Novels like Violin and Roses
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Violin and Roses, best match first.
- 151 Winter Ambitions 冬日野望 [Published] [Gentle wolfish boy × free-spirited travel blogger] [The heroine is an intermittent straight shooter; the hero is sweet, wild, and naturally flirtatious] How they meet: One snowy winter day when Gu Zhaoxi is twenty-five, she meets a boy in a desolate wilderness blanketed in snow. He has a beautiful bone structure and a straight back that holds a quiet strength, like a young wolf wandering the grasslands. Yet somehow, he’s so gentle that he’ll softly say “okay” to anything she asks. W 7.1kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 152 The Eunuch 阉人 Shuangjiang stood by Li Yue’s side as he went from a prince walking on thin ice to the throne, watching him marry one beautiful woman after another. Ten years ago, Shuangjiang said to the powerless Li Yue, “I’m only a eunuch. I wouldn’t dare eat this osmanthus cake.” Li Yue said, “Shuangjiang is my favorite person. From now on, I’ll bring you as much osmanthus cake as you want.” Ten years later, Shuangjiang was frail and ill, longing for a piece of osmanthus cake. Li Yue said, “You’re only a eun 2.7kReads8.4Score25314d adds
- 153 Alive! As Long as She’s in This Town, She’s Alive 活性！只要她还在这座小镇就活着 You are alive. Your body is alive. But are you still human at heart? Did you see someone today? Did you make a choice today, not because it was easy, but because it was right? Did you do something today where no one could see, something only you would ever know about? It was small, so small you’d feel embarrassed even to mention it. But you did it. That is your humanity. That is your vitality. To be alive, you need humanity. Even if you mutate, you can still be human. Without humanity, you’re no 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 A Belated Love Letter 滞后情书 [The print edition under the same title is now available, with exclusive bonus stories] HE, fantasy romance, childhood friends, reunion after years apart Years after Li Can lost touch with her childhood friend He Jing, the next news she heard about him was that he had died. At the funeral, He Jing had specified that Li Can must receive his belongings. Nobody understood why He Jing had left them to Li Can, whom he had not spoken to in ages, instead of his fiancee. Li Can didn't understand either. 10.6kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 155 A Guide to Evolution for the Most Hated Cat 万人嫌的猫咪进化指南 [Two male leads + adorable pet-raising + card-draw System + from everyone’s least favorite to everyone’s favorite + both pure + sweet romance] [Calico cat version of an automatic troublemaking machine 0 x gloomy, powerful villain 1] Lu Xian died. The good news: he wasn't completely dead. He had been bound to a System. The bad news: the System had bound the wrong person, and now they were both doomed. System 833 said, “I still have one trick up my sleeve.” So when Lu Xian opened his eyes again, h 27.8kReads9.5Score4.2k14d adds
- 156 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 990Reads9.0Score19914d adds
- 157 Quick Transmigration: I Can Play Any Role You Want 快穿之你要的人设我都有 Xie Qingqing is bound to a quick transmigration System and must follow the original character's persona in each world, fulfill their wishes, and achieve the happy ending they long for. Xie Qingqing, who has made waves in the entertainment industry with her acting, intelligence, and beauty, thinks, This should be a sure thing! She looks at the scripts in her hands: The Crown Prince's Companion: I Will Be the Sword in Your Hand A Naive Demon King: Catch Your Kitty A Wandering Swordsman: I Laugh at 3.3kReads9.2Score31814d adds
