Novels like Power, Glamour, and Workplace Trials
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Power, Glamour, and Workplace Trials, best match first.
- 51 The Women in My Office 我的办公室女人 Have you ever had a love so unforgettable it left its mark on your heart? Have you ever had a paradise of your own, hidden away from the world? Have many beautiful women ever crossed your path? Have you ever wanted to bow your head to life, or been seen as a good-for-nothing? But it doesn't matter. Years later, those people, those events, those outcomes… This is a story about one man and several women, a story about choices and life. Multiple heroines, pure wish fulfillment, so please don't 669Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Lilliputian Kingdom Inside a Delivery Box 快递盒里的小人国 The Little People in the Parcel 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 You're Just One Trend Away from Success 您距离成功仅差一个风口 You're Just One Trend Away from Success 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 My Five Years as a Drifter in Guangzhou 广漂的那五年 A detailed look at the five years after college graduation, spent struggling to make a living in the bustling city of Guangzhou. How did a complete novice gradually grow stronger, step by step? As we make our way along the paths of love and career, each of us has a story to tell... After five years of weathering life's hardships, we'll grow stronger at last! It's time to turn the tables!!! A new author with a new book: My Five Years Drifting in Guangzhou. I've got a story. 206Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 55 I Dumped That Man 甩了那个男人 She went from someone everyone envied as a winner in life to a laughingstock in an instant. Betrayal and belittlement made it seem as though a woman her age was worth nothing, but Bei An refused to let herself become a joke. As she returned to the workplace, she struggled to adjust, but along the way she became a career professional and found both friendship and love. 400Reads9.1Score10014d adds
- 56 Reborn, I Won't Be a Blood Bank for My Ex-Wife's Family Anymore 重生后，我不再给前妻一家当血包 In his previous life, his ex-wife’s family treated him like an endless source of money, making him buy them a house, act as their guarantor, bail them out, and support them in old age. They drained him dry, one step at a time, until he died beneath a mountain of debt. Reborn, he no longer cared about sentiment. He cared only about rules. He stopped trying to be a hero and started protecting his boundaries. Divorce, cut off the money, settle the accounts, cut his losses. This time, he would take 1.2kReads8.9Score—14d adds
- 57 Little Wu in Shenzhen 小武在深圳 [Urban life + wage work + martial arts + betrayal + no holier-than-thou protagonist + no doormat + no brainless decisions + realism + humor + intelligence] Xiao Wu in Shenzhen is a long novel divided into five volumes by year. It tells the story of the male protagonist, Ying Xiaowu, born in 1985, and the five years he spent working and living in Shenzhen. In 2015, he left his hometown of Wuxue for Shenzhen for the first time. Confident that his talents in both the literary and martial arts coul 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 2015: Starting with an MCN 2015，从MCN开始 One day in late May 2015, Xu Chu had a dream. In it, he saw the next ten years of his life... The scenes from the dream remained crystal clear even after he woke up. Suddenly, he felt that perhaps he could change the way he lived and make a different life for himself. MCN + livestreaming, curated products + smart manufacturing, AI + humanoid robots This is not an influencer novel. The influencer elements in the early chapters are just the start of his career and a way to earn seed money. Afte 994Reads5.5Score10414d adds
- 59 Reborn: Focus on Making Money and Become a Tycoon 重生之专心搞钱成为富豪 After my wife, Zhou Ruoxi, betrayed me, my fortune was stolen in my previous life, and I became a laughingstock. Fortunately, I’ve been reborn. In this life, I’m done with love and focused on making money. 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 60 Twenty Years in Dongguan 东莞二十年 A tribute to the workers of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The protagonist starts out as a naive young newcomer, then grows amid the undercurrents of workplace power struggles and rises above the competition to become an executive at a Taiwanese-owned company. Later, he leaves to start his own business, facing hardship after hardship in the cutthroat world of commerce, as well as twists and secrets in his personal love life. