Novels like A Letter in Spring
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Letter in Spring, best match first.
- 51 A Cage Across the Ocean 漂洋过海的牢笼 A Cage Across the Ocean —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 I Died at the Age of Twenty 我死在了二十岁那年 An Ning never imagined that someone would appear before her. He was an excellent student, came from a good family, and stood out from the rest. She was insecure and timid, unloved by her parents, and accustomed to abuse. Her beloved grandmother died, and her best friend from high school ended her own life with a rope. She had doubted the point of living. When she wanted to keep stumbling forward, she had no courage left. Her life came to a standstill that year. She would never be tired again. 12Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 53 I Want to Pat You on the Shoulder 想拍拍你的肩膀 [Athletic school heartthrob x Cool, sensitive girl] A three-second spark can be enough to make you love someone for three years, or even longer. Xu Lexin's first flutter of the heart: In front of everyone, he was the only one who praised her, even though she wasn't anyone special. Xu Lexin's second flutter of the heart: On a sweltering summer day, he called out to her to turn around. When she did, there he was, full of confidence and vigor. Xu Lexin's third flutter of the heart: He proudly showe 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Rose Is Lost 玫瑰已失 At the hospital, she inexplicably learned that she did not have long to live. After that, she divorced the man who was her husband in name only. She couldn't bear to let him go, but the diagnosis left her no choice but to set him free. After the divorce, her health deteriorated by the day. Her best friend urged her to be hospitalized, but she shook her head and refused. In the end, she passed away alone at home. Later, under pressure from his grandmother in the Shen family, Shen Shen sent people 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Sick of Me 病我 [Rekindled Romance + Entertainment Industry + Mutual Devotion + Healing + Over-the-Top Drama] Female lead with bipolar disorder (Xin Huaiqiu) * gentle, devoted, love-struck male lead (Gu Yunye) One-line summary: My ex-girlfriend is ill, but I still love her. 140Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 56 The Phoenix’s Summer 不死鸟的夏 The gardenias bloomed, but the person watching them with me wasn't the boy who had dazzled my youth that summer long ago. He had gone to protect another girl for the rest of his life. I love white magnolias in summer. They usually bloom during the season, and their fragrance, like that of orchids, evokes an image of pure, jade-like beauty. After meeting Xu Yue, I fell in love with gardenias. They bloom every year around the summer solstice, their petals a pure white that symbolizes a promise to 27Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 57 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Destroyed 永安街恒昌当：那本从未销过的私账 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Written Off —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 I Played Coward for Half a Year, Then the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money 我装怂半年，隔壁花魁卷款跑了 I Played the Coward for Half a Year, and the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Soft Candy Locks the Edge 软糖锁锋 Soft Candy Locks the Blade —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Camellia Tree 山茶花树 “A Huai, the camellias on the mountain back home are blooming. I really wish you could go see them with me again.” “The camellias on the mountain bloom and wither, then bloom again, but the camellia in my heart will never fade.” 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 A Concubine's Account 一个侍妾的自述 I was a concubine he rescued from the battlefield. His godlike rescue made me fall deeply in love with him. He traced my brows and eyes with his fingers. “How did you get a mole here?” But that mole had always been there. He had simply never taken a close look at me. 78Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 62 Evening Primrose and Daisies 月见草和小雏菊 Years later, someone asked Xie Yu'en, “Dance or Jiang Yan, which would you choose?” Xie Yu'en tightened her grip on the cup, her expression serious. After a moment's thought, she replied, “Both.” Years later, someone asked Jiang Yan, “What does it feel like to finally bring a five-year secret crush into the open?” Jiang Yan curled his lips and gave a scornful laugh before correcting them. “Six years.” [Considerate, warm, tsundere puppy-like boy × gentle, adorable dancer] [Mutual devotion, mutual 9Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 63 We Agreed to Be Child-Free, but She Became a Mom. After My Husband Failed to Make Me Pregnant, He Cheated 说好了做丁克她却当了妈，老公逼我怀孕失败后，出轨了 We agreed to be child-free, but she became a mother. After my husband failed to force me to get pregnant, he cheated on me. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Divorce Plans Gone Wrong 离婚计划失败中. My Divorce Plan Keeps Failing. 1.3kReads—Score3214d adds
