Novels like This Is a Mad World
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as This Is a Mad World, best match first.
- 101 Skates Forward, Fearing Neither East nor West 冰刀向前，无问西东 [Figure skating + revenge between two powerful leads + tragic romance on the ice + sports competition + suspenseful twists] Figure-skating world champion Gu Xidong is the "Black Swan" of the rink. Three years ago, an "accident" left his partner bleeding on the ice, destroyed his left leg, and ruined his reputation. Everyone says Gu Xidong has gone mad, repeatedly hurling himself onto the ice at an abandoned rink until he's a broken mess. That is, until a woman named Ling Wuwen appears. She tosse 268Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 102 The Library in the Public Restroom 公厕里的图书馆 [Transmigration + System + myriad worlds in books + comedy + romance + cultivation + ruthless decisiveness + multiple genres + mixed themes] While everyone else writes novels on platforms, the protagonist writes novels in the library! And he writes his very first book! Chapter One: Thirty years east of the river, never bully a poor young man. Chapter Two: Thirty years east of the river, never bully a poor middle-aged man. Chapter Three: Thirty years east of the river, never bully a poor old man. 2.1kReads8.6Score20014d adds
- 103 After Staying Away from the Main Couple, This Side Character Found Happiness 远离男女主后，路人甲幸福了 A passerby, as the name suggests, is someone who plays little part in a story. Lu Manman never takes anything seriously. Her greatest hobbies are gossiping and watching accidents and commotions. But one day, she gets bound to a System called Passerby A... And she starts trying! Because in plots centered on the male and female leads, passerby characters are the first to get caught in the crossfire... Not every world has a couple, and some have no romance at all... 1.5kReads8.7Score10014d adds
- 104 I Just Pulled My Sister Out of the Washing Machine, and Now She's My Professor 刚把姐姐拔出洗衣机，她成我教授 [One female lead + sweet campus romance + older woman/younger man + charming contrast + good-for-nothing professor × all-around male student + mutual salvation] Ye Chuxiao pushed open the front door and heard the washing machine making a strange noise. He went over to take a look. A woman in a nightdress was stuck in the drum, her upper body wedged inside, with only her waist and two long legs sticking out. "Can you help pull me out?" Ye Chuxiao breathed a sigh of relief. Good, she was just a go 102Reads—Score30614d adds
- 105 All Bark, Weak Knees: The Unhinged Villain Is Hooked 嘴硬腿软，疯批反派被钓上瘾了 [Obsessive, Possessive Power Broker vs. Deliciously Pretty, High-Maintenance Softie] On her ninth transmigration into a book, Ruan Anning chooses the mission “get killed.” The moment she opens her eyes, she sees the unhinged villain who has killed her eight times already causing trouble. Ruan Anning immediately shouts, “Stop! If you’re going to kill him, you’ll have to kill me first!” (Come on, come on! Give me a stab! Please!) The villain puts away his knife and replies, “...As you command, You 2Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 106 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Has No Will to Survive 快穿之炮灰没有求生欲 [Finalist in the Fifth Migu Cup] Cannon-fodder characters in novels are always cruel, pathetic, and fake, there to make the male and female leads shine all the brighter. But when Wei Chu transmigrates into various cannon-fodder roles, a walking plot bug appears. [World 1: Doomsday Bestie and Useful Pawn] Stepmom Bestie No. 1: I don’t want to break up your family, but your dad and brother both love me. I thought it over and decided to become your stepmother. Book-Crossing Bestie No. 2: Sure, I ea 1.3kReads8.8Score13514d adds
- 107 The Story of Xu Sheng 许生的故事 Xu Sheng’s Story —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 I Farm the Hospital Like a Dungeon and Earn Coins to Support Mom 我把医院当副本刷，爆金币养阿妈 [Urban + light comedy + sweet romance + no System + family love + touching] [Outgoing female companion-care specialist vs. socially anxious male doctor] My name is Jiang Xiaoman, and I'm the best-looking companion-care specialist on this street. Today I landed a big job: Help an old man from the countryside get an appointment with Dr. Gu, the grim-faced “King of Hell.” I blocked the entrance half an hour early, but the old man promptly threw himself on the ground and threw a tantrum. Three m 5Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 109 Horror Street 恐怖街 [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Mind Games + Original Worldbuilding + Tight Logic + Ensemble Cast + Cthulhu Mythos + Every Mystery Gets Solved + High-IQ Characters] On Zhongshan Avenue, a dilapidated bus carrying eight passengers drove into a sinister place… The missing passengers’ relatives wept and wailed, but their cries were helplessly swallowed by the tide of the times… As the years passed, the case file eventually lost its validity and became an unsolved cold case. But one passenger was not 1Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 110 Escape from the Cube World 逃离魔方世界 An otherworldly tale, a transmigration story, an imaginative adventure, a Backrooms story, and a fantasy epic, with an enormous setting and a sweeping world. The author promises to flesh out every detail and fill in every plot hole. The male lead is neither a self-sacrificing saint nor cold-blooded. He’s an ordinary person who can tell right from wrong and good from evil, but he’s also steadfast and strong-willed. His golden finger is hardly overpowered; in fact, for much of the early story, he 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 In the Great Ming, Starting with Tofu 人在大明，从做豆腐开始 Wu Zishan, a medical master's graduate, transmigrated to the early Ming dynasty. At first, he only wanted to earn a few taels of silver to improve his life and, while he was at it, marry a beautiful wife. But a beauty pursued him with tearful pleas, and through a twist of fate he entered government service. He was promoted every few days and somehow became a major figure who stirred up the political landscape and changed history... 1.6kReads7.9Score12314d adds
- 112 Parasitic Supernatural Being: I Directed the Return of Horror 超凡寄生：我一手导演了恐怖复苏 Ghosts and gods roam everywhere; the human world is a living hell. This is a world visible only to Li Xiangyang: ghosts and gods lurking everywhere, terror following close behind, people disguising themselves with painstaking care, and ordinary folks who don’t understand and shun him... His predecessor took his own life in despair. But Li Xiangyang, who transmigrated here, is right at home. Holding a bug that just fell off his own body, he murmured, “I wonder which lucky soul will receive my gen 1.2kReads7.9Score10014d adds
- 113 The Perfect White Moonlight Returns to Court, and I’ll Gladly Accept All These Handsome Men 满级白月光还朝，美男我就笑纳了 [The rating is still new and will rise. Give it a try; it's absolutely worth the score!] [A heroine who wants to lie flat but also build an empire, 1vN + all the male leads are devoted to her + villa space + online shopping System + slow-paced slice of life + infrastructure development] After Qi Dai died, she discovered that she was the beloved woman of the Yi dynasty, the one who had ended a war just by saying the word. Returning to the Yi dynasty with a villa space and an online shopping Syste 154Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 114 After Becoming the Bystander Villainess Bullied at a Noble Academy 穿成贵族学院被霸凌的路人女配后 [Rivalry for the Male Lead + Noble Academy F4 + Taming Them Like Dogs + Transmigrate into a Book] Wan Kexin transmigrates into the novel The Daily Life of a Beloved Girl at an Elite Academy, becoming a nameless background character. In the original story, the heroine's fan club bullied her, and she died at the foot of a wall while trying to escape the academy. This time, Wan Kexin is determined to rewrite the fate of a background character. Bullied by the group that supports the original heroine 1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 115 I Became the Wicked Female Nth-Rate Character at an Elite Academy! 穿成贵族学院里的恶毒女N配！ 538Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 116 What's the Big Deal About a Few Skills? I'm the Real Heiress 我真千金会亿点点技能怎么了 [Metaphysics + beloved by everyone + real and fake heiresses + everyday life in a wealthy family] Su Liyue was the real heiress the Su family had just brought back. They had barely finished holding a banquet to welcome her when she held an engagement banquet with Lu Shilin, heir to one of Nancheng's most powerful families, leaving countless people stunned. Lu Shilin was a newly risen business genius and heir to one of Nancheng's top families. He had been plagued by bad luck since childhood, and 539Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 117 What? The Story Is Writing Itself 什么？有故事在自己书写 I’m a failed novelist, and the protagonist of my own story has threatened to kill me. To stay alive, I take up my keyboard to protect the world. But no matter how I revise things, the plot races toward destruction. Until I discover that even my “revisions” are just another part of the design. If I, a three-dimensional being, can’t fight the unseen hand from a higher dimension, then… what if I lower myself into two dimensions and become an anime character? (I’ll write more later, please be patien —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 I Don’t Want to Be the Protagonist 我不想当主角 I Don’t Want to Be the Protagonist 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 The Male War God I Wrote Turned into My Wife 笔下男武神性转成我老婆 [Gender Swap] [Xuanhuan] [Everyday Life] [Longevity] [Sweet Romance] A struggling author pulled an all-nighter to churn out chapters and died suddenly. His resentment over being single was so strong that he transmigrated along with the aloof male Martial God he had written into existence. Ye Wushuang stared at the handsome face reflected in the stream. After three seconds of silence, she turned to look at the bewildered man crouching nearby. “Did you do this on purpose?” Lin Mo: “...If I say no, 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Transmigration: Others Rob Tombs with Feng Shui, I Use Taoist Arts 穿越：别人盗墓用风水，我用道术 [Alternate world + tomb raiding + Classic of Mountains and Seas + one heroine + Taoist arts + sorcery + three realms] Li Si transmigrates to what he thinks is a parallel world, but the arrival of an archaeological team reveals a strange and fantastical realm. Demons are the fruits of a divine tree that reaches the heavens. Gods and fiends are the world’s source, emerging from Mount Buzhou. The God of Zhongshan created the Northern Sea Realm, while the Void God Realm kills deities. An archaeologi 5.1kReads7.4Score25714d adds
