Novels like Growing from the Mud
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Growing from the Mud, best match first.
- 51 I Transmigrated to 1960 and Had No Food, So I Caught a Spy to Make Some Money 穿越六零没饭吃，抓个敌特换钱花 [Super-Strong Female Lead in a Period Setting: Strong, Strong, Strong] Xiang Nuan spent three years struggling to survive in the apocalypse. Now thirteen, she unexpectedly kicks the bucket and transmigrates to the late 1960s, into a poor working-class family. Her father couldn’t get a word out of him even if you beat him with three sticks, and he fretted over every little thing. Her mother was timid and submissive. She also loved having children, believing that the more children a family had, th 12kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 52 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 101Reads—Score10714d adds
- 53 The 1970s' Little Tyrant: This Comrade Is So Impressive, She's a National Treasure 七零小霸王：同志太强成国家宝贝 [Strong female lead + satisfying wish fulfillment + no romance + child protagonist] Li Jinjin, an interstellar tyrant, transmigrates to the 1960s for some unknown reason. Just as she’s about to make a name for herself, she loses her memory. By the time her memories awaken, she’s seven years old. She beats up the traffickers who abducted her little brother and kicks the pervert hiding deep in the mountains. She even gets herself some handy little gadgets: a fan, a car... She catches enemy spies a 11.4kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 54 I Only Wanted to Sell a House and Make a Quick Buck, Not Steal the General Manager Away 只想卖房捞一笔，没想拐走总经理 I’m reborn!!!? And I still don’t have a golden finger~~ At first, Yin Yi only wanted to change her miserable fate as a mortgage slave in her previous life. By chance, a bubbly saleswoman from a real estate office dragged her along to collect a bag of rice. And so began her journey to becoming a sales champion. She might not have a golden finger, but she had good luck and kept unexpectedly finding customers. She raked in the cash, determined that there was no way she’d be a mortgage slave in this 7.3kReads9.4Score81614d adds
- 55 Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈 When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv 21.5kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 56 Escape from Rose Island 逃离蔷薇岛 One day, Qi Qianchun suddenly discovers that he’s living in a sweet romance novel. Unfortunately, he isn’t the male lead, and the person he loves is the wicked supporting woman who’s deeply in love with the male lead. The plot is about to reach the point where she exits the story. At last, Qi Qianchun finds her in a dessert shop in Nancheng. She stands alone at the counter, lost in thought. Unlike her usual flamboyant self, she’s wearing a mask that hides her face and holding a cane… Have you, l 1.9kReads9.0Score17314d adds
- 57 Li Hongzhang: The Plasterer of the Qing Empire 李鸿章：大清帝国的裱糊匠 This is a sweeping historical portrait of Li Hongzhang's life, built around the metaphor of “learning to steer on a broken ship.” Beginning with a newborn's cries in the Li family home in Luzhou in 1823 and ending with his lonely final days at Xianliang Temple in 1901, the book follows the course of time to recreate the turbulent life of this high-ranking official of the late Qing. He was an ambitious scholar pursuing success in the imperial examinations, who honed his character under Zeng Guofa 3.6kReads7.9Score22014d adds
- 58 After We Married, Pei Heng Kept Demanding a Divorce, Until I Finally Stopped Caring About Him 婚后，裴珩一直嚷着要离婚，直到我真的不管他了 After We Married, Pei Heng kept clamoring for a divorce, until I finally stopped caring about him 8kReads—Score10114d adds
- 59 Southern Song, Northern Center 南宋北中 From the start, two strangers who accidentally ended up together transmigrate with their bare bottoms exposed, covering themselves with leaves before getting stung in their most sensitive spots by hairy caterpillars. No System, no golden finger. They mainly rely on what they've learned online to make their way in the world, and the story wins on plot alone. Humorous and funny, with an emphasis on realism. 1.4kReads8.5Score14014d adds
