Novels like The Guan Family Estate
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Guan Family Estate, best match first.
- 151 A Lone Boat by the River 河边的孤舟 Chen Shan, a young woman born into a middle-class family during the Republic of China era, fell into poverty after her father died. She weathered the tumult of the War of Resistance, the civil war, and the founding of New China. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 The Man with Six Marriages 六婚男人 A marriage spanning half a century, full of ups and downs, and one man's six sorrowful, blood-stained journeys into wedlock. In the late 1970s, at a state-owned coal mine in Northeast China, Kim Dazhuang, an ethnic Korean Chinese who had returned from Korea, was tall and burly, with a fiery temper. He sweated through his work amid the roar of steam locomotives. Over the course of his life, he went through six marriages. Each time, he entered with hope, only for almost every one to end in heartbr 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The River’s Song Never Sleeps 江声不眠 Set during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, this epic tells the story of progressive journalist Lin Yu and refined young lady Su Yao. They meet, come to understand and love each other amid the turmoil, and join forces in pursuit of their ideals and their cause. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Transmigrate to Republican-Era China: I’m a Descendant of the Guanzhong Knifemen 穿越民国我是关中刀客的后人 After an accident, a rock-climbing instructor transmigrates back to the Guanzhong region during the Republican era. On his very first day, he discovers that bandits have slaughtered his family. It is the year the Japanese invade China, when the nation is broken and families are torn apart. The Xi’an Incident brings the Nationalists and Communists to an understanding: brothers may fight among themselves, but together they must resist foreign aggression. Against this backdrop, family vengeance and 73Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 155 Myriad Aspect Clone: Ascend Straight to the Ninth Heaven Through Tribulation 万相分身：渡劫直上九重天 Ten Thousand Aspects, One Avatar: Transcend the Tribulation and Ascend Straight to the Ninth Heaven 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 The High-Heeled Shoe Mystery 高跟疑云 My wife works at a joint-venture company and was recently promoted to head of the human resources department. Lately, she has been working late all the time. I couldn't understand it. What was there to keep HR working overtime for? Yesterday, I went to Guangzhou on a business trip. I was supposed to be gone for several days, but something urgent came up at the company, so I returned early. I wanted to surprise her and didn't tell her. When I got home at eleven that night, the house was empty. I 528Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Warlord's Ninth Concubine 军阀家的九姨太 [Republic era + tragic romance + white moonlight + love and hatred + household intrigue + faked death] [Older, cold, domineering warlord × seemingly innocent Ninth Concubine] Nanjing has a bustling commercial street, and on that street stands the most respectable Governor's Residence, home to the famous Northern warlord, Governor Huo. Governor Huo became famous for his nine outstanding military victories ten years ago, and ten years later, his nine concubines kept his banner flying high. And I, 679Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 158 A Proper Young Lady in the Republic of China 民国闺秀 Shen Qingci thought she could spend her life in peace at her old family home in Suzhou, admiring flowers in spring, listening to the rain on autumn nights, and living out her days on the family estate. But in a time of turmoil, peace like that was impossible. At seventeen, she ended up in Shanghai, where the Qin family took her in. Mr. and Mrs. Qin treated her like their own daughter, and Qin Du, the infamous troublemaker of Shanghai, found himself falling for her. He promised to marry her onc 9.8kReads8.8Score88514d adds
- 159 The Secret History of Manchuria, Part Two 满洲秘史（中部） [Bandits + Northeast China + War + Japanese spies + Manchukuo + Republican era + Romance + Collaborators] A woman's turbulent journey through a chaotic age, a blood-soaked epic of Northeast China. From bandit chieftain's wife to a secret pawn of the Japanese, she witnesses every secret behind Manchuria's birth, caught between love and hate, home and country… Manchurian Secret History, Part Two continues the first volume. Set against the real historical background of Northeast China from late 193 3.1kReads9.5Score44914d adds
