Novels like Keeping a Dog
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Keeping a Dog, best match first.
- 101 Spend the Summer with You 与你共赴夏 [Both leads are romantically inexperienced + school life + sweet romance] [Adorable sweet girl + pretends to be aloof, but secretly cares] Lin Chuyi and Jiang Zhan have known each other since birth. They have never been mortal enemies, but they have certainly argued plenty over the years. In other people’s eyes, Jiang Zhan is unruly and wildly popular. But to Lin Chuyi, he’s suddenly nothing special at all. One day, a friend challenged Lin Chuyi: With a childhood friend like him always hanging a 2kReads9.2Score23714d adds
- 102 After Rebirth, the Possessive Mr. Nan Dotes on His Wife Like Crazy 偏执南总重生后，宠妻宠上瘾 (Content warnings: The male lead is reborn, but the female lead is not + doting husband, fiercely protective of his wife, old-school domineering CEO melodrama + not a strong female lead + a touch of showbiz.) Desperate to pay for her medical bills, she sells her blood. Then the man who had once been her childhood sweetheart takes her in. She thinks all she has to do is play the role of his mistress, but she never expects him to force her to stay by his side. Nan Zhe never thought that after gett 7.4kReads8.8Score51114d adds
- 103 I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My White Moonlight Said She Knew All Along 装瞎三年，白月光却说她早就知道了 I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My Dream Girl Said She Knew All Along 3.2kReads—Score2814d adds
- 104 My Card-Based Cuisine Conquers the Interstellar World 我的卡牌美食征服全星际 Gourmet healing + raising card spirits + farming and management + no romance Reborn in the interstellar era, master chef Su Miaomiao was saddled with an enormous debt and left to tend an abandoned, uninhabited planet. Then she activated her ancestral bracelet. A spirit spring irrigated the wasteland, and an ancient Earth seed bank reappeared. Even more unexpectedly, she bonded with a Gourmet Card System. Every dish that brought happiness could generate its own card, with random drops of seeds, 201Reads—Score10214d adds
- 105 With You Until Twenty-Nine 陪你到二十九岁 By Your Side Until You're Twenty-Nine 78Reads—Score214d adds
- 106 Starlight Across the Sky 星光漫天 Come check out my new novel, Overflow! [A sweet story of mutual healing + emotional push and pull + a guiding partner; two capable, sharp-minded leads, with a sensitive, insecure, snail-paced girl and a gentle, big-dog boyfriend who chooses her without hesitation] (Also titled: My Story with Mr. Wen). It gets satisfying after chapter 100! Xiao Momo and Wen Liang both speak their minds. Misunderstandings are quickly cleared up. They struggle with their feelings and doubt themselves, but never que 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Girl I Rescued on a Rainy Night Came Home with Me in Tears 雨夜救下的少女，哭着跟我回家 [One Female Lead] [Pure Love] [Healing] [Comforting] [Hopeless Romantic] The city had been battered by rain for over half a month, and a gloomy, defeated air still hung over everything. A girl in a tattered brown coat gently clutched the hem of Mu Fan’s clothes, pleading through her tears. “Um... could I come home with you?” Mu Fan stroked the girl’s head, a warm smile curving his lips. “Silly girl, come with me.” With long-term care and companionship, the girl’s loneliness gradually eased, and 6.7kReads8.8Score90314d adds
- 108 See You Tomorrow, Monday 周一，明天见 [A short bad-ending story. Readers who can't handle angst, beware.] Xu Qingze was Zhou Yi’s boyfriend. He was in a car accident abroad. Everyone told Zhou Yi he was dead, but she stubbornly refused to believe it. She cried herself blind, ruined her health, and clung to life by a thread. Just as Zhou Yi was about to die, Xu Qingze came back. With a warm smile, he held out his hand to Zhou Yi. “Hello, my name is Xu Qingze.” Zhou Yi: Xu Qingze, how dare you forget me. But I’m glad you forgot me. ( 2.2kReads8.1Score44414d adds
