Novels like A Corrupt Village
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Corrupt Village, best match first.
- 51 Our Lost Love Rekindled 逝去的爱又复燃 Wang Xiaorong and Wang Guangming were childhood sweethearts, but their love was full of twists and hardships. After each married someone else, married life brought them not happiness, but endless pain. Once Wang Xiaorong and Wang Guangming had both emerged from the shadows of their tragic marriages, their love rekindled. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 You Are My Heaven 你就是我的天堂 [Contract marriage + lover + HE + modern] Wherever you are, that's my heaven! ... ... She met him at eighteen, and he lit up her life; At twenty-two, she finally took a serious look at that man; After graduation, she joined his company, thinking the two of them might have a future; Later, she quietly left with two little ones in tow. Life is vast, and they owed each other nothing; But fate will ultimately let those in love stay together! A story of growth and healing. In the long years of our li 74Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 53 My Village, My River 我的村庄，我的河 [Contemporary Fiction + Rural Literature + Rural Revitalization + Great for Middle-Aged and Older Readers] Zhang Banshao, a poor student, is always unlucky in love. After saving Wang Xiaohui by chance, he falls head over heels for her. Armed with kindness and integrity, he makes an incredible comeback. Seeing his hometown full of elderly people left behind, he feels a stir in his heart. He returns to the village to become its chief and lead the rural revitalization effort. Together, they transfo 51Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 54 Tales of Qingshiyu 青石峪往事 The story follows nearly half a century of change in Qingshiyu, a village in the Yimeng Mountains. As the mountain countryside is transformed, it portrays the full journey of rural China from the final years of collectivization to the new era of rural revitalization. It tells the stories of life in and beyond the village, exploring tradition and modernity, staying and leaving, survival and growth, and the profound tension between individual destinies and the tides of the times... 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Indulgence 放纵 We indulged, gave in to excess, and chased a life of reckless abandon. Only when we looked back did we realize that all that remained after desire was endless emptiness. That year, my father brought home two women: my stepmother and her daughter. On the very first night, I discovered just how uninhibited a woman in her prime could be. 99Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 56 Yindi, a Woman with a Hard Lot 苦命的女人引娣 Yindi's parents favored boys over girls. They gave her away when she was little, then forced her to marry someone she didn't love when she grew up. After her divorce, she faced one difficulty after another, but overcame them all. In the end, she became a successful businesswoman and found love, too. 589Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 57 My Baidu Is a Little Ahead of Its Time 我的度娘有点超前 Three years as a simp, and nothing to show for it in the end? As Jiang Yang watched the school beauty get into a BMW, he thought, “Forget it. Time to make money!” Just then, he unexpectedly discovered that the “Du Niang” search app on his phone could look up the future! [Winning numbers for the latest Double Color Ball lottery?] [The stock market's best performers over the next ten years?] [Which industry will be the most profitable in the future?] He quietly bought a lottery ticket to test it o 3.3kReads7.8Score285Shelves
- 58 A Happy Life in the Countryside 乡村之幸福生活 He transmigrates into the world of Rural Love. He marries Wang Xiaomeng. He develops Ivory Mountain Village. As for the village’s four notorious characters... He makes up for some of the people and events that he believes he can change. But sometimes, he has no choice but to use... 5.2kReads8.2Score206Shelves
- 59 Chang'an County 长安县 “Golden Zhouzhi, silver Huxian, Chang’an County is where they kill and burn...” goes a saying in Shaanxi. The author takes you into Chang’an County, where they kill and burn. This panoramic portrait of the customs and local life of Chang’an County, Xi’an, Shaanxi, depicts rural life in all its unvarnished authenticity: an ancient village, a great burial mound rising from the earth, and four clans descended from the tomb guardians... A secret buried for a thousand years, the scheming and rivalrie 4.3kReads9.2Score415Shelves
