Novels like The King of Britain
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The King of Britain, best match first.
- 51 The Poisonous Outsider: Ouyang Ke's Counterattack to Conquer America 异世小毒物：欧阳克逆斩美利坚 [Kill Line] + [Multiple Heroines] + [First Person] + [Weak System] + [The Legend of the Condor Heroes Fanfiction] I believe in indulging human desire, and this place is full of beauties. I believe in being supreme above all, and here there are no moral constraints. I love the freedom and thrills of the jianghu, and this is a lawless land teeming with rival gangs. I have inherited a body of poisonous arts, and here there are resources in endless supply. This world is the paradise I’ve always drea 750Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Reborn: Making Money Is the Right Way 重生，搞钱才是正道 [Business and stocks] [Period] [No System] [Campus entrepreneurship] [Revenge] [Lighthearted comedy] The protagonist, Chen Ze, is reborn in 2010, just after the college entrance exams. He confesses to the goddess he’s pursued for three years, only to be rejected. In a fit of anger, he cuts ties with her. She asks him to pursue her for another two years, but he refuses outright, saying, “I’ve lost interest in romance. Making money is the only fun in my life.” Next, he borrows from loan sharks and 5.5kReads7.8Score286Shelves
- 53 Building Umbrella PMC: The Security Council’s Sixth Permanent Member 组建保护伞PMC，安理会第六常 Chen Ge, a soldier in his previous life, died a heroic death and transmigrated to a parallel world. He had planned to become a star on the strength of his stunning good looks, but couldn’t stomach the unspoken rules, so he took a job as a security guard at an entertainment company. As luck would have it, one of the company’s actresses was kidnapped overseas. The golden finger every transmigrator needs awakened, binding him to a Multiverse Network where he could recruit military talent and purcha 281Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 54 The Empire Returns: My 1915 帝国再临：我的1915 A history student unexpectedly transmigrates as Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in 1915, with World War I raging all around him. He swiftly halts the disastrous submarine campaign, pushes for a technological revolution in tanks and aircraft, deftly drives a wedge between the Entente powers, and secretly funds the spark of revolution in Russia. From breaking the deadlock on the Eastern Front to unleashing a steel tide on the Western Front, from court intrigue to covert diplomatic struggles, he leads 191Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 55 Reborn: Hualong Invades the World, Starting with Mining 重生：华龙入侵全球从开矿开始 Xiao Yao is reborn in 1997, just as the mining industry begins to take off in northern China. With greedy outsiders eyeing his family’s property, he starts by selling bowls, then secures a gold mine, moves into iron ore, and establishes Hualong Mining, driving his enemies to the brink of ruin. The vast wealth of information from the future becomes his winning edge as he rises. Before anyone notices, he becomes the world’s largest investor. He invests in the internet giants, the Two Ma, ahead of 6.6kReads8.5Score360Shelves
- 56 Reborn as the World's Richest Man 重生之世界首富 On their wedding day, his mother-in-law suddenly demanded another 100,000 yuan in bride price. Seeing this, Song Ning, reborn, turned around and walked away. “I’m not going through with this wedding.” 328Reads7.5Score183Shelves
- 57 Reborn: From the Start, I Shorted Crude Oil and Reaped Wall Street 重生：开局做空原油，收割华尔街 [Wits and strategy + ambitious antihero + ruthless decisiveness + takes off after five chapters] (The original title is Reborn in 1980: Treasure Hunting in Hong Kong. The other titles are promotional names.) In 1980, Lin Xiaohu heard that Hong Kong was paved with gold, so he crossed the Pearl River to hunt for treasure! Starting out as a street thug, Lin Xiaohu climbs the ranks step by step and builds Hong Kong’s largest transnational crime syndicate. But then he discovers that the woman he trus 4.1kReads8.8Score198Shelves