- 158 Spring and Autumn in the Textbooks 课本春秋 Seasons in the Textbook A Republican-era classroom, with one teacher and several students [Volume One] First School Year (Autumn 1932–Summer 1933): The Beginning of Learning Opening Note: In the autumn of 1932, the ancestral hall in Qingxi Town opened its doors as a school. Five children walked inside. Over the next six years, they would see the whole world from here. A Poem for the Opening The ancestral hall’s threshold stands three inches high. The children lift their feet to cross, unawar 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground, They Watch You, They Remember 盘中餐：刑场——它们看着你，它们记得 The Meal on the Plate: The Execution Ground: They Watch You, They Remember 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 160 The Blood-Red Wedding Dress: My Five-Hundred-Year-Old Ghost Girlfriend 血色嫁衣我的五百岁女鬼女友 A female ghost in a blood-red wedding dress! A sinister plot that extinguished all humanity! A meeting five hundred years in the making: she came back in this life for you! Young Gu Linchuan secluded himself in Jiangnan to prepare for his exams, only to encounter Rong Qianlu, a five-hundred-year-old female ghost dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her family was slaughtered when she was alive, turning her into a vengeful spirit, but Gu Linchuan’s gentleness brought out her vulnerable side. The 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 The Trouble with Keeping Pets 养宠为患 [Two male leads + unhinged + yandere + angst for the bottom + satisfying read] = The ex regrets it and chases his love at the crematorium After his secret was exposed, Bai Feicheng was brutally beaten and tortured for two whole years. Unable to bear the humiliation, he fled with a broken heart. Only then did Bai Chenghao realize he had fallen in love with him. But he pursued him the wrong way, deepening the misunderstanding between them once again. Angst, bad ending or happy ending: I’ll let y 492Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 162 The Legend of Lu Hua and Hua Fei 吕华与华飞传说 The Legend of Lü Hua and Hua Fei 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Villain, Bow Your Head to Me! 反派请向我低头！ A possessive, fatherly mafia villain seme ✘ a frail yet beautiful and resilient shou who transmigrates into a book Sweet, sweet, sweet What should you do when you wake up as the villain’s cat? Of course, keep your head down and survive. But when Lu Ning turns back into a human, things start heading in an increasingly strange direction. “If you can always remain innocent, it will be fate’s greatest gift to me.” 8.8kReads9.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 164 Slaughter Kindergarten: Killergarten 杀戮幼儿园——Killergarten Killergarten 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 A Double-Faced Jianghu, Dedicated to the Eighteen of Every Story 双面江湖献给所有故事里的十八号 The world sings the praises of heroes, But who remembers the nameless extras? The jianghu is more than flashing blades, It lives in serving tea and sweeping floors, too. Two voices separated by countless mountains and rivers, yet keeping exactly the same rhythm. Unhurried, neither too loud nor too soft. Like a heartbeat, like breathing. Like the jianghu itself, quietly and ceaselessly carrying on. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 After the Villainess Learned Her Lesson, the Brooding Big Shot Became Addicted to Her 恶毒女配学乖后，阴湿大佬上瘾了 [Sweet Romance + Mutual Purity + Transmigrate into a Book + Female Supporting Character + True Heiress] [Transmigrated Female Supporting Character × Brooding Mogul | First Marriage, Then Love × Forced Love] When Ruan Yang was making the male lead's older brother help stretch her legs, she awakened to the plot. She was the vicious ex-girlfriend in a wealthy-family novel. Relying on the fact that she had once saved his life, she clung to the male lead and ordered his entire family around, ending u 76.9kReads8.5Score9.3k14d adds
- 167 This Sword Has Yet to Be Worn 此剑未佩妥 [Steampunk cultivation] [Ensemble cast] [No CP] [10,086] The senior brother passing by is a transmigrator. The beautiful senior sister comes with a mysterious old master in tow. The junior brother has mind-reading powers. Their classmate is a savior in the making. Xu Huanlu: “...Everyone's using cheats? How am I supposed to compete? Forget it, I'm going home to cry to Master.” Wait, why do you have a cheat too, Master? . Days and nights in a small town, a world between dreams. A young hero's sp 1.4kReads9.1Score12214d adds
