Novels like I Found a Diary Full of Regrets
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- 1 Reborn in 1996: My Money-Making Schemes Are a Little Wild 重生1996，搞钱路子有点野 This reborn man will stop at nothing to make money. He even became an internationally wanted fugitive for a time. Some say he's a swindler and a cheat who commits every kind of evil, and that shooting him ten times wouldn't be enough. Others say he single-handedly drove the country's comprehensive development, earning himself a place in the history books... 17.6kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves
- 2 A Medical Doctor Transmigrates into a Poor Family and Takes on the Ming Dynasty Exams 医学博士穿越寒门，勇闯大明科举 A clinical medicine PhD from a prestigious university finds himself in the tenth year of the Hongzhi reign of the Ming Dynasty, reborn as a poor scholar in Huguang. His grandmother and mother are widows. His two older brothers are ambitious but want everything for nothing, yet neither can find a wife. His younger sister is a scheming girl who devotes herself to scraping together her own dowry. For Shen Qing, his expertise is completely out of place, and all his studies are useless here. The only 1.2kReads7.1Score102Shelves
- 3 The Imperial Exams: Even a Farmer’s Son Can Rise to the Highest Ranks 科举：农家子也能笔落朱紫 (Born into the body of a newborn; no System; alternate history) First the imperial exams, then court intrigue. He began his studies at seven, but didn't pass the metropolitan exam as a second-tier jinshi until he was thirty-three. Thanks to an unexpected opportunity, he stayed in the capital for a government post. Before he could make a name for himself in the capital, the opportunity he'd seized fell through. He had just arranged for his eldest daughter to marry a colleague's son when he was ab 1.2kReads6.2Score103Shelves
- 4 The Years of My Struggle 我的奋斗年代 An accident gave Lin Sen memories of parts of his own future. As he explored these memories and watched reality change around him, Lin Sen, who had only wanted to live out his life in peace, somehow rose to heights he had never dreamed he could reach. 3.4kReads8.2Score231Shelves
- 5 Hong Kong Island, 1981 港岛1981 Following a fellow villager who worked as a snakehead, they slipped into the water under cover of night. The river was icy cold, making them tremble all over, but no one dared make a sound. Across the water, orange lights shimmered dimly through the mist, like ghost fires from another world. There was no one on the shore. By the time they crawled out, their legs were weak. Soaked to the skin and gasping for breath, they looked like fish hauled onto land. The British Hong Kong government announce 27.1kReads7.3Score2.5kShelves
- 6 In the 1980s, an Old Man Leaves the Siheyuan to Win Olympic Gold for Hong Kong 八零，老头从四合院赴港奥运夺冠 [The rating only came out a few months ago. It should rise in a few years.] Hong Kong, the entertainment industry, archery, boxing, competitions, Olympic champions, destined to become the richest man. The story of an old geezer who flees a courtyard home for Hong Kong from the start, builds his fortune through archery, and thrives in Hong Kong and the West. A story about a story. Only the protagonist has a golden finger. The protagonist uses his golden finger to train in martial arts that exist 6.7kReads6.8Score348Shelves
- 7 Starting with the Expeditionary Army's Cannon Fodder Regiment 从远征军炮灰团开始 A chance to make up for the regrets of the War of Resistance. The fighting in Europe didn’t last long enough, so let’s make it drag on a little longer. We can’t let the whole world suffer while we’re the only ones who get the short end of the stick. Only by throwing the enemy into chaos can we find an opening. An unconventional path to development for a small, sparsely populated nation. 3.7kReads6.9Score222Shelves
- 8 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Zhang Ergou's Cultivation Chronicles 凡人修仙：张二狗修仙记 [Cultivation, martial arts, multiple female leads] A classic fantasy with a slow burn and a captivating story. It follows Zhang Ergou, who accidentally eats an old black dog that has become a spirit, and sets out on the path of cultivation. 3.7kReads8.8Score365Shelves