- 60 A Half Cup of Peach Oolong Appeared at Home, So I Ruined the Lives of Those Two Cheaters 家里出现半杯蜜桃乌龙，我让这对狗男女身败名裂 When half a cup of peach oolong appeared at home, I ruined the lives of that cheating pair 41Reads—Score414d adds
- 61 The Native Matriarch Makes a Bold Entrance and Takes on Everyone 土著主母霸气侧漏，单挑全场 [A strong heroine at heart + mature adults building their careers] He Fangting was the quintessential noblewoman, with no flaw beyond being despised by her imperial uncle, the emperor. After marrying, she became a capable lady of the house, using her generous dowry to support her husband's family and finally give them a solid foundation. One day, her husband returned from disaster relief with a female physician who had received the emperor's commendation. He Fangting admired the woman and prepar 19.8kReads9.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 62 My Secret-Crush Comic Went Viral, and the CEO Himself Is Begging for Updates 暗恋漫画爆火，霸总亲自催更 Her secret-crush comic goes viral, and the domineering CEO personally begs her for updates. 349Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Death Without Guilt 死无罪证 One of the [Crime Investigation Trilogy] series by Ban Yi. Chu Xingyun vs. He Cheng A brash, flamboyant, righteous police officer who thinks he rules the world vs. a cool, aloof, arrogant, refined scoundrel of a CEO who thinks he rules the world This edition is the complete, unabridged, uncensored version. 5.5kReads9.4Score97214d adds
- 64 Zuo Zongtang: The Late Qing Dynasty's Last Hawk 左宗棠：晚清最后的鹰派 At its heart, this book is about a practical-minded reformer amid the upheavals of the late Qing dynasty. Spanning the years from 1812 to 1885, it vividly portrays the extraordinary life of Zuo Zongtang, from a poor scholar in Xiangyin to a high-ranking provincial official. The book recounts his early studies of statecraft and his years of obscurity after failing the metropolitan examination three times. It also details his military career: raising the Chu Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion 15.8kReads8.6Score87614d adds
- 65 A Beggar Fleeing Famine: Just Stay Alive 乞丐逃荒，不死就行 A little beggar on the streets of Sanxi Town, known by the nickname Bamboo Viper. For the first ten years or so, he barely managed to scrape by. When floods struck the Two Huai regions, he somehow survived and, for reasons he couldn't explain, fled the disaster with a string of little ones in tow. He took in children, learned to fish, and cleared land to farm. A beggar makes mistakes, is fiercely protective of his own, and tries his best to become a good older brother. The siblings go from havin 5.4kReads9.3Score66614d adds
- 66 I Grow Stronger by Devouring the Dead, but the Goddess Wants to Devour Me 我靠吞噬死者变强，女神却想吞我 [Urban high martial arts + varied supernatural abilities + new power system + no System / but a loot-box-style golden finger + intelligent protagonist who grows stronger + satisfying story with brains + mind games and martial combat] Lin Mo is a cleanup worker for the Special Affairs Administration in Shenzhen, tasked with handling the affairs of unclaimed "lonely deaths." During a routine funeral, he unexpectedly awakens the supernatural ability "Echoes of Last Wishes": by touching a dead pers 353Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 EN Journey to the West: Master Wants to Tell Another Story 西游：师父又要讲故事了 [Type]: Journey to the West / historical Xuanzang / retracing the Journey to the West / Buddhist cultivation / not the Primordial World / only a great calamity setting / no conspiracy-driven plot. Guanyin Bodhisattva had been having a terrible headache lately. A great calamity was about to begin, and the Buddha had ordered him to find a Pilgrim and bring him to the Western Heaven to undertake the Journey to the West. Everything had originally been arranged. But this Pilgrim seemed a little stran 130.4kReads9.3Score13.8k14d adds
- 68 She Slept in My Bed, So I Broke Both Their Wings 她睡了我的床，我折了他俩的翼 She slept in my bed, so I clipped their wings. 1.1kReads—Score2114d adds