- 60 Xiao Chuan's Extraordinary Life 小川的妖孽人生 [Miracle doctor + wealth-building + cultivation] The Divine Dragon, Shennong, the Medicine Ancestor, the Divination God, the God of Wealth, the Martial Venerable... A host of immortals lead Liu Xiaochuan down the path of cultivation, but all he wants is to help the villagers get rich and give everyone a better life! 4.6kReads8.9Score461Shelves
- 61 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—Shelves
- 62 The Hidden Wife 隐妻 [The comic adaptation is now available! Tap “Adaptation Theater” in the lower-right corner of any page of this book to watch instantly. The original novel and short drama each have their own appeal. Share it with your friends!] No rebirth, no transmigration, and no System golden finger, just the true golden years of an entire generation! Having fled an arranged marriage, he joins the tide of migrant workers heading south. In a southern metropolis brimming with both opportunity and challenges, he 805Reads6.2Score104Shelves
- 63 My Mother and I Are Both Remarried 我和我妈，都是二婚 When my mom was young, my dad tricked her into coming all the way from afar to be his second wife. Before she knew it, she'd become the stepmother of a brother and sister. After having a child of her own, my mom realized that my dad didn't cherish her as much as she'd thought. But by then, she couldn't escape. Being a stepmother was hard, and my mom had to use all her wits to contend with a big family. To secure her place in the household, she even brought over her own niece to marry her stepson 5.3kReads9.1Score586Shelves
- 64 A Book from Guanbei 关北的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 59Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 65 The Country Bumpkin's Immortal Path Defying Heaven 乡村傻子逆天仙途 After Jiang Dongming was pushed off a cliff by his best friend and spent three years in a daze, he wakes to find himself with a paralyzed factory-director wife and a quirky sister-in-law who spends all day causing trouble. With nothing but bare walls at home and his parents suffering humiliation, he is fortunate enough to inherit an immortal art. From then on, he soars to success and rules the city. 6.8kReads8.9Score928Shelves
- 66 Honghong, the Village Beauty 村花红红 Honghong, the prettiest girl in her village at twenty-two, marries Leizi from the neighboring village after her very first blind date. Later, she heads to Dongguan to work hard at a factory. She starts out in sales at the factory and earns her first fortune, buying a car and a house and building a happy life. Later, she builds up her network and starts her own factory! 3.8kReads7.3Score217Shelves
- 67 Urban Cultivation: The Little Divine Doctor of Peach Spring Village 都市修仙：桃源村小神医 [Modern Cultivation] [Village Miracle Doctor] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Lin Chen thought he would spend his whole life tending the peach orchard his grandfather left him in Taoyuan Village. But on his eighteenth birthday, he obtained the mysterious cultivation technique his grandfather had left behind and embarked on an invincible path of cultivation. 1.5kReads6.8Score114Shelves
- 68 The Invincible Little Evil Doctor 无敌小邪医 Wu Dazhu was an orphan picked up by Old Man Wu. No one in the village cared for him, except for the village beauty next door, who looked after him. But when he was repeatedly bullied, Wu Dazhu flew into a rage, beat up the local tyrants, and kicked the spoiled rich kids. He swore to build a good life and make Wu Family Village a place of green hills, clear waters, and honest folk... 7.3kReads9.2Score980Shelves
- 69 A Daughter of the Loess 黄土女儿情 With meticulous, richly detailed realism, this book depicts the struggles of the daughters of northern Shaanxi. At the time, family-planning policies were strict, and one family longed for a son to carry on the family line. Instead, they had seven daughters. Each had a different personality and her own talents, like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing off their abilities. They fought tirelessly against poverty, backwardness, and ignorance in their harsh natural surroundings. Their 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 Misogyny 厌女症 The first novel to fully expose son preference. It shares themes with the Nobel Prize-winning work The Vegetarian, but is more realistic. Lotus is abused in countless ways by her birth mother, Zhaodi, from the time she is little. Zhaodi's actions are truly appalling. She wants to control every moment of Lotus's life, but fortunately, Lotus is a remarkably strong girl. In the end, she breaks free from her family's shackles, leaves her mountain village for the big city, and achieves a brilliant fu 522Reads6.5Score127Shelves
