ordinary strawberries and trigger a 30.8kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds
- 165 Ancestor, If You Don't Come Down the Mountain Soon, Your Bloodline Ends Here 老祖，再不下山，你就绝后了 Daoist priest Chen Yang was Zhang Sanfeng’s direct disciple in the late Southern Song dynasty. He has lived for 800 years, growing more powerful once every century. He can’t die even when he wants to, and life has lost all its pleasures. He can only retreat into a remote mountain temple and put himself into a deep, self-imposed sleep. One day, his disciple Chen Qingzhi kneels and begs his master, Chen Yang, to come down from the mountain… Also known as The Patriarch, If You Don’t Come Down Soo 26kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
- 166 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 42.6kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds
- 167 The Wilds’ Ninth Squad 荒野九队 In the Qinghai Yadan badlands, local police discover a burned corpse. Hanging around its neck is the ID tag of Cang Yunfeng, a member of Wilderness Team Nine. But at that very moment, Cang Yunfeng is lounging on his sofa at home, watching TV. Only when a policewoman calls does he suddenly realize... he seems to have been missing for a very long time... 91.5kReads9.5Score10.5k14d adds
- 168 Nine Beauties of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝九个美女 Style: Clear and easy to understand, witty and humorous, lighthearted, with plenty of romantic tension. System: Tang Dynasty Get-Rich-Quick System. Male lead: Wang Jumeng Female supporting characters: Nangong Qian, Murong Ying, Li Jiaojiao, and others Language: Concise and straightforward. 16Reads—Score514d adds
- 169 Beachcombing: From the Start, One Sand Shovel Wins Me the Whole Beach 赶海：开局一把沙铲承包整个沙滩 (Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon) I dropped out of a top university and spent two years back in my hometown fishing village. Once the village's golden boy, I became a good-for-nothing everyone despised. Then one day, I discovered I could see my own luck stat and exchange points for beachcombing tools through a virtual screen. From then on, my life was like I had cheats enabled. With a sand shovel, I could easily earn thousands in a day. With a spade, I even dug up a whole bucke 126.7kReads9.4Score11.8k14d adds
- 170 The Village Miracle Doctor 乡村神医 The city is full of schemes, so why not go back to the countryside? A village miracle doctor uses his amazing skills to cure the sick. College student Wang Dachun is framed, but the misfortune turns out to be a blessing: he inherits the legacy of a miracle doctor. He leaves the hustle and bustle of the city behind and leads the villagers to prosperity, building roads and schools, raising golden chickens, growing medicinal herbs, and putting up factories and villas... In his spare time, he fishes 16.1kReads9.4Score4.2k14d adds
- 171 The 1950s: Starting Out as a Wanderer, I Make My Home in the Deep Mountains 50年代：隐居深山从流浪开始 Tags: (farming + reclusive life + family saga + harem + science fiction + interstellar + universe) (Entirely hand-written, no AI) (Author’s note at chapter 3480: I’ve been writing this book for over three years. Its rating went from 9.4 to 8.9, and its readership has fallen from several hundred thousand to forty or fifty thousand. It was once a huge hit, and then it faded into obscurity. Many readers have probably come across it more than once, but very few have made it to the later chapters. (S 33.8kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
- 172 The Countryside Is Beautiful Beyond Measure 乡村无限好 My new work is out! You can 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! 118Reads—Score1014d adds
- 173 King of the Wilderness 荒野之王 On the deserted National Highway 318, a beautiful young woman flagged down Cang Yunfeng’s car. Any seasoned driver who regularly traveled through Tibet would know what was going on... 96.7kReads9.5Score9.2k14d adds
- 174 The Song Dynasty’s Number One Tough Guy 宋朝第一猛男 Wu Jushuai opens his eyes to find himself in the Song Dynasty, transformed into an ugly man with the same name. The System, however, requires him to collect “admiration points from peerless beauties” to become handsome. The top courtesans of Bianjing, noble ladies from wealthy families, and chivalrous women of the martial world are all left blushing by his poetry and modern-day flirting techniques. The villains grit their teeth and grumble, “That guy's ugly and lecherous. What makes him so speci 1.2kReads—Score10214d adds
