Novels like The Temptations of Human Nature
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Temptations of Human Nature, best match first.
- 1 Twin Lotus Chronicles 并蒂莲华录 A twin-colored lotus grows before Pudu Temple. Nurtured by Buddhist teachings, it gains a soul. The tangled feelings of a thousand years ago, and the love and hate of a thousand years later, come together to tell a legend. This is a work with both aesthetic depth and intellectual sharpness. It is not merely a modern retelling of the twin lotus legend: through the parable of two flowers growing from one stem, it also probes the essence of human nature and the eternal cycle of history. Recommended 19Reads—Score214d adds
- 2 My Husky of a Husband 家有二哈老公 Life with the goofy, husky-like man she’s fallen for leaves Zhuo Ya fuming one moment and struggling not to laugh the next. Through their laughter and frustration, they come to cherish and care for each other. As they spar and test their wits, they savor the little things in life, and their bickering spills over with sweetness, revealing the unexpected joys of everyday life. What does it take for someone everyone considers a clueless, emotionally stunted introvert to become a total goofball with 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Out of Control: Emotions Run Wild 失控：情绪蔓延 The biggest problem in a secularized society is its lack of spiritual belief. When faith is lost, so is reverence. Without reverence, there can be no restraint. True happiness is like a gentle, unbroken stream, and can only be achieved through restraint. There is little sincerity and even less purity in a city of desire, only a host of problems that defy easy answers. This is just a fictional tale. If it’s not for you, don’t read it, and don’t take it too seriously! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 There's a Snow Woman in the Bell 铃铛里有个雪女 Cultivation + no System + immortals and Buddhas + no feel-good victories + occasional horror elements + no transmigration + no harem + monsters + slow burn + not pure romance early on (meaning the male lead has a first love, but they don't even kiss) + pure romance later At its heart, the world is a clash of faiths. Only those who see through faith can cut down the arrogant immortals and Buddhas hanging high above the nine heavens. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Mad Dog Unleashed 疯犬脱缰 If I don't like someone, I kill them. If they're hard to kill, I kill them a few more times. If I can't kill them, I send the male lead to do it. Anyone who's good to me is a good person, even if they betray the whole world. The worldview of a deranged heroine A girl held captive faces the threat of her family going bankrupt and the crisis of her family ties falling apart. After enduring repeated abuse, her personality becomes twisted and she develops a split personality. Due to the side effects 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Started a Company Where No One Has to Work 创业开了家不用上班的公司 After Du Tao was framed and forced to leave his job, he started his own business and opened a company where nobody had to go to work. A traffic accident brought him, by chance, into contact with Li Mimi, the daughter of Dongsha Province's richest man. He also unexpectedly gained the ability to see the future. Li Zunhai, Dongsha's richest man, cares deeply about social status and refuses to accept a poor nobody like Du Tao. Unwilling to live off his girlfriend, Du Tao uses his powers to conquer t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 In the Kingdom of Women, I Almost Became King 女儿国，我差点成了国王 By a twist of fate, Jin Xiaofan finds himself in the Daughters’ Kingdom from Journey to the West. He never expected to find romance at every turn. From the queen and princess to the maids and Taoist nuns, they all submit to him. 491Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Strange Tales of Zhu Yiqun 朱逸群诡事集 Zhu Yiqun, male, age unknown. His identity changes whenever the plot calls for it. This story is newly written based on online stories and some of my own ideas. It may contain some frightening content. Each chapter is a new story, and the chapters are not connected. Any resemblance between character names is purely coincidental. The author absolutely has no intention of defaming or cursing anyone. 