- 9 Transmigrating as Fang Zhongyong, Face-Slapping Wang Anshi! 穿越方仲永，打脸王安石！ Wang Anshi made his name as a young man with his timeless essay, “On Zhong Yong,” burying his fellow townsman and contemporary Fang Zhongyong so thoroughly that he couldn't crawl back out for a thousand years. “Wait, is he crazy? Ancient writers usually used the past to comment on the present. They should at least wait until the person's dead before passing judgment! Who passes judgment on someone who's still alive? What did he do to you?” Fang Zhongyong transmigrates into this world, only to ha 24.9kReads7.9Score2.2kShelves
- 10 The Green Satchel Medical Text: A Divine Doctor in the City 青囊医书之都市医仙 In a materialistic society, people resort to any means to fight over their own interests. The book's rich knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine is its greatest draw. What you see may not be the truth. People live behind masks, and only when those masks come off do you see how appalling things are beneath the glamorous surface. The person you trust most can hurt you the deepest. And those you look down on, or feel are beneath your company, may be the very people who help you the most. Human n 24.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves
- 11 Reborn in 2010: Father of the Mobile Internet 重生2010之移动互联网之父 One moment he was asleep; the next, he discovered he’d gone back to his senior year of high school, just as the mobile internet was about to take off in 2010! Since he had been reborn, he’d do something truly earth-shattering: build his own mobile internet empire and trample every business empire in the world beneath his feet! 49Reads6.7Score100Shelves
- 12 The Fake Warlord 冒牌军阀 A modern military academy graduate transmigrates to another world’s pale blue planet, assumes the identity of a centurion, and flees for his life while taking in deserters. By impersonating various officials, he gradually builds a superpower and rises to the pinnacle of life... 564Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 13 Reborn into My Golden Age 重生我的黄金时代 An ordinary engineer suddenly finds himself back after the college entrance exams, following a short nap during an overtime shift. Having failed to get into the university he wanted in his previous life, this time he doesn't dare get carried away. He diligently reaches for the best he can manage, embarking on his second life in a whole new way and encountering wave after wave of challenges... 119Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 14 Reborn in Tianjin, 1997 重生津门1997 Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! No tired old tropes, no melodrama, and chapters already in the bank. See how Han Chao gets a second chance at life and protects everything around him. You say he has no money? No problem: open a Sony theater, fight crickets, and sell technology. You say that’s not fast enough? Then I’ll just have to unleash a big move! The plot is carefully researched, and many of the events are based on things that really happened to people around the author. Every word is ty 17kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
- 15 The Leisurely Life After Financial Freedom 财富自由后的悠闲生活 [No System + Urban Entrepreneurship + Traditional] In the spring of 2010, Lu Dalang, a senior at an agricultural university, was about to graduate. His girlfriend, Qian Mei, wanted to return to her hometown, where her parents had already arranged a job for her and she had familiar connections. Lu Dalang, determined to pursue his own future, angrily headed to the provincial capital. His girlfriend left him with one condition: “Buy a house, and come get me so we can live in the provincial capital. 3.9kReads8.2Score146Shelves
- 16 Inventor of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋发明家 (Historical) (Transmigration) (No System) (Inventory Space) (Spring and Autumn and Warring States period) (Farming) A bolt of lightning split two worlds apart. Mu Lei, the least favored illegitimate son of low status in the state of Xing, was struck by lightning at the age of five. His mother died a tragic death, and he was thrown into a silkworm house to fend for himself. No one knew that from that day on, whenever he fell asleep at night, he would transmigrate to the modern world three thous 789Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 17 Reborn as a Thoroughly Ordinary Man 重生之我是大俗人 (No AI, entirely handwritten.) Before being reborn, Feng Yu was an ordinary vulgar man. After being reborn, Feng Yu was even more vulgar. Successful men wear watches. Mature men wear a “hand card.” Let the past blow away on the wind. In this life, Feng Yu was going to make money, get foot massages, enjoy a massage… and live it up for once! … Note: The book contains many unusual details, all drawn from the author’s personal experience or things they have seen firsthand. Just enjoy the story, and 60.5kReads8.2Score4kShelves