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 My Stunning 27-Year-Old CEO 我的27岁倾世女总裁 Someone once asked, “What is the meaning of life?” I said, “The meaning of life is that you don’t need to go looking for its ‘meaning.’ We live in this dazzling, bewildering world, beneath oceans of stars and skies full of constellations. Meaning lies in the process of slowly beginning to shine.” Someone else asked, “What about love? What is it?” Love... might put out the light of your star, but someone will always come along to illuminate your world. My name is Zhou Dongli. Through my story, I’ 733Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 62 If We Could Still Be Together 如果还能在一起 After witnessing her younger sister and brother-in-law argue, twenty-eight-year-old Qi Dong suddenly realizes that in two years, she too will face the awkward threshold of thirty. She decisively resolves to find a suitable husband as soon as possible. In her view, a marriage without love can still bring happiness if it is managed well. As coolly as she handles her sales job, Qi Dong gets to know the man she has chosen to marry, doing her best to show him her good side. But reality tells her that 2kReads9.4Score23514d adds
- 63 My Beijing Girl 我的北京女孩 A young man with nothing going for him can't move on after a breakup. When he accompanies a friend to Beijing, he encounters new things and new people... His life quietly changes course. What kind of love story will he find as he sets out to reclaim his dream? 127Reads—Score1314d adds
- 64 That Boy Was My First Love 那个男孩，是我初恋 ❗️❗️❗️Dating in your teens may be wrong, but first love is never a mistake. Pen pals, QQ, school arts festivals, basketball, little handheld phones, red date rice balls... This is a story about first love. Deng Yang and Zhang Yan: three years of first love, and never a reunion. The streets they walked side by side, the hands they held, and their first kiss tasting of cake became the gentlest echoes in their memories of days gone by. People say first love is a regret born of youthful chaos. But w 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 A Small-Town Story at Full Speed 小城故事一路狂奔 Having grown up without a father's love, he once had a happy family and a steady career. Then, out of nowhere, he got divorced, lost his job, and was plagued by nightmares. His life hit rock bottom. At his lowest point, he chose to start a business and met her while she was working a part-time job. Fate had other plans: after a change in her mother's identity came to light, she became a wealthy heiress. He raced toward love, never wavering in his devotion despite repeated romantic setbacks. On —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 After My Release, I Could No Longer Keep My Bitcoin a Secret 出狱后我的比特币藏不住了 At eighteen, Chen Feng sold a house he owned and spent nine million yuan on 2,250 bitcoins. But not long after buying them, he stood up for his girlfriend in a bar and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Seven and a half years later, Chen Feng walked out of prison with his release papers in hand. His girlfriend had long since married someone else. His brothers all had their own agendas, and his father believed he had squandered all the money from the house. No one knew that the bitcoins he h 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Algorithm of Love 爱情的算法 [A wealthy, socially anxious woman who can’t stand being touched × a handsome pauper who sells his body to get by one day at a time] [Romance + healing + wish fulfillment + realism + emotional push and pull] Tian Yao believes math is the only truth. She designed an algorithm to predict customers’ buying habits. Although the job has made her plenty of money, she is thirty and has almost no dating experience. Because she is so sensitive, Tian Yao struggles with social interactions. Even dating an 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 My Childhood Friend Is Back, but I Choose the Girl Next Door 青梅来了，可我选择隔壁女邻居 (Slice of life) + (One female lead) + (Mutual affection) + (Sweet and angsty) The year his parents died in an accident, his childhood sweetheart's family moved away too. A year later, a mother and daughter moved in next door. They didn't seem to get along very well either. Later, they often went out together and walked to school together. From elementary school to middle school and then on to high school, they were inseparable. She hardly ever talked, at least on the surface. He could be clumsy 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Back on My Feet: I Paid Off 500,000 Yuan in Online Loans with My Own Hands 上岸：我靠双手还清五十万网贷 On a farm in Northeast China, Wang Chen, a 33-year-old married farmer, falls deeper and deeper into online-loan debt as he struggles to pay for his daughter's medical treatment and keep his agricultural business running. This is the story of how he eventually turns his desperate situation around. