Novels like Reborn: A Scumbag's Self-Redemption
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Reborn: A Scumbag's Self-Redemption, best match first.
- 1 Back to 1998: My Unfaithful Ex-Wife Can Get Lost 重返1998，不忠前妻给我滚 A story set in a bygone era, with no brainless wish fulfillment and a single heroine, in the education and training industry. After witnessing his ex-wife's affair, Wang Wei angrily jumped off a building with her in his arms, only to be reborn at their wedding in 1998. When his ex-wife makes unreasonable demands, this time Wang Wei slaps her outright. “You shameless woman, get out!” 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn: The Godfather of the Internet 重生之互联网教父 Ye Qiu returns to his college days and builds a vast internet empire! 3Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 3 Back to 1999: I Dominated the Internet 重回1999，我在互联网制霸一方 Fang Heng unexpectedly returns to 1999, the golden age when the internet is just getting started. Riding the wave of the times, he vows to carve out a place for himself! He'll make up for the regrets of his past life in this one. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Back to 2000: Everything Is Just Right 重回2000，一切刚刚好 [It is the best of times, and it is the worst of times!] (Rebirth + college + entrepreneurship + cozy daily life + internet + no System) After a night of heavy drinking, Li Tianhai, a nobody, is reborn just after the college entrance exams in 2000. His parents are healthy, he’s young, and college life is about to begin. Everything is just right, and the future is full of possibilities. In business, he starts by selling shoes over summer vacation, earning his first pot of gold. Once college begin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Back to Life in 2004 重返人生之2004 Jin Fei, a loser, was lucky enough to be reborn. His smooth sailing after being reborn went to his head. A harsh dose of reality taught him what the real world was like. Being reborn doesn't solve everything. If you want to live it up after being reborn, you still need money. Without enough, it's simply impossible! 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Reborn in 2009: Selling Milk Tea and Livestreaming! 重生2009，卖奶茶，开直播！ [Reborn + Making Money + Realistic + No Romance] Reborn in 2009, she had never lived in a mansion or driven a luxury car in her previous life. This time around, she would build up her capital by selling duck heads from a street stall. Other people who are reborn either conquer the workplace or become big shots! Ye Xiaoxi pats her own head. All she can do with her second chance is sell the milk tea she sold in her previous life and start the livestreaming business she used to work in!!! But who s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Talismans Across the Heavens 符箓苍穹 In the Great Liang Dynasty, talismans, martial arts, and Gu work hand in hand, and every cultivation system is flourishing. Then one day, someone tells Luo Chen that Great Liang is actually a desolate backwater. Unable to accept this, Luo Chen sets out to explore the Great Dao, bringing his senior sister and the others with him as they boldly venture into the true cultivation continent. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Reborn in 2008: I'm the Second-Generation Negative Net Worth Heir 重生08之我是负二代 Reborn, he rebuilds his family’s former glory as a “second-generation debtor,” rising from humble beginnings all the way to the pinnacle of the business world! He plans every move carefully, using his foresight and business acumen to stir up a storm in the marketplace. The rise of a business emperor is a thrilling tale! He moves among all kinds of beautiful women, as business warfare, romance, and opportunity intertwine. Watch as he climbs, step by step, to the top of the business world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Reborn to Live Without Regrets 重生续无悔人生 By middle age, people often feel that everything is over. Gao Yang refused to simply lie flat. After an unexpected accident, he miraculously got his hands on a so-called “regret pill,” giving him the chance to be reborn in 2004, a year brimming with possibilities. In the days just after his rebirth, Gao Yang was briefly lost. His mind was full of questions, and he had no idea what to do with his new life. Anxiety shadowed him, too. He worried that it was all just an illusion, a dream that could 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Return to 2005 重返2005 Ordinary office worker Zhong Hao returned to 2005. In the Internet boom of its untamed early days, he turned the tide with a flick of his hand. Smartphones, online shopping platforms, big data, artificial intelligence, new energy... With a flawless business portfolio, he became the most celebrated investment genius of the 21st century! Start your business early! 272Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 11 The Demon Venerable in the City 魔尊在都市 [Return to the City] [Maid Corps] [Overwhelmingly Powerful] [Multiple Female Love Interests] Zhang Ling returned to Blue Star only wanting to make his way back to the Void Continent. But Blue Star's plane of existence was actually higher-level, and the journey to the Void Continent was filled with one unexpected encounter after another. Divine maidens, saintesses, peerless geniuses, divine pets... He claimed them all. 209Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 12 Reborn in 2002 重生到2002年 Mo Hai, driven to the brink by credit cards and online loans, is reborn in 2002 as a college student. He makes his first fortune through cross-border trading, his second in manufacturing, and his third in the internet industry, then becomes a behind-the-scenes mogul across numerous sectors through investing. As for destroying the credit card and online lending companies that drove him to the brink, that's just a little windfall. 1kReads5.7Score103Shelves
