Novels like Burning Passion
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Burning Passion, best match first.
- 151 The Dust of Mortal Life 尘事 This book chronicles a family across a hundred years. An illiterate country woman is forced to abandon her newborn child, then wanders from place to place amid the chaos of a turbulent era, struggling to survive in the cracks. Told as a work of documentary fiction, this story depicts the joys and sorrows of several generations of an ordinary family, bringing a long-buried past to light. Let posterity decide who was right and who was wrong! 1.9kReads8.9Score175Shelves
- 152 A Popular Romance of Tang History 唐史通俗演义 [An introductory history, a comprehensive history of the Tang Dynasty, a chaptered historical novel, accessible true stories, heroes of the Sui and Tang] Want to learn the complete history of the Tang Dynasty without poring over dry history books? This Popular Romance of the Tang Dynasty is perfect for beginners. Written in an accessible blend of classical and vernacular Chinese, its hundred chapters connect the story of the Li Tang dynasty from beginning to end. Follow the chaos at the end of t 51Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 153 My Husband Cheated, So I Swapped Husbands with His Mistress to Change Our Fates 老公出轨，我和小三换夫改命 A new novel currently being serialized, with its rating just posted! [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Period setting + remarriage + devoted husband + marriage first, love later] [Some ensemble cast elements] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [Realistic everyday life] In the height of summer in 1977, Xu Nan, a temporary worker at a machinery factory, caught her husband, Cheng Peng, having an affair with Liang Yan Min, an employee at the same factory. To protect his reputation and prospects, Cheng 17.2kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
- 154 Pillars of the Nation: A Century of Chinese Business Rivalries, Parts One and Two 国之重器：百年中国商战传奇（上下部） [Grand historical saga + Self-Strengthening Movement + coastal and frontier defense + Sino-French War + China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company] The late Qing business world is rocked by turbulent waves, and a tycoon of his generation turns the tide! See how pioneers of industry build an economic Great Wall in the face of despair! In the final years of the Qing dynasty, Western powers force the Qing government to open treaty ports, while Western steamships monopolize China's shipping. Chinese 201Reads9.6Score—Shelves
- 155 Oh No, My Online Girlfriend Is My CEO Sister 完蛋，网恋对象是我的总裁姐姐 Three years ago, Ji Fan faked his death in a game because he was about to take the college entrance exams. Three years later, after being cheated on by a gold-digger, Ji Fan logged into the game again on a whim. To his surprise, his online big sister was still waiting for him. “Baby, I knew you weren’t dead. I’m so glad.” “Baby, I missed you so much. Please don’t leave me, okay?” “Baby, let’s meet in person.” Under the fierce advances of the clingy older woman, Ji Fan fell for her all over again 4.9kReads7.4Score472Shelves
- 156 Forty and Bewildered: A Single Mother and a Shattered Elite 四十有惑：单亲妈妈与破碎精英 At forty, all that remains of his life is a countdown. With a promise to meet again at seventy, she tries to bring light to his shattered world. Shi Xiaoran, a divorced mother, discovers on her first day at her new job that her boss is a “monster”: he gives her lessons, assigns her homework, and treats her as his successor. Only later does she learn that this elite managing director, whom his subordinates call “Jiang the Butcher,” is trapped by a fortune told twenty-two years ago. Paroxetine is —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Piercing Through Time: The Old Era, Stealing Fire, No Return 刺穿异时光：旧纪元，盗火，无归 Earth is dead. From the Solar System to Laniakea, this corner of the universe has finally found peace. Lin Qi’s legendary life begins in its final ten chapters. Only then will his little universe erupt. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 The Rise and Fall of Boss Fan 范老板的沉浮人生 This story follows 1980s entrepreneur Fan Chenhui through the ups and downs of the business world in Shenzhen. It explores real-world issues including financial crises, family conflicts, workplace rivalries, and tangled relationships, portraying human nature and the changes of the times in vivid detail. 119Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 159 Bloodshed Brothers and the Woman with a Gun 喋血兄弟和带枪的女人 To love one person is fidelity. To love two is cheating. To love three is a tangled affair... To be loved by one person is happiness. To be loved by two is anxiety. To be loved by three is a disaster... 1.3kReads7.1Score129Shelves
