Novels like Born to Follow the Sun
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Born to Follow the Sun, best match first.
- 1 My Brother Is Calling for Help, but Grandpa Says Never to Look Back 弟弟在求救，祖父却说千万别回头 My younger brother was calling for help, but Grandfather said, "Whatever you do, don't look back." 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Keep Moving Forward, Young Man 少年且前行 Bearing the hopes of his disabled parents and supported by every uncle and elder in Kaoshan Village, Wang Yan arrived in Binhai carrying a fertilizer sack full of the future. He stepped onto campus and began his journey toward changing his life… 61.2kReads9.5Score6.1kShelves
- 3 After Enrolling, I Discovered My Flash-Marriage Partner Was Actually My Counselor 入学后，发现闪婚对象竟是辅导员 [One Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + No System + Lighthearted + The Male Lead Transmigrates in His Entire Body; Not a Power Fantasy; The Opening Is a Little Slow, but Things Pick Up Fast Once He Starts College] “Eighteen? Isn’t that too young?” “That’s fine, as long as we can get a marriage certificate!” Chen Ge, twenty-five, never imagined he would turn back into an eighteen-year-old, or even transmigrate to a world exactly like Earth and completely replace the original “Ch 488Reads9.4Score105Shelves
- 4 The True Heiress Returns with Her Metaphysical Powers, and Her Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Stall 玄学真千金归来，豪门全家跪求别摆摊 The Metaphysical True Heiress Returns, and Her Entire Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Fortune-Telling Stall 644Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 I Escaped That Cannibalistic Old Street with Nothing but a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn? 我逃出那条吃人的老街，只靠手里的一串冰糖葫芦？ I escaped that man-eating old street with nothing but a skewer of candied hawthorn berries in my hand? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 My Father Pretended to Be Mute, and My Boyfriend Lied to Me 装哑的父亲和骗我的男友 A father who pretends to be mute and a boyfriend who deceives me 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 重生后我放弃保送，他慌了 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 406Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Age of Turmoil 折腾时代 Life is all about taking chances! In that restless age, Li Anran works in a big city, and her dream is about to come true. But when she returns to Qinzhou for a funeral, she's practically put under house arrest and told to stay and work in the small city. Zhang Huifei has the talent to get into one of China's top universities, but he unexpectedly fails the college entrance exam. To make sure his sister Li Anran can stay in Qinzhou without worries, he starts stirring things up... As a result, Li 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Zeng Guofan: A Distinguished Statesman Who Revived the Late Qing 曾国藩：晚清中兴名臣 Written in an accessible style, this book recounts the remarkable life of Zeng Guofan, the foremost statesman of the late Qing revival. It begins with a baby's cries in a farming household in Xiangxiang in 1811, then follows his grueling path through the imperial examinations. He fails four times but keeps studying until, at twenty-seven, he finally enters the Hanlin Academy. As a capital official, he adheres to the principles of self-cultivation and holds fast to his convictions amid court intr 8.5kReads7.9Score371Shelves
- 10 I’m Just a Delivery Guy, So How Did I Become the Savior of the World? 我只是送外卖的，怎么就成了救世主 I’m Just a Delivery Driver, So How Did I Become Humanity’s Savior? 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 重生回来，我故意清空了空间 When I Was Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The First Day After I Was Reborn, My Whole Family Wanted Me Dead 重生后第一天，全家想让我死 On the First Day After I Was Reborn, My Family Wanted Me Dead 125Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.5kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
- 14 Kunming: Who Will You Forget Tonight? 昆明：今夜你将谁遗忘 We shared so many beautiful firsts; But we couldn’t escape The last time, long foretold by fate... If I never get the chance to start over, I still wouldn’t want to miss you! 11kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
- 15 The Prince’s Abandoned Consort: The Useless Brats’ Mother Teaches Military Strategy 王府弃妃：废崽他娘教兵法 Female-oriented: discarded consort / cast-off kids / System / a thousand-year-old destiny Su Wanqing, a company’s finance director, transmigrates into a discarded princess consort and binds herself to a past-and-present System. From the start, she has four hopeless children to raise. Her eldest son is an idiot, her youngest son is a good-for-nothing, and her two daughters are the laughingstock of the capital. Instead of teaching them poetry, she teaches them military strategy, political schem 47.6kReads8.4Score4.6kShelves
- 16 Thunderous Crackdown on Black Crime in the Political Arena 官场之雷霆扫黑 The chessboard of power, every move calculated, every step taken on thin ice. No matter how cautious you are, you can never guard against everything. Li Yan, a community officer at a local police station, starts from the very bottom. He refuses to buckle under pressure and fears no powerful figures. With thunderous force, he uproots every criminal gang and underworld faction. Step by step, he rises to the pinnacle of power! 89.1kReads8.1Score6.7kShelves