- 58 The Rise of a Small Nation: Building East Africa’s Strongest Country 小国崛起：打造东非第一强国 [No System + Growing GDP + War + Ruthless + Cunning] Lucas is my name, but I prefer people to call me Comrade. These are Lucas’s words. Being reborn meant starting in hell. Lucas had only two choices. Die, or surrender! This frail young man, whom people called an idiot, needed just twenty years to turn a poor country into Africa’s brightest jewel. 4.7kReads7.6Score278Shelves
- 59 From the Start, I Executed the Eagle Sauce Envoy, and the Rabbit Told Me to Calm Down 开局处决鹰酱特使，兔子劝我冷静 Chen Fan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the crown prince of a small country in the northern Middle East. Having already lost most of his territory, he is called upon in a crisis to negotiate peace. Faced with an aggressive Eagle Sauce envoy, “Ding! Quest initiating. Please choose!” “Option one: Publicly execute the Eagle Sauce envoy.” “Reward: 10,000 Hatred Points and 100 million dollars.” “Option two: Surrender and abdicate.” “Reward: 10 million dollars.” Chen Fan: “Do I even hav 5kReads7.9Score450Shelves
- 60 Middle Eastern Emperor: Starting as a Pinduoduo Arms Dealer 中东皇帝，从拼夕夕军火商开始 His parents are both dead, his 18-year-old sister is back home, and he's on a battlefield in the Middle East! When Li Mo, from Earth, transmigrates to a parallel world, he finds himself in an utterly disastrous situation and completely loses it. Then, at that very moment, the Pinduoduo System arrives! Facing the military version of the Pinduoduo System, even a disastrous start is no problem. Li Mo: “No 999, no 998! Just 99!!!” A brand-new AK for only 99! Just as Li Mo's weapons business is boomi 4.8kReads6.4Score350Shelves
- 61 I Know a Little Feng Shui: A Warlord’s Road to Dictatorship 略懂风水，军阀的独裁之路 Cao Zheng opened his eyes and found himself in a world governed by feng shui and fortune. In this world, if your ancestors were buried in a good spot, the emperor might come knocking at your door this year. Short on money? Move your great-grandfather's grave. Want to become an official? Move your great-great-grandfather's grave. Want to become emperor? Move your great-great-great-grandfather's grave. In short, as long as you can find a place with good feng shui, most of the problems you'll encou 149Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 What Do You Mean, War Profiteer? I Won a Peace Prize 什么战争贩子？我可是和平奖得主 47Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 63 Welcome to 19th-Century Europe, Where Strength Reigns Supreme 欢迎来到实力至上的19世纪欧洲 [Otherworld + Character development + Healing + Farming + A New European Order] Amid the upheavals of the nineteenth century, royal power gradually declined, while liberalism began to rise… 724Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 64 Reborn: I Become a Financial Tycoon Starting With the College Entrance Exam 重生：从高考开始当金融大亨 [Finance + Technology + Mobile Internet + Business Empire + Getting Rich] Reborn in 2009, I’d be letting my second chance go to waste if I didn’t become a world-class big shot! Step one: study hard, become the top scorer, and get into a good school. The scholarship will be my first pot of gold, and my future college classmates will be invaluable connections! Step two: use my advantage as someone reborn to steal other people’s ideas and leave them with nowhere to go. I just didn’t mean to take th 781Reads7.0Score104Shelves
- 65 France, 1794 法兰西1794 A glorious tale of struggle after transmigrating into a minor German nobleman during the French Revolution and the Directory. “His Excellency Andrew, the great and glorious, arrived in his beloved Paris in 1794.” 956Reads8.9Score104Shelves
- 66 Reborn in 1991: From the Start, I Empty the Campus Beauty's Savings 重生91年：开局掏空校花小金库 Lin Sheng, once a gifted prodigy with a reserved personality and a failed life, was reborn in 1991. He emptied the campus belle's secret savings to buy Feile shares, sold them all at their peak, then bought stock subscription warrants at a low price. After earning his first fortune, he moved into the big investors' room and became the youngest major investor in Shanghai, known as President Sheng. He wouldn't just trade stocks. He would also build businesses, invest in football, break into the fi 414Reads7.7Score143Shelves