- 69 Reborn in the 1970s After a Gruesome Death: From the Start, I Take Down My Adoptive Sister 惨死后重生在七零，开局先刀养妹 Seventies + era + reborn + space + spiritual spring + face-slapping (There is a male lead!!!! The romance won't come up until much later!!) (This is all made up by the author and has absolutely no connection to history.) Hu Jins heng beat Su Mei to death. Su Mei was reborn, back before she went to the countryside. This time, she would protect what was hers. First, she'd beat up her ungrateful, idiotic younger brother. Then she'd send her adopted sister, who'd framed her and was always pretending 17.4kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 70 Someone Groped My Thigh at the Company Retreat, and the Whole Office Accused Me of Seducing the Director 团建被摸大腿，全公司反说我勾引总监 Someone Groped My Thigh at the Company Retreat, and the Whole Company Claimed I Was Seducing the Director 143Reads—Score1114d adds
- 71 I Turned My Sister into a Doll, Now I Challenge the Gods Above 把妹妹制成人偶，我剑指漫天诸神 [Dystopian + dark comedy + grand worldbuilding + thrills and heartbreak] In the summer of Year 1048 of the Pillar Calendar, Luo Li once again pushed open the glass doors of the Civil Affairs Application Bureau. To obtain a license to kill a girl and use her flesh and blood to awaken a sleeping puppet. “Public Safety Bureau of Laiyin City reminds you: kill without a license and lose everything; kill with a license and benefit your whole family.” “Want to kill someone? Getting a license is har 123.7kReads9.4Score14.8k14d adds
- 72 This Beta Doesn't Want to Pretend Anymore Beta不想伪装了 [AB romance, interstellar, military academy, slow burn] Content warnings: 1. Qi is the top, and at first he approaches the bottom with strong ulterior motives. He also has relatively little page time before Chapter 50, while the character who gets blamed has a much bigger role and presence. 2. This is a new writer's first book, so writing errors are to be expected. The author will come back and edit from time to time. 3. If you can't stand the top, don't worry too much. The bottom won't let hims 9.1kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
- 73 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 90kReads8.8Score6.2k14d adds
- 74 The Ungrateful Darling: My Husband’s Mistress Just Took Power, and Now She Wants a Divorce 黑心小棉袄：外室刚上位就要离婚 The Grand Princess Who Guards the Nation was reborn in the Dragon Kingdom in 1947. After liberation, just as she was preparing to enjoy the good life with her father, he declared that her mother was a relic of feudalism, said he had found his true love, and announced that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. The Grand Princess scoffed to herself: “You dare threaten my interests? I’ll make you regret it!” 49.2kReads9.2Score6.4k14d adds
- 75 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 14.1kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 76 Ashtray 烟灰缸 [Mild horror + affair + twists] A stunning woman from the south, a knock at midnight, a silent delivery guy, someone crouching beneath the bed... Qin Song’s life is plunged into a living hell by an affair. 102.8kReads9.5Score18.9k14d adds
- 77 Digital Homecoming: Reborn 《电子归途之重生》 The Electronic Road Home: Reborn 352Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Born with a Bewitching Charm and Overwhelmed by Desire, I’m Spoiled by Beijing’s Most Eligible Heir 天生媚骨遇上极度高热，我被京圈太子爷宠上天 Born with an irresistible allure and struck by a scorching fever, I became the pampered darling of the capital's most powerful young heir. 13.8kReads—Score13014d adds
- 79 Heshen: Master of Power 和珅：权力的玩家 As a miniature reflection of the power structure during the Qianlong era, Heshen's life was forever entangled in the shadow of absolute imperial authority and the deep-rooted ills of the bureaucracy. From a penniless orphan living under another's roof in Lvrou Hutong to rising to the center of power through his gift for languages and financial acumen, his ascent was shaped by both the banner system and the emperor's political machinations. He was once a capable official who cleaned up the Minist 5.6kReads8.7Score42014d adds