- 17 Reborn, I Won’t Let Anyone Bully My Guard 重生后，谁都不能欺负我的侍卫 After Being Reborn, No One Can Bully My Guard 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Cat-Cat Star from Above 天降喵喵星 A Cat Star Falls from the Sky —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Record of Raising an Otherworldly Supreme 异界至尊养成记录 In another world, with cards that blot out the sky, speak my true name and my magic knows no bounds. This is the story of a young man from Blue Star who transmigrates to another world, using summoning cards to earn money, raise a child, and stir up all kinds of trouble. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Strongest Man 最强人 The strongest person isn’t the one who defeats others, but the one who refuses to be defeated by anyone or anything. Zhuang Xiaoqiang grew up in a poor family. His father’s downward spiral left the family on the verge of falling apart when Xiaoqiang was just eight. From then on, he shouldered the burden of supporting his family. He learned early how important money was to a household, and knew there was no one he could rely on. Everything he wanted had to be earned with his own hands, whether a 42.5kReads9.2Score4.9kShelves
- 21 The Handsome Young Man 帅小伙 The Wang and Hai families had been neighbors and friends, but a dispute over building a house turned them into sworn enemies. Wang Xiaoshuai, a third-generation member of the Wang family, became a thorn in Haitang’s side. Every day after school, Haitang would block his way and beat him to a pulp, never tiring of it. Desperate to escape Haitang’s shadow, Wang Xiaoshuai racked his brains, and Haitang became the goal he was determined to surpass. 38.2kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves
- 22 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3kReads8.0Score127Shelves
- 23 How My Childhood Friend Turned Sweetheart Started Her Conquest of Me 关于发小变青梅开始攻略我这件事 My family lived at the west end of the village, hers at the east. When we first met, she was half a head taller than me, and I was forced to become her little sidekick. From then on, she had a tagalong who loved calling her “Brother Nan.” That year, we both started elementary school. She went from being my “Brother Nan” to everyone's “Brother Nan.” That year, we both started middle school and moved to the city to study. She was still my “Brother Nan.” That year, our village was demolished. Our h 3kReads9.1Score301Shelves
- 24 The Gods Bow Low, While the Wind God Shines Alone 诸神折腰，风神独美 The Gods Bow, but the Wind God Stands Alone 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Hao Tian Yang and Tian Xin Ting: Ting Hao's Greatest Love 灏天阳与天心婷，婷灏至爱 [Single Female Lead] [Sweet Romance] [1+1] [Female Lead Is the One That Got Away] [Campus Romance] [Sweet Interstellar Romance] Written to commemorate Tingbao, the author's dearly departed one that got away. Where there is love, there is wonder. My heart holds Ting! The female lead died young, so the author could only write a book to commemorate her. She was the true one that got away, and I hope I can capture how wonderful she was. She wasn't just beautiful; she was truly kind, too. Everyone is 277Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 I Rule the Archives of Life and Death on the Other Shore 我在彼岸执掌生死档案 "Chen Mo, would you be willing to work for the Underworld?" "That lousy place? Not even a dog would go!" "A monthly salary of fifty thousand." "If even dogs won't go, then I'll go!" "Triple overtime pay, and if anything goes wrong on a mission, we'll make sure you get a good next life." "Big Brothers Hei and Bai Wuchang, you can count me as clocked in today." "Lord Yama, you're paying me so much, it's got me worried." 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 A Fleeting Moment 寸阴 [Infinite-loop adventure in the early stages + an intelligent villain + detailed supporting characters + haven't figured out the later stages yet ^_^] Urging someone to study medicine is a recipe for disaster! Even with a golden finger, you still can't overcome human nature! So let it go. Take off that white coat, as if shedding the shackles weighing you down, only to fall into a cycle, an apparently endless loop. Within the cycle of 2015, you uncover a shocking secret from hundreds of years ago 6.7kReads—Score535Shelves
- 28 The Deadly Treasure Hunter 绝命大藏家 [Entirely handcrafted, with no AI involved + adapted from industry secrets + authentic antique appraisals with photos and text + a mogul’s redemption] After more than forty years in the antique trade, twenty-eight years robbing tombs, and fifteen years faking antiques, sixty-year-old Ma Wangye had finally washed his hands of the business and planned to enjoy his retirement. Who could have guessed that on New Year’s Eve, someone would kill him with a pickaxe in front of Old Wangye’s grave? His li 51.3kReads8.8Score5.7kShelves