- 67 When Day Breaks, We Won’t Need a Lighthouse Anymore 天亮了，就不需要灯塔了 On Blue Star, in the Dragon Kingdom, a supergiant or internet empire seems to emerge about once every ten years, dominating one or more fields. After the Penguin Empire, Ali Empire, and TikTok Empire have established themselves, what kind of legend will the next empire's rise bring? Which fields might give birth to this new empire, or could it open up entirely new ones? [Internet + technology + culture + capital + industry] No cheats or immature technology. From an entirely new platform for conn 450Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 68 Reborn in 1975: Everyone Who Calls Me an Idiot Is a Bigger Idiot 重生七五：叫我傻子的都是大傻子 This book was originally titled Reborn in 1975: Everyone Who Calls Me an Idiot Is a Big Idiot. He came from 2025 to 1975 America, bringing not only memories of his previous life, but also the two pupils of Xuanyuan: his left pupil can contain all things, while his right can see through solid stone! He stirs up trouble all over the world while carving out a vast domain for himself... Pure power fantasy. Don’t read if that’s not your thing! 149Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 69 Reborn in America: Starting Out by Squeezing the Foreigners for Profit 重生米国：从割老外韭菜开始 Reborn in America by a twist of fate, Su Jie becomes an online celebrity and reinvents himself as a self-help guru. A crowd of foreigners sits before him: “So many employees betrayed me. Boom, I gave them a million dollars. I give every employee who betrays me a million. The ones who stay loyal will be worth hundreds of millions someday! Let me hear you clap!” “Yeah!” The foreigners in the audience applaud like crazy. There's nothing sweeter than fleecing foreigners! Watch Su Jie go from selling 37Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 70 I, the Cash King of Hong Kong, Reap the Island Nation from the Start! 我，港岛现金王，开局收割岛国！ Reborn in the 1980s, Lin Yaodong sold his property immediately and headed to the Bear country to trade bread, making a staggering 31 times his investment. In three years, he amassed ten billion rubles. In December 1989, Lin Yaodong brought five billion rubles to the Island country. He struck while they were down, sweeping up its light industries and reselling them to the Bear country for profits dozens of times over. Wall Street’s plan to prevent its assets from going bankrupt? Lin Yaodong would 9.9kReads8.7Score707Shelves
- 71 Reborn: Financial Empire 重生之金融帝国 Back to 2009, with a System to lend a hand. A slice-of-life story about stocks, futures, and business. This is the ultimate feel-good novel, though I'll do my best to keep it grounded and close to reality. Brothers, let's explore the real world of wealth together! 1.5kReads8.0Score100Shelves
- 72 Reborn: I Was Forced to Become the World's Richest Man 重生：我被逼成世界首富 (System + reborn + college freshman + multiple heroines + comedy + historical figures transmigrate) I’ve been reincarnated and reborn. It’d be a disservice to my country and its people not to stir things up! You say traditional Chinese medicine is inferior to Western medicine? I invented a full range of cancer drugs and made 900 billion dollars worldwide in three months. You say China’s technology is behind? I’ll order a ban on exports of lithography machines, 2-nanometer chips, super hydrogen- 18.4kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
- 73 Becoming King of the World Starts with Acquiring Task Force 141 世界之王从获得141特遣队开始 (Partly set in the Call of Duty universe, combined with various films and TV franchises. Later, the protagonist will transmigrate to other worlds and fight for supremacy.) By a twist of fate, Bai Yu transmigrates to Blue Star, a world very much like Earth. He also unexpectedly acquires a golden finger, and from the start, the 141st Task Force pledges its loyalty to him. Bai Yu will gradually build a power that is invincible across the world. 10.4kReads8.5Score709Shelves