- 65 That Year, It Was You 那年是你 School Life / Bad Ending / Short Story / Redemption Original title: Known For Ji Wen, this life was nothing but regret: the inferiority bred by his family, the discrimination he faced as a child, the poverty of his circumstances, and a love that lived forever in memories. Then, one year, he met Xun Yi, and his whole world lit up. 3Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 66 The Light of the Thirteenth Month 第十三月的光明 Hello, my name is Ji Xiaochuan! Hello, my name is Su Li! From now on, I'll call you Su Pear, sweet and juicy! Ji Xiaochuan, look! The light is here. My light is here! Little Pear, if there's another life, I'll spend it making it up to you! Ji Xiaochuan, if I could do it all over again, maybe I'd choose never to meet you! I walked through a dark abyss, and seemed to smell something rotten. Instinctively, I looked back. Countless wolves and tigers charged toward me, their sharp fangs 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Let the Past Fade; You and I Will Drift with the Wind 往事清零你我随风 [Powerful CEO Family + Secret Crush + Modern Romance + Marriage Before Love + Angsty Romance] An accident, a chance encounter, and then a conspiracy unfolds. Later, she lies in a hospital bed, never to wake again, while he is consumed by regret. The man clutches his aching chest and sinks to his knees, weeping uncontrollably. “Jian Tong, I was wrong. Please come back, okay?” A bitter, icy wind howls past, scattering the woman’s ashes into the air as if she had never existed. 47Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 68 After Reuniting Years Later, I Thought We'd Be Together 久别重逢后，原以为我们会在一起 “Sensitive girl | Devoted boy” “Reunion after years apart | Mutual secret crushes | Bittersweet campus romance” The first time Ye An saw Ji Nian, he knew their paths would cross more than once. But so many hardships kept him from being there for her throughout her childhood. The girl became the only light in the boy’s darkest days. At last, after overcoming countless obstacles, he returned as a transfer student and saw her again. But she… She seemed different. Everything about her had changed. W 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 My Deskmate Picks Fights with the World 同桌他怼天怼地 Stop reading: old embarrassing history - - - - [Tragic Ending + 1v1 Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion + Slow-Burn Romance + Campus] [Easygoing, Sweet-Natured, Wild Comic Artist Girl × Cocky, Mischievous, Chuunibyou Campus Hunk] Having seen the warmth and coldness of human nature, Xia Yan was determined to be “invisible.” But when she started high school, she was paired with Gu Wei, a sociable classmate. Her new deskmate had a handsome, refined face and elegant calligraphy, but a mouth that could t 20Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 70 The Deadly Knot: The Knot I Tied, Her World 死扣：我盘的扣子，她的人间 The Knot I Tied: Her World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 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, 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Three-Coin Tea Grows Cold, While Hatred Burns 三文茶凉，恨字滚烫 The Tea Has Gone Cold, but the Word 'Hate' Still Burns 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Broth Boiled Dry, and the Dead Man She Awaited Came Back 清汤滚尽，她等的死人回来了 The Broth Boiled Dry, and the Dead Man She Was Waiting for Came Back 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 She Wielded a Blade for Ten Years, Then Drove It into His Heart 她打了十年刀，最后一把捅进了他心口 She wielded a blade for ten years, then plunged it into his heart. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 158,000: 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
- 76 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
- 77 When the Flowers Bloom, They Will One Day Fall 花开时自有花落时 I was once a dashing warrior, riding out to battle and living as I pleased. You promised to love and protect me, and never betray me. You said you would make me the most honored woman in the land, yet you slaughtered my loyal family to the last. You saved me on the battlefield, then abandoned me in the imperial palace. Heaven sees all. I am willing to trade my life’s blood for my army’s vindication. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 A Youthful Plum-Rain Season in Midsummer 盛夏青涩的梅雨季 [School Romance + Secret Crush + Bittersweet] [Good Girl VS “Bad” Boy] The summer she was fifteen, a long spell of plum rains fell over Wen Yiyao's world. She was the good girl in the eyes of teachers and parents, and thought of herself as an unremarkable, dull person. He was a dazzling “bad” boy, a young man chasing the wind on the basketball court. He treated her like his best “bro,” asking her to pass along love letters and give him advice. She hid all her heartache and watched him fall 2.8kReads8.1Score68914d adds