- 160 Our First Meeting at Broken Bridge, West Lake 西湖断桥，初相逢 Our First Meeting at Broken Bridge on West Lake —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 The Pain Behind the Stolen Money Scandal: A Family’s Hidden Hurt 无奈的亲情：偷钱风波背后的隐痛 The Pain Behind a Family Theft Scandal —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Night Is Hungry, and There’s No Escaping His Possessiveness 夜色贪婪，逃不开他的占有 After her fiancé and best friend joined forces to take everything from her, Su Xiaoran fell from the clouds into the mud. In her moment of despair, she stumbled into Gu Haifeng's arms. The man gripped her chin and said in a low voice, “From today on, you're mine.” The scumbag and the bitch? She'll make sure they lose everything and end up disgraced! As for this powerful tycoon? Su Xiaoran only wants to run, but he pins her in a corner, possessiveness overflowing. “Running? Where do you think you 614Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Savvy Little Soldier 小兵油子 Beacon Bones Beyond the Great Wall: Twenty-Five Years of Fighting Japanese Invaders on the Grasslands [Warlords, War of Resistance, Searching for Family, No Overpowered Cheats, Spy Warfare, Logic and Intelligence, Ruthless] 1921–1945: The land is in turmoil, and China is engulfed in endless flames of war. Adopted as a child by a top undercover spy, the young man is meticulously trained for over a decade to become his other hand. There is no System and no mindless overpowered cheat. Every struggl 238Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 The Secret History of Manchuria, Part One 满洲秘史（上部） [Bandits + Northeast China + Local life + War + Japanese spies + Manchukuo + Republican era + Romance] A woman's turbulent journey through a chaotic age, a blood-soaked epic of Northeast China. From bandit chieftain's wife to a secret pawn of the Japanese, she witnesses every secret behind Manchuria's birth, caught between love and hate, home and country… The story takes place in Northeast China in the early twentieth century, spanning the period from the Russo-Japanese War to the establishment 14.7kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 165 Jiangnan Guesthouse: Homeward Clouds 江南民宿，云归居 Jiangnan Guesthouse: Cloudrest Lodge —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Reborn as Bai Jingye in The Grand Mansion Gate: Thriving in Republican-Era China 重生大宅门白敬业，玩转在民国 [The Great House] [Warlord Fiction] He is the biggest wastrel in the Bai family mansion in Beiping. What sparks will fly when a modern soul finds itself in Bai Jingye’s body? Pure warlord fiction. Goody-goodies, beware! 509Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 167 Don't Say I Didn't Warn You 别说我没告诉你 I won’t waste words. Let’s get straight to the cases, solved in the freshest, most unconventional ways. The Twelve Detectives will open your eyes. “The Butterfly Case” “The Powdered Face and Vermilion Lips Case” “The Slow-Steamed Case” “The Cicada’s Shedding Case” “The Haunted Old Mansion Case” For anyone who likes detective stories and wants a few laughs... 156Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 168 Listening to Zen Night After Night, Desire Awakens with Every Step 夜夜听禅，步步生欲 #Tomato's most tempting Buddhist-monk romance#Qipao beauty vs. unhinged monk#Captivity/stand-in/agonizing regret#From Buddha to demon 🩸 The night he snapped his prayer beads, I knew that this Buddha of mine was filthy through and through. 🩸 Everyone says Shen Tingchan is the cleanest man in Beiping. He devotes himself to meditation in the Buddhist hall and avoids women. Even the prayer beads around his wrist are steeped in sandalwood incense. Until that night of torrential rain, when he pinned 101Reads—Score10414d adds
- 169 I Escaped the Mountains 我逃出了大山 I Escaped the Mountains 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 A Beauty in Troubled Times, Her Grace Beyond Compare 乱世佳人，风骨胜红颜 A Beauty in Turbulent Times, Her Spirit Outshines Her Looks —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Finding True Love Inside and Outside Marriage in Midlife 人到中年婚姻内外寻找真爱 Yang Duo is a flower in full bloom. Though she’s forty, she’s still young and beautiful. A woman in pursuit of true love, she yearns for romance and has spent her life exploring and experiencing it. A passionate love affair that nearly cost her life in her youth, a joyless marriage in middle age, and an unexpected encounter outside her marriage: whenever she falls for someone, she loves with wild abandon