- 71 My Wife Is Eighteen Years Older Than Me! 妻子大我十八岁！ After the village chief takes a grudge against the simple-minded Qin Zheng, who knows that the fool’s misfortune will turn out to be a blessing? He unexpectedly obtains an ancient divine artifact and the Witchcraft and Medicine Manual. From then on, he heals the sick and saves lives, embarking on a colorful life. 1.2kReads9.1Score281Shelves
- 72 The Badass Little Farmer 牛掰小农民 After hearing the tragic news of his grandfather's death, college graduate Lu Xiaochuan gets a call from the village chief and returns home. After his grandfather's funeral, he receives a ring passed down from him. From that moment on, the fresh-faced college student begins a spectacular transformation. 30.4kReads9.0Score3.6kShelves
- 73 Sanxi: From Village Beauty to Village Bully 三喜：从村花到村霸 A beautiful country girl marries in a daze, only for upheaval to strike her family. She goes from depending on others to growing strong on her own, but in the end, desire consumes her and leads her to ruin. In her final moments, she realizes that human nature cannot be controlled… 136Reads—Score101Shelves
- 74 My Wife’s Lies 妻子的谎言 I had a happy family. From that day on, it was gone forever... 3kReads8.5Score271Shelves
- 75 Vine Demon: Taoist, Don't You Dare Die 藤妖：道士，你别死 Vine Demon: Taoist, Don't Die 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Where the Spring Tide Rises, Falling Blossoms Fly 春潮起处落花飞 [Urban Life + Countryside + Campus + Period Setting + Modern Romance + Childhood Sweethearts + Family + Marriage and Romance + Youthful Inspiration + Strong Female Lead + Building Wealth] Love and hate flow east with the river; partings and reunions scatter like falling flowers. Ice and fire, blood and tears, humiliation and glory, failure and success: every flavor of life can be found in "Where the Spring Tide Rises, Falling Flowers Fly"... Set from the 1970s through the turn of the century, ag 9Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 77 Aunt Mei 媚姨 Male Lead: Ding Yuan Female Lead: Liu Meiyi No one is reborn, and there is no System. This is an era of struggle belonging to the older generation! That year, Ding Yuan earned top marks in the imperial examinations, only to have his life stolen from him when his stepmother conspired with her family to switch his results. His father, unaware of the truth, set out on a rainy night to sell goods in the mountains and raise money for Ding Yuan to retake the exams. But the tractor overturned in a ravi 5.8kReads8.8Score477Shelves
- 78 Three Kingdoms: Emperor Xian of Han and His Heroines 三国：汉献帝和那群女英雄们 [Three Kingdoms + transmigration + conquering the world + harem] The Emperor Xian of Han is transmigrated by a modern person. While other people love generals, he loves beautiful women. Different tropes, a different Three Kingdoms. There’s no point saying more. Just read it... 1.3kReads8.8Score179Shelves
- 79 A Post-00s Village Chief Taxes the Nation to Fund the Entire Military 00后当村长，纳税养全国军费 (Weak System + no heroine + patriotism + wish fulfillment) No heroine, no heroine, so read without worry. The character who seems like the heroine early on will leave the story later. If you’re still unsure, check the author’s note in Chapter 70. The story’s progression: solve social problems, get rich, flaunt wealth, strengthen the nation. The pace is a little slow, but I’m speeding things up. Fake village chief: “Are you all happy, villagers?” Real village chief: “Who still hasn’t collected th 1.4kReads8.6Score109Shelves
- 80 The Live-In Son-in-Law 倒插门 Yang Family Village has come alive because of a live-in son-in-law. Provoked by his father-in-law, the young man can no longer take it. He brings his paralyzed wife along as they build a house, grow crops, fish when they have nothing else to do, plant a few fruit trees, and raise some chickens. Life is easy and carefree. Now in his thirties, he looks back on the past and realizes it was part of a grand, sweeping picture of struggle made up of countless rural lives. 7.5kReads9.0Score778Shelves
