Novels like Showbiz: I Risk My Life to Act, and Everyone Begs Me Not to Die
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- 51 My Arch-Enemy’s Trap 死敌的陷阱 Gu Han stared at the report in his hands, his expression icy. “Get me the medicine I had last time. I’m leaving the hospital.” “Are you insane? You need surgery immediately.” “What are the odds of success?” “Less than thirty percent.” A hint of mockery entered Gu Han’s gaze. “Give me three months. I’ll come back for the surgery.” He had never claimed to be a good person. He loved Yan Heng, but had bought Yan Corporation from Yan Heng’s father, thinking that once Yan Heng had no one left to rely 2.8kReads9.2Score23314d adds
- 52 Tomb Raiding: Please, Just Give Me One More Heal 盗墓：求你了，再奶一口 (The male lead is a scumbag: he never makes the first move, never turns anyone down, and never takes responsibility. I'll ship whatever pairings I want in this story, so don't hold back.) Li Yin had lived on a mountain for fourteen years and learned alchemy and artifact crafting. He was about to head down and make a name for himself, when someone told him he was actually the only grandson of Half-Zhang Li, and that he had to raid a tomb with the Tomb-Raiding Iron Triangle. How could this be real 50Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 53 I Transmigrated from The Grave Robbers' Chronicles into Detective Conan, and I'm a Good Doctor 从盗笔穿越柯南的我是个好医生 A Detective Conan fanfic, with a crossover with The Lost Tomb later on. Recommended starting from Chapter 6. (Somewhat aloof, no heroine, no romance, beautiful and tragic protagonist, bouncing between the black and red sides. Not a power fantasy. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.) After walking through the Bronze Gate, Lin Qingzhu passed out in the Ultimate. When he woke up, he found himself in the world of Detective Conan. Lin Qingzhu: “...” Don't panic. Don't panic. It's just transmigrat —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Genshin Impact: The Way to Get Stronger Is to Hurt Myself 原神：变强的方式是伤害自己 [Genshin Impact + no female lead + fragile male protagonist + may include a pairing] Feng Ling, a young man who had just come of age and was suffering from depression, ended his life without anyone knowing. But by chance, he transmigrated into the world of Genshin Impact, the game that had been his emotional support in life, and even became the Fatui’s twelfth Harbinger. What’s more, everyone dotes on him! Teyvat was so captivating that his depression was cured along the way. Feng Ling decide 50Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 55 Ultraman: The Frail Me Became the King of Time from the Start 人在奥特，病弱的我开局成为时王 Su Yun transmigrates to the Mebius world and gets a Weakling Bonus System from the start. System: Congratulations, Host. You are now bound to the System and have received a permanent Weakling debuff. Su Yun: ??? System: As a welcome gift, you receive a Decade Driver. Su Yun gets so excited that he can't stop coughing. System: The Host can't stop coughing. Reward: a Zi-O Ridewatch. Su Yun gets excited again and spits out a mouthful of blood. System: The Host has spat out a mouthful of blood. Rewa 3.8kReads9.4Score39614d adds
- 56 Terminally Ill, I Danced My Way Back to Fame in Showbiz 身患绝症，我靠跳舞翻红娱乐圈 [Showbiz] [No Female Lead] [Nontraditional Entertainment Novel] Su Huai, a top classical dancer in Huaguo, transmigrates to a parallel world much like Blue Star after a plane crash. The Su Huai of this parallel world is a minor celebrity with a terminal illness. He is mocked for his awful singing, dancing, and acting, and everyone says he’s an empty-headed know-nothing. Classical dance doesn’t exist here, and traditional folk music and Chinese studies are dismissed as tacky and outdated. After a 1.6kReads9.2Score15114d adds
- 57 Detective Conan: Forced to Save the Day, I Just Want to Fake My Death and Get Away 柯南：被迫拯救后只想赶快死遁 [No romance + everyone adores the protagonist + beautiful yet tragic + madman literature 3 + ambiguous factions] Chiyahara Nozomu was the most useless codename operative in the organization. He couldn’t lift a finger to carry anything or fight, and he was out of breath every other step. Even climbing a flight of stairs could kill him. He also wore a device to monitor his heartbeat, various tracking devices, and even a collar around his neck that dispensed sedatives. Everyone else in the organiza 1.4kReads9.2Score20714d adds
- 58 Tomb Raiding: Losing My Memory Again Today! 盗墓：今天也在失忆呢！ Lin Cizhen really thinks he's the most miserable person in the world. From the start, someone lifts the lid off his coffin, and to top it off, he discovers that he has transmigrated! As if transmigrating weren't bad enough, the gods of this world forcibly erased his memories. So his first meeting with the Tender Beef Five turns out like this: Xiaoge: Come on, let's go home. Black Glasses: My eldest boy! You must've had a hard time finding me! Xiaohua: This guy's brain... doesn't seem to work too 3.3kReads9.1Score45714d adds