- 160 A Common Man’s Reborn Years 平凡人的重生岁月 [Everyday Urban Life + Campus Youth + Making Up for Regrets + Believable Logic] A portrayal of youth as it really was: no posturing, no face-slapping. This is simply the everyday life of an ordinary person after being reborn. People remain consistent; being reborn doesn't suddenly make someone all-powerful. Their old flaws are still there. They simply get to live their lives over again with their memories and life experience intact. Everyone has a limit to how far they can go, so if you're looki 4.4kReads6.2Score172Shelves
- 161 A Depressed Person's Soliloquy 抑郁者的独白 An inner monologue from someone living with depression. Just as her life was about to wither away, the will to live drove her to break free with all her strength from the invisible chains holding her back. Suddenly, she understood that there are many ways to live. This book can also be seen as the author's own journey of redemption and healing through a life on the road. It also introduces the scenery and local culture of the places she visited. 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 Wen Tianxiang, the Great Song’s Lone Loyalist 大宋孤忠文天祥 As the Southern Song teeters on the brink, its lands lie shattered beneath the ravages of the Yuan army. The Loyal Son of the Great Song: Wen Tianxiang tells the tumultuous story of Wen Tianxiang’s life. He excelled in the imperial examinations at a young age and was determined to serve his country. Though faced with corruption at court, he never wavered from his original ideals. When the Yuan army advanced, he stepped forward, gave away his entire fortune to recruit volunteer troops, and went t 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 Xu Fei's Wild Life 徐飞的浪荡人生 Just after the Lunar New Year, Xu Fei returns with a simple pack to the small northern city where he was born and raised, after three years away. He'd planned to find any wife and settle down to an ordinary life, but fate has other plans. He is pushed onto a path unlike any other, and begins a life far from ordinary. 787Reads6.7Score111Shelves
- 164 A 200,000-Yuan Bride Price to Marry a Construction Worker 二十万彩礼，嫁给工地男 [The rating has only just opened and will rise] [Dowry Controversy] + [A Marriage Full of Misery] + [Multiple Male Leads] + [A Tense Push and Pull] + [Desperate, Obsessive Love] (Not reborn, not transmigrated, no golden finger) After more than six years of working, He Sui still hadn't paid off her online loans. Instead, her debt kept growing. Every New Year, her father nagged her about getting married until she was numb to it. Finally, He Sui steeled herself and got married. She had her own litt 117Reads8.1Score109Shelves
- 165 Four Beauties of the Bureau 机关四美图 In the cafeteria of a government office in a small county town, amid the idle gossip over tea and meals, they were labeled as failures: divorced, raising children alone, and stumbling through the mire of life. They rebuilt order amid the wreckage and became their own shelter through every storm. Beneath the lamplight late at night, they soothed their children to sleep while planning the next day's schedule. Before the morning alarm rang, breakfast was already prepared. They were no longer anyon 100Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 166 Rural Chronicle 乡村纪实 The little details of life, all those everyday moments, come together to paint a picture of a changing countryside. Generation after generation pursues its dreams, working hard in the mountain valleys. They make it through the winter, then the hills turn green in spring. Summer crops blanket the mountains, and autumn is always a season of joy. 212Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 167 The Texas Underworld 德州江湖 A tale of hooligans in Dezhou, Shandong, China? No. A tale of gangsters in Texas, USA? No. Texas hold 'em? Getting warmer. There are no miraculous gambling skills, no tense showdowns at the poker table, and no underdog comeback story. All there is is a poker table and the assortment of people around it: cops, businessmen, spies, brothers, high-ranking officials, lovers, and lowlifes. The worlds of money, power, loyalty, and love are all deadly. They aren't gambling on cards. They're gambling on 343Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 Neither Wolf nor Blood 非狼非血 Neither Wolf nor Blood 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 The Dongguan Years 东莞岁月 Set in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this novel tells the story of migrant workers represented by a group of young men and women from the countryside in southwestern Henan. It paints a sweeping picture of their arduous struggle to make a living in the unfamiliar city of Dongguan, vividly recreating the bitterness and sweetness, hardships and joys, love and heartbreak experienced by young factory workers during that fiery era. 2.2kReads7.7Score171Shelves
