Novels like The Last Eight Months of My Life
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- 1 I'm on the Brink of Death! How Dare You Still Come After Me? 我都快死了！你们还敢来惹我？ Jiang Song has terminal lung cancer and only a hundred days left to live. All he wants is to spend those final hundred days in peace. But society refuses to let him go, even in death! His parents: “Cut ties with us? First pay back all the money we spent raising you!” Chu Qian: “Jiang Song, I don’t like you! You’re not good enough for me!” He gave her four years of sincere love, only for it to go to waste, and then she exposed him on Xiaohongshu. She twisted the facts and smeared Jiang Song as a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Counting Down to the End: I Just Want to Treat Myself Better 生命倒计时，只想对自己好一些 (No cultivation, no fantasy, no superpowers, just everyday urban life! The protagonist dies in the end...) During a routine company health checkup, Yang Ming discovered that he had terminal cancer and only six months to live! Looking back on his life, it seemed he had spent it all running around for others and meeting their needs. So, with the time he had left... He would live a little more for himself! And be a little kinder to himself. 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Three Months Left to Live 生命只剩三个月 During the three years Jiang Chen suffered from amnesia, he married into the Jiang family and endured their contempt. By chance, he discovered a hidden pocket in an old piece of clothing. Inside was a bank card with 300 billion in it. However, he was told he had only three months left to live. “Maybe when I’m on my deathbed, I’ll remember what kind of person I used to be.” 7Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 4 Only Two or Three Years Left to Live, My Sisters Beg Me to Forgive Them 命剩两三年，姐妹跪求我原谅 I have barely two years left to live, and you still want me to donate a kidney? My older sister is begging me to forgive her. My younger sister is throwing a tantrum for no reason, so of course she needs to be taught a lesson! I’m going to die. Can you all stop bothering me? After learning that his life has entered a countdown, Xu Junze wants nothing more than to find a quiet corner where no one will disturb him, do what he wants, and fulfill his dreams. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Late-Stage Pancreatic Cancer: The Truth Comes Out, and They Regret It Too Late 胰脏病晚期，真相曝光他们追悔莫 [Everyone’s Regret + BE + Healing (Heartbreaking) + Pure Urban Drama!!] No one wants to die. It’s just that I’ve stopped caring about the world. Shortly before his twenty-first birthday, Sang Yan learned that he had late-stage pancreatic cancer. “Have your family spend more time with you. You might make it through the winter.” The doctor’s words plunged him into despair… The creator is merciless. Simply being alive has always been painful enough for Sang Yan. Since childhood, he had done everyth 93Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 6 You Want Me to Forgive You If You Kneel? I Just Want to Die in Peace 跪着我就原谅？我只想安静的死去 Modern urban slice of life, one female lead, no System, no magic, and a story of regret. As the youngest son of the Yang family, Yang Tian has been meek and obedient since childhood. His father and sisters have groomed him to be a pawn in the family’s rise to power. To his surprise, when he refuses to marry the hideously ugly eldest daughter of the Pang Group, his father and sisters kick him out of the family home. Not long before, Yang Tian had learned that he was terminally ill. Seeing how lit 209Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 7 I Was Dying of a Terminal Illness, and My Coldhearted Family Regretted Everything 重病将死，冷血家人们都后悔了 Pure author-going-off-the-rails fiction. Give it a try, it’s really good. Think of it as surviving a trial by fire~ The day Yuan An is given a terminal diagnosis, he learns that he isn’t his parents’ biological child and is kicked out of the house. And yet… why are they all begging him to forgive them, crying, before he dies? 361Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 You Wait Until You’re Dying to Call Me Brother? Sorry, We’re Strangers 快死了才叫哥哥？对不起我们不熟 [Showbiz + One True Heroine + Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance] Chen He risked his life to save his five younger sisters from a flash flood, only to be swept away by the torrent himself. When he woke up in the hospital, no one was by his side, and he was told he had bone cancer, with just one year left to live. Then the Chen family announced that he was a fake young master who had been switched at birth more than twenty years ago. His adoptive parents and sisters detested him, threw him out, and 327Reads6.6Score11114d adds