- 168 Shocking! The Transfer Student So Beautiful She Embodies Desire Is Tomie 惊！美成欲望的转校生是富江 [Two male leads + transmigration into a book + mild horror + bottom-focused | Tomie-like, lovesick, troublemaking top x cautious, handsome transmigrated bottom] Wu Xun transmigrated into a book and learned the secret of this world: there was a beauty named Fujie whom no one should mess with. So when the transfer student Fujie Lianye stepped into the classroom and everyone gasped, Wu Xun kept his head down, staring intently at his textbook and sticking to the three rules he'd set for himself: don 16.1kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
- 169 No Trespassing 禁止侵入 1v1, both leads are sexually inexperienced. A roguish, shameless [mafia heir] vs. a domineering, proud [crime lord’s daughter] A couple at war, united by pure hatred; a fake-to-the-bitter-end loyal puppy; tailbones that just want to kill each other; and a push-and-pull so intense it feels like their tendons might snap. In public, they act like a loving couple. In private, they point guns at each other. She pressed a gun to his suit pants and pulled the trigger without hesitation. He dragged her 32.7kReads9.3Score3.9k14d adds
- 170 Who Gets It? The Daddy-Type Top Always Thinks I’m Well-Behaved 谁懂，爹系攻总以为我很乖 [A gloomy, jealous, slightly mean and haughty bottom VS a stern, strict, fatherly top who accepts him unconditionally] In his previous life, Xie Ran was born in a tiny mountain village with no parents. He shot to fame on Metamorphosis, was adopted by a wealthy family and joined the upper class, then went on to make it big in the entertainment industry. He’d been thrilled to welcome his new life, but all he got was exclusion and oppression. His adoptive parents resented him for not knowing how t 34.7kReads9.0Score6.1k14d adds
- 171 The Other Shore in Daylight 彼岸如昼 [Completed] [A perverted Alpha who woos himself × a hotheaded, gay-hating straight guy bottom + both are pure + each other’s first love] [Formerly titled ‘The Other Shore at Daybreak’] On the way home from school, Shen Anchao pinned Bai Zhou against a wall and warned him, “Try stalking and harassing me again. Go on.” Bai Zhou looked shocked. “You freak! I’m gay-hating. I don’t do guys.” Shen Anchao raised an eyebrow. “Trying the hard-to-get routine now?” Bai Zhou: ??? Then he realized he had 57.9kReads9.4Score11.6k14d adds
- 172 Collection of Two Forgettings: Records of an Unknown Daoist Couple Among Clouds and Waters 两忘集——无名道侣云水录 The Collection of Two Forgotten: The Unnamed Daoist Couple's Record of Clouds and Waters 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 173 I'm Number One at Running My Mouth, and Number One in the World Too 嘴贱第一是我，天下第一也是我 [Two male leads + cultivation + ensemble cast + 1v1 + both pure + funny, lighthearted power-progression story + upright values] The top spot on the Prodigy Rankings is earned through strength. The top spot on the Prodigy Rankings is earned by being a shameless trickster. Xi Xunzhao falls into the latter category. "Adorable top sweeps the bottom Cold-faced cutie x fiery flirt" Xi Xunzhao is famous throughout the immortal sects for his sharp tongue. He used to rank only eleventh on the Prodigy Ran 17.7kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
- 174 Ten Years of Devotion, Reduced to Ashes 十年深情，终成灰烬 Ten Years of Devotion, Reduced to Ashes 177Reads—Score714d adds
