Novels like I Once Loved the Stars Above
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I Once Loved the Stars Above, best match first.
- 151 The CEO's Sunshine Is Covered in Wounds 总裁的骄阳遍体鳞伤 [Angst and abuse + chasing his wife + unhinged obsession + coercive love: possessive CEO and resilient ray of sunshine] She was Q University’s ray of sunshine, forever searching for the moonlight that would illuminate her life. At eighteen, she ran away from her wedding to take the college entrance exam, driving her grandfather, her only family, to his death. At twenty-five, she was framed for murder and tortured and imprisoned by Lin Chen for eight years. … She found her only sister, but every 230Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 152 Si Nianqingqing 斯年轻轻 [Groveling to win her back] [No getting back together] [Tragic ending] Cheng Qingqing's grand love for Fu Sinian was a mistake. She corrected it as soon as she realized, and would never look back at him again. She would never care how pathetically he begged. “Qingqing, I like you. I really do. Please, don't leave me. Please come home with me. Please give me a home. I'm begging you, don't leave me...” “Please...” It was actually Cheng Qingqing's birthday. At twenty-six, she seemed to have finally 473Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 153 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 1.9kReads6.0Score10214d adds
- 154 A Broken Mirror Cannot Be Mended 破镜难重圆 Childhood sweethearts, married for ten years. Fu Shiyu came back with Shen Jiaman in his arms and forced Xia Ran to design her wedding dress. Xia Ran had poured her heart and soul into Fu Shiyu, yet could only watch helplessly as he caused their child’s death... Fu Shiyu, in the end, you and I were never meant to find happiness together. 22Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 155 After Sharing a Milk Tea with My Guy Best Friend, the Family Group Chat Exploded 和男闺蜜喝同一杯奶茶后，家族群沸腾了 The Family Chat Exploded After I Shared a Cup of Milk Tea with My Guy Best Friend —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Letting Go 割愛 [Short tragic ending + obsessive male lead] After my mother remarried, my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me, was always finding new ways to bully me. But after our parents died, he changed completely. He stopped bullying me and instead stayed by my side, taking care of me without ever giving up on me. It was as if he’d become a different person. 62Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 157 I Was Raised in a Pigsty and Now Earn a Million a Year 猪圈里养出了百万年薪的我 I Made a Million a Year Growing Up in a Pigsty 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 My Fiancé Made Me Kneel to Protect His Beloved. I Ran into the Flames and Rose to Become a Queen 未婚夫为护白月光让我下跪，我转身冲进火海逆袭成女王 My Fiancé Made Me Kneel to Protect His One True Love. I Rushed Into the Flames and Rose to Become a Queen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Her Fake Heiress Childhood Friend and His Family Have Her Back, but She'll Take Everything Back 假千金竹马全家护，她要夺回一切 Her childhood sweetheart and his whole family protect the fake heiress. Now she wants to take it all back. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Longing for Yun's Return 念云归 [Angsty! Angsty! Angsty! Short tragic historical romance, princess sent abroad for a political marriage] Huan Yun’s childhood name was Yun’er. From the time she was little, her mother held her close and softly sang, “Yun’er, come home. Yun’er, come home.” Yun’er never went anywhere. Mother, why do you sigh like that? In the sixteenth year of Jianzhao, Huan Yun passed away quietly in the Wuyou Palace. Mother, you don’t know. Yun’er can never return home again... 291Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 161 From Then On, the Moon Shone in My Eyes 从此眼中有明月 From Then On, the Moon Shone in Her Eyes 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 My Wife Had Twin Boys, but Only One Is Mine 老婆生了一对双胞胎儿子，但只有一个是我的 My wife gave birth to twin boys, but only one of them is mine. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 My Wife Smells Divine, and I’m Losing My Nerve 妻子很香，我很心慌 My wife smells so good, but I’m freaking out. 194Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Spring Breeze Never Comes 春风不至 [Proud, privileged Li Chang’an] VS [Timid, insecure He Suiyu] [Bittersweet, tragic romance] They say the person you meet at sixteen is the hardest to forget. He Suiyu met that person in the bright days of March. The first time she saw him, the boy was giving a speech, bathed in sunlight, as if a god had descended. From then on, she could never take her eyes off him. The boy said he wanted to study medicine, and from then on, she dreamed of going to medical school, too. But their happiness did 457Reads—Score10214d adds