- 109 Warm Ocean 暖洋 At seventeen, the gloomy, aloof Lu Yang met the sunny, optimistic Xie Nuan. A ray of light shone into his dark life, and from then on, he had a little sun by his side. But before he could find the courage to confess his youthful, fumbling feelings, his little sun disappeared. Six years later, they met again, but Lu Yang's little sun seemed to have stopped shining. Lying on the operating table once more, Xie Nuan felt the anesthetic taking effect and her consciousness slowly fading. The image th 861Reads9.2Score11114d adds
- 110 A Tenant of the Underworld 在地府做钉子户 To sever a doomed bond, Xie Lingzhi hid in the Underworld for a hundred years, even declaring that she wouldn’t leave until she’d stayed for five hundred. The King of Hell couldn’t meet his KPI, so he came over in a huff, then left again. He found her even more troublesome than the Great Sage Sun, who had destroyed the Book of Life and Death. In a fit of anger, he cut off her provisions. With no other choice, Xie Lingzhi set up a stall on Ghost Street, but wound up bringing Liang Chuanhui back w 67Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 111 Mr. Fu, Your Shadow Lover Has Run Away Again 傅先生，你的影子情人又跑了 A pharmaceutical tycoon brought down from his pedestal VS a female doctor who seems cool and composed but is actually a depressed, unhinged patient with a mental illness. Everyone in the world says Mrs. Fu is mentally ill and has never loved him, but Mr. Fu says, “So what if she’s mentally ill? It’s fine. This is love.” 150Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 No! I Refuse to Inherit the Fortune! NO！我才不要继承财产！ [Angst] [Angst] [Angst] First life: The Ke family has no second daughter! Second life: Father Ke: Awen, these are the company shares I saved for you. Mother Ke: Awen, this is the princess bedroom I had renovated just for you. Older brother: Awen, I bought you a house and a car. Younger brother: Second Sis, I designed this formal dress especially for you. Younger sister: Second Sis, once I make something of myself, I'll support you! The Ke family's second daughter crosses her arms in an X! No way 7.2kReads9.1Score49914d adds
- 113 After Mr. Xiao Was Reborn, He Had to Pamper His Depressed Young Wife 萧总重生后，抑郁小娇妻全靠哄 Han Jinxi married Xiao Huainian at twenty-one. In their three years of marriage, she bet everything she had and ended up losing miserably. The last time Xiao Huainian saw her, she was a twenty-four-year-old girl smiling sweetly on a cold tombstone. But in his memories, she... had a troubled look on her face most of the time. Even when she died, Xiao Huainian felt no sorrow. But he couldn't bring himself to be happy, either, because he realized... that after Han Jinxi was gone, his heart seemed t 2.7kReads8.6Score5.1k14d adds
- 114 Together with the Light 与光同在 [A rebellious boy & an introverted girl] Because of her family circumstances, Lin Shuyue has become withdrawn. After transferring to the affiliated middle school, she meets Jiang Ze, the boy who saves her. The rebellious boy says, “Lin Shuyue, there is light in my world. I’ll cast it into your shadows, and from now on, you’ll live in a world filled with light.” The introverted girl says, “The person I love has light. It shines without dazzling, and I’ll always be by its side.” Jiang Ze is rebell 59Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 115 Aye, I'm Leaving 阿也，我走了 [Sensitive, self-conscious heroine x gentle, sunny hero] When Lin Zhiyou was six, her father died in a car accident, and her mother raised her alone. After her mother changed jobs, eighteen-year-old Lin Zhiyou transferred to Nancheng No. 1 High School. There, she met Jiang Ye... A sensitive, self-conscious girl falls in love with a gentle, sunny boy, but the wheels of fate have not turned in her favor... 34Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 116 A Millennium Promise, Finally Kept 迟到的千年之约 A slow-paced story, perfect for listening. An age gap romance + a half-blood male supporting character He thought he was luring her into his trap, step by step, just to possess her for a while. Little did he know that he was the one being lured. One glance, a love that lasts a thousand years, and now he can never let her go! 