- 74 I’m the Only Esper, and I’m Building a Supernatural Organization 我，唯一异能者，缔造超凡组织 If you had the power to alter other people’s fates, what would you do? My name is Li Xiao. I was reborn with the power to alter fate. I can help people turn their futures around and make up for their regrets. Before I arrived, there was nothing supernatural in this world. After I arrived, wings that blotted out the sky spread across the stars, and a supernatural organization that controls the world was quietly born. 80Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 75 Reborn During the Stock Market Crash: Don't Panic, It's No Big Deal 重生股灾爆仓时？不要慌问题不大 (Urban slice of life + rebirth + finance + making money + no System or golden finger) Lin Yiming worked hard for half his life, yet achieved nothing. He couldn't afford a home or the bride price... An accident gave him the chance to start over. But when he got another life, he found himself back at the moment the stock market crashed and his account was wiped out. He was starting out in debt? Now that he was reborn, there was no need to panic. It was no big deal. This time, he would start by goi 1.9kReads6.9Score106Shelves
- 76 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 110Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 77 Hearing My Reborn Son's Thoughts as We Build a Nation in Nanyang 听见重生儿子的心声在南洋建国 My son is reborn!!! And I can hear his thoughts??? Uh… uh… First, let’s seize a foothold overseas and establish a country. “Dad, you’ve already done everything. What am I supposed to do now?” … 162Reads8.8Score104Shelves
- 78 Reborn in Hong Kong, Building a World-Class Financial Empire 重生香江，打造世界顶级财阀 [Business Wars + Tycoon Fantasy + Building a Financial Dynasty] Reborn in 1970s Hong Kong, with millions in family assets inherited from the start. Short stocks, trade gold, enter real estate, and establish an international security company. Watch as Zhang Qing transforms a minor family into a world-class conglomerate spanning Asia, Europe, and the Americas, with businesses in finance, real estate, media, energy, communications, luxury goods, the internet, the military industry, and much more! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Rejected After Confessing to the Campus Beauty, I Became an Arms Dealer 表白校花被拒后，我成了军火大商 Ten years ago, Yang Shuya, the campus belle whom Chu Ran had pursued since childhood, rejected him because he was too poor. After he was reborn, the same thing happened all over again. But this time, I, Chu Ran, am going to live for myself, and for the person I love. Sorry, campus belle, but I choose my own beloved Fang Xihe! At the same time, Chu Ran stumbled upon an arms-trading forum and awakened the Super Arms System. From the start, he sold five million dollars’ worth of weapons. Soon, all 283Reads7.4Score133Shelves
- 80 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
- 81 Korea! From Commoner to Chaebol 韩国！从平民到财阀 Reborn in South Korea in 1992, am I supposed to become a wage slave in the future? No way! Samsung, Hyundai, LG: I’ll crush them all! One person is all it takes to enjoy the life of a chaebol! I refuse to share… [Chaebol] [Business Battles] [Showbiz] [Harem] 4.5kReads6.8Score177Shelves
- 82 Business Trip to Africa: Working by Day, Fighting by Night? 出差非洲：白天打工，晚上打仗？ As a field employee for a Chinese tech company in Africa, Lin Xiao gets selected for the variety show “The 360 Professions.” He thinks it’ll just be a dull livestream of his daily routine at the factory, but after work, he’s unexpectedly captured by a warlord! Since he’s from China, they treat him well. In the spirit of Chinese friendliness, Lin Xiao casually gives the warlord chief a few strategies. Asked, “How do I defeat the enemy?” “Warfare is based on deception. So when able, appear unable; 2.4kReads8.8Score119Shelves
- 83 Britannia 不列颠尼亚 At the end of the Victorian era, the most glorious and most decadent period of the Sun Never Sets Empire, Arthur opened his eyes as a transmigrator. At the time, the British Empire seemed secure on its throne as the world's hegemon, its territories spanning the globe. Yet this colossal power was already riddled with internal crises, and the countdown to its collapse had quietly begun. Abroad, the rising powers of Germany and America posed an imminent challenge. At home, bureaucratic corruption 1.6kReads8.4Score102Shelves