- 59 You're Gorgeous and Handsome, Yet You Call Yourself the Villain? 长得又美又帅，你说你是反派？ [Lighthearted comedy + scheming veteran + stunning looks + delicate, sickly charm + male heartthrob + universally adored, no romance] [The male lead’s previous-life novel: "He’s the Villain, I Think I’ll Take Another Look"] A villainous young master who once wielded power over everything transmigrates to a parallel world. He becomes a handsome male streamer with nothing to his name! His company tells him to stream with the persona of a cold CEO, but the female boss discovers him dancing on camer 1.1kReads8.5Score10214d adds
- 60 I Accidentally Became the Tsundere Employer's White Moonlight 一不小心成了傲娇雇主的白月光 [Two male leads + tragic romance + the one who was left behind pursues his lover through hell + equally matched leads] [Two male leads + warmth] [Dark imprisonment, brutal torture, memory control, stealing someone's lover] Volume One: First Meeting in the Jungle focuses on daily life as they struggle to survive in the jungle, with scenes of being shot, poisoned, treated for injuries, and fed. It's a bittersweet but lighthearted read. Volume Two: The Ordeal of Captivity includes deception, dark i 1.5kReads8.1Score11014d adds
- 61 The Sickly Real Heiress Spat Blood, and the Whole Internet Burst into Tears 病弱真千金一吐血，全网都飙泪了 When the mysterious arts grandmaster Shi Miao opens her eyes, she has become the foil to a falsely adored fake heiress. The fake heiress uses her fragile appearance and her talent for bursting into tears at any moment to ruin Shi Miao’s reputation and bring about her death. Shi Miao decides to use the fake heiress’s own methods against her, leaving her nowhere to turn. She picks up a cultivation technique that consumes its practitioner’s life force: the more blood she spits up, the stronger she 7.2kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 62 Traitorous Minister Whitewashing System 奸臣洗白系统 [The male lead is a male-oriented, universally adored character. The main story has no romantic pairing for the protagonist, but there will be a secondary pairing based on friendship with him.] You wake up one day and find yourself suddenly transmigrated from a comfortable interstellar age to a chaotic ancient world. You've lost your CEO status, your vast fortune, and your adorable adopted son and daughter. Could anything be worse? Of course! You have transmigrated into the infamous villainous c 5kReads9.4Score57014d adds
- 63 With a Terminal Illness, I Heal the Whole World with My Songs 身患绝症的我，用歌治愈全世界 [Slice of life + entertainment + System + healing + livestreaming + redemption + one heroine] At just eighteen, Wen He is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A System descends and binds itself to him: “Set Sail for Your Dream.” Even though he grew up in a cold and unfeeling family, and even as illness ravages his body, Wen He still heals everyone with his songs. Having been caught in the rain himself, he wants to hold an umbrella over others. His song “The Good Things of This World Are Intertwi 8.6kReads9.3Score94514d adds
- 64 Eerie Game NPC: I Carry the Fate of All Humanity 诡异游戏NPC，我背负了全人类 [Contains many scenes of illness and frailty. Proceed with caution.] Gu Heqing transmigrates one day and discovers he has become an NPC in a horror game. Humans keep entering the game world, while the real world is gradually being dragged into it. The livestreams show people dying horribly, and he is somehow connected to a “god” whose nature he cannot begin to understand… He has no idea where to go from here. But when he finally comes to his senses, he seems to have... become humanity’s onl 4.6kReads9.0Score54414d adds
- 65 Miracle Livestream: One Little Slip, and I Shock the Whole World 奇迹直播：一不小心就震惊全世界 Qin Yan, who was terminally ill, obtained a System that rewarded him for taking photos and recording videos. Could he become famous around the world? [Ding! Successfully recorded the Leonids meteor shower. Reward: Healing Potion!] [Ding! Successfully photographed a golden Kaiser-i-Hind butterfly. Reward: Beast-Taming Whip!] [Ding! Successfully recorded a clouded leopard hunting. Reward: ...] The photos and videos he posted also drew attention from all sorts of people. Aiguo Company: Mr. Qin, we' 4.6kReads8.7Score37114d adds
- 66 Your Majesty, the Frail Beauty Deserves to Be Cherished 陛下，病弱美人得娇养 [Yandere + Mutual Devotion + Redemption] The young official of the Court of Judicial Review, a sickly beauty who pants with every step, is actually a treacherous minister despised by everyone. Mo Yanyu: “Everyone in this world wants to be a gentleman. Since that’s the case, I’ll be the villain.” He is ruthless and merciless, and everyone steers clear of him. One day, Mo Yanyu says, “I think we could work together.” A haughty prince raises an eyebrow. “That depends on how sincere you are.” Mo Yan 2.6kReads9.5Score45714d adds