- 18 Building a Business Empire, Starting with an Internet Cafe 从网吧开始打造商业帝国 Reborn in 1998, he builds an internet empire and creates a global conglomerate. In the internet age, Lin Yu starts out in an internet cafe. He develops chat software, video and music platforms, builds a closed-loop e-commerce ecosystem, and monopolizes online traffic. In the mobile age, he creates smartphones, develops his own operating system, and launches ride-hailing and food delivery services, crushing the competition with a technological leap. In the age of intelligence, he branches into 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Reborn: A Ruthless Rise from Poverty 重生寒门逆袭全靠狠 Xu Dazhi was a humble man from a poor family, and he spent most of his life getting nowhere. He never expected to be reborn by chance. With a new life ahead of him, shouldn’t he make the most of it? Making money and turning his life around should be a piece of cake! He never wants to go back to the cowardly life he led before. In this world, starting with nothing and trying to make a good life for yourself means you have to be ruthless! 214Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 20 Reborn in 1999: I Won't Be a Doormat Anymore 重生99年：我不想再当老实人了 [No System] The protagonist earns his money through hard work and the abilities he developed in his previous life. It doesn’t simply fall from the sky, and he spends it wisely rather than recklessly. [Multiple Women] The protagonist is an ordinary man. He won’t actively try to have two relationships at once, but he doesn’t want to leave regrets in his life again, either. Even if these women are only passing through his life, they will still be beautiful parts of his memories. [The Protagonist’s 5.8kReads8.2Score273Shelves
- 21 War of Resistance: I Didn't Transmigrate for Nothing If I Don't Kill a Million Japs 抗战：不杀百万头鬼子不白穿越了 He transmigrated by accident, and the Japanese invaders were running rampant. What could Liu Wu do? History showed him the way. Establish a base! Develop farming and build up the military industry! Take down the collaborators, kill the Japanese, and crack down on the landlords. Finally: “College student, from now on, you are in command of the entire division's artillery.” The college student: “Prepare for eight-round rapid fire! Wipe out the Japanese! Fire deep into enemy territory! Fire!” The f 236Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 22 Reborn: The Entrepreneurial Life 重生之创业人生 Early 2003. Taobao had yet to be founded, Xiaomi was nowhere to be seen, housing prices were still within reach, and every industry was thriving... With memories of the future, Chen Ping returned to 2003, a year when gold seemed to lie everywhere. 129Reads6.8Score106Shelves
- 23 I Brought a Billion Home and Now I'm Lying Flat 我带着十个亿，回老家躺平了 At twenty-eight, Lin Chen hits rock bottom in a single day. His company lays him off, his girlfriend of three years dumps him for being broke, then turns around and gets into a rich second-generation heir’s BMW. Even his landlord throws his belongings out of the rental apartment in the middle of the night. Just as he’s at the end of his rope, a bank text suddenly pops up: [1,000,000,000.00 yuan has been deposited into your account] To hell with 996! To hell with buying a house or a car! Lin Chen 79kReads6.4Score2.3kShelves
- 24 Reborn in 2010: I Kept a Low Profile and Became the World's Richest Man 重生2010，我苟成了世界首富 Urban rebirth + business strategy + financial investment + tech startups + showbiz + an intelligent protagonist Reborn in 2010, Ye Feng uses his ability to predict the future to make money during the World Cup... Well, he doesn't make a fortune from the World Cup, but he earns enough to get started. He uses the big money to get in with influential people! That year: Bitcoin was still unknown to most people, Tesla had just gone public, food delivery was only beginning to take shape, and even the 4.5kReads7.3Score244Shelves