- 170 A Review of This Life 复盘今生 Wang Yuhan once had a happy family. He and his wife, Yu Meixia, were both teachers. They excelled at their jobs, had a son and a daughter, and were the envy of everyone. But then, one day, it all vanished. If you were the protagonist, how would you react? How would you face betrayal by the person you love and trust most? Drawing on a deep understanding of life, the author tells a moving, vivid story of love and loss, life and death, and tangled passions in plain, flowing prose. The story also ra 750Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 171 Sunken in the Deep: My Boyfriend Hides the Stars 深海沉舟：我的男友藏着星辰 [Strong, Tragic CEO vs. Self-Reliant Streamer] [Underworld and Lawful World + Revenge for Family and Country + Happy Ending + Both Leads Are Chaste + Sweet Romance + Secret Identities] [Shen Yuzhou: "Zi'er, may I have my meal tonight?" She suddenly understood the implication in his words, and her face flushed all the way to her ears.] He is the orphaned son of a fallen hero from a family of naval officers. From the day his family took him back 252Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 172 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score255Shelves
- 173 A Woman from a Poor Family 寒门女人 (Family melodrama + romance + revenge) Bai Xue's birth brought her mother untold hardship. Crushed by feudal beliefs, she and her mother struggled just to breathe, hoping to escape that man's clutches as soon as they could. Overwhelmed with grief, she could no longer face the love her boyfriend gave her. Every day was agony, and the hatred in her heart drove her to swear she would find the man who had violated her and make him pay. Will she find him? What will become of her and her boyfriend? R 2.2kReads9.0Score264Shelves
- 174 His Insatiable Desire, Her Ordeal 他的欲壑，她的劫难 Shen Yu risked her life to give birth to a son. Seven years later, Qiao Feng still cheated on her. Shen Yu’s best friend, Du Xiaoyun, had gradually found peace of mind in her sexless marriage. She asked Shen Yu, who had decisively divorced: If that woman hadn’t seduced him, would he have betrayed your marriage? He would. Why? Because he has no principles… A person with no principles when it comes to marriage will never be faithful to it. Does marriage require fidelity? It does. Getting married 2kReads8.1Score154Shelves
- 175 The Iron Throne Company 铁王座公司 Iron Throne Corporation 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 Ten Years of Marriage: Only Now Do I Understand My Wife 结婚十年：才明白妻子那点事 Zhang Xixi works late into the night and comes home drunk. Ye Feng discovers that she is wearing… Was she cheating, or was there another reason? As Ye Feng investigates, he discovers something astonishing about his wife during their ten years of marriage…! 1.9kReads—Score115Shelves
- 177 Tales of Nanyang’s Old Town 南阳老城往事 Memories of a bizarre and absurd era, somewhere in the 1980s and 1990s. A girl vanishes into thin air; two murders over a pair of corneas, with a condemned woman repaying her debt at the execution ground; a thousand-year-old pottery shard traps a rich heir for life; a murder in a narrow alley shrouded in mystery; a disfigured old man fishes for ghosts by the river; a family’s secret history spanning half a century... These stories offer more than an eerie atmosphere. They focus on the suffering, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 The Sinkhole Buyer 天坑买手 Miao Tian, a purchasing specialist at a real estate group, is sent to Mountain City on an urgent assignment. Thus begins a tumultuous, high-stakes battle in the real estate business. How will he face the deception, the ambushes, and the relentless pursuit? How will he emerge from the fog and be reborn through the flames? This book gradually unfolds a sweeping portrait of the real estate underworld. Remember: If you can't live the way you want, in the end you'll have to convince yourself to want 112Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 179 A Temporary Romance at the Factory 工厂的临时爱情 Work + Romance + Plot + A Large Supporting Cast Xu Yanhui, a young man from a rural village who has just left the army, comes to the city alone to find work. By chance, he meets his fellow villager Duan Li, who introduces him to a job at a textile factory. There, he witnesses and experiences the joys and sorrows, warmth and cruelty of the lives of working women. Set in the 1990s, this story uses simple prose to tell the stories of ordinary migrant workers. I hope you enjoy it. 12.9kReads8.6Score971Shelves