- 121 The Greatest Programmer in the Immortal Realm 仙界最牛程序员 Qin Yichen transmigrated into a fool from the start! Luckily, he was struck by lightning and awakened. His soul fused with the computer from his past life, unlocking all kinds of cheat abilities and turning him into a genius among geniuses in the world of cultivation. He easily mastered the three paths of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. “I just want to quietly read my storybooks. But if any of you insist on asking for trouble, we scholars know a thing or two about fighting!” “Amitabha. Trave 26Reads—Score314d adds
- 122 I Was Read Like a Book After Becoming the Background Beauty at an Elite School 穿成贵族学校背景板校花被读心了 [Elite school + transmigrate into a book + silly comedy + everyone's favorite + mind reading + unhinged antics + Mary Sue + so awkward you'll curl your toes] [Beautiful, scatterbrained background-character school belle * aloof, proud, highly intelligent big bad] Shi Ran transmigrates into an old-school Mary Sue novel, becoming the background-character school belle who is killed for her beauty. She gets a new lease on life, only to be greeted by a countdown to her death. Shi Ran: “What the hell?! 2.2kReads9.0Score27914d adds
- 123 I Went to an Elite School, Only to Find Even More Bad People 进贵族学校后发现还是坏人多 [Noble Academy + Everyone Falls for Her + Mary Sue] [Kind, resilient, ambitious heroine × morally bankrupt beasts] Howard University has a rigid hierarchy, and a deep divide separates scholarship students from the aristocracy. But after Wen Gu steps in to help someone in danger, her life veers off its intended course. “Wen Gu, only the privileged can afford to talk about morality. The lowborn should just focus on surviving. Noble? Do you really think you qualify?” “Ah Gu, I want to see if I 140Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 124 The Road to a New Era 新纪元之路 “You know, you and I are alike, and yet we’re different.” “You’re a warrior, and I’m a mage. How are we alike?” “We’re both highly talented and hardworking. Our fates are similar, too, and we’ve both loved women we couldn’t have.” “Oh? Then how are we different?” “Deep down, I’m a blazing fire in winter, while you’re ice that won’t melt in summer. There are some paths I may never be able to get past, but you can.” The two stared quietly at each other. Then, all at once, they fell silent... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Look All You Want, Just Don’t Click In! 你看就看，别点进来啊！ [Slow-Burn Healing / Metanarrative / Companionship / Reader Interaction] Why are you staring at the blurb? Honestly. Stop staring at me! You want a short title and a long main story. There’s nothing in the blurb, really. Um... Why are you still staring at the blurb...? There really is nothing else. And stop clicking around! (Author’s note: Unless something comes up, updates are every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. If you want to chat with her, start with a more recent chapter so you 1.2kReads—Score10714d adds
- 126 Who Goes to Another World with Their Little Sister?! 哪有和妹妹一起穿越异世界的呀！ (Just received a rating, and it’ll keep rising) [Everyday adventures + siscon + Konosuba-style comedy + Japanese-style Western fantasy + no System or golden finger] Why are my eyes always filled with tears? Is it because I don’t have any cheats? What do you mean rabbits are as common as stray dogs, and they eat people? What do you mean I have to box vegetables just to grow them? My sister has top-tier magical power, but no control whatsoever. Is she a glass cannon? My magic has top-tier versatil 195Reads8.1Score14214d adds