- 175 Wilderness and Deserted Island 荒野荒岛 Distinctive and original, exciting and vivid, with sharply drawn, lifelike characters and lively, clear, concise prose. A story of survival and life on a deserted island, with an exciting plot and vivid characters. 13.5kReads6.1Score51214d adds
- 176 I Make 100 Million a Day, So I Do Whatever I Want 一天进账一亿，我放荡不羁 A detailed look at urban survival and the complexity of human nature. Emotional sparring, gripping conflicts, a roller-coaster plot, and one satisfying moment after another. System: Earn 100 million a day. Every 10 million can be spent to buy or upgrade a superpower. 3.4kReads—Score22414d adds
- 177 One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty 明朝一百个美女 I woke up to find that I’d transmigrated into the male lead of One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty, and gotten bound to a rather improper “Humorous Get-Rich System.” As long as I make the villains laugh, silver automatically lands in my account. So I let loose, pushing my luck at the edge of death every day. Then one day, I cornered the peerlessly beautiful villainess Su Meier against a wall. “Miss, have you heard that a smile takes ten years off your age? If you smile a few more times, may 2kReads—Score12414d adds
- 178 Flirting Makes Me Stronger 暧昧就变强 The male lead, He Jumeng, has an incredible superpower: he grows stronger whenever he flirts with beautiful women. Then he suddenly gains the “Business Prodigy” superpower and starts with just 1,000 yuan in savings, gradually building his fortune! Style: A business prodigy superpower, the business world, commercial rivalry, emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, face-slapping, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. 4kReads—Score23314d adds
- 179 The Tough Guy of the Deserted Island! 荒岛的猛男！ The male lead is handsome, incredibly powerful, and has superpowers: there's a special energy inside his body that can create one uncomplicated object each day. It also gives him great strength, incredible speed, and lightning-fast reflexes. Style: deserted-island survival, full of twists and turns, thrilling and suspenseful, easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with constant romantic tension. 18.5kReads—Score77514d adds
- 180 A Stingy Tough Guy with 500 Million, on a Trip with a Beauty 猛男有五亿还抠门，旅行遇美女 Style: After striking it rich, the macho Cao Jumeng has 500 million yuan but still sticks to his top-notch frugal habit of treating every yuan saved as a yuan earned. He meets beautiful women while traveling. The story is easy to follow, funny, lighthearted, and full of flirtation. There is emotional sparring with villains, gripping conflicts, a rise after an initial setback, and one satisfying moment after another. Problems crop up one after another during his travels, and he finds ways to solv 1.7kReads—Score11514d adds
- 181 The Beauties in the Safehouse 安全屋美女 Style: Global furnace apocalypse, safe-house survival. Easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with constant flirtation. System: Global Furnace Apocalypse Safe-House Survival System. Male lead: Hao Jumeng Language: Clear and concise. 9.4kReads—Score39514d adds
- 182 The Ultimate Tough Guy 第一猛男 Full of twists and turns, gripping and vivid, with distinctive, lifelike characters and lively, concise prose. The nouveau riche Ye Shuang travels everywhere and lives a carefree life. What a dream! 8kReads—Score47514d adds
- 183 War of Resistance: A God-Tier Sharpshooting Manual from the Start! 抗日：开局赠送神级枪法！ As Marshal Ye lay gravely wounded on the battlefield, at death's door, he unexpectedly bound himself to the “Strongest War of Resistance System.” The System grants him divine-level marksmanship from the start, but assigns bizarre missions. [Ding! The Host's powerful indomitable will and potential to resist the Japanese have been detected. Binding requirements met. The “Strongest War of Resistance System” is beginning the binding process... 1%... 50%... 100%! Binding successful!] 9.8kReads—Score50114d adds
- 184 The Workplace Tough Guy 职场猛男 The male lead, He Jumeng, has a superpower: a very special energy inside his body lets him sense what other people are thinking to a certain extent. It also gives him immense strength, fast strikes, and lightning-quick reflexes. Style: Workplace drama, clear and accessible writing, witty and humorous, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. Emotional push and pull with antagonists, compelling conflicts, a twisting plot, setbacks followed by comebacks, and lively, engaging storytel 9.5kReads—Score35814d adds