- 13 In the Uchiha Clan, I Captured the Clan Leader From the Start 人在宇智波，开局抓族长 [Villain] [Breaking Up Couples] After transmigrating to the world of Naruto, Uchiha Fengyuan became bound to a Great Villain System. He could earn rewards simply by committing evil! And so... Uchiha Fengyuan smiled at Uchiha Mikoto. “Mikoto, as Fugaku’s fiancée, you wouldn’t want him to fail to become clan leader, would you?” During the Third Shinobi World War... “Kushina, you wouldn’t want to see Minato die on the battlefield, would you?” At the Akatsuki headquarters, Uchiha Fengyuan held a bla 9Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 14 The Reborn Mystic’s Step-by-Step Master Plan 神棍重生步步为营 A fortune-telling master, rich enough to rival a nation, gives away all his wealth just to make up for one regret. Heaven answers his wish, sending him back to that chaotic era. He plans carefully and treads cautiously, not to reclaim his former glory, but to protect her and keep her safe for life. Yet with his abilities, even a gem buried in dust will eventually shine. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Tycoon? Godfather? Academician? That’s Right, I’m All of Them 首富？教父？院士？没错，都是我 [Reborn + entertainment + technology-driven national development + intangible cultural heritage + billionaire protagonist + multiple heroines + slow pace] A burned-out office worker, a coder who spent endless nights writing online novels on Tomato, finally died of overwork and returned to 1995. In this life, he planned to make enough money to go home and retire, listening to Qin opera with his mother and growing vegetables outside their door. This time, he wanted to live comfortably and stop exh 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Reborn: A Loser’s Reversal of Fortune 重生之屌丝男的逆袭人生 [Smart protagonist + period setting + urban life + satisfying revenge + emotional intelligence + economics + genius + entertainment industry] Lu Feiyun, a loser reborn, uses his memories of a past life to reach new heights. He turns his fortunes around at school, dominates the online fiction scene, makes waves in entertainment, and wields influence in the business world. He gains both wealth and status, and finds success in both love and career. Though the world may change, people’s natures rema 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Reborn in 1999: I Became a Media Mogul 重生1999，我成了传媒大亨 Back in 1999, Li Tiange is full of confidence and has the advantage of knowing what lies ahead. At first, all he wants is to become an unremarkable creative genius. But looking back, he finds that he has become known as a news mogul, an entertainment tycoon, and a traffic king, while shouldering the great responsibility of taking Chinese culture abroad and fighting for a voice on the international stage. The media reign supreme. This is the legendary era he built with his own hands! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Married from the Start Without a Certificate, I Become a Tycoon of Badu! 开局结婚不领证，我成霸都巨鳄！ [Reborn, rise from the ashes and build a fortune, stock market investing, urban tycoon, ruthless scheming, face-slapping relatives] After three years of marriage in name only, Xu Yang has endured nothing but disdain from his fiancée's family. They lived apart for most of their marriage, while his in-laws kept squeezing him for money. After the divorce, he was devastated, drinking himself into a stupor and giving up on life. Trapped in a cramped home he was still paying off, he became a failure 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The King Returns: Reborn 王者归来：从重生开始 In his previous life, Lin Xiao was betrayed by his unattainable first love and died. Reborn, he takes complete control of everything and becomes the uncrowned king of both the business world and the underworld. Standing at the top of the world, he makes everyone who betrayed or looked down on him kneel and submit. He tries to bring Su Wanli back to life, but ultimately understands that people must look forward. In the end, he sits atop his business empire, with the women who have stood by him al 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Reborn as an Internet Mogul 重生之互联网大亨 2004. Baidu had been online for four years. JD.com had been founded six years earlier. NetEase had been around for seven years. Alibaba was celebrating its fifth anniversary, and Taobao had only just launched the year before. Luo Chen was unexpectedly reborn in 2004, as the internet was beginning to boom. Watch him rise step by step to become an industry magnate! 1.1kReads5.1Score—Shelves