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 9 I Spurn Beauty and Vow to Slay My Foes, Near or Far 不恋红颜，立志诛敌，远近必诛 This is no tale of cultivating immortality, but of ordinary people in the mortal world. A single Peach Blossom Haven is enough to let him focus on nothing else. But when he returns to the world of mortals, he encounters even more beautiful women, stirring the pent-up feelings in Lei Manyu's heart. All his boundless affections are found in the warmth of their embrace. Bring them along, set out on a journey, and wipe out the Japanese invaders! Hunt them down, near or far. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Story of Da Lang's Son 大郎后转 I thought I was dead, but my soul transmigrated to the Song Dynasty, where I became the household name Gu Shupi, the Three-Inch Nail. I thought I'd die at the hands of Ximen Qing, but through a strange twist of fate, I stumbled into all sorts of bizarre events... 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Meat-Filled Dumplings 肉馅饺子 Lin Shen is a doctor with exceptional medical skills. He never expected to fall in with unscrupulous practitioners, and ultimately become the very kind of person he despised. Ling Shuang was once a radiant beauty, but one little dumpling changed the course of their lives. The characters are fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. 267Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Cultivating Immortality in the Sixties: Life Is Worth Living 六零修仙，人间值得 No transmigration, no System, everything is done by hand. Mo Zhaixing was called an idiot ever since she was little. One day, she awakened and discovered that she was actually a cultivator! The real world has scant spiritual energy, but that's no problem: the small worlds are rich in it! She robs the rich to help the poor and pities all living things. She cultivates diligently, yet still can't break through... Wait?! All these hardships were meant to make her work more diligently after returning 223Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 13 The Ancient Tomb's Shadow: The Curse Awakens 古墓谜影之诅咒的觉醒 The Shadowy Mystery of the Ancient Tomb: The Curse Awakens 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Haunted Inn: A Chilling Search for the Truth 阴灵客栈：真相的惊悚探寻 The Inn of Wandering Spirits: A Chilling Search for the Truth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Liu Fang's Account 柳芳的自述 Liu Fang’s Account 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The God of Mending Heaven Descends to the Mortal World 补天之神落凡尘 The God of Mending the Heavens Descends to the Mortal World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 My QQ Girlfriend QQ女网友 QQ Girl Online 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Escape from the Devil's Den: A Lawless Hell on Earth 逃离魔窟：三不管的人间地狱 Escape from the den of evil: A hell on earth beyond anyone's control 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Secret of the Shadowy Apartment 幽影公寓的秘密 The Secrets of the Haunted Apartment —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 It Only Takes Two or Three Minutes 就三两分钟的事儿 The stories in this book all come from real life, and they’re very short, just a few minutes each. People live at a fast pace these days, so I don’t want to take up too much of your time. You can read a complete story in just a couple of minutes in your spare time. I don’t expect you to remember every detail afterward. I’ll be happy if you read one and think, “Yeah, I’ve done that too,” or “I’ve been through that.” Then all those late nights spent writing will have been worth it. 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 A Streamer's Life 主播人生 A Streamer's Life 64Reads—Score114d adds
- 22 Don’t Play with People’s Hearts 不要拿捏人心 Don't Play with People's Feelings 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 On My First Day at Work, the CEO Set His Sights on Me 入职第一天，我被总裁盯上了 Completed, so read without worry. Clear-headed sweetheart vs. cool CEO Both are each other’s one and only, with mutual devotion, an everyday sweet romance, childhood sweethearts who meet through a game, and a male lead who takes on all kinds of identities to protect and win over the woman he loves. On her first day at work, Ye Huan somehow ended up at Fu Group. The first time she saw Fu Yanzhou was in the conference room on the top floor. His cool, distant silhouette stirred a strange sense of f 1.8kReads—Score28414d adds