- 185 Surviving at Sea: My Raft Leads to Peach Blossom Spring 海上求生：我的木筏通桃源 When she woke up, the world had turned upside down. Countless people had entered a game called Survival at Sea. From the start, all they had was a wooden raft and a fishing rod. Every supply had to be caught on a line. Sharks, giant beasts, bitter cold, hurricanes, and merciless hunting between people. Survival became incredibly difficult, and supplies were scarce and precious. Lu Xingchen entered the game and obtained a god-tier pocket dimension on her very first day: the Peach Blossom Sanctuar 61.7kReads9.1Score6.7k14d adds
- 186 The City's Number One Tough Guy 都市第一猛男 Wu Nitian didn't want to be a corporate drone, but he couldn't see any light in his future. Just as anxiety and misery overwhelmed him, he suddenly obtained the High-Mindedness System. It told him that no matter what he faced, as long as he tried to maintain a high-minded state, he would receive System rewards from time to time! 2.7kReads5.7Score22114d adds
- 187 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 85.3kReads9.6Score8.8k14d adds
- 188 Dragon Head 龙头 For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing. 27.2kReads9.0Score2.7k14d adds
- 189 The Palace’s Number One Tough Guy 皇宫第一猛男 Ying Zheng, a modern overworked young man, dies suddenly from working overtime and has his soul transported into the body of Xiao Caizi, a young eunuch who was just killed after offending the powerful. He also obtains the Fake Eunuch System and begins cultivating the Divine Art of the Fake Eunuch. In a palace rife with schemes and human malice, he steadily climbs to the pinnacle of life! 12.5kReads6.5Score58114d adds
- 190 Talk Trash and Win Prizes 对骂就有奖 Hao Tie was treated like a pack mule and was about to hit rock bottom because he refused to keep living like one. Then he suddenly got a System that rewarded him for trading insults! From then on, he used verbal sparring to reach the pinnacle of success! 24.9kReads7.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 191 My Beautiful Tenant 我和美女租客 The villain’s emotions are a constant tug-of-war, with gripping conflicts, twists and turns, and a story that starts low before rising again. Lively and entertaining. Style: Urban survival, accessible, witty and humorous, lighthearted, with plenty of romantic tension. System: The Younger Every Day System. Each time the male lead, Hao Youqian, successfully delivers a cutting remark to a beautiful tenant, he gets a month younger. 2.8kReads—Score15714d adds
- 192 The Teleporting Delivery Driver 能瞬移的外卖员 The number-one tough guy, Ye Jumeng, can teleport while delivering takeout. The villains’ emotional manipulation, gripping clashes, twists and turns, and a story that starts low and rises high make for a vivid, entertaining read. Style: urban survival, easy to follow, witty and humorous, lighthearted, with no shortage of romantic tension. 984Reads—Score10114d adds
- 193 1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang 年代1960：穿越南锣鼓巷， New novel: Reborn in 1980: The Life I’ve Always Dreamed Of Also known as Li Laifu’s Happy Life in 1960s China. (No angst, comedy, farming, and everyday family life.) A short drama, comedy animations, and AI short dramas are now available. 201.2kReads9.4Score13.5k14d adds
- 194 Desert Island Wilderness 荒岛荒野 System warning: Excessive intimacy with NPCs is prohibited. Ren Yingying catches Hao Shuang and Wang Qian acting flirtatiously. Ren Yingying sneers. “So this is how System users behave?” She turns and disappears into the depths of the jungle, while Su Yan secretly watches everything. That night, a red warning suddenly pops up from the System: Emotional bond instability detected. Survival points will continue to drain. Hao Shuang stands by the bonfire, his face deathly pale, when Wang Qian sudden 1.9kReads—Score12014d adds
- 195 EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 The print edition of The Voyage of the Dread Sea is now available on major platforms. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu Mythos] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a global seafaring survival game. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves and is almost impossible to spot. Like the Ironhead, with its massive ram and a charge that n 271.4kReads9.4Score27.8k14d adds
- 196 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 185.4kReads9.5Score20.4k14d adds
- 197 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 259.5kReads9.6Score30.9k14d adds
- 198 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