- 9 I'm Only Critically Ill. Why Are You Crying When I Refuse Treatment? 病危而已，我不治你们哭什么？ (No overpowered cultivation, one heroine, no forgiveness, no toxic plot points, experienced characters, no dream ending, healing plus a reckoning for everyone, and the ending doesn’t only involve the male lead dying!!!) Before he has even begun his life, Lu Yuan is diagnosed with serious illnesses, including depression and schizophrenia. Then, just as he reaches adulthood, he is told he has bone cancer. Because it wasn’t caught in time, it is already terminal, and nothing can be done. After his 23Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 10 I Have One Month to Live, and the Whole World Is Telling Me to Die 只剩一个月命，全世界人喊我去死 (Anthology + multiple stories + major heartbreak + bring tissues) Xiang Jin’an valued his family and friends above everything else. And every one of them hoped he would die!!! At sixteen, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. When they learned he was going to die, his family and friends said: His father: “Hurry up and die. Then I won’t have to beat you every day. I’m exhausted too, so it’d be a relief if you died!!!” His mother: “When you’re about to die, don’t do it at home. It’ll bring bad lu 7Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 11 After My Cancer Diagnosis, I Cut Ties with You. Why Are You Crying? 癌症后，我断绝关系你们哭啥？ [Male-Oriented] [Cancer + Rebirth + One Wealthy Heroine with Strong Possessiveness + Regret and Redemption + Entrepreneurship] Switched at birth, the impostor stole eighteen years of his life! After going through hell to find his way home, he thought things would finally get better. But his parents thought he was inferior to the fake son! His sisters despised and misunderstood him, his parents favored the impostor, and the fake son strutted around like he owned the place. Reborn, he looks at the 425Reads6.5Score10114d adds
- 12 After I Died Miserably of Stomach Cancer, My Seven Sisters Regretted It 身患胃癌惨死后，七个姐姐后悔了 [Clearing his name / No forgiveness / No cultivation] “I’m going to kick Lin Luo out of the Lin family. Lin Qitian is the only young master in our family.” Lin Chuyue, the eldest sister and CEO of a multinational conglomerate, said coldly. Their second sister, a famous actress; their third, a brilliant surgeon; their fourth, a computer genius; their fifth, a top military officer; their sixth, a renowned voice actor; and their seventh, a hugely popular campus beauty all agreed! But just as they w 773Reads8.3Score11814d adds
- 13 Stop Asking Me to Forgive You. Can You Just Let Me Go Before I Die? 别求我原谅了，临死前放过我好吗 [A pure healing story. The protagonist is destined to die + guiding spirits to the afterlife] Also known as [I Guide All Living Beings Through the Mortal World] After a checkup, Lu Yuan learns that he has at most six months left to live. So Lu Yuan decides to cast aside the heavy burdens that were never his to bear and start living for himself! Just then, he encounters the “Forget Worries Tavern,” and after his death, he becomes its owner. 1.3kReads9.0Score10814d adds
- 14 You Said You’d Kill Me, So Why Do You Regret It Now? 说好的要杀我，你们怎么后悔了 [Xianxia Fantasy + Memories Revealed + No System + One Heroine + Tragedy + Slow Burn] A friendly warning: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! Important things must be said three times! Before the Heavenly Void Palace. “Chen Zun, you murdered your master and betrayed the Dao. You personally trapped me in a ten-thousand-year ice cave to suffer punishment. Today, you will pay with your life!” “Demon Lord, you slaughtered 3.9kReads8.3Score37014d adds
- 15 Don’t Ask Me to Forgive You. I Just Want to Die with Dignity 别求我原谅，我只想从容赴死 [Regret and remorse] [No forgiveness] [Extreme sports] [Livestream] [Protagonist dies] Lu He enjoyed less than a month of happiness in the first half of his life. His mother became a vegetable, and they blamed him. The family business was struggling, and they blamed him. Even when his adopted younger brother only got a minor scrape, they blamed him. And now, ALS had come for him too. He was about to die. Why should he still be sensible and obedient, constantly making things difficult for himself 1.1kReads8.5Score10314d adds