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 117 Nuclear Weapon Skill 核武技能 A modern nuclear physicist transmigrates to a world of immortals and cultivators, awakening a unique nuclear martial physique. He turns concepts such as nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, and radiation into cultivation abilities, using the “Nuclear Path” to smash his way through the road to immortality in a world where immortals and demons vie for supremacy. Nuclear Weapons Analysis System: Bound to the protagonist after his transmigration, it can analyze cultivation techniques, immortal material 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 CEO Ling’s Beloved Is a God of Death 凌总的心尖宠是杀神 ◆ One-on-one romance | Two strong leads | The chase-to-win-her-back-from-hell trope | Extremely angsty love | Happy ending | A brutal journey ◆ Gorgeous, badass underworld queen x possessive tycoon heir In her senior year of high school, the families were locked in a bloody struggle for power. After being ambushed, he fled to the countryside, where he met a wild girl with defiance in her very bones. He wanted to die. She overturned a nest of snakes and laughed, bold and wild: “Want to die? The 3.9kReads9.3Score42214d adds
- 119 Wasteland Reboot: Paradise Restoration System! 废土重启：乐园修复系统！ Worldbuilding: In 2077, the Great Annihilation disaster erupted (nuclear war + a genetic virus leak), turning the surface into a wasteland. Cities collapsed into jungles of steel and concrete, radioactive dust blanketed the land, and mutated creatures (sand locust beasts, iron-shell rats) took over the ruins. Humanity retreated to underground shelters or formed armed settlements. Only fragments of the old world's civilization remained (rusted amusement park rides, faded fairy-tale murals, defunc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Rock Candy Summer 冰糖盛夏 [Both each other's first, mutual healing, straightforward romance, fast-paced, not for everyone] [A man with a dog-like streak who leads with his heart & a gentle, steadfast girl who's his ideal] A girl born unable to feel emotions experiences an intense emotional reaction to someone for the first time. What she doesn't know is that the moment he first saw her, he wanted to overturn all the psychological defenses he'd built over the past nineteen years. Zhou Sheng is a man with a dog-like streak 746Reads9.3Score10514d adds
- 121 Bitter Medicine, Deep Love 药苦情深 Bitter Medicine, Deep Affection 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Be Good and Let Me Spoil You First, Then Big Brother Will Devour You! 乖乖先养娇，哥哥再吃掉！ A sickly girl, seen by everyone as unlucky and destined for an early death, is noticed and taken in by a cold, wild boy. He raises her all over again, and the more he cares for her, the more pampered she becomes~ A sweet, gentle, adorable little sick kitten x a cold, wild, scheming boy [Mutual salvation + love that grows over time + from school days to the altar + sweet romance] A strange transfer student named Tang Jiao joins Class 1. He’s tiny, wears a hat, and never looks up. The strangest th 1.3kReads9.2Score18214d adds
- 123 My Darling! The Dominant Gu Dotes on His Sweetheart Day and Night 心肝宠！霸道顾少日撩夜哄小乖宝 [Both leads are devoted to each other + married first, in love later + sweet romance + mutual devotion] Everyone in their circle knows that the woman Gu Shao cherished most jumped into the sea and died. From then on, the name Shen Wei became forbidden to Gu Zhouhuai. One day, the man brought home a woman with a slender waist and long legs, her delicate, gentle demeanor as clean and soft as jasmine. Unfortunately She was also mute. The rich young ladies waited with snacks, eager to see the mute g 8.4kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 124 Bound to a Spousal System with My Arch-Enemy 和死对头绑定夫妻系统 Synopsis: [Marriage First, Love Later + Frenemies + Lazy Rich Kid’s Comeback] The biggest news in the capital lately is that the two most notorious spoiled heirs from the Hua and Fu families are about to marry, despite having been sworn enemies. Protagonist: Hua Yu She’s just like her name suggests: a lazy fish. Compared to her six talented older siblings, all accomplished in both literature and martial arts, she really is the family freeloader in everyone’s eyes. In fact, she has another identi 1.3kReads9.2Score16814d adds
