Novels like Climbing the Social Ladder
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Climbing the Social Ladder, best match first.
- 101 Goodbye Forever, Brother Bo 薄哥哥，再也不见了 [Heartbreaking] When she learned she had only a year to live, Bo Qingyuan fled, escaping the hell Bo Muchao had kept her in for six years. She was an unwanted extra, taken in when the Bo family adopted Bo Yinyin. For five years, she served as a bone marrow donor for Bo Yinyin. After Yinyin died, everyone called her a murderer and said she had to atone. Six years imprisoned, six years tormented. Surely she had paid for even the gravest sin by now? At the end of her life, she said, “Brother Bo, le 3.1kReads6.7Score27214d adds
- 102 The Runaway Mermaid of the Capital's Princeling 京圈太子爷的落跑人鱼 The Runaway Mermaid of the Capital's Elite Circle 197Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 After the Divorce, Young Master Bo Starts His Wife-Winning-Back Campaign 离婚后，薄少开启追妻火葬场 “Let's get a divorce.” When Chu Qing said those words, she felt her world collapse. She had been the one to start this, so she should be the one to end this absurd three-year marriage. “Bo Yan, in these three years, did you ever... feel even a moment of affection for me?” The man before her was utterly cold. There wasn't the slightest trace of her in his eyes. A flash of mockery crossed his deep, callous gaze. “Never.” Later, the CEO of the Bo Group humbled himself and begged her. He regr 2.5kReads8.2Score13014d adds
- 104 The Prince Panics After His Princess Consort Gives Up on Him 王妃收心后王爷急了 [Angsty Romance + The Husband’s Road to Regret] Gu Nanjin had loved Prince Yi since childhood. Later, the emperor arranged their marriage, and she vowed to cherish her husband for life. Yet she ended up dying of sorrow. Reborn, she has no way to change the fact that they’re married, but she decides to live differently and stop giving her husband her whole heart. She discovers that life is actually wonderful. Then her husband, as cold as ice, suddenly seems like a different person and starts clin 1.3kReads8.3Score10014d adds
- 105 She Plays Innocent, He Coaxes Her, and They Fall Deeply in Love! 她装乖，他诱哄，深情沦陷！ [A little angst + both leads are inexperienced + groveling pursuit] Xie Zeyu was the very picture of nobility, distant and unattainable. Women eager to climb into his good graces were as numerous as carp crossing a river. Yet he never wavered, always maintaining the bearing of a gentleman. Only Ji Qinghuan knew that beneath his poised, aloof exterior lurked a reckless, ruthless streak. She knew their relationship was a secret, thrilling game, yet Ji Qinghuan was hopelessly caught up in it. Then 1.9kReads6.6Score10814d adds
- 106 The CEO Mistakes Someone Else for His True Love, Then Spends Every Day Trying to Make Amends 总裁眼瞎认错白月光后天天火葬场 [A groveling arc for the male lead: BE fans, skip the extra chapters] Qin Nuan loves Lu Hanze and willingly becomes his substitute. But two years of her devotion can’t compare to the moment Qin Lan returns from abroad. He won’t even hear her explanation or pleas for help before forcibly sending her to prison. In jail, her hopes slowly turn to ashes, and her love is gradually worn away. But Qin Nuan never expected that, upon her release, she would be told to “donate bone marrow to Qin Lan.” With 448Reads7.7Score10614d adds
- 107 Giving Up Depression Along With Love 把抑郁症和爱一起戒掉 Tags: BE | Tragic Romance | Two Male Leads | Campus | Mutual Salvation Note: The main story is about 20 chapters, with the rest consisting of extras. [Cold and aloof Lu Yu] x [Insecure Lin Qi] Lin Qi's world is a deep blue that cannot be mixed away on a painter's palette. Lu Yu's world is a desolate place, forever weightless between the lines. Two boys, trapped for years in the depths of their emotions, secretly build a spiritual utopia just for each other in a glass room in an old building. 270Reads8.8Score18214d adds
- 108 Five Years of Throwing Herself at Him: After Their Divorce, Her Ex-Husband Becomes Obsessed with Love 倒贴五年，离婚后前夫成恋爱脑 [Both leads are devoted to each other + He must win her back + Rekindled romance] [A dazzling beauty vs. an emotionally distant, icy traffic cop] The thing Jiang Zhi regrets most in her life is getting involved with Cheng Yuzhao, the icy traffic cop. She pursued him for three years and was married to him for two. She thought she had warmed a heart of stone, but it turned out she'd made no headway at all. Her mother-in-law looked down on her, her husband was cold, and his fragile “first love” kep 2.8kReads6.2Score86914d adds