- 25 Reborn at Eighteen, I Really Just Want to Make Money 重生十八，我真的只想搞钱啊 (Reborn as a food-delivery app developer, no System, multiple female leads, everyday life, entrepreneurship, an entertainment-industry storyline, with illustrations) After an accident, Lin Shuchen wakes up as an eighteen-year-old boy. After spending more than a decade as a programmer in his previous life, he doesn't want to work for someone else this time around. Starting with an inconspicuous food-ordering mini-program, he visits restaurants, builds the system, takes on group catering, and trie 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Financial Freedom: You Get Why I Keep My Head Down at Work, Right? 财务自由，苟在单位能理解吧？ It's best to check the almanac every morning. Most days have things that are auspicious and things that aren't, and Li Wen has paid special attention to this ever since he was reborn. For a young man with plenty of life experience, what does he want most? Riding the waves of business, chasing trends, indulging in a life of luxury... or making all the flowers wither when his own blooms? Forget it! Staying at the small company he's worked hard at for over a decade, watching it grow from small to b 70.9kReads8.6Score4.7kShelves
- 27 A Record of Raising a Good Dog 修勾驯养实录 [Modern Rebirth] [Realistic] [Niche Culture] [Multiple Heroines] The story of one man and several women. The plot has a nice balance of tension and relaxation. Take your time and enjoy! 16kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 28 Reborn, Yet Still Unable to Resist 重生，依然无法抗拒 [A solemn statement from the author] This is a fictional work set in a bygone era. All characters and events are artistic inventions. Any portrayals of historical figures or events are imaginative, entertainment-oriented speculation based on publicly available information, and do not constitute factual statements. They have no connection to any real people or events. Please do not assume otherwise. 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Heading South at the Turn of the Millennium: Rolling Coins 千禧南下：翻滚的钢镚 During the rainy season of the millennium, torrential rain poured down on Ruili. Bai Hao and his group sped along National Highway 556 in a four-wheel-drive Toyota Prado, relying on their off-roader’s powerful performance to plow through the terrible road conditions. As they drove past the embankment in Leiyun Village, they came across Burmese border residents moving supplies across the border. They learned that it was legitimate border trade. The group stopped to watch, unaware that danger was 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Fortune Strikes: I Won Fifty Million in the Lottery 幸运来临：彩票中了五千万 With college graduation just around the corner, good fortune came knocking. Thanks to a lucky coin he found, Wang Keshu, a country boy, won a fifty-million-yuan lottery jackpot after buying a ticket as a side hustle. His fate changed, and life became colorful, lively, and full of flavor. So how would Wang Ke, now blessed with good luck, plan his life, meet his true love, enjoy himself, and watch the money roll in…? In old age, Wang Ke stood by the sea, looking at the lucky coin in his hand, and 18.9kReads7.7Score899Shelves
- 31 Reborn to Start a Business? I Need to Date, Too 重生创业？恋爱也要谈谈啊 [No System + slow burn + entrepreneurship + industry + internet] Su Yi wakes up one morning back in 2007, at the dawn of China’s economic boom. Starting with a tiny shop, he acquires McDonald’s and KFC, invests in internet businesses, and gets ahead of the curve in a range of industries. He builds a business empire and a powerful network of connections, making his mark in restaurants, the internet, new energy, hotels, automobiles, and more. When he ventures overseas to go public, he faces a sieg 16.8kReads7.9Score991Shelves
- 32 Reborn, Yet You’re Holding the Campus Belle’s White Stockings? 重生了，你却拿着校花的白丝袜？ With the white socks from your first love at eighteen in your hands, how are you, a middle-aged man, supposed to explain yourself... Reborn, reborn, reborn, and this is what you do with your second chance? [Urban Rebirth]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [College Campus]+ [Realistic Entrepreneurship]+ [Steady Growth]+ [Overseas Storyline] Jiang Feng, a research director at a fund company and a graduate of a prestigious university, wakes up one night back in 2009, before the college entrance exams. So wha 227Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Reborn as an Internet Cafe Owner: Lying Flat and Enjoying Life! 重生网吧老板，躺平享受生活！ [Reborn] [Lie Flat] [Enjoying Life] [Business] [Behind-the-Scenes Powerhouse] After Jiang He died from overwork, he was reborn in 2003 and became the owner of an internet café. Thinking of how miserably he had died in his previous life, Jiang He was still shaken. Given a second chance at life, Jiang He didn’t want to be shackled by work anymore. He chose to lie flat and enjoy life instead. To make his lie-flat dream come true, Jiang He decided to train people to do the work for him while he hid 38Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 34 After Wandering into a Village of Women, I Became the Hope of the Whole Village 误入女村后，我成了全村的希望 During a hiking trip, Han Hao fell into an underground village of women cut off from the outside world. A group of women who had never left the mountains clung to Han Hao as their only hope, doing everything they could to make him stay. At first, he thought he had simply stumbled into a dead end. But the longer he stayed, the more he realized something was wrong with the village. If he wanted to survive, he had to escape... 1.8kReads—Score179Shelves
- 35 The Tycoon Game: The Beautiful CEO Chose Me 富豪游戏：美女总裁选中我 Yang Li was chosen by a beautiful CEO, given ten million, and invited to take part in a life-or-death game. Six players, each with ten million. After one year, whoever has the most assets gets to live. 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I’m a Courier in Beiyang 我在北洋当骑手 Chen Mo, a delivery rider, races into the path of a car on a stormy night over a five-yuan-and-two-fen “on-time guarantee” order. When he opens his eyes again, it’s 1903, and he’s become “Zhang the Lumpy,” the most hated man in a bandit den in western Liaoning: the young Zhang Zuolin. Facing a chaotic world, a brutal leader, and fellow bandits who only know how to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, Chen Mo clutches the twenty-three copper coins he has left and falls into deep thought. Eve 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Reborn in 2013: Building a Business Empire 重生2013打造商业帝国 A CCTV Finance host interviewed Chen Bin of Dongfeng Group. “Mr. Chen, as an outstanding Party member, distinguished entrepreneur, and investor, did you ever imagine you’d one day found such an enormous corporate empire?” “No. I’m not interested in money. I just wanted to run a small business and do something practical,” Chen Bin said earnestly with a shrug. “Dongfeng Food Delivery becoming the undisputed leader was completely unexpected. I only wanted to make life more convenient. I never imagi 5.4kReads7.4Score254Shelves
- 38 Reborn in 1991: This Time, I'm Becoming a Doctor 重生91，这次我要做医生 Liu Xiaochuan dives into the water to save someone, then drowns and unexpectedly comes back reborn in his high school days. He earns his first fortune with stock subscription certificates. Knowing he has no talent for business, he only wants to dabble in stocks and buy a few houses, quietly make a fortune, do good deeds without drawing attention, fulfill his dream of studying medicine from his previous life, and live a life without regrets! 11.9kReads8.7Score913Shelves
- 39 My Work Diary in the City 都市之我的打工日记 System novel, one female lead, focused on family life He stumbled upon a die. He rolled it. Congratulations! You’ve earned an eightfold bonus on today’s income! He rolled again. Congratulations! You’ve received a worker’s skill set! Boosted by luck: Mine for top-grade jade, or fish for top-grade seafood! Ever heard of anyone escaping a midlife crisis by playing aeroplane chess? 1.9kReads8.1Score102Shelves
- 40 I Became a Billionaire, but They Sent Me to a Mental Hospital 成了亿万富翁，我却被送进精神病 In the early 1980s, Dugu Feng's father lost his iron rice bowl, and the family was so poor they could barely put food on the table. With no other choice, Dugu Feng gritted his teeth and took his whole family out to do backbreaking labor, starting by taking on the small construction jobs no one else wanted from contractors. He was an honest man who never cut corners, and his work was excellent. Little by little, he made a name for himself in the trade. From a small-time contractor to founding a 253Reads7.7Score124Shelves
- 41 My Heaven-Defying Kidney-Tonifying System 我的逆天补肾系统 Han Gao's life hit rock bottom. His marriage was over, and so was his dignity. Just then, a mysterious delivery arrived at his door: an unremarkable thermos. From that moment on, he began quietly growing stronger... 1.7kReads6.3Score103Shelves
- 42 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen 我在深圳打工那些年 Two AI comic adaptations of this book are already online, and a third is in production. In 1997, I was 17, carrying 300 yuan as I left my hometown in Hunan and headed south to Shenzhen alone. With no skills and no temporary residence permit, I was chased by security patrols, turned away by factories, left hungry, and forced to spend nights hiding in a cemetery. I went from a penniless kid to a sewing-machine operator at a handbag factory, then seized the opportunities of the times, opened a shop 18.6kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