- 29 Tales of Lijiang 丽江往事 The company went bankrupt, and at the same time we hit the seven-year itch. My wife tricked me into handing over all our assets by pretending we were getting a divorce. As soon as we left the civil affairs bureau, she got into the car of an old friend of mine. The two of them were planning a vacation in Thailand. When I got home, my former in-laws shut me out... 38.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
- 30 One Year After Our Breakup, I Moved in With My Ex-Girlfriend, the Campus Belle 分手一周年，和校花前女友同居了 (The rating just came out; it will rise later) [Campus life + romantic comedy + one heroine + both are each other's first love + no System, no rebirth + rekindled romance] Ji Lin thought that whatever connection he had with his first love, Lin Weixi, had ended the day they broke up without warning. But can someone explain this to him? Why, just as his sophomore year begins, has a female roommate appeared in his off-campus apartment?! And why is it Lin Weixi herself, wearing a silk nightgown, sti 57.4kReads9.1Score8.3kShelves
- 31 Born to Make Them Laugh 转笑生 Turn to Laughter —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 This Guy Is a Bit of a Rascal 这个家伙有点坏 [No formulaic plot][Not a wish-fulfillment story][No cheat abilities][Traditional][Realistic][Period][Countryside][Hardship] A boy who is both bad and good, a family made up of people with no blood ties, a difficult yet sweet golden age, and a story full of humor and warmth... Beginning in the 1980s, this novel spans forty years and strives to recreate the changes of the times, telling the story of one person's growth. Above all, this is a realistic story, with both sweetness and heartbreak. Rea 67.9kReads9.3Score6.9kShelves
- 33 My Fatal Charmer 我的红颜祸水 On the night the 2015 college entrance exam results became available, the whole family gathered around the computer to wait for the scores. We’d agreed that whoever scored higher, my younger sister or me, would go to college. The other would go with our father to find odd jobs at construction sites and earn money. My mother, stepfather, half-sister, and I all watched the screen. My sister scored 612, and I scored 540. But no one knew that I’d gotten zero on the Chinese exam. I’d turned in a blan 18.6kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
- 34 Secrets of the Three Kingdoms: The Truth Behind Zhuge Liang's Downfall of Li Yan 三国机密：诸葛亮废李严的真相 The Hidden Truth of the Three Kingdoms: Why Zhuge Liang Stripped Li Yan of His Power 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Little Sunshine Is Selfish and Sharp-Tongued 小太阳她自私又毒舌 The Little Sun Is Selfish and Sharp-Tongued 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Secret Histories of the Four Great Beauties 四大美人秘史 [The Four Beauties, classical historical romances, complete uncensored public-domain editions, stories of celebrated women in history, ancient tales] This complete collection contains the original, unabridged texts of The Romance of Xishi, The Romance of Wang Zhaojun, The Romance of Yang Guifei, and The Romance of Diaochan. It recounts the turbulent lives of the Four Beauties, whose beauty was said to make fish forget to swim, geese forget to fly, the moon hide, and flowers blush. Together, thes 476Reads9.2Score100Shelves
- 37 Factory Underworld 工厂江湖 Savor the ups and downs of life, and watch its many twists with a smile. Follow Li Mu, a university graduate, as he repeatedly stumbles and gets back up amid the scheming and backstabbing of the workplace, eventually transforming from a clueless rookie into a smooth, savvy winner who can handle anything. 21kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves
- 38 I Met You at Twenty-Three, and Started Over 从二十三岁遇见你，重新开始 [Easygoing daily life]+ [One heroine]+ [No System]+ [Not reborn]+ [Bittersweet]+ [Entirely fictional, not an autobiography] At twenty-three, Xie Yunyu lost his parents and broke up with his girlfriend. The smooth sailing of his first twenty-odd years felt like one big joke played by fate. In the depths of his loneliness, he encountered someone from his past. Some unseen force had guided him: twenty-three marked both an ending and a new beginning. As soon as he returned to his hometown, he met th 14.4kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
- 39 I Transferred to Tokyo and Met the One-Winged Girl 转学到东京，然后遇见单翼的她 [Light novel + one heroine + everyday life + heartwarming + sweet romance + personal growth] I'm Ye Bai, an ordinary international student. Because of my parents' work, I transferred to a school in Tokyo, where I met a beautiful classmate who loved anime and manga. “Trust me, let's join the anime club,” I said to her as she hesitated. “Ye, can you draw?” “Ye, I want to draw something people will genuinely love.” “Ye, are you really willing to join the anime club with me?” “Xiaobai... I'm a littl 11kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
- 40 After Being Teased, I Met the Top Student Girl of My Dreams 被戏弄后，遇见我的学霸女孩 (Originally titled: You Are the Light in My Life) Li Fangxiu, having found his way back from a wrong turn, meets Zhang Weiyu, a dazzling girl who is a treasure in her own right. A one-heroine, sweet romance about two people bringing warmth to each other. The story doesn't shower readers with mindless sugar; the plot unfolds naturally and makes sense, and the characters don't act like fools. This is a novel you can read without having to check your brain at the door. 7.2kReads9.3Score652Shelves