- 84 Hollywood, 1990: I Am the Money 美娱1990：我即是资本 I woke up to find myself back in 1990, the golden age. Lin Chen, a ghost from the future, quietly set foot in Los Angeles. It all began with a shocking underdog victory in a championship boxing match at the Tokyo Dome. A name that should have gone unnoticed was destined to resound across the world. He was Hollywood's prophet. When no one else could see the vision, he personally worked the miracle of Forrest Gump, saved the sinking Titanic, and brought the bespectacled boy wizard from Britain to 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 My Years of Struggle in Soviet Russia 我在苏俄奋斗那些年 A transmigrated soul wanders through the Soviet Union of the 1940s. Beneath a uniform of the NKVD, how many stories lie hidden... 11.2kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 86 Reborn in 2008: Making a Trillion in Seconds and Rising in Hong Kong 重生08，秒赚千亿崛起香江 The 2008 financial crisis hits. That year, real estate prices on the mainland soar! The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong plunges! Qin Fei gets another chance at life. Seizing the moment, he rides the wave, all for the sake of changing his sister's fate. In his past life, he trampled over countless corpses to amass a fortune of hundreds of billions of dollars! This time, he can do even better. No one can stop him from making money. Rising to prominence in Hong Kong, he turns the tide, invests in Beis 8.3kReads6.9Score461Shelves
- 87 Reborn: From 1997 to the World's Richest Man! 重生：从1997到世界首富！ He wakes up in 1997, back in his university days, and is forced to inherit the family business from the start? Huang Bufan says: “Sounds pretty good! I'll just take everyone else's path and leave them with nowhere to go!” Snatch opportunities right from under the noses of international speculators and strike back at them? Become Hong Kong's youngest billionaire? With the advantage of knowing what's coming, accidentally become the richest person in the world? Huang Bufan: “I want to keep a low pr 86Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 88 Hong Kong Crossover: My Boss, Sister Thirteen 港综：我的大佬十三妹 Jiang Lai transmigrates to the world of Hong Kong movies in the 1980s. He becomes a low-ranking member of the Hung Hing gang, working under the Thirteenth Sister. He activates his golden finger and obtains a sign-in System. From the start, he gets mastery of the Eight Extremes Fist and the Iron Shirt technique. (The synopsis isn't doing this story justice. Read the main text!!!) “Crow, I actually admire you. I'll give you a chance. Do you want to live or die?” As the Hung Hing and East Star gang 9.4kReads8.3Score290Shelves
- 89 Reborn in 2006: Building a Super Conglomerate 重生2006，创建超级财团 [Finance + internet + energy + technology] An Xin had spent more than a decade in the capital markets. After a wild party, he inexplicably found himself reborn in 2006! He takes every step with care, builds a solid foundation, and plans for the long term, eventually creating a super-conglomerate. [The focus is on delivering both excitement and a story that follows the basic logic of everyday life and how capital works.] 14.8kReads8.7Score981Shelves
- 90 Reborn in America: Cultivating the Dao 重生美利坚修真 Wei Heping was given his name by his grandfather, who hoped for world peace and an end to war. But he did not live up to it. He took part in battles between guilds, wars between nations, and clashes between sects in the cultivation world. Wherever Wei Heping went, there was no peace. In the end, he was killed in a sect war and reborn in America, just after a guild war. 19kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
- 91 I Have a Home in the Far East 我在远东有个家 She farms, herds cattle and sheep, and goes hunting with local specialties when she has time. She keeps a few Siberian big cats and giant hamsters. What a carefree life! The Far East: a magical land that seems desolate and, in truth, is desolate. His story begins here… 4.2kReads9.0Score277Shelves