- 175 Dad Said My Mid-Autumn Gift Wasn't Presentable, Then Slapped My Husband in Public. He Regretted It Like Crazy 爸嫌中秋礼上不得台面，当众扇我老公后，他悔疯了 Dad said my Mid-Autumn Festival gift was too shabby for the occasion. After he slapped my husband in front of everyone, he regretted it like crazy. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 What Brings Joy to Life 何生欢喜 Two male leads + body-double romance + BE aesthetic “So, Xu Linxun, what am I to you? A tool you summon whenever you want and discard whenever you're done?” “Say something!” Xu Linxun's eyes were just as cold, their depths impossible to fathom, as if the feelings they had shared over the past three years had never meant a thing to him. “Say something... Tell me, even if you have to lie...” Yu Chensheng dug his fingernails into his palms, the pain cutting to the bone. Still, he forced a smile and 608Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 177 Forgotten River Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Ghost Festival Teahouse 忘川茶寮——中元茶寮鬼话连篇 Wangchuan Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Zhongyuan Teahouse 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 May Your Heart's Desires Bring You Peace, Day and Night 心有所妄，朝暮皆安 With a Heart Full of Longing, Peace in Every Dawn and Dusk 324Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Legend of Tang Xiaoming and Ye Hua 唐小鸣与叶华传说 The Legend of Tang Xiaoming and Ye Hua 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Candied Hawthorn Inn 糖葫芦客栈 Pure dialogue, a novel told entirely through lines of speech. The martial world can be a little bitter, so why not try a candied hawthorn? The first bite is tart, but the sweetness lingers. Another one, dear guest! Welcome to the Candied Hawthorn Inn! 10Reads—Score314d adds
- 181 Does the Straight Male Dragon-Pride Hero Have to Be Dominated by a Sweet Little Flower, Too?! 直男龙傲天也要被小白花压么？！ [World-weary, emotionally detached, give-up-and-do-nothing dragon-pride bottom x cold-faced, hard-hearted, sharp-tongued-but-honest fake innocent-flower top] [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + lover who breaks in and robs you + healing + a little onscreen commentary] After blowing himself up, he transmigrated into an old-school angst novel as the cannon-fodder fake young master. A controlling mom, a live-in son-in-law dad, a hypermasculine older brother, a scheming younger brother… and 26.1kReads9.1Score5k14d adds
- 182 Imprisoned in the Eastern Palace: My Darkened Childhood Friend Is Unhinged 囚东宫，黑化竹马太疯批 Because their love runs skin-deep, their hatred cuts to the bone. From childhood sweethearts to lovers who destroy each other, they bring about each other’s ruin. [Younger, devoted husband: doting, loyal, corrupted, and gone mad] [The untouchable beauty falls from the altar and becomes a prisoner] Qi Ying: “I went mad the day you gave up on me!” “We belong together in this hell, tangled up until we die!” Shen Xingyan: “I told you I’d never leave you in this life, but I’m tired. Let’s end it here 2.9kReads9.0Score31014d adds
- 183 We’re All Supporting Characters in This Story 故事里面的我们都是配角 The first time she noticed him, his eyes were lowered, a smile playing on his lips as he said in a low voice, “Little girl.” The second time, he gave her a note that read, “A full stomach leads to lust.” He gave her a knowing smile and asked what she thought of the phrase. “Sounds good,” she said. … And what happened next? Well, her secret crush came true, and they rekindled their love, but in the end, it still couldn’t withstand the cruel joke fate played on them… A short angst story about un 59Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 184 I Went Mad Serving as a Secret Guard, Then Someone Told Me I'm a Prince 当暗卫当疯了，有人告诉我是皇子 [Female-to-male transmigration] [Complete] [Click to follow the protagonist as he fights his way from cannon fodder to supporting male character to villain to main character.] [Transmigrate into a book + silly, hilarious protagonist + unmatched fighting skills but a screw loose, with a mental illness] Zhou Jinzhi, a pampered young master, transmigrates from a girl into a boy! With disaster striking and his family wiped out, a twist of fate turns him into a royal palace bodyguard. He assumes he i 1.3kReads9.0Score15714d adds
- 185 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 211Reads8.3Score10114d adds