- 43 Global Capitalist: I Became the Richest Man Starting in College 全球资本家：从大学开始当首富 Urban rebirth + business strategy + financial investment + tech entrepreneurship + showbiz + a sharp-minded protagonist Reborn in 2014, Ye Feng gets rear-ended by superstar Yang Mi, giving him his first fortune and setting him on the path to becoming a global capitalist! That year: Domestic smartphone makers were just getting started; the food delivery industry was ablaze with competition; the ride-hailing market was rife with fierce rivalry; short-video giants were mired in copyright crises. Th 100Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 44 Daily Intel: I Get the Aloof Landlady Under My Thumb from the Start 每日情报：开局拿捏高冷女房东 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is my motivation to write, and I will strive to tell every story well! 8.4kReads6.4Score642Shelves
- 45 Reborn: You Keep Grinding, I'll Take It Easy 重生：你们卷，我躺赢 Period setting + no System + one female lead + chips + lithography machines + smartphones + Bitcoin + new energy vehicles + game development + esports + internet + AI + data services + real estate + business warfare + face-slapping Reborn in 2008, he had only a few hundred yuan in his pocket. That year, Bitcoin was still worth less than a cent, Jensen Huang was still selling graphics cards, no one knew what AI was, the mobile gaming market was a blue ocean, the golden decade for real estate had 682Reads7.0Score220Shelves
- 46 Reborn in 2000: The Road to Becoming a Real Estate Mogul Worth Trillions 重生2000，万亿地产大亨之路 Yi Wangxi spent his whole life in real estate, working in many roles and eventually becoming the city general manager of a property group. But his personality cost him many opportunities to advance. In the end, he led an unremarkable life and died full of regret. On the brink of death, overwhelmed by reluctance and remorse, he drew his last breath. Then, as a streak of lightning flashed across the sky, a thunderclap jolted him awake. December 2000, Gangxia Village, Pengcheng. Yi Wangxi opens his 152Reads5.9Score124Shelves
- 47 I Bought a House and a Car by Writing Novels in the Nineties 我靠写小说买房买车【九零】 “I’ve been reborn, back in the summer break of elementary school in 1998...” In her previous life, she never had a boyfriend, not even by the time she was twenty-seven. She drifted through every day in a daze and had even recently lost her job. Then one day, she woke up reborn. She was going to do everything she’d never done before. ① Write a hit novel, sell the screen rights, and become a famous author. ② Buy property ahead of time and become a landlady with a hundred apartments. ③ Find a hands 3.8kReads8.2Score304Shelves
- 48 Return to 1992: The Business Tycoon 重返1992之商业大亨 [Slow start] After refusing to embezzle public funds, Qin Minghao was framed for falsifying the books and fired on the spot! Crushed by one setback after another, he went astray, turning to petty theft, drinking, and gambling. Then, on that rainy night, he lost the woman and daughter he loved… Fortunately, fate gave him a chance to be reborn, sending him back to this era. This time, Qin Minghao swore he would stand tall like a man, rise to the top of the world, and command the winds and clouds w 4.6kReads8.7Score431Shelves
- 49 Reborn in 2005: The Leisurely Life of Financial Freedom 重生2005财务自由的悠闲生活 At 38, Chen Lei was reborn on July 1, 2005, during his first-year summer break at Daqing Petroleum Institute. Armed with memories of the secrets to wealth and the experience of a lifetime, he rewrote his fate of poverty and made up for the regrets he carried in his family, friendships, and love. 13Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 50 The Cooling Era: My Factory Connects to Absolute Zero 冷却时代，我的工厂联接绝对零度 A hardware workshop owner fishes a cold, black box out of the river, and his life is changed forever. With his astonishing cooling technology, he can effortlessly slice through divine weapons with a kitchen knife he made by hand. Starting from a single hardware workshop, he tempers peerless materials and forges an industrial legend. This is a story about temperature and resilience. When metal cools, it is reborn. The same is true of people. 215.7kReads8.5Score20.4kShelves