- 80 The Ultimate Schemer: I Lower the Bar for Romance-Focused Fiction 最强毒士，我拉低女频世界下限 [Transmigrate into a Book + Poison-Tongued Strategist + Ruthless + No Romance + Comedy + Maximum Satisfaction] Lin Yi transmigrates into a romance novel and becomes a strategist by the female lead’s side? Having read the original, he knows: The female lead, Su He, may be a princess with power in her hands, but she’s an utterly love-addled saint! Her younger brother the emperor, her princess consort, even her maids and servants can all bully her! Fortunately, Lin Yi has the [Strongest Poison-Tong 4.2kReads8.3Score33414d adds
- 81 Digital Homecoming: Breaking Free from the Cocoon 《电子归途之破茧》 Electronic Journey Home: Breaking Free 337Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Quick Transmigration: Livestreaming Every Day 快穿之每天都在直播 One-line summary: After I died, everyone started loving me. Shen Fengqian died. But not completely. He was bound to a System of unknown origin. The System told him to livestream as he helped those who had offered up their souls clear their names. “Because of interference from outsiders and outside forces, many small worlds have developed abnormally. People who should have had happy endings have died unjustly in all sorts of ways, replaced by those who never deserved their success.” “Misundersto 4.8kReads9.5Score45614d adds
- 83 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin’s Secrets and the Triangle Star Pattern 丝路玉鉴：李烬秘事之三角星纹 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Secrets, the Triangular Star Pattern 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Oh No, Sun Wukong Has Fallen in Love with the Bone Demon 完蛋了，孙悟空爱上了白骨精 Zhu Bajie: “Tell me, what is love? It makes this old pig pledge himself to another.” Sun Wukong: “The monsters are here. Bajie, you go first. I’ll cover the rear. Don’t worry: if you die, you’ll get a hundred million in underworld currency for compensation, deposited straight into your secret account at the Bank of the Underworld.” Tang Sanzang: “Bajie, your master is hungry. Hurry up and stew a pot of monk meat. Do you even want to keep your job? You’re so slow at everything, as dumb as a pig.” 205Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Good Fortune, the Stunning Beauty 丝路玉鉴：李烬幸事之绝色佳人 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: Li Jin's Good Fortune and the Peerless Beauty 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Destiny as an Undercover Agent in Chang'an 丝路玉鉴：李烬宿命之长安卧底 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: Li Jin's Fate as an Undercover Agent in Chang'an 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Li Family Jade Pendant, Key to Hexi 丝路玉鉴：李氏玉坠之河西密钥 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Li Clan's Jade Pendant and the Secret Key to Hexi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Son I Raised for Five Years Isn’t Mine, and His Birth Mother Secretly Switched Our Babies 养5年的儿子不是亲生，亲妈竟偷偷换走我的娃 The son I raised for five years isn’t mine, and his biological mother secretly switched him with my baby 162Reads—Score714d adds
- 89 The Soft, Sweet Little Golden Lotus Charms Everyone 软糯小金莲萌翻众人 Everyone knew that Nangong Sihua, the young master of the powerful and handsome Nangong family in the capital, was a man who had renounced worldly desires and devoted himself to prayer. He was in the prime of his life, yet wanted nothing. Just as everyone thought this Buddhist devotee was about to attain enlightenment and become a Buddha, news suddenly broke that he had a daughter!!! Everyone stared in shock as the once aloof and ruthless Buddhist devotee was steadily defeated by his sweet, naiv 12.2kReads9.4Score91014d adds
- 90 My Mother Set Me Up, So I Married an Older Man Instead. Now My Trash Ex Is on His Knees 被亲妈做局后，我反手嫁年上，渣男跪了 After my own mother set me up, I turned around and married an older man. My scumbag ex ended up on his knees. 369Reads—Score10014d adds
- 91 The Handsome Expert at Staying Alive 高颜值狗命专家 An atypical infinite-world quick transmigration story. The whole world loves the male lead, men and women alike. An invincible, over-the-top Gary Stu fantasy with no logic, written purely to satisfy personal tastes. If that bothers you, steer clear. Note: the cast includes both men and women, but the male lead will not fall in love with anyone. I’m no good at writing introductions, so please head straight to the story. 7.5kReads9.5Score75614d adds