- 79 White Hair Before Our Time 白首未当年 In this life, Ye Anyan has only one wish: to wait for Gu Qingze to come back and stay by his side until they grow old together. But she never imagined she would lose her child, her heart, and her life for him. Only at the very end did she think in despair: If there is another life, I never want to meet him again. 16Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 80 The Sky Will Clear Eventually 天终会晴朗 [Based on a true story + mutual unrequited love + everyone gets a bad ending + regrets + growth] Reserved girl × sunny boy Twelve-year-old Xiang Jin spent every year of her life in a world of damp, endless rain, until a boy named Fang Ji barged into it. “I hate the rain.” The boy grinned. “I know how to make it stop raining in your world.” Suddenly the sky cleared, and the rain really did stop. At fifteen, she casually remarked that someone else's wedding candy tasted so sweet. The boy ran his 1kReads—Score23014d adds
- 81 My Friend, Mr. Zhong 我朋友的钟先生 From school days to the real world, a doomed unrequited love 1. Mr. Zhong belongs to my friend, not me. I have always been a despicable person, secretly in love with my friend’s boyfriend. So I deserve whatever punishment fate has in store for me. 2. Li Ying would always remember that day. In the filthy bathroom, a carefree, languid young man suddenly appeared before her like a god. Without hesitation, he took off his own jacket, looked away, and held it out to Li Ying, whose clothes were in dis 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 One Last Time, I Want You to See a Sunny Day 最后一次，我想让你看看晴天 One Last Time, I Want You to See a Sunny Day 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Her World Lasts Only Seven Seconds 她的世界只有七秒 Her World Lasts Only Seven Seconds 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 He's More Irresistible Than Spring 他比春色撩人 Original titles: When Secrets Burn / It Turns Out We Were All Cowards Everyone gets a bad ending | A touch of ensemble cast | Bittersweet youth Su Qing'an thought that if he hid his love for Mu Xi as best he could, then after he died, she wouldn't grieve or feel sad for him. He also knew full well that he wasn't worthy of her. The only thing he could do was spend the three years he had left quietly by her side as a friend. But when a boy named Xu Yinan appeared beside Mu Xi, he still lost contro —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 I’ll Give Our Love Back to You 我把爱情还给你 Gu Qingrang, loving you is too exhausting. 59Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 86 After He Called Off the Engagement, He Became Someone I Could Never Hope to Marry 退婚后，他成了我的高攀不起 After Our Engagement Was Called Off, He Became Someone I Could Never Hope to Reach —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The 101st Sunny-Day Doll 第101个晴天娃娃 The 101st Sunny-Day Doll 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 I'll Meet Her Again When Summer Comes 无夏再逢她 (Just received a rating; completed) [Heartbreak Youth Fiction | BE | Schoolyard Secret Crush | Healing] Cheng Wang had loved Lin Yiwan for years and years. He secretly wrote twenty-one letters, each one holding a piece of his heart. After the college entrance exams, Lin Yiwan suddenly kissed him of her own accord. But on the very day Cheng Wang planned to confess his feelings, she took her own life. All she left behind was a notebook containing every one of her secrets. Cheng Wang: “What’s the w 245Reads8.3Score10514d adds
- 89 Tenderness Missed Its Appointment 温柔失约了 Top student Wen Ran × gaming boy Jiang Che “I've liked that person for a very, very long time. I guess you could say that love begins without you knowing when, then grows deeper and deeper.” At first, she always felt constrained by the voices around her: “A top student should like another top student. Only a top student is good enough for Wen Ran… Wen Ran wouldn't like someone like him, would she…?” What kind of person was he? After Wen Ran did one small thing, her presence followed him in every 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 We Were So in Love, But He Fell Apart 我们很相爱，可他烂掉了 We love each other, but he's gone rotten. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 I Hate Being Twenty-Three in the Summer 讨厌23岁的夏天 Gentle girl VS sensitive boy At seventeen, in the innocence of youth, she fell in love with him. At nineteen, in the best years of his life, he died in her arms. At twenty-three, Ye Xi was supposed to attend her high school reunion, but unexpectedly she traveled back to the year she was seventeen. Familiar memories washed over her, along with the chance to meet him again… Ye Xi thought Xing Zhou had forgotten the child who used to cling to her all day, insisting on going with her even to the con 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 A Confession Hidden Away 告白难藏 [Redemption + healing + tragic ending + unrequited love + reunion after a long separation + lingering heartbreak + slice of life] A gloomy, aloof girl x a brash, sunny boy They first met when Chi Zhiyu mistakenly thought she was about to kill herself and saved her. He said a lot of things. She wasn’t wearing her hearing aids then, so she couldn’t hear him. From Qing Yi’s perspective, that was their first meeting. The second time they met, she smelled smoke in the alley on her way to school. She 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 I Delivered Food to My Buddy's Girlfriend and Found Her Living with a Black Man 送外卖接到兄弟女友订单发现她和黑人在同居 While delivering takeout, I got an order from my buddy’s girlfriend and found out she was living with a Black man. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Summer in Xiachuan Town 下川镇的夏天 Summer in Xiachuan Town was a passionate, heartfelt regret. I never had him, yet it felt as if I’d lost him a thousand times over. A bus approached from afar. Jiang Yihuan couldn’t tell if it was the right one. She looked up through the window and saw Li Chengze’s face. He was standing by the bus door. As soon as the bus stopped and the doors opened, he rushed down and pulled Jiang Yihuan into his arms. “Jiang Yihuan, I’ve missed you so much.” Li Chengze rested his head on her shoulder and spoke 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Willow, Sway Gently 杨柳，轻轻摇 I often ask myself how I can die meaningfully, but that’s only something I want to do, something I need to do. Now I want to ask this world: What meaning does death have? What meaning does life have? My mother passed away… She was my last remaining family… After that… Doctors from the hospital kept coming by... every few days, disturbing my life… I’m grateful that someone cares about me... but when it happens so often... it gets annoying… I’m not sic 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 I Honor the Mountains and Waters, Not the Past 敬山水，不敬过往 By a twist of fate, two people who seemed destined never to cross paths collided and sparked something magical at just the right moment. Even after facing doubts, their extraordinary relationship blossomed brilliantly for a time. Sadly, life is unpredictable, and so many things in life never turn out as we hope. One journey through mountains and rivers was already a blessing spanning three lifetimes. (Adapted from the author’s real-life experience) 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 It's Snowing Again, Hold Me Tight 又下雪了，抱紧我吧 Completed [Secret crush] [Bad ending] Tang Nian was taken in by the Si family as a child, and spent more than a decade in love with Si Yanshen, the family's only heir. At eighteen, Tang Nian was confident and radiant, standing proudly onstage as she smiled sweetly at him. At twenty-four, Tang Nian was arrogant and spoiled, unable to get past the technical terminology of psychology. At twenty-seven, Tang Nian was mature and reserved, an outstanding business partner. Si Yanshen, meanwhile, had bee 213Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 98 Ashes Ablaze in a Chaotic Age 乱世焚灰 War engulfs Shanghai, and everyone is a pawn. Some go undercover on the edge of a blade, some die defending their homeland, and some hide their love for a lifetime. Love and faith cannot coexist, and there is only one choice between family and country. Every couple is bound by a love that cuts to the bone, and none find a happy ending. When the chaos of war is over, all that remains is a field of ashes. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Love in Casablanca 情迷卡萨布兰卡 [Two Male Leads + One-on-One Romance + Intense Push and Pull + The Older One Is Eight Years Older + Everyone's Favorite + Both Have Sexual History + Happy Ending] [Flamboyant Elite Heir / Alluring, Versatile Little Charmer / Devoted, Dominant Top / Depressed, Tempting Bottom] Mu Bai fell for a lunatic. One afternoon, the tides of passion swept over them out of nowhere. But Mu Bai was the only one swallowed by that spring tide. The lunatic's name was Wen Yi. He could be a super-scholar at a top-t 40Reads8.2Score814d adds
- 100 The Third Year After My Husband Left 夫君走后第三年 [A memoir of her late husband + an amnesia plot + a playful, straightforward heroine pretending to be silly VS a devoted, easily flustered young gentleman] Thinking of you, I pray you’re safe * I beg you to forget the past Everyone says Pei Qingwei was deeply in love with Qi Wangchu. She observed three years of mourning for him, and still stayed with the Qi family instead of remarrying. Of course, Pei Qingwei wasn’t truly heartbroken over Qi Wangchu. She simply couldn’t bear to part with the vas 53Reads—Score—14d adds