- 24 Love's Watch: Who Touched My Documents? 爱的守望：是谁动了我的文档？ Love's Watch: Who Changed My Document? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Day I Was Reborn: My Wife with Cancer Tears Into the Top Donor and the Streamer 重生之日：癌症妻子手撕榜一大哥和女主播 The Day I Was Reborn: My Wife with Cancer Takes on the Top Gifter and the Streamer 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Qipao's Willow Waist 旗袍柳腰 A cheongsam and a willow-slim waist 2.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Where the Warmth Settles 温变归处 [A Gentle Takeover] That night, he went through my phone. On the screen was a contact saved as “Kitten.” He asked, “Who’s this?” His tone was as calm as if he were asking about the weather. Then he called the number and said, “Shall we meet?” I thought our relationship would end there. I had done wrong, and he had rules. But he gave me a teahouse and told me to choose in person. I chose to kneel at his feet. After that, I went from someone who was controlled to someone who willingly handed him t 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Few Jokes 笑话数则 A collection of jokes 132Reads—Score1414d adds
- 29 The Corruption of Power 堕落的权利 Zhao Qiming, Qian Xiaotong, Qian Xiaoxia, Xu Shou, Xu Wei, He Yali, Han Baihe, Jiang Yan, Wang Dongcheng, Xiao Hua, Bao Yanhong, Bao Yanqing, Duan Yuxin, Shen Peijuan, and many, many others. All the names are fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental, so please do not assume they refer to real people. 1.1kReads7.2Score10314d adds
- 30 I Love You Through Every Storm 风雨无阻我爱你 Pure Love vs. The Ultimate Test of Human Nature Xu Zhixin is an overlooked nobody in the modern workplace. Then she meets Mo Yanhao, a handsome, devoted, domineering CEO. They keep trending online, all because someone is determined to stop them from getting their happily-ever-after. The grudges and tangled history between the older generation shape the fate of those who come after them. Rivals become sisters, lovers get to stay together, yet biological sisters cannot tolerate each other’s existe 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 A Dream in the White Sun 一梦白阳 [Spiritual energy and abilities + Multiple heroines + Everyday life + Exploring ruins + No System + No golden finger] (If slice-of-life stories aren’t your thing, you can start at chapter 150.) Eight lifetimes of reincarnation, all for the sake of becoming a Great Emperor! This is the ninth life, and the one with the best chance yet! But the requirements for breaking through to the Emperor Realm are far too harsh. If it were you... would you choose to protect the people you love, or sacrifice th —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 32 Three Years Married, Then I Found Out My Wife Had a Child with Someone Else 结婚三年，才发现妻子外面有个娃 My wife asked me for 100,000 yuan to visit her parents, but instead she used it to pay for surgery for a little boy who called her “Mom.” I secretly kept an eye on my wife, only to stumble upon a huge secret. 413Reads—Score10014d adds
- 33 The Chaotic Demon King's Thousand-Layered Schemes 混世魔王的千层套路 The Devil King's Thousand-Layered Schemes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Rong Ci and Yu Mo Xun: The Genius Returns to Continue the Legend of Changmo 容辞郁墨勋：天才归位续写长墨传奇 Rong Ci and Yu Mo Xun: A Genius Returns to Continue the Legend of Chang Mo 277Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Zhu Yiqun Series: The Restaurant 朱逸群系列之饭馆 Zhu Yiqun Series: The Restaurant 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Zhu Yiqun Series: The Black Cat 朱逸群系列之黑猫 Zhu Yiqun Series: The Black Cat 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Haunted Island: Survival Against the Odds and a Malevolent Spirit's Curse 诡岛迷踪：绝境求生与恶灵诅咒 The Haunted Island: Survival Against All Odds and the Curse of Evil Spirits 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Sunshine Everywhere 随处可见的阳光 Wang Baisheng was unlucky, yet somehow seemed lucky, too. His first love left him in unbearable pain… On the road after running away from home, he rescued Wang Yajing. Then, at her father’s company, he met Li Mengqi. From then on, his fate was entwined with women… Though perhaps that’s an exaggeration… 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Shirt Buttons of a Beijing Girl 北京大妞的衬衫纽扣 A Beijing Girl’s Shirt Buttons 186Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 My Best Friend's Groom 闺蜜的新郎 My Best Friend's Groom 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Bargaining Chips on the Road to Promotion 升职路上的筹码 Song Minghui is like a spider at the center of a web, maintaining relationships with three women in different ways. A 26-year-old workplace newcomer, a 35-year-old sales director, and a 41-year-old corporate executive: the web is beginning to unravel as its three “bargaining chips” awaken. - The rules of survival in the workplace's dark forest - How the “prey” turns the tables from a male perspective - The growth of three women, from being used to awakening - Emotional manipulation and counterma 2.2kReads6.3Score13014d adds