- 109 The Novel: Leaving the City 小说离城 [A blood-red gown topples the Three Kingdoms; twin flowers in a chaotic age rewrite the history of emperors] ▲Two heroines, intense angst and political intrigue▲Empress of a chaotic age x princess of a fallen kingdom▲Three emperors, six doomed romances▲Innocence and political scheming locked in an ultimate struggle▲ If I hadn’t taken your place in the imperial selection that day, could we have lived each other’s lives? During the darkest decade of the Great Song, Mo Li and Qingcheng, twin lotus 10Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 110 I'm Going Crazy! Father and Son Kneel Together, Begging for Forgiveness 快疯了！父子齐下跪，请原谅我们 After six years of marriage, Gu Boyan has always been calm and reserved, never showing strong emotions. Lin Shiyin thinks this is simply Gu Boyan's nature, and that a marriage based on mutual respect is just fine. That is, until she accidentally sees the chat history between Gu Boyan and Gu Lanxue, his nominal younger sister. It reveals a side of Gu Boyan she's never seen before. Passionate, domineering, yet tender as water. When their conflict erupts, Gu Boyan flies into a rage, and even the so 187Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 This Is Awkward: My Ex-Wife Is Getting Married, and I Still Have to Serve at the Wedding 尴尬，前妻结婚我还要去婚宴上端盘子 How awkward. My ex-wife is getting married, and I still have to go serve food at her wedding banquet. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 After Breaking Off the Engagement, My Obsessed Younger Brother Won't Leave Me Alone 退婚后，疯执弟弟缠上瘾 [Older woman-younger man romance + groveling chase + bad boy turns over a new leaf + second chance] [Madly possessive bad-boy younger man vs. capable, clear-headed older woman] Lu Weixi loves deeply, but she can also cut someone out of her life without hesitation. When she was young and had no one to turn to, Chen Yanze was willing to protect her with nothing but his bare hands, giving everything he had. From then on, she secretly fell for him. The girls by his side came and went, each one resem 678Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 113 Red Eyes Across the Street, Vermilion Outshines Snow 隔街红眼，朱砂胜雪 Red eyes across the street, cinnabar brighter than snow. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 My Ex-Wife Is a Yoga Teacher 我的前妻是瑜伽老师 My Ex-Wife Is a Yoga Instructor 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Obsessively Pursued: After Faking My Death, I Rented a Place from My Ex 顶级疯缠，死遁后租到前夫哥的房 [Complete novel] A timid heroine with plenty of schemes (though none of them are any use) | I’ll just sit back and watch you perform (everything my wife does is adorable), a dangerously obsessive hero Theatrical heroine | Winning her back | Coercion | Eight-year age gap - Wanyi is disobedient. Feng Huanjing wants to lock her up until she learns to behave. But every time he locks her up, Wanyi cries, and every time she cries, Feng Huanjing’s heart softens. After this happens two or three times, h 31.9kReads8.3Score4.5k14d adds
- 116 The Tormented Beta 受尽折磨的beta Synopsis: Forced love, ex-wife-chasing crematorium warning ⚠️ Qin Chiye, alpha gong × Fang Xiaodou, beta shou Fang Xiaodou grew up with only his grandmother, and they were very close. To save her life, he sold himself to Qin Chiye, a devil of a man. He takes pleasure in watching Fang Xiaodou suffer and struggle, using mental control to dictate his every move and gradually reduce him to a possession. Any sign of resistance is violently suppressed and punished with particular cruelty. Driven to se 2.4kReads6.9Score14314d adds
- 117 The White Moonlight Has Left, So Why Are Your Eyes Red Now? 白月光退场，再见怎么红了眼 [Rekindled Romance | The Ex Wins Her Back at Any Cost | The Male Lead Fights for Her and Won’t Let Go | Both Pure | She Leaves While Pregnant | Happy Ending] [A seemingly gentle, refined heir who is actually an obsessive, unhinged prince] & [A gentle, cultured female artist] When he loses it, he’s a little rabid puppy. When he behaves, he’s a little lapdog. Lu Qian, Yun City’s golden boy, went to Chaoyin Temple every week to pray for his beloved Su to wake up. The wishing tree at Chaoyin Temple 225Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 118 The Moment My Heart Fluttered 那一秒心动 [Secret Love Turns Real | Win Her Back at Any Cost | The Powerful Lower Their Heads] [Proud, arrogant CEO × gentle, radiant English teacher] Chen Zui, heir to the Chen family, had a face capable of bringing kingdoms to ruin, yet he kept an extremely low profile and led an ascetic life. Everyone assumed he was cultivating himself for the woman he’d always loved. Then, at the welcome-home banquet after he returned to the country, his friends eagerly tried to set him up with someone. Only then did 4.5kReads8.5Score40214d adds