- 16 I Have Only Three Months to Live, and Now They Want My Forgiveness! 只剩三个月命，他们来求我原谅！ Chen Shu has stomach cancer and only three months left to live. In the final three months of his life, Chen Shu no longer wants to accommodate others, put the greater good first, or keep compromising. He wants to say goodbye to the past, see the world through his own eyes, and finally be himself! The irony is that all the care he once desperately wanted but could never get is finally coming his way... They all regret it now, but isn’t it too late? He doesn’t need it anymore! The one thing Chen S 1.1kReads6.6Score10014d adds
- 17 With Two Years Left to Live, My Seven Sisters Beg Me to Forgive Them 命剩下两年，七个姐姐跪求我原谅 [One heroine][Entrepreneurship][Regret and redemption][Romance] Chu Yan once thought he was the happiest man in the world. He had seven stunning older sisters who doted on him. Everything changed when the Chu family found their real son. It turned out… he was only a substitute. Before Chu Yan could tell his family he had been diagnosed with brain cancer, they kicked him out of the Chu household. Then his real family came looking for him and took him in. With only two years left to live, Chu Yan 1.2kReads8.8Score15814d adds
- 18 Male Side Character: After I Leave, the Heroine Will Regret It! 男配：我离去后，女主追悔莫及！ You spent your life helping me become a legendary songstress, yet you stayed cold and distant toward me? I treated you as the person I loved most, but you wanted to take my heart and become an immortal? I endured every hardship to become your master and teach you, but you wanted to carve me up with a thousand cuts? I was your sharpest blade, helping you become a legendary empress, but once you were done with me, you discarded me like a hunting dog and hid away your bow? You promised we’d grow ol 340Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 19 On Judgment Day, Even the Nation Wept for Me, Though I Deserved No Forgiveness 审判日，十恶不赦的我让全国痛哭 Qin Yu was once the highest-ranking five-star commander of the Dragon Kingdom on the land of Shenzhou, the youngest nationally acclaimed scientific researcher, and the inventor of the seventh-generation fighter jet. But now, he was a traitor everyone wanted dead, guilty of the most heinous crimes. Defecting to the enemy, leaking secrets, turning his weapons against his own countrymen... He was a demon walking among men, a butcher who abandoned his wife and daughter, despised by all. Yun Yingchu 1.7kReads8.6Score24614d adds
- 20 After Divorcing the Female CEO, I Wound Up in the Arms of a Stunning Doctor 和女总裁离婚后，误入绝色女医怀 [Complete. The animated adaptation is out. Click the author's profile for the new novel.] Original title: Divorced in the Late Stages of Cancer, Then Everyone Started Loving Me [Everyday life + slow burn + one heroine + no System or golden finger + no turning back + occasional madness] In their four years of marriage, Song Yilang thought he was lucky to have a beautiful wife and a happy family. So he worked himself to the bone, hoping to stand side by side with Lin Su. But when he got cancer and 8.1kReads9.1Score39614d adds
- 21 The Live-In Son-in-Law: The Whole World Thinks I Love You 赘婿：全世界以为我爱你 [Urban romance + one heroine + live-in son-in-law. This is not a wish-fulfillment story: the male lead suffers early on, and the female lead suffers later. Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story!] Everyone in Yuncheng knew the Jiang family had a live-in son-in-law who was a lovesick doormat. He’d spent years fawning over their daughter, Jiang Yiwei, always at her beck and call... But everyone in Yuncheng also knew that the Jiang family’s eldest daughter had loved Song Qingche 4.7kReads8.5Score22814d adds
- 22 I'm Dying, Can You Leave Me Alone? 我要死了，能别来打扰我吗？ (This story includes traditional mythology, mainly to set things up for the male and female leads. Let me say it again: the protagonist does not cultivate immortality! The protagonist does not cultivate immortality! The mythology doesn’t take up much of the story. For reference, see Fox Spirit Matchmaker. If you don’t like it, please don’t read.) As for why it’s listed under urban slice-of-life, the System assigned the category automatically.) [Regret + No Forgiveness + Angst] In the face of 2.1kReads9.1Score17014d adds