- 41 After We Traded Insults Online, the Campus Beauty Transferred Schools to Make My Life Miserable 线上互怼后，校花转学来找我麻烦 [One Female Lead + Pure Romance + Couple's Daily Bickering + Lighthearted, Sweet Romance + No System, Not Reborn] During the last winter break of high school, Lin Shen spent three days and three nights trading insults with an online stranger named “AAA Building Materials, Manager Wang,” then tossed out his school address with a flourish. To his surprise, a transfer student really did show up at school the next day. Lin Shen panicked for a moment, only to find that the new student was a fair-skin 11.2kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
- 42 God of Chaos! 混沌之神！ [This book is also known as: Nine Revolutions Profound Art | In the later stages, Xin Mo will overpower the Great Sage and Erlang, because he cultivates the complete Nine Revolutions Profound Art.] [An exceptionally long character-growth arc in the early stages] [Every five chapters form a little story arc. I put my heart into every word, and hope you enjoy it!] Civilization has fallen, a new age of chaos has begun, and humanity's darkest impulses spread without end... He emerged from the chaos 7.7kReads—Score651Shelves
- 43 The Capital’s Young Master Is at Her Feet 京圈太子爷是她的裙下之臣 The Capital’s Crown Prince Is Her Devoted Suitor 97Reads—Score107Shelves
- 44 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 1.1kReads—Score110Shelves
- 45 Bearing the Five Turbidities, I Walk Through a Wicked Age 身负五浊，行于恶世 [Xuanhuan] [Superpowers] [Single Heroine] [Two Powerful Leads] [Pseudo-Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Slow Burn] “When you look back on your life, how would you define yourself?” In 2050, alien species invaded Blue Star. Led by the “Dream Masters” who had awakened their “Strange Eyes,” humanity raised the banner of resistance against the all-consuming tide. The Five Turbidities: the turbidity of kalpas, views, sentient beings, afflictions, and life. As you journey through this evil world of the Fiv 2.3kReads—Score230Shelves
- 46 I'm Only a High School Senior, and the System Wants Me to Defeat the Demon King? 刚上高三，系统让我去讨伐魔王？ [Campus] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Romance] [Lighthearted] [No hostility] [No supernatural powers] [Prologue: The beginning of everything. Use holy water to treat the saintess affected by demonic energy, then talk to her.] Shen Nian looks at his older sister, who’s drinking yogurt, and falls into deep thought. “Are you saying my sister is the saintess, and the yogurt is holy water?” [Main Quest 1: Brave young man, become an adventurer! Reward: Novice Adventurer.] [Side Quest 1: Find a cute kitty 43.2kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves
- 47 Teacher, Teach Me How to Fall in Love 老师，请教我恋爱 [No rebirth] + [No System] + [Everyday urban life] + [Romantic comedy] + [One heroine] Xu Che has been a shut-in since graduating from college. His aura of being a deadbeat is so strong that his mother forces him to go on a blind date. Xu Che resists, but his mother's iron fist fills him with filial devotion, leaving him no choice but to comply. "I'm telling you, if there are still beautiful women in the dating scene, I'll eat dirt." Xu Che has just sent the message to his friend when his date, 51.6kReads9.4Score6kShelves
- 48 Dragon’s Roar in the Northern Frontier 朔北龙吟 Transmigrated into a frontier army scout, he found himself facing tens of thousands of Tiele cavalry from the start. A series of covert battles and mysteries unfolds around a royal secret: twenty years ago, someone tried to force the Grand Princess into marriage. The emperor enters the game himself, pitting his wits against all the powers at play. Schemes within schemes, plots within plots, each conspiracy linked to the next. See how the protagonist faces this treacherous crisis, growing from a 17kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
- 49 Grab It! If You Don’t Snatch the Golden Finger, Who Will? 抢啊！金手指都不抢，要留给谁？ She is Daipa, the strongest shaman of the Black Miao tribe. She can divine the future and is skilled in poisons and gu magic. Her moods are unpredictable, and a pure black kitten is always at her side. She is Gu Qingcheng, a timid educated youth sent to the countryside after being set up. Someone schemed to make her take another woman’s place as a bride, and she lost her life as a result. She is Ma Xiaotiao, an older single woman whom her relatives think will never get married. She has been stuc 343Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Agent Yi Leng 特工易冷 (Originally titled Agent Yi Leng) Huang Pi Hu, the cook at Yumei Restaurant, is a greasy, lecherous middle-aged man who likes to drink, smoke, and fiddle with his beads. He also often follows female students around. No one knows his true identity: retired agent Yi Leng, a godlike heartthrob to countless beautiful women. He has hidden himself among ordinary people only to quietly protect his daughter, who no longer recognizes him. 25.9kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