- 125 He Lives in the Moonlight 他住在月光里 A moving story about a young woman with depression who gradually finds the courage to confront it and fight back. 209Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 126 If Only You'd Let Me Be Young Again 假如许我再少年 Ye Qingchen’s despair: She didn’t dare tell him she loved him. Zhou Shi’s grief: He didn’t have time to tell her he loved her. The phrase “if only” describes the overwhelming regret one feels over something that has already happened, and the futile fantasy of trying to change it. [The first time they met, he was twenty-five and she was twenty. He didn’t trust her and missed his chance to save her from despair, sealing her fate. The second time they met, he was thirty and she was twenty-five. The 5.1kReads9.1Score36114d adds
- 127 She’s Not Easy to Win Over 她不好哄 The elegant young gentleman, gentle as jade: Qiao Shuyu The true “go-with-the-flow girl,” single-minded Xiao Qingqing Childhood sweethearts + mutual unrequited love + both devoted only to each other + one-on-one romance + older woman, younger man Their story began as childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree. She would make a fuss while he laughed. She would call him “Monk Qiao” in her fierce little voice, and he would ask again and again, “Qingqing, when are you going to marry me?” Their sto 2.5kReads8.9Score10614d adds
- 128 Everyone in My Family Is the Main Character, and I'm the Only Real Cannon Fodder! 全家都是主角，唯有我是真炮灰！ Only after dying did Lu Zaozao discover that this world was one enormous, melodramatic crossover novel! Her father, Lu Aotian, is the male lead of some web-fiction site. His golden finger is maxed out in every possible way. To put it simply, after a few little setbacks and bumps in the road, he breezes to the top of the world, becomes Asia’s richest man, and takes control of countless economic lifelines. Her mother, Shen Xingyao, is the melodramatic romance heroine of Tomato. Countless people 1.5kReads7.3Score15114d adds
- 129 My CEO Boyfriend Is Crazy About Me 霸总男友超爱我 My CEO Boyfriend Is Crazy About Me 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 She, the Gloomy Madwoman, Was Read Like a Book 她，阴郁疯批被读心 The animated drama "Just Met, Platycodon" is now streaming. [Everyone's Favorite + Unpredictable Heroine + Mind Reading + Wealthy Families + Groveling Arc + No Fixed Couple + Otome Leaning] [Complete. We recommend turning off the comments while reading.] She was Lan Yetan, a mentally ill girl with no desire to survive. After dying, she inexplicably transmigrated into "The Sweet and Soft Green Tea Darling Is at It Again." At first, she figured she would just drift aimlessly as a lonely ghost. How 11.2kReads8.9Score90314d adds
- 131 Obsessive Love: Xiao Ye's Dearest Darling Won't Run Away 偏执宠爱：萧爷的心尖宠不逃了 At the beginning of the story, Xiao Heng saw the little girl crying over an injection at the hospital and thought, She’s so delicate. I’d never marry a crybaby like her. By the end, that delicate girl, who cried even at the sight of a needle, had given him three little treasures at the cost of her life. What is love? It’s going from school uniforms to wedding gowns. It’s doing what you know you shouldn’t, and insisting on it anyway. Love is Yun Chuxiang’s heart giving out for Xiao Heng, and the 1.5kReads8.5Score12414d adds
- 132 The One Thing I Wanted to Record Before I Died 死前，我唯一想记录的 I fell in love with my non-blood-related older brother, but he found me disgusting and sent me to a conversion therapy center. After I got out, my mental state deteriorated day by day, and in the end, before I died, I wrote this 3.3kReads8.1Score67714d adds
- 133 Light Shattered in Glass Candy Wrappers 碎在玻璃糖纸里的光 [Campus × Mutual Pining × Sweet Romance • Flirting × Older Male Lead] At twenty, Lin Yinuann tucked all her feelings into transparent candy wrappers, living quietly, with thorns beneath the surface. That was until Wen Muyang collided with her world. Only then did she realize that even barren places could be touched by the warmth of sunlight. At first, Wen Muyang was simply curious. Why had a girl who once been so lively and dazzling grown so quiet and cautious? Once her disguise was seen through 1.1kReads—Score11614d adds