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 A Heartfelt Confession 实名心动 At a matchmaking banquet, Tong Lu sees the man she has been avoiding for more than half a month: The C-World CEO, an imposing figure and a tech-industry rising star widely admired in their circles. He attends as a relative of one of the people being matched, sitting quietly off to the side the whole time without saying a word. Later, when Tong Lu comes out of the restroom, he suddenly blocks her outside the private room. - “You’re writing your thesis at a matchmaking banquet now?” Hearing him, 2kReads9.2Score25014d adds
- 71 The Day When the Days Were Long and the Nights Short 昼长夜短的那天 Completed · [Scheming Approach to a Spoiled Rich Second-Generation Heir VS A Rational, Restrained Female Investment Manager] [CEO + Business Warfare + Push and Pull + Devoted to His Wife + HE] A new hire showed up in Antai’s investment and financing department. To everyone’s surprise, it was Shan Jialin, the notorious spoiled young master of the Shan family. To his face, everyone called him Mr. Shan; behind his back, they complained that he had a pile of scandals and knew nothing about real est 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 After Dumping the CEO, I Became the World’s Richest Through Investing 甩掉霸总后，我靠投资成世界首富 Ruan Shuran dumped Gu Jinshen, a man worth hundreds of billions, with the excuse, “Dating gets in the way of my career.” Gu Jinshen was furious. “You’ll regret this, woman!” But six months later, his former secretary had transformed into a hotshot investor, taking aim at several of his projects with pinpoint accuracy. Gu Jinshen cornered her outside her office building, his eyes bloodshot. “Ruan Shuran, did you do this on purpose?” She gave him a slight smile and handed him a partnership agreeme 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Suspended in Desire 悬浮迷情 Celebrity architect Lu Haotian walks away from the security of a stable job and starts an architectural firm with partners who share his dreams. As they pursue success, they struggle against all kinds of unspoken industry rules. In the end, both Lu and his main partners are diagnosed with serious illnesses. His lover marries far away, and his family leaves him. Utterly despairing, he leaps toward the blue sky from the dreamlike pavilion he built himself. Ai Wen, a young architect fresh out of co 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 After My Comeback, All My Women Left Me 逆袭之后，我的女人都跑了 After My Comeback, All My Women Left Me 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Xiaohuan in Beijing 小寰在北京 [Urban Life + Entrepreneurship + No Saintly Heroine + No Simping + No Idiocy + Realistic + Humor + Intelligence] Xiaohuan in Beijing is a full-length novel. The novel tells the story of Zhao Xiaohuan, a man born in 1991, as he works and lives in Beijing. After graduating from university, he worked for two years in his hometown of Shenyang, but he never forgot the boast he had made in college: that he would become the richest man in the world. However, reality left him increasingly dispirited, an 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 I Earn 2,500 a Day, So I Rented a Trillionaire CEO? 日薪两千五，我租了千亿女总裁？ [Lighthearted Wish-Fulfillment] + [Reborn Heroine Pursues Her Husband] + [Romance and Encouragement] + [One Heroine, Increasingly Sweet] + [Face-Slapping Relatives] + [Dotes on His Little Sister and Repays His Parents] “The bride price is 880,000, and you have to take my daughter’s surname.” Under pressure to get married, Chen Mo was forced to go on a blind date before the New Year. But he ran into an utterly unreasonable woman. He paid only for his own coffee and walked away, refusing to be mad 31.4kReads8.8Score4k14d adds