and suffers heartbreak that tears her apart. Her three close friends have very different l 638Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 172 The CEO Daddy Is Amazing 总裁爹地超给力 To take her father’s shares, her husband slaps divorce papers in her face and forces her to leave with nothing. Four years later, she returns with her adorable son. The boy plants his hands on his hips. “Mommy, I heard people are getting godfathers these days. Just wait, I’ll find one to stand up for you!” A few days later, he brings home an incredibly handsome man who looks exactly like him. “Don’t worry, Mommy. I checked: Daddy is number one on the global rich list. He can deal with anyone who 1.6kReads9.0Score18714d adds
- 173 The Beloved Daughter of a Poor Family 寒门娇宠 2.3kReads6.7Score11514d adds
- 174 The Great Qian Dynasty's First Lady Scholar 大乾第一女先生 A new story. The System is just a tool and doesn't appear much~ A cozy, everyday tale, mostly about women. Jiang Zhi gets divorced, takes her daughter, and leaves her ex-husband's family in utter chaos. Back in Jiangzhou, she opens a curious teahouse. The pastries here are unlike anything people have seen, the rules are unusual, and the stories she tells... are even more unheard-of! A monkey causes havoc in Heaven? A scholar falls in love with a female ghost? And a dark-faced judge named Bao can 3.1kReads8.5Score34114d adds
- 175 My Army Officer Wife Is a Little Cold 军官老婆有点冷 [Military marriage, scientist, love after marriage, rekindled romance, one-on-one, genius child] One is a cool, beautiful woman with the highest-ranking academic credentials in the military; the other is a dashing new tycoon in the business world. A marriage alliance binds them together. On their wedding night, he tells her, “The only thing I can give you is the title of my wife.” Faced with her husband's endless scandals, Ouyang Ruixi grows increasingly disillusioned. She keeps her longtime sec 7.3kReads8.4Score73514d adds
- 176 The Gunshots of the Republic of China 民国的枪声 The gunfire that rang out across the three towns of Wuhan in October 1911 tolled the death knell of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Hu, from the Dragon Nation of a later age, grips the rifle in his hands. What will he choose? To remain an obscure nobody, or to ride the crest of a great era? Reclaim our lands and restore the golden age of the Han and Tang dynasties? 52.9kReads7.2Score4.2k14d adds
- 177 The Breakfast Went Cold, but the Rest of Our Lives Grew Warm 早餐凉了，余生暖了 The Breakfast Went Cold, but the Rest of Life Grew Warm 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Lies and Trust 谎言与信任 Lies and Trust 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Weaving Dreams in the Mortal World 现世织梦 [A slow burn, ensemble cast, not a wish-fulfillment novel, no brainless characters, the male and female leads are not a couple, mainly told from the female lead’s perspective, not a true high-martial-arts setting, with more focus on emotions. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.] When another world invades our own, an ordinary girl who became a pawn of that other world before she could even understand what was happening sets out alone on a journey to save the world, pitting herself agai 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 The Taoist Descends the Mountain and Enters the Mortal World 道士下山入红尘 After twenty years of secluded cultivation deep in the Zhongnan Mountains, the young Taoist Ye Xiaobei is sent down the mountain at his master’s behest. His task isn’t to slay demons or exorcise evil, but to repay his master’s romantic debt, a love affair from sixty years ago. He expects a simple “lesson in human relationships,” but instead steps into a bizarre modern world: business rivalries are battlefields, people’s hearts are more cunning than demons, wealthy families conceal lineages of e 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 She Pushed Her Best Friend Toward Her Husband 她把闺蜜推向了丈夫 Keep your home safe from fire, thieves, and your best friend. When a wife spots signs that something is off with her husband, she wonders if she’s just being paranoid. Still, she stays alert. Things take a winding course, and each time there seems to be a reasonable explanation. But the clues keep piling up, and she can’t help confiding her doubts to her best friend. In the end, the evidence of an affair gradually points to the best friend. 267Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 A Secret Marriage Sweet as Honey 独家蜜婚 On her very first blind date, he whisked her straight to the civil affairs bureau, and they got their marriage certificate that same night. Only after the wedding did she discover that he was the eldest grandson of the Lu family, as well as the CEO of the Lu Group, one of the country’s biggest corporations. She only wanted an ordinary man and an ordinary life. She never expected to marry a CEO with such an intimidating family background! “Madam, now that you’re aboard this pirate ship, there’s n 339Reads9.0Score10014d adds