- 127 Awakened: I Refuse to Be a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead 觉醒之我不做炮灰女配 [Noble academy + cannon-fodder female supporting character + face-slapping and pursuit + multiple male leads] Jian Yu fell into a swimming pool and was bedridden with a fever for a week. After that, something about her changed. She lost interest in Xue Yiran, and then she discovered in a dream that she was just a lovesick supporting character in a book, deeply devoted to Xue Yiran. Once the heroine appeared, she became wicked and malicious, and eventually died without a body to bury. Jian Yu did 199Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 128 Red Spider Lily: Eternal Separation and Pursuit 彼岸花：永恒的分离与追寻 Red Spider Lily: Eternal Separation and Pursuit 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Deduction Contest: National Strategists Vs. the Mysterious Mole 推理大赛：诸国智囊VS神秘内鬼 [Mystery] [Humor] [Comedy and Deduction] In 2046, a globally televised “Deduction Tournament” kicks off. Twelve players from ten countries across six continents are “invited” to compete. All twelve are young masterminds with exceptional deductive skills. They’ll put their talents to the test, engage in battles of wits, and vie for the one and only title of champion. The events include Turtle Soup, Werewolf, murder-mystery roleplaying games, and more. However, two of the twelve competitors are un 123Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 130 The Ten Gods Fall to the Mortal Realm 十神坠凡 [The ratings just opened and are still climbing! Volume One has just concluded~] In ancient times, the Yin and Yang Gods established order in heaven and earth. They governed life and death, maintaining the balance of all things. Beneath them were the Ten Gods: Companion, Rob Wealth, Eating God, Hurting Officer, Indirect Wealth, Direct Wealth, Seven Killings, Direct Officer, Indirect Seal, and Direct Seal. Each had a role to play, governing the laws that set the world in motion. Beneath the Ten G —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 131 The Book Between Two Worlds: The Emperor’s Caged Phoenix Breaks Its Neck at Last 两界书：帝王囚凰终折颈 [Both virgins + groveling redemption + palace and household intrigue + tragic romance] On my first day as a princess sent off for a political marriage, he made me drink poisoned wine. What he didn’t know was that I was a modern-day expert in pharmacology and toxicology, a veritable King of Hell. He suspected me, despised me, and abandoned me. At every turn between life and death, he chose someone else. He thought he loved his unattainable first love, so he protected her and trusted her. He had 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Sky Screen Producer: Starting with Signing a Clown! 天幕制片人：从签约小丑开始！ [Background-character protagonist + watching the sky screen + no heroine + DC + Marvel + ensemble cast + iconic scenes livestreamed + multiverse movie lineup] Lister transmigrates into the DC universe, but doesn’t become a hero or a villain. Instead, he becomes a crazy film producer with a Movie System. Make movies? No, what I make is real! Throw the Joker into Final Destination and watch him match wits with Death! Make Luthor experience Resident Evil and see how he manipulates events from behin 60Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 133 The Nightmare Mansion 童魘大厦 The Nightmare Tower —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Deskmate, How Do You Solve This Problem? 同桌，这道题怎么做 Someone started a poll on Weibo: If you were given one million yuan, would you go back to high school? Lin Qingyao, an overworked office worker who'd been on the job for a year, chose “Yes” without hesitation. Then she transmigrated into a novel she'd read not long ago, as a background character who didn't even have a name, just as she was about to start her second year of high school. Lin Qingyao: ... Could it really be that easy? But what was done was done. What else could she do? She'd just h 547Reads8.6Score10614d adds
- 135 Not Tall Enough? Make Up for It with Passion 身高不够，热爱来凑 Not tall enough? Make up for it with passion. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Today the System Turned a Blind Eye and Abandoned Me. Tomorrow I’ll Reach the Summit and Make the System Beg in Vain 今日系统眼拙弃我而去，他日我登上巅峰让系统求而不得 The System was blind and abandoned me today. One day, I’ll reach the summit and make the System beg for me, only to be rejected. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The City of the Dead Descends: I'm the Only One in the City Who Hasn't Been Forgotten 冥城降临：全城只有我没被遗忘 A strange knocking suddenly echoed from beneath the Dongzhuang antiques market. The streets cracked open, blood flowed backward, and armored ghosts crawled out from the depths of the city. A Western Regions royal city that had vanished more than two thousand years ago began to overlap with modern skyscrapers beneath the dark clouds. Ordinary young man Gu Chuan was trapped in the sealed-off zone. He joined forces with Wu Taifeng, a mysterious antiques dealer, to survive. They soon discovered that 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Killergarten 2: Frozen Throne 杀戮幼儿园2冰封王座——Killergarten2FrozenThrone Killergarten 2: Frozen Throne —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 My Partner Lives in 1980 我的合伙人活在1980 Wu Quezi runs a little shop in the antiques market. His most valuable asset is a large bronze ding left behind by the previous owner, which he uses as a wishing prop, even though he knows it's a lie. Then one day, he finds two diaries and several stamps inside the ding. But the emergency medical kit he put in there himself has disappeared at the same time. On the other side of the ding lies the vibrant 1980s. From then on, his little shop becomes a secret hub spanning time. He uses various old b 2.6kReads9.0Score28314d adds