- 77 Goodbye, I Still Only Like You 再见还是只喜欢你 In their senior year of high school, Fang Yin secretly starts dating Zhou Wenhao, the top student in their grade. During the college entrance exam, Zhou Wenhao misses one of his tests for personal reasons. He also receives a breakup message from Fang Yin. Seven years without contact later, Fang Yin unexpectedly runs into Zhou Wenhao at work. You shouldn't meet someone dazzling when you're young. No matter how far life takes you, you may find that you're still only in love with them. A campus rom 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Billionaire Who Rose from a Sea of Women 女人堆里走出的亿万富翁 A contemporary setting, lighthearted humor, laugh-out-loud everyday life, playful banter, heartwarming inspiration, and no harem. He's penniless, yet popular with women. He's sincere, yet works in the most hypocritical industry. He's handsome, talented, and witty, and could have led a life of endless romantic conquests, but… Set in Shenzhen, Guangdong, in 2008, the story follows the remarkable career and business journey of Li Zhe, a young man from a farming family who rises steadily to success 2kReads5.9Score10814d adds
- 79 An Illustrated Guide to Love 爱情图鉴 Changing jobs is risky, and changing careers calls for caution. The workplace is a battlefield, and though victories and defeats are part of the game, should you really quit just because things don't go your way? Meng Chunqiu is a 29-year-old office worker in the city. She has no connections and lives in someone else's city, far from her parents' love, with no husband or boyfriend to protect her. Her boss can't stand her, her colleagues have ulterior motives, and the partner organization she wor 2.8kReads9.2Score27014d adds
- 80 Wake Up, Down-and-Out Heiress! 醒醒吧，落魄白富美！ On her flight home, Meng Ziyan survives a terrifying ordeal and is rescued twice by the refined older man Zhao Liye. She falls for him at first sight. But then her family falls on hard times: their villa is sold, she's left with 800,000 yuan in debt, and her dream of getting Australian permanent residency crumbles when her immigration agent disappears. Once a wealthy heiress, she is reduced to a job paying just 5,000 yuan a month. Yet she turns things around at work, landing one contract after a 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Housewife: My Husband Wants a Divorce 家庭主妇：老公想离婚 Chen Mofei is the head of the hospital's gynecology department, and Tao Yan is a housewife. They were once a harmonious couple, but Tao Yan has a sharp tongue and a kind heart. Her cutting, hurtful words repeatedly push her husband's patience to the limit... The messy, petty troubles of ordinary people! The story takes its time getting going. I hope you'll enjoy it! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 The Joys and Sorrows of Life and Death 生死欢戚 At death’s door from terminal illness, a middle-aged man is struck by lightning and reduced to a fragment of a soul. He enters the body of a junior high school student whose soul was also damaged by lightning... Qi Yiyang: Why do you think people are alive? Wei Zhengkun: What brings on a question like that, young man? Qi Yiyang: I just think life is hard for so many people! If their lives stopped, then everything would be over, and they wouldn’t have to suffer or toil anymore! Life has no meanin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Rules of Love for Urban Men and Women 都市男女的恋爱法则 Gu Ziyi: An ENFP woman, sweet and innocent-looking on the outside, but sharp-tongued and fiery by nature. When she falls in love, she never thinks about the consequences and always ends up being taken advantage of. Though every relationship has ended in failure, she remains a romantic who believes in love. Will the man she meets this time turn out to be a good one…? Gao Yingzhen: A typical ISFJ man who finds it hard to open up, but once he lets someone into his heart, he holds nothing back. Bor 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Mad Dog Sheng 疯狗晟 [Urban] [Underworld] [Dark] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] He is “Mad Dog Sheng,” the man who terrifies the underworld, but all he wants is to be an ordinary dad. From a stray dog freezing to death on the street to the ruler who built an underground order with his own hands, Gou Sheng’s life is steeped in blood and legend. With a ruthless streak that made him fearless of death and the instincts of a beast, he swallowed up his rivals and laid down the rules, making all of Jiangcheng tremble in his —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 My Tenth Year as a Simp 我当舔狗的第十年 Mo Ziyan screamed because Yang Dun had knocked her to the ground, and the fall hurt. Yang Dun screamed because he had accidentally pressed his hand against Mo Ziyan’s chest... Embarrassed, Yang Dun quickly scrambled to his feet, then awkwardly helped Mo Ziyan up. But Mo Ziyan thought Yang Dun had knocked her down on purpose. “Team Leader Yang, how could you be so naughty? You told me to stand right here and not move, but it turns out you were lining me up so you could knock me over!?” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 My Small-Town Girlfriend 我的小城女友 No matter how long people live in a big city, they eventually return to a small town. Xiyang, a genius who made his fortune through stock trading, finds his life going nowhere after his girlfriend cheats on him and his career hits a wall. He leaves Chengdu, a city full of memories, and returns to his hometown, where he meets the girl who will become his small-town girlfriend. This is an ordinary book, but the small-town life it tells of is anything but ordinary. 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 It's Only Fifty 不过是五十而已 An inspirational, unyielding story of midlife crisis, workplace struggles, bank managers and tellers, married life, and everyday urban life. This book tells the story of Huang Wenxue, a bank manager facing a midlife crisis. She is at that awkward age when she is considered too old to find a new job, yet still too young to retire. How will she answer the unavoidable questions surrounding her career, marriage, family, children, and caring for her aging parents? Even in middle age, even when confro 432Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 88 The Snowy Banquet of the Wealthy Family 豪门宴雪尧 [Multiple male leads + CEO romance + Financial and business power struggles + A calculating heroine + A comeback every step of the way + A moving, twist-filled romance] After setbacks in both her career and love life, Rui Xueyao faces the toughest circumstances she has ever known. But she never bows to fate. She makes her way through the entertainment, financial, and business worlds, turning the tables at every step until she becomes a new-generation financial titan. Along the way, she meets sev 5Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 89 Loving You More and More 越来越爱 Goodbye may mean never seeing you again. In my dreams of endless years of war, I always see you, alone on the cliff; Half of it is longing, half of it is love, and the more I long, the more I love. In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed. Everything has changed, and I have returned… [Lucky to have met you, grateful our paths crossed, and thankful for your companionship all this way.] 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 A Working Girl’s Life Through Wind and Rain 打工女孩的风雨人生路 In the 1990s, a wave of migrant workers swept across the country, and countless young people left their hometowns for the big cities. The dazzling neon lights of the metropolis conjured one fantasy after another, while burying the youth of so many. Longing for a fresh start, the naive young Zhou Jie joined the great wave heading south. From getting a factory job to running away, from falling on hard times to fighting her way forward, she had to tread carefully at every step. She thought that a 259Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 91 Running Toward the Far Side of the Mountain 向山那边奔跑 Why we recommend it: This is an uplifting novel for young readers... A story that helps children develop a better understanding of growing up. Life is full of all kinds of challenges, and this book teaches readers how to think clearly and face them with optimism and a positive attitude… Synopsis: The protagonist, Xiaoyong, grew up without a father, born at the foot of the mountains and subjected to endless humiliation. He has many battles of wits along the way. The brief time he spends livin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Pinnacle of Power: Rising from a Secretary's Desk! 权利巅峰：从秘书开始崛起！ His boss makes things difficult for him at work, while his future mother-in-law demands an astronomical bride price and says he's not good enough. In an instant, Lin Qiang feels his life is hopeless. Disheartened, he plans to quit after finishing his final overseas assignment. Who knew fate had a twist in store! By chance, Lin Qiang rescues a top big shot holding a flag in a car accident, and from then on his career takes off! His beautiful boss reaches out to make peace? His ex regrets every 361Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 93 After a Night of Passion, How Can I Tell You I Love You? 