- 183 A Glimpse of Beauty in a Dream, At Last We Meet 惊鸿入梦，终得相逢 A Glimpse of Beauty in a Dream, At Last We Meet Again —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 The Long Night Is Like the Stars 长夜如星 A masterwork of Republican-era romance from the “Queen of Healing Songs,” Wu Chu Ke Tao. A steel-willed young marshal versus an innocent, lovable military doctor. Inspired by real people! Through the endless night, you are my one and only starlight! He is the marshal’s orphaned son, cast out and weathered by hardship. She is the cherished daughter of the scholarly Liao family. They first met as children. A tiny red mole made him remember her. When they met again amid the chaos of war, he was tar 727Reads9.4Score11014d adds
- 185 The Border City Crossbowman 边城游弩手 (Note: A traditional alternate-history novel, with no System and no wish-fulfillment.) A war to conquer a nation, fought by nobodies rising to prominence. A struggle for power full of ingenious schemes. The empire falls apart, and the chaos of war rises once more. A corrupt and twisted Confucian regime, powerful clans seizing land, warlords entrenched in their own territories, and barbarians watching hungrily from the sidelines. Clashing ideologies, rigid class divisions, a turbulent political l 649Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 186 The Male Guard of Nian Ci An 念慈庵的男护院 [Multiple Female Leads] Enter at Your Own Risk if You Mind [Treasure Hunt] [Jade Maiden Heart Sutra] [Bizarre Curiosities] [Fighting the Japanese] Nian Ci An is a nunnery that accepts only young widows. Wang Erniu's woman, Chun Xing, was sent inside. In a fit of rage, he joined the nunnery's guard force, just so he could stay close to her. Who could have guessed that once you enter the convent, you find yourself in a bottomless sea of trouble! The mayor's concubine asks him to deliver a letter, 1.5kReads8.6Score11714d adds
- 187 Dr. Su Is Captain Gu's Cherished One 苏医生是顾队长的心尖宠 [The female lead is an army doctor and the male lead is a soldier. They get a happy ending.] Is eight years a long time? It seems pretty long, long enough that she almost couldn't make it through. Someone asked Su Qingyan, "Was it worth it, waiting for someone who left?" She only smiled faintly and answered bitterly, "He was the person I fell for when I was young!" A long separation brings sorrow, but meeting again all of a sudden brings even more! For eight years, she never understood why he ha 8.5kReads8.3Score1k14d adds
- 188 With a Start This Bad, I'm Not Taking the Loss 开局这么烂，吃亏我不干 Born under a peach-blossom fate, where it’s me or him: flirtatious men and women, face-slapping, and putting scumbags in their place. On a snowy night, in an earth cellar, on a heated kang in the Northeast, in a remote mountain village, poor Liang Laonian sees something he shouldn’t. Under immense pressure and with no one to turn to, he can only keep quiet. Later, Liang Daqing is born, his bloodline a mystery. As a child, he was lazy, sly, greedy, and slippery. As a teenager, he was rebellious 772Reads8.4Score10514d adds
- 189 1935: Two Systems from the Start 1935开局双系统加我身 The protagonist travels to Shandong during the Republican era, in 1935, and gets married from the start. Congratulations, Host, on the birth of your child. The System rewards you with one million jin of flour. Congratulations, Host, for influencing the entire nation. The Red Alert System has been upgraded, and the barracks now reward you with 100 men every day. 158Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 190 Chronicles of Crossing the Sea of Suffering 渡苦纪 A true story, an autobiographical account. Born in the mountains, raised by a single parent, I had a lonely and difficult childhood. A widow and her six children, dropping out of school, sleeping in a pigsty. I left home at fourteen. At fifteen, I was set up and nearly married off to a deaf-mute man of utterly vile character. After the wedding, I raised twins while living in a rabbit hutch. I encountered a demonic ex-husband and endured every kind of hardship over the course of forty