- 186 The Cruel, Cold-Blooded Big Shot Is Held in His Foolish Wife’s Arms 残忍冷血大佬被傻妻抱怀里了 An accident at fifteen turned Shen Yuyu into a girl everyone knew as an idiot. Then, bound by a marriage contract, she married the powerful man every woman dreamed of having. The little fool was cute, sweet, and alluring. The tycoon was captivated by her looks and decided to play along with her for a while. Once he got bored, he could simply kick her out without a second thought. “Brother Si, Yuyu doesn't want to have a baby with you anymore.” Great! How could he kick the little fool out once sh 1.5kReads5.4Score18014d adds
- 187 The Legend of Hua Xiang and Ling Zifei 华翔与灵子飞传说 The Legend of Huaxiang and Lingzi Fei —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Quick Transmigration: I Refused to Be a Stand-In, Yet the Male Supporting Lead Dotes on Me 快穿：不做替身的我被男配宠上天 Qing Ai was a renowned internist at C City First People's Hospital and a well-known professor at the medical university. During a heart operation, the patient tragically died. Unable to bear the loss, the patient's family blamed Qing Ai for everything. In the course of a hospital disturbance, one of them stabbed Qing Ai, who died as a result. He thought his life had ended there, but a System appeared from the heavens and gave him a chance to start over. The condition was that he travel to myriad 1.6kReads9.3Score14414d adds
- 189 The Fierce, Flirtatious Male Lead Crosses Worlds, and the Villain Can't Handle It 裂界男主狠又撩，反派他遭不住 [Two Male Leads + Both Powerful + Both Devoted + Lots of Original Settings + Forced Love] [Top Reborn, Loves Beauty + Love at First Sight] He is Xiao Hechuan, living in Ren’an City, a human stronghold that survived the apocalypse ten thousand years in the future. The Heavenly Dao of Blue Star is weakening and can no longer support humanity’s further development. To gather fortune, Xiao Hechuan joins the Riftwalkers and travels to the Rift Realm to collect it. In his first life, he is a contra 1.3kReads9.0Score15814d adds
- 190 The Divine Phoenix's Gift 神凰赋 A garden needs roses! But roses don’t need gardens. A rose is a rose wherever it grows: proud, radiant, and brilliantly independent. In the wild, in the fields, in a free and unrestrained world, she lives as a goddess who strikes decisively and without hesitation. 12.5kReads9.3Score10514d adds
- 191 Liquid Monster Alert 液态怪物预警 [Warning: parasitic monster mode] Reborn heir versus liquid parasite beast Qi Ming returned to the day of his twentieth birthday, at the moment of his gruesome death. On this day, the people of Planet K bind with parasite beasts to rapidly awaken their abilities. But Qi Ming was born without any sign that he might awaken an ability. To make matters worse, this good-for-nothing was the royal family’s sole heir. In this life, he resolutely refused to bind with the dual-shifting parasite beast that 1.6kReads8.9Score23714d adds
- 192 The Emperor’s Marriage: To Rule the World for You 帝王嫁：为君临天下 [Two male leads] There was a beauty in the imperial palace, born delicate and precious. Everyone said he wouldn’t live to see ten more springs. For peace among the four kingdoms and stability throughout the realm, the ministers all urged the emperor to act. “Your Majesty, the Imperial Lord has been ill for many years. For the sake of peace throughout the realm, we hope Your Majesty will not…” Before he could finish, someone hurried in from outside the hall. “Grand Tutor, the latrine at the resid 5.3kReads9.2Score56814d adds
- 193 Quick Transmigration: When a Misogynistic Straight Man Meets a Yandere 快穿，当直男癌遇上病娇后 [Quick transmigration + equally matched leads + sweet romance + author-invented settings] [Obsessive love + multiple personas] What do you do when someone wants to fight you in bed? Lou Nian: “Punch him!” Then he accidentally hits too hard and scatters the man’s soul. Forced to bind with a System, he must travel to numerous small worlds to collect soul fragments. Lou Nian: “He’s faking an injury to frame me. How can a God Lord be this weak?” Wen Chengzhi: “…” * “Niannian, are you hidden? The h 1.3kReads9.3Score14214d adds