云雨之后，叫我如何说爱你 [Reunion after a long separation + mutual healing + age gap + female growth + putting scumbags in their place] A junior export saleswoman and her powerful client A gentle, chaste older man with a guarded heart + a cool, alluring beauty Far from home in a foreign country, Fang Linglu grabbed a rugged man and called him “husband,” but he didn’t know her at all. No time to think it over. She’d take him home first and figure things out later. His approach had been planned for a long time, and what h 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 From the Start, I Sold Beer, and a Goddess Undercover Agent Took Out the Hitmen 开局卖啤酒，女神卧底坑杀手 Volume One: How Many Undercover Agents Are There? (Realistic Arc) [Undercover agents + goddess + no saintly heroine or simping + realism + values + intelligence] [No simps, white lotuses, self-righteous do-gooders, or scheming green-tea girls] [No sugary romance or obsessive romance fantasies, and no white-porridge sisters or cake sisters] (Read the realistic arc first, then the wild-imagination arc. It's funny and fun!) A major city in the south is a city that never sleeps. At ten at night, the 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 After Reading His Mind, I Got the CEO Wrapped Around My Finger 读心后，霸总被我拿捏了 Qi Wan is a chatty slacker at Die Shan Design, lounging around and munching sunflower seeds on the surface, while secretly possessing incredible talent. Xie Chi is a reclusive, mysterious boss who fears socializing but controls everything. She can hear his innermost thoughts, like the sound of his heartbeat: “If she comes any closer, I'm done for.” When colleagues dump work on her, directors try to suppress her, and her ex threatens her, she hits back with face-slapping comebacks. From plagiaris 6Reads—Score114d adds
- 96 He Hid in the Years, Loving Me for So Long 他藏在时光里，爱了我很多年 My name is Guo Yaoze. When I was six, a little girl moved in next door. She wore two tiny pigtails and had dimples when she smiled. She gave me her only lollipop. “Brother Xiaoze, I don’t like sweets.” It was twenty years before I learned she’d been lying to me. When I was nine, my family moved away. She cried downstairs, and I cried in the car. At fifteen, I transferred back and she became my desk mate, but she didn’t remember me. At seventeen, after the college entrance exams, my mother sent 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Love Is Hard, So Let’s Get Married 恋爱好难，不如结婚 This is a story about two girls. Defying her family’s objections, Yan Mo resolutely follows her boyfriend to Jincheng to make a life for themselves. But on Valentine’s Day, she discovers that her boyfriend of six years has been cheating on her. After the breakup, Yan Mo refocuses on her career and finds new love through her work. Ran Fei is Yan Mo’s best friend, and her life is an endless cycle of falling in love, getting her heart broken, and falling in love again. It isn’t until she meets Ding 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Company Went Public and Gave Me a $500 Grocery Gift Card. After I Quit, the Boss Went Mad With Regret 公司上市只给500元超市购物卡，我离职后，老板悔疯了 The Company Went Public and Gave Us a 500-Yuan Supermarket Gift Card. After I Quit, the Boss Was Beside Himself with Regret 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Beneath the Lantern, I Met the Bright Moon 伏灯遇皎月 (Marriage first, love later + winning her back + happy ending, a refined, aloof neurologist × a levelheaded, independent bank teller) Before meeting Shen Jinwei, Guan Qiaoyi spent every day wondering when she could quit her job. After meeting him, she was dazzled by his good looks and impulsively married him on the spot. “Hi. Let's get married.” After the wedding, her husband was gentle and considerate, emotionally steady, and there were no complicated in-law problems. Their married life was har 53Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 100 A Collection of Modern Shanghai Stories 上海现代故事集 Volume Two: A New Shanghai Mom. She has a second child, a son and a daughter, though her daughter’s troubles in middle school already have her at her wits’ end. She used to think she’d be happy as long as she had a modestly comfortable life, and at least she could count on her husband. But then her deranged sister-in-law shows up and turns both families’ lives into a complete mess! Volume One: An only daughter who has been abroad for twenty years rushes back to Shanghai to claim her grandmother 204Reads—Score—14d adds