- 119 A Lifetime Facing the Evening 一生向晚 Lin Weiran once loved someone so deeply that she was left with nothing and her heart turned to ashes. Only on the day she finally became his wife did Lin Weiran fully understand that she had already lost this marriage before it even began. Later, Qi Xiangwan drove her family to ruin and left her with nothing. To win back the woman he loved, Lin Weiran was treated as a bargaining chip and handed over to another man. But only when she vanished from his world completely did Qi Xiangwan finally wake 55Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 120 A Mama's Boy Husband and a Controlling Mother-in-Law 妈宝男的丈夫，控制欲强的婆婆 A Mama's Boy Husband and a Controlling Mother-in-Law 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Reborn, Don't Blame Me for Ignoring You 重生后，别怪我对你爱搭不理 Xu Zhouheng... The most unattainable golden boy in all of Yubei City: rich, carefree, and adored by countless girls. People said that all it took was one glance at him to make your heart race. Wen Yan thought of herself as utterly ordinary, yet she fell in love with this boy who was beyond her reach. In her previous life, she had secretly loved Xu Zhouheng throughout her youth, only to get this in return: “Wen Yan, you're just an insignificant person. You don't matter.” How utterly ridiculous. A 628Reads6.1Score10214d adds
- 122 Chi Changqiu 池长秋 Two men, tragic ending A story about two people who love each other but refuse to love each other, only to love each other forever in the end. Tonight, the wind howls and the rain pours. There is no moonlight. A little flower by the roadside bends beneath the gale meant for it, its stem snapping as it is buried in the world around it. When it was born, it was colorful and bright. Then its edges were worn away, its values twisted, and its soul destroyed, along with its flesh and bones. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 He Kisses Roses in the Northwest 他在西北吻玫瑰 Blurb: “Cang Ke, they all say roses can’t grow in the deserts of the northwest.” “Mm. You’re the only one.” Genre: Road novel, rough man and wild woman Tags: Human trafficking // Travel // Road trip // City romance Character setup: Sculpture restorer VS tavern owner BE 435Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 124 Young Master Bo’s Second Wife, Bound by Guilt 薄少的二婚罪妻 After a setup, he believed she was a murderer and sent her to a year in hell: her fingers were severed, she lost her baby, and she suffered every kind of torment. She pleaded desperately, “Mr. Bo, please let me go. The Lu family and I have nothing left.” He gave a cold, scornful laugh. “Let you go? You wish.” Only after her family was destroyed and she leapt into the sea, leaving no body behind, did he sit for three nights in the pouring rain, clutching her ashes. Only then did he realize he lov 1.1kReads7.7Score10314d adds
- 125 Spoiled Rotten: The Cunning, Rugged Man Has a Deep-Rooted Scheme! 被宠上瘾：心机糙汉套路深！ The heroine is a pampered, wealthy beauty adored by everyone, while the hero is a rugged man from an ethnic minority Marriage first, love later + devoted couple + sweet romance + rugged hero + wealthy family + satisfying revenge + mutual devotion Xiang Nanzhi was set up by her love rival and ended up having a child with Shen Shixun. To protect her reputation, the two married. After the wedding, she tormented Shen Shixun every day, hoping to rekindle things with the man she loved. But an unexpect 442Reads8.1Score10314d adds
- 126 After the Class Reunion, She Knelt and Begged Me Not to Divorce Her 同学聚会后，她跪着求我别离婚 After the Class Reunion, She Begged Me on Her Knees Not to Divorce Her 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Mr. He, Stop Torturing Me. Your Wife Is Really Dead This Time 贺总别虐了，夫人这次真的死了 Two years ago, she was found guilty of deliberately injuring the woman he loved. So he sent her to prison, crippled one of her legs, and crushed all her pride. Two years later, she believes she has escaped from hell and vows never to have anything to do with him again. But it turns out the Devil of Hell would never let her go so easily. 55Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 128 I Miss You So Much, But I Don't Know How to Be Reborn and See You Again 我好想你，但又不知道用什么方式重生再见你 I miss you so much, but I don't know how to be reborn and see you again. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Shameful Love 耻爱 [Physical and emotional torment + possessive obsession + deliberate revenge + unhinged hero, first the heroine suffers, then the hero] Ye Chuyu is a genius with extraordinary intelligence. At a young age, she became a renowned neurosurgeon at one of America’s most prestigious hospitals. But a medical accident caused by one mistaken judgment cost a young girl her life, forever freezing her at eighteen. Years later, the girl’s brother has grown powerful and comes for Ye Chuyu, consumed by hatred. 4.5kReads8.8Score24314d adds