- 67 How Am I Supposed to Survive Around Conan When I Keep Coughing Up Blood 时不时吐血的我在柯南身边怎么活 [Detective Conan + No Romance + Little Sister Ai + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Hero] Feng Jianhe transmigrates and gets a buff from the start: his constitution is permanently set to -1… Also known as: “How Do I Survive Beside the Grim Reaper When I Keep Coughing Up Blood?”, “The Hospital Is My Home, and Everyone Helps Me Get Back There,” and “There’s No Need to Worry About Me, I’m Really Fine. The Important Thing Is That I Didn’t Kill Anyone.” Shipping fans, keep to your own corner~ 13.6kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 68 The Desolate Seafloor 绝望海底 [Entertainment + Singing + Sickly Hero + Healing + Tearjerker + Positive Energy + Redemption] Bai Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he has cancer and needs a huge sum of money for treatment. A singing contest hosted by pdd is underway, drawing a massive audience and offering a huge cash prize! So Bai Chen joins to earn money for his medical bills. In the preliminaries, Bai Chen sings “Under the Sea,” and the entire livestream falls silent, lost in thought. In the knoc 28.4kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
- 69 Detective Conan: From the Start, I Become the God of Wisdom 柯南：开局成为智慧之神 [Detective Conan + Crossover + No Romance + Canon Couples Stay Together + Everyday Sleuthing] The truck driver has done it again, and poor little Tu Chuan can only hug his helpless self tight. So what if he became the [God of Wisdom] in the world of Detective Conan? From the start, he lost his right eye and left leg, making him the most unfortunate transmigrated protagonist in history. Both parents dead, with a mine and a house, his mother is a Kudo, his father is an Umaru, and his son is Tu Chu 4.6kReads9.3Score36414d adds
- 70 Starting Out as a Full-Time Undercover Agent in Northern Myanmar 从缅北开始做全职卧底 “Perhaps the beings created in darkness can also defeat the darkness.” After being kidnapped, Mu Guang, born with a personality disorder, is trafficked to northern Myanmar. Faced with death and threats, he stays calm, decisive, and ruthless, earning the admiration of a drug lord. But no one knows that this antisocial man has long been an undercover police officer... Five years later, a new police officer named Mu Guang reports for duty at the Shun'an Municipal Public Security Bureau, only to be 10.2kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 71 Ye Luoli: The Big Shot Is Forced to Play the White Moonlight 叶罗丽：大佬他被迫扮演白月光 Mu Bai was only planning a simple vacation in another world. He never expected to encounter System 996, a remnant of the Main God’s world. To take the little System home, he was forced to bind himself to a White Moonlight Roleplay System. But who could have guessed that the little System came with a beauty-and-tragedy buff? From then on, he started living a life of coughing up blood every day. All he can say is: Keep smiling and carry on. 6.7kReads9.4Score72514d adds
- 72 Back to Field: Ten Suicide Notes Revealed, Leaving the Entire Internet in Tears 蘑菇屋：十封遗书曝光，泪崩全网 Season 6 of Yearning for Life premiered. As soon as everyone arrived, they were stunned by the beautiful scenery. Before long, they discovered a strange little cabin. Inside, they found ten letters. The first read: “Nuan Nuan, the flowers on the island have bloomed. That means I’ve come to see you…” Lin Feng The whole internet buzzed: Had Lin Feng come to the island to pursue Nuan Nuan? Who was this Lin Feng? They read the second letter, then the third… all the way to the tenth. Only then did th 2.7kReads9.1Score30914d adds
- 73 The Seven Kings Reunite, and Judgment Descends 七王重聚，审判降临 [Decisive and ruthless + high martial arts + comedy + King of Slaughter + plot-driven power fantasy] Distant bells toll! The horns of war spiral through the air! Eagles survey the earth! Vultures feast on all living things! The Sword of Judgment hangs high! An ancient king descends! Slaughter! The prologue to an absurd apocalypse! Slaughter! The finale of a false golden age! At the end of the last century, the vast and devastating War of the Gods, sparked by the Radiant Army and the Eternal Nigh 95.7kReads8.6Score6k14d adds
- 74 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.4kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 75 The Divine Cage Game 神笼游戏 In a dazzling technological future, a powerful being descends, calling itself a god and ruling over all. Everything becomes a game for the gods. The gods become humanity’s sole objects of faith. Above all faith, humans are the pieces and the gods move them. The world is a cage, and this is a game ruled by the gods. The gods rule everything! The gods create the games! The gods make the rules! Rule One: Every human must take part in the game. You need a ticket to compete, but the winner takes all, 25kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 76 My Husband Is Too Frail to Take Care of Himself 我那夫君柔弱不能自理 A Yan died. She had just turned fourteen that year. But five years after her death, she came back to life. Picking