- 21 Reborn: From Street Vendor to a Ten-Trillion-Yuan Tycoon 重生：从摆摊到十万亿首富 [Reborn in 1998 + business battles + grand strategy + no System + realistic] [Everything the protagonist does is part of his grand plan. Every villain is manipulated by him, and he never once suffers a setback passively.] Lin Fan, a trillionaire, is reborn at the age of nineteen, burdened with 100,000 yuan in debt. Starting with a street stall, he sets out to build his business empire all over again. He takes a stake in the biggest internet company and acquires the world's largest tech company. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Reborn: Back in 2006 as a Web Fiction Superstar 重生：回到2006当网文大神 [Not brainless, not a naïve web novel. Writing online fiction is just an early way to raise capital. Later on, there are also stories about Xiao Yansheng starting a business, but the novel isn’t all about entrepreneurship; there’s plenty of romance too, so readers can rest assured.][Warning: This is not a brainless wish-fulfillment story! This is not a brainless wish-fulfillment story! If that bothers you, don’t read it.] Xiao Yansheng used to be a miserable construction worker hauling cement. A 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The First Book by One-Shot Kill 一枪崩了的第1本书 My new story is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Reborn in 2001: A Thousand Years of Play 重生01玩千年 In his previous life, Bai Feng looked so much like a man named Feng Mubai that beautiful women threw themselves at him, and his family became the richest in town. But that same face also got him hunted down and killed by a group of people whose identities were unknown. Reborn in 2001, he awakened a cash-out System for the online game Millennium, letting him exchange game currency at a rate of 1:100. In this life, Bai Feng would not only find Feng Mubai, but also destroy that organization with hi 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Reborn in 2010: I Have a Golden Finger System 重生2010，我有金手指系统 Reborn from 2025 into 2010, he buys lottery tickets for the 2010 South Africa World Cup and earns his first fortune. He mines Bitcoin like crazy, creates the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, and becomes the biggest market maker. He founds ByteDance Group, whose subsidiaries include Toutiao, WeChat, Panda TV, Bilibili, Huya Video, Douyin, TikTok, Honor of Kings, Ele.me, Pinduoduo, and more... After Xia Feng is reborn, he gets a System, making it easy to earn money and turning his life int 252Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Back to 14: My Unrestrained Life 重回14，我的肆意人生 [Reborn + satisfying read + internet business warfare + multiple heroines + clever characters] After a night of heavy drinking, he woke up reborn at his high school graduation party in 2014. That year, his naive childhood friend had yet to leave. The kind auntie who sold snacks by the school gate had yet to fall victim to a crime. And the stunning older schoolgirl was still waiting for the one destined for her… An ordinary man starts changing his fate against all odds with the World Cup. The int 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 1992: Dad Ran Off with the Money and His Mistress 1992：老爹带小三卷钱跑路了 Fang Ming should have been a rich second-generation heir, living a carefree life and envied by everyone. But fate played a cruel joke on him. His own father ran off with his mistress, leaving Fang Ming and his mother with a debt of 200,000 yuan. Back in 1992, Fang Ming has just one thing to say: 200,000? That’s nothing! —Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 28 Her Loan-Shark Husband Got Her Killed. Reborn, She Became a Rich Woman 被网贷老公害死，她重生当富婆 Reborn in the new millennium, she kicks her debt-ridden scumbag husband to the curb! In her previous life, Mo Qianmi trusted love and married a man drowning in online-loan debt. Her whole family was dragged into a mountain of debt, and her life ended in misery. Reborn in her college years, she refuses to make the same mistakes again! She joins forces with her girlfriends to make money, seizes the opportunities of the times, and works her way from street vendor to listed-company founder. Her 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Reborn: I Made Billions with a Quantitative Trading Program 重生，我靠量化程序赚了几百亿 Volume One, “Food Delivery Platform,” follows Wang Shuo as he starts the Weitu Food Delivery platform on campus and earns nearly 500 million. Volume Two, “Conquering the Stock Market,” follows Wang Shuo as he creates a quantitative trading program and makes tens of billions in China’s A-share market. He then reaps huge profits from international investors in the U.S. stock market, earning hundreds of billions of dollars. Volume Three, “Business Empire,” follows Wang Shuo as he founds three major 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Reborn in 2005: I Built My Fortune by Opening an Online Store 重生05年靠开网店起家 [High-Quality Business Warfare + Romance with a Campus Belle + A Master of Schemes Like Chen Hansheng + No Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Reborn with No System] Old Hei's zero-cost shopping spree can make Walmart shut down its stores! Wang Chen: Hurry up and come shop at my one-yuan sale! That's right, a pair for just one yuan! Walmart doesn't know the first thing about business! Look at me, selling shoes for one yuan and still making hundreds of thousands! What? The heat patches are one yuan too? 