- 42 After Seeing the Future, I Begged My Wife Not to Divorce Me 预知未来后，跪求老婆别离婚 The night my brother-in-law cracked my head open with a liquor bottle, I finally gained the ability to foresee the future. I remembered how my gambling had forced my parents to sell their home, turned my siblings against each other, brought my wife to tears, and left my child afraid of me. I’d even stolen my in-laws’ retirement savings, and my brother-in-law had lost his future because of me. Everyone had given up on me completely. Now, watching the vivid scenes of the future unfold in my mind, 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 My Days as a Sugar Baby in Bangkok 我在曼谷傍富婆的日子 While traveling in Thailand, deliveryman Zhou Zihao meets Shilin Suolawei, the daughter of a Thai conglomerate, through a series of strange coincidences. Amid cultural clashes and class differences, he turns his life around with sincerity and smarts, all while staying true to himself... A down-to-earth story filled with warmth and emotions that slowly build. 12Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 44 The On-Screen CEO Is Actually a Puppy in Private 荧幕霸总私下竟是小奶狗 · Two top-tier stars | Mutual secret crushes | Livestreamed dating show | The whole internet swoons · Cold on the outside, pure-hearted and devoted actor x gentle yet strong-willed, healing actress. In public, he's a cool, abstinent screen idol who commands the room. In private, he's a loyal puppy who can only gaze at her with longing. Chen Caifu never imagined she'd join a dating show with her senior, Lin Jia, whom she'd secretly loved for years. In front of the cameras, he's a distant, refined 455Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Zhu Yiqun Series: The Gas Station 朱逸群系列之加油站 Zhu Yiqun Series: The Gas Station 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 我凭梦境记忆追到了梦里的老婆 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Dusty Tales from the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318川藏线上的风尘往事 Broke female travelers + Highway 318 + Sichuan-Tibet route + hitchhiking + road trip + finding a wife My company was laying people off, and I was one of them. As if things weren't bad enough, my wife ran off with someone else. Down in the dumps, I headed west toward Tibet. This is the story of a beat-up camper van, the Sichuan-Tibet stretch of Highway 318, and more than thirty women with nowhere else to turn. Every one of their stories is more exciting than my miserable life. 33.6kReads8.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 48 I’m Done Pretending: I’m from a Top-Tier Family 摊牌不装了，我是顶级豪门 At his mother-in-law’s birthday banquet, the eldest son-in-law gave her a gold bangle, and the second son-in-law presented a jade Buddha. I crouched in a corner eating leftovers, until someone kicked me over, chair and all. “Good-for-nothings belong at the beggars’ table!” As the whole room roared with laughter, a line of Rolls-Royces suddenly pulled up outside. The butler knelt with a gift list in his hands. “Young Master, the thousand-year-old ginseng and East Sea pearls you ordered have arriv 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Seventh Coffee Cup 第七个咖啡杯 The Seventh Coffee Cup —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The CEO’s Contract Nightingale 总裁的契约荆棘鸟 A carefully planned contract forcibly bound two people from different worlds. He was Lu Hanchuan, the business world’s notorious “Living King of Hell,” cold and domineering, treating love as worthless. He handed her an agreement: “Marry me for a year, and I’ll give you fifty million.” She was Lin Wanqing, a proud art museum curator from a poor background, like a thorn bird who refused to bend even in hardship. She sneered, “Mr. Lu, your money can’t buy me.” He thought it was simply a transaction —Reads—Score—14d adds