at her toes, she thought for a moment and remembered there was one thing she still hadn’t done. So she hurried through the night to Tianyuan, the foremost of the four great sects in the cultivation world, to find a sickly young man named Wen Qingci. Wen Qingci looked at A Yan, who had broken into Tianyuan Sect in the dead of night, beaten a whole group of disciples, and was now spr 11.9kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 77 Quick Transmigration: After Faking My Death Due to a Terminal Illness, the Yandere Tycoon Went Mad 快穿：我靠绝症死遁后病娇大佬他疯了 [Yandere x obsessive, angst + catharsis, two power players putting on a show] [System: Host Yu Tang, a world’s main god is incredibly powerful and impossible to overthrow!] The tycoon who controlled the lifeblood of the economy: “Heh, you think you can escape my grasp?” Yu Tang: “Oh, really? I have late-stage stomach cancer, so I’ll die before you do.” The Federation’s celebrated war hero: “You’re nothing but my plaything. Be good and stay by my side!” Yu Tang: “But I have a serious heart con 12.6kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 78 I Was Just Keeping My Sister Company at School, Then I Accidentally Became Invincible 给妹妹陪读的我，不小心无敌了 [Superpowers] + [School Life] + [Passionate] + [Defend the Homeland] + [Aloof Protagonist Who Dotes on His Little Sister] In his previous life, Zhong Yuan watched helplessly as his sister fought desperately against monsters, only to meet her tragic end. When he opened his eyes again, a mysterious golden coffin had sent him back four years and given him a special ability: a 100% success rate when absorbing the abilities of other races, with the potential to reach the highest level. Four years ago 18.9kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 79 The Sickly Man I Picked Up on a Whim Turned Out to Be the Empire's Richest Man 我随手捡的病秧子竟然是帝国首富 [Strong heroine, hidden identity revealed, ultra-A, equally matched leads, devoted heroine and adored hero, both loyal] Everyone in the Empire's elite circles knew that the ancient Gu dynasty had a beautiful, mentally disabled heiress named Gu Yanluo. But as soon as the heiress returned to the Empire, she crippled a pair of rotten scumbags and shot to fame. In the blink of an eye, she had become a venomous beauty with a heart of pure malice. Rumors were recently circulating that Gu Yanluo kept a 39.7kReads9.4Score4.6k14d adds
- 80 A Short-Lived Forbidden Spell Caster? I Have an Undying Body 禁咒师短命？我拥有不死之身 Ye Lin transmigrates to a world overrun by demons and monsters, where he gains an immortal body. Because changing jobs in this world costs a fortune, he exploits a bug and sells his own organs to scrape together enough money to take part in the job-change ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, he becomes an SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcaster, but everyone around him mocks him. That's because SSS-rank Forbidden Spellcasters have to sacrifice their lifespan or their flesh to cast spells, so they're usu 195.4kReads8.8Score7.2k14d adds
- 81 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Posing as a Mysterious, Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Man 盗笔：装出个高深莫测但美强惨 "The only Grave Robbers' Chronicles fic rated 9.6, come see!" [Starting with the Old Nine Gates, Beloved by All, Pick Your Favorite Pairing + Slightly Everyone's Favorite + Everyone Imagines the Powerful Heartbreaking Beauty] Third-person narration I transmigrated, but not completely. At that very moment, my body was lying right beside me, playing the part of a breathtakingly beautiful vegetative patient. The good news: I could create an immortal secret identity. The bad news: the System told me 44.5kReads9.6Score6.2k14d adds
- 82 This Host Is Something Else: Told to Die for the Villain, He Actually Did 这宿主绝了，让他替反派死他真死 (Complete) Villain + Corruption + Master and Disciple + Mutual Devotion + One-on-One (the villains are all souls of the Main God) To come back to life, movie star Yu Tang binds himself to a quick transmigration System. His mission is to show the villains care and warmth, then die for them, driving them completely over the edge. But when he has finally earned enough points and wants to be revived, the System tells him: The worlds he visited have all collapsed. Yu Tang: ??? System: So you need to 27.7kReads9.6Score3.1k14d adds
- 83 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 170.2kReads9.8Score19.6k14d adds
- 84 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 174.5kReads9.7Score17.6k14d adds
- 85 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 869.8kReads9.6Score64.2k14d adds
- 86 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 235kReads9.7Score27.6k14d adds
- 87 EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 479.8kReads9.7Score65.9k14d adds
- 88 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 984.6kReads9.9Score161.8k14d adds
- 89 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 1.7MReads9.9Score205.4k14d adds