- 130 Keep Moving Forward, Don't Look Back 向前走，别回头 At 18, Zhao Xingyang fell in love with someone. To her, the boy was a ray of light in her life, the best gift heaven had ever given her. He was brilliant and flamboyant, carefree and unrestrained. Unfortunately, he didn't know she existed, and she was too much of a coward... Perhaps because she'd met someone so dazzling in her youth, it took her a full ten years to let go. At 28, Zhao Xingyang told herself: “Keep moving forward. Don't look back.” 132Reads8.2Score2114d adds
- 131 The Day the Wind Blew 风吹过的那天 He Lin, congratulations on your wedding. On the day you got married, the wind blew. I thought I was finally ready to let go. 174Reads8.0Score3814d adds
- 132 Tides Over the Capital at Night 京夜潮渡 [She Won't Turn Back After He Comes Crawling Back + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + Sweet 1v1 Romance + Powerful Beijing Socialite] At eighteen, Jin Ting was sincere and passionate. He got into fights and was injured protecting Wen Er. He ran three streets in the rain to buy the soy milk and fried dough sticks she liked. His friends described him as devoted and romantic. On the day he graduated from college, he wrote his wish at the graduation party: “Become a business leader and marry Wen 3.1kReads8.7Score29414d adds
- 133 We Already Broke Off the Engagement. I Married the Crown Prince Instead. Why Are You Crying? 都退婚了，我闪婚太子爷你哭什么 [The heroine won’t look back after the ex’s desperate attempts to win her back + secret love comes true + sweet romance + both leads are virgins] After years together, her fiancé suddenly arranged an engagement alliance with the Song family, then declared righteously, “Miss Song and I are only pretending to be engaged. After everything I’ve done for you all these years, can’t you put up with this for my sake?” Mu Sheng’s heart died, and she instantly became the laughingstock of Yuncheng. She wen 1.8kReads8.8Score24714d adds
- 134 A Deadly Relationship 致命关系 [Angst all the way; searching for sweetness among the heartbreak] The moment Mu Yunqi abandoned Ye Nan, his punishment began. He knew how cruel the experiments on “Patient Zero” were, but when he saw her tortured until she was barely human, it felt as if his heart and guts were being torn out. He regretted it. “Give her back to me.” “Give her back? Mr. Mu, you gave her away with your own hands. You can’t just take her back.” Forced to become a test subject, she was powerless to protect herself, 587Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 135 Grand Tutor, Don’t Cry. Your Wife Is Happy to Be the Butcher’s Darling. 太傅别哭，夫人她甘做屠户的掌中宠. Grand Tutor, don't cry. Your wife is happy to be cherished by a butcher. 1.3kReads—Score1914d adds
- 136 Regret After the Broken Mirror 破镜之悔 Regrets After the Broken Mirror 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 My Boyfriend Is Emotionally Blind, and I’m Blind 男友心盲，我眼瞎 My boyfriend is emotionally blind, and I’m literally blind. 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 After My Husband Gave His Kidney to His One True Love 老公把肾给了白月光后 After My Husband Donated His Kidney to His White Moonlight 7.3kReads—Score17114d adds
- 139 Mom, I'll Protect You from Now On 妈妈，以后儿子保护你 Mom, Your Son Will Protect You from Now On 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Mr. Nan, I Hope You Exist Only in My Memories 南先生，希望你只存在回忆里 [Forced Love | Selective Amnesia | The Wife-Chasing Crematorium | Both Pure] After her family is destroyed and she suffers endless humiliation, Yu Suyang is dragged into hell by Nan Sili himself. Whether she lives or dies is unknown. Three years later, when she returns to the capital, she chooses to forget everything about Nan Sili. But fate brings them together again. As they get to know each other all over again, Nan Sili falls in love with her without realizing it, then goes to great lengt 754Reads—Score11114d adds
- 141 Above the Abyss [Crime] 深渊之上【犯罪】 [Just started getting rated, score will rise!] [Dark + pretend siblings + physical and emotional torment + yandere + redemption] [Original title: Above the Abyss] “Brother, let's play hide-and-seek.” “Okay.” “Brother, you can't open your eyes until you've counted to a hundred!” “Okay.” An accident forced the siblings apart for sixteen years. When Shen Nanfeng infiltrated a criminal organization undercover, he discovered that the younger sister he had longed for all those years, Chi Yu, played a 8kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 142 A Bone-Deep Seduction 蚀骨诱哄 “Big brother, could you be gentle with me just once...” “Sure. How would you like that? Cut off a finger, pull out your nails, or roll across a bed of nails? If you hurt someone, you have to pay the price!” Shen Changmu looked with utter disgust at the woman writhing on the floor, her whole body trembling with pain. She was the wife his grandfather had forced him to marry. He didn't love her, though he couldn't deny that she knew exactly how to seduce him, tempting him again and again until he 2kReads6.0Score10214d adds