- 165 Beautiful Years 景年 [Angst! Angst! Angst! Angst!] My name is Jiang Nian. I was born in the height of summer and died in the depths of winter. Fate was always fleeting, and even meeting you was a blessing. We were destined to meet in this life, but not to be together. May we continue our bond in the next. The debts of this life must be repaid in this life. On the road to the afterlife, don’t look back. May we have a better fate and grow old together in the next life! I still remember the words Lin Anjing said to 496Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 166 Listening to Rain Studio 听雨工作室 Tingyu Studio —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Was Doted on by the Young Master of the Capital's Elite 退婚后，被京圈太子爷娇宠上天 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Was Spoiled Rotten by the Crown Prince of Beijing's Elite Circle 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Unforgivably, He Has No Sense of Boundaries! 不可饶恕的没边界感！ Unforgivably shameless, with absolutely no sense of boundaries! 1.4kReads—Score514d adds
- 169 The Wind Will Remember Him for Me 风会替我记住他 [School life + mutual crushes + healing + Be] Don't look at my embarrassing past. Don't make me beg you. “Gentle and sensitive” Qi Zhiyou x “sunny and outgoing” Cheng Weizhui Ten years after Qi Zhiyou died, Cheng Weizhui learned of her death. He spent a year in a daze before finally taking his own life. Scenes from his life replayed in his mind. Early autumn. When they first met, he had smiled and asked her, “What are you doing here?” Later, at a temple, he had sincerely prayed, “May my girl liv 53Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 170 Hearing My Wife’s Secrets 听见妻子的秘密 I Heard My Wife's Secret 304Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 I Swear by My Love, Though It Brings Me Sorrow 敬我相思不成悲 She was a peerlessly beautiful young woman, famous throughout the land, yet fate had placed her in a brothel. Meng Zhijun believed Murong Yan was the man meant for her. She endured humiliation and kept her head bowed, all so she could stay by his side. She thought they would grow old together. But the man she loved most broke her fingers and ruined her face. In the end, he carved the bones from her body, one by one, and made them into a shocking bone flute. “A Zhi, look. Your bones are perfect f 57Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 172 Strolling Along With a Snail 牵着蜗牛去散步 Taking a Snail for a Walk 12Reads—Score214d adds
- 173 Loving You Is a Sickness No Medicine Can Cure 爱你成疾，药石无医 They had known each other for ten years and been classmates for four. Shu Ning loved Xiao Zhanting with all her heart, giving him one of her kidneys, losing a child for him, and breaking her own heart. Yet Xiao Zhanting hated her with a passion and personally sent her to her death... 37Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 174 One-Man Show 独角戏 [Signed for simplified Chinese publication] I wish I were brave, but when it comes to loving you, I always feel so unworthy. 388Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 175 His Unhealthy Need to Control Me 他对我的病态掌控欲 Lu Mo was the love of her youth, but now he is the devil making her life a living hell. 287Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 176 After My Ex-Wife Left With Nothing, She Forced Me to Divide Our Assets Again and Wanted Me to Raise Another Man’s Child 前妻净身出户后，逼我重分财产，还想让我养别人的孩子 After my ex-wife walked away with nothing, she forced me to divide our assets again and even wanted me to raise someone else's child. 302Reads—Score614d adds
- 177 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
- 178 The Eighth Winter 第八年雪 The Eighth Year of Snow —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Rose and Lychee Candy 玫瑰荔枝糖 [Love at First Sight, Two Academic Stars] [Tsundere Demon King x Tough Little Airhead] [If They Both Die, It’s a Happy Ending] On the first day of school, Lu Ziyao fell in love with Shi Nian at first sight. All Lu Ziyao remembered was that the weather was beautiful that day, so beautiful he couldn’t remember it clearly, because he had met her. The boy approached her cautiously, afraid of frightening the girl he liked. He just didn’t know that once you get close to some things, they can stay with 60Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 180 From Central to the Mid-Levels: His Motor Oil Stains Her Haute Couture Dress 从中环到半山：高定裙沾满他的机油味 From Central to Mid-Levels: His Motor Oil Stains My Haute Couture Dress 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Frogs Are So Cute. Why Would You Hurt Me? 蛙蛙那么可爱，你为什么要伤害我？ Frogs are so adorable. Why would you hurt me? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Reborn as a Freshman, I Tore Apart the Class President's Four-Year Moral Blackmail 重生大一，我撕碎班长四年道德绑架 Reborn as a college freshman, I tore apart the class monitor's four-year campaign of moral blackmail. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 After Giving My Brother All 2.46 Million, I Turned Around and Took Over My Father-in-Law's Business Empire 246万全给弟弟后，我转身接手了岳父的商业帝国 After Giving My Brother All 2.46 Million, I Turned Around and Took Over My Father-in-Law's Business Empire —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 My Boss Made a Secret Group Chat. I Added Just One Person, and They Were All Done For 老板私密建群，我只拉进一个人，他们全完了 The Boss Started a Secret Group Chat. I Added Just One Person, and They Were All Finished 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 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