- 180 Travel the World in a Custom Camper Van 自改房车行天下 [This book isn’t really a novel. More accurately, it’s a travelogue based on the author’s real experiences, chronicling the entire journey along National Highway 219 by car. If you enjoy traveling, come take a look.] What’s the most important thing about going out for fun? Of course, you have to get out there! What does traveling mean? Some say that traveling ten thousand miles is better than reading ten thousand books. Hu Yonggang believes that the meaning of travel is something you have to dis 1.3kReads9.5Score165Shelves
- 181 My Man Cheated with My Best Friend, and Now He’s Desperate to Win Me Back 男人出轨闺蜜，我转身他追疯了 My Man Cheated with My Best Friend. I Walked Away, and Now He’s Desperate to Get Me Back 275Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 300 Days of Survival Against the Odds 绝境求生300天 During the fifth campaign of the Korean War, the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army’s 180th Division is trapped with no way out. Liang Baoqing, an operations officer on a regiment’s staff, leads a small breakout squad and cleverly escapes behind enemy lines. There, they attack enemy supply convoys and arm themselves with captured weapons. They blow up trains and bridges, fight desperately against an elite American special operations unit, and battle the enemy in the freezing snow, struggling to sur 70.1kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves
- 183 Making Money on the Side! 捞偏门！ [After graduating from college, I went from a shady fortune-teller to a political fixer] This book pulls back the curtain on political fixers, giving you an in-depth look at the scams hidden from view in both the underworld and the corridors of power. “Do you think officials are all fools? They know I’m a con artist. They just happen to need a con artist like me to do things for them.” 10.3kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
- 184 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
- 185 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 2000: From Paper Seller to CEO in Three Years 2000：卖纸大专生三年成总裁 In 2000, Jiang Yanzhou, a penniless drifter in Beijing, built Xin Gan Xian from the ground up by selling printer paper and supplies. A formidable rival, Ji Ke Gou, wielded its capital to crush him, launching price wars, playing tricks on customers, and applying pressure from every direction. Time and again, Jiang was pushed to the brink. He broke through one obstacle after another by focusing on service and building a supply chain. His counterattack in the court of public opinion gained momentum —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 The Wildflowers of the Battlefield Bloom All the Brighter 战地黄花分外香 Don’t judge it by the rating alone! The story runs from the April 12 counterrevolutionary massacre in the Republic of China era to the founding of New China! The male lead lives three lives in one. He’ll take you into the tangled world of the Republic of China: is he a “nail” planted by the Communist Party, a “poison fang” of the Kuomintang, or an elite agent of Japan’s Tokko? How can he survive between three shifting powers and turn one victory into another? Watch Guo Heyu in action! This work 31Reads5.8Score109Shelves
- 188 A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼 [Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life... 98Reads6.2Score112Shelves
- 189 Who Awakes First from the Great Dream: 0202 大梦谁先觉：0202 At the start of the Gengzi year, disaster fell from the sky. A reporter who claimed to come from a “civilized country” looked down on this “barbaric land” mired in calamity. He was given to sneering and distorting the truth, making no effort to hide his biting sarcasm. His words laid bare his arrogance and contempt. He turned a blind eye to the locals’ suffering and cared nothing for the harm his remarks caused them. In his eyes, they were no more than ants struggling to survive. Yet no one expe 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 Digital Consciousness 数字意识体 In 2055, Earth's resources are nearly exhausted. Humanity has established a permanent base on the Moon, and its Mars colonization program has just begun. Then, the discovery of a “super-Earth” 3,000 light-years away ignites humanity's last hope. Lin Mo is a man who died thirty years ago. His consciousness was uploaded to a quantum server, making him one of the first “digital dead.” Thirty years later, he is awakened, only to find himself trapped in a cold metal box: no body, no sense of touch, o 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 Learning Physics with Tomatoes 跟着番茄学物理 Want to embark on a mind-bending and thrilling