- 194 Divine Punishment Descends 神罚莅临 The virtuous suffer poverty and die young, while the wicked enjoy wealth and long lives. When you are oppressed by evil, have you ever wished, even for a moment, that the underworld existed? If it did, would you dare to peer into it for even one-millionth of a second? The year quantum computing underwent a revolution, Company R offered an answer: the Cyber Underworld. Professor Qi Yuan used computer simulations to resurrect sinners in a virtual world after death, where they would endure eternal 222Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 The Top Genius Has a Sickness: Everyone Else Wants to Win, but She Wants to Lose 第一天骄她有病，别人求赢她求输 [Superpowers + ensemble cast + team tournament + chuunibyou + feel-good power fantasy] “Doctor, there’s something wrong with me.” “What’s wrong?” “I’m so exceptional that it’s making me miserable!” Jiang Chao was sunk in sorrow, gazing up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle. “From childhood to now, every competition I’ve entered and every exam I’ve taken, I’ve come in first…” “I’ve asked myself more than once: how can I be this exceptional?” “Ah, it’s so painful! Doctor, can you understand m 14.4kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 196 The Merman Has Lost All Hope 鲛人他心灰意冷 The merman Chen Xiao was lured to the human world by Murong Jing's promises of love, never imagining that a trap had been laid for him long ago! He was imprisoned in the imperial dungeon and tortured day after day. It was all because Murong Jing wanted to take his most precious merman pearl and use it to save his seriously ill first love! After learning the truth, Chen Xiao died in despair. But Murong Jing had always said Chen Xiao disgusted him. So why did he go mad and try to bring him back to 791Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 197 What Do You Mean All My Secret Identities Are Beautiful, Frail, and Tragic? 什么叫我的马甲全是病弱美强惨 (Complete) Deluded Interpretations / Multiple Secret Identities / Irresistible Charisma / Ensemble Cast / Superpowers / No CP, but both the original and the secret identities attract many intense one-sided crushes System: Your first secret identity is a cannon-fodder character who dies in the opening chapter. Bai Ye: A white moonlight, got it. System: The second is an undercover agent understood by no one, who falls just before dawn. Bai Ye: A cinnabar mole, got it. System: The third is the 35kReads9.1Score6k14d adds
- 198 Kiss the Breeze 吻清风 The boy standing against the light: Tang Qingxu. I used to write about you. Now, at last, I can write about us. My greatest delusion in this life was that I could try to hold back the wind. *Content warning: This is a tragic ending. The male lead moves on and gets married; the female lead dies the day he lets go. If you can’t handle that ending, feel free to skip this one. 101Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 199 Quick Transmigration: The Theatrical Beauty Is Cherished by the Lord God Again 快穿：戏精美人又被主神娇养了 [Two male leads + Both powerful + Sweet romance] System 006 was going to help its Host, the outstanding legitimate son of the marquis's household, achieve legendary greatness in the world of Systems. But it tripped and headbutted Fu Yanqing, a butcher delivering pork at the back gate of the marquis's manor. When a useless protagonist showed up to provoke him, Fu Yanqing smiled. “006, where's my knife?” When a scumbag wouldn't stop complaining, Fu Yanqing said expressionlessly, “006, the knife!” 2.1kReads9.3Score23914d adds
- 200 Kill That Spring Night 杀死那个春夜 [Bittersweet healing|Forbidden love and betrayal|From pure hatred to true love|A couple always at odds|A school-life ensemble|Small town|One-on-one, both untouched] [Two-faced poser ✖️ prickly, stubborn troublemaker] At first, she hated his fake sincerity, and he hated how nothing could sway her. In public, they acted like the best of siblings. In private, they were constantly at each other's throats. Later, real feelings took root in their pretense. They clung to each other's fragile backs as t 27.8kReads9.4Score4.4k14d adds