- 140 Erosion at the Bottom of the Abyss 渊底侵蚀 [Slice of Life] [Genius] [Pure Love] [Battle Scenes] [Comedy] [Bizarre] The black cat glanced at the author, then started browsing the novel’s synopsis. “So, trading a few blows and piling on some flashy effects counts as a battle scene now? And this ‘pure love’ thing, fine, I’ll admit it’s pure enough. Tossing out a few tired jokes and making the characters act crazy is supposed to be funny? You’re taking advantage of honest people!” Xia Suijin couldn’t take it anymore and cut in: “Keep this up 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Feel Inferior, You Wretched First Wife: An ABO Story 自卑吧，糟糠原配ABO (An ensemble story about awakened Omegas, clear minds and hearts, a suspenseful plot, and Song Xuesong is not really gone for good) The craziest, bravest thing Su Tao ever did was show up to provoke a general’s wife, only to fall in love at first sight. Wen Songxue, a female Omega who was supposed to be “mediocre and dependent,” dragged him into a storm that would overturn the Alliance. The truth about the Alliance is buried deeper than the stench of a corpse: Why do attendants suffer mental br 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 My Eight Extraordinary Lives 我的八次奇妙人生 From childhood through adulthood, Li Ruxi has always been the “perfect child” others compare theirs to: a top student, always excelling. By the age of thirty, her family life seems happy enough, too. But in a single night, her life falls apart: she is terminally ill, with less than a year to live, and her husband may not be the man he appears to be. What will happen to her aging parents? What about her young son? 8.8kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 143 Seven-Day Captivity: A Letter from the Abyss 七日囚——深渊的来信 Seven Days Imprisoned: A Letter from the Abyss 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 A Clash of Wolves 狼性的较量 The author enjoys putting stories told by the elderly into clear, accessible prose, turning spoken words into black and white on the page for readers to see, hear, and feel with their hearts. It is a way to experience the brutal years of Japan's invasion of China, and all those painful memories that can never be revisited... 1.7kReads9.2Score23914d adds
- 145 The Person in the Mirror: Who's Living My Life? 镜中人：谁在替我活着 The Person in the Mirror: Who Is Living My Life 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 146 What? I Freaking Became a Cat 什么？我他喵的成了一只猫 A loser drifting in Beijing, he’s known for being a pushover and a shut-in. An accident turns him into an orange tabby. This is a story about rescuing stray animals, rethinking one’s attitude toward life, settling scores, finding oneself again, and healing. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 I've Got People Downstairs 我下边有人 “Master, I died so suddenly that my family doesn’t know where I hid some money. Could you pass them a message?” “Sure. I’ll take thirty percent!” “Master, my son is getting married next month. I want to see his wedding. Could you ask the underworld messenger to wait a few days before taking me down?” “No problem, but you’ll have to cover my expenses...” “Kid, you dare mess with me? Do you know I’ve got connections? One word from me and your business will be shut down!” “Heh, you’re finished! Do 861Reads8.0Score10314d adds
- 148 I’m the Novel’s Protagonist, Yet I Have to Work for the Author 我是小说主角却要给作者打工 Plot-driven + pure fun + post-apocalyptic setting Good news: I'm the protagonist of this book! Bad news: the author just wants me dead! I thought I could do whatever I wanted with the protagonist's halo. Who could have guessed the author, desperate to wrap up this unfinished story, would keep coming up with ways to kill me? To survive, the protagonist and the author co-create a web novel, and the author becomes the protagonist's strongest System! From the day the web novel goes live, the prot 2Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 149 Transmigrated into the Cool, Aloof Supporting Female Character in a Heroine-Centric Novel 穿成大女主文里的清冷女配 By a twist of fate, Jiang Xuewu transmigrates into the cool, aloof supporting female character in a novel she once read, a story centered on its heroine. Liang Xuewu couldn’t care less about the love and hate between the male and female leads. She just wants to be a background character and enjoy life in peace. 3.2kReads8.8Score12314d adds
- 150 After the Female Side Character in a Campus Novel Awakens 当校园文女配觉醒后 Synopsis: [heiress]+ [comeback]+ [school]+ [pseudo-sibling romance] After a car accident, Lin Su discovered that she was only a supporting female character in a sweet campus romance. How could a wealthy heiress like her be someone else's side character? Lin Su: ...Whoever wants to be this idiot of a supporting character can have the job. I'm done. Breaking news! They say Lin Su, the academic underachiever, made the top ten in her grade! Lin “Underachiever” Su says: I just never studied before!!! 672Reads8.7Score12314d adds