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Back to 2007 as a Big Shot 重返2007当大佬 [Urban + Period Setting + Reborn + Urban Daydreams + City Life + Workplace] Lu Yang, founder of the Kuaidou platform, is reborn in 2007. In this life, he wants to do just two things: never again miss the people he shouldn't have let slip away, and never let the people around him suffer even the slightest grievance! Along the way, he'll dabble in the internet and build up the nation through industry. 484Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 32 Reborn, the Campus Beauties Make Me Lie Flat 重生之后，校花们逼我躺平 [Multiple heroines + not brainless + lighthearted] You want me to be a workhorse? No way! You want me to toil and struggle? Not a chance! Hey! I just want to lie flat! Stop pushing me toward the top! Make money? Just a tiny bit more than enough to get by will do. Pursue women? Love should happen naturally. Why would I chase after anyone? Fame? I have to keep a low profile! A low profile! Life is exhausting, so you have to learn to relax! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Reborn at Eighteen: The Growth of a Domineering CEO 重生十八岁之霸道总裁成长记 After an unfortunate encounter, the male protagonist catches his girlfriend in an improper relationship with a wealthy businessman. In the furious, desperate confrontation that follows, the businessman's bodyguard accidentally pushes him off a high-rise building. In a shocking twist, the protagonist is reborn at eighteen, back in his high school days in 1998. Drawing on the historical knowledge and experience of his previous life, he enters the business world and, through tireless effort and ing —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Back to 2003 重回2003年 In middle age, Tang Qinghua is left with a lifetime of regrets. One night, he wakes up and finds himself back in 2003, back when he had just graduated from high school, back at the hardest point in his life. How will he use what he knows about the future to make up for his regrets and rebuild his life... 792Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 35 Reborn: I'm Really a Great Writer 重生之我真是大文豪 Wang Yizhi, a literature enthusiast from Earth, transmigrated to a parallel world. With all the advantages he had, he stirred up a storm and became an enduring symbol of an entire era. I am the great literary master! 33Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 36 Talent Tax System: Technological Hegemony 人才收税系统：科技霸权 Yang Xing, a low-level programmer, transmigrates to Blue Star in 2016 and binds himself to a Talent Taxation System: the better the talent, the more tax he collects each day! Faced with Eagle Country’s all-out technological blockade, he founds Spark Technology and recruits talent from across the world. He rejects 996 work schedules and refuses to exploit his employees, winning over every tech worker with sincerity. From breaking the monopoly with the first domestically developed high-end AI foun 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Now That I’m Reborn, I’m Going to Enjoy a Life of Freedom! 都重生了，当然要享受肆意人生！ [Reborn + Clever Wish Fulfillment + Multiple Heroines] Xiao Changkun accidentally discovered that neither of the two children his wife, Cao Lan, had given birth to was his! How could he put up with that? So he was angered to death. Luckily, Xiao Changkun was reborn, returning to the day he had confessed his love to Cao Lan. Looking at the pure, beautiful Cao Lan before him, Xiao Changkun didn’t confess this time. Instead, he raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face. In this li 1.3kReads5.8Score106Shelves
- 38 They Wanted Me to Drop Out and Support the Campus Belle: Reborn, I Refuse to Be a Doormat 让我辍学供校花，重生后不当怨种 [Reborn] + [Build a Career] Chen Hao was reborn on the day he graduated from high school. In his previous life, Zhao Xue, the girl he had a crush on, came to him in tears. Her mother was sick and her family was poor, so she hoped he would drop out and earn money to support her and her mother. An orphan, Chen Hao sacrificed his future for love. He didn’t even submit his college applications, and instead started earning money by setting up a street stall. He took care of Zhao Xue’s mother, paid fo 74Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 39 Making Phones? I’m Used to Backstabbing the Competition 造手机？我习惯了背刺友商 (I got maliciously review-bombed. You know how it goes...) [Mobile Phones and Gadgets + Thrilling Business Rivalries + Technological Breakthroughs + Tech Supremacy] After transmigrating to 2010, the watershed year between feature phones and smartphones, Chen Che defied the naysayers and resolutely entered the mobile phone business. The iPhone 4 burst onto the scene, redefining the smartphone with its Retina display and glass body. Samsung rose to power with its Galaxy series and self-developed d 3.3kReads7.1Score199Shelves