- 92 Reborn in America: Going Undercover at the Federal Reserve 重生美利坚：我在美联储当卧底 [Financial undercover agent + multiple heroines + overseas setting] On the day Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, Lu Chen watched his account shrink by 40% from the trading room and thought about jumping out the window. But he held on. Long enough to become a star trader. Long enough to earn an annual salary of eight million. And to learn secrets he never should have known. The secret of how Wall Street systematically manipulates global commodities. The secret of how those five investment banks join 242Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Transmigrate to 1985: Rake in the Wealth of the World on Wall Street 穿越1985华尔街收割全世界 (Financial warfare) (The battle for human nature) (The mastermind behind the scenes) (Historical analysis) How does Wall Street plunder the stock market? How do capital markets launch leveraged buyouts? Why did Japan's economic bubble burst overnight? What gave Soros the nerve to short the pound? What really happened during the Asian financial crisis? How did the United States shift the burden of the 2008 financial crisis and save the system? Reborn on Wall Street in 1985, Chen Xiao uses his mem 46.4kReads8.6Score3.8kShelves
- 94 In 1970, I Reached the Pinnacle of Power in America 1970我在漂亮国问鼎权利巅峰 A 21st-century self-help guru is transported to 1970s America. With his golden finger and gift for public speaking, he makes a stunning comeback! The media call him a “heroic governor” and a “national hero.” The people call him “the people's governor.” His opponents call him an incubus, a virus. He is the governor of Pennsylvania, the sun of the Keystone State, wielding its military, political, and legislative powers all in one. You can call him the King of Pennsylvania! 130.5kReads8.9Score11.4kShelves
- 95 The Beautiful Boss Regretted It So Much She Cried 美女老板悔哭了 [This book has been adapted into the short drama The Beautiful Boss Cried Herself Regretful. Interested readers are welcome to check it out.] “Help me succeed in business, and I’ll date you!” Faced with this promise from the woman of his dreams, scientific genius Lu Hong gave up the chance to study abroad after graduating from college. But after working himself to the bone for over a decade to take the company public, he discovered that her promises of love and stock options had both been a sham 153Reads8.7Score112Shelves
- 96 Period: Reborn in Singapore for a Life of Pleasure 年代：重生新加坡开始快活人生 Reborn in 2000, Lin Yue went to Singapore to work. He relied on wealthy Nanyang ladies to earn his first fortune, then used his shrewdness to stir up the winds of change across Southeast Asia... He pooled resources and built his foundation on industry. After ten years of honing his craft, he led a team of beautiful women from across the world to conquer key fields, including automobile manufacturing, high-precision lithography machines, power batteries, and global financial risk management. From 13kReads7.1Score858Shelves
- 97 I Became a Chief in Africa 我在非洲当酋长 After graduating from college, Xiao Peng got a job with a mining group and joined the company’s exploration team in Eritrea, a country in North Africa. By chance, he rescued the daughter of a local tribal chief. In gratitude, the chief made him the chief of the Hajisan tribe. It sounded like a wonderful place, but little did he know that his territory lay in the Danakil Desert. The locals still mainly traded through barter, and there was no water, electricity, or internet. More importantly, his 5.9kReads8.3Score556Shelves
- 98 Hawthorn L's Sixth Book 山楂L的第6本书 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows motivate me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 6kReads7.2Score314Shelves
- 99 Reborn: I Set Traps for the Capitalists at Every Turn 重生：我一路给资本做局 A private equity fund manager was lured into a trap and murdered, only to be reborn as a college student in 1995. Taking advantage of a brief stock market boom, he quickly got his start and changed his family's fortunes. His path to revenge began. His enemies had been billionaires in his previous life, with astonishing connections. He could only plan every move carefully and build up his strength. Gradually, he became known in investment circles as a genius. Years later, he was a top investor an 9.2kReads8.4Score647Shelves
- 100 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