- 143 The Mountains and Seas Between Me and My Love 我与所爱隔山海 You were the only sunlight and warmth in my life, but you left me with nothing but despair, and made me feel so filthy... 71Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 144 My Heart Remains as Before, Bright and Blue 我心如故，明朗蔚蓝 The day Xu Weilan found out she was pregnant, Lu Zichen's first love returned. That very night, the media caught the two of them leaving a hotel after a get-together. Xu Weilan's youthful love for Lu Zichen slowly faded over the course of their three-year marriage, which existed in name only. So she let go of her attachment, divorced him without hesitation, and moved abroad. Then Lu Zichen began a three-year quest to win back his wife. 7.2kReads8.5Score51114d adds
- 145 Pursuing My Wife 逐妻 [One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, adorable child, husband chases his wife after losing her] Their relationship began with a deal, but they stayed together because they couldn't resist each other. A year into their marriage, his first love returned, and he forced her to abort their baby and get a divorce. She vanished without a trace. Four years later, when they met again, they were strangers. She was no longer the timid, insecure girl who'd walked on eggshells around him. Now she shon 1.3kReads8.4Score10114d adds
- 146 After I Let Go, Mr. Fu Started Chasing Me Relentlessly 放手后，傅总开始穷追不舍 [Just rated, rating will rise] [Love at first sight + winning her back + CEO + possessive + devoted to one person] When Jian Yunxi transferred schools in her second year of high school, she met an exceptional, aloof boy. Everyone knew she liked him. But in her second year of college, Fu Liangzhou dashed her hopes with a single remark made behind her back: he had never liked her. So Jian Yunxi left the country without looking back. She never expected that when they met again three years later, sh 1.2kReads5.7Score10014d adds
- 147 The Evening Breeze Won’t See Him Home, and the Departed Will Not Return 晚风不渡他，不见离人归 [Ex-Wife-Chasing-to-the-Crematorium + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + No Reconciliation After the Breakup + Feuds Among the Wealthy + Male Lead Suffers + Male Lead Is Chaste, Female Lead Is Not + Evenly Matched Leads + Strong Female Lead + A Touch of Workplace Drama] *Stoic male lead *Gentle second male lead *Female lead’s growth It was an undeniable fact that Nan Yunqian had once loved Song Ning deeply. He had nearly given his life for her, and Song Ning had never doubted his feelings for a m 2.6kReads6.8Score10614d adds
- 148 The CEO Lost His Girl 霸总将他的女孩弄丢了 "Brother Jin, I hope you'll be happy." She wanted him to be happy, so she chose to let him go. He thought he didn't love her, and that this was the best outcome. Little did he know, he'd already let her into his heart. By the time he understood his own feelings, she was no longer where he'd left her. Love that comes too late is lighter than grass. There was already someone better by her side. If she'd chosen to let go, then she had to let go completely. 43Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 149 My Younger Brother Actually Followed Me Here 我的弟弟竟然跟过来了 Two male leads, brothers who live next door. They meet by chance on a wall, and together see things through to the end. If lots of people want to read it, I'll write my next book from the younger brother's perspective. This one is mainly told from the older brother's perspective, with him as the pursuer. 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 150 Mr. You, Stop Torturing Me. Your Wife Has Signed the Divorce Papers 游总别虐了，太太离婚协议签字了 [A groveling ex who wins her back + rekindled love after heartbreak + both inexperienced + 1v1] [Cool, beautiful female hacker × devoted, brooding heir] * Lin Yin once thought herself lucky. Just when she wanted marriage more than anything, she met You Heye. Who could have known that on their wedding day, he would suddenly change his tune... After the wedding He stayed out all night, insulted her, and even used her as a bargaining chip... It turned out that everything was part of a carefully lai 2.6kReads5.5Score10014d adds
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