- 92 The Mute Palace Maid’s Daily Life 哑巴宫女日常 Maids! Maids! No Romance Bai Zhi was sold into the palace by her family when she was five. At ten, she was assigned to serve the Fifth Prince, who was the same age as her. At fifteen, she saved his life during the spring hunt. The Fifth Prince eventually ascended the throne and became Emperor Zhaoxuan, while Bai Zhi became the head auntie of the Imperial Tea Room in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Because Bai Zhi was quiet and had once saved Emperor Zhaoxuan's life, she became a famous mute m 8.3kReads8.9Score47414d adds
- 93 A Max-Level Boss Turns into a Mental Patient and Lets Loose 满级大佬穿成精神病后放飞自我了 (Overpowered protagonist + putting scumbags in their place + sweet romance + comedy) When everyone was acting crazy, Chu Wenye kept calling Sang Jiu “Uncle” every other breath. Sang Jiu also thought Chu Wenye was a good kid, just not quite right in the head. Until one day, Sang Jiu beat several scumbags so badly they were crawling on the ground right in front of Chu Wenye. Sang Jiu lied to him: “I’m actually a hidden master, burdened with the mission of restoring the martial world and passing on 21.5kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds
- 94 Reborn as a Concubine Forced to Die as a Sacrifice, I Had the Mad Prince Begging Me to Live 穿成了殉葬太妃，疯批皇叔跪求我别死 Reborn as a concubine doomed to die with the emperor, I had the mad prince kneel and beg me not to die 162Reads—Score1214d adds
- 95 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Zhao Clan's Spells and the Secret Treasure of Anxi 丝路玉鉴：赵氏符咒之安西秘宝 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Zhao Clan's Talismans and the Secret Treasure of Anxi 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 After Becoming a Young Vampire, She Is Forced to Charge into Battle with a Blade 成为血族幼崽后，她被迫扛刀出战 [Carefree, swaggering, king-of-the-world human weapon heroine who wears her madness openly x Taciturn, obsessive, lovesick loyal-dog hero who hides his madness] Chloe died amid a zombie horde at the end of the world. When she awoke, she had become a rare pureblood vampire infant, and the biological daughter of the vampire progenitor. Pureblood infants have delicate skin and fragile constitutions. They can only gain their inhuman strength after reaching adulthood and awakening their bloodline. Fo 1.4kReads9.4Score20414d adds
- 97 Drunk on the Road Home at Dusk 日暮醉归途 The cool, intelligent beauty Shui Qiaoyou, a general of the former dynasty, and the pure-hearted, reserved prince Chu Moli, a prince of the current dynasty Historical romance, no transmigration, no palace intrigue, no household drama, one-on-one romance, strong female lead. Shui Qiaoyou felt as though she’d merely fallen asleep. When she opened her eyes again, a hundred years had passed. Her homeland, family, and friends were like smoke, long since vanished into the river of time. Fate had left 13.2kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 98 After I Offered Myself to the State, the Beijing Heir Was Driven to Regret 我把自己上交国家后，京圈太子悔疯了 After I turned myself over to the state, the capital’s spoiled young heir was consumed with regret 345Reads—Score1514d adds
- 99 A New Chapter for My Fair Princess 戏续还珠 [Historical fantasy + martial arts + My Fair Princess fan fiction + quirky heroine + strategy and scheming + transmigration] A qipao reveals the mystery of Little Swallow’s origins, and the Fifth Prince insists on becoming a monk. At a grand residence in Qianlong’s palace, they discover that Consort Fragrant nearly died in a mass grave years ago. Qianlong travels to Qiantang to find his beloved daughter, while a descendant of the Yizhu Tower seeks revenge. A red flower emblem is left at the sce 327Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Handsome Boy Band Came Right to My Door, So Come On, Boys, Into My Arms 送上门的顶帅男团，都到姐的碗里来 All These Drop-Dead Gorgeous Guys Are Throwing Themselves at Me, So I’m Claiming Them All 240Reads—Score1414d adds
