Novels like Three Short Stories
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Three Short Stories, best match first.
- 101 EN Sequence: Ascension 序列：升华 [Train Survival + Lone Wolf + Always One Step Ahead + Ascension and Evolution + No Saintly Heroine + No Spineless Hero] The moment Ye Qiyan opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of train survival. Everyone had to get off at a series of stations and explore to stay alive. The lucky found treasure; the unlucky lost their lives. Opportunity and danger went hand in hand. Gather supplies, upgrade your train, and build a train world of your own. As for Ye Qiyan, he possessed a one-of-a-kind asc 248.6kReads8.3Score22.8kShelves
- 102 Oh No! Is the Evil Side Character Going to Be Locked Away Too? 坏了！恶毒炮灰也要被关小黑屋吗 [Sweet romance, quick transmigration, 1v1] After overcoming one challenge after another, Song Shaoyan finally secured a position in the quick transmigration department. Assigned to the Cannon Fodder Division, he planned to take it easy and lie flat. But... is something wrong with all these male leads? [World One: Song Shaoyan, who was just trying to coast through life, becomes a small-time thug sent to threaten the male lead into paying his debts. As soon as he enters the story, the gang boss or 15.2kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
- 103 History Lost Overnight? I'll Bring It Back to Life 一夜之间历史断层？我来重现历史 Zhao Hong transmigrated to a parallel world where the “National Destiny Arena” had appeared. People had to use keywords to select talent cards and train their champions to compete in the arena. But the history of Xia had been erased, causing the nation to suffer defeat after defeat in the arena. Five hundred million people were even forced to eke out a living on just one-tenth of their original territory! Among all the keyword-linked cards known in Xia, the strongest was titled “Peerless General 34.7kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
- 104 In the World of Ultraman: Card Fusion System 人在奥特:卡牌融合系统 Su Bai transmigrates to the world of Ultraman and obtains a Card Fusion System that lets him collect cards featuring all kinds of Ultramen and monsters. “Wahahaha! I'm going to become the strongest Ultraman in history! Hahaha!” System: “...Host, please calm down.” 16.4kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
- 105 Beast Taming: I Became a Legend After My Pet Beast Space Mutated 御兽：宠兽空间变异后我超神了 [Beast Taming for All + No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Genius Protagonist + Evolution] Ming Xi, an Earthling, transmigrates to the stars and arrives in a dazzling civilization built around beast taming. She’s a debt-ridden middle school girl who has to juggle three part-time jobs a day just to support her family. Is this any way to treat a person? Is this really what a minor should have to endure? Although life is this miserable, Ming Xi still embraces it wholeheartedly. Because spirit beasts 21.1kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
- 106 The Wasteland Era 废土纪元 Sixty years ago, a natural disaster changed the human world forever. Species evolved at a breakneck pace, and humanity retreated behind the walls, struggling to survive. Three years ago, his father disappeared and was branded a traitor to humanity. His younger sister became a blood-drinking infected, hunted by everyone. Two young souls struggled to survive in a slum rife with violence and crime. A lockdown put his sister at risk of being exposed. Gu Chen had no choice but to get blood on his han 5.7kReads9.0Score793Shelves
- 107 EN Survival for All, Obtaining the D-Class Personnel Simulator 全民求生，获得D级人员模拟器 Everyone transmigrates into an apocalyptic world, where each person starts with a shelter and a unique talent. Lin Ye gains the D-rank Personnel Simulator ability, which lets him enter other worlds and simulate being D-rank personnel. Lin Ye: ??? 146.7kReads8.9Score11.2kShelves
- 108 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 157.4kReads8.9Score24.5kShelves
- 109 Everyone Draws Cards to Change Classes, but One Draw Gives Me Max Stats! 全民抽卡转职，我一抽满命！ In this world, gacha rules! When people turn eighteen, they each get one chance to draw a card and change careers. Some poor students draw combat classes and rise to the top overnight. Some top students draw civilian classes and lose any chance of adventure and battle. In this gacha era, drawing a combat class is called pulling a gold. The world rewards you with another draw, and duplicate classes are converted into constellation levels. However, there is no pity system. On the day of his draw, 152kReads9.0Score12.4kShelves
- 110 Online Game: I Have a Super-God-Tier Talent 网游：我有超神级天赋 [Updated through the fusion of Ragnarok and reality] [Traditional VRMMO + Transcendent Talent + Ruthless Protagonist + Plot-Driven + No Female Lead] Reborn before Ragnarok's servers launch, he has the chance to start over. Every regret from his past life will be made right. He never awakened a talent in his previous life, not even after ten years. Now, armed with memories of that life, he obtains a God-Tier Talent Awakening Stone and unlocks a Transcendent Talent! Every normal attack permanently 174.5kReads8.9Score17.4kShelves
- 111 Heavenly Chess: The Path to Chess Sagehood 天弈：棋圣之路 [A brand-new setting] [Heroes at the Chessboard] What happens when chess meets heroic battles? When civilizations collide, would you dare to play against Heaven? After transmigrating, Zhuge Yi discovers that although modern Huaxia is prosperous and powerful, its people know almost nothing about their own history. The game Tian Yi, a chess game built around the heroes of the people, has become the world's mainstream pastime. At that time, the Huaxia chess world is weak, while Western chess dom 42kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
- 112 Going Viral Starts with Calling the Cops 爆红从报警开始 Microdrama style, silly and lighthearted. The protagonist has no romantic pairings, male or female. Actor Mo Fei gets a Role System. From a holy monk, he gains an ability to attract criminals; from a serial killer, he learns human anatomy; from a detective, he learns to talk to cats; from a master thief, he learns sleight of hand... To everyone else, all of this seems downright bizarre. Would a normal actor radiate murderous intent? Would a normal actor know the human body so well? Would a norma 59.7kReads9.5Score8kShelves
- 113 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 269.6kReads9.5Score22.3kShelves
- 114 EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 525.3kReads9.5Score41.9kShelves
- 115 EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 475.8kReads9.7Score67.4kShelves
- 116 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
- 117 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