- 81 A Cigarette 一支烟 I stood up and staggered toward the exit. I struggled to push away each person who came to help me. I didn't take the elevator. Step by step, I climbed the stairs to the rooftop. When I pushed open the rooftop door, a hint of late autumn's cool breeze brushed my face. The light was so bright that I had to squint. I could clearly see her. Across the rooftop stood a long-haired girl. She said, “Could I have a cigarette?” If you're willing, I'll love you forever. If you're not, I'll choose to pine 89Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Foolish Mother 傻娘 My father was dead, my mother had gone mad. The day I came home, I saw someone destroying it... 43.1kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
- 83 The Taste of Life 人间味道 This is a collection of short stories about family, friendship, love, and devotion to one's country. Life has no answer sheet; it is a journey. Every ordinary story celebrates the brilliant moments of ordinary people. My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 The Thorny Rose Blooms in Silence 带刺的玫瑰静悄悄地开 A beautiful young woman from a remote mountain village goes through several relationships and gradually grows stronger and braver, becoming a rose with thorns. Determined to seize control of her fate, she works tirelessly and perseveres until she finally puts down roots in the city, where she also meets the love of her life. The successive deaths of loved ones and the hardships of life help her mature, and by middle age, she has finally built a remarkable life. 64Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 85 I Held It In for Thirty Years, Until My Daughter Said, 'Dad, You Should Leave' 我忍了三十年，直到女儿说：爸，你走吧 I Endured for Thirty Years, Until My Daughter Said, "Dad, You Should Go" 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Middle Age 人到中年 My wife cheated on me, my brother turned against me, and at thirty, I hit the lowest point of my life! When money is at stake, everyone shows their true, ugly faces. Betrayed by family and confronted with the greed of friends, I was pushed into an abyss of despair by countless grasping hands. I had no choice but to struggle back to my feet and reach for the sunshine that belonged to me! 3.1kReads8.7Score381Shelves
- 87 A Dream of Fragrant Colors 香色撩人梦 There are no good people or bad people in this world. There are only the awakened and the unawakened. A select few are born twice! Once when their bodies are born, and once when their souls awaken… Only fools are truly alive… 108Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 88 The Village's Eccentric Little Miracle Doctor 山村妖孽小神医 [Countryside + Divine Doctor + Building Wealth + Feel-Good Story] Original titles: The Wicked Little Divine Doctor of the Mountain Village, The Country Woman His elder brother died unexpectedly, leaving behind a sweet, pitiful sister-in-law and a pair of boy-girl twins… After five years in the military, Dong Fei returned to his hometown, Yemao Village, a poverty-stricken village known far and wide. Under his leadership, the villagers gradually found their way to prosperity. 2.3kReads9.2Score290Shelves
- 89 Debts of the Lustful Sea 欲海孽债 Desire is half angel, half devil. Jian Ting is a police officer not yet thirty. Loyal and righteous, he dares to take responsibility for his actions. He has repeatedly distinguished himself in major cases involving stolen cultural relics and corruption in Hedong. In just three years, he has made a remarkable leap forward in his career. In a world awash with materialism and rampant selfishness, cause and effect always catch up with you. Debts must be repaid! The truth behind the cases is shrouded 1.9kReads7.5Score175Shelves
- 90 A Wife’s Heart Is a Sea of Sorrow 娇妻心似海之沉沦 A middle-aged man’s marital crisis. A torn stocking in the bathroom shatters Chen Fan’s happy life. Has his young, beautiful wife, Wang Bingyu, really betrayed him? Seeing the bald man standing beside his wife in a photo, Chen Fan decides to take furious revenge, only to fall into another carefully laid trap of hers... 281Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 91 My Beautiful Girlfriend in Dongguan 东莞漂亮女友 #Multiple Heroines #Illustrated #Rags-to-Riches Comeback #Mature Women #Jianghu Thrills #Streetwise Romance #Urban Love, Body and Soul In a village in Guangdong Province in the 1990s, Liu Zhenhui, a naive young man who has failed his college entrance exams, hits rock bottom. By chance, he glimpses the hidden charms of the stunning Sister Fang, who shamelessly teases him and gets him all worked up. Just as a scandal erupts in the village, he and his childhood friend set off for Dongguan in the de 1.6kReads—Score111Shelves