years. Afte 149Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Republican Era: The Young Marshal's Wife Is Dangerous and Alluring 民国：少帅夫人危险又迷人 There’s no such thing as a chance encounter or love at first sight. It’s all the result of someone’s carefully laid plans... [Marriage First, Love Later + Two Strong Leads + Each with Their Own Agenda + Both Inexperienced in Love + One-on-One] Also known as: “After My Childhood Sweetheart Broke Off Our Engagement, I Turned Around and Married the Young Marshal” [The author is letting loose and writing whatever comes to mind. Feel free to read it casually. Having fun is what matters most, so don’t 219Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Scholar or Tyrant: Who Can Have a Good Life? 学霸和枭雄，什么人能过上好日？ (Dual male leads. Period story. Urban.) One is a poor scholar, the other a big shot in the underworld. They struggle for fifty years. What does it take to live a good life? And what is a good life? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Great Qin Empire 大秦帝国 In the final years of the Warring States period, when rituals and music had fallen into disrepair and rival powers fought for supremacy, Qin faced the threat of annihilation, surrounded by powerful states. Yet it rose from among them through brutal competition. Beginning with Duke Xiao of Qin, the state weathered hardship, enacted sweeping reforms, upheld the rule of law, and unified its policies. It took more than 160 years and the unwavering efforts of six generations of leaders to bring about 5kReads9.6Score1k14d adds
- 194 Memories of Xiaoxiang: The Golden Branch Rises from the Ashes 潇湘忆之涅槃金枝 [Late Qing to early Republic | Strong female lead seeks revenge | Family intrigue and political schemes | Completed] On a blood-red autumn night, the entire Qian family is slaughtered, and Luan Ci, the pampered second young lady, becomes a lone fugitive overnight. She escapes over a pile of corpses and takes refuge in the Ling residence, her sworn enemy's home, carefully plotting each step as she endures humiliation to survive. Everyone thinks she is a pawn they can manipulate, but none suspect 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 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. 2.3kReads7.1Score26214d adds
- 196 The Listening Deer 鹿聆 [Love after marriage + both dreaming of someone else + everyday life raising a child] In the misty Jiangnan rain that year, one breathtaking glimpse made him think he’d found the greatest happiness of his life. Only later did he realize that first meeting had become the deepest longing he would never fulfill. In time, they would both understand. Love was never about possession. It was me freezing a thousand miles of land for you, until one day the spring waters broke free on their own. 282Reads8.6Score10314d adds
- 197 Sturgeon Returns to Ning'an 鲟洄宁安 A Republican-era tragic romance, a woman's coming-of-age story, and two male leads. A sharp-witted, falsely disguised shaman PKs a rebellious dragon who slays gods. A sudden heavenly fire destroys a city, and the revered Hu Xuan shaman is wrongly blamed and made a scapegoat. With a colossal lie, Ge Wangshu rides alone for a thousand miles to escort the orphan Eyun home. It seems like a sturgeon swimming upstream to return to its birthplace, but in truth, it's the start of a journey with no retu 183Reads—Score16614d adds
- 198 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.6kReads6.5Score11014d adds
- 199 Why Should I Have to Support That Old Hag? 老太婆凭啥让我养老 Wang Fangping was reborn. Had she really been angered to death? In her previous life, her in-laws exploited her until she was destitute. She spent most of her life trapped in the countryside, slaving away for the extended family. She moved to the city and took on the heaviest, dirtiest work, yet still couldn’t afford a home. When her mother-in-law was able to work, she helped the younger son’s family. When she could no longer manage on her own, Wang Fangping was expected to look after her in 447Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 200 The Wall Is Four and a Half Meters High 高墙四米半 The author is a grassroots police officer who drew on personal experience to write this story. Using a detention center as its starting point and major cases once reported by CCTV as its basis, the novel recreates the reality of life inside a detention center and the process of investigating cases. Its greatest strength is its authenticity: this is a realistic novel that reads more like literary reportage. 137Reads6.8Score—14d adds