- 23 Riddled with Illness, I Refuse Treatment. Why Are You Crying? 诸病缠身，我不治，你们哭什么 [Also known as: "Your Son Has Been Gone for a Long Time" and "My Depression Was Getting Better, but I Still Had Stomach Cancer"] Guo Lu was just passing through, a person suffering from depression, schizophrenia, and stomach cancer. After learning that he had only a few years left if he did not seek treatment, Guo Lu wanted nothing more than to end it all on his own terms. After the conflicts with his family accumulated and finally exploded time and again, the people close to him at last learned 4.3kReads8.8Score39814d adds
- 24 Reborn: The Hated Real Heir Wants Only to Die 重生：万人嫌真少爷一心等死 Lin Xi was the true young master of a wealthy family, but he was accidentally switched at birth. He grew up abused, and the Ye family found him when he was eighteen. He thought he would finally have a loving family and a peaceful life, but instead he was misunderstood and neglected. The Ye family favored the impostor young master, and their cold indifference made Lin Xi lose hope little by little. Then he was kidnapped and abandoned, and poisoned. His heart died, and he left for a distant land. 8.7kReads8.9Score76914d adds
- 25 Betrayed by Every Woman, He Reveals His Memories and the World Weeps 众女背叛，记忆曝光后世人哭泣 Ye Changge, the most powerful villain across the Three Realms, Six Paths, and countless planes. He betrayed his word and killed his mentor. He subdued the Buddha, slaughtered monks across the land, and committed every imaginable evil. With a wave of his hand, he wiped out countless lives and plunged the world into chaos. At last, just as Ye Changge was about to break through, the ten heroines turned against him at the last moment. They joined forces with the Chosen One and powerful figures from 9.5kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 26 When They Wanted to Turn Back, I Was Already Gone 当她们想回头时，我却早已不在 In his previous life, he was the youngest son of the prestigious Jiang family, lost as a child. After they found him, they never accepted him. No matter how hard Jiang He tried to please them, nothing worked. During a fire, his three older sisters abandoned him without hesitation, anxiously taking the fake young master away and leaving him to burn alive... In this life, Jiang He stops debasing himself by begging for the ridiculous, biased love of that family. He simply waits quietly until he com 10.8kReads8.6Score93414d adds
- 27 With Only Two Months to Live, They Finally Break Down and Repent 命剩最后两月，他们终于崩溃忏悔 [Tearjerker]+ [Heartbreaking]+ [Bad Ending]+ [No Clichés, Realistic Story] The world beneath the neon lights is dazzling, but it has never shone for just one person. Lonely souls are always searching for comfort, but the medicine that could heal their wounds died long ago in childhood. When the stories they left behind finally become known, all that awaits them is a corpse that has long since grown cold. His parents spend their entire lives mired in a failed marriage, treating Bai Mo like a garb 11.8kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 28 I'm Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What's Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? 我都癌症晚期了，疯一点怎么了 Original title: I’m Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What’s Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? Lin Qian, hailed as the most eligible young lady in the capital, was gentle, refined, elegant, and proper. She could read at three, write poetry at five, was exceptionally well-read, and excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Everyone who met her praised her without end. Lin Qian had been raised from childhood on the principle: “At home, obey your father; after marriage, obey your 20.5kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
- 29 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 2.7kReads9.1Score31814d adds
- 30 I Told You I Love You in Heaven 我在天堂说爱你 At fifteen, Junxi accidentally got blood from an AIDS patient into one of his wounds and contracted the disease. From then on, his normal life was completely upended, and he lived in constant fear that he could die at any moment. But Li Poxiao never left his side, giving him the courage to carry on. Through his pain, he smiled through his tears. “Brother Junxi, my greatest wish is to become your bride. You have to fight to stay alive, because… this is a dream only you can help me fulfill.” A lov 865Reads9.5Score19914d adds
- 31 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 28.9kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
- 32 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 168.8kReads9.8Score19.3k14d adds