- 92 A Ridiculous Romance 荒唐情缘 This is a story about what happens to a man after his divorce. It feels very true to life, so reading it is bound to stir up some thoughts. Is it good? Is it bad? Either way, it feels incredibly real. ...The factory suddenly lost power, so everyone got a day off. Chen Yong came straight home without telling his wife... And that’s where the story begins... 4.6kReads9.1Score569Shelves
- 93 Spring Evil 春邪 Qin Tian worked diligently and kept his head down, but his female superior constantly made things difficult for him. With no connections to protect him, he was eventually made a scapegoat. At that moment, the resentment he had suppressed for years finally erupted. He swore he would climb to the top and become someone important. 230Reads7.6Score103Shelves
- 94 Us in Xiangyang Lane 向阳里的我们 [#Real life, #warm neighborhood stories, #healing family bonds, #raising a child and turning life around] Delivery worker Wang Xiaojun had a pain he couldn't put into words: his six-year-old son Xiaobao lived in his own world, like a star. One moment of carelessness nearly resulted in Xiaobao getting lost, sending the entire Xingfuli residential community into chaos. The incident tore open the cracks in Wang Xiaojun and his wife Li Xiujuan's strained marriage, while also revealing the troubles 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 A Man's Life 男人活着 From the moment he entered the working world, Yang Zheng embarked on a relentless pursuit of wealth. Amid the tides of the times, a man's grit and perseverance carry him forward through the abyss, undaunted by wind and rain. 12kReads9.1Score996Shelves
- 96 Love Between Two Generations: An Inescapable Bond 两代情之逃不出的羁绊 A bloody maelstrom was set in motion by a marriage swap in the late 1980s. One bride died, and the other fled. The humiliation Hua'er endured on her wedding night is enough to make anyone blush with shame, while the hardships Zijun faced as she fled her marriage are deeply moving. Though the story is named for two generations, it is really about three generations and the sweeping changes in their views on love, marriage, and life. It also shows China's tremendous economic boom and the profound s 5.4kReads9.0Score741Shelves
- 97 Jiang Xiaohua 姜晓花 In the bitter winter of 1976, Jiang Xiaohua was sixteen. Her family had almost nothing; her father was gravely ill, her mother weak-willed, and her younger brother still a child. Desperate for food, she was forced into a bride swap and nearly sold off, struggling on the brink of life and death before finally marrying into the Chen family, the most quarrelsome and favoritism-ridden family around. Her sisters-in-law ostracized her, her mother-in-law mistreated her, her husband stumbled, her childr 866Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The Female Village Chief's Closest Confidant 女村书的贴身红人 Mu Chenfeng looked at the poor little mountain village where he had been raised and vowed to lead everyone there out of poverty and toward prosperity. His ideal was beautiful, but reality was a blade. See how he transforms this backward little village into the greatest village in the world... 7.4kReads9.2Score1kShelves
- 99 I Became a Billionaire with Jianying: Everyone in My Village Is Worth Ten Billion 我靠剪映成首富：全村人均一百亿 [Farming to Build Wealth + Developing the Village + Transforming His Hometown] Xu Guan is framed and faces a prison sentence, but then he gains the ability to modify the genes of plants and animals. First, he grows fast-maturing vegetables, making quick money and helping the villagers escape poverty. Then he raises fast-growing fish, complaining when they gain less than a hundred pounds in a year. He plants coconut trees in the temperate zone, bringing tropical scenery to the borderlands. His he 595Reads7.2Score111Shelves
- 100 The Village's Divine Doctor 村山神医 What will happen when a fool lives in the simple, honest village of Qingshan? Especially when the fool gains medical skills. Zhang Tiezhu was once a simpleton, but then he became a miracle doctor. 409Reads8.9Score104Shelves