- 186 I Was Diagnosed With Stomach Cancer, but My Husband Abandoned Me to Pick Up His First Love 我确诊胃癌，老公抛下我去接白月光 His first love kept texting him, telling him to hurry up and divorce me. At first, even though we were married by contract, we were deeply in love. But after his first love returned to the country, he abandoned me again and again. I was already in the final stages of cancer, and when I died, he still didn’t make it in time to see me. I never expected the System to give me another chance at life. Given another chance, I made a different choice. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 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
- 188 In the End, Deep Love Leaves Nothing but Heartbreak 情深终负尽 After five years of dating and three years of marriage, Qin Yue underwent IVF more than a dozen times, but in the end Gu Yanzhi still rejected her. “You can't have children. You're not fit to be my wife.” Later, Gu Yanzhi saw another man tenderly holding Qin Yue, whose belly was swollen with pregnancy... 174Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 189 An Unbroken Bond 藕断丝连 Tangled Affection 327Reads—Score3214d adds
- 190 You Became the King, While I Became a Tragic Memory 你为君王，妾已成殇 After loving him for ten years, she helped him ascend the throne, but he slaughtered her entire family. These vast lands were stained with nothing but her family's blood. On a ten-mile bridal procession, he married the woman he loved and made her empress. Dressed all in white, she leapt from the city tower. Xiao Jingyu, my love for you has led me down a road from which there is no return. 337Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 191 The Eighth Winter 第八年冬 The first time the sensitive Li Xiting fell in love, it was with Chen Nian, the boy who seemed to glow as he stood in the crowd. She carefully held on to every interest they shared, and eventually turned those interests into a goal: getting into Nan University and being with him. But life is always cruel. She got into Nan University, but she didn't get him. She was like Cinderella in a fairy tale, except she didn't have the right glass slipper. Without that slipper, she could never enter his wor 206Reads8.3Score10114d adds
- 192 When the Golden Rain Trees Bloom 栾树花开 Campus tragedy × mutual healing An ordinary girl with heart disease × a dazzling young artist In 2014, during high school, an ordinary girl who had been abandoned by her parents and suffered from heart disease since childhood met Li Yi’an beneath a golden rain tree at a bus stop. He was eighteen, full of youthful spirit, and dazzling with his sketchpad. After all our twists and turns, you had already taken root and blossomed in my life, 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 158,000: The Most Expensive Lesson My Daughter Will Ever Learn 十五万八，是我女儿这辈子最贵的一堂课 158,000 yuan: the most expensive lesson my daughter will ever learn. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 We Won't Meet Again in This Life, Forever Separated 余生不见，你我永隔 I was eight months pregnant when someone slipped me an abortion pill. Blood covered the floor. Qin Shuo cried all the way to the hospital, running countless red lights to get me there. He called in the top gynecologist in the country, all to save my life. I woke up early on the operating table and heard him talking to my older brother: “Weren’t we only supposed to abort the baby? Why did you remove her uterus too!” 37Reads—Score14014d adds
- 195 After My Parents Fled Their Debts, I Became Scarface Auntie’s Own Daughter 爸妈欠债跑路后，我成了刀疤姑姑的亲女儿 After My Parents Ran Off to Escape Their Debts, I Became Scarface Auntie's Biological Daughter 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Three Years After My Wife Went Missing, She Forgot Me and Remembered Only Her First Love 妻子失踪三年后，把我忘了，只记得初恋 Three Years After My Wife Went Missing, She Forgot Me and Remembered Only Her First Love 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Old Dreams Scattered on the Wind, the Past Left Empty 旧梦随风散，往事皆成空 Old Dreams Scatter on the Wind, the Past Fades into Nothing 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Your Coldness Outlasts My Love 情深不及你薄凉 During their three years of marriage, Song Yun tried to win his heart and make him hers. Then the woman he had always treasured returned, and a divorce agreement caught her completely off guard. Song Yun had given him so much and helped him gain the power he held today, yet for the sake of the woman he loved, he forced her to donate her corneas! Song Yun was left battered and broken. A car accident finally set her free, but she had no idea that he had gone mad searching for her… 8Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 199 Alley Number Seven 七号巷 Campus + BE + unrequited love Free-spirited, honest boy vs. well-behaved girl “May the free and honest sun never set. Someone will always take my place and keep loving you. Happy birthday, Jiang Si.” “She died on the day he turned eighteen. His coming-of-age day became her death anniversary.” “Jiang Si, don’t cry.” Beep The ECG line went flat. The room fell silent for a moment, then sobs swept through it. “I won’t cry anymore. Please, just look at me, okay?” The boy tried to hold back his sobs s 732Reads—Score19414d adds
- 200 I Don’t Want the Bellflowers Anymore 我不要桔梗花了 Yu Nianxu, Wei Mu is still here, still protecting you somewhere else. Wei Mu, don't go! Yu Nianxu, wake up! I'm still here. Wei Mu, I'm awake. Where are you? Wei Mu, I'm willing. Wei Mu, goodbye! I'll live well from now on. 156Reads7.3Score—14d adds