- 40 Reborn in 2007: This Assassin Is Not So Cold 重生2007，这个杀手不太冷 [Rebirth + Light Business + Shifting Personality + Beautiful Women Galore] Xiao Li, a cold-blooded assassin, is reborn, waking up on the morning after he submitted his college applications. Still groggy in a hotel room, he has no idea he’s been reborn when the phone rings. He grabs the phone from the table beside him and answers. Just as Xiao Li starts speaking, a voice suddenly comes from beside him: “Babe, you’re lying on my hair!” The silence is shattered. Xiao Li glances at the phone and rea 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Reborn in 2000, I Want It All 重生2000年，我都要 Reborn? No cheat? No System? Lu Ye says: Being reborn is the biggest cheat, the greatest golden finger. Can someone really be reborn and still fail to get rich? No way, right? 13.5kReads6.6Score927Shelves
- 42 Reborn as the Secretary to a Good-for-Nothing Female Manager 重生后竟成为废柴女经理的秘书 A tavern owner wakes up back in 2012 and finds himself the secretary to a good-for-nothing female manager. In his past life, he was best at playing a bad hand. This time, he’s here to put know-it-alls in their place. His moment has come, and it’s time for this couch potato to turn things around. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Villain Is Reborn in 1998 with a Super Memory 恶棍重生98，我拥有超级记忆 Historical era + urban daily life + youth and school days + building a career + big shots A new novel is here! The story starts slowly, then picks up speed. Readers, hop aboard without worry. Ning Hao is reborn. In his previous life, he was a thug. His school saw him as a blight, students treated him like a street punk, and society considered him a parasite. He went to prison for taking the fall for someone else in the name of so-called brotherhood. After his parents died in an accident, he spen 167Reads6.4Score212Shelves
- 44 Starting at a Vocational College, I Built an Entertainment Empire 大专开局，我建立了娱乐帝国 After graduating from a vocational college, Ma Yu goes through family upheaval and spends thirty years stumbling through life. Burdened with regrets, he is lucky enough to live again. In this life, he sets out to make up for his regrets and achieve financial freedom. He finds his way forward one step at a time. A vocational college graduate can live a remarkable life too. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Are You Crazy? I'm Already This Perfect, Why Do I Need to Be Reborn? 疯了吧！我这么完美还要重生？ [Reborn + period setting + school beauty + romance + entrepreneurship + making money + lighthearted + daily life + comedy + leisurely pace + no System] Lu Mingfei returned to 2002 and faced countless choices. Naturally, only children are forced to choose: adults take it all. Thus began his perfect life, with success in both business and love. 136Reads8.0Score103Shelves
- 46 Miss, I’ve Been Framed! I’m a Good Person, I Swear! 仙子我冤枉啊，我真是好人！ Qin Luo catches a food-delivery thief, but unexpectedly dies and transmigrates to a new world, only to appear in the local government office. I'm innocent! I'm really a good person! Do good people deserve to have swords pointed at them? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Reborn in the Freewheeling Era 重生之浪荡时代 2009. Freshman year. The property and stock markets were booming, the internet was booming, domestic phones and cars were booming... It was an age when you could bend down and pick up gold. Might as well enjoy the sight of some long legs, too. Guo Jiayi was so lucky. Now that he was reborn, he couldn’t keep holding himself back. If he didn’t live it up, what was the point of being reborn? In this new era, he was going to live it up to the fullest! 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Back in 2002, I Helped Mr. Lei Become the Richest Man 回到2002，我帮雷总登上首富 Li Chengdong died of illness at forty, only to unexpectedly come back to life and transmigrate into his twenty-year-old self in 2002. Naturally, reborn, he was determined to make his life different. He seized the best opportunity he had missed in his previous life, winning the favor of Mr. Lei, then just the CEO of an ordinary software company. Starting with a small studio, he launched his own business, developed games, and built a platform, ultimately becoming a pillar of the internet boom and 205Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Oh No, I've Arrived in a Parallel World 完蛋我来到平行世界了 He unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel timeline, a world almost identical to the one he knows, yet secretly different. Here, technology and social change are still at their starting point, and history has followed the same course. But Li Chen discovers that the people and memories from his original world seem not to exist here. Everything feels brand new. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Reborn in 2001: Master Craftsman of the Lithium Battery Industry 重生2001：锂电大国匠 In 2001, Chen Mo was reborn at Jianghai Battery Factory as a temporary worker who had been made the scapegoat and laid off. His superiors bullied him, his coworkers ostracized him, and he was on the verge of being kicked out of the factory. Looking at the batch of defective battery cells in his hands, Chen Mo smiled. In his previous life, he had meekly accepted his dismissal. This time, he uncovered corruption in the supplies department and brought the factory director down, then walked away 295Reads—Score—Shelves