- 134 Let the Past Be the Past 迹往不咎 The well-behaved left-behind girl Teng Jinqing VS the orphaned bad boy Cheng Ji Blurb 1: Teng Jinqing always remembered what a boy told her when she was ten: “The only way out is through studying.” Later, she really did make it out. Far, far away. Across the ocean, all the way to a PhD. But she never forgot the road back. Because at the end of that road, someone was waiting for her. An ordinary man who went from genius to delinquent, from delinquent to prisoner, and from prisoner to cripple. H 196Reads—Score3014d adds
- 135 Even a World-Weary Country Girl Deserves to Be Loved by a Young Master, Right? 厌世农村妹也要被少爷强制爱吗？ Complete [Country Girl and Young Master | World-weary, wooden girl × arrogant peacock of a man | Some coercive romance | Both pure] Yeman saved a young master from the city who had come to the mountains to film a variety show and experience rural life. Yi Yan thought she was tacky, ugly, and stupid. Yet when no cameras were around, he pinned her against the door behind the house and kissed her hard. A year later, she went to university in the city. At the opening ceremony, Yeman saw Yi Yan sta 172.4kReads9.4Score33.7k14d adds
- 136 The Year I Died Was the Year I Loved You Most 死在了最爱你的那一年 The most carefree young lady in Qinghe falls for an obscure transfer student, and from that moment on, she's smitten. ❤️ She, Yun Nanmian, was meant to be a pampered young lady. Her beloved parents gave their lives to save an obscure nobody, who had promised to be her lifelong support. It was all a lie. Every bit of it. He, Chi Shengrui, is the illegitimate son of the Chi family, cast aside by his clan and transferred to Qinghe. He should have fallen into the mire and spent his life in darkne 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Something Seems Off About My Sect 我的宗门，好像不太对劲 My Sect Seems a Little Off 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Reborn in Senior Year, the School Hunk Has My Back 重生高三，校草为我撑腰 Reborn in My Senior Year of High School, the School Heartthrob Has My Back 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Villainess Has No Will to Survive, So She Watches the Powerful Lose Their Minds 女配没有求生欲，大佬发疯她看戏 [A naturally irresistible heroine who has no idea] Yu Jiao has “liked” A Yuan since they were children, and their families approve. All that’s left is to make it public. Then one day, A Yuan says they should keep their distance because he doesn’t want the person he likes to get the wrong idea. And then she awakens. It turns out she’s the supporting female character in a stock-picking romance, while A Yuan is one of the male leads who deeply loves the original heroine. The supporting character’s 436Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 140 I Stand Inside a Cage 我站在囚笼里 [Cool, sharp-tongued heroine with a surprising side (⑉°з°)-♡] [Emotionally steady, wealthy, and rather handsome male lead] When her own colleague pinned her down, Shi Ci had only one thought. “Who the hell is this idiot?” Once she learned he was the new deputy captain, she was even more dismissive. She knew the team was short-handed, but she hadn't realized they were this desperate. The new captain's first case on the job was a string of murders. Shi Ci figured he was only there to pad his resum 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Roommates: I Have Two Months to Live, So Don't Fall for Me 合租：还剩两个月命，不要爱上我 At twenty-six, Xia Xing was diagnosed with a terminal illness in the prime of his life. He had only two months left... After quitting his job, he moved out of the dorm and rented a place elsewhere. His roommate was Qin Ziyue, the beautiful teacher from his university. Under the same roof, the wheels of fate began to turn... A sweet little treat, safe to enjoy. 767Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 142 Cycle of Killing Intent 杀意轮回 “Loli heroine, redemption angst, multiple reincarnation dreams, multiple endings, fragments of memory, and a hunt for the culprit” A helpless girl is cast into the depths of despair again and again. When someone reaches out to help her, is it salvation, or another form of torment? As fragments of her memories are unlocked through her dreams, the unexpected truth gradually comes together. What does the future hold for this girl? Even if I fail countless times, I’ll find the one way to keep you al 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Our Family, Buried Alive by Life 我们这一家，被生活活埋 Our Family Was Buried Alive by Life 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Neither Family nor Stranger 非亲非故非陌生 For thirteen years, Song Li endured He Qian’s torment and humiliation, walking on eggshells every single day. The truth finally came to light in the year He Qian loved her most, but by then, nothing could change Song Li’s resolve to die... Only when He Qian held the blood-soaked woman in his arms did he truly understand what despair meant. 6.4kReads8.8Score26914d adds
- 145 I Dumped My Ex-Husband, and Now He Won't Leave Me Alone 踹了前夫后，他开始死缠烂打 [Two Male Leads + Love After Marriage + Second Chance at Love] A sweet-faced but scheming bottom, and a fatherly top who's a little lovesick, but not too much. No one knew that Shang Jingchuan had carried a secret love for ten years. The moment he first saw his sister-in-law, he fell in love at first sight, and even went so far as to marry a stand-in who looked eighty percent like her. Chen Nuo was the illegitimate son of the Chen family. He carefully schemed his way into Shang Jingchuan's heart 13.4kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 146 After the Frail Darling Gave Up, Everyone Begged for Forgiveness 病弱团宠死心后，全员火葬场了 Jiang Yuan used to think she had the best parents in the world. Her proud, prickly older brother cared about her in his own awkward way, and the childhood sweetheart who had grown up with her was always eager to protect her... Though she was frail, Jiang Yuan still felt like the happiest girl in the world. That was until Qiao Zhenzhen appeared... Everyone who had doted on her changed. When they looked at her, their eyes gradually filled with indifference, then disgust. In the end, they even drov 3.5kReads8.5Score19214d adds
- 147 He Bends Only for Her 只为她弯腰 Sweet, gentle beauty VS wild, untamable delinquent boy [Healing! Redemption! Top students! Devoted to each other! Happy ending] Everyone knows Xia Nansheng is both the top student and the campus belle at No. 1 High School. Cool and aloof, she keeps her distance from others and has become the goddess in countless boys' hearts. Then one day, a transfer student joins her class. The boy is afraid of nothing, and Xia Nansheng's first impression is that he's fierce and looks like trouble. But little 1.1kReads9.1Score13914d adds
- 148 The Cold, Arrogant Campus Heartthrob? Now It's My Turn to Be a Vicious Psycho 冷冰冰校草傲娇？轮到我恶毒疯批 The cold, aloof campus heartthrob is acting all arrogant? Now it's my turn to be the vicious, unhinged one. 1.3kReads—Score1714d adds
- 149 Silken Threads 缠丝 [Extra-sweet romance, married first and falling in love later, both pure! Medical genius from a top-tier wealthy family x a dazzling beauty] Lin Ci opened her eyes and found herself five years in the future. She had gone from an eighteen-year-old girl with nothing to her name to the young madam of the Lu family, able to get anything she wanted. With five years of memories missing, Lin Ci could hardly believe that Lu Bochuan, a powerful, handsome medical genius who could even build machines, had 2.1kReads8.9Score21414d adds
- 150 Crushing the Roses 揉碎玫瑰 (Completed) [Mature romance, top-tier tension, mutual seduction, intense push and pull, 1v1] Everyone says Ming Zhu is Jiangcheng's number-one wicked woman. She's gorgeous and alluring, and comes from an exceptionally distinguished family. All she has to do to seduce a man is crook a finger, and he'll be on his knees beneath her red dress. Everyone is jealous. Ming Zhu enjoys making people jealous, and she doesn't mind being called wicked. So one day, in a good mood, she sets her sights on W 7.9kReads9.3Score91514d adds