adventure in pursuit of knowledge? The story begins with Xiao Rui, a flippant student who hates studying. By chance, he is struck by an idea presented in the program Starry Night Exploration. The show goes beyond the surface of traditional myths to delve into their deeper meaning, suggesting that myths may have been the ancients’ unique way of exploring the unknown. This instantly inspires everyone to reconsider the myths they thought they knew. As 274Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 The Way of Heaven Is Strong 天行健 In his early thirties, he was betrayed by his wife and left his hometown in a rage. After enduring the hardships of survival and facing the harsh realities of society, he made a comeback and became a legendary business magnate. Through countless rises and falls, love and heartbreak, he ultimately became a king who could shape the course of the world. 13.2kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 193 Tracking the Black Zone 黑域追踪 A sweeping crime thriller about combating organized crime. All stories in this book are fictionalized adaptations of real cases and events. Names and places have been changed; any similarities are purely coincidental. A cold case has been pursued for ten years, and at last the gray sky screen over Linjiang is torn open. The corrupt empire collapses, and the protectors behind it fall from power. Detective Zheng Xiaotian wins the battle, yet chooses to leave the front line. His departure tells eve 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 A Blood-Red Chess Game in Shanghai 上海滩血色之棋局 This novel is dedicated to the heroes who risked their lives on the hidden front during the War of Resistance Against Japan, fighting for the liberation of their country and people. The story follows its two protagonists, Shen Donglin and Su Yingxue. Shen Donglin is an agent for our Party, operating undercover at No. 76. Su Yingxue is an agent for our Party undercover within the Military Statistics Bureau, as well as an international anti-fascist operative. After enduring countless trials of lif 1kReads—Score106Shelves
- 195 Dongguan, Dongguan: The Blossoming '90s 东莞，东莞，90繁花年代 This story is based on real life. One day, Er Gou said mysteriously to Li Minghui, “Ah Hui, did you know? I heard a new Taizi Bathhouse opened nearby. They say it offers a service imported from Thailand.” The story follows a protagonist who turns his fortunes around in the electronics business of the Pearl River Delta. In 1990s Dongguan, KTVs, nightclubs, and bathhouses offered a different kind of splendor. There were also pure-hearted romances between migrant workers over beef brisket rice nood 980Reads8.2Score102Shelves
- 196 Middle Age, and My Marriage Is an Empty Shell 人到中年，婚姻只剩空壳 From innocent young love to an unexpected pregnancy before marriage, she blundered into a marriage she’d never truly wanted. Before the wedding, her mother-in-law schemed constantly and was stingy, refusing to give even a penny in bride price. From the moment she entered the family home, she felt wronged and began to harbor resentment. After the wedding, her husband proved to be a complete mama’s boy: mediocre, unambitious, and incapable of taking responsibility. He did whatever his mother told 3.4kReads—Score169Shelves
- 197 Silver Flame and the Wrong Magic Address Office 银焰与错误魔法地址办公室 Silver Flame and the Office of Incorrect Magical Addresses 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 Random Notes from the Western Capital 西京杂记 The Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital is an ancient collection of anecdotes about Chang'an, the capital of the Western Han dynasty. It was traditionally attributed to Liu Xin of the Western Han, though later accounts generally credited Ge Hong of the Jin dynasty with compiling it. In six volumes, it gathers court lore, stories about famous figures, local customs and traditions, ingenious crafts, and folk legends from the Han dynasty. Its contents are wide-ranging, and its prose is sim 42Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 199 The Bronze Statue and the Stake 铜像与火刑柱 The Bronze Statue and the Stake 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 A Woman Named Chunxiu 一个叫春秀的女人 [Period drama + everyday family life + marriage + building a career + personal growth] I married a state-owned enterprise worker, and after years of trying, I finally had a son. Then, just as my husband was sent to prison, my mother-in-law branded me a bringer of bad luck and threw me out of the house. Qiu Yue, widowed and bullied, and Wang Feng, tormented by domestic abuse, shared my fate. The three of us hard-done-by women joined forces, working, doing business, and opening a factory. We neede 9kReads8.0Score768Shelves
